[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 11 (Tuesday, January 18, 2000)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 2539]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-1053]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Airspace Docket No. 99-AEA-16.FR]


Amendment to Class E Airspace: Brownsville, PA

AGENCY:  Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) DOT.

ACTION:  Final rule.

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SUMMARY:  This action establishes Class E airspace extending upward 
from 700 feet Above Ground Level (AGL) at Brownsville Hospital 
Heliport, Brownsville, PA. Development of a Standard Instrument 
Approach Procedure (SIAP), 294 Helicopter Point in Space approach has 
made this action necessary. Controlled airspace extending upward from 
700 Feet Above Ground Level (AGL) is needed to accommodate the SIAP at 
the heliport.

EFFECTIVE DATE:  0901 UTC February 8, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  Mr. Francis Jordan, Airspace 
Specialist, Airspace Branch, AEA-520, Air Traffic Division, Eastern 
Region, Federal Aviation Administration, Federal Building #111, John F. 
Kennedy International Airport, Jamaica, New York 11430, telephone: 
(718) 553-4521.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

History

    On November 23, 1999, a notice proposing to amend Part 71 of the 
Federal Aviation Regulations (14 CFR Part 71) by establishing Class E 
airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface at 
Brownsville Hospital Heliport, Brownsville, PA was published in the 
Federal Register (64 FR 65668). Interested parties were invited to 
participate in this rulemaking proceeding by submitting written 
comments on the proposal to the FAA. No comments to the proposal were 
received. The rule is adopted as proposed.
    The coordinates for the airspace docket are based on North American 
Datum 83. Class E airspace areas designations for airspace extending 
upward from 700 feet AGL are published in paragraph 6005 of FAA Order 
7400.9G, dated September 10, 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 amended in the order.

The Rule

    This amendment to Part 71 of the Federal Aviation Regulations (14 
CFR 71) provides controlled Class E airspace extending upward from 700 
feet AGL for aircraft executing an SIAP at Brownsville Hospital 
Heliport.
    The FAA has determined that this regulation only involves an 
established body of technical regulations for which frequent and 
routing 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 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--[AMENDED]

    1. The aurhority citation for 14 CFR Part 71 continues to read as 
follows:


    Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(g), 40103, 40113, 40120; EO 10854, 24 
FR 9565, 3 CFR, 1959-1963 Comp., p. 389.


Sec. 71.1  [Amended]

    The incorporation by reference in 14 CFR 71.1 of Federal Aviation 
Administration Order 7400.9G, Airspace Designations and Reporting 
Points, dated September 10, 1999, and effective September 16, 1999, 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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    That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface 
within a 6 mile radius of Brownsville Hospital Heliport.

    Issued in Jamaica, New York on January 10, 2000.
Franklin D. Hatfield,
Manager, Air Traffic Division, Eastern Region.
[FR Doc. 00-1053 Filed 1-14-00; 8:45 am]
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