[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 111 (Friday, June 9, 1995)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 30478-30479]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-14173]



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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
14 CFR Part 71

[Airspace Docket No. 95-AGL-6]


Proposed Modification of Class E Airspace; Mount Vernon, IL

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.

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SUMMARY: This notice proposes to modify the Class E2 airspace near 
Mount Vernon-Outland Airport, Mount Vernon, IL, by changing the 
airspace area's effective hours from part-time to full-time. The intent 
of this proposed action is to enhance safety for all potential users of 
this airspace by providing segregation of aircraft using instrument 
approach procedures in instrument conditions from other aircraft 
operating in visual weather conditions. An automated Weather 
Observation System (AWOS) provides 24-hour weather reporting capability 
for the airport which makes it possible to designate a full-time Class 
E2 airspace area. The appropriate publications would be modified to 
provide the aviation public with updated information.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before July 25, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Send comments on the proposal in triplicate to: Federal 
Aviation Administration, Office of Assistant Chief Counsel, AGL-7, 
Rules Docket No. 95-AGL-6, 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 East 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: Angeline Perri, Air Traffic Division, 
System Management Branch, AGL-530, Federal Aviation Administration, 
2300 East Devon Avenue, Des Plaines, Illinois 60018, telephone (708) 
294-7571.

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. Comments 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. 95-
AGL-6.'' 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-230, 
800 Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington, DC 20591, or by calling 
(202) 267-3484. 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 E2 airspace 
area near Mount Vernon-Outland Airport, Mount Vernon, IL, by changing 
the airspace area's effective hours from part-time to full-time. The 
intent of this proposed action is to enhance safety for all potential 
users of this airspace by providing segregation of aircraft using 
instrument approach procedures in instrument conditions from other 
aircraft operating in visual weather conditions. An AWOS provides 24-
hour weather reporting capability for the airport which makes it 
possible to designate a full-time Class E2 airspace area. The 
appropriate publications would be modified to provide the aviation 
public with updated information.
    Class E airspace designations designated as a surface area for an 
airport are published in Paragraph 6002 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 designation 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 
[[Page 30479]] 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 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 affect air traffic 
procedures and air navigation, it is certified that this proposed 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

    Accordingly, pursuant to the authority delegated to me, the Federal 
Aviation Administration proposes to amend 14 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. 40103, 40113, 40102; 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 6002  Class E airpsace areas designated as a surface area 
for an airport.
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AGL IL E2 Mount Vernon, IL  [Revised]

Mount Vernon-Outland Airport, IL
    (Lat. 38 deg.19'24'' N, long. 88 deg.51'31'' W)
Mount Vernon VOR/DME
    (Lat. 38 deg.21'43'' N, long. 88 deg.48'26'' W)

    Within a 4.2-mile radius of Mount Vernon-Outland Airport and 
within 4 miles each side of the Mount Vernon VOR/DME 044 deg. radial 
extending from the 4.2-mile radius to 9.1 miles northeast of the 
VOR/DME.

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    Issued in Des Plaines, Illinois on May 30, 1995.
Roger Wall,
Manager, Air Traffic Division.
[FR Doc. 95-14173 Filed 6-8-95; 8:45 am]
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