[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 92 (Monday, May 13, 2002)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 31994-31995]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-11775]



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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Airspace Docket No. 02-AAL-4]


Proposed Revision of Class E Airspace; Kodiak, AK

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.

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SUMMARY: This action proposes to revise Class E airspace at Kodiak, AK. 
The FAA is establishing four new standard instrument approach 
procedures (SIAP) at the Kodiak Airport, Kodiak, Alaska. The current 
SIAPs will be cancelled coincident with the effective date and time of 
the new SIAPs. An airspace review has determined that the existing 
Class E airspace at Kodiak is insufficient to contain aircraft 
executing the new SIAPs. Adoption of this proposal would result in the 
addition of Class E airspace at Kodiak, AK.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before June 27, 2002.

ADDRESSES: Send comments on the proposal in triplicate to: Manager, 
Operations Branch, AAL-530, Docket No. 02-AAL-4, Federal Aviation 
Administration, 222 West 7th Avenue, Box 14, Anchorage, AK 99513-7587.
    The official docket may be examined in the Office of the Regional 
Counsel for the Alaskan Region at the same address.
    An informal docket may also be examined during normal business 
hours in the Office of the Manager, Operations Branch, Air Traffic 
Division, at the address shown above and on the Internet at Alaskan 
Region's Home Page at http://www.alaska.faa.gov/at or at address http://162.58.28.41/at.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Derril Bergt, AAL-538, Federal 
Aviation Administration, 222 West 7th Avenue, Box 14, Anchorage, AK 
99513-7587; telephone number (907) 271-2796; fax: (907) 271-2850; e-
mail: [email protected]. Internet address: http://www.alaska.faa.gov/at or at address http://162.58.28.41/at.

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-AAL-4.'' 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 action may be changed in light of comments received. 
All comments submitted will be available for examination in the 
Operations Branch, Air Traffic Division, Federal Aviation 
Administration, 222 West 7th Avenue, Box 14, Anchorage, AK, 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 Notice of Proposed Rulemaking's (NPRM's)

    An electronic copy of this document may be downloaded, using a 
modem and suitable communications software, from the FAA regulations 
section of the Fedworld electronic bulletin board service (telephone: 
703-321-3339) or the Federal Register's electronic bulletin board 
service (telephone: 
202-512-1661).
    Internet users may reach the Federal Register's web page for access 
to recently published rulemaking documents at http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/aces140.html.
    Any person may obtain a copy of this NPRM by submitting a request 
to the Operations Branch, AAL-530, Federal Aviation Administration, 222 
West 7th Avenue, Box 14, Anchorage, AK 99513-7587. Communications must 
identify the docket number of this NPRM. Persons interested in being 
placed on a mailing list for future NPRM's should contact the 
individual(s) identified in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT 
section.

The Proposal

    The FAA proposes to amend 14 CFR part 71 by revising Class E 
airspace at Kodiak, AK. The intended effect of this proposal is to 
extend that Class E controlled airspace above 1,200 feet to enable IFR 
operations at Kodiak, AK to be contained within controlled airspace.
    The FAA Instrument Flight Procedures Production and Maintenance 
Branch has developed four new SIAPs for the Kodiak Airport. The new 
approaches are (1) Instrument Landing System Y (ILS Y) Runway 25, 
original; (2) Very High Frequency Omni-navigational Range or Tactical 
Air Navigation Y (VOR or TACAN Y) Runway 25, original; (3) Non-
directional Beacon (NDB) Runway 25, original; and (4) Area Navigation 
(Global Positioning System) (RNAV GPS) Runway 25, original. The 
existing SIAPs: (1) ILS/Distance Measuring Equipment (DME)-1, Runway 
25; (2) VOR or TACAN-1, Runway 25; (3) NDB-1, Runway 25; and (4) GPS, 
Runway 25 will be cancelled by this action.
    An airspace review was conducted to determine if Class E airspace 
at Kodiak was sufficient to contain aircraft while executing the new 
SIAPs. A determination was made that a slight addition of new airspace 
was needed, north of Colored Federal Airway B27 (Blue 27) and VOR 
Federal Airway V506 (Victor 506), northwest of the Kodiak VOR and NDB. 
That airspace extending upward from 1,200 feet above the surface will 
be expanded if this action is taken.
    The area would be depicted on aeronautical charts for pilot 
reference. The coordinates for this airspace docket are based on North 
American Datum 83. The Class E airspace areas extending upward from 700 
feet or more above the surface of the earth are published in paragraph 
6005 in FAA Order 7400.9J, Airspace Designations and Reporting Points, 
dated August 31, 2001, and effective September 16, 2001, which is 
incorporated by reference in 14 CFR 71.1. The 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

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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 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 Federal 
Aviation Administration Order 7400.9J, Airspace Designations and 
Reporting Points, dated August 31, 2001, and effective September 16, 
2001, is amended as follows:
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Paragraph 6005  Class E airspace extending upward from 700 feet or 
more above the surface of the earth.

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AAL AK E5  Kodiak, AK [REVISED]

Kodiak Airport, AK
    (Lat. 57 deg.45'00" N, long. 152 deg.29'38" W)
Kodiak VORTAC
    (Lat. 57 deg.46'00" N, long. 152 deg.20'23" W)

    That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface 
within a 6.8 mile radius of the Kodiak Airport, and within 5 miles 
south and 9 miles north of the 070 deg. radial of the Kodiak VORTAC 
extending to 17 miles northeast of the VORTAC and within 8 miles 
north and 4 miles south of the Kodiak Localizer front course 
extending from the airport to 20.3 miles east of the airport and 
within 14 miles of the Kodiak VORTAC extending from the 358 deg. 
radial clockwise to the 107 deg. radial; and that airspace extending 
upward from 1,200 feet above the surface within lat. 57 deg.57'06" 
N, long. 152 deg.45'00" W to lat. 57 deg.55'00" N, long. 
152 deg.28'00" W to lat. 57 deg.53'00" N, long. 152 deg.27'06" W to 
point of beginning and within 27 miles of the Kodiak VORTAC 
extending clockwise from the 023 radial to the 088 radial and within 
8 miles north and 5 miles south of the Kodiak Localizer front course 
extending from the airport to 32 miles east of the airport.
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    Issued in Anchorage, AK, on May 2, 2002.
Trent S. Cummings,
Manager, Air Traffic Division, Alaskan Region.
[FR Doc. 02-11775 Filed 5-10-02; 8:45 am]
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