[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 47 (Wednesday, March 11, 1998)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 11853-11854]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-5926]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Airspace Docket No. 98-AEA-01]


Proposed Amendment to Class E Airspace; Wrightstown, NJ

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.

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SUMMARY: This notice proposes to amend the Class E airspace area at 
Wrightstown, NJ. The development of a new Standard Instrument Approach 
Procedure (SIAP) based on the Global Positioning System (GPS) at 
Allaire Airport has made this proposal necessary. Additional controlled 
airspace extending upward from 700 feet Above Ground Level (AGL) is 
needed to accommodate the SIAP and for Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) 
operations at the airport.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before April 10, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Send comments on the proposal in triplicate to: Manager, 
Airspace Branch, AEA-520, Docket No. 98-AEA-01, Federal Aviation 
Administration Eastern Region, Federal Building #111, John F. Kennedy 
Int'l Airport, Jamaica, NY 11430.
    The official docket may be examined in the Office of the Regional 
Counsel, AEA-7, Federal Aviation Administration Eastern Region, Federal 
Building #111, John F. Kennedy International Airport, Jamaica, New York 
11430.
    An informal docket may also be examined during normal business 
hours in the Airspace Branch, AEA-520, Federal Aviation Administration 
Eastern Region, Federal Building #111, John F. Kennedy International 
Airport, Jamaica, NY 11430.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Francis T. Jordan, Jr., Airspace 
Specialist, Airspace Branch, AEA-520, Federal Aviation Administration 
Eastern Region, Federal Building #111, John F. Kennedy International 
Airport, Jamaica, NY 11430; telephone: (718) 553-4521.

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, 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. 98-
AEA-01.'' The postcard will be date/time stamped and returned to the 
commenter. All communications received on or before the 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 both before and after the closing date 
for comments. A report summarizing each substantive public contact with 
the FAA personnel concerned with this rulemaking will be filed in the 
docket.

Availability of NPRMS

    Any person may obtain a copy of this Notice of Proposed Rulemaking 
(NPRM) by submitting a request to the Office of the Regional Counsel, 
AEA-7, Federal Aviation Administration Eastern Region, Federal Building 
#111, John F. Kennedy International Airport, Jamaica, NY 11430. 
Communications must identify the notice number of this NPRM. Persons 
interested in being placed on a mailing list for future NPRMs 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 Part 71 of the Federal 
Aviation Regulations (14 CFR Part 71) to amend the Class E airspace 
area at Wrightstown, NJ. A GPS RWY 14 SIAP has been developed for the 
Allaire Airport. Additional controlled airspace extending upward from 
700 feet AGL is needed to accommodate the SIAP and for IFR operations 
at the airport. Class E airspace designations for airspace areas 
extending upward from 700 feet or more above the surface 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 would only affect air traffic procedures 
and air navigation, it is certified that this proposed rule would 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).

The Proposed Amendment

    In consideration of the foregoing, the Federal Aviation 
Administration proposes to amend 14 CFR Part 71 as follows:

PART 71--[AMENDED]

    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.

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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 proposed to 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 NJ E5 Wrightstown, NJ [Revised]

Lakewood Airport, NJ
    (Lat. 40 deg.04'00''N., long. 74 deg.10'40''W.)
McGuire AFB, NJ
     (Lat. 40 deg.00'56''N., long. 74 deg.35'37''W.)
Trenton-Robbinsville Airport, NJ
    (Lat. 40 deg.12'50''N., long. 74 deg.36'07''W.)
Allaire Airport, NJ
    (Lat. 40 deg.11'13''N., long. 74 deg.07'30''W.)
Robert J. Miller Airpark, NJ
    (Lat. 39 deg.55'39''N., long. 74 deg.17'33''W.)
Flying W Airport, NJ
    (Lat. 39 deg.56'00''N., long. 74 deg.48'24''W.)
Lakehurst (Navy) TACAN
    (Lat. 40 deg.02'13''N., long. 74 deg.21'12''W.)
Colts Neck VOR/DME
    (Lat. 40 deg.18'42''N., long. 74 deg.09'36''W.)
Coyle VORTAC
    (Lat. 39 deg.49'02''N., long. 74 deg.25'54''W.)
Robbinsville VORTAC
    (Lat. 40 deg.12'08''N., long. 74 deg.29'43''.)

    That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface 
within a 6.4-mile radius of Lakewood Airport and within a 10.5-mile 
radius of McGuire AFB and within a 11.3-mile radius of the Lakehurst 
(Navy) TACAN extending clockwise from the Lakehurst (Navy) Tacan 
310 deg. radial to the 148 deg. radial and within 4.4 miles each 
side of the Coyle VORTAC 031 deg. radial extending from the VORTAC 
to 11.3 miles northeast and within 2.6 miles southwest and 4.4 miles 
northeast of the Lakehurst (Navy) TACAN 148 deg. radial extending 
from the TACAN to 12.2 miles southeast and within a 6.4-mile radius 
of Trenton-Robbinsville airport and within 5.7 miles north and 4 
miles south of the Robbinsville VORTAC 278 deg. and 098 deg. radials 
extending from 4.8 miles west to 10 miles east of the VORTAC and 
within a 6.7-mile radius of Allaire Airport and within 1.8 miles 
each side of the Colts Neck VOR/DME 167 deg. radial extending from 
the Allaire Airport 6.7-mile radius to the VOR/DME and within 4 
miles each side of the 312 deg. bearing from the Allaire airport 
extending from the 6.7-mile radius of the airport to 9 miles 
northwest of the airport and within a 9.5-mile radius of Flying W 
Airport and within a 6.5-mile radius of Robert J. Miller Air Park 
and within 1.3 miles each side of the Coyle VORTAC 044 deg. radial 
extending from the 6.5-mile radius of Robert J. Miller Air Park to 
the VORTAC, excluding the portions that coincide with the Berlin NJ, 
Princeton, NJ, Vincentown, NJ, Old Bridge, NJ, Matawan, NJ, and 
North Philadelphia, PA Class E airspace areas.
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    Issued in Jamaica, New York, on February 25, 1998.
Franklin D. Hatfield,
Manager, Air Traffic Division, Eastern Region.
[FR Doc. 98-5926 Filed 3-10-98; 8:45 am]
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