[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 39 (Monday, February 28, 2000)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 10387-10388]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-4635]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Airspace Docket No. 99-ANM-03]


Removal of Class E Airspace; Oak Harbor, WA

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Final rule

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SUMMARY: This action removes the Class E surface area at Oak Harbor, 
WA.

EFFECTIVE DATE: 0901 UTC, April 20, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dennis Ripley, ANM-520.6, Federal 
Aviation Administration, Docket No. 99-ANM-03, 1601 Lind Avenue S.W., 
Renton, Washington, 98055-4056; telephone number: (425) 227-2527.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:   

History

    On April 22, 1999, the FAA proposed to amend Title 14, Code of 
Federal Regulations, part 71 (14 CFR part 71) by removing the Oak 
Harbor, Class E surface area (64 FR 19728). The airport is no longer 
eligible to retain a Class E surface area because of a lack of weather 
reporting. The weather reporting requirements for a surface area 
dictate that weather observations must be taken by a Federally 
Certified Weather Observer and/or a Federally Commissioned Weather 
Observing System during the times and dates the surface area is 
designated. These weather observations routinely are not being met as 
required at the Oak Harbor Air Park. Attempts to have interested 
personnel fix the reporting problem were unsuccessful. The intended 
effect of this rule is designed to provide efficient and safe use of 
the navigable airspace. No comments were received.
    The coordinates for this airspace docket are based on North 
American Datum 83. Class E airspace areas designated as en route 
domestic airspace areas are published in Paragraph 6002 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 removes the Class E surface area 
at the Oak Harbor Air Park, Oak Harbor, WA. The intended effect of this 
rule is designed to provide safe and efficient use of the navigable 
airspace and to promote safe flight operations at the Oak Harbor Air 
Park.
    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. 
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 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:

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PART 71--DESIGNATION OF CLASS A, CLASS B, CLASS C, CLASS D, AND 
CLAS 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. 105(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 7400.9G, Airspace Designations and 
Reporting Points, dated September 1, 1999, and effective September 16, 
1999, is amended as follows:

Paragraph 6002  Class E airspace designated as a surface area for 
an airport

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ANM WA E2  Oak Harbor, WA [Remove]

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    Issued in Seattle, Washington, on February 10, 2000.
Daniel A. Boyle,
Acting Manager, Air Traffic Division, Northwest Mountain Region.
[FR Doc. 00-4635 Filed 2-25-00; 8:45 am]
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