[Federal Register: August 17, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 158)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 51019-51020]
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. FAA-2004-18697; Airspace Docket No. 04-AWP-4]
Proposed Establishment of Class E Airspace; Napa, CA
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.
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SUMMARY: This notice proposes to establish a Class E airspace area to
support instrument operations into Napa County Airport for Aircraft
transitioning from Sausalito VORTAC to the final approach course for
the VOR RWY 6 Instrument Approach Procedure. Oakland Air Route Traffic
Control Center has identified an operational necessity for additional
controlled airspace to enable operations at 4000 feet above Mean Sea
Level (MSL) along the Sausalito transition. Additional controlled
airspace extending upward from 700 feet or more above the surface of
the earth is needed to contain these aircraft. The intended effect of
this proposal is to provide adequate controlled airspace for Instrument
Flight Rules (IFR) operations.
DATE: Comments must be received on or before October 1, 2004.
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-2004-18697/Airspace Docket No. 04-AWP-4, 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 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 Western Terminal Operations, Federal Aviation
Administration, at 15000 Aviation Boulevard, Lawndale, California
90261.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeri Carson, Airspace Branch, Western
Terminal Operations, at (310) 725-6611.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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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
comments a self-addressed stamped postcard on which the following
statement is made: ``Comments to Docket No. FAA-2004-18697/Airspace
Docket No. 04-AWP-4.'' The postcard will be date/time stamped and
returned to the commenter.
Availability of NPRM
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 Documents 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 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.
The Proposal
The FAA is considering an amendment to 14 CFR part 71 by
establishing a Class E airspace area at Napa, CA. Additional controlled
airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface is needed to
contain aircraft executing the VOR RWY 6 IAP into Napa County Airport.
The intended effect of this proposal is to provide adequate controlled
airspace for aircraft executing this instrument procedure. Class E
airspace designations are published in paragraph 6005 of FAA Order
7400.9L dated September 2, 2003, and effective September 16, 2003,
which is incorporated by reference in 14 CFR 71.1. The Class E airspace
designation 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.
Therefore, this proposed regulation--(1) Is not a ``significant
regulatory action'' under Executive Order 12866; (2) is not a
``signficant 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 proposed 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 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; 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 2, 2003, and effective September 16,
2003, 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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AWP CA E5 Napa, CA [New]
Napa County Airport, CA
(Lat. 38[deg]12'47'' N, long. 122[deg]16'50'' W)
That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface
within a 6.5 mile radius of the Napa County Airport, and that
airspace bounded by a line beginning at lat. 38[deg]02'07'' N, long.
122[deg]39'41'' W; to lat. 37[deg]55'05'' N, long. 122[deg]30'56''
W; to lat. 37[deg]51'19'' N, long. 122[deg]31'22'' W; to lat.
37[deg]50'26'' N, long. 122[deg]36'17'' W; to the point of
beginning.
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Issued in Los Angeles, California, on July 30, 2004.
John Clancy,
Area Director, Western Terminal Operations.
[FR Doc. 04-18821 Filed 8-16-04; 8:45 am]
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