[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 100 (Wednesday, May 24, 1995)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 27451-27452]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-12756]



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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
14 CFR Part 71

[Airspace Docket No. 95-ANE-28]


Proposed Alternation Class D and Class E Airspace; Hartford, CT

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.

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SUMMARY: This proposed rule would modify the Class D and Class E 
airspace areas established in the vicinity of the Hartford-Brainard 
Airport, Hartford, CT. Those airspace areas also define controlled 
airspace to contain aircraft operating to and from the Rentschler 
Airport, a privately operated airport in East Hartford, CT. The owner 
of Rentschler Airport has recently closed the control tower. Therefore, 
this action is necessary to revise the Class D and Class E airspace in 
the vicinity of the Rentschler and Hartford-Brainard airports.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before June 23, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Send comments on the proposal in triplicate to: Manager, 
System Management Branch, ANE-530, Federal Aviation Administration, 12 
New England Executive Park, 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 the 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:
Joanne Botos, 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 regularly 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-28.'' 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 [[Page 27452]] 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 modify the Class D and Class E 
airspace areas established in the vicinity of the Hartford-Brainard 
Airport, Hartford, CT. Those airspace areas also define controlled 
airspace to contain aircraft operating to and from the Rentschler 
Airport, a privately operated airport in East Hartford, CT. The owner 
of Rentschler Airport, United Technologies, Inc., has recently closed 
the control tower. Therefore, this action is necessary to revise the 
Class D and Class E airspace in the vicinity of the Rentschler and 
Hartford-Brainard airports. The FAA has reviewed the airspace needs of 
the Standard Instrument Approach Procedures (SIAP's) at Rentschler that 
will remain, and has included the controlled airspace necessary for 
those SIAP's in the proposed airspace descriptions. 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 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 CT D  Hartford, CT [Revised]

    That airspace extending upward from the surface to and including 
2,500 feet MSL within a 4.6-mile radius of Hartford-Brainard Airport 
from the Hartford-Brainard Airport 158 deg. bearing clockwise to the 
Hartford-Brainard Airport 052 deg. bearing, and within a 6.0-mile 
radius of Hartford-Brainard Airport from the Hartford-Brainard 
Airport 052 deg. bearing clockwise to the 158 deg. bearing; 
excluding that airspace within the Windsor Locks, CT Class C 
airspace area. This Class D airspace is effective during the 
specific dates and times established in advance by a Notice of 
Airmen (NOTAM). The effective dates and times will thereafter be 
continuously published in the Airport Facility Directory.
* * * * *

Paragraph 6005  Class E Airspace Areas Extending Upward From 700 
Feet or More Above the Surface of the Earth

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ANE CT E5  Hartford, CT [Revised]

Hartford-Braindard Airport, Hartford, CT
    (Lat. 41 deg.44'10'' N, long. 72 deg.39'00'' W)

    That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface 
within an 11.5-mile radius of Hartford-Brainard Airport; excluding 
that airspace within the Windsor Locks, CT and Chester, CT Class E 
airspace areas.
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    Issued in Burlington, Massachusetts, on May 17, 1995.
Eileen B. Seaman,
Acting Manager, Air Traffic Division, New England Region.
[FR Doc. 95-12756 Filed 5-23-95; 8:45 am]
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