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document. FAA Order 7400.11E lists 

Class A, B, C, D, and E airspace areas, 

air traffic service routes, and reporting 

points. 

The Proposal 

The FAA is proposing an amendment 

to 14 CFR part 71 by: 

Amending the Class E airspace 

extending upward from 700 feet above 

the surface to within a 6.4-mile 

(decreased from a 6.5-mile) radius of 

Caddo Mills Municipal Airport, Caddo 

Mills, TX, contained within the 

Greenville, TX, airspace legal 

description; removing the Caddo Mills 

RBN and associated extension from the 

Greenville, TX, airspace legal 

description; removing Terrell Municipal 

Airport and the associate airspace from 

the Greenville, TX, airspace legal 

description as the airspace no longer 

adjoins and separate airspace is being 

established for Terrell, TX; removing the 

city associated with Majors Airport, 

Greenville, TX, to comply with updates 

to FAA Order 7400.2N, Procedures for 

Handling Airspace Matters; updating 

the geographic coordinates of the Caddo 

Mills Municipal Airport to coincide 

with the FAA’s aeronautical database; 

and removing the exclusionary language 

as it is no longer required; 

And establishing the Class E airspace 

extending upward from 700 feet above 

the surface within a 6.5-mile radius of 

Terrell Municipal Airport, Terrell, TX. 

These actions are the result of 

airspace reviews caused by the 

decommissioning of the Caddo Mills 

NDB which provided guidance to 

instrument procedures at these airports. 

Class E airspace designations are 

published in paragraph 6005 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 designations 

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 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 6005 Class E Airspace Areas 

Extending Upward From 700 Feet or More 

Above the Surface of the Earth. 

* * * * * 

ASW TX E5 Greenville, TX [Amended] 

Majors Airport, TX 

(Lat. 33°04′04′′ N, long. 96°03′55′′ W) 

Caddo Mills Municipal Airport, TX 

(Lat. 33°02′10′′ N, long. 96°14′35′′ W) 

That airspace extending upward from 700 

feet above the surface within a 7.8-mile 

radius of Majors Airport; and within a 6.4- 

mile radius of the Caddo Mills Municipal 

Airport. 

* * * * * 

ASW TX E5 Terrell, TX [Established] 

Terrell Municipal Airport, TX 

(Lat. 32°42′31′′ N, long. 96°16′02′′ W) 

That airspace extending upward from 700 

feet above the surface within a 6.5-mile 

radius of Terrell Municipal. 

Issued in Fort Worth, Texas, on September 

7, 2021. 

Martin A. Skinner, 

Acting Manager, Operations Support Group, 

ATO Central Service Center. 

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GENERAL SERVICES 

ADMINISTRATION 

41 CFR Parts 300–3, 301–10, 301–51, 

and 302–16 

[FTR Case 2020–301–1; Docket No. GSA– 

FTR–2021–0017, Sequence No. 1] 

RIN 3090–AK45 

Federal Travel Regulation; Rental Car 

Policy Updates and Clarifications 

AGENCY: Office of Government-wide 

Policy (OGP), General Services 

Administration (GSA). 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: This proposed rule would 

clarify that agencies can reimburse 

rental car fees (up to a certain number 

of days) for Outside the Continental 

United States (OCONUS) relocations as 

a miscellaneous expense allowance to 

account for privately owned vehicle 

(POV) shipping delays at the employee’s 

new official station. The proposed rule 

also updates rental car insurance policy 

to state that the Government will pay for 

both collision damage waiver(s) and 

theft insurance on rental car used 

OCONUS and also clarifies that rental 

cars may be used for the same purposes 

as a Government vehicle (other than a 

Government aircraft). Finally, the 

proposed rule substitutes the terms 

‘‘gas’’ and ‘‘gasoline’’ with the term 

‘‘fuel’’ where appropriate. The term 

‘‘fuel’’ is broader as it still includes 

gasoline as a fuel source and also 

encompasses alternate vehicle energy 

sources, like electricity. A definition of 

the term ‘‘Fuel’’ is added to the FTR. 

DATES: Interested parties should submit 

written comments to the Regulatory 

Secretariat Division at the address 

shown below on or before November 12, 

2021 to be considered in the formation 

of the final rule. 

ADDRESSES: Submit comments in 

response to FTR case 2020–301–1 to: 

Regulations.gov: https://

www.regulations.gov. Submit comments 

via the Federal eRulemaking portal by 

searching for ‘‘FTR Case 2020–301–1’’. 

Select the link ‘‘Comment Now’’ that 

corresponds with FTR Case 2020–301– 

1. Follow the instructions provided at 

the ‘‘Comment Now’’ screen. Please 

include your name, company name (if 


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your attached document. If your 

comment cannot be submitted using 

https://www.regulations.gov, call or 

email the points of contact in the FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of 

this document for alternate instructions. 

Instructions: Please submit comments 

only and cite FTR Case 2020–301–1, in 

all correspondence related to this case. 

