[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 201 (Friday, October 17, 1997)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 53941-53942]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-27374]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Airspace Docket No. 97-AEA-25]


Amendment to Class E Airspace; Kutztown, PA

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: This action revises the Class E airspace extending upward from 
700 feet Above Ground Level (AGL) at Kutztown, PA. The development of a 
Global Positioning System (GPS) Standard Instrument Approach Procedure 
(SIAP) to Runway (RWY) 17 at Kutztown Airport has made this action 
necessary. This action is intended to provide adequate Class E airspace 
to contain instrument flight rules (IFR) operations for aircraft 
executing the GPS SIAP to RWY 17 at Kutztown, PA.

EFFECTIVE DATE: 0901 UTC, January 1, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mr. Francis Jordan, Airspace Specialist, Airspace Branch, AEA-520, Air 
Traffic Division, Eastern Region, Federal Aviation Administration, 
Federal Building #111, John F. Kennedy International Airport, Jamaica, 
New York 11430, telephone: (718) 553-4521.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

History

    On June 24, 1997, a proposal to amend Part 71 of the Federal 
Aviation Regulations (14 CFR Part 71) to revise the Class E airspace at 
Kutztown, PA, was published in the Federal Register (62 FR 34026). A 
GPS SIAP to RWY 17 developed for Kutztown Airport, Kutztown, PA, 
requires the revision of the Class E airspace at the airport. The 
proposal would revise the controlled airspace extending upward from 700 
feet AGL to contain IFR operations in controlled airspace during 
portions of the terminal operation and while transitioning between the 
enroute and terminal environments.
    Interested parties were invited to participate in this rulemaking 
proceeding by submitting written comments on the proposal to the FAA. 
No comments to the proposal were received. The rule is adopted as 
proposed.
    The coordinates for this airspace docket are based on North 
American Datum 83. Class E airspace areas designations for airspace 
extending

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upward from 700 feet AGL are published in paragraph 6005 of FAA Order 
7400.9E, dated September 10, 1997, and effective September 16, 1997, 
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 Rule

    This amendment to Part 71 of the Federal Aviation Regulations (14 
CFR Part 71) amends the Class E airspace located at Kutztown, PA, to 
provide controlled airspace extending upward from 700 feet AGL for 
aircraft executing a GPS SIAP to RWY 17.
    The FAA has determined that this regulation only involves an 
established body of technical regulations for which frequent and 
routine amendments are necessary to keep them operationally current. 
Therefore, 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 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 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

    In consideration of the foregoing, the Federal Aviation 
Administration amends 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; EO 10854, 24 
FR 9565, 3 CFR, 1959-1963 Comp., p. 389.


Sec. 71.1  [Amended]

    2. The incorporation by reference in 14 CFR 71.1 of Federal 
Aviation Administration Order 7400.9E, Airspace Designations and 
Reporting Points, dated September 10, 1997, and effective September 16, 
1997, 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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AEA PA AEA 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 coincide with the 
Allentown, PA, Reading, PA, and Lehighton, PA, Class E airspace 
areas.
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    Issued in Jamaica, New York, on August 20, 1997.
Franklin D. Hatfield,
Manager, Air Traffic Division, Eastern Region.
[FR Doc. 97-27374 Filed 10-16-97; 8:45 am]
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