[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 201 (Friday, October 17, 1997)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 53992-53993]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-27392]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Airspace Docket No. 97-AGL-43]


Proposed establishment of Class E Airspace; Bottineau, ND

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.

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SUMMARY: This proposed rule would establish Class E airspace at 
Bottineau, ND. A Global Positioning System (GPS) Standard Instrument 
Approach Procedure (SIAP) to Runway (RWY) 31 has been developed for 
Bottineau Municipal Airport. Controlled airspace extending upward from 
700 to 1200 feet above ground level (AGL) and upward from 1200 feet AGL 
is needed to contain aircraft executing the approach. The intended 
effect of this proposal is to provide segregation of aircraft using 
instrument approach procedures in instrument conditions from other 
aircraft operating in visual weather conditions.

DATES: Comment must be received on or before November 17, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Send comments on the proposal in triplicate to: Federal 
Aviation Administration, Office of the Assistant Chief Counsel, AGL-7, 
Rules Docket No. 97-AGL-43, 2300 East Devon Avenue, Des Plaines, 
Illinois 60018.
    The official docket may be examined in the Office of the Assistant 
Chief Counsel, Federal Aviation Administration, 2300 East Devon Avenue, 
Des Plaines, Illinois. An informal docket may also be examined during 
normal business hours at the Air Traffic Division, Operations Branch, 
Federal Aviation Administration, 2300 East Devon Avenue, Des Plaines, 
Illinois.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Michelle M. Behm, Air Traffic Division, Airspace Branch, AGL-520, 
Federal Aviation Administration, 2300 East Devon Avenue, Des Plaines, 
Illinois 60018, telephone (847) 294-7568.

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 those comments a self-addressed, stamped postcard on which 
the following statement is made: ``Comments to Airspace Docket No. 97-
AGL-43.'' The postcard will be date/

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 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 Rules 
Docket, FAA, Great Lakes Region, Office of the Assistant Chief Counsel, 
2300 East Devon Avenue, Des Plaines, Illinois, 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, 
Office of Public Affairs, Attention: Public Inquiry Center, APA-230, 
800 Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington, DC 20591, or by calling 
(202) 267-3484. 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.

The Proposal

    The FAA is considering an amendment to part 71 of the Federal 
Aviation Regulations (14 CFR part 71) to establish Class E airspace at 
Bottineau, ND, to accommodate aircraft executing the GPS RWY 31 SIAP at 
Bottineau Municipal Airport. Controlled airspace extending upward from 
700 and 1200 feet AGL is needed to contain aircraft executing the 
approach. The intended effect of this action is to provide segregation 
of aircraft using instrument approach procedures in instrument 
conditions from other aircraft operating in visual weather conditions. 
The area would be depicted on appropriate aeronautical charts. Class E 
airspace designations for airspace areas extending upward from 700 feet 
or more above the surface of the earth 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 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 will only affect air traffic procedures 
and air navigation, it is certified that this proposed rule 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

    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 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.


Sec. 71.1  [Amended]

    2. The incorporation by reference in 14 CFR 71.1 of the Federal 
Aviation Administration Order 7400.9E, Airspace Designations and 
Reporting Points, dated September 10, 1997, and effective September 16, 
1997, as 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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AGL ND E5 Bottineau, ND [New]

Bottineau Municipal Airport, ND
    (Lat. 48 deg.49'49''N, long. 100 deg.25'00''W)
    That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface 
within a 6.4-mile radius of the Bottineau Municipal Airport and that 
airspace extending upward from 1200 feet above the surface within an 
area bounded on the north by latitude 49 deg.00'00''N, on the east 
by longitude 99 deg.49'00''W, on the south by the 10.5-mile radius 
of the Rugby, ND, Class E airspace, and on the west by the 47-mile 
radius of the Minot, ND, Class E airspace.
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    Issued in Des Plaines, Illinois on September 15, 1997.
Maureen Woods,
Manager, Air Traffic Division.
[FR Doc. 97-27392 Filed 10-16-97; 8:45 am]
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