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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
14 CFR Part 71

[Airspace Docket No. 94-ANM-33]

 

Amendment of Class D Airspace; Coeur d'Alene, ID

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.

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SUMMARY: This proposed rule would amend the Idaho Falls, Idaho, Class D 
airspace from full-time to part-time operations. Recent staffing 
reductions, and reduced aeronautical activity, have required adjustment 
in the operational schedule at the Idaho Falls Airport Traffic Control 
Tower (ATCT). The rule would provide a statement regarding part-time 
operations in the Class D airspace description. Airspace 
reclassification, in effect as of September 16, 1993, has discontinued 
the use of the term ``airport traffic area'' and ``control zone'' with 
operating control towers, replacing them with the designation ``Class D 
airspace.''

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

ADDRESSES: Send comments on the proposal to: Manager, System Management 
Branch, ANM-530, Federal Aviation Administration, Docket No. 94-ANM-33, 
1601 Lind Avenue SW., Renton, Washington 98055-4056.
    The official docket may be examined at the same address.
    An informal docket may also be examined during normal business 
hours at the same address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Ted Melland, System Management Branch, ANM-530, Federal Aviation 
Administration, Docket No. 94-ANM-33, 1601 Lind Avenue SW., Renton, 
Washington, 98055-4056; telephone number: (206)227-2536.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Comments Invited

    Aeronautical activity at Fanning Field, Idaho Falls, Idaho has 
decreased, particularly during the midnight to daytime (midwatch) 
schedule. There has also been a staffing reduction due to normal 
attrition without staffing replacements. The combined effect of these 
occurrences necessitate placing the ATCT operation on a part-time 
basis.
    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 to the address listed above. Commenters wishing the FAA to 
acknowledge receipt of their comments of 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-ANM-
33.'' 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 at the address listed above 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, ANM-530, 1601 Lind Avenue SW., Renton, 
Washington 98055-4056. 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 amend Class D airspace at 
Idaho Falls, Idaho, to provide information regarding modified (reduced) 
hours of operation at the ATCT. Airspace reclassification, in effect as 
of September 16, 1993, has discontinued the use of the terms ``control 
zone and airport traffic area,'' and certain airspace areas extending 
upward from the surface of the earth are now Class D airspace areas. 
The area would be depicted on aeronautical charts for pilot reference. 
The coordinates for this airspace docket are based on North American 
Datum 83. Class D airspace areas extending upward from the surface of 
the earth are published in Paragraph 5000 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 
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 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 5000  General

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ANM ID D Idaho Falls, ID [Revised]

Idaho Falls, Fanning Field, ID
    (lat. 43 deg.30'59'' N, long. 112 deg.04'05'' W)

    That airspace extending upward from the surface to and including 
7,200 feet MSL within a 5.4-mile radius of Fanning Field. This Class 
D airspace area 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 Seattle, Washington, on July 26, 1994.
Charles Davis,
Acting Manager, Air Traffic Division, Northwest Mountain Region.
[FR Doc. 94-20674 Filed 8-22-94; 8:45 am]
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