[Federal Register: February 8, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 25)]
[Proposed Rules]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
14 CFR Part 71
[Docket No. FAA-2005-20056 Airspace Docket No. 05-AEA-01]
Proposed Amendment to Class E Airspace; Harrisburg, PA
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking
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SUMMARY: This notice proposes to amend the Class E airspace area in the
Harrisburg, PA metropolitan area. The development of multiple area
navigation (RNAV) Standard Instrument Approach Procedures (SIAP) for
numerous airports within the Harrisburg, PA metropolitan area with
approved Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) operations and the resulting
overlap of designated Class E-5 airspace have made this proposal
necessary. The proposal would consolidate the Class E-5 airspace
designations for ten airports and result in the rescission of seven
separate Class E-5 descriptions through separate rulemaking action. The
area would be depicted on aeronautical charts for pilot reference.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before March 10, 2005.
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-2005-20056/Airspace Docket No. 05-AEA-01 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, Eastern Region, 1 Aviation Plaza, Jamaica, NY
11434-4809.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Francis T. Jordan, Jr., Airspace
Specialist, Airspace Branch, AEA-520, Eastern Region, 1 Aviation Plaza,
Jamaica, NY 11434-4809, telephone: (718) 553-4521.
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, economic,
environmental, and energy-related aspects of the proposal.
Communications should identify the airspace docket number 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 Airspace Docket No. FAA-
2005-20056/Airspace Docket No. 05-AEA-01''. The postcard will be date/
time stamped and returned to the commenter.
Availability of NPRMs
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 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 the docket 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, which describes the application procedure.
The Proposal
The FAA is considering an amendment to part 71 of the Federal
Aviation Regulations (14 CFR part 71) to amend the Class E airspace
within the Harrisburg, PA metropolitan area. The proposal would
consolidate the following airport Class E-5 airspace designations into
the Harrisburg, PA designation: Annville, PA, Millard Airport (N76);
Carlisle, PA, Carlisle Airport (N94); Fort Indiantown Gap, PA, Muir AAF
(MUI); Harrisburg, PA, Capital City Airport (CXY), Harrisburg
International Airport (MDT); Lancaster, PA, Lancaster Airport (LNS);
Marietta, PA, Donegal Springs Airpark (N71); Myerstown, PA, Decks
Airport (9D4); York PA, York Airport (THV). This action would result in
the rescission of seven Class E-5 designations under a separate docket.
The affected airspace would subsequently be incorporated into the
Harrisburg, PA description. The airspace will be defined to accommodate
the approaches and contain IFR operations to and from those airports.
This change would have no impact on aircraft operations since the type
of airspace designation is not changing. Furthermore, the IFR approach
procedures for the individual airports within the area would not be
affected. Class E airspace designations for airspace areas extending
upward from 700 ft or more above the surface are published in Paragraph
6005 of FAA Order 7400.9M, dated August 30, 2004, and effective
September 16, 2004, 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
``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 would only affect air traffic procedures
and air navigation, it is certified that this proposed rule would not
have 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--[AMENDED]
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.
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Sec. 71.1 [Amended]
2. The incorporation by reference in 14 CFR 71.1 of Federal
Aviation Administration Order 7400.9M, dated August 30, 2004, and
effective September 16, 2004, is proposed to be 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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AEA PA E5 Harrisburg, PA (Revised)
That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface
within an area bounded by a line beginning at lat. 37[deg]43'19''
N., long. 76[deg]51'26'' W., to lat. 40[deg]07'49'' N., long.
77[deg]20'54'' W., to lat. 40[deg]16'46'' N., long. 77[deg]20'53''
W., to lat. 40[deg]42'10'' N., long. 76[deg]32'34'' W., to lat.
40[deg]13'15'' N., long. 76[deg]00'32'' W., to lat. 40[deg]00'59''
N., long. 76[deg]01'11'' W., to the point of beginning, excluding
that portion that coincides with the Pottsville, PA, Class E
airspace area and the Reading, PA, Class E airspace area.
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Issued in Jamaica, New York, on January 28, 2005.
John G. McCartney,
Area Staff Manager of Eastern Terminal Operations.
[FR Doc. 05-2314 Filed 2-7-05; 8:45 am]
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