[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 119 (Tuesday, June 22, 1999)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 33188-33189]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-15855]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Airspace Docket No. 99-AGL-23]


Modification of Class E Airspace; Neillsville, WI

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: This notice modifies Class E airspace at Neillsville, WI. A 
Global Positioning System (GPS) Standard Instrument Approach Procedure 
(SIAP) to Runway (Rwy) 27, and a Nondirectional Beacon (NDB) SIAP to 
Rwy 27, Amendment (Amdt) 6, have been developed for Neillsville 
Municipal Airport. Controlled airspace extending upward from 700 to 
1200 feet above ground level (AGL) is needed to contain aircraft 
executing the approach. This action increases the radius of the 
existing controlled airspace for this airport.

EFFECTIVE DATE: 0901 UTC, September 9, 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 Thursday, April 15, 1999, the FAA proposed to amend 14 CFR part 
71 to modify Class E airspace at Neillsville, WI (64 FR 18584). 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. One comment 
strongly supporting the proposal was received from the Wisconsin 
Department of Transportation, and three additional comments were 
received from the Manager of the Neillsville Airport, WI, the Assistant 
Manager of the Marshfield Airport, WI, and the President of Duffy's 
Aircraft Sales and Leasing, Inc., Neillsville, WI. These three 
commenters all supported the proposal while at the same time expressing 
a safety-related concern that the adjacent Falls Military Operations 
Area (MOA) does not exclude enough of the controlled airspace around 
Neillsville Municipal Airport. Any consideration of modification to a 
MOA would be a separate non-rulemaking airspace action and is beyond 
the scope of this proposal. However, these comments relating to the MOA 
have been forwarded to the appropriate Military Representatives for 
their consideration. 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 
Neillsville, WI, to accommodate aircraft executing the proposed GPS Rwy 
27 SIAP, and NDB Rwy 27 SIAP, Amdt 6, at Neillsville Municipal Airport 
by modifying 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''

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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 WI E5  Neillsville, WI [Revised]

Neillsville Municipal Airport, WI
    (Lat. 44 deg.33'29'' N., long. 90 deg.30'44'' W.)
Neillsville NDB
    (Lat. 44 deg.33'26'' N., long. 90 deg.30'55'' W.)

    That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface 
within an 6.3-mile radius of the Neillsville Municipal Airport and 
within 2.5 miles each side of the 091 deg. bearing from the 
Neillsville NDB extending from the 6.3-mile radius to 7.0 miles east 
of the airport.
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    Issued in Des Plaines, Illinois on June 8, 1999.
Christopher R. Blum,
Manager, Air Traffic Division.
[FR Doc. 99-15855 Filed 6-21-99; 8:45 am]
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