[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 245 (Monday, December 22, 1997)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 66840-66841]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-33283]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Airspace Docket No. 97-AGL-50]


Proposed Establishment of Class E Airspace; Cooperstown, ND

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.

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SUMMARY: This notice proposes to establish Class E airspace at 
Cooperstown, ND. A Global Positioning System (GPS) Standard Instrument 
Approach Procedure (SIAP) to Runway 13 and a GPS SIAP to Runway 31 have 
been developed for Cooperstown Municipal Airport. Controlled airspace 
extending upward from 700 to 1200 feet above ground level (AGL) and 
controlled airspace extending upward from 1,200 feet AGL is needed to 
contain aircraft executing the approaches. This proposal would create 
controlled airspace both at Cooperstown Municipal Airport and include 
previously uncontrolled airspace nearby the airport.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before January 23, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Comments: Send comments on the proposal in triplicate to: 
Federal Aviation Administration, Office of the Assistant Chief Counsel, 
AGL-7, Rules Docket No. 97-AGL-50, 2300 East Devon Avenue, Des Plaines, 
Illinois 60018.
    Docket: 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-50.'' 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 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 14 CFR part 71 to establish 
Class E airspace at Cooperstown, ND, to accommodate aircraft executing 
the GPS Runway 13 and GPS Runway 31 SIAPs at Cooperstown Municipal 
Airport. Controlled airspace extending upward from 700 to 1200 feet AGL 
within a 6.3-mile radius of Cooperstown Municipal Airport, and 
controlled airspace extending upward from 1,200 feet AGL in three 
previously uncontrolled Class G airspace areas is needed to contain 
aircraft executing the instrument flight rules arrival routing from the 
northwest and southeast and the proposed approaches. This proposal 
would create Class E airspace at Cooperstown Municipal Airport and in 
three Class G airspace areas: the entire existing Class G airspace area 
above Cooperstown, ND; the entire existing Class G airspace area 
approximately halfway between Cooperstown, ND, and Devils Lake, ND, and 
which overlies Johnson Lake National Wildlife Refuge, ND; and that 
portion of the existing Class G airspace area between Cooperstown, ND, 
and Valley City, ND, which lies west of longitude 97 deg.49'30''W. The 
areas would be depicted on appropriate aeronautical charts. Class E 
airspace designations 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

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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 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, 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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AGL ND E5  Cooperstown, ND [New]

Cooperstown Municipal Airport, ND
    (Lat. 47 deg.25'22''N, long. 98 deg.06'21''W)
Devils Lake VORTAC
    (Lat. 48 deg.06'48''N, long. 98 deg.54'29''W)
Grand Forks Air Force Base, ND
    (Lat. 47 deg.57'40''N, long. 97 deg.24'04''W)
Valley City Barnes County Municipal Airport, ND
    (Lat. 46 deg.56'28''N, long. 98 deg.01'03''W)
Jamestown VOR/DME
    (Lat. 46 deg.55'58''N, long. 98 deg.40'44''W)

    That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface 
within a 6.3-mile radius of the Cooperstown Municipal Airport and 
that airspace extending upward from 1,200 feet above the surface 
within an area bounded on the east by longitude 97 deg.49'30''W, on 
the south by the 7.9-mile radius of the Valley City Barnes County 
Municipal Airport and by V2-520, on the southwest by the 16.5-mile 
radius of the Jamestown VOR/DME and on the west by V561; that 
airspace bounded on the northwest by the 34-mile arc of the Grand 
Forks Air Force Base, on the east by V561, on the southwest by the 
16.5-mile radius of the Jamestown VOR/DME and V170, and on the west 
by V55; and that airspace bounded on the north by V430, on the east 
by the 34-mile arc of the Grand Forks Air Force Base, on the south 
by V55, on the west by V170, and on the northwest by the 22-mile 
radius of the Devils Lake VORTAC.
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    Issued in Des Plaines, Illinois on November 24, 1997.
David B. Johnson,
Acting Manager, Air Traffic Division.
[FR Doc. 97-33283 Filed 12-19-97; 8:45 am]
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