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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
14 CFR Part 71

[Airspace Docket No. 94-AAL-03]

 

Proposed Revision of Class E Airspace, Juneau and Dillingham, AK

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.

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SUMMARY: This notice proposes to revise Class E airspace at Juneau and 
Dillingham, AK. The FAA is preparing to develop and test Differential 
Global Positioning System (DGPS) instrument approach procedures at the 
Juneau Airport and additional controlled airspace starting at 700 feet 
above the surface, a 700 foot transition area, is needed for instrument 
flight rules (IFR) departure and arrival operations at the airport. In 
order to ensure holding patterns recently developed for use at 
Dillingham (DLG) are in controlled airspace, additional controlled 
airspace starting at 1200 feet above the surface, a 1200 foot 
transition area, is needed. Airspace Reclassification, in effect as of 
September 16, 1993, discontinued the use of the terms ``700 foot 
transition area and 1200 foot transition area'' and in its place uses 
the term ``Class E airspace'' for 700 foot and 1200 foot transition 
areas. The intended effect of this proposal is to provide adequate 
Class E airspace for IFR operations in controlled airspace.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before April 30, 1994.

ADDRESSES: Send comments on the proposal in triplicate to: Manager, 
System Management Branch, AAL-530, Federal Aviation Administration, 
Docket No. 94-AAL-03, 222 West 7th Ave. Box 14, Anchorage, AK 99513-
7587.

    The official docket may be examined in the Office of the Assistant 
Chief Counsel for the Alaskan 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:
Robert C. Durand, System Management Branch, AAL-531, Federal Aviation 
Administration, 222 West 7th Ave. Box 14, Anchorage, AK 99513-7587; 
telephone number: (907) 271-5898.

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. 94-
AAL-03.'' 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, 
222 West 7th Ave., Anchorage, AK, 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, AAL-530, 222 West 7th 
Ave. Box 14, Anchorage, AK 99513-7587. 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 modify Class E airspace at 
Juneau, and Dillingham, AK. The Alaskan Region Flight Standards 
Division is preparing to conduct tests and establish IFR approach and 
departure procedures using DGPS at the Juneau Airport. Controlled 
airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface within an 
area beginning at lat. 57 deg.50'00'' N, long. 134 deg.00'00'' W; to 
lat. 58 deg.20'00'' W, long. 134 deg.00'00'' W; to lat. 58 deg.39'00'' 
N, long. 134 deg.47'00''; to lat. 58 deg.33'00'' W, long. 
136 deg.36'00'' W; to point of beginning, in addition to the existing 
1200 foot transition area, is needed for IFR operations for the 
airport. Two DME holdings fixes (INDRA and POWEE) have been developed 
for holding at the Dillingham Airport. Additional controlled airspace 
from 1200 feet above the surface within a 22-mile radius of the 
Dillingham collocated very high frequency omnidirectional range and 
ultra high frequency distance measuring equipment (VOR/DME) extending 
clockwise from the 308 radial to the 059 radial, 1200 foot transition 
areas, is needed for IFR operations. Airspace Reclassification, in 
effect as of September 16, 1993, discontinued the use of the term 
``transition area'' and in its place uses the term ``Class E airspace'' 
for 700 and 1200 foot transition areas. The coordinates for this 
airspace docket are based on North American Datum 83. Class E airspace 
areas designated as 700/1200 foot transition 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 would be published subsequently in the Order.
    The FAA has determined that these proposed regulations only involve 
an established body of technical regulations for which frequent and 
routine amendments are necessary to keep them operationally current. 
It, therefore--(l) 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--[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 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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ALL AK E5 Juneau, AK [Revised]

Juneau International Airport, AK
    (lat. 58 deg.21'18'' N, long. 134 deg.34'34'' W)
Coghilan Island NDB
    (lat. 58 deg.21'34'' N, long. 134 deg.41'58'' W)
    Sisters Island VORTAC
    (lat. 58 deg.10'40'' N, long. 135 deg.15'32'' W)

    That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface 
within an area beginning at lat. 57 deg.50'00'' N, long. 
134 deg.00'00'' W; to lat. 58 deg.20'00'' N, long. 134 deg.00'00'' 
W; to lat. 58 deg.39'00'' N, long. 134 deg.47'00'' W.to lat. 
58 deg.33'00'' N, long. 136 deg.36'00'' W; to lat. 57 deg.50'00'' N, 
long. 135 deg.40'00'' W; to the point of beginning; and that 
airspace extending upward from 1,200 feet above the surface within a 
51-mile radius of Sisters Island VORTAC extending clockwise from the 
272 deg. radial to the 145 deg. radial of the VORTAC and within a 
23-mile radius of the VORTAC extending clockwise from the 145 deg. 
radial to the 272 deg. radial; and that airspace extending upward 
from 12,500 feet MSL within 4 miles each side of the Sisters Island 
VORTAC 302 deg. radial extending from the 51-mile radius to 51.3 
miles northwest of the VORTAC thence widening to 5.2 miles each side 
of the Sisters Island VORTAC 302 deg. radial of 60 miles northwest 
of the VORTAC; and that airspace extending upward from 1,200 feet 
above the surface within 4.4 miles of the Coghilan Island NDB 
151 deg. bearing extending from the Sisters Island VORTAC 51-mile 
radius to 74 miles southeast of the NDB.
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ALL AK E5 Dillingham, AK [Revised]

Dillingham Airport, AK
    (lat. 59 deg.02'40'' N, long. 158 deg.30'20'' W)
Dillingham VOR/DME
    (lat. 58 deg.59'39'' N, long. 158 deg.33'08'' W)

    That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface 
within a 6.6-mile radius of Dillingham Airport and within 3 miles 
each side of the 205 deg. radial of the Dillingham VOR/DME extending 
from the 6.6-mile radius to 13.1 miles southwest of the airport; and 
that airspace extending upward from 1,200 feet above the surface 
within a 22-mile radius of the VOR/DME extending clockwise from the 
308 deg. radial to the 059 deg. radial of the VOR/DME.
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    Issued in Anchorage, AK, on February 23, 1994.
Gene Cowgill,
Acting Manager, Air Traffic Division, Alaskan Region.
[FR Doc. 94-6401 Filed 3-17-94; 8:45 am]
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