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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
14 CFR Part 71

[Airspace Docket No. 93-ANE-75]

 

Proposed Establishment of Class E Airspace; Eastport, ME

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.

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SUMMARY: This notice proposes to establish Class E airspace at 
Eastport, ME. A review of proposed standard instrument approach 
procedures (SIAP's) for Eastport Municipal Airport shows a need for 
controlled airspace upward from 700 feet above the surface to contain 
instrument flight rules (IFR) operations at the airport. The intended 
effect of this proposal is to provide adequate Class E airspace for IFR 
operators who will be executing the proposed SIAP's.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before April 14, 1994.

ADDRESSES: Send comments on the proposal in triplicate to: Manager, 
System Management Branch, ANE-530, Federal Aviation Administration, 12 
New England Executive Park, Burlington, MA 01803-5299; telephone (617) 
238-7532; fax (617) 238-7560.
    The official docket may be examined in the Office of the Assistant 
Chief Counsel for the New England Region, ANE-7, 12 New England 
Executive Park, Burlington, MA 01803-5299; telephone (617) 238-7050; 
fax (617) 238-7055.
    An informal docket may also be examined during normal business 
hours in the Office of the Manager, System Management Branch, Air 
Traffic Division, ANE-530, at the first address shown above.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Charles M. Taylor, System Management Branch, ANE-530, Federal Aviation 
Administration, 12 New England Executive Park, Burlington, MA 01803-
5299; telephone (617) 238-7532; fax (617) 238-7560.

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. Commentators 
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: ``Comment to Airspace Docket No. 
93-ANE-75.'' 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 12 New England Executive Park, Burlington, MA 02108-5299, 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, Air Traffic Division, 12 New England 
Executive Park, Burlington, MA 02108-5299. 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 part 71 of the Federal 
Aviation Regulations (14 CFR part 71) to establish Class E airspace at 
Eastport, ME. Standard instrument approach procedures (SIAP's) are 
proposed for the Eastport Municipal Airport and controlled airspace 
extending upward from 700 feet above the surface is needed to contain 
IFR operations using those SIAP's at the airport. The intended effect 
of this proposal is to provide adequate Class E airspace for IFR 
operators executing the proposed SIAP's at Eastport Municipal Airport. 
The coordinates for this airspace docket are based on North American 
Datum 83. Class E airspace areas extending from 700 feet above the 
surface 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 designations listed in this document would be published 
subsequently in the Order.
    The FAA has determined that this proposed regulation involves only 
an established body of technical regulations for which frequent and 
routine amendments are necessary to keep these regulations 
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 economic cost will be so 
minimal. Since this is a routine matter that will only affect air 
traffic procedures and air navigation, the FAA certifies 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

    Airspace, Incorporation by reference, Navigation (air).

The Proposed Amendment

    In consideration of the foregoing, the Federal Aviation 
Administration proposed 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:

Subpart E--Class E Airspace

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    Paragraph 6005  Class E airspace areas extending upward from 700 
feet or more above the surface.
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ANE ME E5 Eastport, ME [New]

Eastport Municipal Airport, ME
    (lat. 45 deg.54'35'' N, long. 67 deg.00'44'' W)

    That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface 
within a 7.4-mile radius of the Eastport Municipal Airport, 
excluding that airspace outside of the United States.
* * * * *
    Issued in Burlington, Massachusetts, on February 8, 1994.
Francis J. Johns,
Manager, Air Traffic Division, New England Region.
[FR Doc. 94-5777 Filed 3-10-94; 8:45 am]
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