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[FR Doc No: 94-1723]


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[Federal Register: January 27, 1994]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
14 CFR Part 71

[Airspace Docket No. 93-AWP-25]

 

Proposed Establishment of Class E Airspace; Bullhead City, AZ

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.

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SUMMARY: This notice proposes to establish Class E airspace at Bullhead 
City, AZ. A Very High Frequency Omnidirectional Range/Distance 
Measuring Equipment (VOR/DME) standard instrument approach procedure 
(SIAP) has been developed for the Bullhead Laughlin Municipal Airport. 
Controlled airspace extending from 700 feet above the surface is needed 
for aircraft executing the approach. The intended effect of this 
proposal is to provide adequate Class E airspace for instrument flight 
rules (IFR) operations at Bullhead Laughlin Municipal Airport.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before March 15, 1994.

ADDRESSES: Send comments on the proposal in triplicate to Manager, 
System Management Branch, AWP-530, Air Traffic Division, Western-
Pacific Region, Federal Aviation Administration, Docket No. 93-AWP-25, 
15000 Aviation Boulevard, Lawndale, California 90261. The official 
docket may be examined in the Office of the Assistant Chief Counsel for 
the Western-Pacific Region at the same address. An informal docket may 
also be examined during normal business hours in the Office of the 
Manager, System Management Branch, Air Traffic Division, at the address 
shown above.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Scott Speer, Airspace Specialist, System Management Branch, AWP-530, 
Air Traffic Division, Western-Pacific Region, Federal Aviation 
Administration, 15000 Aviation Boulevard, Lawndale, California 90261, 
telephone (310) 297-1658.

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 the comments a self-addressed, stamped postcard on which 
the following statement is made: ``Comments to Airspace Docket No. 93-
AWP-25.'' 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 light of comments received. All comments submitted will be available 
for examination in the System Management Branch, Air Traffic Division, 
at 15000 Aviation Boulevard, Lawndale, California 90261, 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, P.O. Box 92007, Worldway Postal Center, Los 
Angeles, California 90009. 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 procedures.

The Proposal

    The FAA is considering an amendment to part 71 of the Federal 
Aviation Regulations (14 CFR part 71) to establish Class E airspace at 
Bullhead City, AZ. The intended effect of this proposal is to provide 
adequate Class E airspace for IFR operators executing the VOR/DME 
approach at Bullhead Laughlin, AZ. The coordinates for this airspace 
docket are based on North American Datum 83. Class E airspace areas are 
published in paragraph 6005 of FAA Order 7400.9A dated June 17, 1993, 
and effective September 16, 1993, which is incorporated by reference in 
14 CFR 71.1 (58 FR 36298; July 6, 1993). The Class E airspace 
designation listed in this document will 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 10034; 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, Transition areas.

The Proposed Amendment

    In consideration of the foregoing, the Federal Aviation 
Administration proposes to amend 14 CFR part 71 as follows:

PART 71--[AMENDED]

    1. The authority citation for 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, Airspace Designations and 
Reporting Points, dated June 17, 1993, and effective September 16, 
1993, is amended as follows:

    Paragraph 6005 Class E airspace extending upward from 700 feet 
or more above the surface of the earth.
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AWP AZ E5 Bullhead City, AZ [New]

Bullhead Laughlin Municipal Airport, AZ
    (lat. 35 deg.08'26'' N, long. 114 deg.33'35'' W)

    The airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface 
bounded by a line beginning at lat. 34 deg.57'00'' N., long. 
114 deg.33'00'' W.; to lat. 35 deg.28'00'' N., long. 114 deg.39'00'' 
W.; to lat. 35 deg.29'00'' N., long. 114 deg.28'00'' W.; to lat. 
34 deg.57'30'' N., long. 114 deg.26'30'' W.; to the point of 
beginning.
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    Issued in Los Angeles, California, on January 5, 1994.
Richard R. Lien,
Manager, Air Traffic Division, Western-Pacific Region.
[FR Doc. 94-1723 Filed 1-26-94; 8:45 am]
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