[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 16 (Wednesday, January 24, 1996)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 1875-1877]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-999]



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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
14 CFR Part 71

[Airspace Docket No. 95-ASW-18]


Proposed Revision to Class E Airspace, Farmington, NM

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.


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ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.

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SUMMARY: This notice proposes to revise Class E airspace extending 
upward from 700 feet above ground level (AGL) at Farmington, NM. A new 
Global Positioning System (GPS) standard instrument approach procedure 
(SIAP) to Runway (RWY) 25 at four Corners Regional Airport, Farmington, 
NM, has made this proposal necessary. The intended effect of this 
proposal is to provide adequate controlled airspace for aircraft 
executing the GPS SIAP to RWY 25 at Farmington, NM.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before February 29, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Send comments on the proposal in triplicate to Manager, 
System Management Branch, Air Traffic Division, Federal Aviation 
Administration, Southwest Region, Docket No. 95-ASW-18, Fort Worth, TX 
76193-0530. The official docket may be examined in the Office of the 
Assistant Chief Counsel, Federal Aviation Administration, Southwest 
Region, 2601 Meacham Boulevard, Fort Worth, TX, between 9:00 a.m. and 
3:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. An informal 
docket may also be examined during normal business hours at the System 
Management Branch, Air Traffic Division, Federal Aviation 
Administration, Southwest Region, 2601 Meacham Boulevard, Fort Worth, 
TX.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Donald J. Day, System Management 
Branch, Federal Aviation Administration, Southwest Region, Fort Worth, 
TX 76193-0530; telephone: (817) 222-5593.

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 under the caption 
ADDRESSES. Commenters wishing the FAA to acknowledge receipt of their 
comments on this notice must submit, with those comments, a self-
addressed, stamped, postcard containing the following statement: 
``Comments to Airspace Docket No. 95-ASW-18.'' The postcard will be 
date and 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 the light of comments 
received. All comments submitted will be available for examination in 
the Office of the Assistant Chief Counsel, Federal Aviation 
Administration, Southwest Region, 2601 Meacham Boulevard, Fort Worth, 
TX, both before and after the closing date for comments. A report 
summarizing each substantive public contract 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 System Management Branch, Air 
Traffic Division, Federal Aviation Administration, Southwest Region, 
Fort Worth, TX 76193-0530. 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 that 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 revise the Class E airspace, 
controlled airspace extending upward from 700 feet AGL, at Four Corners 
Regional Airport, Farmington, NM. A new GPS SIAP to RWY 25 has made 
this proposal necessary. The intended effect of this proposal is to 
provide adequate Class E airspace for aircraft executing the GPS SIAP 
to RWY 25 at Farmington, NM.
    The coordinates for this airspace docket are based on North 
American Datum 83. Designated Class E airspace areas extending upward 
from 700 feet or more above ground level are published in Paragraph 
6005 of FAA Order 7400.9C, dated August 17, 1995, and effective 
September 16, 1995, 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 that need frequent and 
routine amendments to keep them operationally current. It, therefore--
(1) is not a ``significant regulatory action'' under Executive Order 
12866; 92) 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 rule, when promulgated, will not have a significant 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. 40103, 40113, 40120; 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 7400.9C, Airspace Designations and 
Reporting Points, dated August 17, 1995, and effective September 16, 
1995, is amended as follows:

Paragraph 6005  Class E airspace areas extending upward from 700 
feet or more above the surface of the earth.

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ASW NM E5 Farmington, NM [Revised]

Farmington, Four Corners Regional Airport, NM
    (Lat. 36 deg.44'31'' N, long. 108 deg.13'47'' W)
Farmington VORTAC
    (Lat. 36 deg.44'54'' N, long. 108 deg.05'56'' W)

    That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface 
within a 6.7-mile radius of Four Corners Regional Airport, and 
within 1.7 each side of the 088 deg. bearing from the airport 
extending from the 6.7-mile radius to 9-miles east of the airport, 
and within 1.6 miles each side of the 266 deg. radial of the 
Farmington VORTAC extending from the 6.7-mile radius to 10.7 miles 
west of the airport; and that airspace extending from 1,200 feet 
above the surface bounded by a line extending from lat. 
37 deg.04'00'' N, long. 108 deg.27'03'' W; thence clockwise within a 
25.5-mile radius of the Farmington VORTAC to lat. 37 deg.00'00'' N, 
long. 107 deg.40'18'' W; to lat. 37 deg.00'00'' N, long. 
107 deg.12'58'' W; thence clockwise within a 45.1-mile radius of the 
Farmington VORTAC to point of beginning; 

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excluding that airspace within the Durango, CO, Class E airspace area, 
that airspace within and underlying the Crownpoint, NM, Class E 
airspace area.
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    Issued in Fort Worth, TX on January 3, 1996.
Albert L. Viselli,
Acting Manager, Air Traffic Division, Southwest Region.
[FR Doc. 96-999 Filed 1-23-96; 8:45 am]
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