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Proposed Modification of Offshore
Airspace Areas: Norton Sound Low,
Control 1234L and Control 1487L;
Alaska
Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.
AGENCY:
This action proposes to
modify the Norton Sound Low, Control
1234L, and Control 1487L Offshore
(h)(1) The Manager, Seattle Aircraft
Airspace Areas in Alaska. The airspace
Certification Office, FAA, has the authority to
floors would be lowered to provide
approve AMOCs for this AD, if requested
controlled airspace beyond 12 miles
using the procedures found in 14 CFR 39.19.
from the coast of the United States given
In accordance with 14 CFR 39.19, send your
that there is a requirement to provide
request to your principal inspector or local
Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) en route
Flight Standards District Office, as
Air Traffic Control (ATC) services and
appropriate. If sending information directly
within which the United States is
to the manager of the ACO, send it to the
applying domestic ATC procedures.
attention of the person identified in the
Related Information section of this AD.
DATES: Comments must be received on
Information may be e-mailed to: 9-ANMor before July 29, 2011.
Seattle-ACO-AMOC-Requests@faa.gov.
ADDRESSES: Send comments on this
(2) Before using any approved AMOC,
proposal to the U.S. Department of
notify your appropriate principal inspector,
Transportation, Docket Operations, M–
or lacking a principal inspector, the manager
30, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., West
of the local flight standards district office/
Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140,
certificate holding district office.
Washington, DC 20590–0001; telephone:
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(202) 366–9826. You must identify FAA
Docket No. FAA–2011–0458 and
(i) For more information about this AD,
Airspace Docket No. 11–AAL–6 at the
contact Tung Tran, Aerospace Engineer,
beginning of your comments. You may
Propulsion Branch, ANM–140S, Seattle
also submit comments through the
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1601 Lind Avenue, SW., Renton, Washington Internet at https://www.regulations.gov.
98057–3356; phone: 425–917–6505; fax: 425– FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ken
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SUMMARY:
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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
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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–
2011–0458 and Airspace Docket No. 11–
AAL–6) and be submitted in triplicate to
the Docket Management Facility (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
statement is made: ‘‘Comments to FAA
Docket No. FAA–2011–0458 and
Airspace Docket No. 11–AAL–6.’’ 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 https://www.regulations.gov.
Recently published rulemaking
documents can also be accessed through
the FAA’s Web page at https://
www.faa.gov/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
ADDRESSES section for 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 office of the
Alaskan Service Center, Operations
Support Group, Federal Aviation
Administration, 222 West 7th Avenue,
Box 14, Anchorage, AK 99513.
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contact the FAA’s Office of Rulemaking,
(202) 267–9677, for a copy of Advisory
Circular No. 11–2A, Notice of Proposed
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The Proposal
The FAA is proposing an amendment
to Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations
(14 CFR) part 71 to modify the Norton
Sound Low, Control 1234L, and Control
1487L Offshore Airspace Areas in
Alaska. The Norton Sound Low
Offshore Airspace Area would be
modified by lowering the offshore
airspace floor to 1,200 feet mean sea
level (MSL) within a 73-mile radius of
Port Clarence CGS Airport, excluding
that airspace west of a line extending
from lat. 64°48′20″ N., long. 169°31′27″
W., to lat. 65°00′00″ N., long. 168°58′23″
W., to lat. 66°05′44″ N., long. 168°58′23″
W.; and within 73 miles of the Savoonga
Airport excluding that airspace west of
a line from lat. 68°00′00″ N., long.
168°58′23″ W., to lat. 65°00′00″ N., long.
168°58′23″ W., to lat. 62°35′00″ N., long.
175°00′00″ W.; and within 73 miles of
Platinum Airport excluding that
airspace west of a line from lat.
59°59′57″ N., long. 168°00′08″ W., to lat.
57°45′57″ N., long. 161°46′08″ W.
The Offshore Airspace Area Control
1234L would be modified by lowering
the offshore airspace floor to 1,200 feet
above the surface within a 10-mile
radius of the Casco Cove CGS Airport.
Additionally, Control 1234L would be
further modified by lowering the
offshore airspace floor to 700 feet above
the surface within an 8-mile radius of
St. Paul Island Airport, St. Paul Island,
AK.
Control 1487L would be modified by
lowering the offshore airspace floor to
1,200 feet above the surface within 75
miles of the Yakutat VOR/DME.
Offshore airspace areas are published
in paragraph 2003 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 offshore airspace areas listed
in this document will 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.
