[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 32 (Thursday, February 15, 1996)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 5960-5962]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-3489]



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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Airspace Docket No. 95-AEA-17]


Proposed Amendment of Class D Airspace; Utica, NY, and Proposed 
Amendment of Class D Airspace and Class E4 Airspace, Rome, NY

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.

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SUMMARY: This proposed rule would modify Class D airspace designated as 
a surface area for Oneida County Airport, Utica, New York and Griffiss 
AFB, 

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Rome, New York. There is existing Class D airspace for each location. 
This proposal would redefine the boundaries of each area, and reduce 
the amount of of Class D airspace located to the east of these 
airports. The associated Class E4 airspace areas, at Griffiss AFB, 
designated as an extension to a Class D surface area, would also be 
modified and made effective only at the times the Griffiss AFB tower is 
operating. The actual use of the Class D airspace, by each airport, is 
based on the geographic division provided by the New York State Barge 
Canal; the modification would reflect this division.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before March 15, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Send comments on the rule in triplicate to: Manager, System 
Management Branch, AEA-530, Docket No. 95-AEA-17, F.A.A. Eastern 
Region, Federal Building #111, John F. Kennedy Int'l Airport, Jamaica, 
NY 11430.
    The official docket may be examined in the Office of the Assistant 
Chief Counsel, AEA-7, F.A.A. Eastern Region, Federal Building #111, 
John F. Kennedy International Airport, Jamaica, New York 11430.
    An informal docket may also be examined during normal business 
hours in the System Management Branch, AEA-530, F.A.A. Eastern Region, 
Federal Building #111, John F. Kennedy International Airport, Jamaica, 
New York 11430.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mr. Francis T. Jordan, Jr., Airspace Specialist, System Management 
Branch, AEA-530, F.A.A. Eastern Region, Federal Building #111, John F. 
Kennedy International Airport, Jamaica, New York 11430; telephone: 
(718) 553-4521.

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, 
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. Commenters 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-
AEA-17''. 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 received will be available for 
examination in the Rules Docket both before and after the closing date 
for comments. A report summarizing each substantive public contact with 
the FAA personnel concerned with this rulemaking will be filed in the 
docket.

Availability of NPRMs

    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, AEA-530, F.A.A. Eastern Region, Federal Building 
#111, John F. Kennedy International Airport, Jamaica, NY 11430. 
Communications must identify the notice number of this NPRM. Persons 
interested in being placed on a mailing list for future NPRMs 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). This proposed rule would modify 
the Class D airspace at Oneida County Airport, Utica, NY to designate 
the surface airspace that is actually utilized for the Oneida County 
Airport when the tower is in operation. This proposed rule would modify 
the Class D airspace and associated Class E4 airspace designated as an 
extension to a Class D surface area at Griffiss AFB. The air traffic 
control tower is no longer operating 24 hours a day at Griffiss AFB, 
and a ``by NOTAM'' clause would be added to the Class D and Class E4 
airspace descriptions. This would result in the airport having surface 
controlled airspace, Class D, for a period of time; then reverting to 
uncontrolled Class G airspace under a 700 foot Class E5 airspace area. 
The weather observations are only available during those same hours as 
the control tower operates. Class D and Class E4 airspace designations 
are published in Paragraph 5000 and 6004, respectively, 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 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 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 would only affect air traffic 
procedures and air navigation, it is certified that this proposed rule 
would 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 proposes 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. 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 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 5000--Subpart D--Class D airspace, areas designated as a 
surface area for an airport.

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AEA NY D Utica, NY [Revised]

Oneida County Airport, Utica, NY
    (Lat. 43 deg.08'42''N., long. 75 deg.23'02''W.)

    That airspace extending upward from the surface to and including 
3,200 feet MSL within a 4.2-mile radius of the Oneida County 
Airport, excluding the portion which is north and east of the New 
York State Barge Canal, along a line extending from lat. 
43 deg.12'02''N., long. 75 deg.26'23''W. to lat. 43 deg.11'56''N., 
long. 75 deg.22'30''W. to lat 43 deg.11'16''N., long. 
75 deg.20'53''W. to lat. 43 deg.08'30''N., long. 75 deg.17'22''W. 
This Class D airspace area is effective during the specific dates 
and times established in advance by a 

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Notice to Airmen. The effective date and time will thereafter be 
published in the Airport/Facility Directory.
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AEA NY D Rome, NY [Revised]

Griffiss AFB, Rome, NY
    (Lat. 43 deg.14'02''N., long. 75 deg.24'26'')

    That airspace extending upward from the surface to and including 
3000 feet MSL within a 4.5-mile radius of Griffiss AFB, excluding 
the portion within the Utica, NY, Class D airspace area. This Class 
D airspace area is effective during the specific dates and times 
established in advance by a Notice to Airmen. The effective date and 
time will thereafter be continuously published in the Airport/
Facility Directory.
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Paragraph 6004--Subpart E--Class E airspace areas designated as an 
extension to a Class D surface area.

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AEA NY E4 Rome, NY [Revised]

Griffiss AFB, Rome, NY
    (Lat. 43 deg.14'02''N., long. 75 deg.24'26''W.)

    That airspace extending upward from the surface within 1.2 miles 
each side of a 314 deg. bearing extending from the 4.5-mile radius 
of Griffiss AFB to 6.9 miles northwest of the airport and within 1.2 
miles each side of a 134 deg. bearing extending from the 4.5-mile 
radius of Griffiss AFB to 6.9 miles southeast of the airport, 
excluding that airspace within the Utica, NY, Class D airspace area. 
This Class E airspace area is effective during the specific dates 
and times established in advance by a Notice to Airmen. The 
effective date and time will thereafter be continuously published in 
the Airport/Facility Directory.
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    Issued in Jamaica, New York, on January 29, 1996.
John S. Walker,
Manager, Air Traffic Division.
[FR Doc. 96-3489 Filed 2-14-96; 8:45 am]
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