[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 100 (Wednesday, May 22, 1996)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 25600-25601]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-12839]



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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
14 CFR Part 71

[Airspace Docket No. 95-ANM-22]


Proposed Establishment of Class E Airspace, Colstrip, Montana

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM).

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SUMMARY: This proposed rule would establish the Colstrip, Montana, 
Class E airspace to accommodate a new Global Positioning System (GPS) 
standard instrument approach procedure (SIAP) to the Colstrip Airport. 
The area would be depicted on aeronautical charts for pilot reference.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before July 8, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Send comments on the proposal in triplicate to: Manager, 
Operations Branch, ANM-530, Federal Aviation Administration, Docket No. 
95-ANM-22, 1601 Lind Avenue S.W., Renton, Washington 98055-4056.
    The official docket may be examined at the same address.
    An informal docket may also be examined during normal business 
hours at the address listed above.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
James Frala, ANM-532.4, Federal Aviation Administration, Docket No. 95-
ANM-22, 1601 Lind Avenue S.W., Renton, Washington 98055-4056; telephone 
number: (206) 227-2535.

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 those comments a self-addressed, stamped postcard on which 
the following statement is made: ``Comments to Airspace Docket No. 95-
ANM-22.'' 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 the light of comments received. All comments submitted will be 
available for examination at the address listed above 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 docked.

Availability NPRM's

    Any person may obtain a copy of this NPRM by submitting a request 
to the Federal Aviation Administration, Operations Branch, ANM-530, 
1601 Lind Avenue S.W., Renton, Washington 98055-4056. 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 
procedure.

[[Page 25601]]

The Proposal

    The FAA is considering an amendment to part 71 of the Federal 
Aviation Regulations (14 CFR part 71) to establish Class E airspace at 
Colstrip, Montana, to accommodate a new GPS SIAP to the Colstrip 
Airport. The area would be depicted on aeronautical charts for pilot 
reference. The coordinates for this airspace docket are based on North 
American Datum 83. Class E 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 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 rule, when promulgated, 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 above the surface of the earth

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ANM MT E5  Colstrip, MT

Colstrip Airport, MT
    (Lat. 45 deg.51'10'' N, long. 106 deg.42'34'' W)
Billings Logan International Airport, MT
    (Lat. 45 deg.48'30'' N, long. 108 deg.32'38'' W)

    That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface 
within a 13.5-mile radius of Colstrip Airport; that airspace 
extending upward from 1,200 feet above the surface bounded on the 
north by the south edge of V-2, on the east by the west edge of V-
254, on the south along lat. 45 deg.30'00'' N, and on the west by 
the 60-mile arc centered on Billings Logan International Airport; 
excluding the Forsyth and Miles City, MT Class airspace areas.
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    Issued in Seattle, Washington, on May 8, 1996.
Richard E. Prang,
Acting Assistant Manager, Air Traffic Division, Northwest Mountain 
Region.
[FR Doc. 96-12839 Filed 5-21-96; 8:45 am]
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