[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 128 (Tuesday, July 2, 1996)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 34398-34399]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-16725]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
14 CFR Part 71

[Airspace Docket No. 96-AAL-5]


Proposed Establishment of Class E Airspace; Buckland, AK

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.

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SUMMARY: This action establishes Class E airspace at Buckland, AK. The 
development of a Global Positioning System (GPS) instrument approach to 
RWY 10 has made this action necessary. This action will change the 
airport status from Visual Flight Rules (VFR) to Instrument Flight 
Rules (IFR). The area would be depicted on aeronautical charts for 
pilot reference. The intended effect of this proposal is to provide 
adequate controlled airspace for IFR operations at Buckland, AK.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before August 19, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Send comments on the proposal in triplicate to: Manager, 
System Management Branch, AAL-530, Docket No. 96-AAL-5, Federal 
Aviation Administration, 222 West 7th Avenue, Box 14, Anchorage, AK 
99513-7587.
    The official docket may be examined in the Office of the Assistant 
Chief Counsel for the Alaskan Region at the same address.
    An informal docket may also be examined during normal business 
hours in the Office of the Manager, System Management Branch, Air 
Traffic Division, at the address shown above.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert van Haastert, System Management 
Branch, AAL-538, Federal Aviation Administration, 222 West 7th Avenue, 
Box 14, Anchorage, AK 99513-7587; telephone number (907) 271-5902.

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. 96-
AAL-5.'' 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, 
Federal Aviation Administration, 222 West 7th Avenue, Box 14, 
Anchorage, AK, 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 Notice of Proposed Rulemaking 
(NPRM) by submitting a request to the System Management Branch, AAL-
530, Federal Aviation Administration, 222 West 7th Avenue, Box 14, 
Anchorage, AK 99513-7587. 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.

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 
Buckland, AK. The status of Buckland Airport will change from VFR to 
IFR. The coordinates for this airspace docket are based on North 
American Datum 83. The Class E airspace areas designated as 700/1200 
foot transition areas 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 (58 FR 36298; July 6, 
1993). The Class E airspace designation listed in this document would 
be published subsequently in the Order. The FAA has determined that 
these proposed regulations only involve 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, when 
promulgated, will not have a significant

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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. 40103, 40113, 40120; E.O. 10854, 24 FR 
9565, 3 CFR, 1959-1963 Comp., p. 389; 49 U.S.C. 106(g), 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:
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Paragraph 6005  Class E airspace extending upward from 700 feet or 
more above the surface of the earth.

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AAL AK E5 Buckland, AK [New]

Buckland Airport, AK
    (lat. 65 deg.58'40''N, long. 161 deg.07'44''W)
Buckland NDB
    (lat. 65 deg.58'45''N, long. 161 deg.08'56''W)
Kotzebue VOR/DME
    (lat. 66 deg.53'09''N, long. 162 deg.32'24''W)
Selawik VOR/DME
    (lat. 66 deg.36'00''N, long. 159 deg.59'50''W)
    That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface 
within a 6.5-mile radius of the Buckland Airport; and that airspace 
extending upward from 1,200 feet above the surface within 6 miles 
southwest and 4 miles northeast of the 303 deg. bearing of the 
Buckland NDB extending from the 6.5-mile radius to 21 miles 
northwest, and 4 miles eitherside of the Kotzebue VOR/DME 115 deg. 
radial from the VOR/DME to 10.5 miles northwest on the 303 deg. 
bearing from the Buckland NDB, and 4 miles eitherside of the Selawik 
VOR/DME 190 deg. radial from the VOR/DME to 10.5 miles northwest on 
the 303 deg. bearing from the Buckland NDB.
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    Issued in Anchorage, AK, on June 17, 1996.
Willis C. Nelson
Manager, Air Traffic Division, Alaskan Region.
[FR Doc. 96-16725 Filed 7-1-96; 8:45 am]
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