[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 105 (Tuesday, June 2, 1998)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 29960-29961]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-14542]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
14 CFR Part 71
[Airspace Docket No. 96-AWP-11]
Proposed Establishment of Class E Airspace; Safford, AZ
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) DOT.
ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.
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SUMMARY: This notice proposes to establish a Class E airspace area at
Safford, AZ. The development of a Global Positioning System (GPS)
Runway (RWY) 12 and GPS RWY 30 Standard Instrument Approach Procedure
(SIAP) at Safford Municipal Airport has made this proposal necessary.
Additional controlled airspace extending upward from 700 feet or more
above the surface of the earth is needed to contain aircraft executing
the GPS RWY 12 and GPS RWY 30 SIAP to Safford Municipal Airport. The
intended effect of this proposal is to provide adequate controlled
airspace for Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) operations at Safford
Municipal airport, Safford, AZ.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before July 6, 1998.
ADDRESSES: Send comments on the proposal in triplicate to: Federal
Aviation Administration, Attn: Manager, Airspace Branch, AWP-520,
Docket No. 96-AWP-11, 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 at
the Office of the Manager, Operations 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 (310) 725n6531.
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. 96-
AWP-11.'' The post card 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 Operations 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, 15000 Aviation Boulevard, Lawndale, California 90261.
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 14 CFR part 71 by
establishing a Class E airspace area at Safford, AZ. The development of
a GPS RWY 12 and GPS 30 SIAP at Safford Municipal Airport has made this
proposal necessary. Additional controlled airspace extending upward
from 700 feet above the surface is needed to contain aircraft executing
the GPS RWY 12 and GPS RWY SIAP to Safford Municipal. The intended
effect of this proposal is to provide adequate Class E airspace for
aircraft executing the GPS RWY 12 and RWY 30 SIAP at
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Safford Municipal Airport, Safford, AZ, Class E airspace area
designations are published in Paragraph 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
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 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 proposed to amend 14 CFR part 71 as follows:
PART 71--DESIGNATION OF CLASS A, CLASS B, CLASS C, CLASS D, AND
CLASS E AIRSPACE AREA; 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 7400.9E, Airspace Designations and
Reporting Points, dated September 10, 1997, and effective September 16,
1997, 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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AWP CA E5 Safford, AZ [New]
Safford Municipal Airport, AZ
(lat. 32 deg.51'17'' N, long. 109 deg.38'07'' W)
Williams Gateway Airport, AZ
(lat. 33 deg.32'06'' N, long. 111 deg.22'59'' W)
That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface
with a 6.5-mile radius of the Safford Municipal Airport. That
airspace extending upward from 1200 feet above the surface bounded
on the south by a line beginning at lat. 32 deg.25'00'' N, long.
109 deg.11'30'' W; to lat. 32 deg.25'00'' N, long. 109 deg.26'00''
W; to lat. 32 deg.23'00'' N, long. 109 deg.26'00'' W; extending
along the northern boundary of V-94 to the 100-mile radius of the
Williams Gateway Airport; and on the west by the 100-mile radius of
the Williams Gateway Airport to Lat. 33 deg.00'00'' N; and on the
north by lat. 33 deg.00'00'' N; and on the east to lat.
33 deg.00'00'' N, long. 109 deg.37'00'' W; to lat. 32 deg.40'00'' N,
long. 109 deg.17'00'' W, thence to the point of beginning.
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Issued in Los Angeles, California, on May 19, 1998.
Sherry Avery,
Acting Assistant Manager, Air Traffic Division, Western-Pacific Region.
[FR Doc. 98-14542 Filed 6-1-98; 8:45 am]
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