[Federal Register: October 16, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 199)]
[Proposed Rules]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
14 CFR Part 71
[Docket No. FAA-2007-29011; Airspace Docket No. 07-AAL-14]
Proposed Revision of Class D and E Airspace; Kenai, AK
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.
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SUMMARY: This action proposes to revise Class D and E airspace at
Kenai, AK.
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Five Standard Instrument Approach Procedures (SIAPs) are being amended
for the Kenai Municipal Airport at Kenai, AK. Additionally, one textual
departure procedure (DP) is being amended. Adoption of this proposal
would result in revision of existing Class D & E airspace upward, from
the surface, from 700 feet (ft.) and 1,200 ft. above the surface, at
the Kenai Municipal Airport, Kenai, AK.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before November 30, 2007.
ADDRESSES: Send comments on the proposal to the Docket Management
Facility, U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue,
SE., West Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, Washington, DC 20590-
0001. You must identify the docket number FAA-2007-29011/Airspace
Docket No. 07-AAL-14, at the beginning of your comments. You may also
submit comments on the Internet at http://www.regulations.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 Manager, Safety, Alaska Flight Service
Operations, Federal Aviation Administration, 222 West 7th Avenue, Box
14, Anchorage, AK 99513-7587.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gary Rolf, Federal Aviation
Administration, 222 West 7th Avenue, Box 14, Anchorage, AK 99513-7587;
telephone number (907) 271-5898; fax: (907) 271-2850; e-mail:
gary.ctr.rolf@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-2007-29011/
Airspace Docket No. 07-AAL-14.'' 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://www.regulations.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/index.html
.
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), which would revise the Class E airspace
at the Kenai Municipal Airport, in Kenai, AK. The intended effect of
this proposal is to revise Class E airspace upward, from the surface,
from 700 ft. and 1,200 ft. above the surface, to contain Instrument
Flight Rules (IFR) operations at Kenai Municipal Airport, AK.
The FAA Instrument Flight Procedures Production and Maintenance
Branch has amended five SIAPs and one DP for the Kenai Municipal
Airport. The amended approaches are (1) the Very High Frequency Omni-
directional Range (VOR) Runway (RWY) 19R, Amendment (Amdt) 18, (2) the
Instrument Landing System (ILS) or Localizer (LOC) RWY 19R, Amdt 3, (3)
the VOR/Distance Measuring Equipment (DME) RWY 01L, Amdt 7, (4) the
Area Navigation (RNAV) Global Positioning System (GPS) RWY 01L, Amdt 1,
and (5) the RNAV (GPS) RWY 19R, Amdt 1. Textual DP's are unnamed and
are published in the front of the U.S. Terminal Procedures for Alaska.
Class D and E controlled airspace extending upward, from the surface,
from 700 ft. and 1,200 ft. above the surface, in the Kenai Municipal
Airport area would be revised by this action. The proposed airspace is
sufficient in size to contain aircraft executing the instrument
procedures at the Kenai Municipal Airport, Kenai, AK.
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 D airspace area designations are published
in paragraph 5000 of FAA Order 7400.9R, Airspace Designations and
Reporting Points, signed August 15, 2007, and effective September 15,
2007, which is incorporated by reference in 14 CFR 71.1. The Class E
surface areas designated as extensions to Class D surface areas are
published in paragraph 6004 in FAA Order 7400.9R, Airspace Designations
and Reporting Points, signed August 15, 2007, and effective September
15, 2007, which is incorporated by reference in 14 CFR 71.1. The Class
E airspace areas designated as 700/1200 foot transition areas are
published in paragraph 6005 in FAA Order 7400.9R, Airspace Designations
and Reporting Points, signed August 15, 2007, and effective September
15, 2007, which is incorporated by reference in 14 CFR 71.1. The Class
D and 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.
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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.
The FAA's authority to issue rules regarding aviation safety is
found in Title 49 of the United States Code. Subtitle 1, Section 106
describes the authority of the FAA Administrator. Subtitle VII,
Aviation Programs, describes in more detail the scope of the agency's
authority.
This rulemaking is promulgated under the authority described in
Subtitle VII, Part A, Subpart 1, Section 40103, Sovereignty and use of
airspace. Under that section, the FAA is charged with prescribing
regulations to ensure the safe and efficient use of the navigable
airspace. This regulation is within the scope of that authority because
it proposes to create Class D and E airspace sufficient in size to
contain aircraft executing instrument procedures at Kenai Municipal
Airport and represents the FAA's continuing effort to safely and
efficiently use the navigable airspace.
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 7400.9R, Airspace Designations and
Reporting Points, signed August 15, 2007, and effective September 15,
2007, is to be amended as follows:
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Paragraph 5000 General.
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AAK AK D Kenai, AK [Revised]
Kenai, Kenai Municipal Airport, AK
(Lat. 60[deg]34'23'' N., long. 151[deg]14'42'' W.)
That airspace extending upward from the surface to and including
2,600 feet MSL within a 5.2-miles radius of the Kenai Municipal
Airport, excluding the airspace below 1,100 feet MSL beyond 4 miles
from the Kenai Municipal Airport extending from the 310[deg] bearing
clockwise to the 350[deg] bearing from the Kenai Municipal Airport.
This Class D airspace area is effective during the specific dates
and times established in advance by a Notice to Airmen. The
effective date and time will thereafter be continuously published in
the Airport/Facility Directory.
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Paragraph 6004 Class E Airspace Areas Designated as an Extension to
a Class D Surface Area.
AAK AK E4 Kenai, AK [Revised]
Kenai, Kenai Municipal Airport, AK
(Lat. 60[deg]34'23'' N., long. 151[deg]14'42'' W.)
Kenai VOR/DME (Lat. 60[deg]36'53'' N., long. 151[deg]11'43'' W.)
That airspace extending upward from the surface within 3.7 miles
each side of the 031[deg] radial of the Kenai VOR/DME extending from
the 5.2-mile radius of the Kenai Municipal Airport to 10.2 miles
northeast of the Kenai Municipal Airport.
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Paragraph 6005 Class E Airspace Areas Extending Upward from 700
feet or More Above the Surface of the Earth.
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AAL AK E5 Kenai, AK [Revised]
Kenai, Kenai Municipal Airport, AK
(Lat. 60[deg]34'23'' N., long. 151[deg]14'42'' W.)
That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface
within a 7.7-mile radius of the Kenai Municipal Airport and within 4
miles east and west of the 031[deg] bearing from the Kenai Municipal
Airport extending from the 7.3-mile radius to 11 miles north of the
Kenai Municipal Airport; and that airspace extending upward from
1,200 feet above the surface within a 75-mile radius of the Kenai
Municipal Airport.
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Issued in Anchorage, AK, on October 5, 2007.
Anthony M. Wylie,
Manager, Alaska Flight Services Information Area Group.
[FR Doc. E7-20313 Filed 10-15-07; 8:45 am]
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