[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 58 (Friday, March 26, 1999)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 14598-14599]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-7452]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Airspace Docket No. 98-AGL-74]


Establishment of Class E Airspace; Kelleys Island, OH

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: This action modifies Class E airspace at Kelleys Island, OH. A 
Global Positioning System (GPS) Standard Instrument Approach Procedure 
(SIAP), 270 deg. helicopter point in space approach, has been developed 
for Kelleys Island Land Field Airport, a GPS SIAP 090 deg. helicopter 
point in space approach, has been developed for Middle Bass Island 
Airport, and a GPS SIAP 030 deg. helicopter point in space approach, 
has been developed for Put In Bay Airport. Controlled airspace 
extending upward from 700 to 1200 feet above ground level (AGL) is 
needed to contain aircraft executing these approaches. This action 
creates controlled airspace for Kelleys Island, OH, in order to include 
the point in space approaches serving these airports.

EFFECTIVE DATE: 0901 UTC, May 20, 1999.

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:

 History

    On Monday, January 11, 1999, the FAA proposed to amend 14 CFR part 
71 to modify Class E airspace at Kelleys Island, OH (64 FR 1562). The 
proposal was to add controlled airspace extending upward from 700 to 
1200 feet AGL to contain Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) operations in 
controlled airspace during portions of the terminal operation and while 
transiting 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 objecting to the proposal were received. 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 will be published 
subsequently in the Order.

The Rule

    This amendment to 14 CFR part 71 modifies Class F airspace at 
Kelleys Island, OH, to accommodate aircraft executing the proposed GPS 
SIAP 270 deg. helicopter point in space approach for Kelleys Island 
Land Field Airport, the GPS SIAP 090 deg. helicopter point in space 
approach for Middle Base Island Airport, and the GPS SIAP 030 deg. 
helicopter point in space approach for Put In Bay Airport. Controlled 
airspace extending upward from 700 to 1200 feet AFL is needed to 
contain aircraft executing these approaches. The area will be depicted 
on appropriate aeronautical charts.
    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''

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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 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 part 71 continues to read as follows:

    Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(g), 40103, 40113, 40120; E.O. 10854, 24 
FR 95665, 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:
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Paragraph 6005  Class E airspace areas extending upward from 700 
feet or more above the surface of the earth.

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AGL OH E5  Kelleys Island, OH [New]

    That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface 
within an area bounded by a line beginning at lat. 41 deg.40' 35'' 
N., long. 82 deg.30'00'' W, to lat 41 deg.30'00'' N., long. 
82 deg.30'00'' W, to lat. 41 deg.30'00'' N., long 82 deg.45'00'' W, 
to lat 41 deg.34'00'' N., long. 83 deg.00'00'' W, to lat. 
41 deg.40'00'' N., long. 83 deg.00'00'' W, to lat. 41 deg.47'00'' 
N., long. 82 deg.54'05'' W, thence along the Canada/United States 
border to the point of beginning, excluding the airspace within the 
Port Clinton, OH, and Sandusky, OH, Class E airspace areas.
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    Issued in Des Plaines, Illinois on March 16, 1999.
John A. Clayborn,
Acting Manager, Air Traffic Division.
[FR Doc 99-7452 Filed 3-25-99; 8:45 am]
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