[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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