[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 1 (Monday, January 4, 1999)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 60-61]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-34775]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Airspace Docket No. 98-ACE-54]


Proposed Amendment to Class E Airspace; Alliance, NE

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.

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SUMMARY: This document proposes to amend Class E airspace areas at 
Alliance Municipal Airport, Alliance, NE. The FAA has developed 
Nondirectional Radio Beacon (NDB) Runway (RWY) 12 and NDB RWY 30 
Standard Instrument Approach Procedures (SIAPs) to serve Alliance 
Municipal Airport, NE. Controlled Class E surface area and Class E 
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 areas will contain the NDB RWY 12 
and NDB RWY 30 in controlled airspace. The intended effect of this rule 
is to provide controlled Class E airspace for aircraft executing the 
NDB RWY 12 and NDB RWY 30 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 January 15, 1999.

ADDRESSES: Send comments on the proposal in triplicate to: Manager, 
Airspace Branch, ACE-520, Federal Aviation Administration, Docket No. 
98-ACE-54, 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-54.'' 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.

Availability 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, DC 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 an amendment to 14 CFR part 71 to amend the 
Class E airspace areas at Alliance,

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NE. The FAA has developed NDB RWY 12 and NDB RWY 30 SIAPs to serve 
Alliance Municipal Airport, Alliance, NE. The intended effect of this 
amendment at Alliance Municipal Airport, NE, will provide segregation 
of aircraft operating under Instrument Flight rules (IFR) from aircraft 
operating in visual weather conditions. The areas will be depicted on 
appropriate aeronautical charts thereby enabling pilots to 
circumnavigate the areas or otherwise comply with IFR procedures. Class 
E airspace designated as a surface area for an airport are published in 
paragraph 6002, and 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 7400.9F, dated September 10, 1998, and effective 
September 16, 1998, which is incorporated by reference in 14 CFR 71.1 
The Class E airspace designations 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 7400.9F, Airspace Designations and 
Reporting Points, dated September 10, 1998, and effective September 16, 
1998, is amended as follows:

Paragraph 6002  Class E airspace designated as a surface area for 
an airport.

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ACE NE E2 Alliance, NE

Alliance Municipal Airport, NE
    (Lat. 42 deg.03'12''N., long. 102 deg.48'14''W.)
Alliance VOR/DME
    (Lat. 42 deg.03'20''N., long. 102 deg.48'16''W.)
Alliance
    (Lat. 42 deg.02'35''N., long. 102 deg.47'58''W.)
    Within a 4.3-mile radius of Alliance Municipal Airport and within 
2.5 miles each side of the 124 deg. bearing from the Alliance NDB 
extending from the 4.3-mile radius to 7 miles southeast of the NDB and 
within 2.6 miles each side of the 145 deg. radial of the Alliance VOR/
DME extending from the 4.3-mile radius to 8.7 miles southeast of the 
VOR/DME and within 2.6 miles each side of the 302 deg. radial of the 
Alliance VOR/DME extending from the 4.3-mile radius to 5.7 miles 
northwest of the VOR/DME and within 2.5 miles each side of the 318 deg. 
bearing from the Alliance NDB extending from the 4.3-mile radius to 7 
miles northwest of the NDB. This Class E airspace area is effective 
during the specific dates and times established in advance by a Notice 
to Airmen. The effective date and time will thereafter be continuously 
published in the Airport/Facility Directory.
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Paragrpah 6005  Class E airspace areas extending upward from 700 
feet or more above the surface of the earth.

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ACE NE E5 Alliance, NE

Alliance Municipal Airport, NE
    (Lat. 42 deg.03'12''N., long. 102 deg.48'14''W.)
Alliance VOR/DME
    (Lat. 42 deg.03'20''N., long. 102 deg.48'16''W.)
Alliance NDB
    (Lat. 42 deg.02'35''N., long. 102 deg.47'48''W.)
    That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface 
within a 6.8-mile radius of the Alliance Municipal Airport and within 
2.5 miles each side of the 124 deg. bearing from the Alliance NDB 
extending from the 6.8-mile radius to 7 miles southeast of the NDB and 
within 3 miles each side of the 145 deg. radial of the Alliance VOR/DME 
extending from the 6.8-mile radius to 10.5 miles southeast of the VOR/
DME and within 2.5 miles each side of the 318 deg. bearing from the 
Alliance NDB extending from the 6.8-mile radius to 7 miles northwest of 
the NDB and within 3 miles each side of the 302 deg. radial of the 
Alliance VOR/DME extending from the 6.8-mile radius to 8.7 miles 
northwest of the VOR/DME.
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    Issued in Kansas City, MO, on November 19, 1998.
Christopher R. Blum,
Acting Manager, Air Traffic Division, Central Region.
[FR Doc. 98-34775 Filed 12-31-98; 8:45 am]
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