[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 95 (Wednesday, May 17, 1995)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 26385-26387]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-12156]



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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
14 CFR Part 71

[Airspace Docket No. 95-ANE-24]


Proposed Revocation of Class D and Class E Airspace; Limestone, 
ME

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.

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SUMMARY: This proposed rule would revoke the Class D and Class E 
airspace areas established at the former Loring Air Force Base (AFB), 
Limestone, Maine, and amend the Class E airspace at the Northern Maine 
Regional Airport at Presque Isle, Maine, to delete that portion of that 
airspace in the vicinity of Loring AFB. This action is necessary since 
Loring Air Force Base is no longer in operation, all standard 
instrument approach procedures to Loring AFB have been cancelled, and 
the air traffic control tower at Loring AFB is closed.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before June 16, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Send comments on the proposal in triplicate to: Manager, 
System Management Branch, ANE-530, Federal Aviation Administration, 12 
New England Executive Park, [[Page 26386]] Burlington, MA 01803-5299; 
telephone (617) 238-7530; fax (617) 238-7596.
    The official docket may be examined in the Office of the Assistant 
Chief Counsel for New England Region, ANE-7, 12 New England Executive 
Park, Burlington, MA 01803-5299; telephone (617) 238-7050; fax (617) 
238-7055.
    An informal docket may also be examined during normal business 
hours in the Office of the Manager, System Management Branch, Air 
Traffic Division, ANE-530, at the first address shown above.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Karl D. Anderson, System Management Branch, ANE-530, Federal Aviation 
Administration, 12 New England Executive Park, Burlington, MA 01803-
5299; telephone (617) 238-7533; fax (617) 238-7596.

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. Commentators 
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: ``Comment to Airspace Docket No. 
95-ANE-24.'' 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 System Management Branch, Air Traffic Division, 
at 12 New England Executive Park, Burlington, MA 02108-5299, 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, Air Traffic Division, 12 New England 
Executive Park, Burlington, MA 02108-5299. 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 revoke the Class D and Class E 
airspace areas established at the former Loring Air Force Base (AFB), 
Limestone, Maine, and to amend the Class E airspace at the Northern 
Maine Regional Airport at Presque, Isle, Maine, to delete the portion 
of that airspace in the vicinity of Loring AFB. As of October 1, 1994, 
Loring AFB ceased operations, and since that time all standard 
instrument approach procedures to Loring AFB have been cancelled. The 
air traffic control tower at Loring is closed, and weather observation 
reports are no longer available from that facility. Therefore, this 
action is necessary to revoke the Limestone Class D and Class E 
airspace areas, and to amend the Presque Isle Class E airspace area to 
delete the controlled airspace in the vicinity of the former Loring 
AFB. Class D and Class E airspace areas are published in 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 areas 
appear in paragraph 5000 of FAA Order 7400.9B, Class E areas designated 
as extensions to a Class D areas appear in paragraph 6004, and Class E 
areas extending upward from 700 feet or more about the surface of the 
earth appear in paragraph 6005. The Class D and Class E airspace 
designations listed in this document would be published subsequently in 
the Order.
    The FAA has determined that this proposed regulation involves only 
an established body of technical regulations for which frequent and 
routine amendments are necessary to keep these regulations 
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 economic cost will be so 
minimal. Since this is a routine matter that will only affect air 
traffic procedures and air navigation, the FAA certifies 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).

The Proposed Amendment

    In consideration of the foregoing, the Federal Aviation 
Administration proposed 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 5000  General
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ANE ME D Limestone, ME [Removed]

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Paragraph 6004  Class E Airspace Areas Designated as an Extension to 
a Class D Surface Area
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ANE ME E4 Limestone, ME [Removed]

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Paragraph 6005  Class E Airspace Areas Extending Upward From 700 
Feet or More Above the Surface of the Earth
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ANE ME E5 Presque Isle, ME [Amended]

Northern Maine Regional Airport at Presque Isle, ME
(Lat. 46 deg.41'20'' N, long. 68 deg.02'41'' W)
Presque Isle VORTAC
(Lat. 46 deg.46'27'' N, long. 68 deg.05'40'' W)
EXCAL LOM
(Lat. 46 deg.36'37'' N, long. 68 deg.01'08'' W)
Caribou Municipal Airport, ME
(Lat. 46 deg.52'17'' N, long. 68 deg.01'04'' W)

    That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface 
within an 11-mile radius of Northern Maine Regional Airport at 
Presque Isle, and within 3 miles each side of the EXCAL LOM 165 deg. 
bearing extending from the 11-mile radius to 9.2 miles south of the 
[[Page 26387]] EXCAL LOM, and within 4 miles east and 8 miles west 
of the Presque Isle 340 deg. radial extending from the 11-mile 
radius to 16 miles northwest of the VORTAC, and within an 8.5-mile 
radius of Caribou Municipal Airport; excluding that airspace outside 
of the United States.
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    Issued in Burlington, Massachusetts, on May 8, 1995.
John J. Boyce,
Acting Manager, Air Traffic Division, New England Region.
[FR Doc. 95-12156 Filed 5-16-95; 8:45 am]
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