[Federal Register: December 16, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 242)]
[Proposed Rules]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
14 CFR Part 71
[Docket No. FAA-2008-1231; Airspace Docket No. 08-ASW-25]
Proposed Amendment of Class E Airspace; Tulsa, OK
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.
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ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.
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SUMMARY: This action proposes to amend Class E airspace at Tulsa, OK.
Additional controlled airspace is necessary to accommodate new Standard
Instrument Approach Procedures (SIAPs) at William R. Pogue Municipal
Airport, Sand Springs, OK. The FAA is taking this action to enhance the
safety and management of Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) aircraft
operations at William R. Pogue Municipal Airport.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before January 30, 2009.
ADDRESSES: Send comments on this proposal to the U.S. Department of
Transportation, Docket Operations, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., West
Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, Washington, DC 20590-0001. You
must identify the docket number FAA-2008-1231/Airspace Docket No. 08-
ASW-25, 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 ground floor of the building at
the above address.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Scott Enander, Central Service Center,
Operations Support Group, Federal Aviation Administration, Southwest
Region, 2601 Meacham Blvd., Fort Worth, TX 76193-0530; telephone: (817)
222-5582.
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-2008-1231/
Airspace Docket No. 08-ASW-25.'' 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://www.regulations.gov. Recently published rulemaking
documents can also be accessed through the FAA's Web page at http://
www.faa.gov/airports_airtraffic/air_traffic/publications/airspace_
amendments/.
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 NPRMs
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 amending Class E airspace for SIAPs operations at
Tulsa, OK. The area would be depicted on appropriate aeronautical
charts.
Class E airspace areas are published in Paragraph 6005 of FAA Order
7400.9S, dated October 3, 2008, and effective October 31, 2008, 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.
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. The FAA's authority to
issue rules regarding aviation safety is found in Title 49 of the U.S.
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 I, Section 40103. Under that section, the FAA is charged with
prescribing regulations to assign the use of 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 amend
controlled airspace at Tulsa, OK.
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;
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 7400.9S, Airspace Designations and
Reporting Points, dated October 3, 2008, and effective October 31,
2008, 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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ASW OK E5 Tulsa, OK [Amended]
Tulsa International Airport, OK
(Lat. 36[deg]11'54'' N., long. 95[deg]53'17'' W.)
Tulsa, Richard Lloyd Jones Jr. Airport, OK
(Lat. 36[deg]02'23'' N., long. 95[deg]59'05'' W.)
Sand Springs, William R. Pogue Municipal Airport, OK
(Lat. 36[deg]10'31'' N., long. 96[deg]09'07'' W.)
Tulsa VORTAC
(Lat. 36[deg]11'47'' N., long. 95[deg]47'17'' W.)
Glenpool VOR/DME
(Lat. 35[deg]55'15'' N., long. 95[deg]58'07'' W.)
That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface
within an 8-mile radius of Tulsa International Airport and within
1.6 miles each side of the 089[deg] radial of the Tulsa VORTAC
extending from the 8-mile radius to
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11.9 miles east of the airport and within a 6.4-mile radius of
Richard Lloyd Jones Jr. Airport, and within a 7.2-mile radius of
William R. Pogue Municipal Airport and within 4 miles each side of
the 355[deg] bearing from William R. Pogue Municipal Airport
extending from the 7.2-mile radius to 10.9 miles north of the
airport, and within 4 miles each side of the 175[deg] bearing from
William R. Pogue Municipal Airport extending from the 7.2-mile
radius to 10.9 miles south of the airport and within 4.1 miles each
side of the 330[deg] radial of the Glenpool VOR/DME extending from
the 7.2-mile radius of William R. Pogue Municipal Airport to 8.3
miles northwest of the airport.
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Issued in Fort Worth, TX on December 9, 2008.
Walter L. Tweedy,
Acting Manager, Operations Support Group, ATO Central Service Center.
[FR Doc. E8-29755 Filed 12-15-08; 8:45 am]
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