[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 116 (Tuesday, June 17, 1997)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 32683-32685]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-15858]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Airspace Docket No. 97-ANM-6]


Establishment of Class E Airspace; Driggs, Idaho

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Direct final rule; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: This action establishes a Class E airspace area at Driggs, 
Idaho (U59) to provide adequate controlled airspace for a new (GP-A 
approach procedure to Teton Peaks/Driggs Municipal Airport, Driggs, 
Idaho. This action also amends the Idaho Falls, Idaho, 1200-foot Class 
E airspace area to provide controlled airspace for the new GPS-A 
approach procedure to Teton Peaks/Driggs Municipal Airport. The airport

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underlies the Idaho Falls 1200-foot Class E airspace area.

DATES: Effective 0901 UTC, November 1, 1997.
    Comment Date: Comments must be receive on or before August 15, 
1997.

ADDRESSES: Send comments regarding the rule in triplicate to: Manager, 
Airspace Branch, Air Traffic Division, ANM-520, Federal Aviation 
Administration, Docket Number 97-ANM-6, 1601 Lind Avenue S.W., Renton, 
Washington 98055-4056.
    The official docket may be examined in the office of the Assistant 
Chief Counsel for the Northwest Mountain Region at the same address.
    An informal docket may also be examined during normal business 
hours at the address listed above.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
James Riley, ANM-520.4, Federal Aviation Administration, Docket No. 97-
ANM-6, 1601 Lind Avenue S.W., Renton, Washington, 98055-4056; telephone 
number: (425) 227-2537.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A new Standard Instrument Approach Procedure 
to Tenton Peaks/Driggs Municipal Airport, the GPS-A approach, requires 
the establishment of Class E airspace in the vicinity of Driggs, Idaho, 
and amendment of 1200-foot Class E airspace at Idaho Falls, Idaho. This 
action provides adequate controlled airspace for those aircraft using 
the new GPS-A instrument approach. Class E airspace areas extending 
upward from 700 feet 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 will 
be published subsequently in the Order.

The Direct Final Rule Procedure

    The FAA anticipates that this regulation will not result in adverse 
or negative comment, and, therefore, issues it as a direct final rule. 
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. 
Unless a written adverse or negative comment, or a written notice of 
intent to submit an adverse or negative comment is received within the 
comment period, the regulations will become effective on the date 
specified above. After the close of the comment period, the FAA will 
publish a docket to the Federal Register indicating that no adverse or 
negative comments were received and confirming the date on which the 
final rule will become effective. If the FAA does receive, within the 
comment period, an adverse or negative comment, or written notice of 
intent to submit such a comment, a document withdrawing the direct 
final rule will be published in the Federal Register, and a notice of 
proposed rulemaking may be published with a new comment period.

Comments Invited

    Although this action is in the form of a direct final rule, and was 
not preceded by a notice of proposed rulemaking, interested persons are 
invited to comment on this rule by submitting such written data, views, 
or arguments as they may desire. Communications should identify the 
Rules Docket Number and be submitted in triplicate to the address 
specified under the captain ADDRESS. All communications received on or 
before the closing date for comments will be considered, and this rule 
may be amended or withdrawn in light of the comments received. Factual 
information that supports the commenter's ideas and suggestions are 
extremely helpful in evaluating the effectiveness of this action and 
determining whether additional rulemaking action would be needed.
    Comments are specifically invited on the overall regulatory, 
economic, environmental, and energy aspects of the rule that might 
suggest a need to modify the rule. All comments submitted will be 
available, both before and after the closing date for comments, in the 
Rules Docket for examination by interested persons. A report that 
summarizes each FAA-public contact concerned with the substance of this 
action will be filed in the Rules Docket.
    Commenters wishing the FAA to acknowledge receipt of their comments 
submitted in response to this rule must submit a self-addressed, 
stamped postcard on which the following statement is made: ``Comments 
to Docket No. 97-ANM-6.'' The postcard will be date stamped and 
returned to the commenter.

