[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 117 (Friday, June 18, 1999)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 32828-32829]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-15385]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Airspace Docket No. 95-AWP-44]


Proposed Establishment of Class E Airspace; Montague, CA

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking (SNPRM), reopening 
of comment period.

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SUMMARY: On January 9, 1996, the FAA proposed to amend Class E Airspace 
at Siskiyou County Airport, Montague, CA. This action intended to 
provide adequate controlled airspace for Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) 
operations. The proposed airspace amendment was published incorrectly. 
This Supplementary Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (SNPRM) corrects those 
errors and provides an additional comment period.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before August 2, 1999.

ADDRESSES: Send comments on the proposal in triplicate to: Federal 
Aviation Administration, Attn: Manager, Airspace Branch AWP-520, Docket 
No. 95-AWP-4, Air Traffic Division, P.O. Box 92007, Worldway Postal 
Center, Los Angeles, California 90009.
    The official docket may be examined in the Office of Assistance 
Chief 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 address listed above.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Debra Trindle, Airspace Specialist, 
Airspace Branch, AWP-520.10, Air Traffic Division, Federal Aviation 
Administration, 1500 Aviation Boulevard, Lawndale, California 90261, 
telephone (310) 725-6613.

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. 95-
AWP-44.'' 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 proposed rule. The proposed contained in this notice may be changed 
in the light of comments received. All comments submitted will be 
available for examination at the address listed above 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 SNPRM

    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 procedure.

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The Proposal

    The FAA is considering an amendment to 14 CFR part 71 to establish 
Class E airspace at Siskiyou County Airport, Montague, CA. The original 
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) proposed an amendment to the 
aforementioned airspace. The existing Class E airspace does not require 
an amendment. The establishment of additional Class E airspace 1,200 
feet or more above ground level (AGL) is necessary to provide 
controlled airspace or IFR operations, specifically the departure 
procedure from runway 35 for Siskiyou County Airport. The original 
proposal is being modified to accurately describe the required Class E 
airspace. The FAA published an NPRM on this proposal on January 8, 
1996, (61 FR 550). Since issuance of the NPRM, the FAA has discovered 
errors in the proposal. Changes to the proposal to correct these errors 
are significant enough to warrant issuance of a SNPRM and reopening of 
the comment period.
    Comments received in response to the original NPRM and this SNPRM 
would be addressed in the final disposition of the rule. The area would 
be depicted on appropriate aeronautical charts. 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 4, 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 the 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. It, therefore, (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, when promulgated, 
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

    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; AIRWAYS; 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 7400.9F, Airspace Designations and 
Reporting Points, dated September 4, 1998, and effective September 16, 
1998, is amended as follows:

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

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AWP CA E5  Montague, CA [New]

Montague, Siskiyou County, Airport, CA
    (Lat. 41 deg.46'54'' N, long. 122 deg.28'05'' W)
Montague NDB
    (Lat. 41 deg.43'38'' N, long. 122 deg.28'55'' W)
Klamath Fall VORTAC
    (Lat. 42 deg.09'12'' N, long. 121 deg.43'39'' W)

    That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface 
within a 6.1 mile radius of Siskiyou County Airport. That airspace 
extending upward from 1,200 feet above the surface within 8.3 miles 
east and 5.2 miles west of the 356 deg. and 176 deg. bearings from 
the Montague NDB, extending from 7 miles north to 1 mile south of 
the NDB and within 8.3 miles east and 5.2 miles west of the 180 deg. 
bearing from the Montague NDB, extending from the NDB to 16.5 miles 
south of the NDB, and from lat. 41 deg.52'23'' N, long. 
122 deg.24'32'' W, thence clockwise along the 34.8 mile radius of 
Klamath Falls VORTAC to lat. 42 deg.13'00'' N, long. 122 deg.30'00'' 
W, to lat. 42 deg.11'00'' N, long. 122 deg.16'30'' W, to lat. 
41 deg.51'20'' N, long. 122 deg.22'00'' W and thence 
counterclockwise along the 6.1 mile radius of the Siskiyou County 
Airport to the point of beginning.
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    Issued in Los Angeles, California on June 4, 1999.
John Clancy,
Manager, Air Traffic Division, Western Pacific Region.
[FR Doc. 99-15385 Filed 6-17-99; 8:45 am]
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