# Proposed Establishment of Class E Airspace; Wilkes-Barre, PA
**AGENCY:**
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.
**ACTION:**
Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM), withdrawal.
**SUMMARY:**
A notice of proposed rulemaking published in the *Federal Register* on July 1, 2011, establishing Class E airspace at Wilkes-Barre/Wyoming Valley Airport, Wilkes-Barre, PA, is being withdrawn. Controlled airspace already exists for area airports under this city designator. A new proposal amending the existing airspace will be submitted under a separate rulemaking.
**DATES:**
Effective 0901 UTC March 2, 2012, the proposed rule published July 1, 2011 (76 FR 38585), is withdrawn.
**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**
Richard Horrocks, Operations Support Group, Eastern Service Center, Federal Aviation Administration, P.O. Box 20636, Atlanta, Georgia 30320; telephone (404) 305-5588.
**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:**
**History**
On July 1, 2011, a NPRM was published in the *Federal Register* establishing Class E airspace at Wilkes-Barre, PA, to accommodate new standard instrument approach procedures for Wilkes-Barre/Wyoming Valley Airport, Wilkes-Barre, PA (76 FR 38585). Subsequent to publication the FAA found that Class E airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface currently exists for Wilkes-Barre, PA, with the primary airport being Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport. To avoid confusion this proposed rule is being withdrawn and another rulemaking will be forthcoming adding Wilkes-Barre/Wyoming Valley Airport to the current city designator, Wilkes-Barre, PA.
**Environmental Review**
The FAA has determined that this action qualifies for categorical exclusion under the National Environmental Policy Act in accordance with FAA Order 1050.1E, “Environmental Impacts: Policies and Procedures,” paragraph 311a. This airspace action is not expected to cause any potentially significant environmental impacts, and no extraordinary circumstances exist that warrant preparation of an environmental assessment
**Lists of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 71**
Airspace, Incorporation by reference, Navigation (air).
**The Withdrawal**
Accordingly, pursuant to the authority delegated to me, the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, as published in the *Federal Register* of July, 1, 2011 (76 FR 38585) (FR Doc. 2011-16664), is hereby withdrawn.
**Authority:**
49 U.S.C. 106(g); 40103, 40113, 40120; E.O. 10854, 24 FR 9565, 3 CFR, 1959-1963 Comp., p. 389.
Issued in College Park, Georgia, on February 15, 2012.
Mark D. Ward,
Manager, Operations Support Group, Eastern Service Center, Air Traffic Organization.