[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 64 (Monday, April 5, 1999)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 16344-16345]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-8244]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Airspace Docket No. 99-AGL-1]


Modification of the legal description of the Class E Airspace; 
Sault Ste Marie, ON

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: This notice modifies the legal description Class E airspace at 
Sault Ste Marie, ON. The airspace description for the Sault Ste Marie 
Airport, ON, Canada, incorrectly describes the northwest extension of 
the controlled airspace as the northeast extension. Controlled airspace 
extending upward from the surface is needed to contain aircraft 
executing instrument approach procedures. This action corrects the 
legal description of the existing controlled airspace for this airport 
in order to eliminate confusion regarding the actual configuration of 
the airspace.

EFFECTIVE DATE: 0901 UTC, July 15, 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, February 1, 1999, the FAA proposed to amend 14 CFR part 
71 to modify Class E airspace at Sault Ste Marie, ON (64 FR 4794). The 
proposal was to correct the legal description of the existing 
controlled airspace to reflect the actual configuration of that 
controlled airspace.

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    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 E airspace at Sault 
Ste Marie, ON, to correctly identify the northwest extension of the 
existing controlled airspace. 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'' 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, Incorporations 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 ON E4 Sault Ste Marie, ON [Revised]

Sault Ste Marie Airport, ON, Canada
    (Lat. 46 deg.29'06''N., long. 84 deg.30'34''W.)

    That airspace in the United States extending upward from the 
surface within 1.6 miles north of the 108 deg. bearing from the 
airport extending from the 4.4-mile radius of Sault Ste Marie 
Airport to 4.8 miles southeast of the airport, and within 1.6 miles 
each side of the 118 deg. bearing from the airport extending from 
the 4.4-mile radius to 9.6 miles southeast of the airport, and 
within 1.6 miles each side of the 293 deg. bearing from the airport 
extending from the 4.4-mile radius to 4.8 miles northwest of the 
airport.
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    Issued in Des Plaines, Illinois on March 18, 1999.
John A. Clayborn,
Acting Manager, Air Traffic Division.
[FR Doc. 99-8244 Filed 4-2-99; 8:45 am]
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