[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 184 (Thursday, September 21, 2000)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 57116-57117]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-24143]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Airspace Docket No. 99-ANM-10]


Proposed Modification of Class E Airspace, St. George, UT

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION:  Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM).

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SUMMARY: This action proposes to modify the Class E airspace at St. 
George, UT. A new Area Navigation (RNAV) Standard Instrument Approach 
Procedure (SIAP) to Runway (RWY) 34 at St. George Municipal Airport has 
made this proposal necessary. Additional Class E controlled airspace 
from 700 feet and 1,200 feet above the earth is required to contain 
aircraft executing the RNAV RWY 34 SIAP with a Terminal Arrival Area 
(TAA) design to St. George Municipal Airport. The intended effect of 
this proposal is to provide adequate controlled airspace for Instrument 
Flight Rules (IFR) operations at St. George Municipal Airport, St. 
George, UT.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before November 6, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Send comments on the proposal in triplicate to: Manager, 
Airspace Branch, ANM-520, Federal Aviation Administration, Docket No. 
99-ANM-10, 1601 Lind Avenue SW, Renton, Washington 98055-4056.
    The official docket nay be examined in the Office of the Regional 
Counsel for the Northwest Mountain Region at the same address.
    As informal docket may also be examined during normal business 
hours in the office of the Manager, Air Traffic Division, Airspace 
Branch, at the address listed above.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brian Durham, ANM-520.7, Federal 
Aviation Administration, Docket No. 99-ANM-10, 1601 Lind Avenue SW, 
Renton, Washington 98055-4056; telephone number: (425) 227-2527.

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

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aspects of the proposal. Communications should identify the airspace 
docket number and be submitted in triplicate to the address listed 
above. Commenters wishing the FAA to acknowledge receipt of their 
comments on this action must submit, with those comments, a self-
addressed stamped postcard on which the following statement is made: 
``Comments to Airspace Docket No. 99-ANM-10.'' 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 the light of comments 
received. All comments submitted will be available for examination at 
the address listed above 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's

    Any person may obtain a copy of this NPRM by submitting a request 
to the Federal Aviation Administration, Airspace Branch, ANM-520, 1601 
Lind Avenue SW, Renton, Washington 98055-4056. 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 
procedure.

The Proposal

    The FAA is considering an amendment to Title 14 Code of Federal 
Regulations, part 71 (14 CFR part 71) by modifying Class E airspace at 
St. George, UT. A new RNAV SIAP to RWY 34 at St. George Municipal 
Airport has made this proposal necessary. Additional controlled 
airspace from 700 feet and 1,200 feet above the surface is required to 
contain aircraft executing the RNAV RWY 34 SIAP with a TAA design to 
St. George Municipal Airport. The FA establishes Class E airspace where 
necessary to contain aircraft transitioning between the terminal and en 
route environments. The intended effect of this proposal is designed to 
provide for the safe and efficient use of the navigable airspace. This 
proposal would promote safe flight operations under IFR at the St. 
George Municipal Airport and between the terminal and en route 
transition stages.
    The area would be depicted on aeronautical charts for pilot 
reference. The coordinates for this airspace docket are based on North 
American Datum 83. Class E 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 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 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 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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ANM UT E5  St. George, UT [Revised]

St. George Municipal Airport, UT
    (Lat. 37 deg.05'29"N., long. 113 deg.35'35"W.)
St. George VOR/DME
    (Lat. 37 deg.05'17"N., long. 113 deg.35'31"W.)

    That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface 
within a 8.3 miles northeast and 5.3 miles southwest of the St. 
George VOR/DME 131 deg. and 311 deg. radials extending from 6.1 
miles northwest to 16.1 miles southeast, and within 5.9 miles each 
side of the St. George VOR/DME 183 deg. radial extending from the 
VOR/DME to 18.2 miles south; and that airspace extending upward from 
1,200 feet above the surface within the 30 mile radius of lat. 
36 deg.48'87"N., long. 113 deg.35'62"W., extending clockwise from 
the 256 deg. bearing to the 076 deg. bearing, and within 30 miles 
radius of lat. 36 deg.48'89"N., long. 113 deg.43'10"W., extending 
clockwise from the 076 deg. bearing to the 166 deg. bearing of lat. 
36 deg.48'87"N., long. 113 deg.35'62"W., and within 30 miles radius 
of lat. 36 deg.48'86"N., long. 113 deg.29'40"W., extending 
counterclockwise from the 256 deg. bearing to the 166 deg. bearing 
of lat. 36 deg.48'87"N., long. 113 deg.35'62"W; excluding that 
portion of airspace within the Colorado City, AZ, 700 and 1,200 feet 
Class E airspace area; that portion of airspace within the Mesquite, 
NV, 700 feet Class E airspace; that portion of airspace for V-235 
southeast of the Mormon Mesa VORTAC: that portion of airspace for V-
235 northeast of the Mormon Mesa VORTAC; that portion of airspace 
for V-21 northeast of the Mormon Mesa VORTAC.
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    Issued in Seattle, Washington, on August 31, 2000.
Daniel A. Boyle,
Acting Manager, Air Traffic Division, Northwest Mountain Region.
[FR Doc. 00-24143 Filed 9-20-00; 8:45 am]
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