[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 48 (Monday, March 11, 1996)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 9658-9659]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-5721]



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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
14 CFR Part 71

[Airspace Docket No. 96-AWP-6]


Amendment of Class E Airspace; Visalia, CA

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.

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SUMMARY: This notice proposes to amend the Class E airspace area at 
Visalia, CA due to the abandonment of Ianni Strip, CA. The intended 
effect of this proposal is to remove the reference to Ianni Strip from 
the Class E airspace description.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before April 12, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Send comments on the proposal in triplicate to: Federal 
Aviation Administration, Attn: Manager, System Management Branch, AWP-
530, Docket No. 95-AWP-6, Air Traffic Division, P.O. Box 92007, 
Worldway Postal Center, Los Angeles, California 90009.
    The official docket may be examined in the Office of the Assistant 
Chief Counsel, Western Pacific Region, Federal Aviation Administration, 
Room 6007, 15000 Aviation Boulevard, Lawndale, California 90261.
    An informal docket may also be examined during normal business at 
the Office of the Manager, System Management Branch, Air Traffic 
Division at the above address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

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William Buck, Airspace Specialist, System Management Branch, AWP-530, 
Air Traffic Division, Western-Pacific Region, Federal Aviation 
Administration, 15000 Aviation Boulevard, Lawndale, California, 90261, 
telephone (310) 725-6556.

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, economic, 
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 the comments a self-addressed, stamped postcard on which 
the following statement is made: ``Comments to Airspace Docket No. 96-
AWP-6.'' 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 submitted will be available 
for examination in the System Management Branch, Air Traffic Division, 
at 15000 Aviation Boulevard, Lawndale, California 90261, both before 
and after the closing date for comments. A report summarizing each 
substantive public contact with FAA personnel concerned with this 
rulemaking will be filed in the docket.

Availability of NPRM

    Any person may obtain a copy of this Notice of Proposed Rulemaking 
(NPRM) by submitting a request to the Federal Aviation Administration, 
System Management Branch, P.O. Box 92007, Worldway Postal Center, Los 
Angeles, California 90009. Communications must identify the notice 
number of this NPRM. Persons interested in being placed on a mailing 
list for future NPRM's should also request a copy of Advisory Circular 
No. 11-2A, which describes the application procedures.

The Proposal

    The FAA is considering an amendment to part 71 of the Federal 
Aviation Regulations (14 CFR part 71) to revise the Class E airspace 
area at Visalia Municipal Airport, CA due to the abandonment of Ianni 
Strip, CA. The intended effect of this proposal is to remove the 
reference to Ianni Strip from the Class E airspace description. Class E 
airspace designations for 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 designation listed in this document would be published 
subsequently in this 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. 
Therefore, this proposal regulation--(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 10034; 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 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

    Accordingly, pursuant to the authority delegated to me, the Federal 
Aviation Administration proposes to amend part 71 of the Federal 
Aviation Regulations (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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Visalia Municipal Airport, CA
    (Lat. 36 deg.19'07''N, long. 119 deg.23'34''W)
Visalia VOR/DME
    (Lat. 36 deg.22'02''N, long. 119 deg.28'56''W)
Swanson Ranch NR1 Airport, CA
    (Lat. 36 deg.24'00''N, long. 119 deg.37'03''W)

    That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface 
within a 5-mile radius of the Visalia Municipal Airport and within 
1.8 miles each side of the Visalia VOR 302 deg. radial, extending 
from the 5-mile radius to 7 miles northwest of the VOR and within 4 
miles each side of the Visalia VOR 150 deg. radial, extending from 
1.7 miles southeast to 17.4 miles southeast of the Visalia VOR and 
within 2.3 miles each side of the 245 deg. bearing from the Visalia 
Municipal Airport, extending from the 5-mile radius to 8 miles 
southwest of the airport; excluding the airspace within 1-mile 
radius of Swanson Ranch NR1 Airport.
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    Issued in Los Angeles, California, on February 22, 1996.
Leonard A. Mobley,
Acting Manager, Air Traffic Division, Western-Pacific Region.
[FR Doc. 96-5721 Filed 3-8-96; 8:45 am]
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