[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 7 (Wednesday, January 10, 2001)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 1921-1923]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-700]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Airspace Docket No. 00-AAL-19]


Proposed Revision of Class E Airspace; Ketchikan, AK

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.

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SUMMARY: This action revises Class E airspace at Ketchikan, AK. The 
need to redefine the Ward Cove surface area exclusion in the Class E 
(surface area) airspace at Ketchikan, AK, has made this action 
necessary. Adoption of this proposal would result in the provision of 
an accurate Ward Cove exclusion in the surface area at Ketchikan, AK.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before February 26, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Send comments on the proposal in triplicate to: Manager, 
Operations Branch, AAL-530, Docket No. 00-AAL-19, 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.

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    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.

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.

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 notice must 
submit with those comments a self-addressed, stamped postcard on which 
the following statement is made: ``Comments to Airspace Docket No. 00-
AAL-19.'' 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 notice 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 or view the NPRM at 
the Alaskan Region's Air Traffic website at http://www.alaska.faa.gov/at. Communications must identify the notice 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 Ketchikan, AK, due to the revision of the Ward Cove 
exclusion area in the surface area at Ketchikan, AK. The Ward Cove 
exclusion area was established for seaplane holding on July 2, 1996 [61 
FR 34391]. During a recent review of the Revilla Corridor Operation, 
the exclusion area was found to be incorrectly described in statute 
miles and magnetic degrees. Descriptions are mandated to be in nautical 
miles and true degrees. The intended effect of this proposal is to 
provide an accurate Ward Cove exclusion in the surface area at 
Ketchikan, 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 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.

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 to be amended as follows:
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Paragraph 6002  Class E airspace designated as surface areas.

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AAL AK E2  Ketchikan, AK [Revised]

    Ketchikan International Airport, AK
(Lat. 55 deg. 21' 20" N., long. 131 deg. 42' 49" W.)
Ketchikan Localizer
    (Lat. 55 deg. 20' 51"N., long. 131 deg. 42' 00" W.)
Danger Island
    (Lat. 55 deg. 24' 08" N., long. 131 deg. 48' 47" W.)
East Island
    (Lat. 55 deg. 23' 46" N., long. 131 deg. 44' 46" W.)
Wrong Benchmark
    (Lat. 55 deg. 23' 35" N., long. 131 deg. 44' 10" W.)
Decoy Benchmark
    (Lat. 55 deg. 23' 55" N., long. 131 deg. 44' 33" W.)

    Within a 3-mile radius of the Ketchikan International Airport 
and within 1 mile each side of the Ketchikan localizer northwest/
southeast courses extending from the 3-mile radius to 4.6 miles 
northwest and 4.1 miles southeast of the airport excluding that 
airspace from Danger Island to East Island to the Wrong Benchmark 
thence along the Ward Cove shore line to the Decoy Benchmark thence 
north along the Refuge Cove shore line to a point abeam Refuge Cove 
State Recreation Site picnic area (Lat. 55 deg. 24' 31"

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N., 131 deg. 45' 36" W.) thence to the point of beginning.

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    Issued in Anchorage, AK, on December 18, 2000.
Trent S. Cummings,
Manager, Air Traffic Division, Alaskan Region.
[FR Doc. 01-700 Filed 1-9-01; 8:45 am]
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