[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 173 (Thursday, September 5, 1996)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 46743-46744]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-22540]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
14 CFR Part 71

[Airspace Docket No. 96-AWP-20]


Proposed Amendment of Class E Airspace; Tonopah, NV

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 
Tonopah, NV. The development of a Global Positioning System (GPS) 
Standard Instrument Approach Procedure (SIAP) to Runway (RWY) 15 has 
made this proposal necessary. The intended effect of this proposal is 
to provide adequate controlled airspace for Instrument Flight Rules 
(IFR) operations at Tonopah Airport, Tonopah, NV.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before September 16, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Send comments on the proposal in triplicate to: Federal 
Aviation Administration, Attn: Manager, Operations Branch, AWP-530, 
Docket No. 96-AWP-20, 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, Operations Branch, Air Traffic Division at 
the above address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: William Buck, Airspace Specialist, 
Operations 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-20.'' 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

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examination in the Operations 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, 
Operations 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 amend the Class E airspace 
area at Tonopah, NV. The development of GPS SIAP at Tonopah Airport has 
made this proposal necessary. The intended effect of this proposal is 
to provide adequate Class E airspace for aircraft executing the GPS RWY 
15 SIAP at Tonopah Airport, Tonopah, NV. 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 6002  Class E airspace areas designed as a surface area 
for an airport.

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AWP NV E2 Tonopah, NV [Revised]

Tonopah Airport, NV
    (Lat. 38 deg.03'29''N, long. 117 deg.05'22''W)
Tonopah VORTAC
(Lat. 38 deg.01'50''N, long. 117 deg.02'01''W)

    Within a 4.3-mile radius of the Tonopah Airport and within 2 
miles each side of the 358 deg. bearing from the Tonopah Airport, 
extending from the 4.3-mile radius to 10.5 miles north of the 
Tonopah Airport and within 1.8 miles each side of the Tonopah VORTAC 
115 deg. radial, extending from the 4.3-mile radius to 8.7 miles 
southeast of the Tonopah VORTAC.
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Paragraph 6005  Class E airspace areas extending upward from 700 
feet or more above the surface of the earth.

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AWP NV E5 Tonopah, NV [Revised]

Tonopah Airport, NV
    (Lat. 38 deg.03'29''N, long, 117 deg.05'22''W)
Tonopah VORTAC
    (Lat. 38 deg.01'50''N, long. 117 deg.02'01''W)

    That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface 
within a 4.3-mile radius of Tonopah Airport and that airspace 
northwest of the Tonopah Airport bounded by a line beginning at lat. 
38 deg.18'00''N, long. 117 deg.17'30''W; thence eastbound to lat. 
38 deg.18'00''N, long. 117 deg.03'00''W; thence southbound to lat. 
38 deg.07'30''N, long. 117 deg.03'00''W; thence counterclockwise via 
the 4.3-mile radius of the Tonopah Airport to lat. 38 deg.04'00''N, 
long. 117 deg.11'00''W, thence north westbound to lat. 
38 deg.12'00''N, long. 117 deg.17'00''W, northbound to the point of 
beginning. That airspace extending upward from 1,200 feet above the 
surface within the area beginning at lat. 37 deg.53'00''N, long. 
117 deg.05'41''W; thence south westbound along the southeastern edge 
of V-135 to the 24-mile radius of the Tonopah VORTAC; thence 
clockwise along the 24-mile radius of the Tonopah VORTAC to the 
southern edge of V-244; thence eastbound along the southern edge of 
V-244 to the 20-mile radius of the Tonopah VORTAC; thence clockwise 
along the 20-mile radius of the Tonopah VORTAC to lat. 
38 deg.18'00''N, long. 117 deg.17'30''W; thence eastbound to lat. 
38 deg.18'00''N, long. 117 deg.00'00''W; thence southbound to lat. 
38 deg.14'00''N, long. 117 deg.00'00''W; thence eastbound to lat. 
38 deg.17'00''N, long, 116 deg.36'00''W; thence southbound to lat. 
38 deg.00'00''N, long. 116 deg.33'00''W; thence westbound to lat. 
37 deg.59'30''N, long. 116 deg.38'30''W; thence southbound to lat. 
37 deg.53'00''W, long. 116 deg.38'30''W, thence to point of 
beginning.
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    Issued in Los Angeles, California, on August 8, 1996.
George D. Williams,
Manager, Air Traffic Division, Western-Pacific Region.
[FR Doc. 96-22540 Filed 9-4-96; 8:45 am]
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