[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 163 (Friday, August 22, 1997)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 44606-44607]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-22350]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
14 CFR Part 71
[Airspace Docket No. 97-AEA-31]
Proposed Amendment to Class E Airspace; Point Pleasant, WV
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.
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SUMMARY: This notice proposes to amend the Class E airspace area at
Point Pleasant, WV. The development of new Standard Instrument Approach
Procedures (SIAP) at the Mason County Airport based on the Global
Positioning System (GPS) has made this proposal necessary. Additional
controlled airspace extending upward from 700 feet above ground level
(AGL) is needed to accommodate this SIAP and for instrument flight
rules (IFR) operations at the airport.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before September 22, 1997.
ADDRESSES: Send comments on the proposal in triplicate to: Manager,
Operations Branch, AEA-530, Docket No. 97-AEA-31, F.A.A. Eastern
Region, Federal Building #111, John F. Kennedy Int'l Airport, Jamaica,
NY 11430.
The official docket may be examined in the Office of the Assistant
Chief Counsel, AEA-7, F.A.A. Eastern Region, Federal Building #111,
John F. Kennedy Int'l Airport, Jamaica, NY 11430.
An informal docket may also be examined during normal business
hours in the Operations Branch, AEA-530, F.A.A. Eastern Region, Federal
Building #111, John F. Kennedy Int'l Airport, Jamaica, NY 11430.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Francis T. Jordan, Jr., Airspace
Specialist, Operations Branch, AEA-530, F.A.A. Eastern Region, Federal
Building #111, John F. Kennedy Int'l Airport, Jamaica, NY 11430;
telephone: (718) 553-4521.
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, 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. 97-
AEA-31.'' The postcard will be date/time stamped and returned to the
commenter. All communications received on or before the 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 Rules Docket 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 NPRMs
Any person may obtain a copy of this Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
(NPRM) by submitting a request to the Office of the Assistant Chief
Counsel, AEA-7, F.A.A. Eastern Region, Federal Building #111, John F.
Kennedy Int'l Airport, Jamaica, NY 11430. Communications must identify
the notice number of this NPRM. Persons interested in being placed on a
mailing list for future NPRMs 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 Part 71 of the Federal
Aviation Regulations (14 CFR Part 71) to amend the Class E airspace
area at Point Pleasant, WV. A GPS RWY 25 SIAP for the Mason County
Valley Airport has been developed. Additional controlled airspace
extending upward from 700 feet AGL is needed to accommodate this SIAP
and for IFR operations at the airport. 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
7400.9D, 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
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
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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 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 would only
affect air traffic procedures and air navigation, it is certified that
this proposed rule would not have 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 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 7400.9D, dated September 4, 1996, and
effective September 16, 1996, 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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AEA WV E5 Point Pleasant, WV [Revised]
Mason County Airport, Point Pleasant, WV
(Lat. 38 deg.54'52''N., long. 82 deg.05'55''W.)
That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface
within a 6.4-mile radius of Mason County Airport and within 4 miles
each side of the 059 deg. bearing from the Mason County Airport
extending from the 6.4-mile radius to 10 miles northeast of the
airport excluding that portion that coincides with the Gallipolis,
OH, and Ravenswood, WV, Class E airspace areas
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Issued in Jamaica, New York, on July 28, 1997.
James K. Buckles,
Acting Manager, Air Traffic Division, Eastern Region.
[FR Doc. 97-22350 Filed 8-21-97; 8:45 am]
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