[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 209 (Wednesday, October 29, 1997)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 56072-56073]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-28603]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Airspace Docket No. 97-AEA-33]


Amendment to Class E Airspace; Summersville, WV

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 Summersville, WV. The development 
of a Global Positioning System (GPS) Standard Instrument Approach 
Procedure (SIAP) to Runway (RWY) 22 at Summersville 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 22 at Summersville, WV.

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 August 22, 1997, the FAA proposed to amend 14 CFR Part 71 to 
revise the Class E airspace at Point Pleasant, WV (62 FR 44604). A GPS 
SIAP to RWY 22 developed for Summersville Airport, Summersville, WV, 
requires the revision of the Class E airspace at the airport. The 
notice proposed to revise the controlled airspace extending upward for 
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 of 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 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 the document will be published 
subsequently in the Order.

The Rule

    This amendment 14 CFR Part 71 amends the Class E airspace located 
at Summersville, WV, to provide controlled airspace extending upward 
from 700 feet AGL for aircraft executing a GPS RWY 22 SIAP to 
Summersville Airport.
    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 ``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 a 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 CFR Part 71

    Airspace, Incorporation by reference, Navigation (air).

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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 WV AEA E5 Summersville, WV [Revised]

Summersville Airport, WV
    (lat. 38 deg.13'54'' N., long. 80 deg.52'15'' W.)
Nicholas NDB
    (lat. 38 deg.10'30'' N., long. 80 deg.55'12'' W.)

    That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface 
within a 6.3-mile radius of Summersville Airport and within 4 miles 
each side of the 215 deg. bearing from the Nicholas NDB extending 
from the 6.3-mile radius to 9.6 miles southwest of the NDB and 4 
miles each side of the 037 deg. bearing from the Summersville 
Airport extending from the 6.3-mile radius to 11.5 miles northeast 
of the airport.
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    Issued in Jamaica, New York on October 7, 1997.
Franklin D. Hatfield,
Manager, Air Traffic Division, Eastern Region.
[FR Doc. 97-28603 Filed 10-28-97; 8:45 am]
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