Proposed Amendment of Class E Airspace; Kokomo, IN, 1378-1379 [2011-210]

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• Federal Aviation Administration
• DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 6 (Monday, January 10, 2011)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 1378-1379]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-210]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Docket No. FAA-2010-0605; Airspace Docket No. 10-AGL-10]


Proposed Amendment of Class E Airspace; Kokomo, IN

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking (SNPRM).

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SUMMARY: This supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking would expand 
Class E airspace to include the Regional Health System Heliport, 
Kokomo, IN. In an NPRM published in the Federal Register August 18, 
2010, the FAA proposed to amend controlled airspace at Kokomo Municipal 
Airport, Kokomo, IN. The FAA has reassessed the proposal to include 
controlled Class E airspace for new standard instrument approach 
procedures (SIAP) at the heliport. This action is necessary to further 
the safety and management of Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) operations 
in the Kokomo, IN area.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before February 24, 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-
0605; Airspace Docket No. 10-AGL-10, at the beginning of your comments. 
You may also submit comments through the Internet at https://www.regulations.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Scott Enander, Federal Aviation 
Administration, Operations Support Group, Central Service Center, 2601 
Meacham Blvd., Fort Worth, TX 76137; telephone (817) 321-7716.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

History

    On August 18, 2010, the FAA published a NPRM to amend Class E 
airspace extending upward from 700 feet or more above the surface, at 
Kokomo Municipal Airport, Kokomo, IN (75 FR 50947). The comment period 
closed October 4, 2010. No comments were received. Subsequent to 
publication, the FAA reassessed the proposal so that it would include 
controlled airspace for new Copter RNAV SIAPs at Regional Health System 
Heliport, Kokomo, IN. The FAA seeks comments on this SNPRM.

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 2010-0529 and Airspace Docket No. 10-AGL-10) 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 https://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

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statement is made: ``Comments to FAA Docket No. FAA-2010-0605 and 
Airspace Docket No. 10-AGL-10''. 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 SNPRMs

    An electronic copy of this document may be downloaded through the 
Internet at https://www.regulations.gov. Recently published rulemaking 
documents can also be accessed through the FAA's Web page at https://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 offices of the Central Service Center, Operations 
Support Group, 2601 Meacham Blvd., Fort Worth, TX 76137.
    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 Supplemental Proposal

    The FAA is proposing an amendment to Title 14 Code of Federal 
Regulations (14 CFR) part 71 by amending Class E airspace extending 
upward from 700 feet above the surface at Kokomo Municipal Airport, 
Kokomo, IN. Controlled airspace extending upward from 700 feet above 
the surface also would be added to accommodate aircraft using the new 
COPTER RNAV (POINT IN SPACE) standard instrument approach procedures at 
Regional Health System Heliport, Adjustments to some geographic 
coordinates in the description, as well as the name change of 
Logansport Municipal Airport to Logansport/Cass County Airport also 
would be made and would enhance the safety and management of IFR 
operations.
    Class E airspace designations are published in paragraph 6005, 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 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 is a routine matter that will only affect air traffic procedures 
and air navigation, it is certified that 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 in the Kokomo, IN area.

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 7400.9U, Airspace Designations and Reporting Points, dated August 
18, 2010, and effective September 15, 2010 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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AGL IN E5 Kokomo, IN [Amended]

Kokomo Municipal Airport, IN
    (Lat. 40[deg]31'41'' N., long. 86[deg]03'32'' W.)
Grissom Air Reserve Base, IN
    (Lat. 40[deg]38'53'' N., long. 86[deg]09'08'' W.)
Grissom Air Reserve Base ILS Localizer Northeast
    (Lat. 40[deg]37'59'' N., long. 86[deg]10'18'' W.)
Grissom Air Reserve Base ILS Localizer Southwest
    (Lat. 40[deg]39'56'' N., long. 86[deg]07'47'' W.)
Logansport/Cass County Airport, IN
    (Lat. 40[deg]42'41'' N., long. 86[deg]22'22'' W.)
Peru Municipal Airport, IN
    (Lat. 40[deg]47'09'' N., long. 86[deg]08'47'' W.)
Regional Health System Heliport, IN
Point-In-Space Coordinates
    (Lat. 40[deg]26'47'' N., long. 86[deg]08'23'' W.)

    That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface 
within a 7-mile radius of Kokomo Municipal Airport, and within 4 
miles each side of the 045[deg] bearing from the airport extending 
from the 7-mile radius to 10.7 miles northeast of the airport, and 
within 4 miles each side of the 225[deg] bearing from the airport 
extending from the 7-mile radius to 10.9 miles southwest of the 
airport, and within a 7-mile radius of Grissom Air Reserve Base, and 
within 3.8 miles each side of the Grissom Air Reserve Base ILS 
Localizer Northeast course extending from the 7-mile radius to 14.5 
miles northeast of the airport, and within 2 miles each side of the 
Grissom Air Reserve Base ILS Localizer Southwest course extending 
from the 7-mile radius to 14.5 miles southwest of the airport, and 
within a 7.7-mile radius of Logansport/Cass County Airport, and 
within a 6.3-mile radius of Peru Municipal Airport, and within a 6-
mile radius of the Regional Health System Heliport Point-In-Space 
coordinates at lat. 40[deg]26'47'' N., long. 86[deg]08'23'' W.


    Issued in Fort Worth, Texas, on December 29, 2010.
Roger M. Trevino,
Acting Manager, Operations Support Group, AJV-C2, ATO Central Service 
Center.
[FR Doc. 2011-210 Filed 1-7-11; 8:45 am]
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