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environments. However, the Class E 

airspace is not required because there 

are no IFR procedures published for 

Creech AFB Airport. 

This action also proposes two 

administrative updates to the Class D 

legal description. The second line of the 

text header should be updated from 

‘‘Indian Springs Air Force Auxiliary 

Field, NV’’ to ‘‘Creech AFB Airport, 

NV’’, to match the FAA database. 

Additionally, the third line of the text 

header should be updated from ‘‘(lat. 

36°35′14′′ N, long. 115°40′24′′ W)’’ to 

‘‘(lat. 36°35′11′′ N, long. 115°40′39′′ W)’’, 

to match the FAA database. 

Class D and Class E5 airspace 

designations are published in 

paragraphs 5000, and 6005, 

respectively, of FAA Order 7400.11E, 

dated July 21, 2020, and effective 

September 15, 2020, which is 

incorporated by reference in 14 CFR 

71.1. The Class E airspace designation 

listed in this document will be 

published subsequently in the Order. 

FAA Order 7400.11, Airspace 

Designations and Reporting Points, is 

published yearly and effective on 

September 15. 

Regulatory Notices and Analyses 

The FAA has determined that this 

regulation only involves an established 

body of technical regulations for which 

frequent and routine amendments are 

necessary to keep them operationally 

current, is non-controversial, and 

unlikely to result in adverse or negative 

comments. It, therefore: (1) Is not a 

‘‘significant regulatory action’’ under 

Executive Order 12866; (2) is not a 

‘‘significant rule’’ under DOT 

Regulatory Policies and Procedures (44 

FR 11034; February 26, 1979); and (3) 

does not warrant preparation of a 

regulatory evaluation as the anticipated 

impact is so minimal. Since this is a 

routine matter that will only affect air 

traffic procedures and air navigation, it 

is certified that this rule, when 

promulgated, would not have a 

significant economic impact on a 

substantial number of small entities 

under the criteria of the Regulatory 

Flexibility Act. 

Environmental Review 

This proposal will be subject to an 

environmental analysis in accordance 

with FAA Order 1050.1F, 

‘‘Environmental Impacts: Policies and 

Procedures’’ prior to any FAA final 

regulatory action. 

List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 71 

Airspace, Incorporation by reference, 

Navigation (air). 

The Proposed Amendment 

Accordingly, pursuant to the 

authority delegated to me, the Federal 

Aviation Administration proposes to 

amend 14 CFR part 71 as follows: 

PART 71—DESIGNATION OF CLASS A, 

B, C, D, AND E AIRSPACE AREAS; AIR 

TRAFFIC SERVICE ROUTES; AND 

REPORTING POINTS 

■ 1. The authority citation for 14 CFR 

part 71 continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 106(g), 40103, 

40113, 40120; E.O. 10854, 24 FR 9565, 3 CFR, 

1959–1963 Comp., p. 389. 

§ 71.1 [Amended] 

■ 2. The incorporation by reference in 

14 CFR 71.1 of FAA Order 7400.11E, 

Airspace Designations and Reporting 

Points, dated July 21, 2020, and 

effective September 15, 2020, is 

amended as follows: 

Paragraph 5000 Class D Airspace. 

* * * * * 

AWP NV D Indian Springs, NV [Amended] 

Creech AFB Airport, NV 

(Lat. 36°35′11′′ N, long. 115°40′39′′ W) 

That airspace extending upward from the 

surface to and including 5,700 feet MSL 

within a 5-mile radius of the airport, 

excluding Restricted Area R–4806W. This 

Class D airspace area is effective during the 

specific dates and times established in 

advance by a Notice to Airmen. The effective 

date and time will thereafter be continuously 

published in the Chart Supplement. 

Paragraph 6005 Class E Airspace Areas 

Extending Upward From 700 Feet or More 

Above the Surface of the Earth. 

* * * * * 

AWP NV E5 Indian Springs, NV [Revoked] 

Indian Springs Air Force Auxiliary Field, NV 

(Lat. 36°35′14′′ N, long. 115°40′24′′ W) 

Issued in Des Moines, Washington, on July 

23, 2021. 

Maria A. Aviles, 

Acting Group Manager, Operations Support 

Group, Western Service Center. 

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BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Coast Guard 

33 CFR Parts 166 and 167 

[Docket No. USCG–2021–0345] 

Port Access Route Study: The Pacific 

Coast From Washington to California 

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS. 

