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[FR Doc No: 94-10707]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
14 CFR Part 71

[Airspace Docket No. 94-AWP-6]

 

Proposed Establishment of Class E Airspace; Arcata, CA

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.

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SUMMARY: This action proposes to establish Class E airspace at Arcata, 
CA. An Instrument Landing System/Distance Measuring Equipment (ILS/DME) 
standard instrument approach procedure (SIAP) has been developed for 
the Arcata 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 Arcata 
Municipal Airport.

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

ADDRESSES: Send comments on the proposal in triplicate to Manger, 
System Management Branch, AWP-530, Air Traffic Division, Western-
Pacific Region, Federal Aviation Administration, Docket No. 94-AWP-6, 
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 Specialists, 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 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. 94-AWP-6.'' 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 
Arcata, CA. This proposal would provide adequate Class E airspace for 
IFR operators executing the ILS/DME approach at Arcata, CA. The 
coordinates for this airspace docket are based on North American Datum 
83. Class E airspace areas designated as transition areas for airports 
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 this 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

    Aviation safety, 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 areas extending upward from 700 
feet or more above the surface of the earth.
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AWP CA E5 Arcata, CA [Revised]

Arcata Municipal Airport, CA
    (lat. 40 deg.58'41'' N, long. 124 deg.06'31'' W)

    That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface 
within a 4 mile radius of the Arcata Municipal Airport and that 
airspace beginning at lat. 40 deg.29'00'' N., long. 124 deg.07'00'' 
W.; to lat. 40 deg.45'00'' N., long. 123 deg.50'00'' W.; to lat. 
41 deg.05'00'' N., long. 124 deg.05'00'' W.; to lat. 41 deg.03'00'' 
N., long. 124 deg.19'00'' W.; to lat. 40 deg.36'00'' N., long. 
124 deg.19'00'' W.; thence to the point of beginning.
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    Issued in Los Angeles, California, on April 15, 1994.
Richard R. Lien,
Manager, Air Traffic Division, Western-Pacific Region.
[FR Doc. 94-10707 Filed 5-3-94; 8:45 am]
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