Special Flight Rules in the Vicinity of the Rocky Mountain National Park

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Parts 91, 121, 127, and 135

[Docket No. 28577; Notice No. 96-4]

RIN 2120-AG11

Special Flight Rules in the Vicinity of the Rocky Mountain

National Park

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of Proposed Rulemaking; extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: This document announces an extension of the comment period on

a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), which proposes to establish a

Special Federal Aviation Regulation to preserve the natural quiet of

Rocky Mountain National Park from any potential adverse impact from

aircraft-based sightseeing overflights. This action is being taken to

rectify the discrepancy of the comment period closing date between the

NPRM published in the Federal Register and the closing date of the NPRM

located in the FAA Rules Docket.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before August 19, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Comments on this NPRM should be mailed, in triplicate to:

Federal Aviation Administration, Office of the Chief Counsel,

Attention: Rules Docket (AGC-200), Docket No. 28577, 800 Independence

Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20591. Comments may also be sent

electronically to the Rules Docket by using the following Internet

address: [email protected]. Comments must be marked Docket No.

28577. Comments may be examined in the Rules Docket in Room 915G on

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

Notice No. 96-4 was placed on immediate display at the Federal

Register on May 10, 1996, and published on May 15, 1996 (61 FR 24582).

This Notice, as published, provided for a 90 day comment period to

close on August 13, 1996. The FAA Rules Docket inadvertently stamped

the wrong date on the copy of the notice located in the docket room at

FAA Headquarters that comments to Notice No. 96-4 must be received on

or before August 18, 1996, which falls on a Sunday. To afford all

interested persons, especially those who relied on the closing date of

the comment period provided for in the FAA Docket, the opportunity to

comment on the proposal, the FAA extends the comment period, as

published in the Federal Register, to coincide with the closing date of

the comment period as provided for in the FAA Docket. Therefore,

comments on this Notice should be received on or before August 19,

1996.

Extension of Comment Period

The comment period closing date on Notice No. 96-4, Special Flight

Rules in the Vicinity of the Rocky Mountain National Park, is hereby

extended to August 19, 1996.

Issued in Washington, DC on July 17, 1996.

Harold W. Becker,

Acting Program Director for Air Traffic, Airspace Management.

[FR Doc. 96-18552 Filed 7-22-96; 8:45 am]

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