Proposed Establishment of Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport Class B Airspace Area, and Revocation of Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Class C Airspace Area; KY

SUMMARY: On February 10, 1998, the FAA published an NPRM, which

proposed to establish a Class B airspace area and to revoke the

existing Class C airspace area at the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky

International Airport. This document announces the reopening of the

comment period for an additional 60 days.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before July 14, 1998.

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. 93-AWA-5, 800

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

sent electronically to the following Internet address: 9-NPRM-

[email protected] Comments delivered must be marked Docket No. 93-AWA-

5. The official docket may be examined in the Office of the Chief

Counsel, Room 915G, weekdays, between 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., except

on Federal holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Patricia Crawford, 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:

Background

Airspace Docket No. 93-AWA-5, published on February 10, 1998 (63 FR

6818), proposed to establish a Class B airspace area and to revoke the

existing Class C airspace area at the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky

International Airport (CVG). CVG qualified as a candidate for Class B

airspace based on the enplaned passengers and airport operations. The

60-day comment period for the notice closed on April 13, 1998.

By letters, on April 8 and 13 respectively, the Aircraft Owners and

Pilots Association (AOPA) and Mercantile Stores Co. Inc. requested that

the FAA extend the comment period from 60 days, to as long as 90 days,

to enable those persons impacted by the proposal to submit meaningful

comments. Additionally, AOPA requested that the FAA take action to

conduct a second series of informal airspace meetings to present this

proposal to the public.

The FAA agrees, in part, with these recommendations. The plan to

establish a Class B airspace area for CVG and revoke the existing Class

C airspace area, was introduced for public input at informal airspace

meetings conducted in Ohio and Kentucky on September 3 and 4, 1992.

These meetings were held to allow the public an opportunity to preview

and comment on the planned airspace design for CVG. Comments on the

planned design were received from a variety of airspace users including

the Ad Hoc User Group Advisory Committee for the area. All the comments

received during these informal airspace meetings were given due

consideration prior to issuing the NPRM. The proposed Class B airspace

area configuration discussed in the NPRM is the same as presented

during the 1992 informal airspace meetings. Therefore, the FAA finds

that it is not necessary to hold further informal airspace meetings.

It is FAA policy to encourage full public participation in all

regulatory actions. The FAA is aware that many general aviation pilots

and others associated with the aviation industry receive notification

of proposed rulemaking actions only through user organizations. Also,

the FAA recognizes that a number of years have elapsed since the

informal airspace meetings were held. Based on the above, the FAA has

determined that reopening the comment period is reasonable and would

ensure that all interested parties have an opportunity to respond to

the NPRM. Accordingly, the FAA is reopening the comment period for this

rulemaking effort for an additional 60 days. This additional period

allows for a total comment period of 120 days instead of the original

60-day comment period.

Issued in Washington, DC on May 11, 1998.

Reginald C. Matthews,

Acting Program Director for Air Traffic Airspace Management.

[FR Doc. 98-12981 Filed 5-14-98; 8:45 am]

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