[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 102 (Thursday, May 28, 1998)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 29167-29168]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-14174]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
14 CFR Part 71
[Airspace Docket No. 98-AGL-32]
Proposed Modification of Class E Airspace; Prairie Du Chien, WI
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.
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SUMMARY: This notice proposes to modify Class E airspace Prairie Du
Chien, WI. A Global Positioning System (GPS) Standard Instrument
Approach Procedure (SIAP) to Runway (Rwy) 29 has been developed for
Prairie Du Chien Municipal Airport. Controlled Airspace extending
upward from 700 to 1200 feet above ground level (AGL) is needed to
contain aircraft executing the approach. This action would increase the
radius of the existing controlled airspace for Prairie Du Chien
Municipal Airport.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before July 7, 1998.
ADDRESSES: Send comments on the proposal in triplicate to: Federal
Aviation Administration, Office of the Assistant Chief Counsel, AGL-7,
Rules Docket No. 98-AGL-32, 2300 East Devon Avenue, Des Plaines,
Illinois 60018.
The official docket may be examined in the Office of the Assistant
Chief Counsel, Federal Aviation Administration, 2300 East Devon Avenue,
Des Plaines, Illinois. An informal docket may also be examined during
normal business hours at the Air Traffic Division, Airspace Branch,
Federal Aviation Administration, 2300 East Devon Avenue, Des Plaines,
Illinois.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Michelle M. Behm, Air Traffic Division, Airspace Branch, AGL-520,
Federal Aviation Administration, 2300 East Devon Avenue, Des Plaines,
Illinois 60018, telephone (847) 294-7568.
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
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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. 98-AGL-32.'' 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 Rules
Docket, FAA, Great Lakes Region, Office of the Assistant Chief Counsel,
2300 East Devon Avenue, Des Plaines, Illinois, 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,
Office of Public Affairs, Attention: Public Inquiry Center, APA-230,
800 Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington, DC 20591, or by calling
(202) 267-3484. 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 14 CFR part 71 to modify
Class E airspace at Prairie Du Chien, WI, to accommodate aircraft
executing the proposed GPS Rwy 29 Prairie Du Chien Municipal Airport by
increasing the radius of the existing controlled airspace for the
airport. Controlled airspace extending upward from 700 to 1200 feet AGL
is needed to contain aircraft executing the approach. The area would be
defected on appropriate aeronautical charts. Class E airspace
designations for airspace areas extending upward from 700 feet or more
above the surface of the earth 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 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.
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 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
Accordingly, pursuant to the authority delegated to me, 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; AIRWAYS; ROUTES; AND REPORTING POINTS
1. The authority citation for 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 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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AGL WI E5 Prairie Du Chien, WI [Revised]
Prairie Du Chien Municipal Airport, WI
(lat. 43 deg. 01' 49''N, long. 91 deg. 32' 14''W)
Waukon VORTAC
(lat. 43 deg. 16' 49''N, long. 91 deg. 32' 14''W)
That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface
within a 9.3-mile radius of Prairie Du Chien Municipal Airport, and
within 3.9 miles each side of the 130 deg. radial of the Waukon
VORTAC extending from the 9.3-mile radius to 16.1 miles southeast of
the airport.
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Issued in Des Plaines, Illinois on May 7, 1998.
Maureen Woods,
Manager, Air Traffic Division.
[FR Doc. 98-14174 Filed 5-27-98; 8:45 am]
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