[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 207 (Wednesday, October 25, 2000)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 63820-63821]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-26821]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Airspace Docket No. 00-AAL-5]


Proposed Revision of Class E Airspace; Gulkana, AK

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.

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SUMMARY: This action revises Class E airspace at Gulkana, AK. The 
establishment of two new Area Navigation (RNAV) instrument approaches 
and the revision of the Very High Frequency (VHF) Omni-directional 
Radio Range (VOR) and Non-directional Radio Beacon (NDB) instrument 
approaches to runway (RWY) 14 and RWY 32 at Gulkana Airport, Gulkana, 
AK, have made this action necessary. Adoption of this proposal would 
result in the provision of adequate controlled airspace for Instrument 
Flight Rules (IFR) operations at Gulkana, AK.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before December 11, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Send comments on the proposal in triplicate to: Manager, 
Operations Branch, AAL-530, Docket No. 00-AAL-5, Federal Aviation 
Administration, 222 West 7th Avenue, Box 14, Anchorage, AK 99513-7587.
    The official docket may be examined in the Office of the Regional 
Counsel for the Alaskan Region at the same address.
    An informal docket may also be examined during normal business 
hours in the Office of the Manager, Operations Branch, Air Traffic 
Division, at the address shown above and on the Internet at Alaskan 
Region's homepage at http://www.alaska.faa.gov/at or at address http://162.58.28.41/at.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert van Haastert, Operations 
Branch, Federal Aviation Administration, 222 West 7th Avenue, Box 14, 
Anchorage, AK 99513-7587; telephone number (907) 271-5863; fax: (907) 
271-2850; email: [email protected]. Internet address: 
http://www.alaska.faa.gov/at or at address http://162.58.28.41/at.

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. Commentors 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-
AAL-5.'' The postcard will be date/time stamped and returned to the 
commentor. 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 Operations Branch, Air Traffic Division, Federal 
Aviation Administration, 222 West 7th Avenue, Box 14, Anchorage, AK, 
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 Notice of Proposed Rulemaking's (NPRM's)

    An electronic copy of this document may be downloaded, using a 
modem and suitable communications software, from the FAA regulations 
section of the Fedworld electronic bulletin board service (telephone: 
703-321-3339) or the Federal Register's electronic bulletin board 
service (telephone: 202-512-1661).
    Internet users may reach the Federal Register's web page for access 
to recently published rulemaking documents at http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/aces140.html.
    Any person may obtain a copy of this NPRM by submitting a request 
to the Operations Branch, AAL-530, Federal Aviation Administration, 222 
West 7th Avenue, Box 14, Anchorage, AK 99513-7587. Communications must 
identify the docket number of this NPRM. Persons interested in being 
placed on a mailing list for future NPRM's should contact the 
individual(s) identified in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT 
section.

The Proposal

    The FAA proposes to amend 14 CFR part 71 by revising Class E 
airspace at Gulkana, AK, due to the establishment of two new RNAV 
instrument approaches and revision of the VOR and NDB instrument 
approach procedures to RWY 14 and RWY 32. The intended effect of this 
proposal is to provide additional controlled airspace for IFR 
operations at Gulkana, AK.
    The area would be depicted on aeronautical charts for pilot 
reference. The coordinates for this airspace docket are based on North 
American Datum 83. The Class E airspace areas designated as Surface 
Areas are published in paragraph 6002 and the Class E airspace areas 
extending upward from 700 feet or more above the surface of the Earth 
are published in paragraph 6005 in FAA Order 7400.9H, Airspace 
Designations and Reporting Points, dated September 1, 2000, and 
effective September 16, 2000, which is incorporated by reference in 14 
CFR 71.1. The Class E airspace designations 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 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.

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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 7400.9H, Airspace Designations and 
Reporting Points, dated September 1, 2000, and effective September 16, 
2000, is amended as follows:
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Paragraph 6002  Class E airspace designated as surface areas.

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AAL AK E2  Gulkana, AK [Revised]

Gulkana Airport, AK
    (Lat. 62 deg.09'18" N., long. 145 deg.27'24" W.)
Gulkana VORTAC
    (Lat. 62 deg.09'08" N., long. 145 deg.27'01" W.)
Glenallen NDB
    (Lat. 62 deg.11'43" N., long. 145 deg.28'05" W.)
That airspace extending upward from the surface to and including 
4,100 feet MSL within a 4 mile radius of the Gulkana Airport, and 
within 2.8 miles west of the Gulkana VORTAC 344 deg. radial 
clockwise to 2.8 miles east of the 352 deg. radial extending from 
the Gulkana airport to 9.4 miles north of the airport, and within 
2.5 miles east of the Gulkana VORTAC 172 deg. radial clockwise to 
2.5 miles west of the Gulkana 180 deg. radial extending from the 
Gulkana airport to 7 miles south of the Gulkana airport. This 
airspace is effective during specific dates and times established in 
advance by Notice to Airmen. The effective dates and times will 
thereafter be continuously published in the Airport/Facility 
Directory.
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Paragraph 6005  Class E airspace extending upward from 700 feet or 
more above the surface of the earth.

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AAL AK E5  Gulkana, AK [Revised]

Gulkana Airport, AK
    (Lat. 62 deg.09'18" N., long. 145 deg.27'24" W.)
Gulkana VORTAC
    (Lat. 62 deg.09'08" N., long. 145 deg.27'01" W.)
Glenallen NDB
    (Lat. 62 deg.11'43" N., long. 145 deg.28'05" W.)
    That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface 
within 6.5-mile radius of the Gulkana airport and within 8 miles 
west of the Gulkana VORTAC 344 deg. radial, clockwise to 4 miles 
east of the 352 deg. radial extending from the Gulkana airport to 16 
miles north of the Gulkana airport, and within 4 miles east of the 
Gulkana VORTAC 172 deg. radial clockwise to 4 miles west of the 
Gulkana VORTAC 180 deg. radial extending 9.5 miles south of the 
Gulkana airport; and that airspace extending upward from 1,200 feet 
above the surface within an area bounded by lat. 62 deg.35'00" N 
long. 145 deg.39'30" W, counter clockwise to lat. 62 deg.02'00" N 
long. 146 deg.30'00" W, to lat 61 deg.41'30" N long. 145 deg.13'00" 
W, to lat. 62 deg.22'30" N long. 144 deg.27'00" W, to the point of 
beginning.
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    Issued in Anchorage, AK, on October 6, 2000.
Joseph F. Woodford,
Acting Manager, Air Traffic Division, Alaskan Region.
[FR Doc. 00-26821 Filed 10-24-00; 8:45 am]
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