Comments received generally will be 

posted without change to https://

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal and/or business confidential 

information provided. To confirm 

receipt of your comment(s), please 

check www.regulations.gov, 

approximately two to three days after 

submission to verify posting. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

clarification of content, contact Mr. Ed 

Davis, Program Analyst, Office of 

Government-wide Policy, at 202–208– 

7638. Contact the Regulatory Secretariat 

Division (MVCB), 1800 F Street NW, 

2nd Floor, Washington, DC 20405, 202– 

501–4755, for information pertaining to 

status or publication schedules. Please 

cite FTR Case 2020–301–1, Definition 

for ‘‘Fuel’’, Rental Car Policy Updates 

and Clarifications. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

Federal Travel Regulation (FTR) part 

302–16 authorizes agencies to provide 

eligible employees a miscellaneous 

expenses allowance (MEA) to defray 

some of the costs incurred while 

relocating. A non-exhaustive list of 

examples of allowable miscellaneous 

expenses can be found at FTR 302–16.2. 

While not specifically mentioned as 

an example of a reimbursable 

miscellaneous expense, the FTR allows 

for employees serving OCONUS to be 

reimbursed for rental car use while 

awaiting arrival of their POV due to 

shipment delay. The lack of specific 

mention of this type of miscellaneous 

expense in the FTR has caused agency 

confusion surrounding its authorization 

for reimbursement. Accordingly, this 

proposed rule would update the list of 

miscellaneous expenses examples in 

FTR 302–16.2 to explicitly include 

discretionary rental car reimbursement 

OCONUS, and add the caveat that such 

expense may only be authorized for up 

to 10 days, or until delivery of the POV, 

whichever occurs first. 

To clarify a position that is in current 

practice, but not specifically stated in 

the FTR, a new paragraph (f) under FTR 

§ 301–10.450 will be added stating that 

a rental car may be used for the same 

purposes as a Government vehicle 

(other than a Government aircraft) under 

FTR § 301–10.201. 

As a general rule, employees 

authorized to rent a vehicle for official 

travel are not reimbursed the cost of 

collision damage waiver (CDW) or theft 

insurance. However, employees who are 

required to travel OCONUS may be 

reimbursed CDW or theft insurance, but 

not both, based on the current 

regulatory language (FTR § 301– 

10.451(b)). This proposed rule updates 

the FTR to reflect that both types of 

insurance can be paid when necessary. 

Finally, the proposed rule removes 

the terms ‘‘gas’’ and ‘‘gasoline’’, where 

appropriate, and replaces it with the 

term ‘‘fuel’’, and further defines fuel to 

account for not only gasoline, but also 

other types of vehicle power sources, 

such as hydrogen, propane, and 

electricity. 

II. Executive Orders 12866 and 13563 

Executive Orders (E.O.s) 12866 and 

13563 direct agencies to assess all costs 

and benefits of available regulatory 

alternatives and, if regulation is 

necessary, to select regulatory 

approaches that maximize net benefits 

(including potential economic, 

environmental, public health and safety 

effects, distributive impacts, and 

equity). E.O. 13563 emphasizes the 

importance of quantifying both costs 

and benefits, of reducing costs, of 

harmonizing rules, and of promoting 

flexibility. This is not anticipated to be 

a significant regulatory action and, 

therefore, was not subject to review 

under Section 6(b) of E.O. 12866, 

Regulatory Planning and Review, dated 

September 30, 1993. As this proposed 

rule is not anticipated to be a 

‘‘significant regulatory action,’’ GSA is 

not required to provide an economic 

analysis under Section 6(a) of E.O. 

12866. 

III. Congressional Review Act 

This rule is not a major rule under 5 

U.S.C. 804(2). Subtitle E of the Small 

Business Regulatory Enforcement 

Fairness Act of 1996 (codified at 5 

U.S.C. 801–808), also known as the 

Congressional Review Act or CRA, 

generally provides that before a rule 

may take effect, the agency 

promulgating the rule must submit a 

rule report, which includes a copy of 

the rule, to each House of the Congress 

and to the Comptroller General of the 

United States. OIRA has determined 

that this proposed rule is not a ‘‘major 

rule’’ as defined by 5 U.S.C. 804(2). 

IV. Regulatory Flexibility Act 

GSA does not expect this proposed 

rule to have a significant economic 

impact on a substantial number of small 

entities within the meaning of the 

Regulatory Flexibility Act, 5 U.S.C. 601, 

et seq., because the changes are 

administrative in nature and only affect 

Government employees. 

Therefore, an Initial Regulatory 

Flexibility Analysis has not been 

performed. GSA invites comments from 

small business concerns and other 

interested parties on the expected 

impact of this rule on small entities. 

GSA will also consider comments 

from small entities concerning the 

existing regulations in subparts affected 

by the rule in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 

610. Interested parties must submit such 

comments separately and should cite 5 

U.S.C 610 (FTR Case 2020–301–1), in 

correspondence. 

V. Paperwork Reduction Act 

The Paperwork Reduction Act does 

not apply because the changes to the 

FTR do not impose recordkeeping or 

information collection requirements, or 

the collection of information from 

offerors, contractors, or members of the 

public that require the approval of the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) under 44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq. 

