94-6400. Proposed Establishment of Class E Airspace; Saint George Island, AK  

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    DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
    14 CFR Part 71
    
    [Airspace Docket No. 94-AAL-02]
    
     
    
    Proposed Establishment of Class E Airspace; Saint George Island, 
    AK
    
    AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.
    
    ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.
    
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    SUMMARY: This notice proposes to establish Class E airspace at Saint 
    George Island, AK. A standard instrument approach procedure (SIAP) has 
    been recently developed at New St. George Airport, and controlled 
    airspace starting 700 and 1200 feet above the surface, a 700 and 1200 
    foot transition area, are needed to contain instrument flight rules 
    (IFR) departure and arrival operations at the airport. Airspace 
    Reclassification, in effect as of September 16, 1993, discontinued the 
    use of the terms ``700 foot transition area and 1200 foot transition 
    area'' and in its place use the term ``Class E airspace'' for 700 foot 
    and 1200 foot transition areas. The intended effect of this proposal is 
    to provide adequate Class E airspace for IFR departures and IFR 
    operators executing the recently established SIAP.
    
    DATES: Comments must be received on or before April 15, 1994.
    
    ADDRESSES: Send comments on the proposal in triplicate to: Manager, 
    System Management Branch, AAL-530, Federal Aviation Administration, 
    Docket No. 94-AAL-02, 222 West 7th Ave. Box 14, Anchorage, AK 99513-
    7587.
        The official docket may be examined in the Office of the Assistant 
    Chief Counsel for the Alaskan Region at the same address.
        An informal docket may also be examined during normal business 
    hours in the Office of the Manager, System Management Branch, Air 
    Traffic Division, at the address shown above.
    
    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
    Robert C. Durand, System Management Branch, AAL-531, Federal Aviation 
    Administration, 222 West 7th Ave., Box 14, Anchorage, AK 99513-7587; 
    telephone number: (907) 271-5898.
    
    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 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 self-addressed, stamped postcard on which 
    the following statement is made: ``Comments to Airspace Docket No. 94-
    AAL-02'' 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 System Management Branch, Air Traffic Division, 
    222 West 7th Ave., 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 NPRM's
    
        Any person may obtain a copy of this Notice of Proposed Rulemaking 
    (NPRM) by submitting a request to the Federal Aviation Administration, 
    System Management Branch, Air Traffic Division, AAL-530-222 West 7th 
    Ave. Box 14, Anchorage, AK 99513-7587. 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 which 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 establish Class E airspace at 
    Saint George Island, AK. A SIAP based on the Pribilof (SRI) non-
    directional beacon (NDB) has been established. Controlled airspace from 
    700 feet above the surface within a 6.6-mile radius and from 1200 feet 
    above the surface within a 10-mile radius, 700 foot and 1200 foot 
    transition areas, are needed to contain IFR operations at the airport. 
    Airspace Reclassification, in effect as of September 16, 1993, 
    discontinued the use of the term ``transition area'' and in its place 
    uses the term ``Class E airspace'' for 700 foot and 1200 foot 
    transition areas. The intended effect of this proposal is to provide 
    adequate Class E airspace for IFR operators executing the NDB/DME-A 
    SIAP at the New St. George Airport. The coordinates for this airspace 
    docket are based on North American Datum 83. Class E airspace areas 
    designated as 700/1200 foot transition areas are published in Paragraph 
    6005 of FAA Order 7400.9A dated June 17, 1993, and effective September 
    16, 1993, which is incorporated by reference in 14 CFR 71.1(58 FR 
    36298; July 6, 1993). The Class E airspace designation 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 ``major rule'' under Executive Order 12291; 
    (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.
    
    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 Federal 
    Aviation Administration Order 7400.9A, Airspace Designations and 
    Reporting Points, dated June 17, 1993, and effective September 16, 
    1993, 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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    AAL AK E5 Saint George Island, AK [New]
    New St. George Airport, AK
        (lat. 56 deg.34'42''N, long. 169 deg.39'42'' W)
    
        That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface 
    within a 6.6-mile radius of the New St. George Airport; and that 
    airspace extending upward from 1,200 feet above the surface within a 
    10-mile radius of the New St. George Airport.
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        Issued in Anchorage, AK, on February 23, 1994.
    Gene Cowgill,
    Acting Manager, Air Traffic Division, Alaskan Region.
    [FR Doc. 94-6400 Filed 3-17-94; 8:45 am]
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Document Information

Published:
03/18/1994
Department:
Transportation Department
Entry Type:
Uncategorized Document
Action:
Notice of proposed rulemaking.
Document Number:
94-6400
Dates:
Comments must be received on or before April 15, 1994.
Pages:
0-0 (1 pages)
Docket Numbers:
Federal Register: March 18, 1994, Airspace Docket No. 94-AAL-02
CFR: (1)
14 CFR 71.1