[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 188 (Friday, September 27, 2002)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 61046-61047]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-24452]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Airspace Docket No. 02-AAL-6]


Proposed Revision of Class E Airspace; Point Hope, 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 Point Hope, 
AK. Two new Standard Instrument Approach Procedures (SIAP) are being 
established for the Point Hope Airport. In addition, the Non 
Directional Beacon (NDB) Runway 1 and NDB Runway 19 SIAPs are being 
amended. The existing Class E airspace at Point Hope is insufficient to 
contain aircraft executing the new and revised SIAPs and thus needs to 
be increased. Adoption of this proposal would result in the addition 
and revision of Class E airspace at Point Hope, AK.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before November 12, 2002.

ADDRESSES: Send comments on the proposal in triplicate to: Manager, 
Operations Branch, AAL-530, Docket No. 02-AAL-6, 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-6.'' 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.

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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 Government Printing Office'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 Point Hope, AK. The intended effect of this proposal is to 
extend that Class E controlled airspace above 1,200 feet to enable IFR 
operations at Point Hope, AK to be contained within controlled 
airspace.
    The FAA Instrument Flight Procedures Production and Maintenance 
Branch has developed two new SIAPs for the Point Hope Airport. The new 
approaches are (1) Area Navigation (Goblal Positioning System) (RNAV 
GPS) Runway 1, original; and (2) RNAV (GPS) Runway 19, original. In 
addition, two SIAPs are being amended: (1) The Non-directional Radio 
Beacon/Distance Measuring Equipment (NDB) or GPS Runway 1 approach will 
become the NDB Runway 1 approach, and (2) the NDB or GPS Runway 19 
approach will become the NDB Runway 19 approach. Navigation 
intersections on existing airways have also been created to initiate 
transitions to the new SIAPs. The transitions require more airspace 
than currently exists to contain Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) 
aircraft.
    That airspace currently extending upward from 700 feet above the 
surface within a 6.4 mile radius (with extensions) of the Point Hope 
Airport will not be affected by this action. That airspace extending 
upward from 1,200 feet above the surface will be revised and 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 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 Point Hope, AK--[REVISED]

Point Hope Airport, AK

(Lat. 68[deg]20'56'' N., long. 166[deg]47'58'' W.)

Point Hope NDB

(Lat. 68[deg]20'41'' N., long. 166[deg]47'51'' W.)

    That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface 
within a 6.4-mile radius of the Point Hope Airport and within 3 
miles each side of the 207[deg] bearing of the Point Hope NDB 
extending from the 6.4-mile radius to 10.3 miles southwest of the 
airport and within 3 miles either side of the Point Hope NDB 
017[deg] bearing extending from the 6.4-mile radius to 9.9 miles 
northeast of the airport; and that airspace extending upward from 
1,200 feet above the surface within lat. 68[deg]45'00'' N, long. 
166[deg]00'00'' W; to lat. 68[deg]15'00'' N, long. 165[deg]53'00'' 
W; to lat. 67[deg]55'00'' N, long. 166[deg]03'00'' W; to lat. 
68[deg]01'30'' N, long. 167[deg]25'00'' W; to lat. 68[deg]45'00'' N, 
long. 166[deg]52'30'' W, to the point of beginning.
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    Issued in Anchorage, AK, on September 18, 2002.
Stephen P. Creamer,
Assistant Manager, Air Traffic Division, Alaskan Region.
[FR Doc. 02-24452 Filed 9-26-02; 8:45 am]
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