This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER

contains notices to the public of the proposed

issuance of rules and regulations. The

purpose of these notices is to give interested

persons an opportunity to participate in the

rule making prior to the adoption of the final

rules.

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Vol. 66, No. 110

Thursday, June 7, 2001

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Docket No. FAA–2001–9559; Airspace

Docket No. 01–AWP–2]

RIN 2120–AA66

Proposed Revision of VOR Federal

Airway 105 and Jet Route 86; AZ

AGENCY: Federal Aviation

Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking

(NPRM).

SUMMARY: This action proposes to revise

Federal Airway 105 (V–105) and Jet

Route 86 (J–86) in the vicinity of

Arizona. Specifically, the FAA is

proposing to revise V–105 between the

Drake and Phoenix, AZ, Very High

Frequency Omnidirectional Radio

Range and Tactical Air Navigation Aids

(VORTAC) in order to manage aircraft

operations in the Phoenix, AZ, terminal

area. Additionally, the FAA is

proposing to revise J–86 between

Winslow, AZ, and Peach Springs, AZ, as

part of the National Airspace Redesign

effort and to improve system efficiency

in the Phoenix, AZ, area.

DATES: Comments must be received on

or before July 23, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Send comments on this

proposal to the Docket Management

System, U.S. Department of

Transportation, Room Plaza 401, 400

Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC

20590–0001. You must identify the

docket number FAA–2001–9559/

Airspace Docket No. 01–AWP–2, at the

beginning of your comments.

You may also submit comments on

the Internet at http://dms.dot.gov. You

may review the public docket

containing the proposal, any comments

received, and any final disposition in

person in the Dockets Office between

9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday

through Friday, except Federal holidays.

The Docket Office (telephone 1–800–

647–5527) is on the plaza level of the

Department of Transportation NASSIF

Building at the above address.

An informal docket may also be

examined during normal business hours

at the office of the Regional Air Traffic

Division, Federal Aviation

Administration, 15000 Aviation

Boulevard, Hawthorne, CA 90261.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ken

McElroy, Airspace and Rules Division,

ATA–400, Office of Air Traffic Airspace

Management, Federal Aviation

Administration, 800 Independence

Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20591;

telephone: (202) 267–8783.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Comments Invited

Interested parties are invited to

participate in this proposed rulemaking

by submitting such written data, views,

or arguments, as they may desire.

Comments that provide the factual basis

supporting the views and suggestions

presented are particularly helpful in

developing reasoned regulatory

decisions on the proposal. Comments

are specifically invited on the overall

regulatory, aeronautical, economic,

environmental, and energy-related

aspects of the proposal.

Communications should identify both

docket numbers and be submitted in

triplicate to the address listed above.

Commenters wishing the FAA to

acknowledge receipt of their comments

on this notice must submit with those

comments a self-addressed, stamped

postcard on which the following

statement is made: ‘‘Comments to

Docket No. FAA–2001–9559/Airspace

Docket No. 01–AWP–2.’’ The postcard

will be date/time stamped and returned

to the commenter.

All communications received on or

before the specified closing date for

comments will be considered before

taking action on the proposed rule. The

proposal contained in this notice may

be changed in light of comments

received. All comments submitted will

be available for examination in the

Rules Docket both before and after the

closing date for comments. A report

summarizing each substantive public

contact with FAA personnel concerned

with this rulemaking will be filed in the

docket.

Availability of NPRM’s

An electronic copy of this document

may be downloaded through the

Internet at http://dms.dot.gov. Recently

published rulemaking documents can

also be accessed through the FAA’s web

page at http://www.faa.gov or the

Superintendent of Document’s web page

at http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara.

Additionally, any person may obtain

a copy of this notice by submitting a

request to the Federal Aviation

Administration, Office of Air Traffic

Airspace Management, ATA–400, 800

Independence Avenue, SW.,

Washington, DC 20591, or by calling

(202) 267–8783. Communications must

identify both docket numbers for this

notice. Persons interested in being

placed on a mailing list for future

NPRM’s should call the FAA’s Office of

Rulemaking, (202) 267–9677, for a copy

of Advisory Circular No. 11–2A, Notice

of Proposed Rulemaking Distribution

System, which describes the application

procedure.

The Proposal

The FAA is proposing an amendment

to Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations

(14 CFR) part 71 to revise V–105 and J–

86 in the vicinity of Arizona.

Specifically, this notice is proposing to

revise V–105 between the Drake and

Phoenix, AZ, VORTAC in order to

improve the management of aircraft

operations in the Phoenix, AZ, terminal

area. Although these changes will result

in a slight increase in distance, the

proposed actions will properly align

these routes to facilitate operations in

the Phoenix Terminal Area.

Additionally, in this action the FAA is

proposing to revise J–86 between

Winslow, AZ, and Peach Springs, AZ, as

part of the National Airspace Redesign

effort and to improve system efficiency

in the Phoenix, AZ, area.

The FAA has determined that this

proposed regulation only involves an

established body of technical

regulations for which frequent and

routine amendments are necessary to

keep them operationally current.

Therefore, this proposed regulation: (1)

Is not a ‘‘significant regulatory action’’

under Executive Order 12866; (2) is not

a ‘‘significant rule’’ under Department of

Transportation (DOT) Regulatory

Policies and Procedures (44 FR 11034;

February 26, 1979); and (3) does not

warrant preparation of a regulatory

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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 proposed rule, when

promulgated, will not have a significant

economic impact on a substantial

number of small entities under the

criteria of the Regulatory Flexibility Act.

