[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 226 (Tuesday, November 24, 1998)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 64861-64862]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-31384]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Airspace Docket No. 98-AEA-33]


Establishment of Class E Airspace; Waynesburg, PA

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) DOT.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: This action establishes Class E airspace extending upward from 
700 feet Above Ground Level (AGL) at Waynesburg, PA. The development of 
a Helicopter Point In Space Standard Instrument Approach Procedure 
(SIAP) based on the Global Positioning System (GPS), and serving the 
Greene County Airport has made this action necessary. This action is 
intended to provide adequate Class E airspace for instrument flight 
rules (IFR) helicopter operations to the airport.

EFFECTIVE DATE: 0901 UTC, January 28, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Francis Jordan, Airspace 
Specialist, Airspace Branch, AEA-520, Air Traffic Division, Eastern 
Region, Federal Aviation Administration, Federal Building #111, John F. 
Kennedy International Airport, Jamaica, New York 11430; telephone: 
(718) 553-4521.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

History

    On October 5, 1998, a notice proposing to amend Part 71 of the 
Federal Aviation Regulations (14 CFR Part 71) to establish Class E 
airspace at Waynesburg, PA, was published in the Federal Register (63 
FR 53320). The development of a Copter GPS 090 SIAP for the Greene 
County Airport, Waynesburg, PA, requires the establishment of the Class 
E airspace for the helicopter approach.
    The notice proposed to establish controlled airspace extending 
upward from 700 feet AGL to contain IFR operations in controlled 
airspace during portions of the terminal operation and while 
transitioning between the enroute and terminal environments.
    Interested parties were invited to participate in this rulemaking 
proceeding by submitting written comments on the proposal to the FAA. 
No comments to be proposal were received. The rule is adopted as 
proposed.
    The coordinates for this airspace docket are based on North 
American Datum 83. Class E airspace areas designations for airspace 
extending upward from 700 feet AGL are published in paragraph 6005 of 
FAA Order 7400.9F, dated September 10, 1998, and effective September 
16, 1998, which is incorporated by reference in 14 CFR 71.1. The Class 
E airspace designation listed in this document will be published 
subsequently in the Order.

The Rule

    This amendment to Part 71 of the Federal Aviation Regulations (14 
CFR Part 71) established Class E airspace at Waynesburg, PA, to provide 
controlled airspace extending upward from 700 feet AGL for aircraft 
executing the Copter GPS 090 SIAP to the Greene County Airport.
    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 current. 
Therefore, this regulation--(1)

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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 rule 
will not have 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).

Adoption of the Amendment

    In consideration of the foregoing, the Federal Aviation 
Administration amends 14 CFR part 71 as follows:

PART 71--[AMENDED]

    1. The authority citation for 14 CFR Part 71 continues to read as 
follows:

    Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(g), 40103, 40113, 40120; EO 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 7400.9F, Airspace Designations and 
Reporting Points, dated September 10, 1998, and effective September 16, 
1998, 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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AEA PA E5  Waynesburg, PA [New]

Greene County Airport, PA
Point In Space Coordinates
    (Lat 39 deg.53'57''N., long. 80 deg.08'51''W.)

    That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface 
within a 6-mile radius of the Point In Space serving Greene County 
Airport, excluding that portion that coincides with the Morgantown, 
WV, Class E airspace area.
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    Issued in Jamaica, New York on November 13, 1998.
Franklin D. Hatfield,
Manager, Air Traffic Division, Eastern Region.
[FR Doc. 98-31384 Filed 11-23-98; 8:45 am]
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