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WI. The agency proposes to retain the
current Class E airspace within a 6.4mile radius of the airport and to remove
the segment within 2.7 miles each side
of the 118° bearing from the airport,
extending from the 6.4-mile radius area
to 7 miles southeast of the airport due
to the decommissioning of the Waupaca
NDB and cancellation of the NDB
approach. This proposal would enhance
the safety and management of the SIAPs
for IFR operations at these airports.
Class E airspace designations are
published in paragraph 6005 of FAA
Order 7400.11A, dated August 3, 2016,
and effective September 15, 2016, which
is incorporated by reference in 14 CFR
71.1. The Class E airspace designations
listed in this document will be
published subsequently in the Order.
Regulatory Notices and Analyses
The FAA has determined that this
regulation only involves an established
body of technical regulations for which
frequent and routine amendments are
necessary to keep them operationally
current, is non-controversial and
unlikely to result in adverse or negative
comments. 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 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, would not have a
significant economic impact on a
substantial number of small entities
under the criteria of the Regulatory
Flexibility Act.
This proposal will be subject to an
environmental analysis in accordance
with FAA Order 1050.1F,
‘‘Environmental Impacts: Policies and
Procedures’’ prior to any FAA final
regulatory action.
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List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 71
Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 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 7400.11A,
Airspace Designations and Reporting
Points, dated August 3, 2016, and
effective September 15, 2016, 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.
AGL WI E5 Medford, WI [Amended]
Taylor County Airport, WI
(Lat. 45°06′05″ N., long. 90°18′01″ W.)
That airspace extending upward from 700
feet above the surface within a 6.8-mile
radius of Taylor County Airport.
AGL WI E5 Waupaca, WI [Amended]
Waupaca Municipal Airport, WI
(Lat. 44°20′00″ N., long. 89°01′23″ W.)
That airspace extending upward from 700
feet above the surface within a 6.6-mile
radius of Waupaca Municipal Airport.
Issued in Fort Worth, Texas on May 31,
2017.
Walter Tweedy,
Acting Manager, Operations Support Group,
ATO Central Service Center.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
14 CFR Part 71
The Proposed Amendment
Accordingly, pursuant to the
authority delegated to me, the Federal
Aviation Administration proposes to
amend 14 CFR part 71 as follows:
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Airspace, Hot Springs, VA
Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking
(NPRM).
AGENCY:
This action proposes to
amend Class E airspace extending
upward from 700 feet above the surface
at Hot Springs, VA, by adding
controlled airspace for Bath Community
Hospital Heliport to the Ingalls Field
Airport airspace designation. Controlled
airspace is necessary for the safety and
management of instrument flight rules
(IFR) operations at the heliport. This
SUMMARY:
Airspace, Incorporation by reference,
Navigation (air).
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1. The authority citation for 14 CFR
part 71 continues to read as follows:
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[Docket No. FAA–2016–9453; Airspace
Docket No. 16–AEA–12]
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PART 71—DESIGNATION OF CLASS A,
B, C, D, AND E AIRSPACE AREAS; AIR
TRAFFIC SERVICE ROUTES; AND
REPORTING POINTS
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action also would update the geographic
coordinates of Ingalls Field Airport in
the associated Class E airspace.
DATES: Comments must be received on
or before July 24, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Send comments on this
proposal to: U.S. Department of
Transportation, Docket Operations, 1200
New Jersey Avenue SE., West Bldg
Ground Floor Rm W12–140,
Washington, DC 20590; Telephone: 1–
800–647–5527, or (202) 366–9826. You
must identify the Docket No. FAA–
2016–9453; Airspace Docket No. 16–
AEA–12, at the beginning of your
comments. You may also submit and
review received comments through the
Internet at https://www.regulations.gov.
You may review the public docket
containing the proposal, any comments
received, and any final disposition in
person in the Dockets Office between
9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday
through Friday, except Federal holidays.
The Docket Office (telephone 1–800–
647–5527), is on the ground floor of the
building at the above address.