ACTION: Notification of study; request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The Coast Guard is 

conducting a Port Access Route Study 

(PARS) to evaluate safe access routes for 

the movement of vessel traffic 

proceeding to or from ports or places 

along the western seaboard of the 

United States and to determine whether 

a Shipping Safety Fairway (‘‘Fairway’’) 

and/or routing measures should be 

established, adjusted or modified. The 

PARS will evaluate the continued 

applicability of, and the need for 

modifications to, current vessel routing 

measures. The data gathered during this 

Pacific Coast PARS (PACPARS) may 

result in the establishment of one or 

more new vessel routing measures, 

modification of existing routing 

measures, or disestablishment of 

existing routing measures off the Pacific 

Coast between Washington and 

California. To assist us in conducting 

the PACPARS, we invite your responses 

to questions in the SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION section. The 

recommendations of the study may 

consider future rulemaking action or 

potential international agreements. 

DATES: Comments and related material 

must be received on or before January 

25, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

identified by docket number USCG– 

2021–0345 using the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal https://

www.regulations.gov. See the ‘‘Public 

Participation and Request for 

Comments’’ portion of the 

SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION section for 

further instructions on submitting 

comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If 

you have questions about this 

notification of study, call or email LCDR 

Sara Conrad, Coast Guard Pacific Area 

(PAC–54), U.S. Coast Guard; telephone 

(510) 437–3813, email Sara.E.Conrad@

uscg.mil or Mr. Tyrone Conner, 

Eleventh Coast Guard District (dpw), 

U.S. Coast Guard; telephone (510) 437– 

2968, email Tyrone.L.Conner@uscg.mil 

or Mr. John Moriarty, Thirteenth Coast 

Guard District (dpw), U.S. Coast Guard; 

telephone (206) 220–7274, email 

John.F.Moriarty@uscg.mil. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Table of Abbreviations 

CFR Code of Federal Regulations 

DHS Department of Homeland Security 

U.S.C. United States Code 

PAC Pacific Area Command 

PARS Port Access Route Study 

PACPARS Pacific Coast Port Access Route 

Study 

EEZ Exclusive Economic Zone 


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1Fairway or shipping safety fairway is a lane or 

corridor in which no artificial island or fixed 

structure, whether temporary or permanent, will be 

permitted. Temporary underwater obstacles may be 

permitted under certain conditions described for 

specific areas. Aids to navigation approved by the 

Coast Guard may be established in a fairway. See 

33 CFR 166.105(a). 

RNA Regulated Navigation Areas 

TSS Traffic Separation Scheme 

II. Background, Purpose, and Legal 

Basis 

A. Requirement for PARS: Under the 

Ports and Waterways Safety Act, 

(PWSA) (46 U.S.C. 70003(c)(1)), the 

Commandant of the Coast Guard shall 

designate necessary fairways 1 and 

traffic separations schemes (TSSs) to 

provide safe access routes for vessels 

proceeding to and from United States 

ports. The designation of fairways and 

TSSs recognizes the paramount right of 

navigation over all other uses in the 

designated areas. 

The PWSA requires the Coast Guard 

to conduct a PARS, i.e. a study of 

potential traffic density and the need for 

safe access routes for vessels, before 

establishing or adjusting fairways or 

TSSs. Through the study process, we 

must coordinate with Federal, State, and 

foreign state agencies (as appropriate) 

and consider the views of maritime 

community representatives, 

environmental groups, and other 

interested stakeholders. A primary 

purpose of this coordination is, to the 

extent practicable, to reconcile the need 

for safe access routes with other 

reasonable waterway uses such as 

construction and operation of renewable 

energy facilities and other uses of the 

Pacific Ocean in the study area. 

B. Previous Port Access Route Studies: 

The approaches to San Francisco, CA, 

were last studied in 2009, and the final 

results were published in the Federal 

Register on June 20, 2011 (76 FR 35805). 

The study was conducted to evaluate 

the continued applicability of and the 

potential need for modifications to the 

vessel routing to help reduce the risk of 

marine casualties and increase the 

efficiency of vessel traffic in the study 

area. The PARS for the Strait of Juan de 

Fuca, Haro Strait, Boundary Pass, 

Rosario Strait, the Strait of Georgia, and 

adjacent waters was completed in 

November 2000, published in the 

Federal Register on January 22, 2001 

(66 FR 6514). The study was conducted 

to evaluate the need for modifications to 

current vessel routing and traffic 

management measures due to increase 

in maritime activities. The PARS for the 

approaches to Los Angeles-Long Beach 

and in the Santa Barbara Channel was 

last completed in June 2011, and the 

final results were published in the 

Federal Register in November 2011 (76 

FR 67395). The study was conducted to 

evaluate the continued applicability of 

and the potential need for modifications 

to the traffic separation schemes. 

However, there has never been a PARS 

conducted for the entire pacific coast of 

the United States designed to analyze all 

vessel traffic proceeding to and from all 

the ports and transiting through the 

United States EEZ. 

