[Federal Register: January 6, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 4)]
[Proposed Rules]
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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-2005-23184; Airspace Docket No. 05-AWP-14]
Proposed Modification of Class E Airspace; Palm Springs, CA
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.
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SUMMARY: This notice proposes to modify the Class E airspace area at
Palm Springs, CA. The establishment of an Area Navigation (RNAV)
Required Navigation Performance (RNP) Y Instrument Approach Procedures
(IAP) to Runway (RWY) 13R and 31R at Palm Springs International
Airport, Palm Springs, CA has made this proposal necessary. Additional
controlled airspace extending upward from 700 feet or more above the
surface of the earth is needed to contain aircraft executing the RNAV
(RNP) YIAP to RWY 13R at Palm Springs International Airport. The
intended effect to this proposal is to provide adequate controlled
airspace for Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) operations at Palm Springs
International Airport, Palm Springs, CA.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before February 21, 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 the docket
number FAA-2005-23184/Airspace Docket No. 05-AWP-14 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 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 Western Terminal Operations,
Federal Aviation Administration, at 15000 Aviation Boulevard, Lawndale,
California 90261, telephone number (310) 725-6613.
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
the comments a self-addressed, stamped postcard on which the following
statement is made: ``Comments to Docket No. FAA-2005-23184/Airspace
Docket No. 05-AWP-14.'' 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
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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 document numbers for this notice. Persons interersted 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 procedures.
The Proposal
The FAA is considering an amendment to 14 CFR part 71 by modifying
the Class E airspace area at Palm Springs International Airport, Palm
Springs, CA. The establishment of a RNAV (RNP) Y IAP to RWY 13R at Palm
Springs International Airport has made this proposal necessary.
Additional controlled airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the
surface is needed to contain aircraft executing the RNAV (RNP) Y IAP to
RWY 13R at Palm Springs International Airport has made this proposal
necessary. The intended effect of this proposal is to provide adequate
controlled airspace for aircraft executing the RNAV (RNP) Y IAP to RWY
13R at Palm Springs International Airport, Palm Springs, CA. Class E
airspace designations are published in paragraph 6005 of FAA Order
7400.9N dated September 1, 2005, and effective September 16, 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
this Order.
The FAA has determined that this proposed regulation only involves
an established body of technical regualtions for which frequent and
routine amendments are necessary to keep them operationally current.
Therefore, this proposed regualtion--(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).
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Adoption of the Amendment
In consideration of the foregoing, the Federal Aviation
Administration amends 14 CFR part 71 as follows:
PART 71--DESIGNATION OF CLASS A, CLASS B, CLASS C, CLASS D, AND
CLASS E AIRSPACE AREAS; 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 7400.9N, Airspace Designations and
Reporting Points, dated September 1, 2005, and Effective, September 16,
2005, 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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AWP CA E5 Palm Springs, CA [Amended]
Palm Springs International Airport
(Lat. 33[deg]49'46'' N, long, 116[deg]30'24'' W)
That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface
beginning at lat. 34[deg]05'00'' N, long. 116[deg]34'03'' W; to lat.
34[deg]08'00'' N, long. 116[deg]30'00'' W; to lat. 34[deg]06'42'' N,
long. 116[deg]28'49'' W; to lat. 34[deg]03'00'' N, long.
116[deg]31'00'' W; to lat. 33[deg]42'45'' N, long. 115[deg]53'34''
W; to lat. 33[deg]26'00'' N, long. 116[deg]09'33'' W; to lat.
33[deg]55'00'' N, long. 116[deg]46'03'' W, to the point of
beginnning.
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Issued in Los Angeles, California, on December 22, 2005.
Stephen J. Lloyd,
Acting Area Director, Western Terminal Operations.
[FR Doc. 06-97 Filed 1-5-06; 8:45 am]
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