Jet routes and Domestic VOR Federal

airways are published in paragraphs

2004 and 6010(a), respectively, of FAA

Order 7400.9H dated September 1, 2000,

and effective September 16, 2000, which

is incorporated by reference in 14 CFR

71.1. The jet route and VOR Federal

airway listed in this document would be

published subsequently in the order.

List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 71

Airspace, Incorporation by reference,

Navigation (air).

The Proposed Amendment

In consideration of the foregoing, the

Federal Aviation Administration

proposes to amend 14 CFR part 71 as

follows:

PART 71—DESIGNATION OF CLASS A,

CLASS B, CLASS C, CLASS D, AND

CLASS E AIRSPACE AREAS;

AIRWAYS; ROUTES; AND REPORTING

POINTS

1. The authority citation for part 71

continues to read as follows:

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 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 7400.9H,

Airspace Designations and Reporting

Points, dated September 1, 2000, and

effective September 16, 2000, is

amended as follows:

Paragraph 2004 Jet Routes

* * * * *

J–86 [Revised]

From Beatty, NV; INT Beatty 131° and

Boulder City, NV 284° radials; Boulder City;

Peach Springs, AZ; INT of Peach Springs

091°(076°M) and Winslow, AZ, 301°(287°M)

radials; El Paso, TX; Fort Stockton, TX;

Junction, TX; Humble, TX; Leeville, LA; INT

Leeville 104° and Sarasota, FL, 286° radials;

Sarasota; INT Sarasota 103° and La Belle, FL,

313° radials; La Belle; to Dolphin, FL.

* * * * *

Paragraph 6010(a) Domestic VOR Federal

Airways

* * * * *

V–105 [Revised]

From Tucson, AZ; INT Tucson 300° and

Stanfield, AZ 145° radials; Stanfield;

Phoenix, AZ; INT Phoenix 321°(309°M) and

Drake, AZ, 168°(154°M) radials; Drake; 25

miles, 22 miles 85 MSL; Boulder City, NV;

Las Vegas, NV; INT Las Vegas 266° and

Beatty, NV, 142° radials; 17 miles, 105 MSL;

Beatty; 105 MSL, Coaldale, NV; 82 miles, 110

MSL; to Mustang, NV.

* * * * *

Issued in Washington, DC, on May 31,

2001.

Reginald C. Matthews,

Manager, Airspace and Rules Division.

[FR Doc. 01–14328 Filed 6–6–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P

CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY

COMMISSION

16 CFR Part 1115

Substantial Product Hazard Reports

AGENCY: Consumer Product Safety

Commission.

ACTION: Proposed revision to

interpretative rule.

SUMMARY: Section 15(b) of the Consumer

Product Safety Act, 15 U.S.C. 2064(b),

requires manufacturers, distributors,

and retailers of consumer products to

report potential product hazards to the

Commission. The Consumer Product

Safety Commission publishes a

proposed revision to its interpretative

rule advising manufacturers,

distributors, and retailers how to

comply with the requirements of section

15(b). The proposed revision points out

that information concerning products

manufactured or sold outside of the

United States that may be relevant to the

existence of potential defects and

hazards associated with products

distributed within the United States

should be evaluated and may lead to a

report under section 15(b).

DATES: Comments from the public are

due no later than July 9, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Marc Schoem, Director, Division of

Recalls and Compliance, Consumer

Product Safety Commission,

Washington, DC 20207, telephone—

(301) 504–0608, ext. 1365, fax.—(301)

504–0359, E-mail address—

mschoem@cpsc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section

15(b) of the Consumer Product Safety

Act (CPSA), 15 U.S.C. 2064(b) requires

manufacturers, distributors, and

retailers of consumer products to report

potential product hazards to the

Commission. In 1978, the Commission

published an interpretative rule, 16 CFR

1115, that clarified the Commission?s

understanding of this requirement and

that established policies and procedures

for filing such reports and proffering

remedial actions to the Commission.

That rule talks generally about the types

of information a firm should evaluate in

considering whether to report, but does

not specifically address information

about experience with products

manufactured or sold outside of the

United States. Neither the statute, nor

the rule itself, suggests that firms need

not evaluate such information and,

when appropriate, report to the

Commission under section 15(b).

Over the past several years, the

Commission has received section 15(b)

reports that have included information

on experience with products abroad.

When appropriate, the agency has

initiated recalls based in whole or in

part on that experience. In addition, the

Firestone tire recall of 2000 focused

public attention on the possible

relevance of information generated

abroad to the safety of products used in

the United States. Accordingly, to

assure that firms who obtain

information generated abroad are aware

that they should consider such

information in deciding whether there is

a need to report under section 15(b), the

staff recommended that the Commission

issue a policy statement to this effect.

On January 3, 2001, the Commission

solicited comments on a proposed

policy statement summarizing the

Commission’s position that, under

section 15(b), information concerning

products sold outside of the United

States may be relevant to defects and

hazards associated with products

distributed within the United States.

On May 17, 2001, after receiving and

analyzing the comments, the

Commission voted to issue a final policy

stating that information concerning

products manufactured or sold outside

of the United States which may be

relevant to the existence of potential

defects and hazards associated with

products distributed within the United

States should be evaluated and may be

reportable under section 15(b). The

Commission’s analysis of those

comments and the final policy

statement are published elsewhere in

this edition of the Federal Register.

The Commission believes that

members of the public should fully

understand their obligations under the

law. In the context of the obligation to

evaluate and, if necessary, to report

information from outside the United

States under section 15(b), the

Commission believes that it can best

accomplish this objective by amending

the existing interpretative rule to reflect

the substance of the policy statement.

Accordingly, the Commission proposes

to amend the interpretative rule as