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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
14 CFR Part 71

[Airspace Docket No. 94-ASW-18]

 

Proposed Amendment of Class D Airspace: New Orleans NAS, Alvin 
Callender Field, LA

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.

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SUMMARY: This notice proposes to amend the Class D airspace at New 
Orleans Naval Air Station (NAS), Alvin Callender Field, New Orleans, 
LA. Decommissioning of the New Orleans NAS Non-directional Radio Beacon 
negates the need for Class D airspace to protect the standard 
instrument approach to this navigational aid.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before February 2, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Send comments on the proposal in triplicate to Manager, 
Systems Management Branch, Air Traffic Division, Southwest Region, 
Docket No. 94-ASW-18, Federal Aviation Administration, Fort Worth , TX 
76193-0530.
    The official docket may be examined in the Office of the Assistant 
Chief Counsel, Southwest Region, Federal Aviation Administration, 2601 
Meacham Boulevard, Fort Worth, TX, between 9 AM 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, Southwest Region, Federal Aviation 
Administration, 2601 Meacham Boulevard, Fort Worth, TX.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Donald J. Day, System Management Branch, Air Traffic Division, 
Southwest Region, Federal Aviation Administration, 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 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. 94-ASW-18.'' The postcard will be date and time 
stamped and returned to the commenter. All communications received 
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 the light of comments received. All 
comments submitted will be available for examination in the System 
Management Branch, Air Traffic Division, 2501 Meacham Boulevard, 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 NPRM's

    Any person may obtain a copy of this Notice of Proposed Rulemaking 
(NPRM) by submitting a request to the Manager, System Management 
Branch, Federal Aviation Administration, Fort Worth, TX 76193-0530. 
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 that 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 the class D airspace at 
New Orleans NAS Callender Field, LA. Decommissioning of the New Orleans 
NAS Non-directional Beacon negates the need for the airspace protecting 
the withdrawn SIAP.
    The coordinates for this airspace docket are based on North 
American Datum 83. Class D airspace designations are published in 
paragraph 5000 of FAA Order 7400.9B, dated July 18, 1994, and effective 
September 16, 1994, which is incorporated by reference in 14 CFR 71.1. 
Class D airspace designations 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 
effect 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, 1993, and effective September 16, 
1994, is amended as follows:

Paragraph 5000  General

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ASW LA D New Orleans NAS, Alvin Callender Field, LA--[Revised]

New Orleans NAS, Alvin Callender Field, LA
    (lat. 29 deg.049'31'' N., long. 90 deg.002'06'' W.)
Harvey VORTAC
    (lat 29 deg.051'01'' N., long 90 deg.00'10'' W.)

    That airspace extending upward from the surface to and including 
2,500 feet MSL within a 4.7-mile radius of New Orleans NAS Alvin 
Callender Field and within 1.3 miles each side of the 228 deg. 
radial of the Harvey VORTAC extending from the 4.7-mile radius to 
5.6 miles southwest of the airport and within 1.3 miles each side of 
the 058 deg. radial of the Harvey VORTAC extending from the 4.7-mile 
radius to 6 miles northeast of the airport excluding that airspace 
within the New Orleans, LA, Class B airspace area.
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    Issued in Forth Worth, TX on December 1, 1994.
Helen Fabian Parke,
Manager, Air Traffic Division, Southwest Region.
[FR Doc. 94-30956 Filed 12-15-94; 8:45 am]
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