[Federal Register: September 10, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 175)]
[Proposed Rules]
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Proposed Rules
Federal Register
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This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER contains notices to the public of
the proposed issuance of rules and regulations. The purpose of these
notices is to give interested persons an opportunity to participate in
the rule making prior to the adoption of the final rules.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
14 CFR Part 71
[Docket No. FAA-2004-18897; Airspace Docket No. 04-AAL-12]
Proposed Revision of Class E Airspace; Kotzebue, 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 Kotzebue,
AK. Two new Standard instrument approach procedures are being published
for Kotzebue, AK. Additional Class E surface area airspace is needed to
protect instrument flight rules (IFR) operations at Kotzebue, AK. The
additional Class E surface area airspace will ensure that aircraft
executing the new standard instrument approach procedures to Kotzebue,
AK remain within controlled airspace. Adoption of this proposal would
result in additional Class E surface area airspace at Kotzebue, AK.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before October 25, 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-2004-18897/Airspace Docket No. 04-AAL-12, 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,
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-2004-18897/
Airspace Docket No. 04-AAL-12.'' 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 Rulemaking 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 adding Class E surface area airspace at
Kotzebue, AK. The intended effect of this proposal is to amend Class E
surface area airspace necessary to contain Instrument Flight Rules
(IFR) operations at Kotzebue, AK.
The FAA Instrument Flight Procedures Production and Maintenance
Branch has developed two new SIAPs for the Kotzebue International
Airport. The new approaches are (1) Area Navigation (Global Positioning
System) ( RNAV GPS) Runway (RWY) 26, original; and (2) RNAV (GPS)
Runway 8, original. Revised Class E controlled airspace extending
upward from the surface within the 4.8-mile radius of the Kotzebue
International Airport would be created by this action. The proposed
airspace is sufficient to contain aircraft executing the new instrument
procedures for the Kotzebue International 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 a surface
area are published in
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paragraph 6002 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 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 Federal
Aviation Administration Order 7400.9L, Airspace Designations and
Reporting Points, dated September 2, 2003, and effective September 16,
2003, is to be amended as follows:
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Paragraph 6002 Class E airspace designated as surface areas.
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AAL AK E2 Kotzebue, AK [Revised]
Kotzebue, Ralph Wien Mermorial Airport, AK
(Lat. 66[deg]53'05'' N, long. 162[deg]35'55'' W)
Kotzebue VOR/DME
(Lat. 66[deg]53'08'' N, long. 162[deg]32'24'' W)
Hotham NDB
(Lat. 66[deg]54'05'' N, long. 162[deg]33'52'' W)
Within a 4.8-mile radius of the Ralph Wien Memorial Airport and
within 2.6 miles each side of the 039[deg] bearing from Hotham NDB
extending from the 4.8 mile radius to 8.9 miles northeast of the
airport and within 2.4 miles each side of the 091[deg] radial from
the Kotzebue VOR/DME extending from the 4.8-mile radius to 11.5
miles east of the airport and within 2.4 miles each side of the
278[deg] radial from the Kotzebue VOR/DME extending from the 4.8-
mile radius to 10.2 miles west of the airport. This Class E airspace
is effective during the specific dates and times established in
advance by a Notice to Airman.
The effective date and time will thereafter be continuously
published in the Airport/Facility Directory.
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Issued in Anchorage, AK, on August 31, 2004.
Anthony M. Wylie,
Acting Manager, Air Traffic Division, Alaskan Region.
[FR Doc. 04-20486 Filed 9-9-04; 8:45 am]
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