Therefore, this proposed regulation: (1)
Is not a ‘‘significant regulatory action’’
under Executive Order 12866; (2) is not
a ‘‘significant rule’’ under Department of
Transportation (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
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procedures and air navigation, it is
certified that this proposed 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 I, 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 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 modifies offshore airspace areas in
Alaska.
Environmental Review
The FAA has determined that this
action qualifies for categorical exclusion
under the National Environmental
Policy Act in accordance with FAA
Order 1050.1E, Environmental Impacts:
Policies and Procedures, paragraph
311a. This airspace action is not
expected to cause any potentially
significant environmental impacts, and
no extraordinary circumstances exist
that warrant preparation of an
environmental assessment.
ICAO Considerations
As part of this proposal relates to
navigable airspace outside the United
States, this notice is submitted in
accordance with the International Civil
Aviation Organization (ICAO)
International Standards and
Recommended Practices.
The application of International
Standards and Recommended Practices
by the FAA, Office of Airspace Services,
Airspace, Regulations and ATC
Procedures Group, in areas outside the
United States domestic airspace, is
governed by the Convention on
International Civil Aviation.
Specifically, the FAA is governed by
Article 12 and Annex 11, which pertain
to the establishment of necessary air
navigational facilities and services to
promote the safe, orderly, and
expeditious flow of civil air traffic. The
purpose of Article 12 and Annex 11 is
to ensure that civil aircraft operations
on international air routes are
performed under uniform conditions.
The International Standards and
Recommended Practices in Annex 11
apply to airspace under the jurisdiction
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of a contracting state, derived from
ICAO. Annex 11 provisions apply when
air traffic services are provided and a
contracting state accepts the
responsibility of providing air traffic
services over high seas or in airspace of
undetermined sovereignty. A
contracting state accepting this
responsibility may apply the
International Standards and
Recommended Practices that are
consistent with standards and practices
utilized in its domestic jurisdiction.
In accordance with Article 3 of the
Convention, state-owned aircraft are
exempt from the Standards and
Recommended Practices of Annex 11.
The United States is a contracting state
to the Convention. Article 3(d) of the
Convention provides that participating
state aircraft will be operated in
international airspace with due regard
for the safety of civil aircraft. Since this
action involves, in part, the designation
of navigable airspace outside the United
States, the Administrator is consulting
with the Secretary of State and the
Secretary of Defense in accordance with
the provisions of Executive Order
10854.
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,
B, C, D AND E AIRSPACE AREAS; AIR
TRAFFIC SERVICE ROUTES; AND
REPORTING POINTS
1. The authority citation for 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 FAA Order 7400.9U,
Airspace Designations and Reporting
Points, dated August 18, 2010, and
effective September 15, 2010, is
amended as follows:
Paragraph 6007—Offshore Airspace Areas
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Norton Sound Low, AK [Amended]
That airspace extending upward from
14,500 feet MSL within an area bounded by
a line beginning at lat. 56°42′59″ N., long.
160°00′00″ W., then north by a line 12 miles
from and parallel to the U.S. coastline to the
intersection with 164°00′00″ W. longitude
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near the outlet to Kotzebue Sound, then
north to the intersection with a point 12
miles from the U.S. coastline, then north by
a line 12 miles from and parallel to the
shoreline to lat. 68°00′00″ N., long.
168°58′23″ W., to lat. 65°00′00″ N., long.
168°58′23″ W., to lat. 62°35′00″ N., long.
175°00′00″ W., to lat. 59°59′57″ N., long.
168°00′08″ W., to lat. 57°45′57″ N., long.
161°46′08″ W., to lat. 58°06′57″ N., long.
160°00′00″ W., to the point of beginning; and
that airspace extending upward from 1,200
feet MSL north of the Alaska Peninsula and
east of 160° W. longitude within 73 miles of
Port Heiden NDB/DME, AK, and north of the
Alaska Peninsula and east of 160° W.
longitude within an 81.2-mile radius of
Perryville Airport, AK, and north of the
Alaska Peninsula and east of 160° W.
