[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 136 (Friday, July 14, 2000)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 43722-43723]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-17869]



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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Airspace Docket No. 00-ASO-26]


Proposed Amendment to Class D Airspace, Melbourne, FL

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.

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SUMMARY: This action proposes to amend Class D airspace at Melbourne 
International Airport, FL, by lowering the airspace ceiling from 2,500 
feet above ground level (AGL) to 1,900 feet AGL. Due to the high number 
of overflying aircraft, in the interest of safety the airspace above 
1,900 AGL has been delegated by the Melbourne Air Traffic Control 
Tower, which provides Visual Flight Rules (VFR) service to aircraft 
operating in the vicinity of the Melbourne International Airport, to 
the Daytona Beach Radar Approach Control Facility, which provides 
Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) air traffic control service to the 
Melbourne International Airport. This proposed action will also change 
the name of the airport in the legal description from Melbourne 
Regional to Melbourne International Airport.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before August 14, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Send comments on the proposal in triplicate to: Federal 
Aviation Administration, Docket No. 00-ASO-26, 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) 305-5586.

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) 305-5586.

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 musk submit with 
those comments a self-addressed, stamped postcard on which the 
following statement is made: ``Comments to Airspace Docket No. 00-ASO-
26.'' 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 place don 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 17 of the Federal 
Aviation Regulations (14 CFR part 71) to amend Class D airspace at 
Melbourne International Airport, FL, by lowering the airspace ceiling 
from 2,500 AGL to 1,900 feet AGL and changing the airport name in the 
legal description from Melbourne Regional to Melbourne International 
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 designations listed in this comment 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 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, 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 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 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  Melbourne, FL [Revised]

Melbourne International Airport, FL
    (Lat. 28 deg.06'10" N, long. 80 deg.38'45" W)
    That airspace extending upward from the surface, to and 
including 1,900 feet MSL within a 4.3-mile radius of the Melbourne 
International Airport, excluding the portion north of a line 
connecting the points of intersection with a 5.3-mile radius circle 
centered on Patrick AFB. This Class D airspace area is effective 
during the specific dates and times established in advance by a 
Notice to Airmen. The effective dates and times will thereafter be 
continuously published in the Airport/Facility Directory.
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    Issued in College Park, Georgia, on June 30, 2000.
Wade T. Carpenter,
Acting Manager, Air Traffic Division, Southern Region.
[FR Doc. 00-17869 Filed 7-13-00; 8:45 am]
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