[Federal Register: October 11, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 196)]
[Proposed Rules]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
14 CFR Part 71
[Docket No. FAA-2007-29231; Airspace Docket No. 07-AGL-8]
Proposed Establishment of Class E5 Airspace; Hinckley, MN
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.
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SUMMARY: This action proposes to establish Class E airspace at
Hinckley, MN. Additional controlled airspace is necessary to
accommodate aircraft using new Area Navigation (RNAV) Global
Positioning System (GPS) Instrument Approach Procedures (IAP) at Field
of Dreams Airport. The FAA is proposing this action to enhance the
safety and management of aircraft operations at Field of Dreams
Airport, Hinckley, MN.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before November 30, 2007.
ADDRESSES: Send comments on this proposal to the Docket Management
System, U.S. Department of Transportation, Docket Operations, M-30,
West Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE.,
Washington, DC 20590. You must identify the docket number FAA-2007-
29231/Airspace Docket No. 07-AGL-8, 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 ground
floor of the building at the above address.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Grant Nichols, System Support, DOT
Regional Headquarters Building, Federal Aviation Administration, 901
Locust, Kansas City, MO 64106; telephone (816) 329-2522.
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-2007-29231/
Airspace Docket No. 07-AGL-8.'' The postcard will be date/time stamped
and returned to the commenter.
Availability of 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 (FAA),
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
This action proposes to amend Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations
(14 CFR) part 71, by establishing a Class E airspace area extending
upward from 700 feet above the surface at Field of Dreams Airport,
Hinckley, MN. The establishment of RNAV (GPS) IAPs have made this
action necessary. The intended effect of this proposal is to provide
adequate controlled airspace for Instrument Flight Rules operations at
Field of Dreams Airport, Hinckley, MN. The area would be depicted on
appropriate aeronautical charts.
Class E airspace areas extending upward from 700 feet or more above
the surface of the earth are published in Paragraph 6005 of FAA Order
7400.9R, signed August 15, 2007, and effective September 15, 2007,
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. This rulemaking is
promulgated under the authority described in Subtitle VII, Part A,
Subpart I, Section 40103. Under that section, the FAA is charged with
prescribing regulations to assign the use of the airspace necessary to
ensure the safety of aircraft and the efficient use of airspace. This
regulation is within the scope of that authority as it would enhance
the safety and management of aircraft operations at Field of Dreams
Airport, Hinckley, MN.
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 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 7400.9R, Airspace Designations and
Reporting Points, signed August 15, 2007, and effective September 15,
2007, 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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AGL MN E5 Hinckley, MN [New]
Field of Dreams Airport, Hinckley, MN
(Lat. 46[deg]01'22'' N., long. 92[deg]53'44'' W.)
That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface
within a 6.7-mile radius of the Field of Dreams Airport, Hinckley,
MN.
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Issued in Forth Worth, TX, on September 25, 2007.
Ronnie L. Uhlenhaker,
Team Manager, System Support Group, ATO Central Service Center.
[FR Doc. 07-5001 Filed 10-10-07; 8:45 am]
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