[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 19 (Thursday, January 29, 1998)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 4387-4388]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-2224]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Airspace Docket No. 97-AEA-43]


Amendment to Class E Airspace; Somerset, PA

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: This action amends Class E airspace extending upward from 700 
feet Above Ground Level (AGL) at Somerset, PA. The development of a 
Global Positioning System (GPS) Standard Instrument Approach Procedure 
(SIAP) at Somerset County 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 
Runway (RWY) 6 SIAP to Somerset County Airport, Somerset, PA.

EFFECTIVE DATE: 0901 UTC, April 23, 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 November 13, 1997, a proposal to amend 14 CFR Part 71 to modify 
the Class E airspace at Somerset, PA, was published in the Federal 
Register (62 FR 60814). The development of a GPS RWY 6 SIAP for 
Somerset County Airport requires the amendment of the Class E airspace 
at Somerset, PA. The proposal was to amend controlled airspace 
extending upward from 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 to 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 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 will be published subsequently in the Order.

The Rule

    This amendment to 14 CFR Part 71 modifies Class E airspace at 
Somerset, PA, to provide controlled airspace extending upward from 700 
feet AGL for aircraft executing the GPS RWY 6 SIAP to Somerset County 
Airport.
    The FAA has determined that this regulation only involves as 
established body of technical regulations for which frequent and 
routine amendments are necessary to keep them operationally current. 
Therefore, this 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 routing 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 14 CFR Part 71

    Airspace, Incorporation by reference, Navigation (air).

Adoption of the Amendment

    In consideration of the foregoing, the Federal Aviation 
Administration amends 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; 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 PA AEA E5 Somerset, PA [Revised]

Somerset County Airport, PA
    (Lat. 40 deg.02'20'' N., long. 79 deg.00'47'' W.)
Stoystown NDB
    (Lat. 40 deg.05'09'' N., long. 78 deg.55'00'' W.)

    That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface 
within a 6.4-mile radius of Somerset County Airport and within 3.1 
miles each side of the 058 deg. bearing from the Stoystown NDB 
extending from the 6.4-mile radius to 9.6 miles northeast of the NDB 
and 4 miles each side of the 236 deg. bearing from the Somerset 
County Airport extending from the 6.4-mile radius to 9.5 miles 
southwest of the airport, excluding that portion that coincides with 
the Seven Springs, PA, Class E airspace area.
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    Issued in Jamaica, New York, on December 16, 1997.
Franklin D. Hatfield,
Manager, Air Traffic Division, Eastern Region.
[FR Doc. 98-2224 Filed 1-28-98; 8:45 am]
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