[Federal Register: March 31, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 62)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 16250-16251]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
14 CFR Part 71
[Docket FAA 2005-23157; Airspace Docket 05-ANM-15]
RIN 2120-AA66
Proposed Amendment to Class E Airspace; Kalispell, MT
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of proosed rulemaking (NPRM).
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SUMMARY: This action proposes to revise Class E surface airspace at
Kalispell, MT. This action is necessary for the safety of Instrument
Flight Rules (FR) aircraft executing Instrument Landing System (ILS)
approach procedures to the newly extended runway at Kalispell/Glacier
Park International Airport, Kalispell, MT.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before May 15, 2006.
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 FAA Docket
No. FAA-2005-23157 and Airspace Docket No. 05-ANM-15, at the beginning
of your comments. You may also submit comments through the Internet at
http://dms.dot.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ed Haeseker, Federal Aviation
Administration, Western En Route and Oceanic Area Office, Airspace
Branch, 1601 Lind Avenue, SW., Renton, WA 98055-4056; telephone (425)
227-2527.
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 (FAA Docket No.
2005-23157 and Airspace Docket No. 05-ANM-15) and be submitted in
triplicate to the Docket Management System (See ADDRESSES section for
address and phone number). You may also submit comments through the
Internet at http://dms.got.gov.
Commenters wishing to 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 FAA Docket No. 2005-23157 and Airspace Docket No. 05-ANM-15.'' 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 action 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 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 Federal Register's Web page at http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/index.html
.
You may review the public docket containing the proposal, any
comments received, and any final disposition in person in the Dockets
Office (see ADDRESSES section for address and phone number) between 9
a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. An
informal docket may also be examined during normal business hours at
the office of the Regional Air Traffic Division, Federal Aviation
Administration, Western En Route and Oceanic Area Office, Airspace
Branch, 1601 Lind Avenue, SW., Renton, WA 98055.
Persons interested in being placed on a mailing list for future
NPRMs should contact the FAA's Office of Rulemaking, (202) 267-9677,
for a copy of Advisory Circular No. 11-2A, Notice of proposed
Rulemaking Distribution System, which describes the application
procedures.
The Proposal
The FAA is proposing an amendment to Title 14 Code of Federal
Regulations (14 CFR) part 71 by revising the Class E surface airspace
area at Kalispell, MT. The runway was recently extended at Kalispell/
Glacier International Airport. Since the runway threshold was
relocated, this created a requirement for additional surface airspace
to accommodate aircraft arriving via the redesigned ILS approach
procedure. This action is necessary for the safety of IFR aircraft
executing ILS approach procedures at Kalispell/Glacier International
Airport, Kalispell, MT.
Class E airspace designations are published in paragraph 6000 of
FAA Order 7400.9N, Airspace Designations and Reporting Points, dated
September 1, 2005, and effective September 15, 2005, which is
incorporated by reference in 14 CFR 71.1. The Class E airspace
designation 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.
Therefore, this proposed regulation: (1) Is not a ``significant
regulatory action'' under Executive Order 12866: (2) is not a
``significant rule'' under Department of Transportation (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, when promulgated, will not have a
significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities
under the criteria of the Regulatory Flexibility Act.
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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, B, C, D, AND E AIRSPACE AREAS; AIR
TRAFFIC SERVICE 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 part 71.1 of the FAA
Order 7400.9N, Airspace Designations and Reporting Points, dated
September 1, 2005, and effective September 15, 2005, is amended as
follows:
Paragraph 6002--Class E Airspace
ANM MT E Kalispell, MT [Revised]
Kalispell/Glacier Park International Airport, MT
(Lat. 48[deg]18'38'' N., long. 114[deg]15'22'' W.)
Smith Lake NDB
(Lat. 48[deg]06'30'' N., long. 114[deg]27'40'' W.)
Within a 4.3-mile radius of the Kalispell/Glacier Park
International Airport, and within 1.8 miles each side of the
17[deg](M) 035[deg](T) bearing from the Smith Lake NDB extending
southwest from the 4.3-mile radius to the Smith Lake NBD.
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Issued in Seattle, Washington, on March 9, 2006.
R.D. Engelke,
Acting Area Director, Western En Route and Oceanic Operations.
[FR Doc. 06-3111 Filed 3-30-06; 8:45 am]
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