[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 195 (Friday, October 6, 2000)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 59763-59764]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-25637]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Airspace Docket No. 00-AGL-25]


Proposed Modification of Class E Airspace; Hazen, ND

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.

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SUMMARY: This action proposes to modify Class E airspace at Hazen, ND. 
An Area Navigation (RNAV) Standard Instrument Approach Procedure (SIAP) 
to Runway 14, and an RNAV SIAP to Rwy 32, have been developed for 
Mercer County Regional Airport. Controlled airspace extending upward 
from 700 feet above the surface is needed to contain aircraft executing 
these approaches. This action would increases the size of the existing 
Class E airspace for Hazen, ND.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before November 20, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Send comments on the proposal in triplicate to: Federal 
Aviation Administration, Office of the Regional Counsel, AGL-7, Rules 
Docket No. 00-AGL-25, 2300 East Devon Avenue, Des Plaines, Illinois 
60018.
    The official docket may be examined in the Office of the Regional 
Counsel, Federal Aviation Administration, 2300 East Devon Avenue, Des 
Plaines, Illinois. An informal docket may also be examined during 
normal business hours at the Air Traffic Division, Airspace Branch, 
Federal Aviation Administration, 2300 East Devon Avenue, Des Plaines, 
Illinois.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Denis C. Burke, Air Traffic Division, 
Airspace Branch, AGL-520, Federal Aviation Administration, 2300 East 
Devon Avenue, Des Plaines, Illinois 60018, telephone (847) 294-7568.

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

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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. 00-AGL-25.'' 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 Rules 
Docket, FAA, Great Lakes Region, Office of the Regional Counsel, 2300 
East Devon Avenue, Des Plaines, Illinois, 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 Notice of Proposed Rulemaking 
(NPRM) by submitting a request to the Federal Aviation Administration, 
Office of Public Affairs, Attention: Public Inquiry Center, APA-230, 
800 Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington, DC 20591, or by calling 
(202) 267-3484. 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 14 CFR part 71 to modify 
Class E airspace at Hazen, ND, by increasing the size of the existing 
Class E airspace for Mercer County Regional Airport. Controlled 
airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface is needed to 
contain aircraft executing instrument approach procedures. The area 
would be depicted on appropriate aeronautical charts. 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 7400.9H dated 
September 1, 2000, and effective September 16, 2000, which is 
incorporated by reference in 14 CFR 71.1. The Class E designations 
listed in this document would be published subsequently in the Order.
    The FAA has determined that this proposed regulation only involves 
an establishment 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 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 proposed 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).

The Proposed Amendment

    Accordingly, pursuant to the authority delegated to me, 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 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 7400.9H, Airspace Designations and 
Reporting Points, dated September 1, 2000, and effective September 16, 
2000, is amended as follows:
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Paragraph 6005  Class E airspace areas extending upward from 700 
feet or more above the surface of the earth.

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AGL ND E5  Haze, ND [Revised]

Hazen, Mercer County Regional Airport
    (Lat. 47 deg.17'24" N, long. 101 deg.34'51" W)
Dickinson VORTAC
    (Lat. 46 deg.51'36" N, long. 102 deg.46'25" W)
Williston VORTAC
    (Lat. 48 deg.15'12" N, long. 103 deg.45'02" W)

    That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface 
within a 10.0-mile radius of the Mercer County Regional Airport, and 
that airspace extending upward from 1200 feet above the surface 
bounded on the northwest by a line beginning at V439, thence 
counterclockwise along the Williston VORTAC 60.0-mile radius to V71, 
thence northwest along V71 to the Williston VORTAC 39.2-mile radius, 
thence counterclockwise along the Williston VORTAC 39.2-mile radius 
to the 48 deg.00'00" N. latitude, on the north by the lat. 
48 deg.00'00" N., on the east by the long. 100 deg.44' 02"W., on the 
southeast by V169, on the south by lat. 46 deg.10' 00" N., on the 
southwest by a line from 46 deg.10'00" N., long. 102 deg.34'00" W. 
to lat. 46 deg.20'00" N., long. 102 deg.44' 00" W., on the west by 
V491, thence east along V2 to the Dickinson VORTAC 25.2-mile radius, 
thence counterclockwise along the Dickinson VORTAC 25.2-mile radius 
to V439, thence to the point of beginning, excluding that airspace 
within the Minot AFB, ND, Dickinson, ND, and Bismarck, ND, Class E 
airspace areas, and excluding all Federal Airways.
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    Issued in Des Plaines, Illinois on September 21, 2000.
Douglas F. Powers,
Acting Manager, Air Traffic Division, Great Lakes Region.
[FR Doc. 00-25637 Filed 10-5-00; 8:45 am]
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