[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 251 (Thursday, December 31, 1998)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 72154]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-34691]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Airspace Docket No. 98-AEA-39]


Amendment to Class E Airspace; Wise, VA

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) DOT.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: This action amends Class E airspace extending upward from 700 
feet above Ground Level (AGL) at Wise, VA. The development of new 
Standard Instrument Approach Procedures (SIAP) based on the Global 
Positioning System (GPS) and the Localizer (LOC) at Lonesome Pine 
Airport has made this action necessary. This action is intended to 
provide adequate Class E airspace for instrument flight rules (IFR) 
operations by aircraft executing the GPS RWY 6 SIAP, GPS RWY 24 SIAP 
and a LOC RWY 24 SIAP to Lonesome Pine Airport.

EFFECTIVE DATE: 0901 UTC, March 25, 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 November 3, 1998, a notice proposing to amend Part 71 of the 
Federal Aviation Regulations (14 CFR Part 71) to amend the Class E 
airspace at Wise, VA, was published in the Federal Register (63 FR 
59255). The development of a GPS RWY 6 SIAP, GPS RWY 24 and a LOC RWY 
24 SIAP for Lonesome Pine Airport requires the amendment of the Class E 
airspace at Wise, VA. The notice proposed to amend 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 the 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) amends Class E airspace at Wise, VA, to provide controlled 
airspace extending upward from 700 feet AGL for aircraft executing the 
GPS RWY 6 SIAP, GPS RWY 24 and LOC RWY 24 SIAP to Lonesome Pine 
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) 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 VA E5 Wise, VA [Revised]

Lonesome Pine Airport, Wise, VA
    (Lat. 36 deg. 59' 15'' N., long. 82 deg. 31' 49'' W.)

    That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface 
within an 10-mile radius of Lonesome Pine Airport.
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    Issued in Jamaica, New York, on December 18, 1998.
Franklin D. Hatfield,
Manager, Air Traffic Division, Eastern Region.
[FR Doc. 98-34691 Filed 12-30-98; 8:45 am]
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