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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
14 CFR Part 71
[Airspace Docket No. 94-ASW-18]
Proposed Amendment of Class D Airspace: New Orleans NAS, Alvin
Callender Field, LA
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.
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SUMMARY: This notice proposes to amend the Class D airspace at New
Orleans Naval Air Station (NAS), Alvin Callender Field, New Orleans,
LA. Decommissioning of the New Orleans NAS Non-directional Radio Beacon
negates the need for Class D airspace to protect the standard
instrument approach to this navigational aid.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before February 2, 1995.
ADDRESSES: Send comments on the proposal in triplicate to Manager,
Systems Management Branch, Air Traffic Division, Southwest Region,
Docket No. 94-ASW-18, Federal Aviation Administration, Fort Worth , TX
76193-0530.
The official docket may be examined in the Office of the Assistant
Chief Counsel, Southwest Region, Federal Aviation Administration, 2601
Meacham Boulevard, Fort Worth, TX, between 9 AM and 3 p.m., Monday
through Friday, except Federal holidays. An informal docket may also be
examined during normal business hours at the System Management Branch,
Air Traffic Division, Southwest Region, Federal Aviation
Administration, 2601 Meacham Boulevard, Fort Worth, TX.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Donald J. Day, System Management Branch, Air Traffic Division,
Southwest Region, Federal Aviation Administration, Fort Worth, TX
76193-0530; telephone: (817) 222-5593.
SUPPLEMENTARY 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 energy-related aspects of the proposal.
Communications should identify the airspace docket and be submitted in
triplicate to the address listed under the caption ADDRESSES.
Commenters wishing the FAA to acknowledge receipt of their comments on
this notice must submit, with those comments, a self-addressed,
stamped, postcard containing the following statement: ``Comments to
Airspace Docket No. 94-ASW-18.'' The postcard will be date and time
stamped and returned to the commenter. All communications received
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 the light of comments received. All
comments submitted will be available for examination in the System
Management Branch, Air Traffic Division, 2501 Meacham Boulevard, Fort
Worth, TX, 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 NPRM's
Any person may obtain a copy of this Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
(NPRM) by submitting a request to the Manager, System Management
Branch, Federal Aviation Administration, Fort Worth, TX 76193-0530.
Communications must identify the notice number of this NPRM. Persons
interested in being placed on a mailing list for future NPRM's should
also request a copy of Advisory Circular No. 11-2A that describes the
application procedure.
The Proposal
The FAA is considering an amendment to part 71 of the Federal
Aviation Regulations (14 CFR part 71) to amend the class D airspace at
New Orleans NAS Callender Field, LA. Decommissioning of the New Orleans
NAS Non-directional Beacon negates the need for the airspace protecting
the withdrawn SIAP.
The coordinates for this airspace docket are based on North
American Datum 83. Class D airspace designations are published in
paragraph 5000 of FAA Order 7400.9B, dated July 18, 1994, and effective
September 16, 1994, which is incorporated by reference in 14 CFR 71.1.
Class D 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 that need frequent and
routine amendments 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
effect air traffic procedures and air navigation, it is certified that
this rule, when promulgated, will not have a significant 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 71--[AMENDED]
1. The authority citation for 14 CFR part 71 continues to read as
follows:
Authority: 49 U.S.C. app. 1348(a), 1354(a), 1510; E.O. 10854, 24
FR 9565, 3 CFR, 1959-1963 Comp., p. 389; 49 U.S.C. 106(g); 14 CFR
11.69.
Sec. 71.1 [Amended]
2. The incorporation by reference in 14 CFR 71.1 of the Federal
Aviation Administration Order 7400.9B, Airspace Designations and
Reporting Points, dated July 18, 1993, and effective September 16,
1994, is amended as follows:
Paragraph 5000 General
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ASW LA D New Orleans NAS, Alvin Callender Field, LA--[Revised]
New Orleans NAS, Alvin Callender Field, LA
(lat. 29 deg.049'31'' N., long. 90 deg.002'06'' W.)
Harvey VORTAC
(lat 29 deg.051'01'' N., long 90 deg.00'10'' W.)
That airspace extending upward from the surface to and including
2,500 feet MSL within a 4.7-mile radius of New Orleans NAS Alvin
Callender Field and within 1.3 miles each side of the 228 deg.
radial of the Harvey VORTAC extending from the 4.7-mile radius to
5.6 miles southwest of the airport and within 1.3 miles each side of
the 058 deg. radial of the Harvey VORTAC extending from the 4.7-mile
radius to 6 miles northeast of the airport excluding that airspace
within the New Orleans, LA, Class B airspace area.
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Issued in Forth Worth, TX on December 1, 1994.
Helen Fabian Parke,
Manager, Air Traffic Division, Southwest Region.
[FR Doc. 94-30956 Filed 12-15-94; 8:45 am]
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