[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 201 (Friday, October 17, 1997)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 53987-53989]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-27375]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
14 CFR Part 71
[Airspace Docket No. 97-AWP-29]
Proposed Amendment of Class E Airspace; Yuma, AZ
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.
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SUMMARY: The proposed rule would amend the Class E airspace area at
Yuma, AZ. The establishment of a Global Positioning System (GPS)
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Standard Instrument Approach Procedure (SIAP) to Runway (RWY) 17 and a
GPS SIAP to RWY 21 R at Yuma Marine Corp Air Station (MCAS)-Yuma
International Airport has made this proposal necessary. Additional
controlled airspace areas extending upward from the surface, and from
700 feet above ground level (AGL) are needed to contain aircraft
executing the approach. The intended effect of this proposal would be
to provide adequate controlled airspace for Instrument Flight Rules
(IFR) operations at Yuma MCAS-Yuma International Airport, Yuma, AZ.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before November 17, 1997.
ADDRESSES: Send comments on the proposal in triplicate to: Federal
Aviation Administration, Attn: Manager, Airspace Branch, AWP-520,
Docket No. 97-AWP-29, Air Traffic Division, 15000 Aviation Boulevard,
Lawndale, California 90261. 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 Specialist,
Airspace Branch, AWP-520, Air Traffic Division, Western-Pacific Region,
Federal Aviation Administration, 15000 Aviation Boulevard, Lawndale,
California 90261, telephone (210) 725-6531.
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 the comments a self-addressed, stamped postcard on which
the following statement is made: ``Comments to Airspace Docket No. 97-
AWP-29.'' 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 Airspace Branch, Air Traffic Division, 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, 15000 Aviation Boulevard, Lawndale, California 90261.
Communications must identify the notice number of this NPRM. Persons
interested in being placed on 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) to amend the Class E airspace
area at Yuma, AZ. The establishment of a GPS RWY 17 SIAP and GPS RWY
21R SIAP at Yuma MCAS-Yuma International Airport has made this proposal
necessary. Additional controlled airspace areas extending upward from
the surface, and from 700 feet AGL are needed to contain aircraft
executing the approach. The intended effect of this proposal would be
to provide adequate controlled airspace for aircraft executing the GPS
RWY 17 SIAP and GPS RWY 21R SIAP at Yuma MCAS-Yuma International
Airport, Yuma, AZ. Class E airspace designations for airspace areas
designated as an extension to a Class D or Class E surface area and for
airspace areas extending upward from 700 feet or move above the surface
of the earth are published in Paragraphs 6004 and 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.
There, this proposed regulation--(1) is not a ``significant regulatory
action'' under Executive Order 12866; (2) is not ``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 would 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 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 6004 Class E airspace areas designated as an extension
to a Class D or Class E surface area
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AWP AZ E4 Yuma, AZ [Revised]
Yuma MCAS-Yuma International Airport, AZ
(lat. 32 deg.39'23'' N, long. 114 deg.36'22'' W)
Bard VORTAC
(lat. 32 deg.46'05'' N, long. 114 deg.63'10'' W)
That airspace extending upward from the surface within 1.8 miles
either side of the Bard VORTAC 181 deg. radial extending from the
Bard VORTAC to the 5.2-mile radius of the Yuma MCAS-Yuma
International Airport and within that airspace bounded by a line
beginning at lat. 32 deg.44'30'' N, long. 114 deg.33'30'' W; to lat.
32 deg.50'00'' N, long. 114 deg.31'00'' W; to lat. 32 deg.49'00'' N,
long. 114 deg.27'00'' W; to lat. 32 deg.41'00'' N, long.
114 deg.30'00'' W, thence counterclockwise via the 5.2-miles radius
of the Yuma MCAS-
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Yuma International Airport to the point of beginning.
* * * * *
Paragraph 6005 Class E airspace areas extending upward from 700
feet or more above the surface of the earth.
* * * * *
AWP AZ E5 Yuma, AZ [Revised]
Yuma MCAS-Yuma International Airport, AZ
(lat. 32 deg.39'23'' N, long. 114 deg.36'22'' W)
That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface
beginning at lat. 32 deg.41'00'' N, long. 114 deg.25'09'' W, thence
clockwise via the 9.6-mile radius of Yuma MCAS-Yuma International
Airport to lat. 32 deg.29'58'' N, long. 114 deg.34'09'' W; to lat.
32 deg.28'00'' N, long. 114 deg.34'33''W; to lat. 32 deg.28'00'' N,
long. 114 deg.38'43'' W; to lat. 32 deg.29'58'' N, long.
114 deg.38'31'' W, thence clockwise via the 9.6-mile radius of the
Yuma MCAS-Yuma International Airport excluding that portion outside
of the United States to lat. 32 deg.47'44'' N; long. 114 deg.42'03''
W; to lat. 33 deg.08'00'' N, long. 114 deg.55'00''W; to lat.
33 deg.08'00'' N, long. 114 deg.30'00'' W; to lat. 32 deg.57'30'' N,
long. 114 deg.30'00'' W; to lat. 32 deg.57'30'' N, long.
114 deg.15'03'' W; to lat. 32 deg.41'00'' N, long. 114 deg.15'03''
W, thence to the point of beginning. That airspace extending upward
from 1,200 feet above the surface bounded by an area starting at a
point lat. 33 deg.02'00'' N, long. 114 deg.51'03'' W; to lat.
33 deg.05'30'' N, long. 114 deg.24'33'' W; to lat. 32 deg.23'00'' N,
long. 114 deg.24'33'' W; to lat. 32 deg.29'30'' N, long.
114 deg.46'03'' W, thence to the point of beginning excluding that
portion outside the United States. That airspace extending upward
from 4,000 feet MSL, bounded by an area at lat. 33 deg.22'30'' N,
long 114 deg.47'33'' W; to lat. 33 deg.08'00'' N, long.
114 deg.45'00'' W; to lat. 33 deg.08'00'' N, long. 114 deg.55'00''
W; to lat. 33 deg.00'00'' N, long. 114 deg.50'00'' W; to lat.
32 deg.49'33''N, long. 114 deg.49'08'' W; to lat. 32 deg.49'12'' N,
long. 115 deg.15'16'' W; to lat. 32 deg.52'23'' N, long.
115 deg.15'24'' W; to lat. 32 deg.56'20'' N, long. 115 deg.15'03''
W; to lat. 33 deg.04'00'' N, long. 114 deg.56'03'' W; to lat.
33 deg.24'00'' N, long. 114 deg.53'03'' W, thence to the point of
beginning. That airspace extending upward from 9,000 feet MSL
bounded on the west by the eastern edge of V-135, on the south by
lat. 33 deg.08'00'' W, on the north by the arc of the 15.8-mile
radius south of the Blythe Airport, and on the east by the eastern
edge of R-2306B and R-2306A, thence to the point of beginning.
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Issued in Los Angeles, California, on August 14, 1997.
Kathleen Y. Brown,
Acting Manager, Air Traffic Division, Western-Pacific Region.
[FR Doc. 97-27375 Filed 10-16-97; 8:45 am]
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