[Federal Register: November 6, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 215)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 62760-62761]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
14 CFR Part 71
[Docket No. 2003-16029; Airspace Docket No. 03-ANM-08]
Proposed Revision of Class E Airspace, La Junta, CO
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.
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SUMMARY: This action proposes to revise Class E airspace at La Junta
Municipal Airport, La Junta, CO. The establishment of Area Navigation
(RNAV) Global Positioning System (GPS) Standard Instrument Approach
Procedures (SIAP); RNAV (GPS) Runway (RWY) 26, and RNAV (GPS) RWY 8
SIAPs at La Junta Municipal Airport La Junta, CO, has made this
proposal necessary. The intended effect on this proposal is to provide
adequate controlled airspace for Instrument Flight Rule (IFR)
operations at La Junta Municipal Airport, La Junta, CO.
DATES: Comments must be received by December 22, 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 2003-16029, Airspace Docket No. 03-ANM-08, 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 dispositions in person
in the Docket Office between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday,
except Federal holidays. The Docket Office (telephone number 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, Northwest
Mountain Region, Federal Aviation Administration, Airspace Branch ANM-
520, 1601 Lind Avenue, SW., Renton, WA 98055.
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, aeronautical, economic, environmental, and energy-
related aspects of the proposal. Communications should identify Docket
No. FAA 2003-16029; Airspace Docket No. 03-ANM-08, and be submitted in
triplicate to the address listed above. Commenters wishing the FAA to
acknowledge receipt of their comments on this action must submit, with
those comments, self-addressed stamped postcard on which the following
statement is made: ``Comments to Docket No. FAA 2003-16029; Airspace
Docket No. 03-ANM-08.'' The postcard will be date/time stamped and
returned to the commenter.
Availability of NPRM's
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 Federal Aviation Administration, 1601 Lind
Avenue, SW., Renton, WA, 98055. Communications must identify both
document numbers for this notice. Persons interested in being placed on
a mailing list for future NPRMs 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 procedures.
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The Proposal
This action amends Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations, part 71
(14 CFR part 71) by revising Class E airspace around La Junta Municipal
Airport at La Junta, CO. The establishment of RNAV (GPS) RWY 26 and
RNAV (GPS) RWY 8 SIAPs at La Junta Municipal Airport has made this
proposal necessary. Additional controlled airspace extending upward
from 700 feet above the surface of the earth is needed to contain
aircraft executing the RNAV (GPS) RWY 26 and the RNAV (GPS) RWY &SIAPs
at La Junta Municipal Airport. The intended effect of this proposal is
to provide adequate controlled airspace for aircraft executing the RNAV
(GPS) RWY 26 and RNAV (GPS) RWY 8 SIAPs at La Junta Municipal Airport,
La Junta, CO.
Class E airspace designations are published in paragraph 6005 of
FAA Order 7400.9L dated September 16, 2003, and effective September 15,
2004, 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 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 11013; 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 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
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, 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 7400.9L, Airspace Designations and
Reporting Points, dated September 16, 2003, and effective September 15,
2004, 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 La Junta, CO [Revised]
La Junta Municipal Airport, La Junta, CO
[Lat. 37[deg]15'36''N., long. 104[deg]20'24''W.]
That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface
of the earth bound by a line beginning at lat. 38[deg]12'24''N.,
long. 103[deg]27'42''W.; to lat. 38[deg]10'24''N., long.
103[deg]22'24''W.; to lat. 37[deg]54'12''N., long.
103[deg]22'42''W.; to lat. 37[deg]54'42''N., long.
103[deg]58'00''W.; thence to the point of origin; excluding that
airpsace within Federal airways.
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Issued in Seattle, Washington, on September 22, 2003.
ViAnne Fowler,
Acting Assistant Manager, Air Traffic Division, Northwest Mountain
Region.
[FR Doc. 03-27909 Filed 11-5-03; 8:45 am]
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