Proposed Amendment of Norton Sound Low and Control 1234L Offshore Airspace Areas: Alaska
Federal Register: March 31, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 61)
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration 14 CFR Part 71
Docket No. FAA-2010-0071; Airspace Docket No. 10-AAL-1
RIN 2120-AA66
Proposed Amendment of Norton Sound Low and Control 1234L Offshore
Airspace Areas; Alaska
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM).
SUMMARY: This action proposes to modify the Norton Sound Low and
Control 1234L Offshore Airspace Areas in Alaska. This action would lower the airspace floors to provide controlled airspace beyond 12 miles from the coast of the United States given that there is a requirement to provide Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) en route Air
Traffic Control (ATC) services and within which the United States is applying domestic ATC procedures.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before May 17, 2010.
ADDRESSES: Send comments on this proposal to the U.S. Department of
Transportation, Docket Operations, M-30, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE.,
West Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, Washington, DC 20590-0001; telephone: (202) 366-9826. You must identify FAA Docket No. FAA-2010- 0071 and Airspace Docket No. 10-AAL-1 at the beginning of your comments. You may also submit comments through the Internet at http:// www.regulations.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ken McElroy, Airspace and Rules Group,
Office of System Operations Airspace and AIM, Federal Aviation
Administration, 800 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20591; telephone: (202) 267-8783.
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 (FAA Docket No.
FAA-2010-0071 and Airspace Docket No. 10-AAL-1) and be submitted in triplicate to the Docket Management Facility (see ADDRESSES section for address and phone number). You may also submit comments through the
Internet at http://www.regulations.gov.
Commenters wishing the FAA to acknowledge receipt of their comments on this action must submit with those comments a self-addressed, stamped postcard on which the following statement is made: ``Comments to FAA Docket No. FAA-2010-0071 and Airspace Docket No. 10-AAL-1.'' 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 action 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 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/air_traffic/publications/airspace_amendments/.
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 Alaskan Service Center, Operations Support Group,
Federal Aviation Administration, 222 West 7th Avenue, Box 14,
Anchorage, AK 99513.
Persons interested in being placed on a mailing list for future
NPRMs should contact the FAA's Office of Rulemaking, (202) 267-9677, for a copy of Advisory Circular No. 11-2A, Notice of Proposed
Rulemaking Distribution System, which describes the application procedure.
The Proposal
The FAA is proposing an amendment to Title 14 Code of Federal
Regulations (14 CFR) part 71 to modify the Norton Sound Low and Control 1234L Offshore Airspace Areas in Alaska.
The Norton Sound Low Offshore Airspace Area would be modified by lowering the offshore airspace floor to 1,200 feet mean sea level (MSL) at the following airports; within 73 miles of Clarks Point, King
Salmon, Kivalina, Kwethluk, Napakiak, Scammon Bay, Shaktooklik, and
Tooksook Bay; within 74 miles of Elim and Manokotak, and within 72.5 miles of Red Dog.
The Control 1234L Offshore Airspace Area would be modified by lowering the offshore airspace floor to 1,200 feet above the surface within 73 miles of Nikolski, and Toksook Bay Airports.
Offshore airspace areas are published in paragraph 2003 of FAA
Order 7400.9T dated August 27, 2009 and effective September 15, 2009, which is incorporated by reference in 14 CFR 71.1. The offshore airspace areas listed in this document will 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.
Therefore, this proposed regulation: (1) Is not a ``significant regulatory action'' under Executive Order 12866; (2) is not a
``significant rule'' under Department of Transportation (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 proposed 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 I, 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 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 modifies offshore airspace areas in Alaska.
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ICAO Considerations
As part of this proposal relates to navigable airspace outside the
United States, this notice is submitted in accordance with the
International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) International
Standards and Recommended Practices.
The application of International Standards and Recommended
Practices by the FAA, Office of System Operations Airspace and AIM,
Airspace and Rules Group, in areas outside the United States domestic airspace, is governed by the Convention on International Civil
Aviation. Specifically, the FAA is governed by Article 12 and Annex 11, which pertain to the establishment of necessary air navigational facilities and services to promote the safe, orderly, and expeditious flow of civil air traffic. The purpose of Article 12 and Annex 11 is to ensure that civil aircraft operations on international air routes are performed under uniform conditions.
The International Standards and Recommended Practices in Annex 11 apply to airspace under the jurisdiction of a contracting state, derived from ICAO. Annex 11 provisions apply when air traffic services are provided and a contracting state accepts the responsibility of providing air traffic services over high seas or in airspace of undetermined sovereignty. A contracting state accepting this responsibility may apply the International Standards and Recommended
Practices that are consistent with standards and practices utilized in its domestic jurisdiction.
In accordance with Article 3 of the Convention, state-owned aircraft are exempt from the Standards and Recommended Practices of
Annex 11. The United States is a contracting state to the Convention.
