Federal Register: October 27, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 208)
DOCID: FR Doc 06-8891
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
CFR Citation: 14 CFR Part 71
Docket ID: [Docket No. FAA-2006-25922; Airspace Docket No. 06-AWP-17]
RIN ID: RIN 2120-AA66
NOTICE: PROPOSED RULES
DOCUMENT ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.
SUBJECT CATEGORY:
Proposed Establishment of Class E Airspace; Santa Cruz, CA
DATES: Comments must be received on or before December 11, 2006.
DOCUMENT SUMMARY:
This notice proposes to modify the Class E airspace area at Santa Cruz, CA. The establishment of a Special COPTER Area Navigation (RNAV) Global Positioning System (GPS) 040 Point In Space Standard Instrument Approach Procedure (SIAP) and a Special COPTER RNAV (GPS) 227 Departure Procedure serving Dominic Hospital Heliport has made this proposal necessary. Additional controlled airspace extending upward from 700 feet or more above the surface of the earth is needed to contain helicopters executing the Special COPTER RNAV (GPS) 040 Point In Space SIAP and Special COPTER RNAV (GPS) 227 Departure Procedure to Dominican Hospital Heliport. The intended effect of this proposal is to provide adequate controlled airspace for Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) operations at Dominican Hospital Heliport, Santa Cruz, CA.
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 both docket numbers 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
the comments a selfaddressed, stamped postcard on which the following
statement is made: ``Comments to Docket No. FAA200625922/Airspace
Docket No. 06AWP17.'' The postcard will be date/time stamped and returned to the commenter.
Availability of NPRM
An electronic copy of this document may be downloaded through the Internet at http://www.faa.gov. or the Superintendent of Document's Web page at http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara .
Additionally, any person may obtain a copy of this notice by submitting a request to the Federal Aviation
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Administration, Office of Air Traffic Airspace Management, ATA400, 800
Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20591, or by calling (202)
2678783. Communications must identify both document numbers for this
notice. Persons interested in being placed on a mailing list for future
NPRM's should contact the FAA's Office of Rulemaking, (202) 2679677,
to request a copy of Advisory Circular No. 112A, Notice of Proposed
Rulemaking Distribution System, which describes the applicant procedures.
The Proposal
The FAA is considering an amendment to 14 CFR part 71 by establishing the Class E airspace area at Santa Cruz, CA. The establishment of a Special COPTER Area Navigation (RNAV) Global Positioning System (GPS) 040 Point In Space Standard Instrument Approach Procedure (SIAP) and a Special COPTER RNAV (GPS) 227 Departure Procedure serving Dominican Hospital Heliport has made this proposal necessary. Additional controlled airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface is needed to contain helicopters executing Special COPTER Area Navigation (RNAV) Global Positioning System (GPS) 040 Point In Space Standard Instrument Approach Procedure (SIAP) and a Special COPTER RNAV (GPS) 227 Departure Procedure serving Dominican Hospital Heliport. The intended effect of this proposal is to provide adequate controlled airspace for helicopters executing Special COPTER Area Navigation (RNAV) Global Positioning System (GPS) 040 Point In Space Standard Instrument Approach Procedure (SIAP) and a Special COPTER RNAV (GPS) 227 Departure Procedure serving Dominican Hospital Heliport, Santa Cruz, CA. Class E airspace designations are published in paragraph 6005 of FAA Order 7400.9P dated September 1, 2006, and effective September 15, 2006, which is incorporated by reference in 14 CFR 71.1. The Class E airspace designation listed in this document would be published subsequently in this 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. Therefore, this proposed regulation(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 proposed rule would not have 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). Proposed Adoption of the 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 AREA; 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 the Federal
Aviation Administration Order 7400.9P, Airspace Designations and
Reporting Points, dated September 1, 2006, and effective, September 15, 2006, is amended as follows:
Paragraph 6005 Class E airspace areas extending upward from 700 feet or more above the surface of the earth.
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AWP CA 35 Santa Cruz, CA [New]
Dominican Hospital Heliport Point in Space Coordinates
(Lat. 36[deg]58'26'' N, long. 121[deg]59'38'' W)
That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface and within a 6.5mile radius of the Point in Space serving the Dominican Hospital Heliport.
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Issued in Los Angeles, California, on October 5, 2006. Leonard A. Mobley,
Acting Area Director, Western Terminal Operations.
[FR Doc. 068891 Filed 102606; 8:45 am]
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
Francie Hope, Western Terminal Service Area, Federal Aviation Administration, 15000 Aviation Boulevard, Lawndale, California 90261; telephone (310) 7256502.