longitude within a 72.8-mile radius of
Chignik Airport, AK, and within a 35-mile
radius of lat. 60°21′17″ N., long. 165°04′01″
W., and within a 73-mile radius of Chevak
Airport, AK, and within a 73-mile radius of
Clarks Point Airport, AK, and within a 73mile radius of Elim Airport, AK, and within
a 45-mile radius of Hooper Bay Airport, AK,
and within a 73-mile radius of King Salmon
Airport, AK, and that airspace within a 73mile radius of Platinum Airport, AK,
excluding that portion of the airspace
extending west of a line from lat. 59°59′57″
N., long. 168°00′08″ W., to lat 57°45′57″ N.,
long. 161°46′08″ W., and within a 73-mile
radius of Kivalina Airport, AK, and within a
74-mile radius of Kotzebue VOR/DME, AK,
and within a 73-mile radius of Kwethluk
Airport, AK, and within a 74-mile radius of
Manokotak Airport, AK, and within a 73-mile
radius of Napakiak Airport, AK, and within
a 77.4-mile radius of Nome VORTAC, AK,
and within a 73-mile radius of Savoonga
Airport, AK, excluding that airspace west of
a line from lat. 68°00′00″ N., long. 168°58′23″
W.; to lat. 65°00′00″ N., long. 168°58′23″ W.,
to lat. 62°35′00″ N., long. 175°00′00″ W., and
within a 71NM radius of New Stuyahok
Airport, AK, and within a 73-mile radius of
Noatak Airport, AK, and within a 72.5-mile
radius of Red Dog Airport, AK, and within
a 73-mile radius of Scammon Bay Airport,
AK, and within a 73-mile radius of
Shaktoolik Airport, AK, and within a 74-mile
radius of Selawik Airport, AK, and within a
73-mile radius of St. Michael Airport, AK,
and within a 73-mile radius of Toksook Bay
Airport, AK, and within a 73-mile radius of
Port Clarence CGS Airport, AK excluding
that airspace west of a line extending from
lat. 64°48′20″ N., long. 169°31′27″ W., to lat.
65°00′00″ N., long. 168°58′23″ W., to
66°05′44″ N., to long. 168°58′23″ W., and
within a 30-mile radius of lat. 66°09′58″ N.,
long. 166°30′03″ W., and within a 30-mile
radius of lat. 66°19′55″ N., long. 165°40′32″
W.; and that airspace extending upward from
700 feet MSL within 8-miles west and 4miles east of the 339° bearing from Port
Heiden NDB/DME, AK, extending from Port
Heiden NDB/DME, AK, to 20-miles north of
Port Heiden NDB/DME, AK, and within a 25mile radius of Nome Airport, AK.
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Control 1234L, AK [Amended]
That airspace extending upward from
2,000 feet above the surface within an area
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bounded by a line beginning at lat. 58°06′57″
N., long. 160°00′00″ W., then south along
160°00′00″ W. longitude until it intersects the
Anchorage Air Route Traffic Control Center
(ARTCC) boundary; then southwest,
northwest, north, and northeast along
Anchorage ARTCC boundary to lat. 62°35′00″
N., long. 175°00′00″ W., to lat. 59°59′57″ N.,
long. 168°00′08″ W., to lat. 57°45′57″ N.,
long. 161°46′08″ W., to the point of
beginning; and that airspace extending
upward from 1,200 feet above the surface
within a 10-mile radius of Casco Cove CGS
Airport, AK, and within a 26.2-mile radius of
Eareckson Air Station, AK, within an 11-mile
radius of Adak Airport, AK, and within 16
miles of Adak Airport, AK, extending
clockwise from the 033° bearing to the 081°
bearing from Mount Moffett NDB, AK, and
within a 10-mile radius of Atka Airport, AK,
and within a 10.6-mile radius from Cold Bay
Airport, AK, and within 9 miles east and 4.3
miles west of the 321° bearing from Cold Bay
Airport, AK, extending from the 10.6-mile
radius to 20 miles northwest of Cold Bay
Airport, AK, and 4 miles each side of the
070° bearing from Cold Bay Airport, AK,
extending from the 10.6-mile radius to 13.6
miles northeast of Cold Bay Airport, AK, and
within a 26.2-mile radius of Eareckson Air
Station, AK, and west of 160° W. longitude
within an 81.2-mile radius of Perryville
Airport, AK, and within a 73-mile radius of
the Nikolski Airport, AK, within a 74-mile
radius of Manokotak Airport, AK, and within
a 73-mile radius of the Clarks Point Airport,
AK, and west of 160° W. longitude within a
73-mile radius of Port Heiden NDB/DME,
AK, and within a 10-mile radius of St. George
