Proposed Modifications of Class E Airspace:

Federal Register: September 3, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 171)

Proposed Rules

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration 14 CFR Part 71

Docket No. FAA-2010-0719; Airspace Docket No. 10-ANM-8

Proposed Modification of Class E Airspace; Portland, OR

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM).

SUMMARY: This action proposes to modify Class E airspace at Portland

International Airport, Portland, OR. Additional controlled airspace is necessary to accommodate aircraft using the Localizer/Distance

Measuring Equipment (LOC/DME) for Standard Instrument Approach

Procedures (SIAPs) at Portland International Airport, Portland, OR. The

FAA is proposing this action to enhance the safety and management of

Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) operations at the airport.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before October 18, 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- 0719; Airspace Docket No. 10-ANM-8, 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 2010-0719 and Airspace Docket No. 10-ANM-8) 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-2010-0719 and Airspace Docket No. 10-ANM-8''. 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 above the surface at Portland International

Airport, Portland, OR. Controlled airspace is necessary to accommodate aircraft using the LOC/DME SIAPs at Portland International Airport, and to further the safety and management of IFR operations at the airport.

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 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 establish additional controlled airspace at Portland

International Airport, Portland, 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

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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 Portland, OR [Modified]

Portland International Airport, OR

(Lat. 45[deg]35'19'' N., long. 122[deg]35'51'' W.)

Newburg VORTAC

(Lat. 45[deg]21'12'' N., long. 122[deg]58'41'' W.)

Corvallis VOR/DME

(Lat. 45[deg]29'58'' N., long. 123[deg]17'37'' W.)

McMinnville Municipal Airport, OR

(Lat. 45[deg]11'40'' N., long. 123[deg]08'09'' W.)

That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface within a line beginning at lat. 45[deg]59'59'' N., long. 123[deg]30'04'' W.; to lat. 46[deg]00'00'' N., long. 122[deg]13'00''

W.; thence via an 8.5-mile radius centered at lat. 45[deg]55'07''

N., long. 122[deg]03'02'' W. clockwise to lat. 45[deg]46'39'' N., long. 122[deg]04'00'' W.; thence via a line south along long. 122[deg]04'00'' W. bounded on the south by lat. 45[deg]09'59'' N., and on the west by long. 123[deg]30'04'' W.; and within a 4.3-mile radius of the McMinnville Municipal Airport; and within 2 miles each side of the Newburg VORTAC 215[deg] radial extending from lat. 45[deg]09'59'' N., to 19.8 miles southwest of the Newburg VORTAC; that airspace extending upward from 1,200 feet above the surface bounded on the north by lat. 46[deg]30'29'' N., extending from 2.7 miles offshore to V-25, and on the east by V-25, on the south by V- 536 to Corvallis VOR/DME; thence via lat. 44[deg]29'59'' N., to a point 2.7 miles offshore, and on the west by a line 2.7 miles offshore to the point of beginning.

Issued in Seattle, Washington, on August 27, 2010.

John Warner,

Manager, Operations Support Group, Western Service Center.

FR Doc. 2010-22099 Filed 9-2-10; 8:45 am

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