[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 121 (Tuesday, June 24, 1997)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 34026-34027]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-16465]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Airspace Docket No. 97-AEA-25]


Proposed Amendment of Class E Airspace; Kutztown, PA

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.

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SUMMARY: This proposed rule would amend Class E5 Airspace at Kutztown, 
PA. The development of a new Standard Instrument Approach Procedure 
(SIAP) at Kutztown Airport based on the Global Positioning System (GPS) 
has made this proposal necessary. Additional controlled airspace 
extending upward from 700 feet above ground level (AGL) is needed to 
accommodate this SIAP and for Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) operations 
to the airport. The area would be depicted on aeronautical charts for 
pilot reference.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before July 20, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Send comments on the proposed rule in triplicate to: 
Manager, Operations Branch, AEA-530, Docket No. 97-AEA-25, F.A.A. 
Eastern Region, Federal Building #111, John F. Kennedy Int'l Airport, 
Jamaica, NY 11430. The official docket may be examined in the Office of 
the Assistant Chief Counsel, AEA-7, F.A.A. Eastern Region, Federal 
Building #111, John F. Kennedy International Airport, Jamaica, New York 
11430.
    An informal docket may also be examined during normal business 
hours in the Operations Branch, AEA-530, F.A.A. Eastern Region, Federal 
Building #111, John F. Kennedy International Airport, Jamaica, NY 
11430.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mr. Francis T. Jordan, Jr., Airspace Specialist, Operations Branch, 
AEA-530, F.A.A. Eastern Region, Federal Building #111, John F. Kennedy 
International Airport, Jamaica, New York 11430; telephone: (718) 553-
4521.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Comments Invited

    Interested parties are invited to participated 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 those comments a self-addressed, stamped postcard on which 
the following statement is made: ``Comments to Airspace Docket No. 97-
AEA-25''. The postcard will be date/time stamped and returned to the 
commenter.
    All communications received before the specified closing date for 
comments will be considered before taking on the proposed rule. The 
proposal contained in this notice may be changed in the light of 
comments received. All comments submitted will be available for 
examination in the Rules Docket both before and after the closing date 
for comments. A report summarizing each substantive public contact with 
the FAA personnel concerned with this rulemaking will be filed in the 
docket.

Availability of NPRMs

    Any person may obtain a copy of this Notice of Proposed Rulemaking 
(NPRM) by submitting a request to the Office of the Assistant Chief 
Counsel, AEA-7, F.A.A. Eastern Region, Federal Building # 111, John F. 
Kennedy International Airport, Jamaica, NY 11430. Communications must 
identify the

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notice number of this NPRM. Persons interested in being placed on a 
mailing list for future NPRMs should also request a copy of Advisory 
Circular No. 11-2A, which describes the application procedure.

The Proposal

    The FAA is considering an amendment to Part 71 of the Federal 
Aviation Regulations (14 CFR part 71) to amend the Class E airspace 
area at Kutztown, PA. A GPS Runway (RWY) 17 SIAP has been developed for 
Kutztown Airport. Additional controlled airspace extending upward from 
700 fee above ground level (AGL) is needed to accommodate this SIAP and 
for IFR operations at the airport. The area would be depicted on 
appropriate aeronautical charts. Class E airspace designations for 
airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface 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 the 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 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 would 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 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, dated September 4, 1996, and 
effective September 16, 1996, is proposed to be 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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AEA PA E5  Kutztown, PA [Revised]

Kutztown Airport, PA
    (Lat. 40 deg.30'13'' N, long. 75 deg.47'14'' W.)
    That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface 
within a 6.5-mile radius of Kutztown Airport and within 3.5 miles 
northeast and 5.3 miles southwest of the 340 deg. bearing from the 
airport extending from the 6.5-mile radius to 17 miles northwest of 
the airport, excluding the portions that coincides with the 
Allentown, PA, and Reading, PA and Lehighton, PA Class E airspace 
areas.
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    Issued in Jamaica, New York, on June 10, 1997.
James K. Buckles,
Acting Manager, Air Traffic Division, Eastern Region.
[FR Doc. 97-16465 Filed 6-23-97; 8:45 am]
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