[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 48 (Monday, March 11, 1996)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 9655-9656]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-5725]



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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Airspace Docket No. 95-AWP-13]


Proposed Establishment of Class E Airspace; Hollister, CA

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking.

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SUMMARY: This supplemental notice amends a previous proposal to 
establish a Class E airspace area at Hollister, CA. The development of 
a Global Positioning System (GPS) Standard Instrument Approach 
Procedure (SIAP) to Runway (RWY) 31 has made this proposal necessary. 
The intended effect of this supplemental notice is to provide 
additional controlled airspace for Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) 
operations at Hollister Municipal Airport, Hollister, CA.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before April 18, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Send comments on the proposal in triplicate to: Federal 
Aviation Administration, Attn: Manager, System Management Branch, AWP-
530, Docket No. 95-AWP-13, 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:
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 

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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. 95-AWP-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 supplemental 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's

    Any person may obtain a copy of this Supplemental Notice of 
Proposed Rulemaking (SNPRM) 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 SNPRM. 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) by establishing a Class E 
airspace area at Hollister, CA. The FAA published an earlier notice 
proposing to establish Class E airspace area at Hollister, CA, on 
January 8, 1996 (60 FR 549). Comments received in response to the NPRM 
and this SNPRM will be addressed in the final disposition of the rule. 
This supplemental notice proposes to amend the Class E airspace area at 
Hollister, CA, as proposed in the original notice by providing 
additional controlled airspace for IFR operations at Hollister 
Municipal Airport, Hollister, CA. 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 proposed 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

    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 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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AWP CA E5 Hollister, CA [New]

Hollister Municipal Airport, CA
    (Lat. 36 deg.53'36''N, long. 121 deg.24'37''W)

    That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface 
within a 4.2-mile radius of Hollister Municipal Airport and within 2 
miles each side of the 142 deg. bearing from the Hollister Municipal 
Airport extending from the 4.2-mile radius to 10 miles southeast of 
the Hollister Municipal Airport and within 2 miles each side of the 
320 deg. bearing from the Hollister Municipal Airport extending from 
the 4.2-mile radius to 5.4 miles northwest of the Hollister 
Municipal Airport.
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    Issued in Los Angeles, California, on February 27, 1996.
James H. Snow,
Acting Manager, Air Traffic Division, Western-Pacific Region.
[FR Doc. 96-5725 Filed 3-8-96; 8:45 am]
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