Airport, AK, and within a 73-mile radius of
St. Paul Island Airport, AK, and within a 20mile radius of Unalaska Airport, AK,
extending clockwise from the 305° bearing
from Dutch Harbor NDB, AK, to the 075°
bearing from Dutch Harbor NDB, AK, and
west of 160° W. longitude within a 25-mile
radius of Borland NDB/DME, AK, and west
of 160° W. longitude within a 72.8-mile
radius of Chignik Airport, AK; and that
airspace extending upward from 700 feet
above the surface within a 6.9-mile radius of
Eareckson Air Station, AK, and within a 7mile radius of Adak Airport, AK, and within
5.2 miles northwest and 4.2 miles southeast
of the 061° bearing from Mount Moffett NDB,
AK, extending from the 7-mile radius of
Adak Airport, AK, to 11.5 miles northeast of
Adak Airport, AK, and within a 6.5-mile
radius of King Cove Airport, and extending
1.2 miles either side of the 103° bearing from
King Cove Airport from the 6.5-mile radius
out to 8.8 miles, and within a 6.4-mile radius
of Atka Airport, AK, and within a 6.3-mile
radius of Nelson Lagoon Airport, AK, and
within a 6.3-mile radius of the Nikolski
Airport, AK, and within a 6.4-mile radius of
Sand Point Airport, AK, and within 3 miles
each side of the 172° bearing from Borland
NDB/DME, AK, extending from the 6.4-mile
radius of Sand Point Airport, AK, to 13.9
miles south of Sand Point Airport, AK, and
within 5 miles either side of the 318° bearing
from Borland NDB/DME, AK, extending from
the 6.4-mile radius of Sand Point Airport,
AK, to 17 miles northwest of Sand Point
Airport, AK, and within 5 miles either side
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of the 324° bearing from Borland NDB/DME,
AK, extending from the 6.4-mile radius of
Sand Point Airport, AK, to 17 miles
northwest of Sand Point Airport, AK, and
within a 6.6-mile radius of St. George
Airport, AK, and within an 8-mile radius of
St. Paul Island Airport, AK, and within a 6.4mile radius of Unalaska Airport, AK, and
within 2.9 miles each side of the 360° bearing
from the Dutch Harbor NDB, AK, extending
from the 6.4-mile radius of Unalaska Airport,
AK, to 9.5 miles north of Unalaska Airport,
AK; and that airspace extending upward from
the surface within a 4.6-mile radius of Cold
Bay Airport, AK, and within 1.7 miles each
side of the 150° bearing from Cold Bay
Airport, AK, extending from the 4.6-mile
radius to 7.7 miles southeast of Cold Bay
Airport, AK, and within 3 miles west and 4
miles east of the 335° bearing from Cold Bay
Airport, AK, extending from the 4.6-mile
radius to 12.2 miles northwest of Cold Bay
Airport, AK.
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Control 1487L, Alaska [Amended]
That airspace extending upward from
8,000 feet MSL within 149.5 miles of the
Anchorage VOR/DME clockwise from the
090° radial to the 185° radial of the
Anchorage VOR/DME, AK; and that airspace
extending upward from 5,500 feet MSL
within the area bounded by a line beginning
at lat. 58°19′58″ N., long. 148°55′07″ W., to
lat. 59°08′35″ N., long. 147°16′04″ W., thence
counterclockwise via the 149.5-mile radius of
the Anchorage VOR/DME, AK, to the
intersection with a point 12 miles from and
parallel to the U.S. coastline, thence
southeast 12 miles from and parallel to the
U.S. coastline to a point 12 miles offshore on
the Vancouver FIR boundary, to lat.
54°32′57″ N., long. 133°11′29″ W., to lat.
54°00′00″ N., long. 136°00′00″ W., to lat.
52°43′00″ N., long. 135°00′00″ W., to lat
56°45′42″ N., long. 151°45′00″ W., to the
point of beginning; and that airspace
extending upward from 1,200 feet MSL
within an 85-mile radius of the Biorka Island
VORTAC, AK, and within a 43-mile radius of
the Middleton Island VOR/DME, AK, and
within a 30-mile radius of the Glacier River
NDB, AK, and within a 149.5-mile radius of
the Anchorage VOR/DME, AK, and within
the 73-mile radius of Homer Airport, AK, and
within a 75-mile radius of the Yakutat VOR/
DME, AK, and that airspace extending
upward from 700 feet MSL within 14 miles
of the Biorka Island VORTAC, AK, and
within 4 miles west and 8 miles east of the
Biorka Island VORTAC 209° radial extending
to 16 miles southwest of the Biorka Island
VORTAC, AK.
