[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 14 (Tuesday, January 22, 2002)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 2836-2837]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-1375]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Airspace Docket No. 01-AWP-30]


Proposed Modification of Class E Airspace; Twentynine Palms, CA

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.

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SUMMARY: This notice proposes to modify the Class E airspace area at 
Twentynine Palms, CA. The establishment of a Area Navigation (RNAV) 
Global Positioning System (GPS) Standard Instrument Approach Procedure 
(SIAP) RNAV (GPS) Runway (RWY) 26 SIAP, to Twentynine Palms Airport, 
Twentynine Palms, CA has made this proposal necessary. Additional 
controlled airspace extending upward from 700 feet or more above the 
surface of the earth is needed to contain aircraft executing the RNAV 
(GPS) RWY 26 to Twentynine Palms Airport. The intended effect of this 
proposal is to provide adequate controlled airspace for Instrument 
Flight Rules (IFR) operations at Twentynine Palms Airport, Twentynine 
Palms, CA.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before February 21, 2002.

ADDRESSES: Send comments on the proposal in triplicate to:
    Federal Aviation Administration, Attn: Manager, Airspace Branch, 
AWP-520, Docket No. 01-AWP-30, Air Traffic Division, 15000 Aviation 
Boulevard, Lawndale, California, 90261.
    The official docket may be examined in the Office of the Regional 
Counsel, Western-Pacific Region, Federal Aviation Administration, Room 
6007, 15000 Aviation Boulevard, Lawndale, California, 90261.
    An informal docket may also be examined during normal business 
hours at the Office of the Manager, Airspace Branch, Air Traffic 
Division at the above address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeri Carson, Air Traffic Airspace 
Specialist, Airspace Branch, AWP-520, Air Traffic Division, Western-
Pacific Region, Federal Aviation Administration, 15000 Aviation 
Boulevard, Lawndale, California, 90261, telephone (310) 725-6611.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Comments Invited

    Interested parties are invited to participate in this proposed 
rulemaking by submitting such written data, views,

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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 the comments a self-addressed, stamped postcard on 
which the following statement is made: ``Comments to Airspace Docket 
No. 01-AWP-30.'' 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 light of comments received. All comments submitted will be available 
for examination in the Airspace Branch, Air Traffic Division, 15000 
Aviation Boulevard, Lawndale, California 90261, 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

    Any person may obtain a copy of this Notice of Proposed Rulemaking 
(NPRM) by submitting a request to the Federal Aviation Administration, 
Airspace Branch, 15000 Aviation Boulevard, Lawndale, California 90261. 
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, which describes the 
application procedures.

The Proposal

    The FAA is considering an amendment to 14 CFR part 71 by modifying 
the Class E airspace area at Twentynine Palms, CA. The establishment of 
a RNAV (GPS) RWY 26 SIAP at Twentynine Palms Airport has made this 
proposal necessary. Additional controlled airspace extending upward 
from 700 feet above the surface is needed to contain aircraft executing 
the RNAV (GPS) RWY 26 SIAP to Twentynine Palms Airport. The intended 
effect of this proposal is to provide adequate controlled airspace for 
aircraft executing the RNAV (GPS) RWY 26 SIAP to Twentynine Palms 
Airport, Twentynine Palms, CA. Class E airspace designations are 
published in paragraph 6005 of FAA Order 7400.9J dated August 31, 2001, 
and effective September 16, 2001, which is incorporated by reference in 
14 CFR 71.1. The Class E airspace designation listed in this document 
would be published subsequently in this Order.
    The FAA has determined that this proposal regulation only involves 
an established body of technical regulations for which frequent and 
routing 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 would 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).

Adoption of the Amendment

    In consideration of the foregoing, the Federal Aviation 
Administration amends 14 CFR part 71 as follows:

PART 71--DESIGNATION OF CLASS A, CLASS B, CLASS C, CLASS D, AND 
CLASS E AIRSPACE AREAS; 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 7400.9J, Airspace Designations and 
Reporting Points, dated August 31, 2001, and effective September 16, 
2001, 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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AWP CA E5  Twentynine Palms, CA [Revised]

Twentynine Palms Airport, CA
    (Lat. 34 deg.07'56"N, long. 115 deg.56'03"W)

    That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface 
within a 6.6 mile radius of the Twentynine Palms Airport. That 
airspace extending upward from 1200 feet above the surface bounded 
by a line beginning at lat. 34 deg.17'00"N, long. 115 deg.25'03"W.; 
to lat. 33 deg.28'00"N, long. 115 deg.25'03"W; to lat. 
33 deg.28'00"N., long. 116 deg.18'03"W.; to lat. 34 deg.17'00"N., 
116 deg.18"03'W., thence to the point of beginning; excluding that 
airspace within Restricted Areas R-2501E, R-2501S, and R-2507.
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    Issued in Los Angeles, California, on December 10, 2001.
Stephen Lloyd,
Acting Assistant Manager, Air Traffic Division, Western-Pacific Region.
[FR Doc. 02-1375 Filed 1-18-02; 8:45 am]
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