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[Federal Register: December 5, 1994]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
14 CFR Part 71

[Airspace Docket No. 92-ASW-34]

 

Proposed Revision of Class E Airspace; Hondo, TX

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking (SNPRM); reopening 
of comment period.

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SUMMARY: This document revises an earlier proposed airspace rule that 
would have amended the airspace at Hondo, TX. That proposal was 
preempted by the development of a new very high frequency omni-
directional range (VOR) standard instrument approach procedure (SIAP) 
to Runway (RWY) 17. The legal description of the proposed airspace in 
the notice of proposed rulemaking was incomplete. The intended effect 
of this proposal is to provide adequate controlled airspace for 
aircraft executing the recently established VOR RWY 17 SIAP at Hondo, 
TX.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before January 20, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Send comments on the proposal in triplicate to Manager, 
System Management Branch, Air Traffic Division, Federal Aviation 
Administration Southwest Region, Docket No. 92-ASW-34, Fort Worth, TX 
76193-0530.
    The official docket may be examined in the Office of the Assistant 
Chief Counsel, Federal Aviation Administration, Southwest Region, 2601 
Meacham Boulevard, Room 663, Fort Worth, TX, between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m., 
Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. An informal docket may 
also be examined during normal business hours at the System Management 
Branch, Air Traffic Division, Federal Aviation Administration, 
Southwest Region, 2601 Meacham Boulevard, Fort Worth, TX.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Donald J. Day, System Management Branch, Air Traffic Division, Federal 
Aviation Administration, Southwest Region, Fort Worth, TX 76193-0530; 
telephone: (817) 222-5593.

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 under the caption 
ADDRESSES. Commenters wishing the FAA to acknowledge receipt of their 
comments on this notice must submit, with those comments, a self-
addressed, stamped, postcard containing the following statement: 
``Comments to Airspace Docket No. 92-ASW-34.'' The postcard will be 
date and 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 proposals 
contained in this notice may be changed in the light of comments 
received. All comments submitted will be available for examination in 
the Office of the Assistant Chief Counsel, 2601 Meacham Boulevard, Room 
663, Fort Worth, TX, 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 SNPRM

    Any person may obtain a copy of this SNPRM by submitting a request 
to the Federal Aviation Administration, System Management Branch, 
Department of Transportation, Fort Worth, TX 76193-0530. Communications 
must identify the notice number of this SNPRM. Persons interested in 
being placed on a mailing list for future NPRM's should also request a 
copy of Advisory Circular No. 11-2A that describes the application 
procedure.

The Proposal

    On December 17, 1993, the FAA proposed to revise the Class E 
airspace at Hondo, TX (58 FR 65948). That action proposed to revise the 
700 feet AGL Class E airspace to provide adequate controlled airspace 
for aircraft executing the recently established VOR SIAP to RWY 17. The 
comment period for that action ended February 19, 1994. Since the 
issuance of that Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), the FAA has 
discovered that the legal description contained in that proposal did 
not include the airspace required from the airport to 16 miles south of 
RBN. Therefore, this SNPRM proposes a correction to that legal 
description. Since this change expands the scope of the originally 
proposed rule, the FAA has determined that it is necessary to reopen 
the comment period to provide an additional opportunity for public 
comment.
    The coordinates for this airspace docket are based on North 
American Datum 83. Designated Class E airspace areas extending upward 
from 700 feet or more above ground level 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 the order.
    The FAA has determined that this proposed regulation only involves 
an established body of technical regulations that need frequent and 
routine amendments 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 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 7400.9B, 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 upward from 700 
feet or more above the surface of the earth

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ASW TX E5 Hondo, TX [Revised]

Hondo Municipal Airport, TX
    (Lat. 29 deg.21'35'' N., long. 99 deg.10'36'' W.)
Hondo RBN
    (Lat. 29 deg.22'24'' N., long. 99 deg.10'19'' W.)
Hondo VOR
    (Lat. 29 deg.21'16'' N., long. 99 deg.10'33'' W.)

    That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface 
within a 6.7-mile radius of the Hondo Municipal Airport and within 8 
miles west and 4 miles east of the 180' bearing from the Hondo RBN 
extending from the airport to 16 miles south of the RBN and within 
2.3 miles each side of the 352 deg. radial of the Hondo VOR 
extending from the 6.7-mile radius to 6.9 miles north of the 
airport.
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    Issued in Forth Worth, TX on November 18, 1994.
Helen Fabian Parke,
Manager, Air Traffic Division Southwest Region.
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