[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 4 (Friday, January 6, 1995)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 2043-2044]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-364]



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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
14 CFR Part 71

[Airspace Docket No. 94-AGL-36]


Proposed Modification of Class D Airspace Areas; Detroit, MI, and 
Alton, IL

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.

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SUMMARY: This notice proposes to modify the Class D airspace areas at 
Willow Run Airport, Detroit, MI, and St. Louis Regional Airport, Alton, 
IL. The Class D airspace area at Willow Run Airport, Detroit, MI, would 
be modified by lowering the vertical limit of the Class D airspace area 
up to but not including the base altitude of the overlying Detroit, MI, 
Class B airspace area. The Class D airspace area description at St. 
Louis Regional Airport, Alton, IL, would be modified by excluding that 
airspace within the Lambert-St. Louis International Airport, MO, Class 
B airspace area. The intended effect of this proposal is to eliminate 
pilot confusion by modifying the controlled airspace areas at Willow 
Run Airport, Detroit, MI, and St. Louis Regional Airport, Alton, IL.

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

ADDRESSES: Send comments on the proposal in triplicate to: Federal 
Aviation Administration, Office of the Assistant Chief Counsel, AGL-7, 
Rules Docket No. 94-AGL-36, 2300 East Devon Avenue, Des Plaines, 
Illinois 60018.

    The official docket may be examined in the Office of the Assistant 
Chief Counsel, Federal Aviation Administration, 2300 E. Devon Avenue, 
Des Plaines, Illinois. An informal docket may also be examined during 
normal business hours at the Air Traffic Division, System Management 
Branch, Federal Aviation Administration, 2300 East Devon Avenue, Des 
Plaines, Illinois.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jeffrey L. Griffith, Air Traffic Division, System Management Branch, 
AGL-530, Federal Aviation Administration, 2300 East Devon Avenue, Des 
Plaines, Illinois 60018, telephone (708) 294-7568.

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 those comments a self-addressed, stamped postcard on which 
the following statement is made: ``Comments to Airspace Docket No. 94-
AGL-36.'' 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 Rules Docket, FAA, Great Lakes Region, Office of 
the Assistant Chief Counsel, 2300 East Devon Avenue, Des Plaines, 
Illinois, 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 the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking 
(NPRM) by submitting a request to the Federal Aviation Administration, 
Office of Public Affairs, Attention: Public Inquiry Center, APA-220, 
800 Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington, DC 20591, or by calling 
(202) 267-3485. 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 procedure.

The Proposal

    The FAA is considering an amendment to part 71 of the Federal 
Aviation Regulations (14 CFR part 71) to modify the Class D airspace 
areas at Willow Run Airport, Detroit, MI, and St. Louis Regional 
Airport, Alton, IL. The Class D airspace area at Willow Run Airport, 
Detroit, MI, would be modified by lowering the vertical limit of the 
class D airspace area up to but not including the base altitude of the 
overlying Detroit, MI, Class B airspace area. The Class D airspace area 
description at St. Louis Regional Airport, Alton, IL, would be modified 
by excluding that airspace within the Lambert-St. Louis International 
Airport, MO, Class B airspace area. Airspace reclassification, 
effective September 16, 1993, has necessitated new guidelines for 
depicting and describing Class D airspace areas that underlie Class B 
airspace areas. The intended effect of this proposal is to eliminate 
pilot confusion by modifying the controlled airspace areas at Willow 
Run Airport, Detroit, MI, and St. Louis Regional Airport, Alton, IL.
    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. 
The 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 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 [[Page 2044]] 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 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).

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 5000 General

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AGL MI D Detroit, MI [Revised]

Detroit, Willow Run Airport, MI
    (Lat. 42 deg.14'16'' N., long 83 deg.31'50'' W.)

    That airspace extending upward from the surface to but not 
including 3,000 feet MSL within a 4.4-mile radius of Willow Run 
Airport.
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AGL IL D Alton, IL [Revised]

Alton, St. Louis Regional Airport, IL
    (Lat. 38 deg.53'25'' N., long. 90 deg.02'45'' W.)

    That airspace extending upward from the surface to and including 
3,000 feet MSL within a 4.2-mile radius of the St. Louis Regional 
Airport, excluding that airspace within the Lambert-St. Louis 
International Airport, MO, Class B airspace area. This Class D 
airspace is effective during the specific dates and times 
established in advance by a Notice to Airmen. The effective dates 
and times will thereafter be continuously published in the Airport/
Facility Directory.
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    Issued in Des Plaines, Illinois on December 22, 1994.
Maureen Woods,
Acting Manager, Air Traffic Division.
[FR Doc. 95-364 Filed 1-5-95; 8:45 am]
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