[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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