[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 110 (Monday, June 9, 1997)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 31374-31375]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-14977]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
14 CFR Part 71
[Airspace Docket No. 97-AWP-22]
Proposed Amendment of Class E Airspace; Mammoth Lakes, CA
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.
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SUMMARY: This notice proposes to amend Class E airspace at Mammoth
Lakes, CA. The development of a Global Positioning System (GPS)
Standard Instrument Approach Procedure (SIAP) to Runway (RWY) 27 has
made this proposal necessary. The intended effect of this proposal is
to provide adequate controlled airspace for Instrument Flight Rules
(IFR) operations at Mammoth Lakes Airport, Mammoth Lakes, CA.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before July 31, 1997.
ADDRESSES: Send comments on the proposal in triplicate to: Federal
Aviation Administration, Attn: Manager, Airspace Branch, AWP-520,
Docket No. 97-AWP-22. Air Traffic division, P.O. Box 92007, Worldway
Postal Center, Los Angeles, California, 90009.
The official docket may be examined in the Office of the Assistant
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 above address.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Larry Tonish, Airspace Branch, AWP-520
Air Traffic Division, Western-Pacific Region, Federal Aviation
Administration, 15000 Aviation Boulevard, Lawndale, California, 90261,
telephone (310) 725-6556.
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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 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: ``Comments to Airspace Docket No. 97-AWP-22.'' 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 the light of
comments received. All comments submitted will be available for
examination in the Airspace Branch, Air Traffic Division, at 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, P.O. Box 92007, Worldway Postal Center, Los Angeles,
California 90009. 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 part 71 of the Federal
Aviation Regulations (14 CFR part 71) by amending the Class E airspace
at Mammoth Lakes, CA. The development of GPS SIAP has made this
proposal necessary. The intended effect of this proposal is to provide
adequate airspace for aircraft executing the GPS RWY 27 SIAP at Mammoth
Lakes Airport. Mammoth Lakes, CA. Class E airspace designations are
published in Paragraph 6005 of FAA Order 7400.9D dated September 4,
1996, and effective September 16, 1996, 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 10034; 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 proposal 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
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. 106(g), 40103, 40113, 40120; E.O. 10854, 24
FR 95653 CFR, 1959-1963 Comp., p. 389; 14 CFR 11.69.
Sec. 71.1 [Amended]
2. The incorporation by reference in 14 CFR 71.1 of the Federal
Aviation Administration Order 7400.9D, Airspace Designations and
Reporting Points, dated September 4, 1996, and effective September 16,
1996, is amended as follows:
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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 Mammoth Lakes, CA [Revised]
Mammoth Lakes Airport, CA
(Lat 37 deg.37'26''N, long. 118 deg.50'19''W)
That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface
within a 6.6-mile radius of the Mammoth Lakes Airport. That airspace
extending upward from 1,200 feet above the surface within the area
bounded by a line beginning at lat. 37 deg.49'00''N, long.
119 deg.00'00''W; to lat. 37 deg.49'00''N, long. 119 deg.13'00''W;
to lat. 38 deg.11'00''N, long. 119 deg.13'00''W; to lat.
38 deg.11'00''N, long. 118 deg.27'00''W; to lat. 37 deg.30'00''W,
long. 118 deg.27'00''N; to lat. 37 deg.30'00''W, long,
119 deg.00'00''N, thence to the point of beginning.
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Issued in Los Angeles, California, on May 27, 1997.
George D. Williams,
Manager, Air Traffic Division, Western-Pacific Region.
[FR Doc. 97-14977 Filed 6-6-97; 8:45 am]
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