[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 209 (Friday, October 29, 1999)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 58362-58363]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-28323]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Airspace Docket No. 99-ASO-19]


Proposed Amendment to Class D

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.

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SUMMARY: This notice proposes to amend Class D airspace at Eglin AFB, 
FL. The Non-Directional Radio Beacon (NDB) Runway (RWY) 32 Standard 
Instrument Approach Procedure (SIAP) at Destin--Fort Walton Beach 
Airport has been amended. As a result, additional controlled airspace 
extending upward from the surface is needed to accommodate the SIAP at 
Destin--Fort Walton Beach Airport. An extension via the 147 deg. 
bearing from the Destin NDB for the NDB RWY 32 SIAP would be necessary. 
The length of the Class D airspace extension southeast of the NDB would 
be 7 miles, and the width of the airspace extension would be 5 miles.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before November 29, 1999.

ADDRESSES: Send comments on the proposal in triplicate to: Federal 
Aviation Administration, Docket No. 99-ASO-19, Manager, Airspace 
Branch, ASO-520, P.O. Box 20636, Atlanta, Georgia 30320.
    The official docket may be examined in the Office of the Regional 
Counsel for Southern Region, Room 550, 1701 Columbia Avenue, College 
Park, Georgia 30337, telephone (404) 305-5627.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nancy B. Shelton, Manager, Airspace 
Branch, Air Traffic Division, Federal Aviation Administration, P.O. Box 
20636, Atlanta, Georgia 30320; telephone (404) 305-5627.

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 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-ASO-
19.'' The postcard will be date/time stamped and returned to the 
commenter. All communications received 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 the comments received. All comments submitted will be 
available for examination in the Office of the Regional Counsel for 
Southern Region, Room 550, 1701 Columbia Avenue, College Park, Georgia 
30337, 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 NPRMs

    Any person may obtain a copy of this Notice of Proposed Rulemaking 
(NPRM) by submitting a request to the Federal Aviation Administration, 
Manager, Airspace Branch, ASO-520, Air Traffic Division, P.O. Box 
20636, Atlanta, Georgia 30320. Communications must identify the notice 
number of this NPRM. Persons interested in being placed on a mailing 
list for future NPRMs 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 part 71 of the Federal

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Aviation Regulations (14 CFR part 71) to amend Class D airspace at 
Eglin AFB, FL. The NDB RWY 32 SIAP at the Destin--Fort Walton Beach 
Airport has been amended. Additional controlled airspace extending 
upward from the surface is needed to accommodate the SIAP at Destin--
Fort Walton Beach Airport. Class D airspace designations are published 
in Paragraph 5000 of FAA Order 7400.9G, dated September 1, 1999, and 
effective September 16, 1999, which is incorporated by reference in 14 
CFR 71.1. The Class D airspace designation list 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 operational 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 considering 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 Federal 
Aviation Administration Order 7400.9G, Airspace Designations and 
Reporting Points, dated September 1, 1999, and effective September 16, 
1999, is amended as follows:

Paragraph 5000.  Class D airspace.

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ASO FL D Eglin AFB, FL [Revised]

Eglin AFB, FL
    (Lat. 30 deg.29'13'' N, long. 86 deg.31'34'' W)
Destin--Fort Walton Beach Airport
    (Lat. 30 deg.24'01'' N, long. 86 deg.28'18'' W)
Destin NDB
    (Lat. 30 deg.24'30'' N, long. 86 deg.28'43'' W)
Duke Field
    (Lat. 30 deg.39'07'' N, long. 86 deg.31'23'' W)
Hurlburt Field
    (Lat. 30 deg.25'44'' N, long. 86 deg.41'20'' W)

    That airspace extending upward from the surface, to and 
including 2,600 feet MSL within a 5.5-mile radius of Eglin AFB and 
within a 4-mile radius of Destin--Fort Walton Beach Airport and 
within 2.5 miles each side of the 147 deg. bearing from the Destin 
NDB, extending 7 miles southeast of the NDB, exlcuding the portion 
north of a line connecting the 2 points of intersection within a 
5.2-mile radius circle centered on Duke Field; excluding the portion 
southwest of a line connecting the 2 points of intersection within a 
5.3-mile radius of Hurlburt Field; excluding a portion east of a 
line beginning at lat. 30 deg.30'43'' N., long. 86 deg.26'21'' W., 
extending north of the 5.5-mile radius and north of a line beginning 
at lat. 30 deg.30'43'' N., long. 86 deg.26'21'' W., extending east 
to the 5.5-mile radius.
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    Issued in College Park, Georgia, on October 18, 1999.
Nancy B. Shelton,
Acting Manager, Air Traffic Division, Southern Region.
[FR Doc. 99-28323 Filed 10-28-99; 8:45 am]
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