[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 83 (Monday, April 30, 2001)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 21296-21297]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-10568]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Airspace Docket No. 01-ASO-4]


Proposed Amendment of Class D Airspace and Establishment of Class 
E4 Airspace; Homestead, FL

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.

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SUMMARY: This action proposes to amend Class D airspace and 
establish Class E4 airspace at Dade County--Homestead Regional Airport. 
After reviewing airspace requirements for containing instrument 
approach procedures within controlled airspace at the Dade County--
Homestead Regional Airport, it was determined that the Class D airspace 
be amended from a 5.5--mile radius of Homestead Airport to a 5--mile 
radius with establishment of Class E airspace extentions that are 3 
miles wide and extend 7 miles northeast and southwest of the airport.

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

ADDRESSES: Send comments on the proposal in triplicate to: 
Federal Aviation Administration, Docket No. 01-ASO-4, Manager, Airspace 
Branch, ASO-520, P.O. Box 20636, Atlanta, Georgia 30320.
    The official docket may be examined in the Office of the Regional 
Counsel for Southern Region, Room 550, 1701 Columbia Avenue, College 
Park, Georgia 30337, telephone (404) 305-5586.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Walter R. Cochran, Manager, 
Airspace Branch, Air Traffic Division, Federal Aviation Administration, 
P.O. Box 20636, Atlanta, Georgia 30320; telephone (404) 305-5586.

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. 01-
ASO-4.'' The postcard will be date/time stamped and returned to the 
commenter. All communications received 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 the comments received. All comments submitted will be 
available for

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examination in the Office of the Regional Counsel for Southern Region, 
Room 550, 1701 Columbia Avenue, College Park, Georgia 30337, 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 NPRMs

    Any person may obtain a copy of this Notice of Proposed Rulemaking 
(NPRM) by submitting a request to the Federal Aviation Administration, 
Manager, Airspace Branch, ASO-520, Air Traffic Division, P.O. Box 
20636, Atlanta, Georgia 30320. Communications must identify the docket 
number of this NPRM. Persons interested in being placed on a mailing 
list for future NPRMs 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 Part 71 of the Federal 
Aviation Regulations (14 CFR Part 71) to amend Class D airspace and 
establish Class E4 airspace at Homestead, FL. Class D airspace 
designations for airspace areas extending upward from the surface of 
the earth and Class E airspace designations for airspace areas 
designated as an extension to a Class D airspace area are published in 
Paragraphs 5000 and 6004 respectively 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 D and 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 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:

Paragraph 5000  Class D Airspace.

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ASO FL D  Homestead, FL [REVISED]

Dade County--Homestead Regional Airport, FL
    (Lat. 25 deg.29'18"N, long. 80 deg.23'01"W)

    That airspace extending upward from the surface to and including 
2,500 feet MSL within a 5-mile radius of the Dade County--Homestead 
Regional Airport.
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Paragraph 6004  Class E4 Airspace Areas Designated as an Extension 
to a Class D Airspace Area.

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ASO FL E4  Homestead, FL [NEW]

Dade County--Homestead Regional Airport, FL
    (Lat. 25 deg.29'18"N, long. 80 deg.23'01"W)

    That airspace extending upward from the surface within 1.5 miles 
each side of a 050 deg. bearing and a 230 deg. bearing from the Dade 
County--Homestead Regional Airport extending from the 5-mile radius 
to 7 miles northeast and southwest of the airport.
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    Issued in College Park, Georgia, on April 18, 2001.
Walter R. Cochran,
Acting Manager, Air Traffic Division, Southern Region.
[FR Doc. 01-10568 Filed 4-27-01; 8:45 am]
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