[Federal Register: June 9, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 111)]
[Proposed Rules]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
14 CFR Part 71
[Docket No. FAA-2004-17660; Airspace Docket No. 03-AAL-09]
Proposed Revision of Class E Airspace; King Salmon, AK
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 King
Salmon, AK. Three new Standard Instrument Approach Procedures (SIAP's)
are being published for the King Salmon Airport. An airspace review has
determined that the existing Class E airspace at King Salmon is
insufficient to contain aircraft executing the new SIAP's. Adoption of
this proposal would result in additional Class E airspace upward from
1,200 feet (ft.) above the surface at King Salmon, AK. The airspace
upward from 700 ft. above the surface would be unchanged.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before July 26, 2004.
ADDRESSES: Send comments on the 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-2004-17600/Airspace Docket No. 03-AAL-09, 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
the 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, Manager, Operations Branch, AAL-530, Federal
Aviation Administration, 222 West 7th Avenue, Box 14, Anchorage, AK
99513-7587.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jesse Patterson, AAL-538G, Federal
Aviation Administration, 222 West 7th Avenue, Box 14, Anchorage, AK
99513-7587; telephone number (907) 271-5898; fax: (907) 271-2850; e-
mail: Jesse.ctr.Patterson@faa.gov Internet address: http://www.alaska.faa.gov/at
.
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,
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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-2004-17660/
Airspace Docket No. 03-AAL-09.'' 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 notice 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 Notice of Proposed Rulemaking's (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, 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 Ruelmaking Distribution
system, which describes the application procedure.
The Proposal
The FAA is considering an amendment to the Code of Federal
Regulations (14 CFR Part 71) by revising Class E airspace at King
Salmon, AK. The intended effect of this proposal is to extend Class E
airspace upward from 1,200 ft. above the surface, to contain Instrument
Flight Rules (IFR) operations at King Salmon, AK.
The FAA Instrument Flight Procedures Production and Maintenance
Branch has developed three new SIAP's for the King Salmon Airport. The
new approaches are (1) Area Navigation (Global Positioning System)
(RNAV GPS) RWY 11, original, (2) RNAV (GPS) Y RWY 29, original and (3)
RNAV (GPS) Z RWY 29, original. Additional Class E controlled airspace
extending upward from 1,200 ft. above the surface within the King
Salmon, Alaska area would be created by this action. The proposed
airspace is sufficient to contain aircraft executing the new instrument
procedure for the King Salmon Airport.
The area would be depicted on aeronautical charts for pilot
reference. The coordinates for this airspace docket are based on North
American Datum 83. The Class E airspace areas designated as 700/1200
foot transition areas are published in paragraph 6005 in FAA Order
7400.9L, Airspace Designations and Reporting Points, dated September 2,
2003, and effective September 16, 2003, which is incorporated by
reference in 14 CFR 71.1. The 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 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 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 956, 3 CFR, 1959-1963 Comp., p. 389.
Sec. 71.1 [Amended]
2. The incorporation by reference in 14 CFR part 71.1 of Federal
Aviation Administration Order 7400.9L, Airspace Designations and
Reporting Points, dated September 2, 2003, and effective September 16,
2003, is to amended as follows:
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Paragraph 6005 Class E airspace upward from 700 feet or more above
the surface of the earth.
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AAL AK E5 King Salmon, AK [Revised]
King Salmon Airport, AK
(lat. 58[deg]40'36''N., long. 156[deg]38'57''W.)
King Salmon VORTAC
(lat. 58[deg]43'29''N., long. 156[deg]45'08''W.)
That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface
within a 6.7-mile radius of the King Salmon Airport and within 4
miles northeast and 8 miles southwest of the King Salmon VORTAC
312[deg] radial extending from the VORTAC to 21 miles northwest of
the VORTAC and within 14 miles of the VORTAC 259[deg] radial
clockwise to the 004[deg] radial and that airspace within 3.3 miles
either side of the 132[deg] radial of the VORTAC extending from the
VORTAC to 17 miles southeast of the VORTAC; and that airspace
extending upward from 1,200 feet above the surface within a 43-mile
radius of the King Salmon Airport excluding the Yukon-Kuskokwim
Delta, AK Class E airspace.
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Issued in Anchorage, AK, on June 1, 2004.
Judith G. Heckl,
Manager, Air Traffic Division, Alaskan Region.
[FR Doc. 04-12971 Filed 6-8-04; 8:45 am]
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