Proposed Revision of Class E Airspace; Sand Point, AK, 75438-75439 [05-24228]

Download as PDF 75438 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 243 / Tuesday, December 20, 2005 / Proposed Rules FAA Flight Standards Certificate Holding District Office. Issued in Renton, Washington, on December 12, 2005. Ali Bahrami, Manager, Transport Airplane Directorate, Aircraft Certification Service. [FR Doc. 05–24247 Filed 12–19–05; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4910–13–P DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Aviation Administration 14 CFR Part 71 [Docket No. FAA–2005–23026; Airspace Docket No. 05–AAL–39] Proposed Revision of Class E Airspace; Sand Point, AK Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT. ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking. AGENCY: SUMMARY: This action proposes to revise the Class E airspace at Sand Point, AK. Three new Standard Instrument Approach Procedures (SIAPs), a revised Departure Procedure (DP) and a revised SIAP are being published for the Sand Point Airport. Adoption of this proposal would result in revised Class E airspace upward from 700 feet (ft.) and 1,200 ft. above the surface at Sand Point, AK. DATES: Comments must be received on or before February 3, 2006. ADDRESSES: Send comments on the proposal to the Docket Management System, U.S. Department of Transportation, Room Plaza 401, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590–0001. You must identify the docket number FAA–2005–23026/ Airspace Docket No. 05–AAL–39, at the beginning of your comments. You may also submit comments on the Internet at https://dms.dot.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, VerDate Aug<31>2005 15:07 Dec 19, 2005 Jkt 208001 Anchorage, AK 99513–7587; telephone number (907) 271–5898; fax: (907) 271– 2850; e-mail: gary.ctr.rolf@faa.gov. Internet address: https:// www.alaska.faa.gov/at. 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–2005–23026/Airspace Docket No. 05–AAL–39.’’ 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 Rulemaking’s (NPRM’s) An electronic copy of this document may be downloaded through the Internet at https://dms.dot.gov. Recently published rulemaking documents can also be accessed through the FAA’s Web page at https://www.faa.gov or the Superintendent of Document’s Web page at https://www.access.gpo.gov/nara. 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 PO 00000 Frm 00016 Fmt 4702 Sfmt 4702 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 the Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR part 71), which would revise the Class E airspace at Sand Point, AK. The intended effect of this proposal is to modify Class E airspace upward from 700 ft. and 1,200 ft. above the surface to contain Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) operations at Sand Point, AK. The FAA Instrument Flight Procedures Production and Maintenance Branch has developed three new SIAPs, revised the DP, and modified one SIAP for the Sand Point Airport. The new approaches are: (1) Area Navigation (Global Positioning System) (RNAV (GPS)) Runway (RWY) 13, original; (2) Non-directional Beacon (NDB)/Distance Measuring Equipment (DME) RWY 13, original; (3) NDB/DME RWY 31, original. The unnamed revised DP is published in the front of the U.S. Terminal Procedures Alaska Vol 1. The revised SIAP is the NDB RWY 13, Amendment 1. Modified Class E controlled airspace extending upward from 700 ft. and 1,200 ft. above the surface within the Sand Point Airport area would be established by this action. The proposed airspace is sufficient to contain aircraft executing the new and revised instrument procedures at the Sand Point Airport. The area would be depicted on aeronautical charts for pilot reference. The coordinates for this airspace docket are based on North American Datum 83. The Class E airspace areas designated as 700/1200 foot transition areas are published in paragraph 6005 in FAA Order 7400.9N, Airspace Designations and Reporting Points, dated September 1, 2005, and effective September 15, 2005, which is incorporated by reference in 14 CFR 71.1. The Class E airspace designations listed in this document would 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. 