[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 85 (Tuesday, May 4, 1999)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 23806-23807]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-11176]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Airspace Docket No. 99-AGL-27]


Proposed Establishment of Class E Airspace; Gwinn, MI; Proposed 
Revocation of Class E Airspace; Sawyer, MI, and K.I. Sawyer, MI

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.

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SUMMARY: This notice proposes to establish Class E airspace at Gwinn, 
MI, and revoke the Class E airspace at Sawyer, MI, and K.I. Sawyer, MI. 
The legal description for the Class E airspace for Sawyer Airport has 
been changed from Sawyer, MI, to Gwinn, MI, and the legal description 
for Class E airspace for K.I. Sawyer, MI, is not longer valid because 
K.I. Sawyer Air Force Base (AFB) has been closed and renamed Sawyer 
Airport. This action proposes to establish Class E airspace for Gwinn, 
MI, to correctly describe the Class E airspace required for Sawyer 
Airport, and to revoke the Class E airspace at Sawyer, MI, and K.I. 
Sawyer, MI.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before June 21, 1999.

ADDRESSES: Send comments on the proposal in triplicate to: Federal 
Aviation Administration, Office of the Assistant Chief Counsel, AGL-7, 
Rules Docket No. 99-AGL-27, 2300 East Devon Avenue, Des Plaines, 
Illinois 60018. The official docket may be examined in the Office of 
the Assistant Chief Counsel, Federal Aviation Administration, 2300 East 
Devon Avenue, Des Plaines, Illinois. An informal docket may also be 
examined during normal business hours at the Air Traffic Division, 
Airspace Branch, Federal Aviation Administration, 2300 East Devon 
Avenue, Des Plaines, Illinois.

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:

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. 99-
AGL-27.'' 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

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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, FAA, Great Lakes Region, Office of 
the Assistant Chief Counsel, 2300 East Devon Avenue, Des Plaines, 
Illinois, 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 Notice of Proposed Rulemaking 
(NPRM) by submitting a request to the Federal Aviation Administration, 
Office of Public Affairs, Attention: Public Inquiry Center, APA-230, 
800 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20591, or by calling (202) 
267-3484. 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 procedure.

The Proposal

    The FAA is considering an amendment to 14 CFR part 71 to establish 
Class E airspace at Gwinn, MI, and by revoking the Class E airspace at 
Sawyer, MI, and K.I. Sawyer, MI. The legal description for the Sawyer 
Airport has changed from Sawyer, MI, to Gwinn, MI, and K.I. Sawyer AFB 
has been closed. Controlled airspace extending upward from the surface 
is needed to contain aircraft executing instrument approach procedures. 
The area would be depicted on appropriate aeronautical charts. Class E 
airspace areas designated as a surface area for an airport are 
published in paragraph 6002, and 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 
designations listed in this document would be published subsequently in 
the Order.
    The FAA has determined that this proposed regulation only involves 
an establishment 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 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).

The Proposed Amendment

    Accordingly, pursuant to the authority delegated to me, 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; 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 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 7400.9F, Airspace Designations and 
Reporting Points, dated September 10, 1998, and effective September 16, 
1998, is amended as follows:

Paragraph 6002  Class E airspace areas designated as a surface area 
for an airport.

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AGL MI E2  Sawyer, MI [Removed]

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AGL MI E2  Gwinn, MI [New]

Gwinn, Sawyer Airport, MI
    (Lat. 46 deg.21'13'' N., long. 87 deg.23'45'' W.)

    Within a 4.6-mile radius of Sawyer Airport.
* * * * *

Paragraph 6005  Class E airspace areas extending upward from 700 
feet or more above the surface of the earth.

* * * * *

AGL MI E5  Sawyer, MI [Removed]

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AGL MI E5  K.I. Sawyer, MI [Removed]

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AGL MI E5  Gwinn, MI [New]

Gwinn, Sawyer Airport, MI
    (Lat. 46 deg.21'13'' N., long. 87 deg.23'45'' W.)

    That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface 
within a 7.1-mile radius of the Sawyer Airport, excluding that 
airspace within the Marquette, MI, Class E airspace area, and that 
airspace extending upward from 1,200 feet above the surface within a 
34.8-mile radius of the Sawyer Airport.
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    Issued in Des Plaines, Illinois on April 21, 1999.
Christopher R. Blum,
Manager, Air Traffic Division.
[FR Doc. 99-11176 Filed 5-3-99; 8:45 am]
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