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[Federal Register: March 30, 1994]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
14 CFR Part 71

[Airspace Docket No. 94-AWP-5]

 

Proposed Modification of Class E Airspace, Ukiah Municipal 
Airport; Ukiah, CA

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.

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SUMMARY: This notice proposes to amend Class E airspace at Ukiah 
Municipal Airport, Ukiah, CA, by establishing a class E surface area 
for the airport.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before May 11, 1994.

ADDRESSES: Send comments on the proposal in triplicate to: Federal 
Aviation Administration, Attn: Manager, System Management Branch, AWP-
530, Docket No. 94-AWP-5, Air Traffic Division, P.O. Box 92007, 
Worldway Postal Center, Los Angeles, California 90009.
    The official docket may be examined in the Office of the Assistant 
Chief Counsel, Western-Pacific Region, Federal Aviation Administration, 
Room 6007, 15000 Aviation Boulevard, Lawndale, California. An informal 
docket may also be examined during normal business hours at the Office 
of the Manager, System Management Branch, Air Traffic Division at the 
above address.

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) 297-0697.

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-
AWP-5.'' 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, 
15000 Aviation Boulevard, Lawndale, California, 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, AWP-530, 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 NRPM'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 a Class E surface 
area for an airport. The FAA is proposing to change the Class E 
airspace for Ukiah Municipal Airport, which has a 700 foot transition, 
to include an airport surface area. An Automated Weather Observing 
System (AWOS-3) has been installed at Ukiah Municipal Airport meeting 
the criterion for an airport surface area. The coordinates for this 
airspace are based on North American Datum 83. Class E airspace 
designated as a surface area for an airport is published in paragraph 
6002 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 36298; July 6, 1993). The Class E 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, 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 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 areas extending upward from 700 
feet or more above the surface of the earth.
* * * * *

AWP CA E5  Ukiah, CA [Revised]

Ukiah Municipal Airport, CA
    (lat. 39 deg.07'34''N, long. 123 deg.12'03''W)

Fortuna VORTAC (lat. 40 deg.40'17''N, long. 124 deg.14'04''W)
Mendocino VORTAC (lat. 39 deg.03'12''N, long. 123 deg.16'27''W)
Red Bluff VORTAC (lat. 40 deg.05'56''N, long. 122 deg.14'11''W)

    That airspace extending upward from 1,200 feet above the surface 
within a 17.4-mile radius the Mendocino VORTAC, excluding that 
airspace east of the western edge of V-25 and that airspace bounded 
by a line from lat. 39 deg.32'00''N, long. 123 deg.33'14''W; to lat. 
39 deg.32'00''N, long. 123 deg.11'34''W; to lat. 39 deg.21'37''N, 
long. 123 deg.04'54''W; to lat. 39 deg.19'07''N, long. 
123 deg.07'22''W, thence counterclockwise via the 17.4-mile radius 
of the Mendocino VORTAC to lat. 39 deg.19'04''N, long, 
123 deg.25'40''W; to lat. 39 deg.32'00''N, long. 123 deg.33'14''W. 
That airspace extending upward from 7,500 feet MSL south of the Red 
Bluff VORTAC between the 20.9- and 39.1-mile arcs of the Red Bluff 
VORTAC bounded on the northwest by the northwest edge of V-199 and 
on the southeast by the southeast edge of V-25. That airspace 
extending upward from 8,500 feet MSL south of the Red Bluff VORTAC 
bounded on the northeast by a 39.1-mile arc of the Red Bluff VORTAC, 
on the southeast by the southeast edge of V-25, on the south and 
southwest by the north edge of V-200 and a 17.4-mile arc of the 
Mendocino VORTAC, and on the northwest by the northwest edge of V-
199. That airspace extending upward from 9,500 feet MSL bounded on 
the southeast by the northwest edge of V-199 to lat. 
39 deg.21'37''N, long. 123 deg.04'54''W; to lat. 39 deg.32'00''N, 
long. 123 deg.11'34''W; to lat. 39 deg.32'00''N, long. 
123 deg.33'14''W, and on the west by the east edge of V-27, and on 
the north by a line 7.8 miles south of and parallel to the Red Bluff 
VORTAC 291 deg. and Fortuna VORTAC 110 deg. radii. That airspace 
extending upward from 5,300 feet MSL bounded on the east by the 
southwest edge of V-27 and on the west by the west/ southwest edge 
of V-494.
* * * * *
Paragraph 6002  Class E airspace designated as a surface area for an 
airport.
* * * * *

AWP CA E2  Ukiah, CA [New]

Ukiah Municipal Airport, CA
(lat. 39 deg.07'34''N. long. 123 deg.12'03''W)
Fortuna VORTAC (lat. 40 deg.40'17''N, long. 124 deg.14'04''W)
Mendocino VORTAC (lat. 39 deg.03'12''N, long. 123 deg.16'27''W)
Red Bluff VORTAC (lat. 40 deg.05'56''N. long. 122 deg.14'11''W)

    Within a 4.3-mile radius of the Ukiah Municipal Airport and 
within 1.8 miles each side of the 348 deg. bearing from the Ukiah 
Municipal Airport extending from the 4.3-mile radius to 16.2 miles 
north of the airport and that airspace within 1.8 miles each side of 
the 007 deg. bearing from the Ukiah Municipal Airport extending from 
the 4.3-mile radius to 8.6 miles north of the airport and that 
airspace within 1.8 miles west and 2.5 miles east of the 154 deg. 
bearing from the Ukiah Municipal Airport extending from the 4.3-mile 
radius to 11.3 miles south of the airport.
* * * * *
    Issued in Los Angeles, CA, on March 15, 1994.
Richard R. Lien,
Manager, Air Traffic Division Manager, Western-Pacific Region.
[FR Doc. 94-7455 Filed 3-29-94; 8:45 am]
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