Proposed Revision to Class E Airspace; Pinedale, WY, 9740-9741 [06-1761]

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• Federal Aviation Administration
• DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 38 (Monday, February 27, 2006)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 9740-9741]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-1761]


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This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER contains notices to the public of 
the proposed issuance of rules and regulations. The purpose of these 
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Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 38 / Monday, February 27, 2006 / 
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Docket FAA 05-23361; Airspace Docket 05-ANM-17]


Proposed Revision to Class E Airspace; Pinedale, WY

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION:  Notice of proposed rulemaking.

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SUMMARY: This proposal would revise Class E airspace at Pinedale, WY. 
Additional controlled airspace is necessary to accommodate aircraft 
executing new Area Navigation (RNAV) Global Positioning System (GPS) 
approach procedures at Pinedale/Ralph Wenz Field. This action would 
improve the safety of Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) aircraft executing 
these new procedures at Pinedale/Ralph Wenz Field, Pinedale, WY.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before April 13, 2006.

ADDRESSES: Send comments on this 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 05-23361; Airspace Docket 05-ANM-17, at the beginning of 
your comments. You may also submit comments through the Internet at 
https://dms.dot.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ed Haeseker at the Federal Aviation 
Administration, Air Traffic Organization, Western En Route and Oceanic 
Service Area Office, 1601 Lind Avenue, SW., Renton, WA 98055; telephone 
425-227-2527.

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 decision on the proposal. Comments are specifically 
invited on the overall regulatory, aeronautical, economic, 
environmental, and energy-related aspects of the proposals.
    Communications should identify Docket FAA 05-23361; Airspace Docket 
05-ANM-17, and be submitted in triplicate to the Docket Management 
System at the address listed above. You may also submit comments 
through the Internet at https://dms.dot.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 Docket 
FAA 05-23361; Airspace Docket 05-ANM-17''. 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 action is taken 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 NPRM

    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 Federal Register's Web page at https://gpoaccess.gov/fr/
index.html.
    You may review the public docket containing the proposal, any 
comments received, and any final dispositions in person in the Docket 
Office between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal 
holidays. The Docket Office (telephone number 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 Federal Aviation Administration, Air Traffic 
Organization, Western En Route and Oceanic Service Area Office, 
Airspace Branch, 1601 Lind Avenue, SW., Renton, WA 98055.
    Persons interested in being placed on a mailing list for future 
NPRMs 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 
procedures.

The Proposal

    This action would amend Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations (14 
CFR) part 71 by revising Class E airspace at Pinedale, WY. Additional 
controlled airspace is necessary to accommodate aircraft executing new 
RNAV GPS approach procedures at Pinedale/Ralph Wenz Field. Controlled 
airspace is necessary where there is a requirement for IFR services, 
which include arrival, departure, and transitioning to/from the 
terminal or en route environment. Class E airspace designations are 
published in paragraph 6005 of FAA Order 7400.9N dated September 1, 
2005, and effective September 15, 2005, 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 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. 
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 a routine matter that will only affect air traffic procedures and 
air navigation, it is certified that this proposed rule would not have 
a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities 
under the criteria of the Regulatory Flexibility Act.

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, 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 the Federal 
Aviation Administration Order 7400.9N, Airspace Designations and 
Reporting Points, dated September 1, 2005, and effective September 15, 
2005, is amended as follows:
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Paragraph 6005 Class E Airspace areas extending upward from 700 
feet or more above the surface of the earth.

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ANM WY E5 Pinedale, WY [Revised]

Pinedale/Ralph Wenz Field, WY
    (Lat. 42[deg]47'44'' N., long. 109[deg]48'26'' W.)
Big Piney VOR/DME
    (Lat. 42[deg]34'46'' N., long. 110[deg]06'33'' W.)
Wenz NDB
    (Lat. 42[deg]47'50'' N., long. 109[deg]48'13'' W.)

    The airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface 
within 4.3 miles each side of a direct line between the Big Piney 
VOR/DME and the Wenz NDB extending from the VOR/DME to a point 4.3 
miles northeast of the NDB, and within 3.1 miles each side of the 
323[deg] bearing and 4.0 miles each side of the 303[deg] bearing to 
the Wenz NDB extending to 13 miles southeast of the NDB, and 4.0 
miles either side of the 123[deg] bearing to the Wenz NDB extending 
to 10 miles northwest of the NDB; that airspace extending upward 
from 1,200 feet above the surface beginning at lat. 43[deg]00'00'' 
N., long. 110[deg]30'00'' W., thence east to lat. 43[deg]00'00'' N., 
long. 109[deg]45'00'' W., thence southeast to lat. 42[deg]30'00'' 
N., long. 109[deg]11'00'' W., thence southwest to lat. 
42[deg]00'00'' N., long. 109[deg]50'00'' W., thence west to lat. 
42[deg]00'00'' N., long. 110[deg]00'00'' W., thence northwest to 
point of beginning.
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    Issued in Seattle, Washington, on February 3, 2006.
Clark Desing,
Acting Area Director, Western En Route and Oceanic Operations.
[FR Doc. 06-1761 Filed 2-24-06; 8:45 am]
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