[Federal Register: April 3, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 64)]
[Proposed Rules]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
14 CFR Part 71
[Docket No. FAA-2003-14608; Airspace Docket No. 03-AAL-2]
Proposed Amendment of Class E Airspace; Ambler, AK
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.
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SUMMARY: This action proposes to amend Class E airspace at Ambler, AK.
Two new Standard Instrument Approach Procedures (SIAP) are being
published for the Ambler Airport. Existing Class E airspace at Ambler
is insufficient to contain aircraft executing the new SIAPs. The new
approach procedure design will require a Terminal Arrival Area (TAA).
Adoption of this proposal would result in the
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addition of 1,200 ft. Class E airspace at Ambler, AK.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before May 19, 2003.
ADDRESSES: Send comments on the proposal to the Docket Management
System, U.S. Department of Transportation, Room Plaza 401, 400 Seventh
Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590-0001. You must identify the docket
number FAA-2003-14608/Airspace Docket No. 03-AAL-2, 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. and 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, Manager, Operations Branch, AAL-530, Federal
Aviation Administration, 222 West 7th Avenue, Box 14, Anchorage, AK
99513-7587.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Derril Bergt, AAL-538G, Federal
Aviation Administration, 222 West 7th Avenue, Box 14, Anchorage, AK
99513-7587; telephone number (907) 271-2796; fax: (907) 271-2850; e-
mail: Derril.CTR.Bergt@faa.gov. Internet address: http://www.alaska.faa.gov/at
.
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 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-2003-14608/
Airspace Docket No. 03-AAL-2.'' 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 notice 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 Notice of Proposed Rulemaking's (NPRM's)
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 the Code of Federal
Regulations (14 CFR Part 71) by adding to Class E airspace at Ambler,
AK. The intended effect of this proposal is to extend Class E airspace,
from 1,200 feet above the surface, to contain Instrument Flight Rules
operations at Ambler, AK.
The FAA Instrument Flight Procedures Production and Maintenance
Branch has developed two new SIAPs for the Ambler Airport. The new
approaches are (1) Area Navigation (Global Positioning System) (RNAV
GPS) Z Runway (RWY) 36, original; and (2) RNAV (GPS) Y Runway 36,
original. New Class E controlled airspace extending upward from 1,200
feet above the surface within a 47 mile radius of the Ambler Airport
would be created by this action. This amount of Class E airspace is
needed to provide for a Terminal Arrival Area (TAA) and to eliminate
small portions of unusable Class G airspace that have been created by
past rule-making actions. The proposed airspace is sufficient to
contain aircraft executing the new instrument procedures for the Ambler
Airport.
The area would be depicted on aeronautical charts for pilot
reference. The coordinates for this airspace docket are based on North
American Datum 83. The Class E airspace areas designated as 700/1200
foot transition areas are published in paragraph 6005 in FAA Order
7400.9K, Airspace Designations and Reporting Points, 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 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]
2. The incorporation by reference in 14 CFR 71.1 of Federal
Aviation
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Administration Order 7400.9K, Airspace Designations and Reporting
Points, dated August 30, 2002, and effective September 16, 2002, is to
be amended as follows:
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Paragraph 6005 Class E airspace extending upward from 700 feet or
more above the surface of the earth.
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AAL AK E5 Ambler, AK [Amended]
Ambler Airport, AK
(Lat. 67[deg]06'23' N., long. 157[deg]51'27'' W.)
Ambler NDB
(Lat. 67[deg]06'24'' N., long. 157[deg]51'29'' W.)
That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface
within a 6.3-mile radius of the Ambler Airport and within 3.5 miles
each side of the 193[deg] bearing of the Ambler NDB extending from
the 6.3 mile radius to 7.2 miles southwest of the airport; and that
airspace extending upward from 1,200 feet above the surface within a
47 mile radius of the Ambler Airport.
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Issued in Anchorage, AK, on March 26, 2003.
Trent S. Cummings,
Manager, Air Traffic Division, Alaskan Region.
[FR Doc. 03-8143 Filed 4-2-03; 8:45 am]
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