[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 75 (Monday, April 20, 1998)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 19429-19430]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-10308]


-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Airspace Docket No. 98-AAL-7]


Proposed Revision of Class E Airspace; Barrow, AK

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

SUMMARY: This action revises Class E airspace at Barrow, AK. The 
establishment of Global Positioning System (GPS) instrument approaches 
to runway (RWY) 6 and RWY 24 at Wiley Post-Will Rogers Memorial 
Airport, Barrow, AK, has made this action necessary. Adoption of this 
proposal would result in the provision of adequate controlled airspace 
for Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) operations at Barrow, AK.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before June 4, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Send comments on the proposal in triplicate to: Manager, 
Operations Branch, AAL-530, Docket No. 98-AAL-7, Federal Aviation 
Administration, 222 West 7th Avenue, Box 14, Anchorage, AK 99513-7587.
    The official docket may be examined in the Office of the Regional 
Counsel for the Alaskan Region at the same address.
    An informal docket may also be examined during normal business 
hours in the Office of the Manager, Operations Branch, Air Traffic 
Division, at the address shown above and on the Internet at Alaskan 
Region's homepage at http://www.alaska.faa.gov/at or at address http://
162.58.28.41/at.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert van Haastert, Operations 
Branch, AAL-538, Federal Aviation Administration, 222 West 7th Avenue, 
Box 14, Anchorage, AK 99513-7587; telephone number (907) 271-5863; fax: 
(907) 271-2850; email: Robert.van.H[email protected]. Internet 
address: http://www.alaska.faa.gov/at or at address http://
162.58.28.41/at.

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

[[Page 19430]]

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. 98-
AAL-7.'' 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 Operations Branch, Air Traffic Division, Federal 
Aviation Administration, 222 West 7th Avenue, Box 14, Anchorage, AK, 
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 Operations Branch, AAL-530, 
Federal Aviation Administration, 222 West 7th Avenue, Box 14, 
Anchorage, AK 99513-7587. 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 proposes to amend 14 CFR part 71 by revising the Class E 
airspace at Barrow, AK, due to the establishment of GPS instrument 
approaches to RWY 6 and RWY 24. The area would be depicted on 
aeronautical charts for pilot reference. The intended effect of this 
proposal is to provide adequate controlled airspace for IFR operations 
at Wiley Post-Will Rogers Memorial Airport, Barrow, AK.
    The coordinates for this airspace docket are based on North 
American Datum 83. The Class E airspace areas designated as 700/1200 
foot transition areas are published in paragraph 6005 of FAA Order 
7400.9E, Airspace Designations and Reporting Points, dated September 
10, 1997, and effective September 16, 1997, which is incorporated by 
reference in 14 CFR 71.1 (62 FR 52491; October 8, 1997). The Class E 
airspace designation listed in this document would be revised and 
published subsequently in the Order.
    The FAA has determined that these proposed regulations only involve 
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 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 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 Federal 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.

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 to be amended as follows:

Paragraph 6005--Class E airspace extending upward from 700 feet or 
more above the surface of the earth.

* * * * *

AAL AK E5 Barrow, AK

Barrow/Wiley Post--Will Rogers Memorial Airport, AK
(lat. 71 deg. 17' 08'' N, long. 156 deg. 45' 58'' W)
Point Barrow LRRS Airport
(lat. 71 deg. 20' 20'' N, long. 156 deg. 37' 58'' W)
Barrow VORTAC
(lat. 71 deg. 16' 24'' N, long. 156 deg. 47' 18'' W)
Barrow Localizer
(lat. 71 deg. 17' 08'' N, long. 156 deg. 44' 07'' W)

    That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface 
within a 6.6-mile radius of Barrow/Wiley Post--Will Rogers Memorial 
Airport and within 4 miles each side of the Barrow Localizer back 
course extending from the 6.6-mile radius to 14.6 miles east of the 
airport and within a 6.5-mile radius of the Point Barrow LRRS Airport; 
and that airspace extending upward from 1,200 feet above the surface 
within a 77-mile radius of the airport extending clockwise from the 
Barrow VORTAC 101 deg. radial to the 240 deg. radial and within the 
area bounded by a line beginning at the Barrow VORTAC 240 deg. radial 
20 miles west to 71 deg.13' N 158 deg. W to 71 deg.23' N 157 deg. 48' W 
to the intersection of the Barrow VORTAC 345 deg. radial and the 6.5-
mile radius of the Point Barrow LRRS Airport.
* * * * *

    Issued in Anchorage, AK, on April 10, 1998.
Willis C. Nelson,
Manager, Air Traffic Division, Alaskan Region.
[FR Doc. 98-10308 Filed 4-17-98; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4910-13-P