List of Subjects in 41 CFR Parts 300–3, 

301–10, 301–51, and 302–16 

Government employees, Travel and 

transportation expenses. 

Krystal J. Brumfield, 

Associate Administrator, Office of 

Government-wide Policy. 

For the reasons set forth in the 

preamble, GSA proposes to amend 41 

CFR parts 300–3, 301–10, 301–51, and 

302–16 as set forth below: 

PART 300–3—GLOSSARY OF TERMS 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 300– 

3 continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 5707; 40 U.S.C. 121(c); 

49 U.S.C. 40118; 5 U.S.C. 5738; 5 U.S.C. 

5741–5742; 20 U.S.C. 905(a); 31 U.S.C. 1353; 

E.O. 11609, as amended; 3 CFR 1971–1975 

Comp., p. 586, Office of Management and 

Budget Circular No. A–126, revised May 22, 

1992. 

■ 2. Amend § 300–3.1 by adding a 

definition for ‘‘Fuel’’ in alphabetical 

order to read as follows: 

§ 300–3.1 What do the following terms 

mean? 

* * * * * 

Fuel—The energy source needed to 

power a vehicle. Examples include, but 

are not limited to, petroleum, hydrogen, 

propane, and electricity. 

* * * * * 


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PART 301–10—TRANSPORTATION 

EXPENSES 

■ 3. The authority citation for part 301– 

10 continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 5707, 40 U.S.C. 121(c); 

49 U.S.C. 40118; Office of Management and 

Budget Circular No. A–126, ‘‘Improving the 

Management and Use of Government 

Aircraft.’’ Revised May 22, 1992. 

■ 4. Revise § 301–10.304 to read as 

follows: 

§ 301–10.304 What expenses are allowable 

in addition to the POV mileage rate 

allowances? 

Following is a chart listing the 

reimbursable and non-reimbursable 

expenses: 

TABLE 1 TO § 301–10.304 

Reimbursable expenses in addition to mileage allowance Non-reimbursable expenses included in the mileage allowance 

Parking fees; ferry fees; bridge, road, and tunnel fees; and aircraft or 

airplane parking, landing, and tie-down fees.

Charges for repairs, depreciation, replacements, grease, oil, antifreeze, 

towage and similar speculative expenses, fuel, insurance, state and 

Federal taxes. 

§ 301–10.401 [Amended] 

■ 5. Amend § 301–10.401 by removing 

from paragraph (a) ‘‘Gasoline’’ and 

adding ‘‘Fuel’’ in its place. 

§ 301–10.450 [Amended] 

■ 6. Amend § 301–10.450 by adding 

paragraph (f) to read as follows: 

§ 301–10.450 What are the policies when 

authorized to rent a vehicle for official 

travel? 

* * * * * 

(f) A rental car may be used for the 

same purposes as a Government vehicle. 

See § 301–10.201. 

■ 7. Amend § 301–10.451 by revising 

paragraph (b) to read as follows: 

§ 301–10.451 May I be reimbursed for the 

cost of collision damage waiver (CDW) or 

theft insurance? 

* * * * * 

(b) Exception. You will be reimbursed 

for CDW or theft insurance, or both, 

when you travel outside CONUS and 

such insurance is necessary because the 

rental or leasing agency requirements, 

foreign statute, or legal procedures 

could cause extreme difficulty for an 

employee involved in an accident. 

PART 301–51—PAYING TRAVEL 

EXPENSES 

■ 9. The authority citation for part 301– 

51 continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 5707. Subpart A is 

issued under the authority of Sec. 2, Pub. L. 

105–264, 112 Stat 2350 (5 U.S.C. 5701 note); 

40 U.S.C. 121(c). 

§ 301–51.200 [Amended] 

■ 10. Amend § 301–51.200 by revising 

paragraph (a)(3) to read as follows: 

§ 301–51.200 For what expenses may I 

receive a travel advance? 

TABLE 1 TO § 301–51.200 

For 

You may 

receive an 

advance 

(a) * * *.

(3) Fuel and other variable expenses covered by the mileage allowance for advantageous use of a privately owned 

automobile for official business; and.

* * * * * * * 

PART 302–16—ALLOWANCE FOR 

MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES 

■ 11. The authority citation for part 

302–16 continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 5738; 20 U.S.C. 905(a); 

E.O. 11609, as amended, 3 CFR 1971–1975 

Comp., p. 586. 

■ 12. Amend § 302–16.2 by revising 

paragraph (a) and adding an entry for 

‘‘Rental Car’’ to the end of the table in 

paragraph (b) to read as follows: 

§ 302–16.2 What are miscellaneous 

expenses? 

* * * * * 

(a) Costs associated with relocating 

that are not covered by other relocation 

benefits detailed in chapter 302, but are 

covered by the MEA. 

(b) * * * 

General expenses Fees/deposits Losses 

*******

Rental car ............... Rental car fees OCONUS while awaiting shipment of POV, not to exceed 10 days or the delivery of the 

POV, whichever occurs first.

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