[Federal Register: October 5, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 192)]
[Proposed Rules]               
[Page 53957-53958]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Airspace Docket No. 99-AGL-42]

 
Proposed Modification of Class E Airspace; Marquette, MI; 
Proposed Revocation of Class E Airspace; Sawyer, MI, and K.I. Sawyer, 
MI

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed relemaking; extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces an extension of the comment period on a 
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking which proposes to modify Class E airspace 
at Marquette, MI, and revoke the Class E airspace at Sawyer, MI, and 
K.I. Sawyer, MI. This action is being taken because subsequent to the 
publication of the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, announcement was made 
of the closure of the Marquette County Airport on September 23, 1999. 
This requires a minor modification to the legal description for the 
Class E airspace for Marquette, MI.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before October 20, 1999.

ADDRESSES: Send comments on the proposal in triplicate to: Federal 
Aviation Administration, Office of the Assistant Chief Counsel, AGL-7, 
Rules Docket No. 99-AGL-42, 2300 East Devon Avenue, Des Plaines, 
Illinois 60018. The official docket may be examined in the Office of 
the Assistant Chief Counsel, Federal Aviation Administration, 2300 East 
Devon Avenue, Des Plaines, Illinois. An informal docket may also be 
examined during normal business hours at the Air Traffic Division, 
Airspace Branch, Federal Aviation Administration, 2300 East Devon 
Avenue, Des Plaines, Illinois.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Annette Davis, Air Traffic Division, 
Airspace Branch, AGL-520, Federal Aviation Administration, 2300 East 
Devon Avenue, Des Plaines, Illinois 60018, telephone (847) 294-7568.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    Airspace Docket No. 99-AGL-42, published on August 4, 1999 (64 FR 
42300) proposed to modify Class E airspace at Marquette, MI, and revoke 
the Class E airspace at Sawyer, MI, and R.I. Sawyer, MI. This action 
will extend the comment period closing date on that airspace docket 
from September 20, 1999 to October 20, 1999, to allow an additional 30 
days for comments.

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, CLASS B, CLASS C, CLASS D, AND 
CLASS E AIRSPACE AREAS; AIRWAYS; 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 the Federal 
Aviation Administration Order 7400.9G, Airspace Designations and 
Reporting Points, dated September 1, 1999, and effective September 16, 
1999, is amended as follows:

Paragraph 6002 Class E airspace areas designated as a surface area 
for an airport.

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AGL MI E2  Sawyer, MI [Removed]

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AGL MI E2  Marquette, MI [Revised]

Marquette, Sawyer International Airport, MI
    [Lat. 46 deg.21'13'' N., long. 87 deg.23'45'' W.)

    Within a 4.6-mile radius of Sawyer International Airport.
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Paragraph 6005  Class E airspace areas extending upward from 700 
feet or more above the surface of the earth.

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AGL MI E5  Sawyer, MI [Removed]

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AGL MI E5  K.I. Sawyer, MI [Removed]

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AGL MI E5  Marquette, MI [Revised]

Marquette, Sawyer International Airport, MI
    (Lat. 46 deg.21'13'' N., long. 87 deg.23'45'' W.)
Gwinn VOR/DME
    (Lat. 46 deg.21'32'' N., long. 87 deg.23'50'' W.)

    That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface 
within an 7.1-mile radius of the Sawyer International Airport, and 
that airspace extending upward from 1,200 feet above the surface 
within a 35.0-mile radius of the Gwinn VOR/DME.
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    Issued in Des Plaines, Illinois on September 10, 1999.
David B. Johnson,
Acting Manager, Air Traffic Division.
[FR Doc. 99-25855 Filed 10-4-99; 8:45 am]
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