[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 159 (Friday, August 16, 2002)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 53533-53534]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-20896]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Airspace Docket No. 02-AGL-10]


Proposed Establishment of Class E Airspace; Milbank, SD

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.

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SUMMARY: This Document proposes to establish Class E airspace at 
Milbank, SD. An area Navigation (RNAV) Standard Instrument Approach 
Procedure (SIAP) to Runway (RWY) 31 has been developed for Milbank 
Municipal Airport. Controlled airspace extending upward from 700 feet 
above the surface of the earth is needed to contain aircraft executing 
this approach. This action would establish an area of controlled 
airspace at Milbank Municipal Airport.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before October 4, 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-10, 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 document must 
submit with those comments a self-addressed, stamped postcard on which 
the following statement is made: ``Comments to Airspace Docket No. 02-
AGL-10.'' 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 document may be 
changed in light of the 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 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, 
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 docket 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 establish 
Class E airspace at Milbank, SD, by adding an area of controlled 
airspace around the Milbank Municipal Airport. Controlled airspace 
extending upward from 700 feet above the surface of the earth is needed 
to contain aircraft executing instrument approach procedures. The area 
would be depicted on appropriate aeronautical charts. Class E airspace 
areas extending upward from 700 feet or more above the surface are 
published in paragraph 6005 of FAA Order 7400.9J dated August 31, 2002, 
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 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 Designations and 
Reporting Points, dated August 31, 2001, and effective September 26, 
2001, is amended as follows:
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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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AGL SD E5 Milbank, SD [New]

Milbank, Milbank Municipal Airport, SD
    (Lat. 45 deg. 13' 50'' N., long. 96 deg. 33' 57'' W.)

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Watertown VORTAC
    (Lat. 44 deg. 58' 47'' N., long. 97 deg. 08' 30'' W.)

    That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface 
within a 6.4-mile radius of the Milbank Municipal Airport, and that 
airspace extending upward from 1200 feet above the surface within an 
area bounded on the north by lat. 45 deg. 34' 00'' N., on the west 
by long. 97 deg. 30' 00'' W., on the south by 44 deg. 38' 00'' N., 
and on the east by the South Dakota/Minnesota border excluding that 
airspace within Watertown, SD, Class E airspace area, that airspace 
within the Ortonville, MN, Class E airspace area and that airspace 
area within the state of Minnesota.
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    Issued in Des Plaines, Illinois on July 22, 2002.
Nancy B. Shelton,
Manager, Air Traffic Division, Great Lakes Region.
[FR Doc. 02-20896 Filed 8-15-02; 8:45 am]
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