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Issued in Washington, DC, on June 6, 2011.
Gary A. Norek,
Acting Manager, Airspace, Regulations and
ATC Procedures Group.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
14 CFR Part 71
[Docket No. FAA-2011-0458; Airspace Docket No. 11-AAL-6]
RIN 2120-AA66
Proposed Modification of Offshore Airspace Areas: Norton Sound
Low, Control 1234L and Control 1487L; Alaska
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.
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SUMMARY: This action proposes to modify the Norton Sound Low, Control
1234L, and Control 1487L Offshore Airspace Areas in Alaska. The
airspace floors would be lowered to provide controlled airspace beyond
12 miles from the coast of the United States given that there is a
requirement to provide Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) en route Air
Traffic Control (ATC) services and within which the United States is
applying domestic ATC procedures.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before July 29, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Send comments on this proposal to the U.S. Department of
Transportation, Docket Operations, M-30, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE.,
West Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, Washington, DC 20590-0001;
telephone: (202) 366-9826. You must identify FAA Docket No. FAA-2011-
0458 and Airspace Docket No. 11-AAL-6 at the beginning of your
comments. You may also submit comments through the Internet at https://www.regulations.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ken McElroy, Airspace, Regulations and
ATC Procedures Group, Office of Airspace Services, Federal Aviation
Administration, 800 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20591;
telephone: (202) 267-8783.
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-
2011-0458 and Airspace Docket No. 11-AAL-6) and be submitted in
triplicate to the Docket Management Facility (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 statement is made: ``Comments
to FAA Docket No. FAA-2011-0458 and Airspace Docket No. 11-AAL-6.'' 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 https://www.regulations.gov. Recently published rulemaking
documents can also be accessed through the FAA's Web page at https://www.faa.gov/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 ADDRESSES section for 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 office of the Alaskan Service Center, Operations Support Group,
Federal Aviation Administration, 222 West 7th Avenue, Box 14,
Anchorage, AK 99513.
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
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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 to modify the Norton Sound Low, Control
1234L, and Control 1487L Offshore Airspace Areas in Alaska. The Norton
Sound Low Offshore Airspace Area would be modified by lowering the
offshore airspace floor to 1,200 feet mean sea level (MSL) within a 73-
mile radius of Port Clarence CGS Airport, excluding that airspace west
of a line extending from lat. 64[deg]48'20'' N., long. 169[deg]31'27''
W., to lat. 65[deg]00'00'' N., long. 168[deg]58'23'' W., to lat.
66[deg]05'44'' N., long. 168[deg]58'23'' W.; and within 73 miles of the
Savoonga Airport excluding that airspace west of a line from lat.
68[deg]00'00'' N., long. 168[deg]58'23'' W., to lat. 65[deg]00'00'' N.,
long. 168[deg]58'23'' W., to lat. 62[deg]35'00'' N., long.
175[deg]00'00'' W.; and within 73 miles of Platinum Airport excluding
that airspace west of a line from lat. 59[deg]59'57'' N., long.
168[deg]00'08'' W., to lat. 57[deg]45'57'' N., long. 161[deg]46'08'' W.
The Offshore Airspace Area Control 1234L would be modified by
lowering the offshore airspace floor to 1,200 feet above the surface
within a 10-mile radius of the Casco Cove CGS Airport. Additionally,
Control 1234L would be further modified by lowering the offshore
airspace floor to 700 feet above the surface within an 8-mile radius of
St. Paul Island Airport, St. Paul Island, AK.
Control 1487L would be modified by lowering the offshore airspace
floor to 1,200 feet above the surface within 75 miles of the Yakutat
VOR/DME.
Offshore airspace areas are published in paragraph 2003 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 offshore
airspace areas listed in this document will 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.
Therefore, this proposed regulation: (1) Is not a ``significant
regulatory action'' under Executive Order 12866; (2) is not a
``significant rule'' under Department of Transportation (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, 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 I, 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 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 modifies offshore airspace areas in Alaska.
Environmental Review
The FAA has determined that this action qualifies for categorical
exclusion under the National Environmental Policy Act in accordance
with FAA Order 1050.1E, Environmental Impacts: Policies and Procedures,
paragraph 311a. This airspace action is not expected to cause any
potentially significant environmental impacts, and no extraordinary
circumstances exist that warrant preparation of an environmental
assessment.
