[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 16 (Thursday, January 24, 2013)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 5151-5152]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-01357]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
14 CFR Part 71
[Docket No. FAA-2012-1247; Airspace Docket No. 12-ANM-27]
Proposed Amendment of Class E Airspace; Omak, WA
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM).
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SUMMARY: This action proposes to amend Class E airspace at Omak
Airport, Omak, WA. Decommissioning of the Nondirectional Radio Beacon
(NDB) has made this action necessary for the safety and management of
Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) operations at the airport.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before March 11, 2013.
ADDRESSES: Send comments on this proposal to the U.S. Department of
Transportation, Docket Operations, M-30, West Building Ground Floor,
Room W12-140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590;
telephone (202) 366-9826. You must identify FAA Docket No. FAA-2012-
1247; Airspace Docket No. 12-ANM-27, at the beginning of your comments.
You may also submit comments through the Internet at http://www.regulations.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eldon Taylor, Federal Aviation
Administration, Operations Support Group, Western Service Center, 1601
Lind Avenue SW., Renton, WA 98057; telephone (425) 203-4537.
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 both docket numbers (FAA Docket No.
FAA 2012-1247 and Airspace Docket No. 12-ANM-27) and be submitted in
triplicate to the Docket Management System (see ``ADDRESSES'' section
for address and phone number). You may also submit comments through the
Internet at http://www.regulations.gov.
Commenters wishing the FAA to acknowledge receipt of their comments
on this action must submit with those comments a self-addressed stamped
postcard on which the following statement is made: ``Comments to FAA
Docket No. FAA-2012-1247 and Airspace Docket No. 12-ANM-27''. 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 action may be changed in light of
comments received. All comments submitted will be available for
examination in the public 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
An electronic copy of this document may be downloaded through the
Internet at http://www.regulations.gov. Recently published rulemaking
documents can also be accessed through the FAA's web page at http://www.faa.gov/airports_airtraffic/air_traffic/publications/airspace_amendments/.
You may review the public docket containing the proposal, any
comments received, and any final disposition in person in the Dockets
Office (see the ``ADDRESSES'' section for the address and phone number)
between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, except federal
holidays. An informal docket may also be examined during normal
business hours at the Northwest Mountain Regional Office of the Federal
Aviation Administration, Air Traffic Organization, Western Service
Center, Operations Support Group, 1601 Lind Avenue SW., Renton, WA
98057.
Persons interested in being placed on a mailing list for future
NPRMs should contact the FAA's Office of Rulemaking, (202) 267-9677,
for a copy of Advisory Circular No. 11-2A, Notice of Proposed
Rulemaking Distribution System, which describes the application
procedure.
The Proposal
The FAA is proposing an amendment to Title 14 Code of Federal
Regulations (14 CFR) Part 71 by amending Class E airspace extending
upward from 700 feet above the surface and 1,200 feet above the surface
at Omak Airport, Omak, WA. The Omak NDB navigation aid is being
decommissioned and, therefore, removed from the legal description. The
size and shape of the airspace will remain the same by using the
Airport Reference Point in describing the airspace. This action would
enhance the safety and management of aircraft operations at Omak
Airport, Omak, WA.
Class E airspace designations are published in paragraph 6005 of
FAA Order 7400.9W, dated August 8, 2012, and effective September 15,
2012, which is incorporated by reference in 14 CFR 71.1. The Class E
airspace designation listed in this document will be published
subsequently in this Order.
The FAA has determined 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 this proposed rule, when
promulgated, would not have a significant economic impact on a
substantial number of small entities under the criteria of the
Regulatory Flexibility Act.
The FAA's authority to issue rules regarding aviation safety is
found in Title 49 of the U.S. Code. Subtitle 1, Section 106, describes
the authority for the FAA Administrator. Subtitle VII, Aviation
Programs, describes in more detail the scope of the agency's authority.
This rulemaking is promulgated under the authority described in
Subtitle VII, Part A, Subpart I, Section 40103. Under that section, the
FAA is charged with prescribing regulations to assign the use
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of the airspace necessary to ensure the safety of aircraft and the
efficient use of airspace. This regulation is within the scope of that
authority as it would amend controlled airspace at Omak Airport, Omak,
WA.
This proposal will be subject to an environmental analysis in
accordance with FAA Order 1050.1E, ``Environmental Impacts: Policies
and Procedures'' prior to any FAA final regulatory action.
List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 71
Airspace, Incorporation by reference, Navigation (air).
The Proposed Amendment
Accordingly, pursuant to the authority delegated to me, the Federal
Aviation Administration proposes to amend 14 CFR Part 71 as follows:
PART 71--DESIGNATION OF CLASS A, B, C, D AND E AIRSPACE AREAS; AIR
TRAFFIC SERVICE ROUTES; AND REPORTING POINTS
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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]
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2. The incorporation by reference in 14 CFR 71.1 of the Federal
Aviation Administration Order 7400.9W, Airspace Designations and
Reporting Points, dated August 8, 2012, and effective September 15,
2012 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 WAE5 Omak, WA [Amended]
Omak Airport, WA
(Lat. 48[deg]27'52'' N., long. 119[deg]31'05'' W.)
That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface
within a 4.3-mile radius of the Omak Airport, and within 1.8 miles
each side of the 177[deg] bearing of the Omak Airport extending from
the 4.3-mile radius to 7.5 miles south of the airport; that airspace
extending upward from 1,200 feet above the surface within 6.1 miles
east and 8.7 miles west of the 177[deg] and 357[deg] bearings of the
Omak Airport extending from 6.5 miles north to 17.9 miles south of
the airport; that airspace extending upward from 4,500 feet MSL
beginning at lat. 48[deg]00'00'' N., long. 118[deg]36'04'' W.; to
lat. 47[deg]45'00'' N., long. 118[deg]36'04'' W.; to lat.
47[deg]45'00'' N., long. 120[deg]00'04'' W.; to lat. 48[deg]00'00''
N., long. 120[deg]00'04'' W.; to lat. 48[deg]00'00'' N., long.
119[deg]35'04'' W.; to lat. 48[deg]09'37'' N., long. 119[deg]36'05''
W.; to lat. 48[deg]10'00'' N., long. 119[deg]23'04'' W.; to lat.
48[deg]00'00'' N., long. 119[deg]22'24'' W., thence to the point of
origin; that airspace extending upward from 8,500 feet MSL bounded
on the north by the U.S./Canadian border, on the east by long.
119[deg]00'04'' W., on the south by lat. 47[deg]59'59'' N., and on
the west by a line from lat. 47[deg]59'59'' N., long.
120[deg]30'04'' W.; to lat. 49[deg]00'00'' N., long. 120[deg]00'04''
W.
Issued in Seattle, Washington, on December 6, 2012.
Clark Desing,
Manager, Operations Support Group, Western Service Center.
[FR Doc. 2013-01357 Filed 1-23-13; 8:45 am]
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