FAA Order 7400.11A, Airspace
Designations and Reporting Points, and
subsequent amendments can be viewed
on line at https://www.faa.gov/air_
traffic/publications/. For further
information, you can contact the
Airspace Policy Group, Federal Aviation
Administration, 800 Independence
Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20591;
telephone: 202–267–8783. The Order is
also available for inspection at the
National Archives and Records
Administration (NARA). For
information on the availability of FAA
Order 7400.11A at NARA, call 202–741–
6030, or go to https://www.archives.gov/
federal_register/code_of_federalregulations/ibr_locations.html.
FAA Order 7400.11, Airspace
Designations and Reporting Points, is
published yearly and effective on
September 15.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John
Fornito, Operations Support Group,
Eastern Service Center, Federal Aviation
Administration, P.O. Box 20636,
Atlanta, Georgia 30320; telephone (404)
305–6364.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Authority for This Rulemaking
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 proposed
rulemaking is promulgated under the
authority described in Subtitle VII, Part
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A, Subpart I, Section 40103. Under that
section, the FAA is charged with
prescribing regulations to assign the use
of 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 add
Class E airspace extending upward from
700 feet above the surface at Bath
Community Hospital Heliport to the
existing designation of Class E airspace
at Ingalls Field Airport, Hot Springs,
VA.
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Comments Invited
Interested persons are invited to
comment on this rule 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.
You may also submit comments through
the Internet at https://
www.regulations.gov.
Persons 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 No. FAA–2016–9453; Airspace
Docket No. 16–AEA–12.’’ The postcard
will be date/time stamped and returned
to the commenter.
All communications received 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 the comments received. 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 from and
comments submitted through 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 the
ADDRESSES section for address and
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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 between
8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday
through Friday, except Federal Holidays
at the office of the Eastern Service
Center, Federal Aviation
Administration, Room 350, 1701
Columbia Avenue, College Park, Georgia
30337.
Availability and Summary of
Documents for Incorporation by
Reference
This document proposes to amend
FAA Order 7400.11A, Airspace
Designations and Reporting Points,
dated August 3, 2016, and effective
September 15, 2016. FAA Order
7400.11A is publicly available as listed
in the ADDRESSES section of this
document. FAA Order 7400.11A lists
Class A, B, C, D, and E airspace areas,
air traffic service routes, and reporting
points.
The Proposal
The FAA proposes to amend Title 14,
Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR)
part 71 by adding Class E airspace
extending upward from 700 feet above
the surface within a 7-mile radius of
Bath Community Hospital Heliport to
the existing designation of Class E
airspace at Ingalls Field Airport, Hot
Springs, VA. This action would
accommodate new Area Navigation
(RNAV) Global Positioning System
Standard Instrument Approach
Procedures at the heliport. Airspace
reconfiguration is necessary for the
safety and management of IFR
operations at the heliport. The FAA also
proposes to update the geographic
coordinates of Ingalls Field Airport to
coincide with the FAAs aeronautical
database.
Class E airspace designations are
published in Paragraph 6002, and 6005,
respectively of FAA Order 7400.11A,
dated August 3, 2016, and effective
September 15, 2016, which is
incorporated by reference in 14 CFR
71.1. The Class E airspace designations
listed in this document will be
published subsequently in the Order.
Regulatory Notices and Analyses
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
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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.
Environmental Review
This proposal would be subject to an
environmental analysis in accordance
with FAA Order 1050.1F,
‘‘Environmental Impacts: Policies and
Procedures’’ prior to any FAA final
regulatory action.
Lists 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:
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Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 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 7400.11A,
Airspace Designations and Reporting
Points, dated August 3, 2016, effective
September 15, 2016, is amended as
follows:
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Paragraph 6002
Airspace.
Class E Surface Area
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AEA VA E2 Hot Springs, VA [Amended]
Ingalls Field Airport, Hot Springs, VA
(Lat. 37°57′09″ N., long. 79°50′03″ W.)
Within a 4-mile radius of Ingalls Field
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 Chart
Supplement.
Paragraph 6005 Class E Airspace Areas
Extending Upward From 700 Feet or More
Above the Surface of the Earth.
