[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 64 (Monday, April 5, 1999)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 16369-16370]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-8273]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
14 CFR Part 71
[Airspace Docket No. 99-AWP-3]
Proposed Modification of Class E Airspace; Santa Rosa, CA
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.
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SUMMARY: This notice proposes to modify the Class E airspace area at
Santa Rosa, CA. The establishment of a Global Positioning System (GPS)
Standard Instrument Approach Procedure (SIAP) to Runway (RWY) 14 and
GPS RWY 32 at Sonoma County Airport 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 aircraft executing
the GPS RWY 14 and GPS RWY 32 SIAP to Sonoma County Airport. The
intended effect of this proposal is to provide adequate controlled
airspace for Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) operations at Sonoma County
Airport, Santa Rosa, CA.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before May 10, 1999.
ADDRESSES: Send comments on the proposal in triplicate to: Federal
Aviation Administration, Attn: Manager, Airspace Branch, AWP-520,
Docket No. 99-AWP-3, Air Traffic Division, 15000 Aviation Boulevard,
Lawndale, California 90261.
The official docket may be examined in the Office of the Regional
Counsel, Western-Pacific Region, Federal Aviation Administration, Room
6007, 15000 Aviation Boulevard, Lawndale, California 90261.
An informal docket may also be examined during normal business
hours at the Office of the Manager, Airspace Branch, Air Traffic
Division at the above address.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Larry Tonish, Air Traffic Airspace
Specialist, Airspace Branch, AWP-520, Air Traffic Division, Western-
Pacific Region, Federal Aviation Administration, 15000 Aviation
Boulevard, Lawndale, California 90261, telephone (310) 725-6539.
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 the comments a self-addressed, stamped postcard on which
the following statement is made:
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``Comments to Airspace Docket No. 99-AWP-3.'' 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 prosposed 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
Airspace Branch, Air Traffic Division, 15000 Aviation Boulevard,
Lawndale, California 90261, 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
Any person may obtain a copy of this Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
(NPRM) by submitting a request to the Federal Aviation Administration,
Airspace Branch, 15000 Aviation Boulevard, Lawndale, California 90261.
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 procedures.
The Proposal
The FAA is considering an amendment to 14 CFR part 71 by modifying
the Class E airspace area at Santa Rosa, CA. The establishment of a GPS
RWY 14 and GPS RWY 32 SIAP at Sonoma County Airport has made this
proposal necessary. Additional controlled airspace extending upward
from 700 feet above the surface is needed to contain aircraft executing
the GPS approach procedures at Sonoma County Airport. The intended
effect of this proposal is to provide adequate controlled airspace for
aircraft executing the GPS RWY 14 and GPS RWY 32 SIAP at Sonoma County
Airport, Santa Rosa, CA. Class E airspace designations are published in
paragraph 6005 of FAA Order 7400.9F dated September 10, 1998, and
effective September 16, 1998, 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 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--DESIGNATION OF CLASS A, CLASS B, CLASS C, CLASS D, AND
CLASS E AIRSPACE AREAS; 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, 1959-1963 Comp., p. 389.
Sec. 71.1 [Amended]
2. The incorporation by reference in 14 CFR 71.1 of the Federal
Aviation Administration Order 400.9F, Airspace Designations and
Reporting Points, dated September 10, 1998, and effective September 16,
1998, is amended as follows:
Paragraph 600 Class E airspace areas extending upward from 700
feet or more above the surface of the earth.
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AWP CA E5 Santa Rosa, CA [Revised]
That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface
beginning at lat. 38 deg.56'00'' N., long, 123 deg.02'04'' W.; to
lat. 39 deg.15'00'' N., long 123 deg.02'04'' W.; to lat.
39 deg.15'00'' N., long. 122 deg.49'04'' W.; to lat. 38 deg.47'30''
N., long, 122 deg.49'04'' W.; to lat. 38 deg.23'00'' N., long.
122 deg.38'04'' W.; to lat. 38 deg.18'00'' N., long. 122 deg.48'04''
W.; to lat. 38 deg.56'00'' N., long. 123 deg.16'30'' W., thence to
the point of beginning.
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Issued in Los Angeles, California on March 15, 1999.
Leonard A. Mobley,
Acting Manager, Air Traffic Division, Western-Pacific Region.
[FR Doc. 99-8273 Filed 4-2-99; 8:45 am]
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