[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 105 (Tuesday, June 2, 1998)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 29960-29961]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-14542]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Airspace Docket No. 96-AWP-11]


Proposed Establishment of Class E Airspace; Safford, AZ

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.

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SUMMARY: This notice proposes to establish a Class E airspace area at 
Safford, AZ. The development of a Global Positioning System (GPS) 
Runway (RWY) 12 and GPS RWY 30 Standard Instrument Approach Procedure 
(SIAP) at Safford Municipal Airport has made this proposal necessary. 
Additional controlled airspace extending upward from 700 feet or more 
above the surface of the earth is needed to contain aircraft executing 
the GPS RWY 12 and GPS RWY 30 SIAP to Safford Municipal Airport. The 
intended effect of this proposal is to provide adequate controlled 
airspace for Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) operations at Safford 
Municipal airport, Safford, AZ.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before July 6, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Send comments on the proposal in triplicate to: Federal 
Aviation Administration, Attn: Manager, Airspace Branch, AWP-520, 
Docket No. 96-AWP-11, Air Traffic Division, 15000 Aviation Boulevard, 
Lawndale, California, 90261.
    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 at 
the Office of the Manager, Operations 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, California, 90261, 
telephone (310) 725n6531.

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 the comments a self-addressed, stamped postcard on which 
the following statement is made: ``Comments to Airspace Docket No. 96-
AWP-11.'' The post card 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, 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, 15000 Aviation Boulevard, Lawndale, California 90261. 
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 procedures.

The Proposal

    The FAA is considering an amendment to 14 CFR part 71 by 
establishing a Class E airspace area at Safford, AZ. The development of 
a GPS RWY 12 and GPS 30 SIAP at Safford Municipal Airport has made this 
proposal necessary. Additional controlled airspace extending upward 
from 700 feet above the surface is needed to contain aircraft executing 
the GPS RWY 12 and GPS RWY SIAP to Safford Municipal. The intended 
effect of this proposal is to provide adequate Class E airspace for 
aircraft executing the GPS RWY 12 and RWY 30 SIAP at

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Safford Municipal Airport, Safford, AZ, Class E airspace area 
designations 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 
this 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 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 proposed to amend 14 CFR part 71 as follows:

PART 71--DESIGNATION OF CLASS A, CLASS B, CLASS C, CLASS D, AND 
CLASS E AIRSPACE AREA; 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  Class E airspace areas extending upward from 700 
feet or more above the surface of the earth.

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AWP CA E5 Safford, AZ [New]

Safford Municipal Airport, AZ
    (lat. 32 deg.51'17'' N, long. 109 deg.38'07'' W)
Williams Gateway Airport, AZ
    (lat. 33 deg.32'06'' N, long. 111 deg.22'59'' W)

    That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface 
with a 6.5-mile radius of the Safford Municipal Airport. That 
airspace extending upward from 1200 feet above the surface bounded 
on the south by a line beginning at lat. 32 deg.25'00'' N, long. 
109 deg.11'30'' W; to lat. 32 deg.25'00'' N, long. 109 deg.26'00'' 
W; to lat. 32 deg.23'00'' N, long. 109 deg.26'00'' W; extending 
along the northern boundary of V-94 to the 100-mile radius of the 
Williams Gateway Airport; and on the west by the 100-mile radius of 
the Williams Gateway Airport to Lat. 33 deg.00'00'' N; and on the 
north by lat. 33 deg.00'00'' N; and on the east to lat. 
33 deg.00'00'' N, long. 109 deg.37'00'' W; to lat. 32 deg.40'00'' N, 
long. 109 deg.17'00'' W, thence to the point of beginning.
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    Issued in Los Angeles, California, on May 19, 1998.
Sherry Avery,
Acting Assistant Manager, Air Traffic Division, Western-Pacific Region.
[FR Doc. 98-14542 Filed 6-1-98; 8:45 am]
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