ICAO Considerations
As part of this proposal relates to navigable airspace outside the
United States, this notice is submitted in accordance with the
International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) International
Standards and Recommended Practices.
The application of International Standards and Recommended
Practices by the FAA, Office of Airspace Services, Airspace,
Regulations and ATC Procedures Group, in areas outside the United
States domestic airspace, is governed by the Convention on
International Civil Aviation. Specifically, the FAA is governed by
Article 12 and Annex 11, which pertain to the establishment of
necessary air navigational facilities and services to promote the safe,
orderly, and expeditious flow of civil air traffic. The purpose of
Article 12 and Annex 11 is to ensure that civil aircraft operations on
international air routes are performed under uniform conditions.
The International Standards and Recommended Practices in Annex 11
apply to airspace under the jurisdiction of a contracting state,
derived from ICAO. Annex 11 provisions apply when air traffic services
are provided and a contracting state accepts the responsibility of
providing air traffic services over high seas or in airspace of
undetermined sovereignty. A contracting state accepting this
responsibility may apply the International Standards and Recommended
Practices that are consistent with standards and practices utilized in
its domestic jurisdiction.
In accordance with Article 3 of the Convention, state-owned
aircraft are exempt from the Standards and Recommended Practices of
Annex 11. The United States is a contracting state to the Convention.
Article 3(d) of the Convention provides that participating state
aircraft will be operated in international airspace with due regard for
the safety of civil aircraft. Since this action involves, in part, the
designation of navigable airspace outside the United States, the
Administrator is consulting with the Secretary of State and the
Secretary of Defense in accordance with the provisions of Executive
Order 10854.
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, B, C, D AND E AIRSPACE AREAS; AIR
TRAFFIC SERVICE ROUTES; AND REPORTING POINTS
1. The authority citation for 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 FAA Order
7400.9U, Airspace Designations and Reporting Points, dated August 18,
2010, and effective September 15, 2010, is amended as follows:
Paragraph 6007--Offshore Airspace Areas
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Norton Sound Low, AK [Amended]
That airspace extending upward from 14,500 feet MSL within an
area bounded by a line beginning at lat. 56[deg]42'59'' N., long.
160[deg]00'00'' W., then north by a line 12 miles from and parallel
to the U.S. coastline to the intersection with 164[deg]00'00'' W.
longitude
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near the outlet to Kotzebue Sound, then north to the intersection
with a point 12 miles from the U.S. coastline, then north by a line
12 miles from and parallel to the shoreline to lat. 68[deg]00'00''
N., long. 168[deg]58'23'' W., to lat. 65[deg]00'00'' N., long.
168[deg]58'23'' W., to lat. 62[deg]35'00'' N., long. 175[deg]00'00''
W., to lat. 59[deg]59'57'' N., long. 168[deg]00'08'' W., to lat.
57[deg]45'57'' N., long. 161[deg]46'08'' W., to lat. 58[deg]06'57''
N., long. 160[deg]00'00'' W., to the point of beginning; and that
airspace extending upward from 1,200 feet MSL north of the Alaska
Peninsula and east of 160[deg] W. longitude within 73 miles of Port
Heiden NDB/DME, AK, and north of the Alaska Peninsula and east of
160[deg] W. longitude within an 81.2-mile radius of Perryville
Airport, AK, and north of the Alaska Peninsula and east of 160[deg]
W. longitude within a 72.8-mile radius of Chignik Airport, AK, and
within a 35-mile radius of lat. 60[deg]21'17'' N., long.
165[deg]04'01'' W., and within a 73-mile radius of Chevak Airport,
AK, and within a 73-mile radius of Clarks Point Airport, AK, and
within a 73-mile radius of Elim Airport, AK, and within a 45-mile
radius of Hooper Bay Airport, AK, and within a 73-mile radius of
King Salmon Airport, AK, and that airspace within a 73-mile radius
of Platinum Airport, AK, excluding that portion of the airspace
extending west of a line from lat. 59[deg]59'57'' N., long.
168[deg]00'08'' W., to lat 57[deg]45'57'' N., long. 161[deg]46'08''
W., and within a 73-mile radius of Kivalina Airport, AK, and within
a 74-mile radius of Kotzebue VOR/DME, AK, and within a 73-mile
radius of Kwethluk Airport, AK, and within a 74-mile radius of
Manokotak Airport, AK, and within a 73-mile radius of Napakiak
Airport, AK, and within a 77.4-mile radius of Nome VORTAC, AK, and
within a 73-mile radius of Savoonga Airport, AK, excluding that
airspace west of a line from lat. 68[deg]00'00'' N., long.
