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                                                   VOL. 59, NO. 159

                                          Thursday, August 18, 1994

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Airspace Docket No. 94-AEA-02]

 

Proposed Establishment of Class E5 Airspace; Hazelton, PA

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.

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SUMMARY: This notice proposes to establish Class E5 airspace in the 
vicinity of Hazelton, PA, for aircraft operating under instrument 
flight rules (IFR) to and from the Hazelton Municipal Airport. The 
intended effect of this proposed action is to keep Class E airspace in 
the vicinity of Hazelton, PA operationally current.

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

ADDRESSES: Send comments on the rule in triplicate to: Michael 
Sammartino, Acting Manager, System Management Branch, AEA-530, Docket 
No. 94-AEA-02, F.A.A. Eastern Region, Fitzgerald Federal Building #111, 
John F. Kennedy Int'l Airport, Jamaica, NY 11430.
    The official docket may also be examined in the Office of the 
Assistant Chief Counsel, AEA-7, F.A.A. Eastern Region, Fitzgerald 
Federal Building #111, John F. Kennedy International Airport, Jamaica, 
New York 11430.
    An informal docket may also be examined during normal business 
hours in the System Management Branch, AEA-530, F.A.A. Eastern Region, 
Fitzgerald Federal Building #111, John F. Kennedy International 
Airport, Jamaica, NY 11430.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Frank Jordan, Designated Airspace Specialist, System Management Branch, 
AEA-530, F.A.A. Eastern Region, Fitzgerald Federal Building #111, John 
F. Kennedy International Airport, Jamaica, New York 11430; telephone: 
(718) 553-0857.

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-
AEA-02.'' The postcard will be date/time stamped and returned to the 
commentor. 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 Rules Docket 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 NPRMs

    Any person may obtain a copy of this Notice of Proposed Rulemaking 
(NPRM) by submitting a request to the Office of the Assistant Chief 
Counsel, AEA-7, F.A.A. Eastern Region, Fitzgerald Federal Building 
#111, John F. Kennedy International Airport, Jamaica, NY 11430. 
Communications must identify the docket number of this NPRM. Persons 
interested in being placed on a mailing list for future NPRMs 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 additional class E5 
airspace in the vicinity of Hazelton, PA. The intended effect of this 
proposal is to lower the floor of controlled airspace in this vicinity 
from 1,200 feet to 700 feet above ground level for IFR operations at 
the airport. The coordinates for this airspace docket are based on 
North American Datum 83. Class E5 airspace designations are published 
in paragraph 6005 of FAA Order 7400.9A, Airspace Designations and 
Reporting Points, 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 E5 airspace designation listed in this 
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, when promulgated, this proposed rule 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
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AEA PA E5 Hazelton, PA [New]

Hazelton Municipal Airport, PA
    (Lat. 40 deg.59'13'' N., long. 75 deg.59'41'' W.)
HAWNS OM
    (Lat. 40 deg.58'49'' N., long. 75 deg.53'14'' W.)

    That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface 
within a 6.4-mile radius of the Hazelton Municipal Airport and that 
airspace extending 5.3 miles north and 3.5 miles south along the 
Hazelton Municipal Airport localizer east course extending from the 
6.4-mile radius area to 9.9 miles east of the HAWNS OM.
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    Issued in Jamaica, New York, on July 29, 1994.
John S. Walker,
Manager, Air Traffic Division.
[FR Doc. 94-20302 Filed 8-17-94; 8:45 am]
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