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                                                   VOL. 59, NO. 222

                                          Friday, November 18, 1994

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Airspace Docket No. 94-AWP-22]

 

Proposed Modification of Class E airspace; Arcata, CA

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.

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SUMMARY: This notice proposes to modify 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 ILS 
approach. The intended effect of the 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 December 30, 1994.

ADDRESSES: Send comments on the proposal in triplicate to Manager, 
System Management Branch, AWP-530, Air Traffic Division, Western-
Pacific Region, Federal Aviation Administration, Docket No. 94-AWP-22, 
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) 297-0010.

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-22.'' 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 modify Class E airspace at 
Arcata, CA. The intended effect of this proposal is to 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 7400.9B 
dated July 18, 1994, and effective September 16, 1994, which is 
incorporated by reference in 14 CFR 71.1. 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, Navigation (air).

The Proposed Amendment

    Accordingly, pursuant to the authority delegated to me, the Federal 
Aviation Administration proposes to amend part 71 of the Federal 
Aviation Regulations (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 7400.9B, Airspace Designations and 
Reporting Points, dated July 18, 1994, and effective September 16, 
1994, is amended as follows:

Paragraph 6005  Class E airspace areas extending from 700 feet or 
more above the surface of the earth.
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AWP CA E5 Arcata, CA--[Revised]

Arcata Airport, CA
    (lat. 40 deg.58'41''N, long. 124 deg.06'31'' W)
Arcata VOR/DME (lat. 40 deg.58'53''N, long. 124 deg.06'30'' W)
Abeta NDB (lat. 40 deg.57'53''N, long. 124 deg.05'55'' W)
Fortuna VORTAC (lat. 40 deg.40'17'' N, long. 124 deg.14'04'' W)

    That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface 
within 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. That airspace extending upward from 1,200 feet above the 
surface bounded on the north by lat. 41 deg.15'59'' N, on the east 
by a line 7.8 miles northeast of and parallel to the 333 deg. and 
153 deg. bearings from the Abeta NDB to lat. 40 deg.39'29'' N, long. 
123 deg.42'24'' W; to lat. 40 deg.25'01'' N, long 123 deg.49'16'' W, 
to intercept the 24.3-mile arc southeast of the Fortuna VORTAC, 
thence clockwise via the Fortuna 24.3-mile arc to the eastern edge 
of V-27; to lat. 40 deg.21'59'' N, long, 124 deg.12'04'' W; to lat. 
40 deg.21'59'' N, long. 124 deg.30'04'' W, on the west by long. 
124 deg.30'04'' W, and that airspace within 7.8 miles each side of 
the Fortuna VORTAC 110 deg. radial, extending from the VORTAC to 53 
miles east of the VORTAC.
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    Issued in Los Angeles, California, on November 3, 1994.
Dennis T Koehler,
Acting Manager, Air Traffic Division Western-Pacific Region.
[FR Doc. 94-28530 Filed 11-17-94; 8:45 am]
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