[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 203 (Thursday, October 19, 2000)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 62656-62657]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-26825]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Airspace Docket No. 00-AGL-27]


Proposed Establishment of Class E Airspace; Warren, MN

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.

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SUMMARY: This action proposes to establish Class E airspace at Warren, 
MN. An Area Navigation (RNAV) Standard Instrument Approach Procedure 
(SIAP) to Runway 30 has been developed for Warren Municipal Airport. 
Controlled airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface is 
needed to contain aircraft executing this approach. This action would 
create Class E airspace for Warren, MN.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before December 1, 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-27, 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

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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 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-27.'' 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

    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, SW., 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 NRPM'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 establish 
Class E airspace at Warren, MN, by creating Class E airspace for Warren 
Municipal 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 MN E5  Warren, MN [New]

Warren Municipal Airport, MN
    (Lat. 48 deg.11'28" N., long. 96 deg.42'40" W.)
Point in Space Coordinates
    (Lat. 48 deg.04'50" N., long. 96 deg.31'08" W.)

    That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface 
within a 6.3-mile radius of the Warren Municipal Airport, and that 
airspace extending upward from 1200 feet above the surface within 
the State of North Dakota within a 30.0-mile radius of the Point in 
Space, excluding that airspace within the Grand Forks, ND, Class E 
airspace area.
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    Issued in Des Plaines, Illinois on October 2, 2000.
Christopher R. Blum,
Manager, Air Traffic Division, Great Lakes Region.
[FR Doc. 00-26825 Filed 10-18-00; 8:45 am]
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