[Federal Register: April 15, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 72)]
[Proposed Rules]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
14 CFR Part 71
[Docket No. FAA 2003-1407; Airspace Docket No. 03-ASO-3]
Proposed Establishment of Class E2 Airspace, Proposed Amendment
of Class E5 Airspace; Waycross, GA
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.
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SUMMARY: This notice proposes to establish Class E2 airspace and amend
Class E5 airspace at Waycross, GA. The Ware County Airport Authority
has requested Class E2 surface area airspace at Waycross-Ware County
Airport to provide airport operations within controlled airspace.
Jacksonville Air Route Traffic Control Center (ARTCC) would provide air
traffic services at the airport and a federally commissioned automated
weather observing system is in operation. In order to conduct these
operations, Class E2 surface area must be established. This action
would establish Class E2 surface area airspace within a 4.1-radius of
the airport.
As a result of an evaluation, it has been determined a modification
should be made to the Waycross, GA, Class E5 airspace area to contain
the Nondirectional Radio Beacon (NDB) Runway (RWY) 18 Standard
Instrument Approach Procedure (SIAP) to Waycross-Ware County Airport.
Controlled airspace extending upward from 700 feet Above Ground Level
(AGL) is needed to contain the SIAP. Additionally, the 7-mile radius of
the Waycross-Ware County Airport would be reduced to a 6.6-mile radius.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before May 15, 2003.
ADDRESSES: Send comments on this proposal to the Docket Management
System, U.S. Departmental of Transportation, Room Plaza 401, 400
Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590-0001. You must identify the
docket number FAA-2003-14707/Airspace Docket No. 03-ASO-3, at the
beginning of your comments. You may also submit comments on the
Internet at http://dms.dot.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 a.m. to 5 p.m.,
Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. The Docket office
(telephone 1-800-647-5527) is on the plaza level of the Department of
Transportation NASSIF Building at the above address.
An informal docket may also be examined during normal business
hours at the office of the Regional Air Traffic Division, Federal
Aviation Administration, Room 550, 1701 Columbia Avenue, College Park,
Georgia 30337.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Walter R. Cochran, Manager, Airspace
Branch, Air Traffic Division, Federal Aviation Administration, P.O. Box
20636, Atlanta, Georgia 30320; telephone (404) 305-5627.
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
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docket numbers and be submitted in triplicate to the address listed
above. Commenters wishing the FAA to acknowledge receipt of their
comments on this notice must submit with those comments a self-
addressed, stamped postcard on which the following statement is made:
``Comments to Docket No. FAA-2003-14707/Airspace Docket No. 03-ASO-3.''
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 through the
Internet at http://dms.dot.gov. Recently published rulemaking documents
can also be accessed through the FAA's Web page at http://www.faa.gov
or the Superintendent of Document's Web page at http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara.
Additionally, any person may obtain a copy of
this notice by submitting a request to the Federal Aviation
Administration, Office of Air Traffic Airspace Management, ATA-400, 800
Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20591, or by calling (202)
267-8783. Communications must identify both docket numbers for this
notice. Persons interested in being placed on a mailing list for future
NPRM's should contact the FAA's Office of Rulemaking, (202) 267-9677,
to request a copy of Advisory Circular No. 11-2A, Notice of Proposed
Rulemaking Distribution System, which describes the application
procedure.
The Proposal
The FAA is considering an amendment to Part 71 of the Federal
Aviation regulations (14 CFR Part 71) to establish Class E2 airspace
and amend Class E5 airspace at Waycross, GA. Class E airspace
designations for airspace areas designated as surface areas and
airspace areas extending uupward from 700 feet or more above the
surface of the earth are published in Paragraphs 6002 and 6005
respectively, of FAA Order 7400.9K, dated August 30, 2002, and
effective September 16, 2002, which is incorporated by reference in 14
CFR 71.1. The Class E airspace designations listed in this document
would 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.
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, will not have a significant
economic impact on a substantial number of small entities under the
criteria of the Regulatory Flexibility Act.
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, 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(d); 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 Federal
Aviation Administration Order 7400.9K, Airspace Designations and
Reporting Points, dated August 30, 2002, and effective September 16,
2002, is amended as follows:
Paragraph 6002 Class E Airspace Designated as Surface Areas
* * * * *
ASO GA E2 Waycross [NEW]
Waycross--Ware County Airport, GA
(Lat. 31[deg]14'58'' long. 82[deg]23'43''.)
Waycross VORTAC
(Lat. 31[deg]16'10'' long. 82[deg]33'23''.)
Within a 4.1-mile radius of the Waycross--Ware County Airport,
within 1.2 miles each side of the 099[deg] radial from the Waycross
VORTAC, extending from the 4.1-mile radius to 4.7 miles west 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
* * * * *
ASO GA E5 Waycross [Revised]
Waycross--Ware County Airport, GA
(Lat. 31[deg]14'58'' long. 82[deg]23'44''.)
WIKET NDB
(Lat. 31[deg]19'28'' long. 82[deg]23'58''.)
That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface
within a 6.6-mile radius of Waycross--Ware County Airport, and
within 4 miles west and 8 miles east of the 003[deg] bearing from
the WIKET NDB extending from the 6.6-mile radius to 16 miles north
of the WIKET NDB; excluding that airspace within the Alma, GA, Class
E airspace area.
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Issued in College Park, Georgia on March 31, 2003.
Walter R. Cochran,
Acting Manager, Air Traffic Division, Southern Region.
[FR Doc. 03-9081 Filed 4-14-03; 8:45 am]
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