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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
14 CFR Part 71

[Airspace Docket No. 94-ANE-29]

 

Amendment of Offshore Airspace Area; East Coast Low

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: This action amends the East Coast Low Control Area by 
expanding the area in the vicinity of Nantucket, MA, to allow aircraft 
executing the Localizer Back Course Runway 6 instrument approach 
procedure at Nantucket Memorial Airport, Nantucket, MA (ACK), to remain 
in controlled airspace at lower altitudes, and thereby promote the 
efficient use of that airspace.

EFFECTIVE DATE: 0901, u.t.c., February 2, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Karl D. Anderson, Management System Specialist, System Management 
Branch, ANE-530, Federal Aviation Administration, 12 New England 
Executive Park, Burlington, MA 01803-5299; telephone, (617) 238-7530; 
facsimile, (617) 238-7560.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

History

    On June 28, 1994, the FAA published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking 
(NPRM) to amend part 71 of the Federal Aviation Regulations (14 CFR 
part 71) by amending the East Coast Low Control Area in the vicinity of 
Nantucket, MA. The proposal addressed a need to more efficiently use 
the airspace in the vicinity of Nantucket Island by allowing aircraft 
executing the Localizer Back Course Runway 6 instrument approach 
procedure at Nantucket Memorial Airport (ACK) to remain in controlled 
airspace at lower altitudes.
    Interested parties were invited to participate in this rulemaking 
proceeding by submitting written comments on the proposal of the FAA. 
No comments on the proposal were received.
    Designations for Low Control Areas are published in Paragraph 6007 
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 amendment 
to the Offshore Airspace Area designated in this document will be 
published subsequently in the Order

The Rule

    This amendment to part 71 of the Federal Aviation Regulations 
amends the East Coast Low Control Area in the vicinity of Nantucket, 
MA. The effect of this action is to allow aircraft executing the 
Localizer Back Course Runway 6 Instrument Approach at the Nantucket 
Memorial Airport, Nantucket, MA (ACK) to remain in controlled airspace 
at lower altitudes. The FAA has determined that this 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 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).

Adoption of the 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. 71.1  [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 6007  Offshore Airspace Areas

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East Coast Low [Revised]

    That airspace extending upward from 2,000 feet MSL bounded on 
the west and north by a line 12 miles from and parallel to the U.S. 
shoreline and on the south and east by a line beginning at lat. 
39 deg.25'46''N, long. 74 deg.02'34''W, running to lat. 
39 deg.02'05''N, long. 73 deg.39'30''W, then to lat. 
40 deg.04'20''N, long. 72 deg.30'00''W, then to lat. 
40 deg.37'14''N, long. 72 deg.30'00''W; and that airspace bounded on 
the north by a line 12 miles from and parallel to the U.S. shoreline 
and on the south and east by a line beginning at lat. 
40 deg.40'59''N, long. 72 deg.17'22''W, running along the northern 
boundary of Warning Areas W-106B, W-105C-D, and W-105E to lat. 
41 deg.00'00''N, long. 70 deg.51'00''W, then to lat. 
41 deg.00'00''N, long. 70 deg.00'00''W, then to lat. 
41 deg.02'30''N, long. 70 deg.00'00''W; and that airspace bounded on 
the south, west and north by a line 12 miles from and parallel to 
the U.S. shoreline and on the east by a line beginning at lat. 
41 deg.16'00''N, long. 69 deg.41'15''W, running to lat. 
41 deg.43'00''N, long. 69 deg.39'30''W; and that airspace bounded on 
the south, west, and northwest by a line 12 miles from and parallel 
to the U.S. shoreline and on the east and southeast by a line 
beginning at lat. 42 deg.15'31''N, long. 70 deg.00'00''W, running to 
lat. 43 deg.17'00''N, long. 70 deg.00'00''W, then to lat. 
43 deg.33'56''N, long. 69 deg.29'12''W.
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    Issued in Burlington, Massachusetts, on November 21, 1994.
Francis J. Johns,
Manager, Air Traffic Division, New England Region.
[FR Doc. 94-29796 Filed 12-2-94; 8:45 am]
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