[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 47 (Tuesday, March 11, 1997)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 11128-11129]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-5905]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
14 CFR Part 71

[Airspace Docket No. 96-AWP-21]


Proposed Establishment of Class E Airspace; Truckee, CA

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.

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SUMMARY: This notice proposes to establish a Class E airspace area at 
Truckee, CA. The establishment of a Global Positioning System (GPS) 
Standard Instrument Approach Procedure (SIAP) to Runway (RWY) 19 at 
Truckee-Tahoe Airport has made this proposal necessary. The intended 
effect of this proposal is to provide adequate controlled airspace for 
Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) operations at Truckee-Tahoe Airport, 
Truckee, CA.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before March 26, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Send comments on the proposal in triplicate to: Federal 
Aviation Administration, Attn: Manager, Operations Branch, AWP-530, 
Docket No. 96-AWP-21, 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-21.'' 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

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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 
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 contract 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 the 
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 Regulation (14 CFR part 71) to establish a Class E airspace 
area to Truckee, CA. The establishment of a GPS SIAP at Truckee-Tahoe 
Airport has made this proposal necessary. The intended effect of this 
proposal is to provide adequate Class E airspace for aircraft executing 
the GPSS RWY 19 SIAP and other Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) operations 
at Truckee-Tahoe Airport, Truckee, CA. 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 
7400.9D dated September 4, 1996, and effective September 16, 1996, 
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 Procedure (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 7400.9D, Airspace Designations and 
Reporting Points, dated September 4, 1996, and effective September 16, 
1996, 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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AWP CA E5 Truckee, CA [New]

Truckee-Tahoe Airport, CA
    (lat. 39 deg.19'12''N, long. 120 deg.28'22''W.)

    That airspace existing upward from 700 feet above the surface 
beginning at lat. 39 deg.10'00''N, long. 119 deg.56'00''W; to lat. 
39 deg.02'00''N, long. 120 deg.20'00''W; to lat. 39 deg.02'00''N, 
long. 120 deg.34'00''W; to lat. 39 deg.21'00''N, long. 
120 deg.34'00''W; to lat. 39 deg.21'00''N, long. 120 deg.42'00''W; 
to lat. 39 deg.35'00''N; long. 120 deg.42'00''W; to lat. 
39 deg.35'00''N, 120 deg.23'00''W; to lat. 39 deg.40'00''N, long. 
120 deg.16'00''W; to lat. 39 deg.40'00''N, long. 119 deg.56'00''W, 
thence to the point of beginning, excluding the Reno, NV, Class C 
and Class E airspace areas, and excluding that airspace with a 1-
mile radius of the Homewood Seaplane Base and a 2-mile radius of the 
Sierraville Dearwater Airport.
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    Issued in Los Angeles, California, on February 24, 1997.
Leonard A. Mobley,
Acting Manager, Air Traffic Division, Western-Pacific Region.
[FR Doc. 97-5905 Filed 3-10-97; 8:45 am]
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