[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 201 (Friday, October 17, 1997)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 53941-53942]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-27374]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
14 CFR Part 71
[Airspace Docket No. 97-AEA-25]
Amendment to Class E Airspace; Kutztown, PA
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: This action revises the Class E airspace extending upward from
700 feet Above Ground Level (AGL) at Kutztown, PA. The development of a
Global Positioning System (GPS) Standard Instrument Approach Procedure
(SIAP) to Runway (RWY) 17 at Kutztown Airport has made this action
necessary. This action is intended to provide adequate Class E airspace
to contain instrument flight rules (IFR) operations for aircraft
executing the GPS SIAP to RWY 17 at Kutztown, PA.
EFFECTIVE DATE: 0901 UTC, January 1, 1998.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mr. Francis Jordan, Airspace Specialist, Airspace Branch, AEA-520, Air
Traffic Division, Eastern Region, Federal Aviation Administration,
Federal Building #111, John F. Kennedy International Airport, Jamaica,
New York 11430, telephone: (718) 553-4521.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
History
On June 24, 1997, a proposal to amend Part 71 of the Federal
Aviation Regulations (14 CFR Part 71) to revise the Class E airspace at
Kutztown, PA, was published in the Federal Register (62 FR 34026). A
GPS SIAP to RWY 17 developed for Kutztown Airport, Kutztown, PA,
requires the revision of the Class E airspace at the airport. The
proposal would revise the controlled airspace extending upward from 700
feet AGL to contain IFR operations in controlled airspace during
portions of the terminal operation and while transitioning between the
enroute and terminal environments.
Interested parties were invited to participate in this rulemaking
proceeding by submitting written comments on the proposal to the FAA.
No comments to the proposal were received. The rule is adopted as
proposed.
The coordinates for this airspace docket are based on North
American Datum 83. Class E airspace areas designations for airspace
extending
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upward from 700 feet AGL are published in paragraph 6005 of FAA Order
7400.9E, dated September 10, 1997, and effective September 16, 1997,
which is incorporated by reference in 14 CFR 71.1. The Class E airspace
designation listed in this document will be published subsequently in
the Order.
The Rule
This amendment to Part 71 of the Federal Aviation Regulations (14
CFR Part 71) amends the Class E airspace located at Kutztown, PA, to
provide controlled airspace extending upward from 700 feet AGL for
aircraft executing a GPS SIAP to RWY 17.
The FAA has determined that this regulation only involves an
established body of technical regulations for which frequent and
routine amendments are necessary to keep them operationally current.
Therefore, this 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 rule will 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).
Adoption of the Amendment
In consideration of the foregoing, the Federal Aviation
Administration amends 14 CFR part 71 as follows:
PART 71--[AMENDED]
1. The authority citation for 14 CFR Part 71 continues to read as
follows:
Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(g), 40103, 40113, 40120; EO 10854, 24
FR 9565, 3 CFR, 1959-1963 Comp., p. 389.
Sec. 71.1 [Amended]
2. The incorporation by reference in 14 CFR 71.1 of Federal
Aviation Administration Order 7400.9E, Airspace Designations and
Reporting Points, dated September 10, 1997, and effective September 16,
1997, 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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AEA PA AEA E5 Kutztown, PA [Revised]
Kutztown Airport, PA
(Lat. 40 deg.30'13'' N., long. 75 deg.47'14'' W.)
That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface
within a 6.5-mile radius of Kutztown Airport and within 3.5 miles
northeast and 5.3 miles southwest of the 340 deg. bearing from the
airport extending from the 6.5-mile radius to 17 miles northwest of
the airport, excluding the portions that coincide with the
Allentown, PA, Reading, PA, and Lehighton, PA, Class E airspace
areas.
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Issued in Jamaica, New York, on August 20, 1997.
Franklin D. Hatfield,
Manager, Air Traffic Division, Eastern Region.
[FR Doc. 97-27374 Filed 10-16-97; 8:45 am]
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