[Federal Register: March 30, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 61)]
[Proposed Rules]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
14 CFR Part 71
[Docket No. FAA-2007-27594; Airspace Docket 07-ASO-3]
Proposed Establishment of Class D and E Airspace; Aguadilla, PR
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.
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SUMMARY: This notice proposes to establish Class D and E4 airspace at
Aguadilla, PR. A Federal contract tower with a weather reporting system
is being constructed at Rafael Hernandez Airport. Therefore, the
airport will meet criteria for Class D and E4 airspace Class D and E4
surface area airspace is required when the control tower is open to
contain Standard Instrument Approach Procedures (SIAPs) and other
Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) operations at the airport. This action
would establish Class D and E4 airspace extending upward from the
surface to and including 2,700 feet MSL within a 4.5-mile radius of the
airport and within 2.4 miles each side of the Borinquen VORTAC 257[deg]
radial extending from the 4.5 mile radius to 7 miles west of the
VORTAC.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before April 30, 2007.
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-2007-27594 Airspace Docket No. 07-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. 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, Room 550, 1701 Columbia Avenue, College Park,
Georgia 30337.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark D. Ward, Manager, System Support,
Eastern Service Center, 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-2007-27594/
Airspace Docket No. 07-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 the
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 D and E4
airspace at Aguadilla, PR. Class D and E4 airspace designations for
airspace areas extending upward from the surface of the earth are
published in Paragraphs 5000 and 6000 of FAA Order 7400.9P, dated
September 1, 2006, and effective September 15, 2006, which is
incorporated by reference in 14 CFR 71.1. The Class D and E4 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 ``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 7400.9P, Airspace Designations and
Reporting Points, dated September 1, 2006, and effective September 15,
2006, is amended as follows:
Paragraph 5000 Class D Airspace.
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ASO PR D Aguadilla, PR [New]
Rafael Hernandez Airport, PR
(Lat. 18[deg]29'42'' N, long. 67[deg]07'46'' W)
That airspace extending upward from the surface to and including
2,700 feet MSL within a 4.5-mile radius of the Rafael Hernandez
Airport. This Class D airspace area is effective during the specific
days and times established in advance by a Notice to Airmen. The
effective days and times will
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thereafter be continuously published in the Airport/Facility
Directory.
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Paragraph 6000 Class E Airspace.
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ASO PR E4 Aguadilla, PR [NEW]
Rafael Hernandez Airport, PR
(Lat. 18[deg]29'42'' N, long. 67[deg]07'46'' W)
Borinquen VORTAC
(Lat. 18[deg]29'53'' N, long. 67[deg]06'30'' W)
That airspace extending upward from the surface within 2.4 miles
each side of the Borinquen VORTAC 257[deg] radial extending from the
4.5 mile radius to 7 miles west of the VORTAC. This Class E airspace
area is effective during the specific days and times established in
advance by a Notice to Airmen. The effective days and times will
thereafter be continuously published in the Airport/Facility
Directory.
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Issued in College Park, Georgia, on March 21, 2007.
Mark D. Ward,
Group Manager, System Support Group, Eastern Service Center.
[FR Doc. 07-1545 Filed 3-29-07; 8:45 am]
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