Class E Airspace; Revision: Manokotak, AK
Federal Register: September 1, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 168)
Proposed Rules
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration 14 CFR Part 71
Docket No. FAA-2009-0694; Airspace Docket No. 09-AAL-15
Proposed Revision of Class E Airspace; Manokotak, AK
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.
SUMMARY: This action proposes to revise Class E airspace at the
Manokotak Airport at Manokotak, AK. Two Standard Instrument Approach
Procedures (SIAPs) are being developed for the Manokotak Airport at
Manokotak, AK. Additionally, one textual Obstacle Departure Procedure
(ODP) is being developed. Adoption of this proposal would result in revising Class E airspace upward from 700 feet (ft.) and 1,200 ft. above the surface at the Manokotak Airport at Manokotak, AK.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before October 16, 2009.
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-2009-0694/Airspace Docket
No. 09-AAL-15, 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.faa.gov/about/ office_org/headquarters_offices/ato/service_units/systemops/fs/ alaskan/rulemaking/.
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-2009-0694/
Airspace Docket No. 09-AAL-15.'' 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 Rulemakings (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, 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 Title 14 Code of Federal
Regulations (14 CFR) part 71, which would revise Class E airspace at the Manokotak Airport, Manokotak, AK. The intended effect of this proposal is to revise Class E airspace upward from 700 ft. and 1,200 ft. above the surface to contain Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) operations at the Manokotak Airport, Manokotak, AK.
The FAA Instrument Flight Procedures Production and Maintenance
Branch has created two new SIAPs for the Manokotak Airport and one textual ODP. The SIAPs are (1) the Area Navigation (RNAV) Global
Positioning System (GPS) Runway (RWY) 03, Original and (2) the RNAV
(GPS) RWY 21, Original. Textual ODPs are unnamed and are published in the front of the U.S. Terminal Procedures for Alaska. Class E controlled airspace extending upward from 700 ft. and 1,200 ft. above the surface in the Manokotak Airport area would be revised by this action. The proposed airspace is sufficient in size to contain aircraft executing the instrument procedures at the Manokotak Airport,
Manokotak, AK.
The Class E airspace areas designated as 700/1200 foot transition areas are
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published in paragraph 6005 in FAA Order 7400.9S, Airspace Designations and Reporting Points, signed October 3, 2008, and effective October 31, 2008, which is incorporated by reference in 14 CFR 71.1. The Class E airspace designations listed in this document would be subsequently published 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 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 revise Class E airspace at Manokotak Airport, Manokotak,
AK, 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 7400.9S, Airspace Designations and
Reporting Points, signed October 3, 2008, and effective October 31, 2008, is to be amended as follows:
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Paragraph 6005 Class E Airspace Extending Upward from 700 Feet or
More Above the Surface of the Earth.
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AAL AK E5 Manokotak, AK [Revised]
Manokotak Airport, Manokotak, AK
(Lat. 58[deg]55[min]55[sec] N., long. 158[deg]54[min]07[sec] W.)
That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface within a 6.4-mile radius of the Manokotak Airport, AK; and that airspace extending upward from 1,200 feet above the surface within a 74-mile radius of the Manokotak Airport, AK.
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Issued in Anchorage, AK, on August 20, 2009.
Anthony M. Wylie,
Manager, Alaska Flight Services Information Area Group.
FR Doc. E9-21055 Filed 8-31-09; 8:45 am
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