[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 56 (Wednesday, March 22, 2000)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 15282-15283]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-7000]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Airspace Docket No. 00-AWP-1]


Proposed Modification of Class E Airspace; Willits, CA

AGENCY:  Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION:  Notice of proposed rulemaking.

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SUMMARY:  This action proposes to modify the Class E airspace area at 
Willits, CA. A revision of Global Positioning System (GPS) Standard 
Instrument Approach Procedure (SIAP) to Runway (RWY) 16 and RWY 34 at 
Ells Field-Willits Municipal Airport has made this proposal necessary. 
Additionally controlled airspace extending upward from 700 feet or more 
above the surface of the earth is needed to contain aircraft executing 
the GPS RWY 16 and RWY 34 SIAP to Ells Field-Willits Municipal Airport. 
The intended effect of this proposal is to provide adequate controlled 
airspace for Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) operations at Ells Field-
Willits Municipal Airport, Willits, CA.

DATES:  Comments must be received on or before April 17, 2000.

ADDRESSES:  Send comments on the proposal in triplicate to: Federal 
Aviation Administration, Attn: Manager, Airspace Branch, AWP-520, 
Docket No. 00-AWP-1, Air Traffic Division, 15000 Aviation Boulevard, 
Lawndale, California 90261.
    The official docket may be examined in the Office of Regional 
Counsel, Western-Pacific Region, Federal Aviation Administration, Room 
6007, 15000 Aviation Boulevard, Lawndale, California 90261.
    An informal docket may also 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 Aviation 
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 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 number and be 
submitted in triplicate to the address listed below. Commenters wishing 
the FAA to acknowledge receipt of their comments on this action must 
submit with the comments a self-addressed, stamped postcard on which 
the following statement is made: ``Comments to Airspace Docket No. 00-
AWP-1.'' 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 action may be changed 
in light of comments received. All comments submitted will be available 
for examination in the Airspace Branch, Air Traffic Division, 15000 
Aviation 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 Aviation Boulevard, Lawndale, California 90261. 
Communications must identify the docket 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 modifying 
the Class E airspace area at Willits, CA. A revisions to the GPS RWY 16 
and RWY 34 SIAP at Ells Field-Willits Municipal Airport has made this

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proposal necessary. Additional controlled airspace extending upward 
from 700 feet above the surface is needed to contain aircraft executing 
these GPS approach procedures at Ells Field-Willits Municipal Airport. 
The intended effect of this proposal is to provide adequate controlled 
airspace for aircraft executing the GPS RWY 16 and RWY 34 SIAP at Ells 
Field-Willits Municipal Airport, Willits, CA. Class E airspace 
designations 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 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 11035; 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; 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 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 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 Willits, CA [Revised]

Ells Field-Willits Municipal Airport, CA
    (Lat. 39 deg.27'03"N, long. 123 deg.22'12"W)

    That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface 
within a 6.3-mile radius of the Ells Field-Willits Municipal Airport 
and that airspace bounded by a line beginning at lat. 
39 deg.28'00"N, long. 123 deg.30'15"W; to lat. 39 deg.48'30"N, long 
123 deg.42'00"W; to lat. 39 deg.53'30"W, long. 123 deg.28'30"W; to 
lat. 39 deg.25'53"N, long. 123 deg.14'13"W, thence clockwise along 
the 6.3-mile radius of the Ells Field-Willits Municipal Airport, to 
the point of beginning.
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    Issued in Los Angeles, California, on February 15, 200.
Dawna J. Vicars,
Assistant Manager, Air Traffic Division, Western-Pacific Region.
[FR Doc. 00-7000 Filed 3-21-00; 8:45 am]
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