[Federal Register: July 17, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 137)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 42322-42323]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
14 CFR Part 71
[Docket No. FAA-2003-15466; Airspace Docket No. 03-ASO-9]
Proposed Establishment of Class D and Class E4 Airspace; Ormond
Beach, FL
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.
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SUMMARY: This notice proposes to establish Class D and Class E4
airspace at Ormond Beach, FL. A Federal contract tower with a weather
reporting system is being constructed a the Ormond Beach Municipal
Airport. Therefore, the airport will meet the criteria for
establishment of Class D and Class E4 airspace. Class D surface area
airspace and Class E4 airspace designated at an extension to Class D
airspace is required when the control tower is open to contain existing
Standard Instrument Approach Procedures (SIAPs) and other Instrument
Flight Rules (IFR) operations at the airport. This action would
establish Class D airspace extending upward from the surface, to but
not including 1,200 feet MSL, within a 3.2-mile radius of the Ormond
Beach Municipal Airport and a Class E4 airspace extension that is 4.8
miles wide and extends 6.9 miles northwest of the airport.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before August 18, 2003.
ADDRESSES: Send comments on this proposal to the Docket Management
System, U.S. Department of Transportation, Room Plaza 401, 400 Seventh
Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590-0001. You must identify the docket
number FAA-2003-15466/Airspace Docket No. 03-OSO-9, at the beginning of
your comments. You may also submit comments on the Internet at http://dms.dot.gov.
You may review the public docket containing the proposal,
any comments received, and any final disposition in person in Dockets
Office between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal
holidays. The Docket office (telephone 1-800-647-5527) is on the plaza
level of the Department of Transportation NASSIF Building at the above
address.
An informal docket may also be examined during normal business
hours at the office of the Regional Air Traffic Division, Federal
Aviation Administration, Room 550, 1701 Columbia Avenue, College Park,
Georgia 30337.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Walter R. Cochran, Manager, Airspace
Branch, Air Traffic Division, Federal Aviation Administration, P.O. Box
20636, Atlanta, Georgia 30320; telephone (404) 305-5627.
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 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 Docket No. FAA-2003-15466/
Airspace Docket No. 03-ASO-9.'' The postcard will be date/time stamped
and returned to the commenter. All communications received 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 the
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comments received. 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://dms.dot.gov. Recently published rulemaking documents
can also be accessed through the FAA's Web page at http://www.faa.gov
or the Superintendent of Document's Web page at http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara.
Additionally, any person may obtain a copy of
this notice by submitting a request to the Federally Aviation
Administration, Office of Air Traffic Airspace Management, ATA-400, 800
Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20591, or by calling (202)
267-8783. Communications must identify both docket numbers for this
notice. Persons interested in being placed on a mailing list for future
NPRM's should contact the FAA's Office of Rulemaking, (202) 267-9677,
to request a copy of Advisory Circular No. 11-2A, Notice of Proposed
Rulemaking Distribution System, 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 establish Class D airspace and
Class E4 airspace at Ormond Beach, FL. Class D airspace designations
for airspace areas extending upward from the surface of the earth and
Class E airspace designations for airspace areas designated as an
extension to a Class D airspace are published in Paragraphs 5000 and
6004 respectively, of FAA Order 7400.9K, dated August 30, 2002, and
effective September 16, 2002, which is incorporated by reference in 14
CFR 71.1. The Class D and Class E airspace designations 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.
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 affect air traffic procedures and air navigation, it is
certified that this rule, when promulgated, 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).
The Proposed Amendment
In consideration of the foregoing, the Federal Aviation
Administration proposes to amend 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 part 71 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(g); 40103, 40113, 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 Federal
Aviation Administration Order 7400.9K, Airspace Designations and
Reporting Points, dated August 30, 2002, and effective September 16,
2002, is amended as follows:
Paragraph 5000 Class D Airspace
* * * * *
ASO FL D Ormond Beach, FL [NEW]
Ormond Beach Municipal Airport, FL
(Lat. 29[deg]180'4'' N, long. 81[deg]06'50'' W)
That airspace extending upward from the surface, to but not
including 1,200 feet MSL within a 3.2--mile radius of Ormond Beach
Municipal Airport; excluding that airspace within the Daytona Beach,
FL Class C airspace area. This Class D airspace area is effective
during the specific days and times established in advance by a
Notice to Airmen. The effective days and times will thereafter be
continuously published in the Airport/Facility Directory.
* * * * *
Paragraph 6004 Class E4 Airspace Areas Designated as an Extension
to a Class D Airspace Area
* * * * *
ASO FL E4 Ormond Beach, FL [NEW]
Ormond Beach Municipal Airport, FL
(Lat. 29[deg]18'04'' N, long. 81[deg]06'50'' W)
Ormond Beach VORTAC
(Lat. 29[deg]18'12'' N, long. 81[deg]06'46'' W)
That airspace extending upward from the surface within 2.4 miles
each side of the Ormond Beach VORTAC 342[deg] radial, extending from
the 3.2--mile radius to 6.9 miles northwest of the VORTAC. This
Class E4 airspace area is effective during the specific days and
times established in advance by a Notice to Airmen. The effective
days and times will thereafter be continuously published in the
Airport/Facility Directory.
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Issued in College Park, Georgia, on July 7, 2003.
Walter R. Cochran,
Acting Manager, Air Traffic Division, Southern Region.
[FR Doc. 03-18074 Filed 7-16-03; 8:45 am]
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