[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 39 (Tuesday, February 27, 1996)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 7228-7229]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-3981]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
14 CFR Part 71
[Airspace Docket No. 95-AEA-11]
Proposed Revocation of Class D Airspace and Class E5 Airspace;
Calverton, NY
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.
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SUMMARY: This proposed rule would revoke Class D airspace designated as
a surface area for Calverton Airport, Naval Weapons Industrial Reserve
Plant (NWIRP), on Long Island, New York. The air traffic control tower
is no longer operating, and there are no current plans to reestablish a
tower control function at this airport. The proposed rule would also
include revocation of the Class E5 airspace extending upward from 700
feet above the surface of the earth. The airport use was associated
with the aircraft repair facilities at the Calverton Airport. Recent
reductions in these functions have resulted in termination of flight
operations at Calverton Airport.
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-11, FAA 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, FAA 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, FAA Eastern Region, Federal
Building #111, John F. Kennedy Int'l Airport, Jamaica, New York 11430.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Francis T. Jordan, Jr., Airspace
Specialist, System Management Branch, AEA-530, FAA 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-11''. 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, FAA 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 revoke
existing Class D surface airspace and overlying Class E5 airspace
designated as extending upward from 700 feet above the surface, at
Calverton Airport, NY. The air traffic control tower and the instrument
operations, which this airspace was supporting, no longer exist. Flight
operations at this airport have ceased. Class D and Class E airspace
designations are published in Paragraph 5000 and 6005, 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 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 Calverton, NY--[Removed]
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Paragraph 6005--Subpart E--Class E airspace designated as airspace
areas extending upward from 700 feet or more above the surface of
the earth.
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AEA NY E5 Calverton, NY--[Removed]
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Issued in Jamaica, New York, on January 29, 1996.
John S. Walker,
Manager, Air Traffic Division.
[FR Doc. 96-3981 Filed 2-26-96; 8:45 am]
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