[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 19 (Monday, January 29, 1996)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 2712-2713]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-1441]



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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
14 CFR Part 71

[Airspace Docket No. 95-ANM-23]


Establishment of Class E Airspace; Sandpoint, ID

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: This action establishes the Sandpoint, Idaho, Class E 
airspace. This action is necessary to accommodate a Global Positioning 
System (GPS) Standard Instrument Approach Procedure (SIAP) to Dave Wall 
Field, Sandpoint, Idaho. A minor correction is being made in the 
geographic position coordinates of Dave Wall Field and Spokane 
Fairchild AFB, Washington. An inadvertent error in the Notice of 
Proposed Rulemaking is also corrected to reflect the intent to create a 
new Class E airspace, not revise an existing Class E airspace.

EFFECTIVE DATE: 0901 UTC, April 25, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
James C. Frala, System Management Branch, ANM-535/A, Federal Aviation 
Administration, Docket No. 95-ANM-23, 1601 Lind Avenue S.W., Renton, 
Washington, 98055-4056; telephone number: (206) 227-2535.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

History

    On October 24, 1995, the FAA proposed to amend part 71 of the 
Federal Aviation Regulations (14 CFR part 71) to establish Class E 
airspace at Sandpoint, Idaho, to accommodate a new GPS SIAP to Dave 
Wall Field (60 FR 54458). Interested parties were invited to 
participate in the rulemaking proceeding by submitting written comments 
on the proposal. No comments were received.
    The geographic coordinates for Spokane Fairchild AFB, Washington 
and Dave Wall Field, Sandpoint, Idaho, as provided by the National 
Ocean 

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Service, and the National Flight Data Digest Number 237 dated December 
11, 1995, respectively, are corrected herein. The coordinates for this 
airspace docket are based on North American Datum 83. Class E airspace 
areas extending upward from 700 feet or more above the surface of the 
earth 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 listed in this document 
will be published subsequently in the Order.

The Rule

    This amendment to part 71 of Federal Aviation Regulations 
establishes Class E airspace at Sandpoint, Idaho. 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 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 FAA 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; E.O. 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 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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ANM ID E5 Sandpoint, ID [New]

Dave Wall Field, Sandpoint, ID
    (lat. 48 deg.17'55'' N, long. 116 deg.33'39'' W)
Spokane Fairchild AFB, WA
    (lat. 47 deg.36'54'' N, long. 117 deg.39'29'' W)

    That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface 
within a 8-mile radius of Dave Wall Field; that airspace extending 
upward from 1,200 feet above the surface bounded on the north by 
lat. 48 deg.30'00'' N, on the east by the Idaho/Montana state 
boundary, on the south by the north edge of V-120, and on the west 
by the 45.3-mile radius of the Fairchild AFB and the east edge of 
V112; excluding Federal airways.
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    Issued in Seattle, Washington, on January 9, 1996.
Richard E. Prang,
Acting Assistant Manager, Air Traffic Division, Northwest Mountain 
Region.
[FR Doc. 96-1441 Filed 1-26-96; 8:45 am]
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