[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 232 (Friday, December 3, 1999)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 67713-67714]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-31400]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Airspace Docket No. 99-AGL-42]


Modification of Class E Airspace; Marquette, MI; Revocation of 
Class E Airspace; Sawyer, MI, and K.I. Sawyer, MI

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: This action modifies Class E airspace at Marquette, MI, and 
revokes the Class E airspace at Sawyer, MI, and K.I. Sawyer, MI. The 
legal description for the Class E airspace for Sawyer International 
Airport has been changed from Sawyer, MI, to Marquette, MI, and the 
legal description for Class E airspace for K.I. Sawyer, MI, is no 
longer valid because K.I. Sawyer Air Force Base (AFB) has been closed 
and renamed Sawyer International Airport. In addition, the closure of 
Marquette County Airport was made on September 23, 1999. Finally, the 
Marquette, MI VHF Omnidirectional Range/Distance Measuring Equipment 
(VOR/DME) (MQT) navigational aid will be decommissioned and replaced 
with the new Gwinn, MI, VOR/DME (GWI), and will be located 
approximately 15 nautical miles southeast of the existing MQT VOR/DME 
on the Sawyer International Airport. This action modifies Class E 
airspace for Marquette, MI, to correctly describe the Class E airspace 
required for Sawyer International Airport, to remove the reference to 
Marquette County Airport, and to incorporate the new GWI VOR/DME 
location, and revokes the Class E airspace at Sawyer, MI, and K.I. 
Sawyer, MI.

EFFECTIVE DATE: 0901 UTC, February 24, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Denis C. Burke, Air Traffic Division, 
Airspace Branch, AGL-520, Federal Aviation Administration, 2300 East 
Devon Avenue, Des Plaines, IL 60018, telephone (847) 294-7568.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

History

    On Wednesday, August 4, 1999, the FAA proposed to amend 14 CFR part 
71 to modify Class E airspace at Marquette, MI, and to revoke Class E 
airspace at Sawyer, MI, and K.I. Sawyer, MI (64 FR 42300). On Tuesday, 
October 5, 1999, the FAA extended the comment period for the proposal 
due to a minor modification to the legal description for the Class E 
airspace for Marquette, MI (64 FR 53957). The proposal was to modify 
controlled airspace extending upward from the surface 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. 
No comments objecting to the proposal were received. 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 7400.9G dated September 
1, 1999, and effective September 16, 1999, 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 
Marquette, MI, and revokes Class E airspace at Sawyer, MI, and K.I. 
Sawyer AFB, MI, to accommodate aircraft executing instrument flight 
procedures at Sawyer International Airport. 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'' 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 7400.9G, Airspace Designations and 
Reporting Points, dated September 1, 1999, and effective

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September 16, 1999, is amended as follows:
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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  Marquette, MI [Revised]

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

    Within a 4.6-mile radius of Sawyer International Airport.
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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 MI E5  Sawyer, MI [Removed]

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

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AGL MI E5  Marquette, MI [Revised]

Marquette, Sawyer International Airport, MI
    (Lat. 46 deg.21'13''N., long. 87 deg.23'45''W.)
Gwinn VOR/DME
    (Lat. 46 deg.21'32''N., long. 87 deg.23'50''W.)

    That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface 
within a 7.1-mile radius of the Sawyer International Airport, and 
that airspace extending upward from 1,200 feet above the surface 
within a 35.0-mile radius of the Gwinn VOR/DME.
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    Issued in Des Plaines, Illinois on November 16, 1999.
Christopher R. Blum,
Manager, Air Traffic Division.
[FR Doc. 99-31400 Filed 12-2-99; 8:45 am]
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