[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 168 (Tuesday, August 31, 1999)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 47451-47452]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-22610]



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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Airspace Docket No. 99-AWP-16]


Proposed Establishment of Class E Airspace; Lakeport, CA

agency: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

action: Notice of proposed rulemaking.

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summary: This notice proposes to establish a Class E airspace area on 
Lakeport, CA. The establishment of a Special Global Positioning System 
(GPS) Standard Instrument Approach Procedure (SIAP) Copter 293 Point In 
Space approach serving Sutter Lake Heliport 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 
helicopters executing the Special Copter GPS 293 Point In Space 
approach to Sutter Lakeside Hospital Heliport. The intended effect of 
this proposal is to provide adequate controlled airspace for Instrument 
Flight Rules (IFR) operations at Sutter Lakeside Hospital Heliport, 
Lakeport, CA.

dates: Comment must be received on or before September 16, 1999.

addresses: Send comments on the proposal in triplicate: Federal 
Aviation Administration, Attn: Manager, Airspace Branch, AWP-520, 
Docket No. 99-AWP-16, 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 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 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 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 may 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: 
``Comments to Airspace Docket No. 99-AWP-16.'' 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 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 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 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 
establishing a Class E airspace area at Lakeport, CA. The establishment 
of a Special Copter GPS 293 Point In Space approach at Sutter Lakeside 
Hospital Heliport has made this proposal necessary. Additional 
controlled airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface is 
needed to contain helicopters executing the Special Copter GPS 293 
Point In Space approach to the Sutter Lakeside Hospital Heliport. The 
intended effect of this proposal is to provide adequate controlled 
airspace for helicopters executing the Special Copter 293 Point In 
Space approach to the Sutter Lakeside Hospital Heliport, Lakeport, 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 7400.9F, Airspace Designations and 
Reporting Points, dated September 10, 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  Lakeport, CA [New]

Sutter Lakeside Hospital Heliport

Point In Space Coordinates
    (Lat. 39 deg.06'09''N, long. 122 deg.53'19''W)

    That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface 
and within a 5-mile radius of a Point In Space serving the Sutter 
Lakeside Hospital Heliport, excluding that portion within the Santa 
Rosa, CA, Class E airspace area.
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    Issued In Los Angeles, California, on August 2, 1999.
John Clancy,
Manager, All Traffic Division, Western-Pacific Region.
[FR Doc. 99-22610 Filed 8-30-99; 8:45 am]
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