[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 16 (Friday, January 24, 1997)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 3606-3607]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-1770]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
14 CFR Part 71

[Airspace Docket No. 96-AAL-23]


Revision of Class E Airspace; Savoonga, AK

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: This action revises Class E airspace at Savoonga Airport, AK. 
The development of a Global Positioning System (GPS) instrument 
approach to runway (RWY) 5 at Savoonga, AK, has made this action 
necessary. The intended effect of this action is to provide adequate 
controlled airspace for Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) operations at 
Savoonga Airport, AK.

EFFECTIVE DATE: 0901 UTC, March 27, 1997.

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) 271-5863.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

History

    On October 16, 1996, a proposal to amend part 71 of the Federal 
Aviation Regulations (14 CFR part 71) to establish Class E airspace at 
Savoonga was published in the Federal Register (61 FR 53876). The 
development of a GPS instrument approach procedure to RWY 5 at Savoonga 
Airport, AK, has made this action necessary.
    Interested parties were invited to participate in this rulemaking 
proceeding by submitting written comments on the proposal to the FAA. 
No comments to the proposals were received. However, the proposal was 
published without the exclusion of the Gambell Class E airspace. The 
last portion of the airspace description has been corrected to read: 
``and 10 miles north and 10 miles south of the 110 deg. bearing from 
the Gambell NDB/DME extending from 12 miles southeast of the Gambell 
NDB/DME to 33 miles southeast of the Gambell NDB/DME, excluding that 
airspace within Gambell, AK, Class E airspace area.'' The Federal 
Aviation Administration has determined that these changes are editorial 
in nature and will not increase the scope of this rule. Except for the 
non-substantive changes just discussed, the rule is adopted as written.
    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 
7400.9D, dated September 4, 1996, and effective September 16, 1996. 
Paragraph 6005 is incorporated by reference in 14 CFR 71.1 (61 FR 
48403; September 13, 1996). The Class E airspace designations listed in 
this document will be published subsequently in the Order.

The Rule

    This amendment to part 71 of the Federal Aviation Regulations (14 
CFR part 71) establishes Class E airspace located at Savoonga, AK, to 
provide controlled airspace extending upward from 700 feet AGL for 
aircraft executing instrument landing and departing procedures.
    The Federal Aviation Administration 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 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 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. 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 7400.9D, Airspace Designations and 
Reporting Points, dated September 4, 1996, and effective September 16, 
1996, 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 Savoonga, AK [Revised]

Savoonga Airport, AK
    (Lat. 63 deg.41'11'' N, long. 170 deg.29'33'' W)
Kukuliak VOR/DME
    (Lat. 63 deg.41'32'' N, long. 170 deg.28'12'' W)
Gambell NDB/DME
    (Lat. 63 deg.46'55'' N, long. 171 deg.44'12'' W)

    That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface 
within a 6.4-mile radius of the Savoonga Airport and within 3 miles 
each side of the 059 deg. radial of the Kululiak VOR/DME extending 
from the 6.4-mile radius to 14.3 miles from the airport; and that 
airspace extending upward from 1,200 feet above the surface within 
15 miles of the airport extending clockwise from the Kukuliak VOR/
DME 298 deg. radial to the 023 deg. radial of the VOR/DME, and 
within 20 miles of the airport extending clockwise from the Kukuliak 
VOR/DME 023 deg. radial to the 059 deg. radial of the VOR/DME, and 4 
miles each side of the 110 deg. bearing from the Gambell NDB/DME 
extending from the NDB/DME to 12 miles southeast of the Gambell NDB/
DME, and 10 miles north and 10 miles south of the 110 deg. bearing 
from the Gambell NDB/DME extending from 12 miles southeast of the 
Gambell NDB/DME to 33 miles southeast of the Gambell NDB/DME, 
excluding that airspace within Gambell, AK, Class E airspace area.
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    Issued in Anchorage, AK, on January 15, 1997.
Willis C. Nelson,
Manager, Air Traffic Division, Alaskan Region.
[FR Doc. 97-1770 Filed 1-23-97; 8:45 am]
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