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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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