[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 38 (Friday, February 26, 1999)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 9455-9457]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-4835]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 73

[Airspace Docket No. 98-ANM-22]
RIN 2120-AA66


Proposed Temporary Restricted Area; Orchard, ID

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM).

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SUMMARY: The FAA proposes to establish a temporary Restricted Area 
3203D (R-3203D) over Orchard, ID, for the period June 5-26, 1999. The 
Idaho Army National Guard has requested that this temporary restricted 
area be established to support its annual training requirements. This 
temporary area would be established adjacent to the existing Restricted 
Area R-3203A.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before April 12, 1999.

ADDRESSES: Send comments on the proposal in triplicate to: Manager, Air 
Traffic Division, ANM-500, Docket No. 98-ANM-22, Federal Aviation 
Administration, 1601 Lind Avenue, Renton, WA 98055-4056.
    The official docket may be examined in the Rules Docket, Office of 
the Chief Counsel, Room 916, 800 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, 
DC, weekdays, except Federal holidays, between 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. 
An

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informal docket may also be examined during normal business hours at 
the office of the Regional Air Traffic Division, Federal Aviation 
Administration, 1601 Lind Avenue, Renton, WA, 98055-4056.
    Send comments on environmental and land-use aspects to: The State 
of Idaho, Military Division, Headquarters Idaho Army National Guard, 
Boise Air Terminal, 4040 W. Guard Street, Boise, ID 83705-8048.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ken McElroy, Airspace and Rules 
Division, ATA-400, Office of Air Traffic Airspace Management, Federal 
Aviation Administration, 800 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 
20591; telephone: (202) 267-8783.

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. 98-
ANM-22.'' The postcard will be date/time stamped and returned to the 
commenter. Send comments on environmental and land-use aspects to: The 
State of Idaho, Military Division, Headquarters Idaho Army National 
Guard, Boise Air Terminal, 4040 W. Guard Street, Boise, ID 83705-8048. 
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 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 NPRM's

    Any person may obtain a copy of this NPRM by submitting a request 
to the Federal Aviation Administration, Office of Air Traffic Airspace 
Management, ATA-400, 800 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 
20591, or by calling (202) 267-8783. Communications must identify the 
notice number of this NPRM. Persons interested in being placed on a 
mailing list for future NPRM's should call the FAA's Office of 
Rulemaking, (202) 267-9677, for a copy of Advisory Circular No. 11-2A, 
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Distribution System, which describes the 
application procedure.
    An electronic copy of this document may be downloaded, using a 
modem and suitable software, from the FAA regulations section of the 
Fedworld electronic bulletin board service (telephone: 703-321-3339) or 
the Federal Register's electronic bulletin board service (telephone: 
202-512-1661). Internet users may reach the Federal Register's web page 
at http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/index.html for access to recently 
published rulemaking documents.

The Proposal

    The FAA is proposing an amendment to 14 CFR part 73 of the Federal 
Aviation Regulations to establish temporary Restricted Area R-3203D, 
over Orchard, ID, adjacent to the existing Restricted Area R-3203A, to 
assist the Idaho Army National Guard in supporting its annual training 
requirements. The proposed restricted area would be effective June 5-
26, 1999. Expansion in the number of gun batteries assigned to field 
artillery units, along with requirements that each assigned battery 
accomplish several moves per day to different firing points, has 
created the need to temporarily expand the available restricted 
airspace to provide for more effective training. All artillery firing 
would be directed into existing impact areas located approximately in 
the center of R-3203A. The temporary restricted area is needed to 
provide protected airspace to contain the projectiles during flight 
between the surface firing point and entry into the existing restricted 
area. The proposed temporary restricted area would be utilized for 
Idaho Army National Guard Field Artillery firing and would be released 
to the FAA for public use during periods it is not required for 
military training. The coordinates for this airspace. Docket are based 
on North American Datum 83. Section 73.32 of part 73 of the Federal 
Aviation Regulations was republished in FAA Order 7400.8 dated October 
27, 1998.
    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 proposed action (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, when promulgated, will not have a significant 
economic impact on a substantial number of small entities under the 
criteria of the Regulatory Flexibility Act.

Environmental Review

    This proposal will be subjected to environmental review prior to 
any FAA final regulatory action.

List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 73

    Airspace, Incorporation by reference, Navigation (air).

The Proposed Amendment

    In consideration of the foregoing, the Federal Aviation 
Administration proposes to amend 14 CFR part 73 as follows:

PART 73--SPECIAL USE AIRSPACE

    1. The authority citation for 14 CFR part 73 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. 73.32  [Amended]

    2. Section 73.32 is amended as follows:

R-3203D Orchard Training Area, ID [New]

Boundaries. Beginning at lat. 43 deg.14'00'' N., long. 
116 deg.16'30'' W.; at lat. 43 deg.17'51'' N., long. 116 deg.16'25'' 
W.; at lat. 43 deg.19'02'' N., long. 116 deg.14'45'' W.; at lat. 
43 deg.19'02'' N., long. 116 deg.06'36'' W.; at lat. 43 deg.15'58'' 
N., long. 116 deg.01'12'' W.; at lat. 43 deg.15'00'' N., long. 
116 deg.01'00'' W.; at lat. 43 deg.17'00'' N., long. 116 deg.05'00'' 
W.; at lat. 43 deg.17'00'' N., long. 116 deg.12'00'' W.; to point of 
beginning.

    Designated altitudes. Surface to and including 22,000 feet MSL.
    Times of use. As scheduled by NOTAM 24 hours in advance for the 
period June 5-26, 1999.
    Controlling agency. FAA Boise ATCT.
    Using agency. Commanding General Idaho Army National Guard.


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    Issued in Washington, DC, on February 22, 1999.
Reginald C. Matthews,
Acting Program Director for Air Traffic Airspace Management.
[FR Doc. 99-4835 Filed 2-25-99; 8:45 am]
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