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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
14 CFR Part 71

[Airspace Docket No. 94-AWP-8]

 

Proposed Establishment of Class D and Class E Airspace; Bullhead 
City, AZ

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.

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SUMMARY: This action proposes to establish Class D and Class E airspace 
at Bullhead City, AZ. An airport control tower has been commissioned at 
Laughlin/Bullhead Municipal Airport. This proposal would provide 
adequate Class D airspace for instrument flight rules (IFR) operations 
and require two-way communications at Laughlin/Bullhead Municipal 
Airport, and would establish Class E airspace for instrument approach 
procedures in areas outside the Class D surface area.

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

ADDRESSES: Send comments on proposal in triplicate to Manager, System 
Management Branch, AWP-530, Air Traffic Division, Western-Pacific 
Region, Federal Aviation Administration, Docket No. 94-AWP-8, 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 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 the comments a self-addressed, stamped postcard on which 
the following statement is made: ``Comments to Airspace Docket No. 94-
AWP-8.'' 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 procedure.

The Proposal

    The FAA is considering an amendment to part 71 of the Federal 
Aviation Regulations (14 CFR part 71) to establish Class D airspace 
with Class E arrival extensions at Bullhead City, AZ. An airport 
traffic control tower was commissioned at Laughlin/Bullhead Municipal 
Airport. This proposal would provide adequate Class D and E airspace 
for IFR operations and require two-way radio communications at 
Laughlin/Bullhead Municipal Airport.
    The coordinates for this airspace docket are based on North 
American Datum 83. Class D airspace designations are published in 
Paragraph 5000 and Class E airspace areas designated as extensions to 
Class D surface areas are published in Paragraph 6004 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 D and Class E airspace designations 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

    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 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. 71.7  [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 5000  General

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AWP CA D Bullhead City, AZ [New]

Laughlin/Bullhead Municipal Airport, AZ
    (lat. 35 deg.08'50'' N., long. 114 deg.33'32'' W.)
* * * * *
    That airspace extending upward from the surface to and including 
2,500 feet AGL within a 4.2 mile radius of the Laughlin/Bullhead 
Municipal Airport; excluding that airspace west of a line 1.8 miles 
west of and parallel to the north-south runway. This Class D airspace 
is effective during the specific dates and times established in advance 
by a Notice to Airmen. The effective date and time will thereafter be 
continuously published in the Airport/Facility Directory.
* * * * *

Paragraph 6004  Class E Airspace as Designated as an Extension to a 
Class D Surface Area

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AWP CA E4 Bullhead City, AZ [New]

(lat. 35 deg.08'50'' N., long. 114 deg.33'32'' W.)
    That airspace extending upward from the surface bounded by a 
line beginning at lat. 34 deg.57'00'' N., long. 114 deg.33'00'' W.; 
to lat. 35 deg.28'00'' N., long. 114 deg.39'00'' W.; to lat. 
35 deg.29'00'' N., long. 114 deg.20'28'' W.; to lat. 34 deg.57'30'' 
N., long. 114 deg.26'30'' W.; to the point of beginning.
    This Class E airspace is effective during the specific dates and 
times established in advance by a Notice to Airmen. The effective 
date and time will thereafter be continuously published in the 
Airport/Facility Directory.
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    Issued in Los Angeles, California, on April 22, 1994.
Richard R. Lien,
Manager, Air Traffic Division, Western-Pacific Region.
[FR Doc. 94-11407 Filed 5-10-94; 8:45 am]
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