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AEA VA E5 Hot Springs, VA [Amended]
Ingalls Field Airport, VA
(Lat. 37°57′09″ N., long. 79°50′03″ W.)
Bath Community Hospital Heliport, VA
(Lat. 37°59′36″ N., long. 79°49′55″ W.)
That airspace extending upward from 700
feet above the surface within a 6.5- mile
radius of Ingalls Field Airport, and within a
7-mile radius of Bath Community Hospital
Heliport.
Issued in College Park, Georgia, on May 19,
2017.
Ryan W. Almasy,
Manager, Operations Support Group, Eastern
Service Center, Air Traffic Organization.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management
Agency
44 CFR Part 1
[Docket ID FEMA–2017–0016]
RIN 1660–AA91
Update to FEMA’s Regulations on
Rulemaking Procedures
Federal Emergency
Management Agency, DHS.
ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.
AGENCY:
The Federal Emergency
Management Agency (FEMA) proposes
to revise its regulations pertaining to
rulemaking. It proposes to remove
sections that are outdated or do not
affect the public, and it proposes to
update provisions that affect the
public’s participation in the rulemaking
process, such as the submission of
public comments, hearings, ex parte
communications, the public rulemaking
docket, and petitions for rulemaking.
FEMA also proposes to modify its
waiver of the Administrative Procedure
Act exemption for matters relating to
public property, loans, grants, benefits,
and contracts.
DATES: Comments must be received on
or before August 7, 2017.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
identified by Docket ID FEMA–2017–
0016, by one of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
Mail/Hand Delivery/Courier:
Regulatory Affairs Division, Office of
Chief Counsel, Federal Emergency
Management Agency, 8NE, 500 C Street
SW., Washington, DC 20472.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Liza
Davis, Associate Chief Counsel,
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Regulatory Affairs, Office of Chief
Counsel, Federal Emergency
Management Agency, 500 C Street SW.,
Washington, DC 20472, 202–646–4046,
or (email) liza.davis@fema.dhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Public Participation
We encourage you to participate in
this rulemaking by submitting
comments and related materials. We
will consider all comments and material
received during the comment period.
If you submit a comment, identify the
agency name and the docket ID for this
rulemaking, indicate the specific section
of this document to which each
comment applies, and give the reason
for each comment. You may submit
your comments and material by
electronic means, mail, or delivery to
the address under the ADDRESSES
section. Please submit your comments
and material by only one means.
Regardless of the method used for
submitting comments or material, all
submissions will be posted, without
change, to the Federal e-Rulemaking
Portal at https://www.regulations.gov,
and will include any personal
information you provide. Therefore,
submitting this information makes it
public. You may wish to read the
Privacy and Security Notice that is
available via a link on the homepage of
www.regulations.gov.
Viewing comments and documents:
For access to the docket to read
background documents or comments
received, go to the Federal eRulemaking Portal at https://
www.regulations.gov. Background
documents and submitted comments
may also be inspected at FEMA, Office
of Chief Counsel, 500 C Street SW.,
Washington, DC 20472–3100.
II. Background
FEMA established its regulations
regarding its rulemaking procedures in
1981, in 44 Code of Federal Regulations
(CFR) part 1.1 FEMA has not
substantively updated part 1 since that
time. Part 1 is based on a rescinded
Executive Order, Executive Order
12291, entitled ‘‘Federal Regulation,’’
and obsolete agency procedure, which
was relevant when FEMA was an
independent agency,2 but is no longer
accurate, as FEMA is no longer an
1 See 46 FR 32583 (June 24, 1981) (final rule
establishing 44 CFR part 1); see also 44 FR 50299
(Aug. 27, 1979) (proposed rule proposing to
establish 44 CFR part 1).
2 FEMA became a component agency of the
Department of Homeland Security on March 1, 2003
pursuant to the Homeland Security Act of 2002,
Public Law 107–296, 116 Stat. 2135 (codified as
amended at 6 U.S.C. 101 et seq.).
