[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 55 (Friday, March 21, 1997)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 13563-13564]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-7224]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
14 CFR Part 71

[Airspace Docket No. 97-AWP-12]


Proposed Revision of Class E Airspace; Marysville, CA

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.

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SUMMARY: This notice proposes to revise the Class E Airspace area at 
Marysville, CA. This action removes from the Marysville airspace 
description that portion of airspace defined for instrument operations 
at Truckee-Tahoe Airport, CA. A review of airspace classification and 
air traffic procedures has made this action necessary. The intended 
effect of this action is to remove overlapping descriptions of 
controlled airspace since the purpose and requirements for Truckee-
Tahoe Airport, CA have changed.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before April 15, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Send comments on the proposal in triplicate to: Federal 
Aviation Administration, Attn: Manager, Operations Branch, AWP-530, 
Docket No. 97-AWP-12, 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) 275-6556.

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. 97-
AWP-12.'' 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 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 the 
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 revise the Class E airspace 
area at Marysville, CA. This action removes from the Marysville 
airspace description that portion of airspace defined for instrument 
operations at Truckee-Tahoe Airport, CA. A review of airspace 
classification and air traffic procedures has made this action 
necessary. The intended effect of this action is to remove overlapping 
descriptions of controlled airspace since the purpose and requirements 
for Truckee-Tahoe Airport, CA have changed. Class E airspace areas 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 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

    Accordingly, pursuant to the authority delegated to me, the Federal 
Aviation Administration proposes to amend part 71 of the Federal 
Aviation Regulations (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:

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Paragraph 6005  Class E airspace.

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AWP CA E5 Marysville, CA

Marysville Yuba County Airport, CA
    (Lat. 39 deg.05'52'' N, long. 121 deg.34'11'' W)
Marysville Beale AFB, CA
    (Lat. 39 deg.08'10'' N, long. 121 deg.26'12'' W)
Marysville Beale AFB TACAN
    (Lat. 39 deg.08'05'' N, long. 121 deg.26'26'' W)
Marysville VOR/DME
    (Lat. 39 deg.05'55'' N, long. 121 deg.34'23'' W)
Mustang VORTAC
    (Lat. 39 deg.31'53'' N, long. 119 deg.39'22'' W)
Lincoln Municipal Airport, CA
    (Lat. 38 deg.54'33'' N, long. 121 deg.21'05'' W)
Sierraville Dearwater Airport, CA
    (39 deg.34'51.653'' N, 120 deg.21'15.745'' W)

    That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface 
within an 8.7-mile radius of Beale AFB and 2 miles each side of a 
345 deg. bearing from the Lincoln Municipal Airport and within a 7-
mile radius of Yuba County Airport and within 7.8 miles west and 4.3 
miles east of Beale AFB TACAN 342 deg. radial extending from the 
Beale AFB 8.7-mile radius to 25 miles northwest of the Beale AFB 
TACAN and within 7 miles west and 4.3 miles east of the Marysville 
VOR 343 deg. radial, extending from the Yuba County Airport 7-mile 
radius to 10.4 miles northwest of the Marysville VOR and within 7 
miles southwest and 4.3 miles northeast of the Marysville VOR 
153 deg. radial extending from the Yuba County Airport 7-mile radius 
to 10.4 miles southeast of the Marysville VOR. That airspace 
extending upward from 1,200 feet above the surface bounded on the 
east by a line extending from lat. 40 deg.00'00'' N, long. 
120 deg.30'04'' W; to lat. 39 deg.30'00'' N, long. 120 deg.30'04'' 
W; to lat. 39 deg.30'00'' N, long. 120 deg.19'04'' W; to lat. 
39 deg.07'00'' N, long. 120 deg.19'04'' W; thence counterclockwise 
via the 39.1-mile radius of the Mustang VORTAC to lat. 
39 deg.00'00'' N; thence via lat. 39 deg.00'00'' N, to the west 
boundary of V-23; thence bounded on the west by the west boundary of 
V-23, on the northwest by the Red Bluff, CA Class E airspace area, 
and on the north by lat. 40 deg.00'00'' N. That airspace extending 
upward from 8,500 feet MSL bounded on the south by lat. 
40 deg.00'00'' N, on the west and northwest by the Red Bluff, CA and 
Maxwell, CA Class E airspace areas, on the north by lat. 
40 deg.45'00'' N, and on the east by a line extending from lat. 
40 deg.45'00'' N, long. 121 deg.39'04'' W; to lat. 40 deg.23'00'' N, 
long. 121 deg.39'04'' W; to lat. 40 deg.23'00'' N, long 
121 deg.25'04'' W; to lat. 40 deg.00'00'' N, long. 121 deg.25'04'' 
W. That airspace extending upward from 10,500 feet MSL bounded on 
the east by long. 120 deg.19'04'' W; on the south by the Truckee-
Tahoe Class E airspace area, including that airspace within a 2-mile 
radius of the Sierraville Dearwater Airport, thence north via long. 
120 deg.30'04'' W; to lat. 40 deg.00'00'' N, long. 120 deg.30'04'' 
W; to lat. 40 deg.00'00'' N, long. 121 deg.25'04'' W; on the west by 
long. 121 deg.25'04'' W, and on the north by lat. 40 deg.45'00'' N. 
That airspace extending upward from 12,500 feet MSL bounded on the 
east by long. 121 deg.25'04'' W; on the south by lat. 40 deg.23'00'' 
N, on the west by long. 121 deg.39'04'' W; and on the north lat. 
40 deg.45'00'' N.
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    Issued in Los Angeles, California, on March 3, 1997.
Michael Lammes,
Acting Manager, Air Traffic Division, Western-Pacific Region.
[FR Doc. 97-7224 Filed 3-20-97; 8:45 am]
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