[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 64 (Monday, April 5, 1999)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 16369-16370]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-8273]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Airspace Docket No. 99-AWP-3]


Proposed Modification of Class E Airspace; Santa Rosa, CA

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.

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SUMMARY: This notice proposes to modify the Class E airspace area at 
Santa Rosa, CA. The establishment of a Global Positioning System (GPS) 
Standard Instrument Approach Procedure (SIAP) to Runway (RWY) 14 and 
GPS RWY 32 at Sonoma County Airport has made this proposal necessary. 
Additional controlled airspace extending upward from 700 feet or more 
above the surface of the earth is needed to contain aircraft executing 
the GPS RWY 14 and GPS RWY 32 SIAP to Sonoma County Airport. The 
intended effect of this proposal is to provide adequate controlled 
airspace for Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) operations at Sonoma County 
Airport, Santa Rosa, CA.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before May 10, 1999.

ADDRESSES: Send comments on the proposal in triplicate to: Federal 
Aviation Administration, Attn: Manager, Airspace Branch, AWP-520, 
Docket No. 99-AWP-3, Air Traffic Division, 15000 Aviation Boulevard, 
Lawndale, California 90261.

    The official docket may be examined in the Office of the Regional 
Counsel, Western-Pacific Region, Federal Aviation Administration, Room 
6007, 15000 Aviation Boulevard, Lawndale, California 90261.

    An informal docket may also be examined during normal business 
hours at the Office of the Manager, Airspace Branch, Air Traffic 
Division at the above address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Larry Tonish, Air Traffic Airspace 
Specialist, Airspace Branch, AWP-520, Air Traffic Division, Western-
Pacific Region, Federal Aviation Administration, 15000 Aviation 
Boulevard, Lawndale, California 90261, telephone (310) 725-6539.

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 the comments a self-addressed, stamped postcard on which 
the following statement is made:

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``Comments to Airspace Docket No. 99-AWP-3.'' 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 prosposed 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 
Airspace Branch, Air Traffic Division, 15000 Aviation Boulevard, 
Lawndale, California 90261, 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

    Any person may obtain a copy of this Notice of Proposed Rulemaking 
(NPRM) by submitting a request to the Federal Aviation Administration, 
Airspace Branch, 15000 Aviation Boulevard, Lawndale, California 90261. 
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 procedures.

The Proposal

    The FAA is considering an amendment to 14 CFR part 71 by modifying 
the Class E airspace area at Santa Rosa, CA. The establishment of a GPS 
RWY 14 and GPS RWY 32 SIAP at Sonoma County Airport has made this 
proposal necessary. Additional controlled airspace extending upward 
from 700 feet above the surface is needed to contain aircraft executing 
the GPS approach procedures at Sonoma County Airport. The intended 
effect of this proposal is to provide adequate controlled airspace for 
aircraft executing the GPS RWY 14 and GPS RWY 32 SIAP at Sonoma County 
Airport, Santa Rosa, CA. Class E airspace designations 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 this 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 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 proposed rule would 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).

The Proposed Amendment

    In consideration of the foregoing, 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; 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 400.9F, Airspace Designations and 
Reporting Points, dated September 10, 1998, and effective September 16, 
1998, is amended as follows:

Paragraph 600  Class E airspace areas extending upward from 700 
feet or more above the surface of the earth.

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AWP CA E5  Santa Rosa, CA [Revised]

    That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface 
beginning at lat. 38 deg.56'00'' N., long, 123 deg.02'04'' W.; to 
lat. 39 deg.15'00'' N., long 123 deg.02'04'' W.; to lat. 
39 deg.15'00'' N., long. 122 deg.49'04'' W.; to lat. 38 deg.47'30'' 
N., long, 122 deg.49'04'' W.; to lat. 38 deg.23'00'' N., long. 
122 deg.38'04'' W.; to lat. 38 deg.18'00'' N., long. 122 deg.48'04'' 
W.; to lat. 38 deg.56'00'' N., long. 123 deg.16'30'' W., thence to 
the point of beginning.
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    Issued in Los Angeles, California on March 15, 1999.
Leonard A. Mobley,
Acting Manager, Air Traffic Division, Western-Pacific Region.
[FR Doc. 99-8273 Filed 4-2-99; 8:45 am]
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