[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 39 (Tuesday, February 27, 1996)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 7229-7230]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-3974]



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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
14 CFR Part 71

[Airspace Docket No. 95-AEA-13]


Proposed Establishment of Class E5 Airspace Clinton CO Airport, 
Plattsburgh, NY., and Revocation of Class E5 Airspace, Plattsburgh AFB, 
NY

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.

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SUMMARY: This proposed rule would modify Class E5 airspace extending 
upward from 700 feet above the earth for Clinton County Airport, 
Plattsburgh, New York. There is existing E5 airspace for both the 
Plattsburgh AFB and Clinton County Airport. As result of the Base 
Closure and Realignment Program, the Plattsburgh AFB has closed, 
necessitating redesign of the Class E5 airspace.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before March 28, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Send comments on the rule in triplicate to: Manager, System 
Management Branch, AEA-530, Docket No. 95-AEA-13, 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.

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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-13''. 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) establishing Class E5 airspace at 
Clinton County Airport and revoking the existing E5 airspace at 
Plattsburgh AFB, Plattsburgh, NY, to accommodate current SIAPs and for 
IFR operations at the Clinton County Airport. The Plattsburgh AFB has 
closed and the VALCOUR TACAN has been decommissioned. The Clinton 
County Airport has a VOR or GPS RWY 19 SIAP and an ILS RWY 1 SIAP. The 
modification and description proposed would be based on existing 
navigation devices, and would accommodate these SIAPs and instrument 
flight rules (IFR) operations at Clinton County Airport. Class E5 
airspace areas extending upward from 700 feet or more above 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 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 6005  Class E airspace areas extending from 700 feet or 
more above the earth.

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AEA NY E5 Plattsburgh, NY [Removed]

Plattsburgh AFB, Plattsburgh, NY
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AEA NY E5 Plattsburgh, NY [New]

Clinton County Airport, Plattsburgh, NY
    (Lat. 44 deg.41'15'' N, long. 73 deg.31'28'' W)
Plattsburgh VORTAC
    (Lat. 44 deg.41'06'' N., long. 73 deg.31'22'' W)

    That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface 
within a 9.5-mile radius of Clinton County Airport and within 4.4 
miles each side of the Plattsburgh VORTAC 350 deg. radial extending 
from the 9.5-mile radius of the Clinton County Airport to 12 miles 
north of the VORTAC and 4 miles each side of the Plattsburgh VORTAC 
155 deg. radial extending from the 9.5-mile radius of the Clinton 
County Airport to0 18.5 miles southeast of the VORTAC.
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    Issued in Jamaica, New York, on January 29, 1996.
John S. Walker,
Manager, Air Traffic Division.
[FR Doc. 96-3974 Filed 2-26-96; 8:45 am]
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