Proposed Amendments of Class D and E Airspace:

Federal Register: March 21, 2011 (Volume 76, Number 54)

Proposed Rules

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration 14 CFR Part 71

Docket No. FAA-2010-1241; Airspace Docket No. 10-AWP-22

Proposed Amendment of Class D and E Airspace; Palmdale, CA

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM).

SUMMARY: This action proposes to amend Class D airspace and Class E airspace at Palmdale, CA, to accommodate aircraft using Instrument

Landing System (ILS) Localizer (LOC) standard instrument approach procedures at Palmdale Regional Airport/USAF Plant 42. This action would enhance the safety and management of aircraft operations at

Palmdale Regional Airport/USAF Plant 42. This action would also correct the name of the airport.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before May 5, 2011.

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- 1241; Airspace

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Docket No. 10-AWP-22, 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 2010-1241 and Airspace Docket No. 10-AWP-22) and be submitted in triplicate 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-2010-1241 and Airspace Docket No. 10-AWP-22''. 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

NPRM's 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 D airspace, Class E airspace designated as an extension to a Class D surface area, and

Class E airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface, at

Palmdale Regional Airport/USAF Plant 42, Palmdale, CA. Controlled airspace is necessary to accommodate aircraft using the ILS LOC standard instrument approach procedures at the airport. This action would enhance the safety and management of aircraft operations at

Palmdale Regional Airport/USAF Plant 42, Palmdale, CA. This would also correct the airport name from Palmdale Production Flight/Test

Installation Air Force Plant Number 42 Airport, to Palmdale Regional

Airport/USAF Plant 42.

Class D and Class E airspace designations are published in paragraph 5000, 6004 and 6005, respectively, of FAA Order 7400.9U, dated August 18, 2010, and effective September 15, 2010, which is incorporated by reference in 14 CFR 71.1. The Class D airspace and the

Class E airspace designations 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 establishes additional controlled airspace at Palmdale Regional

Airport/USAF Plant 42, Palmdale, CA.

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 71.1 of the Federal

Aviation Administration Order 7400.9U, Airspace Designations and

Reporting Points, dated August 18, 2010, and effective September 15, 2010 is amended as follows:

Paragraph 5000 Class D airspace.

* * * * *

AWP CA D Palmdale, CA [Amended]

Palmdale Regional Airport/USAF Plant 42

(Lat. 34[deg]37'46'' N., long. 118[deg]05'04'' W.)

That airspace extending upward from the surface to and including 5,000 feet MSL

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within a 4.3-mile radius of Palmdale Regional Airport/USAF Plant 42.

This Class D airspace area is effective during the specific dates and times established in advance by a Notice to Airmen. The effective date and time will thereafter be continuously published in the Airport/Facility Directory.

Paragraph 6004 Class E Airspace Designated as an Extension to a

Class D Surface Area.

* * * * *

AWP CA E4 Palmdale, CA [Amended]

Palmdale Regional Airport/USAF Plant 42

(Lat. 34[deg]37'46'' N., long. 118[deg]05'04'' W.)

Palmdale VORTAC

(Lat. 34[deg]37'53'' N., long. 118[deg]03'50'' W.)

That airspace extending upward from the surface within 2.6 miles each side of the ILS localizer east course, extending from the 4.3- mile radius of Palmdale Regional Airport/USAF Plant 42 to 6.5 miles east of the LOM, and within 1.8 miles south of and parallel to the

Palmdale VORTAC 099[deg] radial extending from the 4.3-mile radius of the airport to 7 miles east of the VORTAC. This Class E airspace area is effective during the specific dates and times established in advance by a Notice to Airmen. The effective date and time will thereafter be continuously published in the Airport/Facility

Directory.

Paragraph 6005 Class E Airspace areas extending upward from 700 feet or more above the surface of the earth.

* * * * *

AWP CA E5 Palmdale, CA [Modify]

Palmdale Regional Airport/USAF Plant 42

(Lat. 34[deg]37'46'' N., long. 118[deg]05'04'' W.)

Palmdale VORTAC

(Lat. 34[deg]37'53'' N., long. 118[deg]03'50'' W.)

Lancaster, Gen. William J. Fox Airfield, CA

(Lat. 34[deg]44'28'' N., long. 118[deg]13'07'' W.)

That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface within 1.8 miles south and 6.1 miles north of the Palmdale VORTAC 298[deg] radial extending from the VORTAC to 15.6 miles northwest, and within 1.8 miles each side of the 310[deg] bearing from the Gen.

William. J. Fox Airfield extending from a 4-mile radius of Gen.

William J. Fox Airfield to 9.1 miles northwest of the Airfield, and within 5.2 miles south and 10.4 miles north of the Palmdale VORTAC 298[deg] and 118[deg] radials extending from 9.6 miles northwest to 11.3 miles southeast of the VORTAC, and within 8 miles south and 4 miles north of the 086[deg] bearing from Palmdale Regional Airport/

USAF Plant 42 extending 21.7 miles east of Palmdale Regional

Airport/USAF Plant 42. That airspace extending upward from 1,200 feet above the surface bounded by a line beginning at lat. 35[deg]36'30'' N., long. 118[deg]45'03'' W.; to lat. 35[deg]44'00''

N., long. 117[deg]53'03'' W.; to lat. 36[deg]07'00'' N., long. 117[deg]53'03'' W.; to lat. 36[deg]07'00'' N., long. 117[deg]35'03''

W.; to lat. 35[deg]47'46'' N., long. 116[deg]55'23'' W.; to lat. 35[deg]21'36'' N., long. 116[deg]55'23'' W.; to lat. 35[deg]34'30''

N., long. 116[deg]29'43'' W.; to lat. 35[deg]34'30'' N., long. 116[deg]23'33'' W.; to lat. 35[deg]28'35'' N., long. 116[deg]18'48''

W.; to lat. 35[deg]21'30'' N., long. 116[deg]13'03'' W.; to lat. 34[deg]43'00'' N., long. 116[deg]13'03'' W.; thence west along lat. 34[deg]43'00'' N., to the southeast boundary of V-21, thence along the southeast boundary of V-21 to lat. 34[deg]30'00'' N., thence west along lat. 34[deg]30'00'' N., to long. 118[deg]20'03'' W.; thence north along long. 118[deg]20'03'' W., to the south boundary of V-137, thence west along the south boundary of V-137 to long. 118[deg]45'03'' W.; thence to the point of beginning.

Issued in Seattle, Washington, on March 8, 2011.

John Warner,

Manager, Operations Support Group, Western Service Center.

FR Doc. 2011-6336 Filed 3-18-11; 8:45 am

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