[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 30 (Tuesday, February 13, 2001)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 9989-9990]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-3648]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Airspace Docket No. 00-ANM-22]


Proposed Revision of Class E Airspace, Poplar, MT

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM).

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SUMMARY: This notice proposes to revise Class E airspace at Poplar, MT. 
The development of new Area Navigation (RNAV) Standard Instrument 
Approach Procedures (SIAP) to Runway (RWY) 27 and RWY 9 at Poplar 
Airport has made this proposal necessary. Class E 700 foot, and 1,200 
foot controlled airspace, above the surface of the earth is required to 
contain aircraft executing the RNAV RWY 27 and RWY 9 SIAP to Poplar 
Airport. The intended effect of this proposal is to provide adequate 
controlled airspace for Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) operations at 
Poplar Airport, Poplar, MT.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before March 30, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Send comments on the proposal in triplicate to: Manager, 
Airspace Branch, ANM-520, Federal Aviation Administration, Docket No. 
00-ANM-22, 1601 Lind Avenue SW, Renton, Washington 98055-4056.
    The official docket may be examined in the Office of the Regional 
Counsel for the Northwest Mountain Region at the same address.
    An 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. 00-ANM-22, 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 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 notice must 
submit, with those comments, a self-addressed stamped postcard on which 
the following statement is made: ``Comments to Airspace Docket No. 00-
ANM-22.'' 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 notice 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 notice number of this NPRM. Persons interested in being 
placed on a mailing list for future NPRM's should also request a copy 
of

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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 revising Class C airspace at 
Poplar, MT. Newly developed RNAV SIAPs to RWY 27 and RWY 9 at Poplar 
Airport have made this proposal necessary. Controlled airspace from 700 
feet, and 1,200 feet, above the surface is required to contain aircraft 
executing the RNAV RWY 25 SIAP. The FAA 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 Poplar 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 7400.9H dated September 1, 2000, and effective 
September 16, 2000, 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 11013; 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 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:

Paragraph 6005  Class E airspace areas extending upward from 700 
feet or more above the surface of the earth

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ANM MT E5  Poplar, MT

Poplar Airport, MT
    (Lat. 48 deg.07'00"N., long. 105 deg.11'17"W.)

    That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface 
within 9.1 mile radius of the Poplar, MT, airport and within 2.5 
miles each side of the 285 deg. bearing extending to 11.5 miles; and 
within 2.5 miles of the 105 deg. bearing from the airport extending 
to 11.5 miles; and that airspace extending upward from 1,200 feet 
above the surface bounded by a line from lat. 47 deg.53'25"N., long. 
105 deg.52'50"W., to lat. 48 deg.18'00"N., long. 105 deg.52'50"W., 
to lat. 48 deg.18'00"N., long. 104 deg.30'00"W., to lat. 
47 deg.53'25"N., long. 104 deg.30'00"W., to the beginning; excluding 
that airspace within Federal Airways and the Wolf Point, MT Class E 
airspace.
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    Issued in Seattle, Washington, on January 30, 2001.
Daniel A. Boyle,
Assistant Manager, Air Traffic Division, Northwest Mountain Region.
[FR Doc. 01-3648 Filed 2-12-01; 8:45 am]
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