[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 20 (Monday, February 1, 1999)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 4783]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-2344]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Airspace Docket No. 98-ANM-20]


Establishment of Class E Airspace; Buena Vista, CO

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: This action establishes a Class E airspace area at Buena Vista 
Municipal Airport, Buena Vista, CO. The effect of this action is to 
provide controlled airspace to accommodate the development of a new 
Standard Instrument Approach Procedure (SIAP) utilizing the Global 
Positioning System (GPS). This new SIAP requires airspace in order to 
contain Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) procedures.

EFFECTIVE DATE: 0901 UTC, March 25, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dennis Ripley, ANM-520.6, Federal 
Aviation Administration, Docket No. 98-ANM-20, 1601 Lind Avenue SW., 
Renton, Washington, 98055-4056; telephone number: (425) 227-2527.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

History

    On October 20, 1998, the FAA proposed to amend Title 14, Code of 
Federal Regulations, part 71 (14 CFR part 71) by establishing the Buena 
Vista Class E area (63 FR 55971). This establishment of the Class E 
area provides the additional airspace necessary to allow the 
development of a GPS SIAP into the Buena Vista Municipal Airport. In 
the notice of proposed rulemaking action, the proposal was 
inadvertently listed as amended airspace action vice establishment of 
new airspace. The legal description remains exactly the same. These 
errors are corrected herein. Interested parties were invited to 
participate in the rulemaking proceeding by submitting written comments 
on the proposal. No comments were received.
    The coordinates for this airspace docket are based on North 
American Datum 83. 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 designation listed in this document will be 
published subsequently in the Order.

The Rule

    This amendment to 14 CFR part 71 establishes Class E airspace at 
Buena Vista, CO, by providing a Class E airspace area around the Buena 
Vista Municipal Airport. The intended effect of this rule is designed 
to provide safe and efficient use of the navigable airspace and to 
promote safe flight operations under IFR at Buena Vista Municipal 
Airport and between the terminal and en route transition stages.
    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. 
It, therefore, (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 effect air traffic procedures and air navigation, it is 
certified that this 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).

Adoption of the Amendment

    In consideration of the foregoing, the Federal Aviation 
Administration amends 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 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 7400.9F, 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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ANM CO E5  Buena Vista, CO [New]

Buena Vista, Buena Vista Municipal Airport, CO
    (Lat 38 deg.48'51'' N, long. 106 deg.07'14'' W)

    That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface 
within a 4.7-mile radius of the Buena Vista Municipal Airport; that 
airspace extending upward from 1,200 feet above the surface bounded 
by a line beginning at lat. 39 deg.01'35'' N, long. 105 deg.53'15'' 
W; to lat. 38 deg.59'40'' N, long. 105 deg.45'45'' W; to lat. 
38 deg.52'40'' N, long. 105 deg.38'40'' W; to lat. 38 deg.33'50'' N, 
long. 105'36'50'' W; to lat. 38 deg.26'30'' N, long. 105 deg.42'30'' 
W; to lat. 38 deg.25'20'' N, long. 106 deg.18'45'' W; to lat. 
38 deg.33'20'' N, long. 106 deg.22'20'' W; to lat. 38 deg.36'10'' N, 
long. 106 deg.12'50'' W; to lat. 38 deg.51'25'' N, long. 
106 deg.13'25'' W; thence to point of beginning; excluding that 
airspace within Federal Airways, and the Leadville, CO, Class E 
airspace area.
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    Issued in Seattle, Washington, on January 14, 1999.
Helen Fabian Parke,
Manager, Air Traffic Division, Northwest Mountain Region.
[FR Doc. 99-2344 Filed 1-29-99; 8:45 am]
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