Proposed Establishment of Class E Airspace, and Amendment of Class D and Class E Airspace; Prescott, AZ, 51920-51921 [2014-20807]

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• Federal Aviation Administration
• DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 169 (Tuesday, September 2, 2014)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 51920-51921]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-20807]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Docket No. FAA-2013-1020; Airspace Docket No. 13-AWP-20]


Proposed Establishment of Class E Airspace, and Amendment of 
Class D and Class E Airspace; Prescott, AZ

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Department of 
Transportation (DOT).

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM).

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SUMMARY: This action proposes to establish Class E airspace and modify 
Class D and Class E airspace at Prescott, AZ, to accommodate aircraft 
departing and arriving under Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) at Ernest A. 
Love Field. New Area Navigation (RNAV) Global Positioning System (GPS) 
standard instrument approach procedures have made this action necessary 
for the safety and management of aircraft operations at the airport. 
The geographic coordinates of the airport also would be adjusted in the 
respective Class D and Class E airspace areas. This also would correct 
the airport name to Ernest A. Love Field.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before October 17, 2014.

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-2013-
1020; Airspace Docket No. 13-AWP-20, at the beginning of your comments. 
You may also submit comments through the Internet at https://www.regulations.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Richard Roberts, Federal Aviation 
Administration, Operations Support Group, Western Service Center, 1601 
Lind Avenue SW., Renton, WA 98057; telephone (425) 203-4517.

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 2013-1020 and Airspace Docket No. 13-AWP-20) 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 statement is made: ``Comments to FAA 
Docket No. FAA-2013-1020 and Airspace Docket No. 13-AWP-20''. 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 NPRM's

    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/airportsairtraffic/airtraffic/
publications/airspaceamendments/.
    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 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 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.

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    Persons interested in being placed on a mailing list for future 
NPRM's 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 establishing Class E airspace 
designated as an extension to Class D surface area at Ernest A. Love 
Field, Prescott, Arizona. A segment of Class E airspace would extend 
from the 6-mile radius of the airport to 11 miles southwest. Class E 
airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface would be 
modified to within a 18.7-mile radius of the airport; the Class E 
airspace area extending upward from 1,200 feet above the surface would 
be modified to within a 22-mile radius of the airport clockwise east to 
west, and within a 38-mile radius of the airport to the north. 
Controlled airspace is necessary to accommodate RNAV (GPS) standard 
instrument approach procedures at the airport and would enhance the 
safety and management of IFR operations. The geographic coordinates of 
the airport would be updated to coincide with the FAA's aeronautical 
database for the respective Class D and Class E airspace areas. This 
action also would correct the airport name in Class D and Class E 
surface airspace descriptions from Prescott, Ernest A. Love Field to 
Ernest A. Love Field.
    Class D airspace and Class E airspace designations are published in 
paragraphs 5000, 6002, 6004 and 6005, respectively, of FAA Order 
7400.9X, dated August 7, 2013, and effective September 15, 2013, which 
is incorporated by reference in 14 CFR 71.1. The Class D airspace and 
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 and modify controlled airspace at Ernest A. Love 
Field, Prescott, AZ.
    This proposal will be subject to an environmental analysis in 
accordance with FAA Order 1050.1E, ``Environmental Impacts: Policies 
and Procedures'' prior to any FAA final regulatory action.

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

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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]

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2. The incorporation by reference in 14 CFR 71.1 of the Federal 
Aviation Administration Order 7400.9X, Airspace Designations and 
Reporting Points, dated August 7, 2013, and effective September 15, 
2013 is amended as follows:

Paragraph 5000 Class D airspace.

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AWP AZ D Prescott, AZ [Modified]

Ernest A. Love Field, AZ
    (Lat. 34[deg]39'17'' N, long. 112[deg]25'09'' W)
    That airspace extending upward from the surface to and including 
7,500 feet MSL within a 6-mile radius of Ernest A. Love Field. This 
Class D airspace area is effective during the specific dates and 
times established in advance by a Notice to Airmen. The effective 
date and time will thereafter be published in the Airport/Facility 
Directory.

Paragraph 6002 Class E airspace Designated as Surface Areas.

* * * * *

AWP AZ E2 Prescott, AZ [Modified]

Ernest A. Love Field, AZ
    (Lat. 34[deg]39'17'' N, long. 112[deg]25'09'' W)
    Within a 6-mile radius of Ernest A. Love Field, and within 2 
miles each side of the 222[deg] bearing of the airport extending 
from the 6-mile radius to 11 miles southwest of the airport. This 
Class E airspace area is effective during the specific dates and 
times established in advance by a Notice to Airmen. The effective 
date and time will thereafter be published in the Airport/Facility 
Directory.

Paragraph 6004 Class E airspace areas designated as an extension to 
Class D or Class E surface area.

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AWP AZ E4 Prescott, AZ [New]

Ernest A. Love Field, AZ
    (Lat. 34[deg]39'17'' N, long. 112[deg]25'09'' W)
    That airspace extending upward from the surface within 2 miles 
each side of the Ernest A. Love Field 222[deg] bearing extending 
from the 6-mile radius of the airport to 11 miles southwest of the 
airport. This Class E airspace area is effective during the specific 
dates and times established in advance by a Notice to Airmen. The 
effective date and time will thereafter be continuously published in 
the Airport/Facility Directory.

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

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AWP AZ E5 Prescott, AZ [Modified]

Ernest A. Love Field, AZ
    (Lat. 34[deg]39'17'' N, long. 112[deg]25'09'' W)
    That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface 
within a 18.7-mile radius of the Ernest A. Love Field; that airspace 
extending upward from 1,200 feet above the surface within a 22-mile 
radius of Ernest A. Love Field, extending clockwise from the 
047[deg] bearing of the airport to the 300[deg] bearing of the 
airport, and that airspace within a 38-mile radius of the airport 
extending clockwise from the 300[deg] bearing of the airport to the 
047[deg] bearing of the airport.

    Issued in Seattle, Washington, on August 19, 2014.
Christopher Ramirez,
Acting Manager, Operations Support Group, Western Service Center.
[FR Doc. 2014-20807 Filed 8-29-14; 8:45 am]
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