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 E:\FR\FM\20DEP1.SGM 20DEP1 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 243 / Tuesday, December 20, 2005 / Proposed Rules 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 modify the Class E airspace sufficiently to contain aircraft executing instrument procedures at Sand Point Airport and represents the FAA’s continuing effort to safely and efficiently use the navigable airspace. Paragraph 6005 Class E airspace extending upward from 700 feet or more above the surface of the earth. * * * * * AAL AK E5 Sand Point, AK[Revised] Sand Point Airport, AK (Lat. 55°18′54″ N., long. 160°31′22″ W) Borland NDB/DME (Lat. 55°18′56″ N., long. 160°31′06″ W.) That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface within a 6.4-mile radius of the Sand Point Airport and within 3 miles each side of the 172° bearing of the Borland NDB/DME extending from the 6.4mile radius to 13.9 miles south of the airport and within 5 miles either side of the 318° bearing of the Borland NDB/DME extending from the 6.4-mile radius to 17 miles northwest of the airport; and that airspace within 5 miles either side of the 324° bearing of the Borland NDB/DME extending from the 6.4-mile radius to 17 miles northwest of the airport, and that airspace extending upward from 1,200 feet above the surface within a 25mile radius of the Borland NDB/DME. * * * * * Issued in Anchorage, AK, on December 13, 2005. Anthony M. Wylie, Manager, Safety, Area Flight Service Operations. [FR Doc. 05–24228 Filed 12–19–05; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4910–13–P List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 71 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY Airspace, Incorporation by reference, Navigation (air). 40 CFR PART 51 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. § 71.1 [Amended] 2. The incorporation by reference in 14 CFR 71.1 of Federal Aviation Administration Order 7400.9N, Airspace Designations and Reporting Points, dated September 1, 2005, and effective September 15, 2005, is to be amended as follows: * * * * * VerDate Aug<31>2005 15:07 Dec 19, 2005 Jkt 208001 [EPA–OAR–2005–0148; FRL–8010–5] Advance Notice To Solicit Comments, Date and Information for Determining the Emissions Reductions Achieved in Ozone Nonattainment and Maintenance Areas From the Implementation of Rules Limiting the VOC Content of AIM Coatings; Second Extension of the Comment Period Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Advance notice of proposed rulemaking; second extension of the comment period. AGENCY: SUMMARY: The EPA is extending the comment period a second time for an advanced notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPR) published on August 31, 2005 (70 FR 51694). The first extension of comment period published in the Federal Register on October 13, 2005 (70 FR 59680). In the August 31, 2005, document, EPA solicited comments, data and information for determining how to calculate the reduction in volatile organic compounds (VOC) emissions achieved PO 00000 Frm 00017 Fmt 4702 Sfmt 4702 75439 in ozone nonattainment and maintenance areas from the implementation of rules which limit the VOC content of architectural coatings (commonly referred to as architectural industrial maintenance, or AIM, coatings). In addition to submitting comments, data and information, interested parties may also request to meet with EPA to present their recommended approaches and rationales. Pursuant to requests of the Ozone Transport Commission and the California Air Resources Board and to allow more time in general, EPA is extending the comment period an additional 60 days to February 16, 2006. DATES: Comments must be received on or before February 16, 2006. Requests to meet with EPA should be made on or before January 30, 2006. ADDRESSES: Submit comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA–OAR– 2005–0148, by one of the following methods: • https://www.regulations.gov: Follow the on-line instructions for submitting comments. • E-mail: A-and-R-Docket@epa.gov attention Docket No. EPA–OAR–2005– 0148. • Fax: 202–566–1741. • Mail: Docket ID No. EPA–OAR– 2005–0148, Environmental Protection Agency Docket Center, Mail Code: 6102T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 10460. Please include duplicate copies, if possible. • Hand Delivery: Docket ID No. EPA– OAR–2005–0148, Environmental Protection Agency Docket Center, EPA West Building, Room–102, 1301 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC. Please include duplicate copies, if possible. Such deliveries are only accepted during the Docket’s normal hours of operation, and special arrangements should be made for deliveries of boxed information. Instructions: Direct your comments to Docket ID No. EPA–OAR–2005–0148. The EPA’s policy is that all comments received will be included in the public docket without change and may be made available online at https:// www.regulations.gov, including any personal information provided, unless the comment includes information claimed to be Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Do not submit information that you consider to be CBI or otherwise protected through https:// www.regulations.gov or e-mail. The https://www.regulations.gov Web site is an ‘‘anonymous access’’ system, which means EPA will not know your identify E:\FR\FM\20DEP1.SGM 20DEP1

