James David O'Neill

The proposed rulemaking to extend the class e airspace for approx 8 mile radius around the airport at 700 feet for instrument approaches and departures would be quite acceptable to me and is certainly a safety issue, but I don't understand nor agree that it would be necessary at 1200 feet extending out approx to a 70 mile radius into what is now class g airspace in this very remote region? This would impose a safety issue if a ceiling dropped while cruising low altitudes in this area and for whatever reason, I were unable to get a clearance and establish ATC contact, it would no longer be legal to climb to a safe altitude (VFR on top) above a localized bank of fog as an example. For this reason alone, I would urge you to reconsider this NPRM as proposed now.