Article 3(d) of the Convention provides that participating state aircraft will be operated in international airspace with due regard for the safety of civil aircraft. Since this action involves, in part, the designation of navigable airspace outside the United States, the
Administrator is consulting with the Secretary of State and the
Secretary of Defense in accordance with the provisions of Executive
Order 10854.
Environmental Review
This proposal will be subject to an environmental analysis in accordance with FAA Order 1050.1E, ``Environmental Impacts: Policies and Procedures,'' prior to any FAA final regulatory action.
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 FAA Order 7400.9T, Airspace Designations and Reporting Points, signed August 27, 2009, and effective September 15, 2009, is to be amended as follows:
Paragraph 6007 Offshore Airspace Areas.
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Norton Sound Low, AK [Amended]
That airspace extending upward from 14,500 feet MSL within an area bounded by a line beginning at lat. 56[deg]42[min]59[sec] N., long. 160[deg]00[min]00[sec] W., north by a line 12 miles from and parallel to the U.S. coastline to the intersection with 164[deg]00[min]00[sec] W., longitude near the outlet to Kotzebue
Sound, then north to the intersection with a point 12 miles from the
U.S. coastline, then north by a line 12 miles from and parallel to the shoreline to lat. 68[deg]00[min]00[sec] N., to lat. 68[deg]00[min]00[sec] N., long. 168[deg]58[min]23[sec] W., to lat. 65[deg]00[min]00[sec] N., long. 168[deg]58[min]23[sec] W., to lat. 62[deg]35[min]00[sec] N., long. 175[deg]00[min]00[sec] W., to lat. 59[deg]59[min]57[sec] N., long. 168[deg]00[min]08[sec] W., to lat. 57[deg]45[min]57[sec] N., long. 161[deg]46[min]08[sec] W., to lat. 58[deg]06[min]57[sec] N., long. 160[deg]00[min]00[sec] W., to the point of beginning; and that airspace extending upward from 1,200 feet MSL north of the Alaska Peninsula and east of 160[deg] W. longitude within 73 miles of the Port Heiden NDB/DME, AK, and north of the Alaska Peninsula and east of 160[deg] W. longitude within an 81.2-mile radius of the Perryville Airport, AK, and north of the
Alaska Peninsula and east of 160[deg] W. longitude within a 72.8- mile radius of the Chignik Airport, AK, and within a 35-mile radius of lat. 60[deg]21[min]17[sec] N., long. 165[deg]04[min]01[sec] W., and within a 73-mile radius of the Chevak Airport, AK, and within a 73-mile radius of the Clarks Point Airport, AK, and within a 73-mile radius of the Elim Airport, AK, and within a 45-mile radius of the
Hooper Bay Airport, AK, and within a 73-mile radius of the King
Salmon Airport, AK, and within a 73-mile radius of the Kivalina
Airport, AK, and within a 74-mile radius of the Kotzebue VOR/DME,
AK, and within a 73-mile radius of the Kwethluk Airport, AK, and within a 74-mile radius of the Manokotak Airport, AK, and within a 73-mile radius of the Napakiak Airport, AK, and within a 77.4-mile radius of the Nome VORTAC, AK, and within a 71NM radius of the New
Stuyahok Airport, AK, and within a 73-mile radius of the Noatak
Airport, AK, and within a 72.5-mile radius of the Red Dog Airport,
AK, and within a 73-mile radius of the Scammon Bay Airport, AK, and within a 73-mile radius of the Shaktoolik Airport, AK, and within a 74-mile radius of the Selawik Airport, AK, and within a 73-mile radius of the St. Michael Airport, AK, and within a 73-mile radius of the Toksook Bay Airport, AK, and within a 30-mile radius of lat. 66[deg]09[min]58[sec] N., long. 166[deg]30[min]03[sec] W., and within a 30-mile radius of lat. 66[deg]19[min]55[sec] N., long. 165[deg]40[min]32[sec] W., and that airspace extending upward from 700 feet MSL within 8 miles west and 4 miles east of the 339[deg] bearing from the Port Heiden NDB/DME, AK, extending from the Port
Heiden NDB/DME, AK, to 20 miles north of the Port Heiden NDB/DME,
AK, and within a 25-mile radius of the Nome Airport, AK.
