[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 63 (Tuesday, April 2, 2002)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 15502-15503]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-7853]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Airspace Docket No. 02-AGL-01]


Proposed Establishment of Class D Airspace, Proposed Modification 
of Class E Airspace, Marquette, MI

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.

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SUMMARY: This Document proposes to create Class D airspace, and modify 
Class E airspace at Marquette, MI. The opening of a Federal Contract 
Tower is being planned for the Sawyer International Airport. Class D 
airspace is required during the hours the control tower is operating. 
Sawyer International Airport is served by Federal Aviation Regulations 
Part 121 (14 CFR 121) air carriers operations. During periods when the 
control tower is closed, controlled airspace extending upward from the 
surface is needed to contain aircraft executing instrument flight 
procedures and provide a safer operating environment. The airport meets 
the minimum communications and weather observation and reporting 
requirements for controlled airspace extending upward from the surface. 
This action proposes to create Class D airspace, and modify Class E 
airspace with a 4.6-mile radius for this airport.

EFFECTIVE DATE: Comments must be received on or before May 6, 2002.

ADDRESSES: Send comments on the proposal in triplicate to: Federal 
Aviation Administration, Office of the Regional Counsel, AGL-7, Rules 
Docket No. 02-AGL-01, 2300 East Devon Avenue, Des Plaines, Illinois 
60018.
    The official docket may be examined in the Office of the Regional 
Counsel, Federal Aviation Administration, 2300 East Devon Avenue, Des 
Plaines, Illinois. An informal docket may also be examined during 
normal business hours at the Air Traffic Division, Airspace Branch, 
Federal Aviation Administration, 2300 East Devon Avenue, Des Plaines, 
Illinois.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Denis C. Burke, Air Traffic Division, 
Airspace Branch, AGL-520, Federal Aviation Administration, 2300 East 
Devon Avenue, Des Plaines, Illinois 60018, telephone (847) 294-7568.

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. 02-
AGL-01.'' 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 Rules Docket, FAA, Great Lakes Region, Office of 
the Regional Counsel, 2300 East Devon Avenue, Des Plaines, Illinois, 
both before and after the closing date for comments. A report 
summarizing each substantive public contact with FAA personnel 
concerned with the 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 Federal Aviation Administration, 
Office of Public Affairs, Attention: Public Inquiry Center, APA-230, 
800 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20591, or by calling (202) 
267-3484. 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 procedure.

The Proposal

    The FAA is considering an amendment to 14 CFR part 71 to create 
Class D airspace, and modify Class E airspace at Marquette, MI, to 
support the operation of a Federal Contract Tower, and to provide a 
safer operating environment after the tower is closed. Controlled 
airspace extending from the surface of the earth is needed to contain 
aircraft executing instrument approach procedures. The area would be 
depicted on appropriate aeronautical charts. Class D airspace areas are 
published in paragraph 5000 and Class E airspace areas extending upward 
from the surface in paragraph 6002, 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 establishment 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 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

    Accordingly, pursuant to the authority delegated to me, 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 the Federal 
Aviation Administration Order 7400.9J, Airspace

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Designations and Reporting Points, dated August 31, 2001, and effective 
September 16, 2001, is amended as follows:
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Paragraph 5000  Class D airspace.

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AGL MI D  Marquette, MI [New]

Marquette, Sawyer International Airport, MI
    (Lat. 46 deg.21'13" N, long 87 deg.23'45" W.)

    That airspace extending upward from the surface to the including 
3,700 feet MSL, within a 4.6-mile radius of the Sawyer International 
Airport. This Class D airspace area is effective during the dates 
and times established in advance by a Notice to Airmen. The 
effective date and time will thereafter be continuously published in 
the Airport/Facility Directory.
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Paragraph 6002  Class D airspace areas extending upward from the 
surface of the earth.

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AGL MI E2  Marquette, MI [Revised]

Marquette, Sawyer International Airport, MI
    (Lat. 46 deg.21'13" N 87 deg.23'45" W.)

    That airsapce extending upward from the surface within a 4.6-
mile radius of the Sawyer International Airport. This Class E 
airspace area is effective during the dates and times established in 
advance by a Notice to Airmen. The effective date and time will 
thereafter be continuously published in the Airport/Facility 
Directory.
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    Issued in Des Plaines, Illinois on March 4, 2002.
Nancy B. Shelton,
Manager, Air Traffic Division, Great Lakes Region.
[FR Doc. 02-7853 Filed 4-1-02; 8:45 am]
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