[Federal Register: November 14, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 218)]
[Rules and Regulations]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
14 CFR Part 71
[Airspace Docket No. 05-AWP-12]
Establishment of a Class E Enroute Domestic Airspace Area, San
Luis Obispo, CA
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Direct final rule, request for comments.
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SUMMARY: This action establishes a Class E enroute domestic airspace
area west of San Luis Obispo, CA, to replace existing Class G
uncontrolled airspace.
DATES: 0901 UTC April 13, 2006. Comment date: Comments for inclusion in
the Rules Docket must be received on or before December 14, 2005.
ADDRESSES: Send comments on the direct final rule in triplicate to:
Federal Aviation Administration, Attn: Manager, Airspace Branch, AWP-
520, Docket No. 05-AWP-12, Western Terminal Operations, PO Box 92007,
Worldway Postal Center, Los Angeles, California 90009. The official
docket may be examined in the Office of the Assistant Chief Counsel,
Western-Pacific Region, Federal Aviation Administration, Room 6007,
15000 Aviation Boulevard, Lawndale, California 90261.
An informal docket may also be examined during normal business
hours at the Office of the Manager, Airspace Branch, Western Terminal
Operations at the above address.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Francie Hope, Western Terminal
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Operations Airspace Specialist, AWP-520.3, Federal Aviation
Administration, 15000 Aviation Boulevard, Lawndale, California 90261,
telephone (310) 725-6502.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This action will establish a Class E enroute
domestic airspace area west of San Luis Obispo to contain aircraft
while in Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) conditions and under control of
Santa Barbara Terminal Radar Approach Control (TRACON). On November 2,
2005, airspace will be transferred from Los Angeles Air Route Traffic
Control Center (ARTCC) to Santa Barbara TRACON. In order to provide
positive control of aircraft in this area, the airspace must be
designated as controlled airspace.
Class E enroute domestic airspace areas are published in Paragraph
6006 of FAA Order 7400.9N dated September 1, 2005, and effective
September 16, 2005, which is incorporated by reference in 14 CFR 71.1.
The class E airspace designation listed in this document would be
published subsequently in this Order.
The Direct Final Rule Procedure
The FAA anticipates that this regulation will not result in adverse
or negative comment and therefore is issuing it as a direct final rule.
Unless a written adverse or negative comment, or a written notice of
intent to submit an adverse or negative comment is received within the
comment period, the regulation will become effective on the date
specified above. After the close of the comment period, the FAA will
publish a document in the Federal Register indicating that no adverse
or negative comments were received and confirming the date on which the
final rule will become effective. If the FAA does receive, within the
comment period, an adverse or negative comment, or written notice of
intent to submit such a comment, a document withdrawing the direct
final rule will be published in the Federal Register, and a notice of
proposed rulemaking may be published with a new comment period.
Comments Invited
Although this action is in the form of a final rule and was not
preceded by a notice of proposed rulemaking, comments are invited on
this rule. Interested persons are invited to comment on this rule by
submitting such written data, views, and arguments as they may desire.
Communications should identify the Rules Docket number and be submitted
in triplicate to the address specified under the caption ADDRESSES. All
communications received on or before the closing date for comments will
be considered, and this rule may be amended or withdrawn in light of
the comments received. Factual information that supports the
commenter's ideas and suggestions is extremely helpful in evaluating
the effectiveness of this action and determining whether additional
rulemaking action would be needed.
Comments are specifically invited on the overall regulatory,
economic, environmental, and energy aspects of the rule that might
suggest a need to modify the rule. All comments submitted will be
available, both before and after the closing date for comments, in the
Rules Docket for examination by interested persons. A report that
summarizes each FAA-public contact concerned with the substance of this
action will be filed in the Rules Docket.
Commenters wishing the FAA to acknowledge receipt of their comments
submitted in response to this rule must submit a self-addressed,
stamped postcard on which the following statement is made: ``Comments
to Docket No. 05-AWP-12.'' The postcard will be date stamped and
returned to the commenter.
Agency Findings
The regulations adopted herein will not have substantial direct
effects on the State, on the relationship between the national
government and the States, or on the distribution of power and
responsibilities among the various levels of government. Therefore, in
accordance with Executive Order 12612, it is determined that this final
rule does not have sufficient federalism implications to warrant the
preparation of a Federalism Assessment.
The FAA has determined that this regulation is noncontroversial and
unlikely to result in adverse or negative comments. For the reasons
discussed in the preamble, this regulation only involves an established
body of technical regulations for which frequent and routine amendments
are necessary to keep them operationally current. Therefore, this
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 11304; 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 than
will only affect air traffic procedures and air navigation, it is
certified that this rule 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).
Adoption of the Amendment
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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
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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
CR 9565, 3 CFR, 1959-1963 Comp., p. 389.
Sec. 71.1 [Amended]
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2. The incorporation by reference in 14 CFR 71.1 of the Federal
Aviation Administration Order 7400.9N, Airspace Designations and
Reporting Points, dated September 1, 2005, and effective September 16,
2005, is amended as follows:
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Paragraph 6006 Enroute Domestic Airspace Areas
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San Luis Obispo, CA [Established]
That airspace extending upward from 1200 feet above the surface
(AGL) bounded on the north by Monterey Class E5 airspace, on the
east by V27 and Santa Barbara Class E5 airspace, and on the south
and west by Control Area 115L.
Issued in Los Angeles, California, on October 28, 2005.
Tony DiBernardo,
Acting Area Director, Western Terminal Operations.
[FR Doc. 05-22523 Filed 11-10-05; 8:45 am]
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