[Federal Register: October 20, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 202)] [Proposed Rules] [Page 55971-55972] From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov] [DOCID:fr20oc98-18] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Aviation Administration 14 CFR Part 71 [Airspace Docket No. 98-ANM-20] Proposed Revision of Class E Airspace; Buena Vista, CO AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT. ACTION: Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: This proposal would amend the Class E airspace at Buena Vista, CO, to provide additional controlled airspace to accommodate the development of a new Standard Instrument Approach Procedure (SIAP) utilizing the Global Positioning System (GPS) at the Buena Vista Municipal Airport. This new SIAP requires modification of airspace in order to contain Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) procedures. DATES: Comments must be received on or before December 4, 1998. ADDRESSES: Send comments on the proposal in triplicate to: Manager, Airspace Branch, ANM-520, Federal Aviation Administration, Docket No. 98-ANM-20, 1601 Lind Avenue SW, Renton, Washington 98055-4056. The official docket may be examined in the office of the Assistant Chief Counsel for the Northwest Mountain Region at the same address. An informal docket may also be examined during normal business hours in the office of the Manager, Air Traffic Division, Airspace Branch, at the address listed above. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dennis Ripley, ANM-520.6, Federal Aviation Administration, Docket No. 98-ANM-20, 1601 Lind Avenue SW, Renton, Washington 98055-4056; telephone number: (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 the airspace docket number 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 Airspace Docket No. 98- ANM-20.'' 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 proposal rule. The proposal contained in this notice may be changed in the light of comments received. All comments submitted will be available for examination at the address listed above 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's Any person may obtain a copy of this NRPM by submitting a request to the Federal Aviation Administration, Airspace Branch, ANM-520, 1601 Lind Avenue SW, Renton, Washington 98055-4056. Communications must identify the notice number of this NPRM. Persons interested in being placed on a mailing list for future NPRM's should also request a copy of Advisory Circular No. 11-2A, which describes the application procedure. The Proposal The FAA is considering an amendment to Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations, part 71 (14 CFR part 71) to revise Class E airspace at Buena Vista, CO. This amendment would provide additional airspace necessary to fully encompass the GPS Runway 33 SIAP to the Buena Vista Municipal Airport, Buena Vista, CO. This amendment proposes to add Class E airspace additions in order to accommodate the holding pattern and missed approach area for the SIAP. The FAA establishes Class E airspace extending upward from 700 feet AGL where necessary to contain aircraft transitioning between the terminal and en route environments. The intended effect of this proposal is designed to provide safe and efficient use of the navigable airspace and to promote safe flight operations under IFR at the Buena Vista Municipal Airport and between the terminal and en route transition stages. The area would be depicted on aeronautical charts for pilot reference. The coordinates for this airspace docket are based on North American Datum 83. Class E airspace areas extending upward from 700 feet or more above the surface of the earth, are published in Paragraph 6005 of FAA Order 7400.9F dated September 10, 1998, and effective September 16, 1998, 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). 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 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 7400.9F, Airspace Designations and Reporting Points, dated September 10, 1998, and effective [[Page 55972]] September 16, 1998, is amended as follows: Paragraph 6005 Class E airspace areas extending upward from 700 feet or more above the surface of the earth. * * * * * ANM CO E5 Buena Vista, CO [Revised] Buena Vista, Buena Vista Municipal Airport, CO (Lat. 38 deg.48'51''N, long. 106 deg.07'14''W) That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface within a 4.7-mile radius of the Buena Vista Municipal Airport; that airspace extending upward from 1,200 feet above the surface bounded by a line beginning at lat. 39 deg.01'35''N, long. 105 deg.53'15''W; to lat. 38 deg.59'40''N, long. 105 deg.45'45''W; to lat. 38 deg.52'40''N, long. 105 deg.38'40''W; to lat. 38 deg.33'50''N, long. 105 deg.36'50''W; to lat. 38 deg.26'30''N, long. 105 deg.42'30''W; to lat. 38'25'20''N, long. 106 deg.18'45''W; to lat. 38 deg.33'20''N, long. 106 deg.22'20''W; to lat. 38 deg.36'10''N, long. 106 deg.12'50''W; to lat. 38 deg.51'25''N, long. 106 deg.13'25''W; thence to point of beginning; excluding that airspace within Federal Airways, and the Leadville, CO, Class E airspace area. * * * * * Issued in Seattle, Washington, on October 5, 1993. Glenn A. Adams III, Assistant Manager, Air Traffic Division, Northwest Mountain Region. [FR Doc. 98-28043 Filed 10-19-98; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4910-13-M