[Federal Register: September 6, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 172)]
[Proposed Rules]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
14 CFR Part 71
[Docket No. FAA-2007-28601; Airspace Docket 07-AEA-02]
Proposed Establishment of Class D and E Airspace, Proposed
Revision of Class E Airspace; Easton, MD
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.
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SUMMARY: This action proposes to establish Class D, E2 and E4 airspace
and revise E5 airspace at Easton, MD. A federal contract tower with a
weather reporting system is being constructed at Easton Airport/Newnam
Field. Therefore, the airport will meet criteria for Class D, E2, and
E4 surface area airspace. Class D surface area airspace and Class E4
airspace designed as an extension to Class D airspace is required when
the control tower is open to contain Standard Instrument Approach
Procedures (SIAPs) and other Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) operations
at the airport. Class E2 surface area airspace is required when the
control tower is closed to contain SIAPs and other IFR operations at
the airport. This action would establish Class D and E2 airspace
extending upward from the surface to and including 2,600 feet MSL
within a 4-mile radius of the airport and Class E4 airspace extension
that is 5.4 miles wide and extends 7.4 miles northeast of the Easton
Non Directional Beacon (NDB). Additionally, a technical revision to
Class E5 airspace is required as a result of a name change from the
Easton Municipal Airport to Easton Airport/Newnam Field, which was
effective May 25, 1993.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before October 22, 2007.
ADDRESSES: Send comments on this proposal to the Docket Management
System, U.S. Department of Transportation, Docket Operations, M-30,
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., West Building, Ground Floor, Room W12-140,
Washington, DC 20590; Telephone: 1-800-647-5527. You must identify the
docket number FAA-2007-28601; Airspace Docket No. 07-AEA-02, 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 (see ADDRESSES section for
address and phone number) between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through
Friday, except Federal holidays.
An informal docket may also be examined during normal business
hours at the office of the Eastern Service Center, Federal Aviation
Administration, Room C210, 1701 Columbia Avenue, College Park, Georgia
30337.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark D. Ward, Manager, System Support
Group, Eastern Service Center, Federal Aviation Administration. P.O.
Box 20636, Atlanta, Georgia 30320; telephone (404) 305-5581.
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-2007-28601;
Airspace Docket No. 07-AEA-02.'' The postcard will be date/time stamped
and returned to the commenter. All communications received 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 the comments received. A report summarizing each
substantive public contact with FAA personnel concerned with this
rulemaking will be filed in the docket.
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 Federal Register Web page at http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/index.html.
Persons interested in being placed on mailing list for
future NPRM's should contact the FAA's Office of Rulemaking, (202) 267-
9677, to request a copy of
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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 Title 14 Code of Federal
Regulations, part 71 to establish Class D, E2, and E4 airspace and
revise Class E5 airspace at Easton, MD. Class D and E2 Airspace
Designations for Airspace Areas extending upward from the surface of
the Earth, Class E4 Airspace Areas Designated as an Extension to a
Class D Surface Area and Class E5 Airspace Areas extending upward from
700 feet ore more above the surface of the Earth are published in
Paragraphs 5000, 6002, 6004 and 6005 respectively of FAA Order 7400.9P,
dated September 1, 2006, and effective September 15, 2006, which is
incorporated by reference in 14 CFR 71.1 The Class D, E2, E4 and E5
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, B, C, D, AND E AIRSPACE AREAS; AIR
TRAFFIC SERVICE ROUTES; AND REPORTING POINTS
1. The authority citation for 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 7400.9P, Airspace Designations and
Reporting Points, dated September 1, 2006, and effective September 15,
2006, is amended as follows:
Paragraph 5000 Class D Airspace.
* * * * *
AEA MD D Easton, MD [NEW]
Easton Airport/Newnam Field, MD
(Lat. 38[deg]48'15'' N., long. 76[deg]04'08'' W.)
That airspace extending upward from the surface to and including
2,600 feet MSL within a 4-mile radius of the Easton Airport/Newnam
Field. This Class D airspace area is effective during the specific
days and times established in advance by a Notice to Airmen. The
effective days and times will thereafter be continuously published
in the Airport/Facility Directory.
* * * * *
Paragraph 6002 Class E Airspace Designated as Surface Areas.
* * * * *
AEA MD E2 Easton, MD [NEW]
Easton Airport/Newman Field, MD
(Lat. 38[deg]48'15'' N., long. 76[deg]04'08'' W.)
Easton NDB
(Lat. 38[deg]48'17'' N., long. 76[deg]04'10'' W.)
That airspace extending upward from the surface to and including
2,600 feet MSL within a 4-mile radius of the Easton Airport/Newman
Field and that airspace within 2.7 miles each side of the 038[deg]
bearing from the Easton NDB extending from the 4-mile radius of the
Easton Airport/Newman Field to 7.4 miles northeast of the NDB. This
Class E airspace area is effective during the specific days and
times established in advance by a Notice to Airmen. The effective
days and times will thereafter be continuously published in the
Airport/Facility Directory.
* * * * *
Paragraph 604 Class E Airspace Areas Designated as an Extension to
a Class D Surface Area.
* * * * *
AEA MD E4 Easton, MD [NEW]
Easton Airport/Newman Field, MD
(Lat. 38[deg]48'15'' N., long. 76[deg]04'08'' W.)
Easton NDB
(Lat. 38[deg]48'17'' N., long. 76[deg]04'10'' W.)
That airspace extending upward from the surface within 2.7 miles
each side of the 038[deg] bearing from the Easton NDB extending from
the 4-mile radius of the Easton Airport/Newman Field to 7.4 miles
northeast of the NDB.
* * * * *
Paragraph 6005 Class E Airspace Areas Extending Upward From 700
feet or More Above the Surface of the Earth.
* * * * *
AEA MD E5 Easton, MD [REVISED]
Easton Airport/Newman Field, MD
(Lat. 38[deg]48'15'' N., long. 76[deg]04'08'' W.)
Easton NDB
(Lat. 38[deg]48'17'' N., long. 76[deg]04'10'' W.)
That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface
within a 6.7-mile radius of the Easton Airport/Newman Field and
within 2.7 miles each side of the 038[deg] bearing from the Easton
NDB extending from the 6.7-mile radius to 7.4 miles northeast of the
NDB.
Issued in College Park, Georgia, on August 8, 2007.
Kathy Kutch,
Acting Manager, System Support Group Eastern Service Center.
[FR Doc. 07-4330 Filed 9-5-07; 8:45 am]
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