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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
14 CFR Part 71

[Airspace Docket No. 93-ANM-35]

 

Proposed Establishment of Class D Airspace; Hailey, ID

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.

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SUMMARY: This notice proposes to establish Class D airspace at Friedman 
Memorial Airport, Hailey, Idaho. Midwest ATC Service, Inc., operates a 
control tower at Friedman Memorial Airport with an associated airport 
traffic area. Airspace Reclassification, which became effective 
September 16, 1993, discontinued the use of the term ``airport traffic 
area'' and eliminated those ATA's not already designated to become 
Class D airspace. As a result, the requirement for two-way radio 
communication with the control tower at Friedman Memorial Airport 
lapsed. The intended effect of this proposal is to provide adequate 
Class D airspace to contain instrument flight rules (IFR) operations 
and continue the two-way radio communication requirement at Friedman 
Memorial Airport.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before February 18, 1994.

ADDRESSES: Send comments on the proposal in triplicate to: Manager, 
System Management Branch, ANM-530, Federal Aviation Administration, 
Docket No. 93-ANM-35, 1601 Lind Avenue SW., Renton, Washington 98055-
4056. Telephone: (206) 227-2530.
    The official docket may be examined at the same address.
    An informal docket may also be examined during normal business 
hours at the address listed above.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Robert Brown, Airspace and Procedures Specialist, ANM-535, Federal 
Aviation Administration, Docket No. 93-ANM-35, 1601 Lind Avenue SW., 
Renton, Washington 98055-4056. Telephone: (206) 227-2536.

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 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. 93-ANM-
35.'' 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 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 Notice of Proposed Rulemaking 
(NPRM) by submitting a request to the Federal Aviation Administration, 
System Management Branch, ANM-530, 1601 Lind Avenue, SW., Renton, 
Washington 98055-4056. Cummunications must identify the notice number 
of this NPRM. Persons interested in being placed on 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 part 71 of the Federal 
Aviation Regulations (14 CFR part 71) to establish Class D airspace at 
Friedman Memorial Airport, Hailey, Idaho. Midwest ATC Service, Inc., 
operates a control tower at Friedman Memorial Airport with an 
associated airport traffic area (ATA). Airspace reclassification, which 
became effective September 16, 1993, discontinued the use of the term 
``airport traffic area'' and, for control zones with operating control 
towers, replaced it with the designation ``Class D airspace.'' Only 
ATA's already designated to become Class D airspace continued to exist; 
Friedman Memorial Airport was not so designated. As a result, the 
requirement for two-way radio communication with the control tower at 
Friedman Memorial Airport lapsed. The intended effect of this proposal 
is to provide adequate Class D airspace to contain IFR operations and 
continue the two-way communication requirement at Friedman Memorial 
Airport. The coordinates for this airspace docket are based on North 
American Datum 83. Class D airspace is published in paragraph 5000 of 
FAA Order 7400.9A, dated June 17, 1993, and effective September 16, 
1993, which is incorporated by reference in 14 CFR 71.1 as of September 
16, 1993 (58 FR 36398; July 6, 1993). The Class D airspace listed in 
the 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 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

    Aviation, Incorporation by reference, Navigation (air).

The Proposed Amendment

    In consideration of the foregoing, the Federal Aviation 
Administration proposes to amend part 71 as follows:

PART 71--[AMENDED]

    1. The authority citation for 14 CFR part 71 continues to read as 
follows:

    Authority: 49 U.S.C. app. 1348(a), 1354(a), 1510; E.O. 10854, 24 
FR 9565, 3 CFR, 1959-1963 Comp., p. 389; 49 U.S.C. 106(g); 14 CFR 
11.69.


Sec. 71.1  [Amended]

    2. The incorporation by reference in 14 CFR 71.1 of the Federal 
Aviation Administration Order 7400.9A.

Paragraph 5000--General

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ANM ID D Hailey, Idaho [New]

Friedman Memorial Airport, Hailey, ID
    (lat. 43 deg.30'17'' N, long. 114 deg.17'48'' W)

    That airspace extending upward from the surface to and including 
7800 feet MSL within a 4.1-mile radius of the Friedman Memorial 
Airport. This Class D airspace area is effective during the 
specified dates and times established in advance by a Notice to 
Airman. The effective date and time will thereafter be continuously 
published in the Airport/Facility Directory.
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    Issued in Seattle, Washington, on December 27, 1993.
Temple H. Johnson, Jr.,
Manager, Air Traffic Division, Northwest Mountain Region.
[FR Doc. 94-776 Filed 1-11-94; 8:45 am]
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