[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 27 (Wednesday, February 10, 1999)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 6580-6581]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-3288]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
14 CFR Part 71
[Airspace Docket No. 99-AGL-9]
Proposed revocation of Class E airspace, Saginaw, Harry W. Browne
Airport, MI; revocation of Class E airspace, Saginaw, Tri-City Airport,
MI; and establishment of Class E Airspace; Saginaw, MI
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.
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SUMMARY: This notice proposes to revoke the Class E airspace for
Saginaw, Harry W. Browne Airport, MI, and Saginaw, Tri-City Airport,
MI, and establish a single Class E airspace area for Saginaw, MI. The
Class E airspace for Harry W. Browne Airport is largely encompassed by
the Class E airspace for Tri-City Airport already. Further, the airport
names for Harry W. Browne Airport and Tri-City Airport have recently
changed, requiring renaming the Class E airspace areas. Harry W. Browne
Airport is now called Saginaw County H. W. Browne Airport, and Tri-City
Airport is now called MBS International Airport. In addition, a Global
Positioning System (GPS) Standard Instrument Approach Procedure (SIAP),
021 deg. helicopter point in space approach, has been developed for
Saint Mary's Hospital Heliport, Saginaw, MI. Controlled airspace
extending upward from 700 to 1200 feet above ground level (AGL) is
needed to contain aircraft executing this approach. This action would
combine the two existing Class E airspace areas into one Class E
airspace area, rename the Class E airspace area to Saginaw, MI,
incorporate the new airport names, and increase the size of the new
airspace area slightly in order to include the point in space approach
serving Saint Mary's Hospital Heliport.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before April 2, 1999.
ADDRESSES: Send comments on the proposal in triplicate to: Federal
Aviation Administration, Office of the Assistant Chief Counsel, AGL-7,
Rules Docket No. 99-AGL-9, 2300 East Devon Avenue, Des Plaines,
Illinois 60018.
The official docket may be examined in the Office of the Assistant
Chief Counsel, Federal Aviation Administration, 2300 East Devon Avenue,
Des Plaines, Illinois. An informal docket may also be examined during
normal business hours at the Air Traffic Division, Airspace Branch,
Federal Aviation Administration, 2300 East Devon Avenue, Des Plaines,
Illinois.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michelle M. Behm, Air Traffic
Division, Airspace Branch, AGL-520, Federal Aviation Administration,
2300 East Devon Avenue, Des Plaines, Illinois 60018, telephone (847)
294-7568.
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, aeronautical, 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. 99-
AGL-9.'' The postcard will be date/time stamped and returned to the
commenter. All communications received on or before the specified
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 Rule Docket, FAA, Great Lakes Region, Office of
the Assistant Chief Counsel, 2300 East Devon Avenue, Des Plaines,
Illinois, 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 NPRM's
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, S.W., 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
NPRM's should also request a copy of Advisory Circular No. 11-2A, which
describes the application procedure.
The Proposal
The FAA is considering an amendment to 14 CFR part 71 to establish
a new Class E airspace area at Saginaw, MI. This action would revoke
the two existing Class E airspace areas (Saginaw, Harry W. Browne
airport, MI, and Saginaw, Tri-City Airport, MI) and combine them into
one new Class E airspace area. The new Class E airspace area would be
slightly larger than the two existing Class E airspace areas in order
to accommodate aircraft executing the proposed GPS SIAP 021 deg.
helicopter point in space approach for Saint Mary's Hospital Heliport,
Saginaw, MI. Controlled airspace extending upward from 700 to 1200 feet
AGL is needed to contain aircraft executing this approach. The area
would be depicted on appropriate aeronautical charts. Class E airspace
designations for 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 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 12966; (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.
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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 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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AGL MI E5 Saginaw, Harry W. Browne Airport, MI [Removed]
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AGL MI E5 Saginaw, Tri-City Airport, MI [Removed]
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AGL MI E5 Saginaw, MI [New]
MBS International airport, MI
(Lat. 43 deg.31'58'' N., long. 84 deg.04'47'' W.)
Saginaw County H.W. Browne Airport, MI
(Lat. 43 deg.26'00'' N., long. 83 deg.51'45'' W.)
Bay City, James Clements Municipal Airport, MI
(Lat. 43 deg.32'49'' N., long. 83 deg.53'44'' W.)
Midland, Jack Barstow Airport, MI
(Lat. 43 deg.39'46'' N., long. 84 deg.15'5 41''1 W.)
Saint Mary's Hospital, MI
Point in Space Coordinates
(Lat. 43 deg.24'54'' N., long. 83 deg.56'5 27''1 W.)
That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface
within a 7.0-mile radius of MBS International Airport, within a 6.4-
mile radius of Saginaw County H.W. Browne Airport, within a 6.4-mile
radius of James Clements Municipal Airport, within a 6.3-mile radius
of Jack Barstow Airport, and within a 6.0-mile radius of the Point
in Space serving Saint Mary's Hospital.
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Issued in Des Plaines, Illinois on January 29, 1999.
Michelle M. Behm,
Acting Manager, Air Traffic Division.
[FR Doc. 99-3288 Filed 2-9-99; 8:45 am]
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