Federal Register: December 28, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 250)
DOCID: FR Doc 00-33176
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
CFR Citation: 14 CFR Part 71
DOCUMENT ID: [Airspace Docket No. 00-AAL-21]
NOTICE: PROPOSED RULES
DOCUMENT ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.
SUBJECT CATEGORY:
Proposed Establishment of Class E Airspace; Egegik, AK
DATES: Comments must be received on or before February 12, 2001.
DOCUMENT SUMMARY:
This action establishes Class E airspace at Egegik, AK. The establishment of Area Navigation (RNAV) instrument approaches at the Egegik Airport has made this action necessary. The Egegik Airport status will change from Visual Flight Rules (VFR) to Instrument Flight Rules (IFR). Adoption of this proposal would result in adequate controlled airspace for IFR operations at Egegik, AK.
SUMMARY:
Class E airspace,
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
Comments Invited
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 notice must
submit with those comments a selfaddressed, stamped postcard on which
the following statement is made: ``Comments to Airspace Docket No. 00
AAL21.'' 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 notice 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 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 notice 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 establishing Class E airspace at Egegik, AK, to create controlled airspace for the RNAV instrument approaches to RWY 12 and RWY 30. The Egegik Airport status will be upgraded from VFR to IFR. The intended effect of this proposal is to provide adequate controlled airspace for IFR operations at Egegik, 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 7400.9H, Airspace Designations and Reporting Points, dated September 1, 2000, and effective September 16, 2000, 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.
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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 7400.9H, Airspace Designations and
Reporting Points, dated September 1, 2000, and effective September 16, 2000, is to be 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 Egegik, AK [New]
Egegik Airport, AK
(Lat. 58 deg. 11' 07" N., long. 157 deg. 22' 32" W.)
That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface within a 6.3 mile radius of the Egegik Airport.
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Issued in Anchorage, AK, on December 19, 2000.
Anthony M. Wylie,
Acting Manager, Air Traffic Division, Alaskan Region.
[FR Doc. 0033176 Filed 122700; 8:45 am]
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
Robert Durand, Operations Branch, AAL- 531, 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.