[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 117 (Friday, June 18, 1999)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 32828-32829]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-15385]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
14 CFR Part 71
[Airspace Docket No. 95-AWP-44]
Proposed Establishment of Class E Airspace; Montague, CA
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking (SNPRM), reopening
of comment period.
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SUMMARY: On January 9, 1996, the FAA proposed to amend Class E Airspace
at Siskiyou County Airport, Montague, CA. This action intended to
provide adequate controlled airspace for Instrument Flight Rules (IFR)
operations. The proposed airspace amendment was published incorrectly.
This Supplementary Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (SNPRM) corrects those
errors and provides an additional comment period.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before August 2, 1999.
ADDRESSES: Send comments on the proposal in triplicate to: Federal
Aviation Administration, Attn: Manager, Airspace Branch AWP-520, Docket
No. 95-AWP-4, Air Traffic Division, P.O. Box 92007, Worldway Postal
Center, Los Angeles, California 90009.
The official docket may be examined in the Office of Assistance
Chief 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 address listed above.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Debra Trindle, Airspace Specialist,
Airspace Branch, AWP-520.10, Air Traffic Division, Federal Aviation
Administration, 1500 Aviation Boulevard, Lawndale, California 90261,
telephone (310) 725-6613.
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. 95-
AWP-44.'' 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 proposed contained in this notice may be changed
in the light of comments received. All comments submitted will be
available for examination at the address listed above 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 SNPRM
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 procedure.
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The Proposal
The FAA is considering an amendment to 14 CFR part 71 to establish
Class E airspace at Siskiyou County Airport, Montague, CA. The original
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) proposed an amendment to the
aforementioned airspace. The existing Class E airspace does not require
an amendment. The establishment of additional Class E airspace 1,200
feet or more above ground level (AGL) is necessary to provide
controlled airspace or IFR operations, specifically the departure
procedure from runway 35 for Siskiyou County Airport. The original
proposal is being modified to accurately describe the required Class E
airspace. The FAA published an NPRM on this proposal on January 8,
1996, (61 FR 550). Since issuance of the NPRM, the FAA has discovered
errors in the proposal. Changes to the proposal to correct these errors
are significant enough to warrant issuance of a SNPRM and reopening of
the comment period.
Comments received in response to the original NPRM and this SNPRM
would be addressed in the final disposition of the rule. The area would
be depicted 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 7400.9F dated September 4, 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 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 ``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 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--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 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 7400.9F, Airspace Designations and
Reporting Points, dated September 4, 1998, and effective September 16,
1998, 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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AWP CA E5 Montague, CA [New]
Montague, Siskiyou County, Airport, CA
(Lat. 41 deg.46'54'' N, long. 122 deg.28'05'' W)
Montague NDB
(Lat. 41 deg.43'38'' N, long. 122 deg.28'55'' W)
Klamath Fall VORTAC
(Lat. 42 deg.09'12'' N, long. 121 deg.43'39'' W)
That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface
within a 6.1 mile radius of Siskiyou County Airport. That airspace
extending upward from 1,200 feet above the surface within 8.3 miles
east and 5.2 miles west of the 356 deg. and 176 deg. bearings from
the Montague NDB, extending from 7 miles north to 1 mile south of
the NDB and within 8.3 miles east and 5.2 miles west of the 180 deg.
bearing from the Montague NDB, extending from the NDB to 16.5 miles
south of the NDB, and from lat. 41 deg.52'23'' N, long.
122 deg.24'32'' W, thence clockwise along the 34.8 mile radius of
Klamath Falls VORTAC to lat. 42 deg.13'00'' N, long. 122 deg.30'00''
W, to lat. 42 deg.11'00'' N, long. 122 deg.16'30'' W, to lat.
41 deg.51'20'' N, long. 122 deg.22'00'' W and thence
counterclockwise along the 6.1 mile radius of the Siskiyou County
Airport to the point of beginning.
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Issued in Los Angeles, California on June 4, 1999.
John Clancy,
Manager, Air Traffic Division, Western Pacific Region.
[FR Doc. 99-15385 Filed 6-17-99; 8:45 am]
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