[Federal Register: March 19, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 54)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 12992-12993]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
14 CFR Part 71
[Docket FAA-2003-16137; Airspace Docket 03-ANM-07]
Proposed Revision of Class E Airspace; Lexington, OR
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.
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SUMMARY: This proposal would revise the Class E. airspace at Lexington,
OR. New Area Navigation (RNAV) Global Positioning System (GPS) Standard
Instrument Approach Procedures (SIAPs) makes this proposal necessary.
Additional Class E airspace extending upward from 700 feet or more
above the surface of the earth is necessary for the safety of IFR
aircraft executing the new RNAV GPS SIAPs at Lexington Airport,
Lexington, OR.
DATES: Comments must be received by May 3, 2004.
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,
FAA-2003-16137; Airspace Docket 03-ANM-07, 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 dispositions in person in the
Docket Office between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except
Federal holidays. The Docket Office (telephone number 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, Northwest
Mountain Region, Federal Aviation Administration, Airspace Branch ANM-
520, 1601 Lind Avenue, SW., Renton, WA 98055.
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
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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 Docket
No. FAA 2003-16137; Airspace Docket 03-ANM-07, and be submitted in
triplicate to the address listed above. Commenters wishing the FAA to
acknowledge receipt of their comments on this action must submit, with
those comments, a self-addressed stamped postcard on which the
following statement is made: ``Comments to Docket FAA 2003-16137;
Airspace Docket 03-ANM-07.'' The postcard will be date/time stamped and
returned to the commenter.
Availability of NPRM
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, Airspace
Branch ANM-520, 1601 Lind Avenue, SW., Renton, WA 98055. Communications
must identify both document 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 procedures.
The Proposal
This action amends title 14 Code of Federal Regulations, part 71
(14 CFR part 71) by revising Class E airspace at Lexington, OR, New
RNAV GPS SIAPs makes this proposal necessary. Additional Class E
airspace extending upward from 700 feet or more above the surface of
the earth is necessary for the safety of IFR aircraft executing the new
RNAV GPS SIAPs at Lexington Airport, Lexington, OR.
Class E airspace designations are published in paragraph 6005 of
FAA Order 7400.9L dated September 2, 2003, and effective September 16,
2003, which is incorporated by reference in 14 CFR 71.1. The Class E
airspace designation listed in this document will be published
subsequently in this 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.
Therefore, this proposed regulation; (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 proposed rule would 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
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 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 the Federal
Aviation Administration Order 7400.9L, Airspace Designations and
Reporting Points, dated September 2, 2003, and effective September 16,
2003, 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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ANM OR E5 Lexington, OR [Revised]
Lexington Airport, Lexington, OR
(Lat 45[deg]27'15''N., long. 119[deg]41'25''W.)
That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface
of the earth within a 7.0 mile radius of the Lexington Airport; that
airspace extending upward from 1200 feet above the surface of the
earth beginning at lat. 45[deg]14'00'' N., long. 119[deg]33'00'' W.;
to lat. 45[deg]39'26'' N., long. 121[deg]08'59'' W.; to lat.
45[deg]48'00'' N., long. 121[deg]06'30'' W.; to lat. 45[deg]38'52''
N., long. 120[deg]09'00'' W.; to lat. 45[deg]36'12'' N., long.
119[deg]45'28'' W.; to lat. 45[deg]43'09'' N., long. 119[deg]11'57''
W.; to lat. 45[deg]31'26'' N., long. 119[deg]06'04'' W.; thence to
the beginning; excluding that airspace within Federal airways.
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Issued in Seattle, Washington, on February 27, 2004.
Raul C. Trevi[ntilde]o,
Acting Manager, Air Traffic Division, Northwest Mountain Region.
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