[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 143 (Friday, July 25, 1997)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 39977-39978]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-19689]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Airspace Docket No. 97-ANM-11]


Proposed Amendment of Class E Airspace; Gillette, Wyoming

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), (DOT).

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.

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SUMMARY: This proposed rule would amend the Gillette, Wyoming, Class E 
airspace. If amended,the airspace would provide additional airspace to 
fully encompass a revised instrument approach procedure at Gillette-
Campbell County Airport, Wyoming. The area would be depicted on 
aeronautical charts for pilot reference.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before August 27, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Send comments on the proposal in triplicate to: Manager, 
Airspace Branch, ANM-520, Federal Aviation Administration, Docket No. 
97-ANM-11, 1601 Lind Avenue S.W., Renton, Washington 98055-4056.
    The official docket may be examined in the Office of the Assistant 
Chief Counsel for 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-11, 1601 Lind Avenue S.W., 
Renton, Washington 98055-4056; telephone number: (425) 227-2537.

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. 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-ANM-11.'' 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 the light of 
comments received. All comments submitted will be available for 
examination at the address listed above both before and after the 
closing date for comments. A report summarizing each substantive public 
contact with FAA personnel concerned with this rulemaking will be filed 
in the docket.

Availability of NPRM's

    Any person may obtain a copy of this Notice of Proposed Rulemaking 
(NPRM) by submitting a request to the Federal Aviation Administration, 
Airspace Branch, ANM-520, 1601 Lind Avenue S.W., Renton, Washington 
98055-4056. 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 procedure.

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The Proposal

    The FAA is considering an amendment to part 71 of the Federal 
Aviation Regulations (14 CFR part 71) to amend Class E airspace at 
Gillette, Wyoming, to provide additional airspace to fully encompass a 
revised instrument approach procedure at Gillette-Campbell County 
Airport. The area would be depicted on aeronautical charts for pilot 
reference. The coordinates for this airspace docket are based on North 
American Datum 83. Class E 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 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. 
It, therefore, (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 
will only affect air traffic procedures and air navigation, it is 
certified that this rule, when promulgated, will 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, 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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ANM WY E5 Gillette, WY [Revised]

Gillette-Campbell County Airport, WY
    (Lat. 44 deg.20'56'' N, long 105 deg.32'21'' W)
Gillette VOR/DME
    (Lat. 44 deg.20'52'' N, long 105 deg.32'37'' W)

    That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface 
within 6.1 miles east and 8.3 miles west of the Gillette VOR/DME 
176 deg. and 356 deg. radials extending from 15.3 miles south to 
16.1 miles north of the VOR/DME; that airspace extending upward from 
1,200 feet above the surface bounded by a line beginning at lat. 
44 deg.47'00'' N, long. 106 deg.22'32'' W; to lat 44 deg.23'00'' N, 
long. 106 deg.22'32'' W; to lat. 44 deg.16'00'' N, long. 
105 deg.58'02'' W; to lat. 44 deg.05'00'' N, long. 106 deg.00'02'' 
W; to lat. 43 deg.49'15'' N long. 106 deg.09'32'' W; to lat. 
43 deg.39'00'' N, long. 106 deg.00'02'' W; to lat. 43 deg.39'00'' N, 
long. 105 deg.09'02'' W; to lat. 44 deg.08'00'' N, long. 
105 deg.09'02'' W; to lat. 44 deg.01'00'' N, long. 104 deg.51'02'' 
W; to lat. 44 deg.30'00'' N, long. 104 deg.41'02'' W; to lat. 
44 deg.42'19'' N, long. 105 deg.33'58'' W; to lat 44 deg.40'11'' N, 
long. 105 deg.40'16'' W; thence to point of beginning.
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    Issued in Seattle, Washington, on July 3, 1997.
Helen Fabian Parke,
Manager, Air Traffic Division, Northwest Mountain Region.
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