[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 48 (Tuesday, March 12, 2002)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 11068-11070]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-5877]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Airspace Docket No. 02-ASO-4]


Proposed Establishment of Class D Airspace; Greenville Donaldson 
Center, SC, Proposed Amendment of Class E2 Airspace; Greer, Greenville-
Spartanburg Airport, SC, and Proposed Amendment of Class E5 Airspace; 
Greenville, SC

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.

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SUMMARY: This action proposes to establish Class D airspace at 
Greenville Donaldson Center, SC, and amend Class E5 airspace at 
Greenville, SC. A Federal contract tower with a weather reporting 
system is being constructed at the Donaldson Center Airport. Therefore, 
the airport will meet the criteria for establishment of Class D 
Airspace. Class D surface area airspace is required when the control 
tower is open to contain existing Standard Instrument Approach 
Procedures (SIAPs) and other Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) operations 
at the airport. This action would establish Class D airspace extending 
upward from the surface to and including 2,500 feet MSL within a 4.2-
mile radius of the Donaldson Center Airport. A regional evaluation has 
determined the existing Class E5 airspace area should be amended to 
contain the Nondirectional Radio Beacon (NDB) or Global Positioning 
System (GPS) Runway (RWY) 5 SIAP. As a result, additional controlled 
airspace extending upward from 700 feet Above Ground Level (AGL) 
southwest of Donaldson Center Airport is needed to contain the SIAP. 
This action would also make a technical amendment to the Class E2 
airspace at Greer, Greenville-Spartanburg Airport, SC, and the Class E5 
airspace description at Greenville, SC, by changing the name of the 
Greenville-Spartanburg Airport to the Greenville-Spartanburg 
International Airport.

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DATES: Comments must be received on or before April 11, 2002.

ADDRESSES: Send comments on the proposal in triplicate to:
    Federal Aviation Administration, Docket No. 02-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. 02-
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 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 establish Class D airspace at 
Greenville Donaldson Center, SC, and amend Class E5 airspace at 
Greenville, SC. This proposal would also make a technical amendment to 
Class E2 airspace at Greer, Greenville-Spartanburg Airport, SC, and the 
Class E5 airspace description at Greenville, SC, by changing the name 
of the Greenville-Spartanburg Airport to the Greenville-Spartanburg 
International Airport. This name change was effective on October 31, 
1995. 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 surface areas and airspace areas extending 
upward from 700 feet or more above the surface of the earth are 
published in Paragraphs 5000, 6002, and 6005 respectively, 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 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 7400.9J, Airspace Designations and 
Reporting Points, dated August 31, 2001, and effective September 16, 
2001, is amended as follows:

Paragraph 5000  Class D Airspace

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ASO SC D Greenville Donaldson Center Airport, SC [NEW]

Greenville, Donaldson Center Airport, SC
    (Lat. 34 deg.45'30, long. 80 deg.22'35" W)
Greenville Downtown Airport
    (Lat. 34 deg.50'52, long. 82 deg.21'00" W)
Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport
    (Lat. 34 deg.53'56, long. 82 deg.12'49" W)
    That airspace extending upward from the surface to and including 
2,500 feet MSL within a 4.2-mile radius of Donaldson Center Airport, 
excluding that airspace within the Greenville Downtown Airport Class 
D airspace area, and excluding that airspace within the Greenville-
Spartanburg International Airport Class C airspace area. This Class 
D airspace area is effective during the specific days and times 
established in advance by a Notice to Airmen. The effective days and 
times will thereafter be continuously published in the Airport/
Facility Directory.
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Paragraph 6002  Class E Airspace Designated as Surface Areas

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 ASO SC E2 Greer, Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport, SC 
[REVISED]

Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport, SC
    (Lat. 34 deg.53'56, long. 82 deg.12'49" W)
    Within a 5-mile radius of the Greenville-Spartanburg 
International Airport. This Class E airspace area is effective 
during the specific dates and times established in advance by a 
Notice to Airmen. The effective date and time

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will thereafter be continuously published in the Airport/Facility 
Directory.
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Paragraph 6005  Class E Airspace Areas Extending Upward From 700 
Feet or More Above the Surface of the Earth

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ASO SC E5 Greenville, SC [REVISED]

Greenville Downtown Airport, SC
    (Lat. 34 deg.50'52, long. 82 deg.21'00" W)
Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport
    (Lat. 34 deg.53'56, long. 82 deg.12'49" W)
Donaldson Center Airport
    (Lat. 34 deg.45'30, long. 80 deg.22'35" W)
DYANA NDB
    (Lat. 34 deg.41'28, long. 82 deg.26'37" W)
    That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface 
within a 7-mile radius of Greenville Downtown Airport and within a 
10 mile radius of Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport and 
within a 6.7-mile radius of Donaldson Center Airport and within 4 
miles northwest and 8 miles southeast of 224 deg. bearing from the 
DYANA NDB extending from the 6.7-mile radius to 16 miles southwest 
of the Donaldson Center Airport.
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    Issued in College Park, Georgia, on March 5, 2002.
Wade T. Carpenter,
Acting Manager, Air Traffic Division, Southern Region.
[FR Doc. 02-5877 Filed 3-11-02; 8:45 am]
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