C. Need for a New Port Access Route 

Study: Given the current forecasted 

development of aquaculture farms, 

offshore renewable energy, commercial 

space ports/re-entry sites, expansion of 

marine sanctuaries, development of 

ports supporting Panamax vessels, 

potential LNG ports and additional 

increasing commercial traffic, the Coast 

Guard has determined that a PACPARS 

needs to be conducted. This PARS will 

focus on the coastwise shipping routes 

and near coastal users of the Pacific 

Ocean between the coastal ports, and 

the approaches to coastal ports within 

the EEZ. This PACPARS will help the 

Coast Guard determine what impact, if 

any, the siting, construction and 

operation of new developments may 

have on existing near coastal users of 

the Pacific Ocean, and the potential 

impact of shipping to other maritime 

users. To ensure safety of navigation, 

the Coast Guard will determine the 

impacts of rerouting traffic, funneling 

traffic, and placement of structures that 

may obstruct navigation. Some of the 

impacts may include increased vessel 

traffic density, more restricted offshore 

vessel routing, fixed navigation 

obstructions, underwater cable hazards, 

and economic impacts. Analyzing the 

various impacts will require a thorough 

understanding of the interrelationships 

of shipping, other commercial and 

recreational uses, and port operations. 

The goal of the PACPARS is to 

enhance navigational safety by 

examining existing shipping routes and 

waterway uses, and, to the extent 

practicable, reconciling the paramount 

right of navigation within designated 

port access routes with other waterway 

uses such as the development of 

aquaculture farms, offshore renewable 

energy, commercial space ports/re-entry 

sites, marine sanctuaries, ports 

supporting Panamax vessels, potential 

LNG ports and additional commercial 

vessel traffic. 

III. Information Requested 

Timelines, Study Area, Focus, and 

Process: Coast Guard Pacific Area 

Command will conduct a PACPARS and 

should take several years to complete. 

The study area will encompass all 

vessel traffic patterns approaching and 

departing major ports along the west 

coast to include all current Traffic 

Separation Schemes and vessel 

maneuvering along the Pacific Coast 

from Washington to California and all 

federal navigable waters out to the EEZ. 

The PACPARS will focus on vessel 

traffic and navigation mitigation 

techniques to improve and support safe 

navigation transits within the major 

Pacific Coast Ports and the United States 

EEZ. 

As part of this study, we will analyze 

current and historical vessel traffic, 

fishing vessel information, agency and 

stakeholder experience in vessel traffic 

management, navigation, ship handling, 

and effects of weather. We encourage 

you to participate in the study process 

by submitting comments in response to 

this document. 

We will publish the results of the 

PARS in the Federal Register. It is 

possible that the study may validate 

existing vessel routing measures and 

conclude that no changes are necessary. 

It is also possible that the study may 

recommend one or more changes to 

enhance navigational safety and the 

efficiency of vessel traffic. The 

recommendations may lead to future 

rulemakings or appropriate 

international agreements. 

Possible Scope of the 

Recommendations: We are attempting to 

determine the scope of any safety 

concerns associated with vessel transits 

in the study area. The information 

gathered during the study should help 

us identify concerns and mitigating 

solutions. Considerations might include: 

(1) Maintain the current vessel routing 

measures; (2) modify the existing traffic 

separation schemes; (3) create one or 

more precautionary areas; (4) create one 

or more inshore traffic zones; (5) 

establish area(s) to be avoided; (6) create 

deep-draft routes; (7) establish 

Regulated Navigation Areas (RNA) with 

specific vessel operating requirements 

to ensure safe navigation near shallow 

water; (8) identify any other appropriate 

ships’ routing measures; (9) use this 

study for future decisions on routing 

measures or other maritime traffic 

considerations and; (10) use this study 

to inform other agencies concerning the 

impacts of their future endeavors. 

Questions: To help us conduct the 

PARS, we request information that will 

help answer the following questions, 

although comments on other issues 

addressed in this document are also 

welcome. In responding to a question, 

please explain your reasons for each 

answer and follow the instructions 

under ‘‘Public Participation and Request 

for Comments’’ above. 


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(1) What navigational hazards do 

vessels operating in the study area face? 

Please describe. 

(2) Are there strains on the current 

vessel routing systems, such as 

increasing traffic density associated 

with future growth? Please describe. 

(3) Are modifications to existing 

vessel routing measures needed to 

address hazards and improve traffic 

efficiency in the study area? If so, please 

describe. 

(4) What costs and benefits are 

associated with the measures listed as 

potential study considerations? What 

measures do you think are most costeffective? 

(5) What impacts, both positive and 

negative, would changes to existing 

routing measures or new routing 

measures have on the study area? 

(6) Where do you transit? Where are 

your transit routes? What criteria are 

used in determining your transit routes? 

(7) Do you currently experience 

competing uses for the same waterway 

areas or transit routes? If so, please 

describe. 

(8) Do you anticipate, or are you 

aware of, future competing uses for the 

same waterway areas or transit routes? 

