[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 240 (Thursday, December 12, 1996)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 65318-65319]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-31580]


-----------------------------------------------------------------------


DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
14 CFR Part 71

[Airspace Docket No. 96-AWP-25]


Amendment of Class E Airspace, Grass Valley, CA

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Final rule.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

SUMMARY: This action amends the Class E airspace area at Grass Valley, 
CA. The development of a Global Positioning System (GPS) Standard 
Instrument Approach Procedure (SIAP) to Runway (RWY) 07 to Nevada 
County Airpark has made this action necessary. The intended effect of 
this action is to provide adequate controlled airspace for Instrument 
Flight Rules (IFR) operations at Nevada County Airpark, Grass Valley, 
CA.

EFFECTIVE DATE: 0901 UTC January 30, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
William Buck, Airspace Specialist, Operations Branch, AWP-530, Air 
Traffic Division, Western-Pacific Region, Federal Aviation 
Administration, 15000 Aviation

[[Page 65319]]

Boulevard, Lawndale, California 90261, telephone (310) 725-6556.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

History

    On November 1, 1996, the FAA proposed to amend part 71 of the 
Federal Aviation Regulations (14 CFR part 71) by amending the Class E 
airspace area at Grass Valley, CA (61 FR 56479). This action will 
provide adequate controlled airspace to accommodate a GPS SIAP to RWY 
07 at Nevada County Airpark, Grass Valley, CA.
    Interested parties were invited to participate in this rulemaking 
proceeding by submitting written comments on the proposal to the FAA. 
No comments to the proposal were received. Class E airspace 
designations are published in paragraph 6005 of FAA Order 7400.9D dated 
September 4, 1996, and effective September 16, 1996, which is 
incorporated by reference in 14 CFR 71.1. The Class E airspace 
designations listed in this document will be published subsequently in 
this Order.

The Rule

    This amendment to part 71 of the Federal Aviation Regulations (14 
CFR part 71) amends the Class E airspace area at Grass Valley, CA. The 
development of a GPS SIAP to RWY 07 has made this action necessary. The 
effect of this action will provide adequate airspace for aircraft 
executing the GPS RWY 07 SIAP at Nevada County Airpark, Grass Valley, 
CA.
    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. 
Therefore, this 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 rule will not have a significant economic impact on 
a substantial number of small entities under the criteria of the 
Regulatory Flexibility Act.

Lists of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 71

    Airspace, Incorporation by reference, Navigation (air).

Adoption of the Amendment

    In consideration of the foregoing, the Federal Aviation 
Administration 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 7400.9D, Airspace Designations and 
Reporting Points, dated September 4, 1996, and effective September 16, 
1996, is amended as follows:

Paragraph 6005  Class E airspace area extending upward from 700 
feet or more above the surface of the earth.

* * * * *

AWP CA E5 Grass Valley, CA [Revised]

Nevada County Airpark, CA
    (Lat. 39 deg.13'27''N, long. 121 deg.00'11''W)
Marysville VOR/DME
    (Lat. 39 deg.05'55''N, long. 121 deg.34'23''W)
* * * * *
    That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface 
within a 4.3-mile radius of the Nevada County Airpark and within 3.5 
miles south of the Marysville VOR/DME 074 deg. radial extending from 
13.9 miles east of the Marysville VOR/DME to the 4.3-mile radius of 
the Nevada County Airpark; thence counterclockwise via the 4.3-mile 
radius of the Nevada County Airpark to lat. 39 deg.17'00''N, long. 
121 deg.03'18''W, thence westbound along lat. 37 deg.17'00''N, to a 
point 13.9 miles northeast of the Marysville VOR/DME, thence 
clockwise along the 13.9 mile DME of the Marysville VOR/DME, to the 
point of beginning, excluding the Marysville, CA, Class E airspace 
area.

    Issued in Los Angeles, California, on November 22, 1996.
Sabra W. Kaulia,
Assistant Manager, Air Traffic Division, Western-Pacific Region.
[FR Doc. 96-31580 Filed 12-11-96; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4910-13-M