Agency Findings

    The regulation adopted herein will not have substantial direct 
effects on the States, on the relationship between the national 
government and the states, or on the distribution of power and 
responsibilities among the various levels of government. Therefore, in 
accordance with Executive Order 12612, it is determined that this final 
rule does not have sufficient federalism implications to warrant the 
preparation of a Federalism Assessment.
    The FAA has determined that this regulation is noncontroversial and 
unlikely to result in adverse or negative comments. For the reasons 
discussed in the preamble, I certify that 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 11034; February 26, 1979); and (3) does not warrant preparation 
of a regulatory evaluation as these routine matters will only affect 
air traffic procedures and air navigation. It is certified that these 
proposed rules will not have 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

    Accordingly, the Federal Aviation Administration amends 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 areas extending upward from 700 
feet or more above the surface of the earth.

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ANM ID E5 Driggs, ID [New]

Teton Peaks/Driggs Municipal Airport, ID
    (lat. 43 deg.44'30'' N, long. 111 deg.05'54'' W)

    That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface 
within a 7.5-mile radius of the Teton Peaks/Driggs Municipal 
Airport.
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ANM ID E5 Idaho Falls, ID [Revised]

Idaho Falls. Fanning Filed, ID
    (lat. 43 deg.30'52'' N, long. 112 deg.04'13'' W)
Pocatello VORTAC
    (lat. 42 deg.52'13'' N, long. 112 deg.39'08'' W)
Burley VORTAC
    (lat. 42 deg.34'49'' N, long. 113 deg.51'57'' W)
Idaho Falls VOR/DME
    (lat. 43 deg.31'08'' N, long. 112 deg.03'50'' W)


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    That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface 
within 10.2 miles northwest and 4.3 miles southeast of the Idaho 
Falls VOR/DME 036 deg. and 216 deg. radials extending from 27.2 
miles northeast to 16.1 miles southwest of the VOR/DME, and within 
7.9 miles southeast and 5.3 miles northwest of the 029 deg. radial 
of the Pocatello VORTAC extending from 20.1 to 40.9 miles northeast 
of the VORTAC; that airspace extending from 1200 feet above the 
surface bounded by a line beginning at the intersection of long. 
112 deg.30'03'' W, and the south edge of V-298, extending east along 
V-298 to the intersection of the south edge of V-298 and long. 
112 deg.02'00'' W, north along long. 112 deg.02'00'' W to lat. 
44 deg.20'00'' N, east along lat. 44 deg.20'00'' N to long. 
110 deg.37'00'' W, south along long. 110 deg.37'00'' W to the 
intersection of long. 110 deg.37'00'' W and the northwest edge of V-
465, southwest on V-465 to the intersection of V-465 and long. 
112 deg.00'00'' W, south along long. 112 deg.00'00'' W, to the north 
edge of V-4, west on V-4 to the 24.4 mile radius of the burley 
VORTAC, thence counterclockwise via the 24.4-mile radius to the 
south edge of V-269, thence east along the south edge of V-269 to 
the 25.3-mile radius of the Pocatello VORTAC, thence clockwise via 
the 25.3-mile radius to lat. 43 deg.05'46'' N, long. 113 deg.08'15'' 
W; to lat. 43 deg.20'30'' N, long. 112 deg.45'33'' W; to lat. 
43 deg.32'00'' N, long. 112 deg.35'03'' W; to lat. 43 deg.50'20'' N, 
long. 112 deg.30'03'' W, thence direct to the point of beginning; 
excluding that airspace within federal airways, the Jackson Hole 
Airport, WY, the Rexburg/Madison County Airport, ID, and the West 
Yellowstone Airport, MT, Class E airspace areas.
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    Issued in Seattle, Washington, on June 9, 1997.
Glenn A. Adams III,
Assistant Manager, Air Traffic Division, Northwest Mountain Region.
[FR Doc. 97-15858 Filed 6-16-97; 8:45 am]
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