[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 168 (Wednesday, August 29, 2001)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 45660-45661]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-21825]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

(Airspace Docket No. 2001-ASW-13)


Proposed Establishment of Class E Airspace; Angel Fire Airport, 
Angel Fire, NM

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.

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SUMMARY: This document proposes to establish Class E airspace at Angel 
Fire Airport, Angel Fire, NM. The development of an area navigation 
(RNAV) global positioning system (GPS) standard instrument approach 
procedure (SIAP), to Angel Fire Airport, Angel Fire, NM, has made this 
rule necessary. The intended effect of this proposal is to provide 
adequate controlled airspace for aircraft operating in the vicinity of 
Angel Fire Airport, Angel Fire, NM.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before October 29, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Send comments on the proposal in triplicate to Manager, 
Airspace Branch, Air Traffic Division, Federal Aviation Administration, 
Southwest Region, Docket No. 2001-ASW-13, Fort Worth, TX 76193-0520. 
The official docket may be examined in the Office of the Regional 
Counsel, Southwest Region, Federal Aviation Administration, 2601 
Meacham Boulevard, Fort Worth, TX, between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m., Monday 
through Friday, except Federal holidays. An informal docket may also be 
examined during normal business hours at the Airspace Branch, Air 
Traffic Division, Federal Aviation Administration, Southwest Region, 
2601 Meacham Boulevard, Fort Worth, TX.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Donald J. Day, Airspace Branch, Air 
Traffic Division, Federal Aviation Administration, Southwest Region, 
Fort Worth, TX 76193-0520; telephone: (817) 222-5593.

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 under the caption 
ADDRESSES. Commenters wishing the FAA to acknowledge receipt of their 
comments on this proposal must submit, with those comments, a self-
addressed, stamped, postcard containing the following statement: 
``Comments to Air-space Docket No. 2001-ASW-13.'' The postcard will be 
date and 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 the light of comments 
received. All comments submitted will be available for examination in 
the Office of the Regional Counsel, Southwest Region Federal Aviation 
Administration, 2601 Meacham Boulevard, Fort Worth, TX, 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 Notice of Proposed Rulemaking 
(NPRM) by submitting a request to the Operations Branch, Air Traffic 
Division, Federal Aviation Administration, Southwest Region, Fort 
Worth, TX 76193-0520. 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 Advisory Circular No. 11-2A 
that describes the application procedure.

The Proposal

    The FAA is considering an amendment to 14 CFR part 71 to establish 
Class E airspace at Angel Fire Airport, Angel Fire, NM. The development 
of a RNAV GPS SIAP to Angel Fire Airport, Angel Fire, NM, has made this 
rule necessary. The intended effect of this proposal is to provide 
adequate controlled airspace for aircraft operating in the vicinity of 
Angel Fire Airport, Angel Fire, NM.
    The coordinates for this airspace docket are based on North 
American Datum 83. Designated Class E airspace areas are published in 
Paragraph 6005 of 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 Sec. 71.1. The Class 
E airspace designation listed in this document would be published 
subsequently in the order.
    Further, 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. 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

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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 E, 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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ASW NM E5 Angel Fire Airport, Angel Fire, NM [New]

Angel Fire Airport, NM

    (Lat. 36 deg.25'21"N., long. 105 deg.17'21"W.)
    That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface 
within a 7.5-mile radius of Angel Fire Airport and within 2 miles 
either side of the 005 deg. bearing from the airport extending form 
the 7.5-mile radius to 11.1 miles north of the airport.
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    Issued in Fort Worth, TX on August 21, 2001.
Albert L. Viselli,
Acting Manager, Air Traffic Division, Southwest Region.
[FR Doc. 01-21825 Filed 8-28-01; 8:45 am]
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