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[FR Doc No: 94-27288]
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[Federal Register: November 3, 1994]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
14 CFR Part 71
[Docket No. 27297; Amendment No. 71-25]
Amendment to the South Florida Low Offshore Airspace Area
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Technical amendment.
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SUMMARY: This action amends the description of the South Florida Low
airspace area to exclude the airspace within the Grand Bahama terminal
control area (TCA) and the Nassau TCA. At the present time, the South
Florida Low airspace area is correctly depicted on aeronautical charts
as excluding the airspace of the underlying Grand Bahama and Nassau
TCAs. However, the current airspace description of this airspace area
is erroneous in that it inadvertently includes the Grand Bahamas and
the Nassau TCAs as part of the South Florida Low airspace area. This
action corrects this error.
EFFECTIVE DATE: November 3, 1994.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Reginald C. Matthews, ATP-230, Air Traffic Rules Branch, Federal
Aviation Administration, 800 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC
20591, telephone (202) 267-8783.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The Offshore Airspace Reconfiguration Final Rule published March 2,
1993 (58 FR 12128), amended the Federal Aviation Regulations (FAR), in
pertinent part, by designating additional control areas as offshore
airspace areas or en route domestic airspace areas. The offshore areas
were divided into high and low areas and an effort was made to
establish a uniform floor of controlled airspace for certain air
traffic operations. Through that rule, the South Florida control area
was revised and redesignated as the South Florida Low offshore airspace
area. The rule also extended the airspace of the South Florida Low
airspace area from 2,700 feet mean sea level (MSL) up to, but not
including, 18,000 feet MSL.
The lateral boundaries of the South Florida Low were further
revised, by amendment (58 FR 33907; June 22, 1993), to extend from
latitude 28 deg.00'00'' North to latitude 34 deg.00'00'' North.
However, both amendments to the South Florida Low airspace area
inadvertently included the underlying airspace within the Grand Bahama
TCA and the Nassau TCA, both of which have airspace segments extending
above 2,700 feet MSL. The South Florida Low is correctly depicted on
aeronautical charts as excluding the airspace of the underlying TCAs.
However, the airspace description does not reflect this exclusion as
was intended.
The Amendment
This amendment to part 71 of the Federal Aviation Regulations (14
CFR part 71) revises the airspace description of the South Florida Low
airspace area by excluding the Grand Bahama TCA and the Nassau TCA.
The FAA has determined that this regulation is not a ``significant
regulatory action'' under Executive Order 12866; is not a ``significant
rule'' under DOT Regulatory Policies and Procedures (44 FR 11034;
February 26, 1979); and 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 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 Amendment
In consideration of the foregoing, the Federal Aviation
Administration amends 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 Federal
Aviation Administration Order 7400.9B, Airspace Designations and
Reporting Points, dated July 18, 1994, and effective September 16,
1994, is amended as follows:
Paragraph 6007--Offshore Airspace Areas
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South Florida Low, FL [Revised]
That airspace extending upward from 2,700 feet MSL bounded on
the west by the Houston Oceanic CTA/FIR; bounded on the north from
west to east by the Jacksonville Air Route Traffic Control Center
boundary, a line 12 miles from and parallel to the U.S. shoreline
and lat. 34 deg.00'00''N., bounded on the east by the New York
Oceanic CTA/FIR and the San Juan Oceanic CTA/FIR; bounded on the
south from east to west by the Santo Domingo FIR, the Port-Au-Prince
CTA/FIR and the Havana CTA/FIR; excluding the Grand Bahama TCA and
the Nassau TCA.
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Issued in Washington, DC, on October 28, 1994.
Harold W. Becker,
Manager, Airspace-Rules and Aeronautical Information Division.
[FR Doc. 94-27288 Filed 11-2-94; 8:45 am]
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