Suspension of Certain Aircraft Operations From the Transponder With Automatic Pressure Altitude Reporting Capability Requirement

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

14 CFR Part 91

[Docket No. 26242, Notice No. 94-28A]

RIN 2120-AF30

Suspension of Certain Aircraft Operations From the Transponder

With Automatic Pressure Altitude Reporting Capability Requirement

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM); extension of comment

period.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces an extension of the comment period for

Notice 94-28, ``Suspension of Certain Aircraft Operations From the

Transponder With Automatic Pressure Altitude Reporting Capability

Requirement'' (59 FR 43994; August 25, 1994). This comment period is

extended from October 11, 1994 to November 25, 1994. The extension

responds to a request from the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association

(AOPA) to allow additional time for specific comments responsive to

Notice No. 94-28.

DATES: The comment period is being extended from October 11, 1994 to

November 25, 1994.

ADDRESSES: As stated in Notice No. 94-28, comments should be mailed in

triplicate to: Federal Aviation Administration, Office of the Chief

Counsel, Attention: Rules Docket (AGC-200), Airspace Docket No. 26242,

800 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington DC 20591.

The official docket may be examined in the Rules Docket, Office of

the Chief Counsel, Room 916, 800 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington

DC, weekdays, except Federal holidays, between 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Ms. Ellen Crum, Air Traffic Rules Branch (ATP-230), Airspace-Rules and

Aeronautical Information Division, Air Traffic Rules and Procedures

Service, Federal Aviation Administration, 800 Independence Avenue, SW.,

Washington, DC 20591; telephone: (202) 267-8783.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August 25, 1994, the FAA published Notice

No. 94-28, ``Suspension of Certain Aircraft Operations From the

Transponder With Automatic Pressure Altitude Reporting Capability

Requirement.'' This notice invites comments on issues related to the

reinstatement and modification of the expired Special Federal Aviation

Regulation (SFAR) No. 62, which suspended certain provisions of the

regulations that require the installation of use of automatic altitude

reporting (Mode C) transponders.

Because the comment period originally established in Notice 94-28

would not provide sufficient time for AOPA to notify its members before

the close of the comment period, AOPA forwarded a written request to

the FAA for a 45-day extension of the comment period. This extension

would provide the required 45-day lead time for AOPA to publish this

information in its magazine and provide sufficient time for the

submission of meaningful comments from its members.

In order to give all interested persons additional time to be

notified of the issues, and submit their specific comments, the FAA

finds that it is in the public interest to extend the comment period.

Accordingly, the comment period for Notice No. 94-28 is extended to

November 25, 1994.

Issued in Washington, DC on September 23, 1994.

Harold W. Becker,

Manager, Airspace Rules and Aeronautical Information Division, Air

Traffic Rules & Procedures Service.

[FR Doc. 94-24002 Filed 9-27-94; 8:45 am]

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