[Federal Register: May 22, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 99)]
[Proposed Rules]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
14 CFR Part 71
[Docket No. FAA 2003-15124; Airspace Docket No. 03-ASO-5]
Proposed Amendment of Class E5 Airspace; Augusta, GA
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.
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SUMMARY: This notice proposes to amend Class E5 airspace at Augusta,
GA. A Area Navigation (RNAV) Global Positioning System (GPS) Runway
(RWY) 17 Standard Instrument Approach Procedure (SIAP) to Augusta
Regional at Bush Field Airport has been developed. Additionally, it has
been determined a modification should be made to the Augusta, GA, Class
E5 airspace area to contain the Nondirectional Radio Beacon (NDB) or
GPS RWY 17 SIAP to Augusta Regional at Bush Field Airport. Controlled
airspace extending upward from 700 feet Above Ground Level (AGL) is
needed to contain these SIAPs.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before June 23, 2003.
ADDRESSES: Send comments on this 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-2003-15124/Airspace Docket No. 03-ASO-5, 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
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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 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-2003-15125/
Airspace Docket No. 03-ASO-5.'' 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 on 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
NPRMs 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 amend Class E5 airspace at
Augusta, GA. Class E airspace designations for airspace areas
designated as airspace areas extending upward from 700 feet or more
above the surface of the earth are published in Paragraph 6005 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(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 Administration Order 7400.9K, Airspace Designations and
Reporting Points, dated August 30, 2002, and effective September 16,
2002, is amended as follows: Paragraph 6005 Class E Airspace Areas
Extending Upward from 700 feet or More Above the Surface of the Earth.
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ASO GA E5 Augusta, GA [REVISED]
Augusta Regional At Bush Field Airport, GA
(Lat. 33[deg]22'12'' long. 81[deg]57'52'')
Bushe NDB
(Lat. 33[deg]17'13'' long. 81[deg]56'49'')
Emory NDB
(Lat. 33[deg]27'46'' long. 81[deg]59'49'')
Daniel Field
(Lat. 33[deg]27'59'' long. 82[deg]02'21'')
Burke County Airport
(Lat. 33[deg]02'28'' long. 82[deg]00'14'')
Burke County NDB
(Lat. 33[deg]02'33'' long. 82[deg]00'17'')
That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface
within an 8.2-mile radius of Augusta Regional At Bush Field Airport,
and within 8 miles west and 4 miles east of the 172[deg] bearing
from the Bushe NDB extending from the 8.2-mile radius to 16 miles
south of Bushe NDB, and within 8 miles west and 4 miles east of the
349[deg] bearing from the Emory NDB extending from the 8.2-mile
radius to 16 miles north of Emory NDB, and within a 6.3-mile radius
of Daniel Field, and within a 6.2-mile radius of Burke County
Airport and within 3.5 miles each side of the 243[deg] bearing from
the Burke County NDB extending from the 6.2-mile radius to 7 miles
southwest of the NDB.
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Issued in College Park, Georgia on May, 2003.
Walter R. Cochran,
Acting Manager, Air Traffic Division, Southern Region.
[FR Doc. 03-12818 Filed 5-21-03; 8:45 am]
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