[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 84 (Friday, May 1, 1998)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 24140-24141]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-11647]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Airspace Docket No. 98-AWP-11]


Proposed Modification to Class E Airspace; Ukiah, CA

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.

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SUMMARY: This notice proposes to modify the Class E airspace at Ukiah, 
CA, by lowering a portion of the base of controlled airspace from 9,500 
feet mean sea level, (MSL) to 1,200 feet above ground level (AGL). This 
action is due to the proposed establishment of a new federal airway (V-
607) between Mendocino and Arcata, CA. The proposed airway, if adopted, 
will have a minimum enroute altitude of 9,000 feet MSL. A review of 
airspace classification has made this action necessary in order to 
achieve compliance with criteria stated in FAA Order 7400.2D. The 
intended effect of this proposal is to ensure that the Class E airspace 
at Ukiah, CA will be of sufficient size to contain V-607.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before June 1, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Send comments on the proposal in triplicate to: Federal 
Aviation Administration, Attn: Manager, Airspace Branch, AWP-520, 
Docket No. 98-AWP-11, Air Traffic Division, P.O. Box 92007, Worldway 
Postal Center, Los Angeles, California 90009.
    The official docket may be examined in the Office of the Assistant 
Chief Counsel, Western-Pacific Region, Federal Aviation Administration, 
Room 6007, 15000 Aviation Boulevard, Lawndale, California 90261.
    An informal docket may also be examined during normal business 
hours at the Office of the Manager, Airspace Branch, Air Traffic 
Division at the above address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Larry Tonish, Airspace Specialist, Airspace Branch, AWP-520, Air 
Traffic Division, Western-Pacific Region, Federal Aviation 
Administration, 15000 Aviation Boulevard, Lawndale, CA 90261, telephone 
(310) 725-6539.

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.

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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. Individuals wishing the FAA to acknowledge 
receipt of their comments on this notice must submit with the comments 
a self-addressed, stamped postcard on which the following statement is 
made: ``Comments to Airspace Docket No. 98-AWP-11.'' The postcard will 
be date/time stamped and returned to the individual. 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 
Airspace Branch, Air Traffic Division, at 15000 Aviation Boulevard, 
Lawndale, California 90261, 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

    Any person may obtain a copy of this Notice of Proposed Rulemaking 
(NPRM) by submitting a request to the Federal Aviation Administration, 
Airspace Branch, P.O. Box 92007, Worldway Postal Center, Los Angeles, 
California 90009. 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. 11A-
2A, which describes the application procedures.

The Proposal

    The FAA is considering an amendment to 14 CFR Part 71 to modify the 
Class E airspace area at Ukiah, CA, by lowering a portion of the base 
of controlled airspace from 9,500 feet MSL to 1,200 feet AGL. This 
action is due to the proposed establishment of a new federal airway (V-
607) between Mendocino and Arcata, CA. The proposed airway, if adopted, 
will have a minimum enroute altitude of 9,000 feet MSL. A review of 
airspace classification has made this action necessary in order to 
achieve compliance with criteria stated in FAA Order 7400.2D. The 
intended effect of this proposal is to ensure that the Class E airspace 
at Ukiah, CA will be of sufficient size to contain V-607. Class E 
airspace designations for airspace areas extending upward from 700 feet 
or more above the surface of the earth are published in Paragraph 6006 
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 that 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 10034; 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 would 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 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  Subpart E--Class E Airspace

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AWP CA E  Ukiah, CA [Revised]

Ukiah Municipal Airport, CA
    (Lat. 39 deg.07'34''N, long. 123 deg.12'03''W)
Fortuna VORTAC
    (Lat. 40 deg.40'17''N, long. 124 deg.14'04''W)
Mendocino VORTAC
    (Lat. 39 deg.03'12''N, long. 123 deg.16'27''W)
Red Bluff VORTAC
    (Lat. 40 deg.05'56''N, long. 122 deg.14'11''W)

    That airspace extending upward from 1,200 feet above the surface 
within a 17.4 mile radius of the Mendocino VORTAC, excluding that 
airspace east of the western edge of V25 and that airspace bounded 
by a line from lat. 39 deg.32'00''N, long. 123 deg.33'14''W; to lat. 
39 deg.32'00''N, long. 123 deg.11'34''W; to lat. 39 deg.21'37''N, 
long. 123 deg.04'54''W; to lat. 39 deg.19'07''N, long. 
123 deg.07'22''W, thence counterclockwise via the 17.4 mile radius 
of the Mendocino VORTAC to lat. 39 deg.19'04''N, long. 
123 deg.25'40''W; to lat. 39 deg.32'00''N, long. 123 deg.33'14''W. 
That airspace extending upward from 7,500 feet MSL south of the Red 
Bluff VORTAC between the 20.9- and 39.1-mile arcs of the Red Bluff 
VORTAC bounded on the northwest by the northwest edge of V-199 and 
on the southeast by the southeast edge of V-25. That airspace 
extending upward from 8,500 feet MSL south of the Red Bluff VORTAC 
bounded on the northeast by a 39.1-mile arc of the Red Bluff VORTAC, 
on the southeast by the southeast edge of V-25, on the south and 
southwest by the north edge of V-200 and a 17.4-mile arc of the 
Mendocino VORTAC, and on the northwest by the northwest edge of V-
199. That airspace extending upward from 9,500 feet MSL bounded on 
the southeast by the northwest edge of V-199 to lat. 
39 deg.21'37''N, long. 123 deg.04'54''W; to lat. 39 deg.32'00''N, 
long. 123 deg.11'34''W; to lat. 39 deg.32'00''N, long. 
123 deg.20'33''W, and on the west by the east edge of V-607, and on 
the north by a line 7.8 miles south of a parallel to the Red Bluff 
VORTAC 291 deg. and Fortuna VORTAC 110 deg. radii to the 17.4-mile 
arc of the Red Bluff VORTAC, thence counterclockwise to the 
northwest edge of V-199, and that airspace bounded on the east by 
the western edge of V607 to lat. 39 deg.46'40''N, long. 
123 deg.35'50''W, and on the west by the east edge of V-27 to the 
24-mile radius of the Fortuna VORTAC, thence counterclockwise to the 
west edge of V-607. That airspace extending upward from 5,300 feet 
MSL bounded on the east by the southwest edge of V-27 and on the 
west by the west/southwest edge of V-494.
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    Issued in Los Angeles, California, on April 21, 1998.
John G. Clancy,
Manager, Air Traffic Division, Western-Pacific Region.
[FR Doc. 98-11647 Filed 4-30-98; 8:45 am]
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