[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 20 (Monday, February 1, 1999)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 4783]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-2344]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
14 CFR Part 71
[Airspace Docket No. 98-ANM-20]
Establishment of Class E Airspace; Buena Vista, CO
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: This action establishes a Class E airspace area at Buena Vista
Municipal Airport, Buena Vista, CO. The effect of this action is to
provide controlled airspace to accommodate the development of a new
Standard Instrument Approach Procedure (SIAP) utilizing the Global
Positioning System (GPS). This new SIAP requires airspace in order to
contain Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) procedures.
EFFECTIVE DATE: 0901 UTC, March 25, 1999.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dennis Ripley, ANM-520.6, Federal
Aviation Administration, Docket No. 98-ANM-20, 1601 Lind Avenue SW.,
Renton, Washington, 98055-4056; telephone number: (425) 227-2527.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
History
On October 20, 1998, the FAA proposed to amend Title 14, Code of
Federal Regulations, part 71 (14 CFR part 71) by establishing the Buena
Vista Class E area (63 FR 55971). This establishment of the Class E
area provides the additional airspace necessary to allow the
development of a GPS SIAP into the Buena Vista Municipal Airport. In
the notice of proposed rulemaking action, the proposal was
inadvertently listed as amended airspace action vice establishment of
new airspace. The legal description remains exactly the same. These
errors are corrected herein. Interested parties were invited to
participate in the rulemaking proceeding by submitting written comments
on the proposal. No comments were received.
The coordinates for this airspace docket are based on North
American Datum 83. Class E airspace areas extending upward from 700
feet or more above the surface of the earth are published in Paragraph
6005 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 will be
published subsequently in the Order.
The Rule
This amendment to 14 CFR part 71 establishes Class E airspace at
Buena Vista, CO, by providing a Class E airspace area around the Buena
Vista Municipal Airport. The intended effect of this rule is designed
to provide safe and efficient use of the navigable airspace and to
promote safe flight operations under IFR at Buena Vista Municipal
Airport and between the terminal and en route transition stages.
The FAA has determined that this 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 effect air traffic procedures and air navigation, it is
certified that this rule 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).
Adoption of the Amendment
In consideration of the foregoing, the Federal Aviation
Administration amends 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 6005 Class E airspace areas extending upward from 700
feet or more above the surface of the earth.
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ANM CO E5 Buena Vista, CO [New]
Buena Vista, Buena Vista Municipal Airport, CO
(Lat 38 deg.48'51'' N, long. 106 deg.07'14'' W)
That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface
within a 4.7-mile radius of the Buena Vista Municipal Airport; that
airspace extending upward from 1,200 feet above the surface bounded
by a line beginning at lat. 39 deg.01'35'' N, long. 105 deg.53'15''
W; to lat. 38 deg.59'40'' N, long. 105 deg.45'45'' W; to lat.
38 deg.52'40'' N, long. 105 deg.38'40'' W; to lat. 38 deg.33'50'' N,
long. 105'36'50'' W; to lat. 38 deg.26'30'' N, long. 105 deg.42'30''
W; to lat. 38 deg.25'20'' N, long. 106 deg.18'45'' W; to lat.
38 deg.33'20'' N, long. 106 deg.22'20'' W; to lat. 38 deg.36'10'' N,
long. 106 deg.12'50'' W; to lat. 38 deg.51'25'' N, long.
106 deg.13'25'' W; thence to point of beginning; excluding that
airspace within Federal Airways, and the Leadville, CO, Class E
airspace area.
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Issued in Seattle, Washington, on January 14, 1999.
Helen Fabian Parke,
Manager, Air Traffic Division, Northwest Mountain Region.
[FR Doc. 99-2344 Filed 1-29-99; 8:45 am]
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