[Federal Register: August 20, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 161)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 50081-50082]
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Proposed Rules
Federal Register
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This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER contains notices to the public of
the proposed issuance of rules and regulations. The purpose of these
notices is to give interested persons an opportunity to participate in
the rule making prior to the adoption of the final rules.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
14 CFR Part 71
[Docket No. FAA-2003-1587; Airspace Docket No. 03-ASO)-13]
Proposed Amendment of Class E Airspace; Maxton, NC
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 Maxton, NC.
A Area Navigation (RNAV) Global Positioning System (GPS) Standard
Instrument Approach Procedure (SIAP), helicopter point in space
approach, has been developed for Scotland Memorial Hospital,
Laurinburg, NC. As a result, controlled airspace extending upward from
700 feet Above Ground Level (AGL) is needed to contain the SIAP.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before September 19, 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-/15847 Airspace Docket No. 03-ASO)-13, 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: 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-2003-15847/
Airspace Docket No. 03-ASO-13.'' 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. All comments submitted
will be available for examination in the Office of the Regional Counsel
for Southern Region, Room 550, 1701 Columbia Avenue, College Park,
Georgia 30337, 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 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 amend Class E5 airspace at
Maxton, NC. Class E airspace designations for 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 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.
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).
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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 NC E5 Maxton, NC [Revised]
Maxton, Laurinburg--Maxton Airport, NC
(Lat. 34[deg]47'31'' N, long. 79[deg]21'57'' W)
Sandhills VORTAC
(Lat. 35[deg]12'56'' N, long. 79[deg]35'17'' W)
Scotland Memorial Hospital
Point In Space Coordinates
(Lat. 34[deg]45'49'' N, long. 79[deg]28'10'' W)
That airspace extending upward from 700 feet or more above the
surface within a 7-mile radius of the Laurinburg-Maxton Airport and
within 2.5-miles each side of the Sandhills VORTAC 157[deg] radial,
extending from the 7-mile radius to 19 miles southeast of the
airport, and that airspace within a 6-mile radius of the point in
space (lat. 34[deg]45'49'' N, long. 79[deg]28'10'' W) serving
Scotland Memorial Hospital.
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Issued in College Park, Georgia, on August 13, 2003.
Walter R. Cochran,
Acting Manager, Air Traffic Division, Southern Region.
[FR Doc. 03-21320 Filed 8-19-03; 8:45 am]
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