[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 209 (Wednesday, October 29, 1997)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 56067-56068]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-28602]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
14 CFR Part 71
[Airspace Docket No. 97-AEA-31]
Amendment to Class E Airspace; Point Pleasant, WV
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: This action revises the Class E airspace upward from 700 feet
Above Ground Level (AGL) at Point Pleasant, WV. The development of a
Global Positioning System (GPS) Standard Instrument Approach Procedure
(SIAP) to Runway (RWY) 25 at Madison County 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 25 at Point Pleasant, WV.
EFFECTIVE DATE: 0901 UTC, January 1, 1998.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Francis Jordan, Airspace
Specialist,
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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 August 22, 1997, the FAA proposed to amend 14 CFR Part 71 to
revise the Class E airspace at Point Pleasant, WV (62 FR 44606). A GPS
SIAP to RWY 25 developed for Mason County Airport, Point Pleasant, WV,
requires the revision of the Class E airspace at the airport. The
notice proposed to 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 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 14 CFR Part 71 amends the Class E airspace
located at Point Pleasant, WV, to provide controlled airspace extending
upward from 700 feet AGL for aircraft executing a GPS SIAP to RWY 25.
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 ``significantly 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 WV AEA 35 Point Pleasant, WV [Revised]
Mason County Airport, WV
(lat. 38 deg.54'52''N., long. 82 deg.05'55''W.)
That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface
within a 6.4-mile radius of Mason County Airport and within 4 miles
each side of the 059 deg. bearing from the Mason County Airport
extending from the 6.4-mile radius to 10 miles northeast of the
airport, excluding the portions that coincide with the Gallipolis,
OH, and Ravenswood, WV, Class E airspace areas.
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Issued in Jamaica, New York on October 7, 1997.
Franklin D. Hatfield,
Manager, Air Traffic Division, Eastern Region.
[FR Doc. 97-28602 Filed 10-28-97; 8:45 am]
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