[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 107 (Thursday, June 4, 1998)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 30427-30428]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-14880]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
14 CFR Part 71
[Airspace Docket No. 98-AWA-1]
RIN 2120-AA66
Proposed Revision of the Legal Description of the Memphis Class B
Airspace Area; Tennessee
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM).
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SUMMARY: This notice proposes to revise the legal description of the
Memphis Class B airspace area by changing the point of origin of the
airspace area from the Memphis Very High Frequency Omnidirectional
Range/Tactical Air Navigation (VORTAC) navigational aid to a
geographical point in space. The FAA is taking this action due to the
relocation of the Memphis VORTAC. This proposed action will not change
the actual dimensions, configuration, or operating requirements of the
Memphis Class B airspace area. The effective date of this rulemaking
action would coincide with the relocation of the Memphis VORTAC.
DATE: Comments must be received on or before July 6, 1998.
ADDRESS: Send comments on the proposal in triplicate to the Federal
Aviation Administration, Office of Chief Counsel, Attention: Rules
Docket, AGC-200, Airspace Docket No. 98-AWA-1, 800 Independence Avenue,
SW, Washington DC 20591. Comments may also be sent electronically to
the following Internet address: [email protected]. The official
docket may be examined in the Rules Docket, Office of the Chief
Counsel, Room 916, 800 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC,
weekdays, except Federal holidays, between 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. An
informal docket may also be examined during normal business hours at
the office of the Regional Air Traffic Division.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Patricia P. Crawford, Airspace and
Rules Division, ATA-400, Office of Air Traffic Airspace Management,
Federal Aviation Administration, 800 Independence Avenue, SW.,
Washington, DC 20591; telephone: (202) 267-8783.
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 should 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-
AWA-1,'' 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 Rules Docket both before and after the closing
date for comments. A report summarizing each substantive public contact
with FAA personnel concerned with this rulemaking will also be filed in
the docket.
Availability of NPRM's
An electronic copy of this document may be downloaded using a modem
and suitable communications software from the FAA regulations section
of the Fedworld electronic bulletin board service (telephone: 703-321-
3339) or the Federal Register's electronic bulletin board service
(telephone: 202-512-1661).
Internet users may reach the FAA's web page at http://www.faa.gov
or the Federal Register's webpage at http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs
for access to recently published rulemaking documents.
Any person may obtain a copy of this NPRM by submitting a request
to the Federal Aviation Administration, Office of Air Traffic Airspace
Management, 800 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20591, or by
calling (202) 267-8783. Communications must identify the notice number
of this NPRM. Persons interested in being placed on a mailing list for
future NPRM's should call the FAA's Office of Rulemaking, (202) 267-
9677 for a copy of Advisory Circular No. 11-2A, Notice of Proposed
Rulemaking Distribution System, that describes the application
procedure.
Background
Due to on-airport expansion, the Memphis VORTAC will be relocated
approximately 2.85 miles south of its current position. This relocation
will affect the current Memphis Class B airspace area description. Due
to this relocation, the FAA is proposing to redefine the legal
description of the Memphis Class B airspace area with reference to a
``point in space,'' which is the current geographic location of the
Memphis VORTAC, as the point of origin.
The Proposal
The FAA proposes to amend 14 CFR part 71 (part 71) by revising the
legal description of the Memphis Class B airspace area. The current
legal description for the Memphis Class B airspace area utilizes the
Memphis VORTAC as the point of origin. The Memphis VORTAC will be
relocated 2.85 nautical miles south of its current location. Due to the
relocation of this navigational aid, the FAA proposes to revise the
legal description of the Memphis Class B airspace area by changing the
point of origin from the Memphis VORTAC to a point in space
geographical position. The geographical point of origin that will be
used as part of the proposed legal description will be the old location
of the navigational aid. This proposed action is a technical amendment
to the legal description and would not change the actual dimensions,
configuration, and operating requirements of the Memphis Class B
airspace area.
The FAA has determined that this regulation only involves an
established body of technical regulations for which frequent and
routine amendments are necessary to keep them operationally
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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 routine matter that will only affect air traffic procedures
and air navigation, it is certified that this proposed 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.
The coordinates for this airspace docket are based on North
American Datum 83. Class B airspace areas are published in paragraph
3000 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 B airspace area listed in this document will be published
subsequently in the Order.
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 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 3000--Subpart B-Class B Airspace
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ASO TN B Memphis, TN [Revised]
Memphis International Airport (Primary Airport)
(lat. 35 deg.02'51'' N., long. 89 deg.58'43'' W.)
Point of Origin
(lat. 35 deg.03 deg.46'' N., long. 89 deg.58'54'' W.)
Boundaries
Area A. That airspace extending upward from the surface to and
including 10,000 feet MSL within a 7-mile arc of the Point of Origin
extending clockwise from the 075 deg. bearing from the Point of
Origin to the 275 deg. bearing from the Point of Origin and within a
5-mile arc of the Point of Origin extending clockwise from the
275 deg. bearing from the Point of Origin to the 075 deg. bearing
from the Point of Origin.
Area B. That airspace extending upward from 1,800 feet MSL to
and including 10,000 feet MSL within the area bounded by a line
beginning at the 037 deg. bearing 13-mile position from the Point of
Origin; thence southward to the 052 deg. bearing 10-mile position
from the Point of Origin; then clockwise on the 10-mile arc until
intercepting the 126 deg. bearing from the Point of Origin; then
extending southward until intercepting the 147 deg. bearing 15-mile
position from the Point of Origin; thence clockwise on the 15-mile
arc until intercepting the 211 deg. bearing from the Point of
Origin; thence northward until intercepting the 226 deg. bearing 11-
mile position from the Point of Origin; thence clockwise on the 11-
mile arc until intercepting the 312 deg. bearing from the Point of
Origin; thence northbound until intercepting the 321 deg. bearing
13-mile arc from the Point of Origin; thence clockwise on the 13-
mile arc to the point of beginning and excluding that airspace
within Area A.
Area C. That airspace extending upward from 3,000 feet MSL to
and including 10,000 feet MSL within a 20-mile radius of the Point
of Origin and excluding that airspace within Areas A and B.
Area D. That airspace extending upward from 5,000 feet MSL to
and including 10,000 feet MSL within a 30-mile radius of the Point
of Origin, excluding that airspace northwest of a line from the
295 deg. bearing 30-mile position from the Point of Origin to the
352 deg. bearing 30-mile position from the Point of Origin,
excluding that airspace southeast of a line from the 114 deg.
bearing 30-mile position from the Point of Origin to the 157 deg.
bearing 30-mile position from the Point of Origin and excluding that
airspace within Areas A, B, and C.
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Issued in Washington, DC, on May 28, 1998.
John S. Walker,
Program Director for Air Traffic Airspace Management.
[FR Doc. 98-14880 Filed 6-3-98; 8:45 am]
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