[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 133 (Monday, July 13, 1998)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 37510-37511]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-18554]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Airspace Docket No. 98-AWP-3]


Proposed Modification of Class E Airspace; Fortuna, 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 area at 
Fortuna, CA. The establishment of a Global Positioning System (GPS) 
Standard Instrument Approach Procedure (SIAP) to Runway (RWY) 29 at 
Rohnerville 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 29 SIAP to Rohnerville Airport. The intended effect of this 
proposal is to provide adequate controlled airspace for Instrument 
Flight Rules (IFR) operations at Rohnerville Airport, Fortuna, CA.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before July 30, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Send comments on the proposal in triplicate to: Federal 
Aviation Administration, Attn: Manager, Airspace Branch, AWP-520, 
Docket No. 98-AWP-3, Air Traffic Division, 15000 Aviation Boulevard, 
Lawndale, California, 90261.
    The official docket may be examined in the Office of the Regional 
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, California, 90261, 
telephone (310) 725-6539.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Comments Invited

    Interseted 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. 98-
AWP-3.'' 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 Airspace Branch, Air Traffic Division, 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 92061. 
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 consisting an amendment to 14 CFR part 71 by modifying 
the Class E airspace area at Fortuna, CA. The establishment of a GPS 
RWY 29 SIAP at Rohnerville Airport has made

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this proposal necessary. Additional controlled airspace extending 
upward from 700 feet above the surface is needed to contain aircraft 
executing the approach and departure procedures at Rohnerville Airport. 
The intended effect of this proposal is to provide adequate controlled 
airspace for aircraft executing the GPS RWY 29 SIAP at Rohnerville 
Airport, Fortuna, CA. Class E airspace 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.
    This FAA has determined that this proposed regulation only involves 
an established body by 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 AREAS; 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 Designation 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  Fortuna, CA [Revised]

Fortuna VORTAC
    (Lat. 40 deg.40'17''N, long. 124 deg.14'04''W)
Rohnerville Airport, CA
    (Lat. 40 deg.33'14''N, long. 124 deg.07'57''W)

    That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface and 
within a 6.5-mile radius of the Rohnerville Airport and within 1.8 
miles each side of the Fortuna VORTAC 326 deg. radial, extending from 
the VORTAC to 2 miles northwest of the VORTAC and within 1.8 miles 
northeast and 3.9 miles southwest of the Fortuna VORTAC 147 deg. 
radial, extending from the Fortuna VORTAC to 3 miles southeast of the 
Fortuna VORTAC and within 2.2 miles southwest and 3 miles northeast of 
the 129 deg. and 309 deg. bearings from the Rohnerville Airport, 
extending from 6.5 miles northwest to 2.6 miles southeast of the 
Airport and within 1.8 miles each side of the Fortuna VORTAC 034 deg. 
radial, extending from VORTAC to 9.6 miles northeast of the Fortuna 
VORTAC. That airspace extending upward from 1200 feet above the surface 
within 3.9 miles southeast and 8.7 miles northwest of the Fortuna 
VORTAC 229 deg. radial, extending from the Fortuna VORTAC to 16.1 miles 
southwest of the Fortuna VORTAC and that airspace bounded by a line 
beginning at lat. 40 deg.44'00''N, long. 124 deg.33'00''W; at lat. 
40 deg.49'00''N, long. 124 deg.30'00''W; to lat. 40 deg.44'00''N, long. 
124 deg.30'00''W, thence to the point of beginning.
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    Issued in Los Angeles, California, on June 29, 1998.
Alton D. Scott,
Acting Manager, Air Traffic Division, Western-Pacific Region.
[FR Doc. 98-18554 Filed 7-10-98; 8:45 am]
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