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[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 243 (Tuesday, December 20, 2005)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 75438-75439]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-24228]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Docket No. FAA-2005-23026; Airspace Docket No. 05-AAL-39]


Proposed Revision of Class E Airspace; Sand Point, AK

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.

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SUMMARY: This action proposes to revise the Class E airspace at Sand 
Point, AK. Three new Standard Instrument Approach Procedures (SIAPs), a 
revised Departure Procedure (DP) and a revised SIAP are being published 
for the Sand Point Airport. Adoption of this proposal would result in 
revised Class E airspace upward from 700 feet (ft.) and 1,200 ft. above 
the surface at Sand Point, AK.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before February 3, 2006.

ADDRESSES: Send comments on the proposal to the Docket Management 
System, U.S. Department of Transportation, Room Plaza 401, 400 Seventh 
Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590-0001. You must identify the docket 
number FAA-2005-23026/Airspace Docket No. 05-AAL-39, at the beginning 
of your comments. You may also submit comments on the Internet at 
https://dms.dot.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: https://www.alaska.faa.gov/at.

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-2005-23026/
Airspace Docket No. 05-AAL-39.'' 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 Rulemaking's (NPRM's)

    An electronic copy of this document may be downloaded through the 
Internet at https://dms.dot.gov. Recently published rulemaking documents 
can also be accessed through the FAA's Web page at https://www.faa.gov 
or the Superintendent of Document's Web page at https://
www.access.gpo.gov/nara.
    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 the Code of Federal 
Regulations (14 CFR part 71), which would revise the Class E airspace 
at Sand Point, AK. The intended effect of this proposal is to modify 
Class E airspace upward from 700 ft. and 1,200 ft. above the surface to 
contain Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) operations at Sand Point, AK.
    The FAA Instrument Flight Procedures Production and Maintenance 
Branch has developed three new SIAPs, revised the DP, and modified one 
SIAP for the Sand Point Airport. The new approaches are: (1) Area 
Navigation (Global Positioning System) (RNAV (GPS)) Runway (RWY) 13, 
original; (2) Non-directional Beacon (NDB)/Distance Measuring Equipment 
(DME) RWY 13, original; (3) NDB/DME RWY 31, original. The unnamed 
revised DP is published in the front of the U.S. Terminal Procedures 
Alaska Vol 1. The revised SIAP is the NDB RWY 13, Amendment 1. Modified 
Class E controlled airspace extending upward from 700 ft. and 1,200 ft. 
above the surface within the Sand Point Airport area would be 
established by this action. The proposed airspace is sufficient to 
contain aircraft executing the new and revised instrument procedures at 
the Sand Point Airport.
    The area would be depicted on aeronautical charts for pilot 
reference. The coordinates for this airspace docket are based on North 
American Datum 83. The Class E airspace areas designated as 700/1200 
foot transition areas are published in paragraph 6005 in FAA Order 
7400.9N, Airspace Designations and Reporting Points, dated September 1, 
2005, and effective September 15, 2005, which is incorporated by 
reference in 14 CFR 71.1. The Class E airspace designations listed in 
this document would 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. 
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

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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 modify the Class E airspace sufficiently to contain 
aircraft executing instrument procedures at Sand Point Airport 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 7400.9N, Airspace Designations and 
Reporting Points, dated September 1, 2005, and effective September 15, 
2005, is to be amended as follows:
* * * * *

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

* * * * *

AAL AK E5 Sand Point, AK[Revised]

Sand Point Airport, AK
    (Lat. 55[deg]18'54'' N., long. 160[deg]31'22'' W)
Borland NDB/DME
    (Lat. 55[deg]18'56'' N., long. 160[deg]31'06'' W.)

     That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface 
within a 6.4-mile radius of the Sand Point Airport and within 3 
miles each side of the 172[deg] bearing of the Borland NDB/DME 
extending from the 6.4-mile radius to 13.9 miles south of the 
airport and within 5 miles either side of the 318[deg] bearing of 
the Borland NDB/DME extending from the 6.4-mile radius to 17 miles 
northwest of the airport; and that airspace within 5 miles either 
side of the 324[deg] bearing of the Borland NDB/DME extending from 
the 6.4-mile radius to 17 miles northwest of the airport, and that 
airspace extending upward from 1,200 feet above the surface within a 
25-mile radius of the Borland NDB/DME.
* * * * *

    Issued in Anchorage, AK, on December 13, 2005.
Anthony M. Wylie,
Manager, Safety, Area Flight Service Operations.
[FR Doc. 05-24228 Filed 12-19-05; 8:45 am]
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