[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 79 (Monday, April 26, 1999)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 20157-20158]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-10435]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Airspace Docket No. 99-AGL-9]


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: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: This notice revokes the Class E airspace for Saginaw, Harry W. 
Browne Airport, MI, and Saginaw, Tri-City Airport, MI, and establishes 
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 
combines the two existing Class E airspace areas into one Class E 
airspace area, renames the Class E airspace area to Sagniaw, MI, 
incorporates the new airport names, and increases the size of the new 
airspace area slightly in order to include the point in space approach 
serving Saint Mary's Hospital Heliport.

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 Wednesday, February 10, 1999, the FAA proposed to amend 14 CFR 
part 71 to revoke Class E airspace and establish Class E airspace at 
Saginaw, MI (64 FR 6581). 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 receive. 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 establishes a new Class E airspace 
area at Saginaw, MI. This action revokes the two existing Class E 
airspace areas (Saginaw, Harry W. Browne Airport, MI, and Saginaw, Tri-
City Airport, MI) and combines them into one new Class E airspace area. 
The new Class E airspace areas is 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. 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, 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 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

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    (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.15'41'' W.)
Saint Mary's Hospital, MI
Point in Space Coordinates
    (Lat. 43 deg.24'54'' N., long. 83 deg.56'27'' 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 April 8, 1999.
David B. Johnson,
Acting Manager, Air Traffic Division.
[FR Doc. 99-10435 Filed 4-23-99; 8:45 am]
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