168[deg]58'23'' W.; to lat. 65[deg]00'00'' N., long. 168[deg]58'23''
W., to lat. 62[deg]35'00'' N., long. 175[deg]00'00'' W., and within
a 71NM radius of New Stuyahok Airport, AK, and within a 73-mile
radius of Noatak Airport, AK, and within a 72.5-mile radius of Red
Dog Airport, AK, and within a 73-mile radius of Scammon Bay Airport,
AK, and within a 73-mile radius of Shaktoolik Airport, AK, and
within a 74-mile radius of Selawik Airport, AK, and within a 73-mile
radius of St. Michael Airport, AK, and within a 73-mile radius of
Toksook Bay Airport, AK, and within a 73-mile radius of Port
Clarence CGS Airport, AK excluding that airspace west of a line
extending from lat. 64[deg]48'20'' N., long. 169[deg]31'27'' W., to
lat. 65[deg]00'00'' N., long. 168[deg]58'23'' W., to 66[deg]05'44''
N., to long. 168[deg]58'23'' W., and within a 30-mile radius of lat.
66[deg]09'58'' N., long. 166[deg]30'03'' W., and within a 30-mile
radius of lat. 66[deg]19'55'' N., long. 165[deg]40'32'' W.; and that
airspace extending upward from 700 feet MSL within 8-miles west and
4-miles east of the 339[deg] bearing from Port Heiden NDB/DME, AK,
extending from Port Heiden NDB/DME, AK, to 20-miles north of Port
Heiden NDB/DME, AK, and within a 25-mile radius of Nome Airport, AK.
* * * * *
Control 1234L, AK [Amended]
That airspace extending upward from 2,000 feet above the surface
within an area bounded by a line beginning at lat. 58[deg]06'57''
N., long. 160[deg]00'00'' W., then south along 160[deg]00'00'' W.
longitude until it intersects the Anchorage Air Route Traffic
Control Center (ARTCC) boundary; then southwest, northwest, north,
and northeast along Anchorage ARTCC boundary to lat. 62[deg]35'00''
N., long. 175[deg]00'00'' W., to lat. 59[deg]59'57'' N., long.
168[deg]00'08'' W., to lat. 57[deg]45'57'' N., long. 161[deg]46'08''
W., to the point of beginning; and that airspace extending upward
from 1,200 feet above the surface within a 10-mile radius of Casco
Cove CGS Airport, AK, and within a 26.2-mile radius of Eareckson Air
Station, AK, within an 11-mile radius of Adak Airport, AK, and
within 16 miles of Adak Airport, AK, extending clockwise from the
033[deg] bearing to the 081[deg] bearing from Mount Moffett NDB, AK,
and within a 10-mile radius of Atka Airport, AK, and within a 10.6-
mile radius from Cold Bay Airport, AK, and within 9 miles east and
4.3 miles west of the 321[deg] bearing from Cold Bay Airport, AK,
extending from the 10.6-mile radius to 20 miles northwest of Cold
Bay Airport, AK, and 4 miles each side of the 070[deg] bearing from
Cold Bay Airport, AK, extending from the 10.6-mile radius to 13.6
miles northeast of Cold Bay Airport, AK, and within a 26.2-mile
radius of Eareckson Air Station, AK, and west of 160[deg] W.
