99-22754. Proposed Establishment of Class E Airspace, Glendive, MT  

  • [Federal Register Volume 64, Number 169 (Wednesday, September 1, 1999)]
    [Proposed Rules]
    [Pages 47718-47719]
    From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
    [FR Doc No: 99-22754]
    
    
    
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    DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
    
    Federal Aviation Administration
    
    14 CFR Part 71
    
    [Airspace Docket No. 99-ANM-08]
    
    
    Proposed Establishment of Class E Airspace, Glendive, MT
    
    AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.
    
    ACTION: Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM).
    
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    SUMMARY: This proposal would establish a Class E En Route Domestic 
    Airspace Area in the vicinity of Glendive, MT. The intended effect of 
    this action is to provide controlled airspace for the development of an 
    off-airway route between Bismarck, ND, and Glendive, MT.
    
    DATES: Comments must be received on or before October 18, 1999.
    
    ADDRESSES: Send comments on the proposal in triplicate to: Manager, 
    Airspace Branch, ANM-520, Federal Aviation Administration, Docket No. 
    99-ANM-08, 1601 Lind Avenue SW, Renton, Washington 98055-4056.
        The official docket may be examined in the office of the Assistant 
    Chief Counsel for the Northwest Mountain Region at the same address.
        An informal docket may also be examined during normal business 
    hours in the office of the Manager, Air Traffic Division, Airspace 
    Branch, at the address listed above.
    
    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
    Dennis Ripley, ANM-520.6, Federal Aviation Administration, Docket No. 
    99-ANM-08, 1601 Lind Avenue SW, Renton, Washington 98055-4056: 
    telephone number: (425) 227-2527.
    
    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. 99-
    ANM-08.'' 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 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 NPRM's
    
        Any person may obtain a copy of this NPRM by submitting a request 
    to the Federal Aviation Administration, Airspace Branch, ANM-520, 1601 
    Lind Avenue SW, Renton, Washington 98055-4056. 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 Title 14 Code of Federal 
    Regulations, part 71 (14 CFR part 71) to establish a Class E En Route 
    Domestic Airspace Area in the vicinity of Glendive, MT. this proposal 
    is in support of an air taxi operator request to reclassify Class G 
    uncontrolled airspace to Class E airspace for the purpose of conducting 
    direct routing in Instrument Flight Conditions (IFR) between Bismarck, 
    ND, and Glendive, MT. The FAA establishes Class E airspace in those 
    areas where there is a requirement to provide IFR en route air traffic 
    control services but the Federal airway segment is inadequate. This 
    proposal would allow controlled airspace between the two cities, 
    thereby allowing direct route flight and saving considerable time over 
    present available non-direct routes.
        The area would be depicted on aeronautical charts for pilot 
    reference. The coordinates for this airspace docket are based on North 
    American Datum 83. Class E airspace areas designated as en route 
    domestic airspace areas are published in Paragraph 6006 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 
    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 10, 1998, and effective September 16, 
    1998, is amended as follows:
    
    Paragraph 6006  Class E airspace designated as an en route domestic 
    airspace area
    
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    Glendive, MT
    
        That airspace extending upward from 1,200 feet AGL bounded on 
    the east by the west edge of V-493, on the south by the north edge 
    of V-2, and on the northwest by the southeast edge of V-545.
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        Issued in Seattle, Washington, on August 18, 1999.
    Daniel A. Boyle,
    Assistant Manager, Air Traffic Division, Northwest Mountain Region.
    [FR Doc. 99-22754 Filed 8-31-99; 8:45 am]
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Document Information

Published:
09/01/1999
Department:
Federal Aviation Administration
Entry Type:
Proposed Rule
Action:
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM).
Document Number:
99-22754
Dates:
Comments must be received on or before October 18, 1999.
Pages:
47718-47719 (2 pages)
Docket Numbers:
Airspace Docket No. 99-ANM-08
PDF File:
99-22754.pdf
CFR: (1)
14 CFR 71.1