[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 211 (Friday, October 31, 1997)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 58931-58932]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-28941]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Airspace Docket No. 97-ANM-12]


Proposed Amendment to Class E Airspace; Powell, WY

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.

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SUMMARY: This proposed rule would amend the Powell, WY, Class E 
airspace. If amended, the proposal would provide airspace necessary to 
fully encompass a new Global Positioning System (GPS) Standard 
Instrument Approach Procedure (SIAP) at Yellowstone Regional Airport, 
Cody, WY.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before December 15, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Send comments on the proposal in triplicate to: Manager, 
Airspace Branch, ANM-520, Federal Aviation Administration, Docket No. 
97-ANM-12, 1601 Lind Avenue S.W., Renton, Washington 98055-4056.
    The official docket may be examined in the Office of the Assistant 
Chief Counsel for the Northwest Mountain Region at the same address.
    An informal docket may also be examined during normal business 
hours in the office of the Manager, Air Traffic Division, Airspace 
Branch at the address listed above.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Dennis Ripley, ANM-520.6, Federal Aviation Administration, Docket No. 
97-ANM-12, 1601 Lind Avenue S.W., Renton, Washington 98055-4056; 
telephone number; (425) 227-2527.

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-
ANM-12.'' 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 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.

The Proposal

    The FAA is considering an amendment to Title 14, Code of Federal 
Regulations, part 71 (14 CFR 71) to amend Class E airspace at Powell, 
WY. This amendment is necessary in order to fully contain a new GPS 
SIAP within controlled airspace located at Yellowstone Regional 
Airport. The existing 1200-foot Class E airspace, overlying the 
Yellowstone Regional Airport, is part of the Powell, WY, airspace 
description and requires modification to fully encompass the holding 
procedures for the new SIAP. The revision to the existing 1200-foot 
Class E airspace will be an extension to the south from approximately 6 
to 26 nautical miles, thus fully encompassing the new SIAP.
    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 7400.9E, 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. 
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 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 Federation Aviation 
Administration proposes to amend 14 CFR part 71 as follows:

PART 71--DESIGNATION OF CLASS A, CLASS B, CLASS C, CLASS D, AND 
CLASS E AIRSPACE AREAS; AIRWAYS, ROUTES, AND REPORTING POINTS

    1. The authority citation for 14 CFR 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.

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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, 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 Powell, WY [Revised]

Powell Municipal Airport, WY
    (Lat. 44 deg.52'12'' N, long. 108 deg.47'59'' W)
Powell NDB
    (Lat.44 deg.52'01'' N, long. 108 deg.47'18'' W)

    That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface 
within a 7-mile radius of the Powell Municipal Airport, and within 
2.7 miles each side of the Powell NDB 164 deg. bearing extending 
from the 7-mile radius to 7.9 miles southeast of the Powell NDB; 
that airspace extending upward from 1,200 feet above the surface 
beginning at lat. 45 deg.22'00'' N, long. 108 deg.55'03'' W; to lat. 
45 deg.22'00'' N, long. 108 deg.11'02'' W; to lat. 44 deg.15'15'' N, 
long. 108 deg.11'02'' W, thence southwestward along the edge of the 
Worland, WY, 1,200-foot Class E airspace area to lat. 44 deg.00'00'' 
N, long. 108 deg.24'43'' W; west to lat. 44 deg.00'00'' N, long. 
109 deg.00'00'' W; north to lat. 44 deg.20'00'' N, long. 
109 deg.00'00'' W; thence west along lat. 44 deg.20'00'' N, to the 
east side of V-465, thence northeast along the east side of V-465 to 
the point of beginning.
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    Issued in Seattle, Washington, on October 20, 1997.
Glenn A. Adams III,
Assistant Manager, Air Traffic Division, Northwest Mountain Region.
[FR Doc. 97-28941 Filed 10-30-97; 8:45 am]
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