Airworthiness directives: Class E airspace,

[Federal Register: August 27, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 166)]

[Rules and Regulations]

[Page 45696-45697]

From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Airspace Docket No. 98-AEA-06]

Establishment of Class E Airspace; Collegeville, PA

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) DOT.

ACTION: Final rule.

SUMMARY: This action establishes Class E airspace extending upward from 700 feet Above Ground Level (AGL) at Collegeville, PA. The development of a Helicopter Point In Space Standard Instrument Approach Procedure (SIAP) based on the Global Positioning System (GPS) serving the Rhone- Poulenc Rorer Collegeville Heliport has made this action necessary. This action is intended to provide adequate Class E airspace to contain instrument flight rules (IFR) operations to the heliport at Collegeville, PA.

EFFECTIVE DATE: 0901 UTC, December 3, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Francis Jordan, Airspace Specialist, Airspace Branch, AEA-520, Air Traffic Division, Eastern Region, Federal Aviation Administration, Federal Building #111, John F. Kennedy International Airport, Jamaica, New York 11430; telephone: (718) 553-4521.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

History

On June 30, 1998, a notice proposing to amend part 71 of the Federal Aviation Regulations (14 CFR part 71) to establish Class E airspace at Collegeville, PA, was published in the Federal Register (63 FR 35548). The development of a Copter GPS 122 SIAP for the Rhone- Poulenc Rorer Collegeville Heliport, Collegeville, PA, requires the establishment of the Class E airspace for the heliport.

The notice proposed to establish controlled airspace extending upward from 700 feet AGL to contain IFR operations in controlled airspace during portions of the terminal operation and while transitioning between the enroute and terminal environments.

Interested parties were invited to participate in this rulemaking proceeding by submitting written comments on the proposal to the FAA. No comments to the proposal were received. The rule is adopted as proposed.

The coordinates for this airspace docket are based on North American Datum 83. Class E airspace areas designations for airspace extending upward from 700 feet AGL are published in paragraph 6005 of FAA Order 7400.9E, dated September 10, 1997, and effective September 16, 1997, which is incorporated by reference in 14 CFR 71.1. The Class E airspace designation listed in this document will be published subsequently in the Order.

The Rule

This amendment to part 71 of the Federal Aviation Regulations (14 CFR part 71) establishes Class E airspace at Collegeville, PA, to provide controlled airspace extending upward from 700 feet AGL for aircraft executing the Copter GPS 122 SIAP to the Rhone-Poulenc Rorer Collegeville Heliport.

The FAA has determined that this regulation only involves an established body of technical regulations for which frequent and routine amendments are necessary to keep them operationally current. Therefore, this 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 will only affect air traffic procedures and air navigation it is certified that this rule will 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).

Adoption of the Amendment

In consideration of the foregoing, the Federal Aviation Administration amends 14 CFR part 71 as follows:

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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; EO 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 7400.9E, Airspace Designations and Reporting Points, dated September 10, 1997, and effective September 16, 1997, 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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   AEA PA E5 Collegeville, PA [New]

   Rhone-Poulenc Rorer Collegeville Heliport, PA Point In Space Coordinates

   (Lat. 40 deg.10'08'' N., long. 75 deg.28'35'' W.)

   That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface within a 6-mile radius of the Point In Space serving Rhone-Poulenc Rorer Collegeville Heliport, excluding that portion that coincides with the Pottstown, PA, North Philadelphia, PA, and Philadelphia, PA, Class E airspace areas. * * * * *

   Issued in Jamaica, New York on August 17, 1998. Franklin D. Hatfield, Manager, Air Traffic Division, Eastern Region.

   [FR Doc. 98-23000Filed8-26-98; 8:45 am]

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