These could include potential offshore 

energy projects, potential offshore 

aquaculture projects, or otherwise. 

(9) Are there other environmental, 

cultural, tribal, marine mammal or other 

impacts which should be considered 

during this Port Access Route Study? 

IV. Public Participation and Request for 

Comments 

We encourage you to submit 

comments through the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal at https://

www.regulations.gov. If your material 

cannot be submitted using https://

www.regulations.gov, contact the person 

in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT section of this document for 

alternate instructions. If you submit 

comments, please include the docket 

number for this notification of study 

and provide a reason for each suggestion 

or recommendation. 

We accept anonymous comments. All 

comments received will be posted 

without change to https://

www.regulations.gov and will include 

any personal information you have 

provided. For more about privacy and 

submissions in response to this 

document, see DHS’s eRulemaking 

System of Records (85 FR 14226, March 

11, 2020). 

Documents mentioned in this 

notification of study as being available 

in the docket, and all public comments, 

will be in our online docket at https:// 

www.regulations.gov and can be viewed 

by following that website’s instructions. 

Additionally, if you go to the online 

docket and sign up for email alerts, you 

will be notified when comments are 

posted. 

This document is published under the 

authority of 46 U.S.C. 70003(c)(1). 

Dated: July 21, 2021. 

Michael F. McAllister, 

Vice Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Commander, 

Pacific Area. 

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BILLING CODE 9110–04–P 

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 

Copyright Royalty Board 

37 CFR Part 385 

[Docket No. 21–CRB–0001–PR (2023–2027)] 

Determination of Rates and Terms for 

Making and Distributing Phonorecords 

(Phonorecords IV) 

AGENCY: Copyright Royalty Board, 

Library of Congress. 

ACTION: Proposed rule; reopening of 

comment period. 

SUMMARY: Because of technical issues 

with the electronic filing system, the 

Copyright Royalty Judges are reopening 

the comment period in connection with 

a proposed partial settlement and 

proposed regulations that set certain 

rates and terms applicable during the 

period beginning January 1, 2023, and 

ending December 31, 2027, for the 

section 115 statutory license for making 

and distributing phonorecords of 

nondramatic musical works for an 

additional 15 days. 

DATES: The comment period for the 

proposed rule published June 25, 2021, 

at 86 FR 33601, is reopened. Comments 

and objections, if any, are due no later 

than August 10, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: You may send comments, 

identified by docket number 21–CRB– 

0001–PR (2023–2027), online through 

eCRB at https://app.crb.gov. 

Instructions: To send your comment 

through eCRB, if you don’t have a user 

account, you will first need to register 

for an account and wait for your 

registration to be approved. Approval of 

user accounts is only available during 

business hours. Once you have an 

approved account, you can only sign in 

and file your comment after setting up 

multi-factor authentication, which can 

be done at any time of day. All 

comments must include the Copyright 

Royalty Board name and the docket 

number for this proposed rule. All 

properly filed comments will appear 

without change in eCRB at https://

app.crb.gov, including any personal 

information provided. 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

read background documents or 

comments received, go to eCRB at 

https://app.crb.gov and perform a case 

search for docket 21–CRB–0001–PR 

(2023–2027). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Anita Blaine, CRB Program Specialist, at 

202–707–7658 or crb@loc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June 

25, 2021, The Copyright Royalty Judges 

published for comment proposed 

regulations (arising from a partial 

settlement) that set rates and terms 

applicable during the period beginning 

January 1, 2023, and ending December 

31, 2027, for the section 115 statutory 

license for making and distributing 

phonorecords of nondramatic musical 

works. Comments were due by July 26, 

2021. 86 FR 33601 (June 25, 2021). 

Some filers experienced technical 

difficulties filing their comments in 

eCRB. The CRB is aware of the problem 

and is working on a solution. The 

Judges therefore extend the deadline for 

filing comments to August 10, 2021. 

Jesse M. Feder, 

Chief Copyright Royalty Judge. 

[FR Doc. 2021–16276 Filed 7–27–21; 4:15 pm] 

BILLING CODE 1410–72–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 52 

[EPA–R01–OAR–2021–0381; FRL–8782–01– 

R1] 

Air Plan Approval; Maine; Chapter 100 

Definitions and Chapter 113 Growth 

Offset Regulations 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve a 

State Implementation Plan (SIP) 

revision submitted by the State of 

Maine. This revision amends the 

definition of ‘‘Ozone Transport Region’’ 

in the State’s Chapter 100 Definitions 

Regulation and revises language in the 

State’s Chapter 113 Growth Offset 

Regulation regarding applicability of 

Nonattainment New Source Review in 

areas that, at a future date, may not be 

within the Ozone Transport Region. 

This action is being taken under the 

Clean Air Act (CAA). 


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