longitude within an 81.2-mile radius of Perryville Airport, AK, and
within a 73-mile radius of the Nikolski Airport, AK, within a 74-
mile radius of Manokotak Airport, AK, and within a 73-mile radius of
the Clarks Point Airport, AK, and west of 160[deg] W. longitude
within a 73-mile radius of Port Heiden NDB/DME, AK, and within a 10-
mile radius of St. George Airport, AK, and within a 73-mile radius
of St. Paul Island Airport, AK, and within a 20-mile radius of
Unalaska Airport, AK, extending clockwise from the 305[deg] bearing
from Dutch Harbor NDB, AK, to the 075[deg] bearing from Dutch Harbor
NDB, AK, and west of 160[deg] W. longitude within a 25-mile radius
of Borland NDB/DME, AK, and west of 160[deg] W. longitude within a
72.8-mile radius of Chignik Airport, AK; and that airspace extending
upward from 700 feet above the surface within a 6.9-mile radius of
Eareckson Air Station, AK, and within a 7-mile radius of Adak
Airport, AK, and within 5.2 miles northwest and 4.2 miles southeast
of the 061[deg] bearing from Mount Moffett NDB, AK, extending from
the 7-mile radius of Adak Airport, AK, to 11.5 miles northeast of
Adak Airport, AK, and within a 6.5-mile radius of King Cove Airport,
and extending 1.2 miles either side of the 103[deg] bearing from
King Cove Airport from the 6.5-mile radius out to 8.8 miles, and
within a 6.4-mile radius of Atka Airport, AK, and within a 6.3-mile
radius of Nelson Lagoon Airport, AK, and within a 6.3-mile radius of
the Nikolski Airport, AK, and within a 6.4-mile radius of Sand Point
Airport, AK, and within 3 miles each side of the 172[deg] bearing
from Borland NDB/DME, AK, extending from the 6.4-mile radius of Sand
Point Airport, AK, to 13.9 miles south of Sand Point Airport, AK,
and within 5 miles either side of the 318[deg] bearing from Borland
NDB/DME, AK, extending from the 6.4-mile radius of Sand Point
Airport, AK, to 17 miles northwest of Sand Point Airport, AK, and
within 5 miles either side of the 324[deg] bearing from Borland NDB/
DME, AK, extending from the 6.4-mile radius of Sand Point Airport,
AK, to 17 miles northwest of Sand Point Airport, AK, and within a
6.6-mile radius of St. George Airport, AK, and within an 8-mile
radius of St. Paul Island Airport, AK, and within a 6.4-mile radius
of Unalaska Airport, AK, and within 2.9 miles each side of the
360[deg] bearing from the Dutch Harbor NDB, AK, extending from the
6.4-mile radius of Unalaska Airport, AK, to 9.5 miles north of
Unalaska Airport, AK; and that airspace extending upward from the
surface within a 4.6-mile radius of Cold Bay Airport, AK, and within
1.7 miles each side of the 150[deg] bearing from Cold Bay Airport,
AK, extending from the 4.6-mile radius to 7.7 miles southeast of
Cold Bay Airport, AK, and within 3 miles west and 4 miles east of
the 335[deg] bearing from Cold Bay Airport, AK, extending from the
4.6-mile radius to 12.2 miles northwest of Cold Bay Airport, AK.
* * * * *
Control 1487L, Alaska [Amended]
That airspace extending upward from 8,000 feet MSL within 149.5
miles of the Anchorage VOR/DME clockwise from the 090[deg] radial to
the 185[deg] radial of the Anchorage VOR/DME, AK; and that airspace
extending upward from 5,500 feet MSL within the area bounded by a
line beginning at lat. 58[deg]19'58'' N., long. 148[deg]55'07'' W.,
to lat. 59[deg]08'35'' N., long. 147[deg]16'04'' W., thence
counterclockwise via the 149.5-mile radius of the Anchorage VOR/DME,
AK, to the intersection with a point 12 miles from and parallel to
the U.S. coastline, thence southeast 12 miles from and parallel to
the U.S. coastline to a point 12 miles offshore on the Vancouver FIR
boundary, to lat. 54[deg]32'57'' N., long. 133[deg]11'29'' W., to
lat. 54[deg]00'00'' N., long. 136[deg]00'00'' W., to lat.
52[deg]43'00'' N., long. 135[deg]00'00'' W., to lat 56[deg]45'42''
N., long. 151[deg]45'00'' W., to the point of beginning; and that
airspace extending upward from 1,200 feet MSL within an 85-mile
radius of the Biorka Island VORTAC, AK, and within a 43-mile radius
of the Middleton Island VOR/DME, AK, and within a 30-mile radius of
the Glacier River NDB, AK, and within a 149.5-mile radius of the
Anchorage VOR/DME, AK, and within the 73-mile radius of Homer
Airport, AK, and within a 75-mile radius of the Yakutat VOR/DME, AK,
and that airspace extending upward from 700 feet MSL within 14 miles
of the Biorka Island VORTAC, AK, and within 4 miles west and 8 miles
east of the Biorka Island VORTAC 209[deg] radial extending to 16
miles southwest of the Biorka Island VORTAC, AK.
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Issued in Washington, DC, on June 6, 2011.
Gary A. Norek,
Acting Manager, Airspace, Regulations and ATC Procedures Group.
[FR Doc. 2011-14715 Filed 6-13-11; 8:45 am]
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