[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 127 (Monday, July 1, 1996)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 33844]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-16733]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
14 CFR Part 71
[Airspace Docket No. 96-ANM-008]

Amendment of Class E Airspace; La Grande, Oregon
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: This action amends the La Grande, Oregon, Class E airspace to 
accommodate a new Global Positioning System (GPS) Standard Instrument 
Approach Procedure (SIAP) to the La Grande/Union County Airport. 
Additionally, this action corrects a typographical error of an airway 
referenced in the legal description and corrects the spelling of the 
name of the Class E airspace area that is excluded from this action.

EFFECTIVE DATE: 0901 UTC, October 10, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
James C. Frala, Operations Branch, ANM-532.4, Federal Aviation 
Administration, Docket No. 96-ANM-008, 1601 Lind Avenue S.W., Renton, 
Washington 98055-4056; telephone number: (206) 227-2535.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
History
    On May 2, 1996, the FAA proposed to amend part 71 of the Federal 
Aviation Regulations (14 CFR part 71) to amend Class E airspace at La 
Grande, Oregon, to accommodate a new GPS SIAP to the La Grande/Union 
County Airport (61 FR 19593). In the proposed legal description of the 
Class E airspace, there was a typographical error to an airway and the 
name of the Class E airspace area that is excluded from this action was 
misspelled. Those errors are corrected herein.
    Interested parties were invited to participate in the rulemaking 
proceeding by submitting written comments on the proposal. No comments 
were received.
    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 listed in this document will be published 
subsequently in the Order.

The Rule

    This amendment to part 71 of Federal Aviation Regulations amends 
Class E airspace at La Grande, Oregon. The FAA has determined that this 
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 will only affect air traffic procedures 
and air navigation, it is certified that this rule will 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).

Adoption of the Amendment

    In consideration of the foregoing, the FAA amends 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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ANM OR E5 La Grande, OR

La Grande/Union County Airport, OR

    (Lat. 45 deg.17'25''N, long. 118 deg.00'26''W)

Walla Walla VOR/DME

    (Lat. 46 deg.05'13''N, long. 118 deg.17'33''W)

    That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface 
bounded on the north by a line beginning at lat. 45 deg.38'59''N, 
long. 118 deg.02'04''W, extending eastwardly to lat. 
45 deg.37'00''N, long. 117 deg.44'34''W, on the east by a line 
extending to lat. 45 deg.15'29''N, long. 117 deg.49'04''W, on the 
south by a line extending to lat. 45 deg.17'29''N, long. 
118 deg.07'04''W, on the west by a line extending to the point of 
beginning, and within a 4.3-mile radius of the La Grande/Union 
County Airport; that airspace extending upward from 1,200 feet above 
the surface bounded by a line beginning at lat. 45 deg.38'59''N, 
long. 118 deg.02'04''W, extending northwest along V-357 to the Walla 
Walla VOR/DME 16.6-mile radius, thence north along the Walla Walla 
VOR/DME 16.6-mile radius until intercepting lat. 46 deg.00'00''N, 
thence eastward along lat. 46 deg.00'00''N, to long. 
117 deg.02'00''W, thence south along long. 117 deg.02'00''W until 
intercepting V-298, thence westward along V-298 to lat. 
45 deg.23'30''N, long. 117 deg.47'10''W, to lat. 45 deg.37'00''N, 
long. 117 deg.44'34''W, thence to the point of beginning, and that 
airspace bounded on the north by the southwest edge of V-298, on the 
east by the Boise, ID, Enroute Domestic Airspace Area, on the south 
by the north edge of V-121, on the west by the east edge of V-182-
357, excluding that airspace within Federal airways and the Baker 
City, OR, Class E airspace area.

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    Issued in Seattle, Washington, on June 19, 1996.
Richard E. Prang,
Acting Assistant Manager, Air Traffic Division, Northwest Mountain 
Region.

[FR Doc. 96-16733 Filed 6-28-96; 8:45 am]

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