Proposed Amendments of Class E Airspace:

Federal Register: July 20, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 138)

Proposed Rules

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration 14 CFR Part 71

Docket No. FAA-2010-0616; Airspace Docket No. 10-ANM-6

Proposed Amendment of Class E Airspace; Pendleton, OR

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM).

SUMMARY: This action proposes to modify Class E airspace at Pendleton,

OR. Decommissioning of the Foris Non-Directional Radio Beacon (NDB) at

Eastern Oregon Regional Airport at Pendleton has made this action necessary for the safety and management of Instrument Flight Rules

(IFR) operations at the airport. This action also would reflect the new name of the airport.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before September 3, 2010.

ADDRESSES: Send comments on this proposal to the U.S. Department of

Transportation, Docket Operations, M-30, West Building Ground Floor,

Room W12-140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590; telephone (202) 366-9826. You must identify FAA Docket No. FAA-2010- 0616; Airspace Docket No. 10-ANM-6, at the beginning of your comments.

You may also submit comments through the Internet at http:// www.regulations.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eldon Taylor, Federal Aviation

Administration, Operations Support Group, Western Service Center, 1601

Lind Avenue, SW., Renton, WA 98057; telephone (425) 203-4537.

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 2010-0616 and Airspace Docket No. 10-ANM-6) and be submitted in triplicate

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to the Docket Management System (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-2010-0616 and Airspace Docket No. 10-ANM-6''. 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/airports_airtraffic/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 the ADDRESSES section for the 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 Northwest Mountain Regional Office of the Federal

Aviation Administration, Air Traffic Organization, Western Service

Center, Operations Support Group, 1601 Lind Avenue, SW., Renton, WA 98057.

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 by modifying Class E airspace extending upward from 700 feet and 1,200 feet above the surface at Eastern Oregon

Regional Airport at Pendleton, Pendleton, OR. The airspace would be reconfigured due to the decommissioning of the Foris NDB, and cancellation of the NDB approach. This action would enhance the safety and management of IFR operations at the airport. This also would reflect a change in the airport name, from Pendleton Municipal Airport to Eastern Oregon Regional Airport at Pendleton.

Class E airspace designations are published in paragraph 6005, of

FAA Order 7400.9T, signed August 27, 2009, and effective September 15, 2009, which is incorporated by reference in 14 CFR Part 71.1. The Class

E airspace designation listed in this document will be published subsequently in this Order.

The FAA has determined 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 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 this proposed rule, when promulgated, would 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 for 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 would amend controlled airspace at Eastern Oregon Regional

Airport at Pendleton, Pendleton, OR.

List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 71

Airspace, Incorporation by reference, Navigation (air).

The Proposed Amendment

Accordingly, pursuant to the authority delegated to me, 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 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 Part 71.1 of the FAA

Order 7400.9T, Airspace Designations and Reporting Points, signed

August 27, 2009, and effective September 15, 2009 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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ANM OR E5 Pendleton, OR [Modified]

Eastern Oregon Regional Airport at Pendleton, OR

(Lat. 45[deg]41'42'' N., long. 118[deg]50'29'' W.)

Pendleton VORTAC

(Lat. 45[deg]41'54'' N., long. 118[deg]56'19'' W.)

Hermiston, Hermiston Municipal Airport

(Lat. 45[deg]49'42'' N., long. 119[deg]15'33'' W.)

That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface within a 10.5-mile radius of lat. 45[deg]41'30'' N., long. 118[deg]47'24'' W., and within 4 miles each side of the Pendleton

VORTAC 254[deg] radial extending from the 10.5-mile radius to 10.9 miles west of the VORTAC, and within 8.3 miles north and 4.3 miles south of the Pendleton 090[deg] bearing from the Eastern Oregon

Regional Airport at Pendleton extending from the 10.5-mile radius to 20.7 miles east of the Eastern Oregon Regional Airport at Pendleton, and within a 4.3-mile radius of the Hermiston Municipal Airport, and within 2.2 miles each side of the Pendleton VORTAC 300[deg] radial extending from the 4.3-mile radius to the Pendleton VORTAC; that airspace extending upward from 1,200 feet above the surface within 9.6 miles northeast and 6.1 miles southwest of the Pendleton VORTAC 137[deg] radial extending from the 10.5-mile radius to 43.5 miles southeast of the VORTAC, and within 8.7 miles south and 6.1 miles north of the Pendleton 254[deg] radial extending from the 10.5-mile radius to 28.8 miles west of the VORTAC, and within 8.3 miles north and 4.3 miles south of the Pendleton 273[deg] radial extending from the 10.5-mile radius to 16.1 miles west of the VORTAC, and within 5.3 miles southwest and 7.9 miles northeast of the Pendleton 310[deg] radial extending from the 10.5-mile radius to 26.1 miles northwest of the VORTAC, and within 4.3 miles northwest of the 025[deg] radial and 4.3 miles southeast of the 049[deg] radial extending from the 10.5-mile radius to the 30.5-mile radius of the

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Pendleton VORTAC, and that airspace within the 27.9-mile radius of the Pendleton VORTAC extending clockwise from the southeast edge of

V-536 to the northeast edge of V-298.

Issued in Seattle, Washington, on July 1, 2010.

John Warner,

Manager, Operations Support Group, Western Service Center.

FR Doc. 2010-17624 Filed 7-19-10; 8:45 am

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