[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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