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independent agency. FEMA now
includes its internal rulemaking
procedures addressing the development,
drafting, and clearance of FEMA rules in
internal guidance.
In this proposed rule, FEMA proposes
a wholesale revision of part 1, removing
sections that solely address internal
agency procedure, and retaining and
updating sections that directly affect the
public’s participation in FEMA’s
rulemaking process, namely, provisions
addressing ex parte communications in
rulemaking, petitions for rulemaking,
the public rulemaking docket, hearings,
and the process for submitting public
comments on rules.
FEMA is also proposing to modify its
waiver of the Administrative Procedure
Act exemption for matters relating to
public property, loans, grants, benefits,
and contracts.
Section III of this preamble includes
a section-by-section analysis of the
current regulations and an explanation
of the changes to each section.
III. Section-by-Section Analysis of the
Current Regulations and Proposed
Changes
Section 1.1
Purpose
Paragraph (a) of current section 1.1
states that 44 CFR part 1 covers FEMA’s
basic policies and procedures for
adoption of rules, and that it
incorporates provisions of section 4 of
the Administrative Procedure Act.
Section 4 of the Administrative
Procedure Act (5 U.S.C. 553) addresses
Federal agency requirements for notice
and comment rulemaking. Notice and
comment rulemaking is also known as
‘‘informal rulemaking.’’ Paragraph (a) of
current section 1.1 also includes a
statement that 44 CFR part 1 and
internal FEMA manuals implement
Executive Order 12291.
FEMA proposes to limit the purpose
of part 1 to describing FEMA’s informal
rulemaking procedures that affect the
public. This proposed rule therefore
does not describe FEMA’s internal
rulemaking procedures, which are more
appropriately placed in internal
guidance. FEMA proposes these changes
for a number of reasons. First, the
Administrative Procedure Act does not
require internal agency procedure to be
in regulation. See 5 U.S.C. 553(a)(2),
553(b)(A). Second, and more
importantly, the references to Executive
Order 12291 and implementing FEMA
procedures are outdated. As noted
above, Executive Order 12291 has been
revoked, and was replaced with
Executive Order 12866, ‘‘Regulatory
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
14 CFR Part 71
[Docket No. FAA-2016-9453; Airspace Docket No. 16-AEA-12]
Proposed Amendment of Class E Airspace, Hot Springs, VA
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM).
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SUMMARY: This action proposes to amend Class E airspace extending
upward from 700 feet above the surface at Hot Springs, VA, by adding
controlled airspace for Bath Community Hospital Heliport to the Ingalls
Field Airport airspace designation. Controlled airspace is necessary
for the safety and management of instrument flight rules (IFR)
operations at the heliport. This action also would update the
geographic coordinates of Ingalls Field Airport in the associated Class
E airspace.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before July 24, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Send comments on this proposal to: U.S. Department of
Transportation, Docket Operations, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., West
Bldg Ground Floor Rm W12-140, Washington, DC 20590; Telephone: 1-800-
647-5527, or (202) 366-9826. You must identify the Docket No. FAA-2016-
9453; Airspace Docket No. 16-AEA-12, at the beginning of your comments.
You may also submit and review received comments through the Internet
at https://www.regulations.gov. You may review the public docket
containing the proposal, any comments received, and any final
disposition in person in the Dockets Office between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00
p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. The Docket Office
(telephone 1-800-647-5527), is on the ground floor of the building at
the above address.
FAA Order 7400.11A, Airspace Designations and Reporting Points, and
subsequent amendments can be viewed on line at https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/publications/. For further information, you can contact the
Airspace Policy Group, Federal Aviation Administration, 800
Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20591; telephone: 202-267-8783.
The Order is also available for inspection at the National Archives and
Records Administration (NARA). For information on the availability of
FAA Order 7400.11A at NARA, call 202-741-6030, or go to https://www.archives.gov/federal_register/code_of_federal-regulations/ibr_locations.html.
FAA Order 7400.11, Airspace Designations and Reporting Points, is
published yearly and effective on September 15.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Fornito, Operations Support
Group, Eastern Service Center, Federal Aviation Administration, P.O.
