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CFR Citation: 14 CFR Part 71

DOCUMENT ID: [Airspace Docket No. 00-AAL-4]

NOTICE: PROPOSED RULES

ACTION: Airworthiness directives:

DOCUMENT ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.

SUBJECT CATEGORY: Proposed Revision of Class E Airspace; Ambler, AK

DATES: Comments must be received on or before July 28, 2000.

DOCUMENT SUMMARY: This action revises Class E airspace at Ambler, AK. The establishment of a Global Positioning System (GPS) instrument approach to runway (RWY) 36 at Ambler, AK, has made this action necessary. Adoption of this proposal would result in the provision of adequate controlled airspace for Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) operations at Ambler, AK.

SUMMARY: Class E airspace,

SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION

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 energyrelated aspects of the proposal.
Communications should identify the airspace docket number and be submitted in triplicate to the address listed above. Commenters wishing the FAA to acknowledge receipt of their comments on this action must submit with those comments a selfaddressed, stamped postcard on which the following statement is made: ``Comments to Airspace Docket No. 00 AAL4.'' 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 action may be changed in light of comments received. All comments submitted will be available for examination in the Operations Branch, Air Traffic Division, Federal Aviation
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Administration, 222 West 7th Avenue, Box 14, Anchorage, AK, 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 Notice of Proposed Rulemaking's (NPRM's)

An electronic copy of this document may be downloaded, using a modem and suitable communications software, from the FAA regulations section of the Fedworld electronic bulletin board service (telephone: 7033213339) or the Federal Register's electronic bulletin board service (telephone: 2025121661).

Internet users may reach the Federal Register's web page for access to recently published rulemaking documents at http:// www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/aces140.html.

Any person may obtain a copy of this NPRM by submitting a request to the Operations Branch, AAL530, Federal Aviation Administration, 222 West 7th Avenue, Box 14, Anchorage, AK 995137587. Communications must identify the docket number of this NPRM. Persons interested in being placed on a mailing list for future NPRM's should contact the individual(s) identified in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section.

The Proposal

The FAA proposes to amend 14 CFR part 71 by revising Class E airspace at Ambler, AK, due to the establishment of a new GPS instrument approach procedure to RWY 36. The intended effect of this proposal is to provide additional controlled airspace for IFR operations at Ambler, AK.

The area would be depicted on aeronautical charts for pilot reference. The coordinates for this airspace docket are based on North American Datum 83. The Class E airspace areas designated as 700/1200 foot transition areas are published in paragraph 6005 in FAA Order 7400.9G, Airspace Designations and Reporting Points, dated September 1, 1999, and effective September 16, 1999, which is incorporated by reference in 14 CFR 71.1. The Class E airspace designations listed in this document would be published subsequently in the Order.

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. It, therefore(1) is not a ``significant regulatory action'' under Executive Order 12866; (2) is not a ``significant rule'' under DOT Regulatory Policies and Procedures (44 FR 11034; February 26, 1979); and (3) does not warrant preparation of a regulatory 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 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.

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 71DESIGNATION OF CLASS A, CLASS B, CLASS C, CLASS D, AND CLASS E AIRSPACE AREAS; AIRWAYS; ROUTES; AND REPORTING POINTS

1. The authority citation for 14 CFR 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, 19591963 Comp., p. 389.

Sec. 71.1 [Amended]

2. The incorporation by reference in 14 CFR 71.1 of Federal Aviation Administration Order 7400.9G, Airspace Designations and Reporting Points, dated September 1, 1999, and effective September 16, 1999, is amended as follows:
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Paragraph 6005 Class E airspace extending upward from 700 feet or more above the surface of the earth.
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AAL AK E5 Ambler, AK [Revised]
Ambler Airport, AK
(Lat. 67 deg.06'22" N, long. 157 deg.51'13" N)
Ambler NDB

(Lat. 67 deg.06'24" N, long. 157 deg.51'29" W)

That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface within a 6.3mile radius of the Ambler Airport and within 3.5 miles each side of the 193 deg. bearing of the Ambler NDB extending from the 6.3mile radius to 7.2 miles southwest of the airport; and that airspace extending upward from 1,200 feet above the surface within 4 miles west and 8 miles east of the Ambler NDB 193 deg. bearing extending from the NDB to 20 miles southwest of the NDB, and 4 miles either side of a line from lat. 66 deg.20'57" N, long.,
158 deg.54'51" W to lat. 66 deg.56'52" N, long. 158 deg.01'13" W and 4 miles either side of a line from lat. 66 deg.51'40" N, long. 158 deg.55'07" W to lat. 66 deg.56'52" N, long. 158 deg.01'13" W. * * * * *

Issued in Anchorage, AK, on June 6, 2000.
Willis C. Nelson,
Manager, Air Traffic Division, Alaskan Region.
[FR Doc. 0014862 Filed 61200; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 491013P

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT Bob Durand, Operations Branch, Federal Aviation Administration, 222 West 7th Avenue, Box 14, Anchorage, AK 995137587; telephone number (907) 2715898; fax: (907) 2712850; email: Bob.Durand@faa.gov. Internet address: http://www.alaska.faa.gov/ at or at address http://162.58.28.41/at.