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Control 1234L, AK [Amended]
That airspace extending upward from 2,000 feet above the surface within an area bounded by a line beginning at lat. 58[deg]06[min]57[sec] N., long. 160[deg]00[min]00[sec] W., then south along 160[deg]00[min]00[sec] W. longitude, until it intersects the Anchorage Air Route Traffic Control Center (ARTCC) boundary; then southwest, northwest, north, and northeast along the Anchorage
ARTCC boundary to lat. 62[deg]35[min]00[sec] N., long. 175[deg]00[min]00[sec] W., to lat. 59[deg]59[min]57[sec] N., long. 168[deg]00[min]08[sec] W., to lat. 57[deg]45[min]57[sec] N., long. 161[deg]46[min]08[sec] W., to the point of beginning; and that airspace extending upward from 1,200 feet above the surface within a 26.2-mile radius of Eareckson Air Station, AK, within an 11-mile radius of Adak Airport, AK, and within 16 miles of Adak Airport, AK, extending clockwise from the 033[deg] bearing to the 081[deg] bearing from the Mount Moffett NDB, AK, and within a 10-mile radius of Atka Airport, AK, and within a 10.6-mile radius from Cold Bay
Airport, AK, and within 9 miles east and 4.3 miles west of the 321[deg] bearing from Cold Bay Airport, AK, extending from the 10.6- mile radius to 20 miles northwest of Cold Bay Airport, AK, and 4 miles each side of the 070[deg] bearing from Cold Bay Airport, AK, extending from the 10.6-mile radius to 13.6 miles northeast of Cold
Bay Airport, AK, and within a 26.2-mile radius of Eareckson Air
Station, AK, and west of 160[deg] W. longitude within an 81.2-mile radius of Perryville Airport, AK, and within a 73-mile radius of the
Nikolski Airport, AK, within a 74-mile radius of the Manokotak
Airport, AK, and within a 73-mile radius of the Clarks Point
Airport, AK and west of 160[deg] W. longitude within a 73-mile radius of the Port Heiden NDB/DME, AK, and within a 10-mile radius of St. George Airport, AK, and within a 73-mile radius of St. Paul
Island Airport, AK, and within a 20-mile radius of Unalaska Airport,
AK, extending clockwise from the 305[deg] bearing from the Dutch
Harbor NDB, AK, to the 075[deg] bearing from the Dutch Harbor NDB,
AK, and west of 160[deg] W. longitude within a 25-mile radius of the
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Borland NDB/DME, AK, and west of 160[deg] W. longitude within a 72.8-mile radius of Chignik Airport, AK; and that airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface within a 6.9-mile radius of
Eareckson Air Station, AK, and within a 7-mile radius of Adak
Airport, AK, and within 5.2 miles northwest and 4.2 miles southeast of the 061[deg] bearing from the Mount Moffett NDB, AK, extending from the 7-mile radius of Adak Airport, AK, to 11.5 miles northeast of Adak Airport, AK, and within a 6.5-mile radius of King Cove
Airport, and extending 1.2 miles either side of the 103[deg] bearing from King Cove Airport from the 6.5-mile radius out to 8.8 miles, and within a 6.4-mile radius of the Atka Airport, AK, and within a 6.3-mile radius of Nelson Lagoon Airport, AK, and within a 6.3-mile radius of the Nikolski Airport, AK, and within a 6.4-mile radius of
Sand Point Airport, AK, and within 3 miles each side of the 172[deg] bearing from the Borland NDB/DME, AK, extending from the 6.4-mile radius of Sand Point Airport, AK, to 13.9 miles south of Sand Point
Airport, AK, and within 5 miles either side of the 318[deg] bearing from the Borland NDB/DME, AK, extending from the 6.4-mile radius of
Sand Point Airport, AK, to 17 miles northwest of Sand Point Airport,
AK, and within 5 miles either side of the 324[deg] bearing from the
Borland NDB/DME, AK, extending from the 6.4-mile radius of Sand
Point Airport, AK, to 17 miles northwest of the Sand Point Airport,
AK, and within a 6.6-mile radius of St. George Airport, AK, and within an 8-mile radius of St. Paul Island Airport, AK, and 8 miles west and 6 miles east of the 360[deg] bearing from St. Paul Island
Airport, AK, to 14 miles north of St. Paul Island Airport, AK, and within 6 miles west and 8 miles east of the 172[deg] bearing from
St. Paul Island Airport, AK, to 15 miles south of St. Paul Island
Airport, AK, and within a 6.4-mile radius of Unalaska Airport, AK, and within 2.9 miles each side of the 360[deg] bearing from the
Dutch Harbor NDB, AK, extending from the 6.4-mile radius of Unalaska
Airport, AK, to 9.5 miles north of Unalaska Airport, AK; and that airspace extending upward from the surface within a 4.6-mile radius of Cold Bay Airport, AK, and within 1.7 miles each side of the 150[deg] bearing from Cold Bay Airport, AK, extending from the 4.6- mile radius to 7.7 miles southeast of Cold Bay Airport, AK, and within 3 miles west and 4 miles east of the 335[deg] bearing from
Cold Bay Airport, AK, extending from the 4.6-mile radius to 12.2 miles northwest of Cold Bay Airport, AK.
Issued in Washington, DC, on March 24, 2010.
Kelly Neubecker,
Acting Manager, Airspace and Rules Group.
FR Doc. 2010-7266 Filed 3-30-10; 8:45 am
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