[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 144 (Tuesday, July 28, 1998)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 40228-40229]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-20115]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Airspace Docket No. 98-ACE-23]


Proposed Establishment of Class E Airspace; Guthrie, IA

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.

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SUMMARY: This document proposes to establish Class E airspace area at 
Guthrie County Regional Airport, Guthrie, IA. The FAA has developed 
Global Positioning System (GPS)

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Runway (RWY) 36 and Nondirectional Radio Beacon (NDB) RWY 18 Standard 
Instrument Approach Procedures (SIAPs) to serve Guthrie County Regional 
Airport, IA. Controlled airspace extending upward from 700 feet Above 
Ground Level (AGL) is necessary to accommodate these SIAPs and for 
Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) operations at this airport. The area will 
contain the new GPS RWY 36 and NDB RWY 18 in controlled airspace. The 
intended effect of this rule is to provide controlled Class E airspace 
for aircraft executing the GPS RWY 36 and NDB RWY 18 SIAPs and to 
segregate aircraft using instrument approach procedures in instrument 
conditions from aircraft operating in visual conditions.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before September 11, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Send comments on the proposal in triplicate to : Manager, 
Airspace Branch, ACE-520, Federal Aviation Administration, Docket No. 
98-ACE-23, 601 East 12th Street, Kansas City, MO 64106.
    The official docket may be examined in the Office of the Regional 
Counsel for the Central Region at the same address between 9:00 a.m. 
and 3:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. An 
informal docket may also be examined during normal business hours in 
the office of the Manager, Airspace Branch, Air Traffic Division, at 
the address listed above.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kathy Randolph, Air Traffic Division, 
Airspace Branch, ACE-520C, Federal Aviation Administration, 601 East 
12th Street, Kansas City, Missouri 64106; telephone number (816) 426-
3408.

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, 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-
ACE-23.'' The postcard will be date/time stamped and returned to the 
commenter. All communications received on or before the 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 be filed in the 
docket.

Availabiliy of NPRMs

    Any person may obtain a copy of this Notice of Proposed Rulemaking 
(NPRM) by submitting a request to the Federal Aviation Administration, 
Office of Public Affairs, Attention: Public Inquiry Center, APA-230, 
800 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, D.C. 20591, or by calling 
(202) 267-3484. Communications must identify the notice number of this 
NPRM. Persons interested in being placed on a mailing list for future 
NPRMs should also request a copy of Advisory Circular No. 11-2A, which 
describes the procedures.

The Proposal

    The FAA is considering a amendment to 14 CFR part 71 to establish 
Class E airspace area at Guthrie, IA. The FAA has developed GPS RWY 36 
and NDB RWY 18 SIAPs to serve Guthrie County Regional Airport, Guthrie, 
IA. The intended effect of this action is to provide segregation of 
aircraft operating under Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) from aircraft 
operating in visual weather conditions. The area would be depicted on 
appropriate aeronautical charts thereby enabling pilots to 
circumnavigate the area or otherwise comply with IFR procedures. Class 
E airspace areas extending upward from 700 feet or more above the 
surface of the earth 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 
the 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 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

    Accordingly, pursuant to the authority delegated to me, 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 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 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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ACE IA E5  Guthrie, IA [New]

Guthrie County Regional Airport, IA
    (Lat 41 deg.41'16'' N., long. 94 deg.26'07'' W.)
Guthrie Center NDB
    (Lat 41 deg.40'55'' N., long. 94 deg.26'00'' W.)

    That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface 
within a 6.4-mile radius of the Guthrie Country Regional Airport and 
within 2.5 miles each side of the 350 deg. bearing from the Guthrie 
Center NDB extending from the 6.4-mile radius to 7 miles north of 
the airport.
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    Issued in Kansas City, MO, on July 10, 1998.
Christopher R. Blum,
Acting Manager, Air Traffic Division, Central Region.
[FR Doc. 98-20115 Filed 7-27-98; 8:45 am]
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