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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
14 CFR Part 71

[Airspace Docket No. 94-AWP-25]

 

Proposed Amendment of Class E Airspace; Red Bluff and Redding, CA

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.

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SUMMARY: This proposal would modify the Class E airspace at Red Bluff, 
CA, and Redding, CA. Additional controlled airspace designated as a 
surface area for an airport and extending from 700 feet or more above 
the surface is necessary for three Standard Instrument Approach 
Procedures (SIAPs) at the Red Bluff Municipal Airport. These three 
SIAPs are being amended to incorporate the use of the Redding altimeter 
setting for part-time use. This proposal would provide the controlled 
airspace necessary for the VHF Omnidirectional Range/Distant Measuring 
Equipment (VOR/DME), VHF Omnidirectional Range (VOR), and 
Nondirectional Radio Beacon (NDB) SIAPs at the Red Bluff Municipal 
Airport.

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

ADDRESSES: Send comments on the proposal in triplicate to: Federal 
Aviation Administration, Attn: Manager, System Management Branch, AWP-
530, Docket No. 94-AWP-25, Air Traffic Division, P.O. Box 92007, World 
Postal Center, Los Angeles, California 90009.
    The official docket may be examined in the Office of the Assistant 
Chief Counsel, Western-Pacific Region, Federal Aviation Administration, 
Room 6007, 15000 Aviation Boulevard, Lawndale, California 90261.
    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-25.'' The postcard will be date/time stamped ad 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, Worldwide 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 the Class E airspace 
areas at Red Bluff, CA, and Redding, CA. This proposed action would 
provide additional controlled airspace for Instrument Flight Rules 
(IFR) procedures at the Red Bluff Municipal Airport, specifically, the 
VOR RWY 33, VOR/DME RWY 15, and NDB RWY 33 approach to Red Bluff, 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 6002 and 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 
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 for which frequent and 
routine amendments are necessary to keep them operationally current. 
Therefore, this proposed regulation--(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. 1854, 25 
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 6002  Class E airspace areas designated as a surface area 
for an airport.
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AWP CA E2 Red Bluff, CA [Revised]

Red Bluff Municipal Airport, CA
    (lat. 40 deg.09'04'' N, long. 122 deg.15'08'' W)
Red Bluff VORTAC
    (lat. 40 deg.05'56'' N, long. 122 deg.14'11'' W)
Proberta NDB
    (lat. 40 deg.06'51'' N, long. 122 deg.14'15'' W)

    Within a 6.5-mile radius of the Red Bluff Municipal Airport and 
within 2.6 miles either side of the 161 deg. bearing from the Red 
Bluff Municipal Airport extending from the 6.5-mile radius to 10 
miles south of the Red Bluff Airport. This Class E airspace area is 
effective during the specific dates and times established in advance 
by a Notice of Airmen. The effective date and time will thereafter 
be continuously published in the Airport/Facility Directory.
* * * * *
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 Red Bluff, CA [Revised]

Red Bluff Municipal Airport, CA
    (lat. 40 deg.09'04'' N, long. 122 deg.15'09'' W)
Red Bluff VORTAC
    (lat. 40 deg.05'56'' N, long. 122 deg.14'11'' W)
Proberta NDB
    (lat. 40 deg.06'51'' N, long. 122 deg.14'15'' W)

    That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface 
within a 6.5-mile radius of the Red Bluff Municipal Airport and 
within 8 miles east and 4 miles west of the 161 deg. bearing from 
the Red Bluff Municipal Airport extending from 2 miles south to 17 
miles south of the Red Bluff Municipal Airport. That airspace 
extending upward from 1200 feet above the surface within a 17.4-
miles radius of the Red Bluff VORTAC and within 7.8 miles each side 
of the Red Bluff VORTAC 291 deg. radial, extending from the 17.4-
mile radius to 45.2 miles west of the Red Bluff VORTAC and within 
26.1-mile radius of the Red Bluff VORTAC, extending from the north 
edge of V-195 to the west edge of V-23 and within 7.8 miles west of 
and 8.7 miles east of the Red Bluff VORTAC 342 deg. radial, 
extending from the 17.4-mile radius to 58.2 miles north of the Red 
Bluff VORTAC and within 8.7 miles west and 5.2 miles east of the Red 
Bluff VORTAC 015 deg. radial, extending from the 17.4-mile radius to 
48.7 miles north of the Red Bluff VORTAC and within an area bounded 
by a line beginning at lat. 40 deg.41'27'' N, long. 121 deg.54''42' 
W; to lat. 40 deg.34'40'' N, long. 121 deg.52'34'' W; to lat. 
40 deg.21'46'' N, long. 121 deg. 56''49'' W; to lat. 40 deg.22'35'' 
N, long. 122 deg.01'04'' W, to the point of beginning and that 
airspace within a 20.9-mile radius of the Red Bluff VORTAC, 
extending from the Red Bluff VORTAC 015 deg. radial clockwise via 
the 20.9-mile arc to lat. 40 deg.00'00'' N.
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AWP CA E5 Redding, CA [Revised]

Redding Municipal Airport, CA
    (lat. 40 deg.30'32'' N, long. 122 deg.17'30'' W)
Redding VOR/DME
    (lat. 40 deg.30'16'' N, long. 122 deg.17'30'' W)
Lassn NDB
    (lat. 40 deg.23'34'' N, long. 122 deg.17'41'' W)
Enterprise Skypark, CA
    (lat. 40 deg.34'40'' N, long. 122 deg.19'19'' W)

    That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface 
within a 4.3-mile radius of Redding Municipal Airport and within 1.8 
miles each side of the Redding Instrument Landing System (ILS) 
localizer North course, extending from the 4.3-mile radius to 10 
miles north of the threshold of Runway 16 and within 8 miles west 
and 5.5 miles east of the 179 deg./359 deg. bearing from/to the 
Lassn NDB extending from 9.5 miles north of the Lassn NDB to 16 
miles south of the Lassn NDB and that airspace within a 5.5-mile arc 
of the Redding VOR/DME from the Redding VOR/DME 110 deg. radial 
clockwise to the Redding VOR/DME 152 deg. radial, excluding the 
airspace with 1-mile of the Enterprise Skypark Airport. That 
airspace extending upward from 1200 feet above the surface north of 
the Redding VOR/DME within an arc of a 20-mile radius of the Redding 
VOR/DME within an arc of the 20-mile radius of the Redding VOR/DME, 
extending from the east edge of V-23 clockwise to the west of edge 
of V-25.
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    Issued in Los Angeles, California, on December 6, 1994.
Richard R. Lien,
Manager, Air Traffic Division, Western-Pacific Region.
[FR Doc. 94-31084 Filed 12-16-94; 8:45 am]
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