[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 84 (Wednesday, May 1, 2002)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 21575-21576]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-10646]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Airspace Docket No. 02-ASO-4]


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

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: This action establishes Class D airspace at Greenville 
Donaldson Center, SC, and amends 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 
meets 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 establishes Class D airspace extending upward from the surface 
to and including 3,500 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 
also makes 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.

EFFECTIVE DATE: 0901 UTC, November 28, 2002.

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:   

History

    On March 12, 2002, the FAA proposed to amend part 71 of the

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Federal Aviation Regulations (14 CFR part 71) by establishing Class D 
airspace at Greenville Donaldson Center, SC, amending Class E2 airspace 
at Greer, Greenville-Spartanburg Airport, SC, and amending the Class E5 
airspace at Greenville, SC (67 FR 11068). 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 will be published subsequently in the Order.
    Interested parties were invited to participate in this rulemaking 
proceeding by submitting written comments on the proposal to the FAA. 
No comments objecting to the proposal were received.

The Rule

    This amendment to Part 71 of the Federal Aviation Regulations (14 
CFR part 71) establishes Class D airspace at Greenville Donaldson 
Center, SC, amends Class E2 Airspace at Greer, Greenville-Spartanburg, 
SC, and amends Class E5 airspace at Greenville, SC.
    The FAA has determined that this 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 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).

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; 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; EO 10854, 24 
FR 9565, 3 CFR, 1959-1963 Comp., p. 389; 14 CFR 11.69.


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. 82 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.53'44, long. 82 deg.13'08"W)

    That airspace extending upward from the surface to and including 
3,500 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.53'44, long. 82 deg.13'08"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 will thereafter be 
continuously published in the Airport/Facility Director.
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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.53'44, long. 82 deg.13'08"W)
Donaldson Center Airport
    (Lat. 34 deg.45'30, long. 82 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 the 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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    Dated: Issued in College Park, Georgia, on April 19, 2002.
Wade T. Carpenter,
Acting Manager, Air Traffic Division, Southern Region.
[FR Doc. 02-10646 Filed 4-30-02; 8:45 am]
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