Box 20636, Atlanta, Georgia 30320; telephone (404) 305-6364.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Authority for This Rulemaking
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 proposed rulemaking is promulgated under the authority
described in Subtitle VII, Part
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A, Subpart I, Section 40103. Under that section, the FAA is charged
with prescribing regulations to assign the use of 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 add Class
E airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface at Bath
Community Hospital Heliport to the existing designation of Class E
airspace at Ingalls Field Airport, Hot Springs, VA.
Comments Invited
Interested persons are invited to comment on this rule 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. You may also submit comments
through the Internet at https://www.regulations.gov.
Persons 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
No. FAA-2016-9453; Airspace Docket No. 16-AEA-12.'' The postcard will
be date/time stamped and returned to the commenter.
All communications received 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 the
comments received. 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 from and
comments submitted through 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 the ADDRESSES section for 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 between 8:00 a.m. and
4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal Holidays at the office
of the Eastern Service Center, Federal Aviation Administration, Room
350, 1701 Columbia Avenue, College Park, Georgia 30337.
Availability and Summary of Documents for Incorporation by Reference
This document proposes to amend FAA Order 7400.11A, Airspace
Designations and Reporting Points, dated August 3, 2016, and effective
September 15, 2016. FAA Order 7400.11A is publicly available as listed
in the ADDRESSES section of this document. FAA Order 7400.11A lists
Class A, B, C, D, and E airspace areas, air traffic service routes, and
reporting points.
The Proposal
The FAA proposes to amend Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations (14
CFR) part 71 by adding Class E airspace extending upward from 700 feet
above the surface within a 7-mile radius of Bath Community Hospital
Heliport to the existing designation of Class E airspace at Ingalls
Field Airport, Hot Springs, VA. This action would accommodate new Area
Navigation (RNAV) Global Positioning System Standard Instrument
Approach Procedures at the heliport. Airspace reconfiguration is
necessary for the safety and management of IFR operations at the
heliport. The FAA also proposes to update the geographic coordinates of
Ingalls Field Airport to coincide with the FAAs aeronautical database.
Class E airspace designations are published in Paragraph 6002, and
6005, respectively of FAA Order 7400.11A, dated August 3, 2016, and
effective September 15, 2016, which is incorporated by reference in 14
CFR 71.1. The Class E airspace designations listed in this document
will be published subsequently in the Order.
Regulatory Notices and Analyses
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 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.
Environmental Review
This proposal would be subject to an environmental analysis in
accordance with FAA Order 1050.1F, ``Environmental Impacts: Policies
and Procedures'' prior to any FAA final regulatory action.
Lists 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
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1. The authority citation for part 71 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 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 Federal Aviation
Administration Order 7400.11A, Airspace Designations and Reporting
Points, dated August 3, 2016, effective September 15, 2016, is amended
as follows:
Paragraph 6002 Class E Surface Area Airspace.
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AEA VA E2 Hot Springs, VA [Amended]
Ingalls Field Airport, Hot Springs, VA
(Lat. 37[deg]57'09'' N., long. 79[deg]50'03'' W.)
Within a 4-mile radius of Ingalls Field 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 Chart Supplement.
Paragraph 6005 Class E Airspace Areas Extending Upward From 700
Feet or More Above the Surface of the Earth.
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AEA VA E5 Hot Springs, VA [Amended]
Ingalls Field Airport, VA
(Lat. 37[deg]57'09'' N., long. 79[deg]50'03'' W.)
Bath Community Hospital Heliport, VA
(Lat. 37[deg]59'36'' N., long. 79[deg]49'55'' W.)
That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface
within a 6.5- mile radius of Ingalls Field Airport, and within a 7-
mile radius of Bath Community Hospital Heliport.
Issued in College Park, Georgia, on May 19, 2017.
Ryan W. Almasy,
Manager, Operations Support Group, Eastern Service Center, Air Traffic
Organization.
[FR Doc. 2017-11394 Filed 6-6-17; 8:45 am]
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