[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 201 (Wednesday, October 18, 1995)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 53871-53872]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-25850]



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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
14 CFR Part 71

[Airspace Docket No. 95-ASO-14]


Establishment of Class E2 Airspace; Knoxville, TN

agency: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

action: Final rule.

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summary: This amendment establishes Class E2 airspace at Knoxville, TN, 
for Knoxville Downtown Island Airport, which has a LOC RWY 26 Standard 
Instrument Approach Procedure (SIAP) and a VOR/DME or GPS-B SIAP. 
Knoxville/McGhee-Tyson Airport Tower provides approach control service 
to the surface at Knoxville Downtown Island Airport. Therefore Class E2 
airspace is required to accommodate these SIAPs and for instrument 
flight rules (IFR) operations at the airport.

effective date: 0901 UTC, January 4, 1996.

for further information contact: Benny L. McGlamery, System Management 
Branch, Air Traffic Division, Federal Aviation Administration, P.O. Box 
20636, Atlanta, Georgia 30320; telephone (404) 305-5570.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

History

    On July 25, 1995 the FAA proposed to amend part 71 of the Federal 
Aviation Regulations (14 CFR Part 71) by establishing Class E2 airspace 
at Knoxville, TN, (60 FR 37970). This action would provide adequate 
Class E2 airspace for IFR operations at the Knoxville Downtown Island 
Airport.
    Interested parties were invited to participate in this rulemaking 
proceeding by submitting written comments on the proposal to the FAA. 
No comments objecting to the proposal were received. Class E airspace 
areas designated as a surface area for an airport are published in 
Paragraph 6002 of FAA Order 7400.9C dated August 17, 1995, and 
effective September 16, 1995. The Class E airspace designations listed 
in this document will be published subsequently in the Order.

The Rule

    This amendment to part 71 of the Federal Aviation Regulations (14 
CFR part 71) establishes Class E2 airspace at Knoxville, TN, to 
accommodate current SIAPs and for IFR operations at the Knoxville 
Downtown Island Airport.
    The FAA has determined that this 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 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 

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is certified 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).

Adoption of the Amendment

    In consideration of the foregoing, the Federal Aviation 
Administration amends 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. 106(g); 40103, 40113, 40120; EO 10854, 24 
FR 9565, 3 CFR, 1959-1963 Comp., p. 389; 14 CFR 11.69.


Sec. 71.1  [Amended]

    2. The incorporation by reference in 14 CFR 71.1 of Federal 
Aviation Administration Order 7400.9C, Airspace Designations and 
Reporting Points, dated August 17, 1995, and effective September 16, 
1995, is amended as follows:

Paragraph 6002  Class E airspace areas designated as a surface area 
for an airport.

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ASO TN E2 Knoxville, TN [New]

Knoxville Downtown Island Airport, TN
    (lat. 35 deg.57'50'' N, long. 83 deg.52'25'' W)

    Within a 4.5-mile radius of Knoxville Downtown Island Airport, 
excluding that airspace within the Knoxville/McGhee-Tyson Airport, 
TN, Class C airspace area.
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    Issued in College Park, Georgia, on October 3, 1995.
Wade T. Carpenter,
Acting Manager, Air Traffic Division, Southern Region.
[FR Doc. 95-25850 Filed 10-17-95; 8:45 am]
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