[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 2 (Friday, January 3, 2003)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 260-261]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-65]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Docket No. FAA-2002-13945; Airspace Docket No. 02-AEA-15]


Amendment of Class E Airspace; Wrightstown, NJ

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) DOT.

ACTION: Final rule; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: This action removes the description of the Class E airspace 
designated for Flying W Airport from the Wrightstown, NJ Class E 
Airspace description. The affected Class E-5 airspace for the airport 
will be consolidated into the Philadelphia, PA Class E Airspace 
description contained in Docket No. FAA-2002-13944; Airspace Docket No. 
02-AEA-03, effective March 20, 2003.

DATES: Effective date: March 20, 2003.
    Comment Date: Comments must be received on or before January 10, 
2003.

ADDRESSES: Send comments on the rule to the Docket Management System, 
U.S. Department of Transportation, Room Plaza 401, 400 Seveth Street, 
SW., Washington, DC 20590-0001. You must identify the docket number 
FAA-2002-13945/Airspace Docket No. 02-AEA-15 at the beginning of your 
comments. You may also submit comments on the Internet at http://dms.dot.gov. You may review the public docket containing the rule, any 
comments received, and any final disposition in person in the Docket 
Office between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal 
holidays. The Docket Office (telephone 1-800-647-5527) is on the plaza 
level of the Department of Transportation NASSIF Building at the above 
address.
    An informal docket may also be examined during normal business 
hours at the office of the Regional Air Traffic Division, Federal 
Aviation Administration, Eastern Region, 1 Aviation Plaza, Jamaica, NY 
11434-4890.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Francis Jordan, Airspace 
Specialist, Airspace Branch, AEA-520, Air Traffic Division, Eastern 
Region, Federal Aviation Administration, 1 Aviation Plaza, Jamaica, NY 
11434-4809, telephone (718) 553-4521.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Although this action is a final rule, which 
involves the amendment of Wrightstown, NJ Class E Airspace, by deleting 
Flying W Airport and incorporating that airspace into the Philadelphia, 
PA class E Airspace description, and was not preceded by notice and 
public procedure, comments are invited on the rule. This rule will 
become effective on the date specified in the DATES section. However, 
after the review of any comments and, if the FAA finds that further 
changes are appropriate, it will initiate rulemaking proceedings to 
extend the effective date or to amend the regulation.
    Comments that provide the factual basis supporting the views and 
suggestions presented are particularly helpful in evaluating the 
effects of the rule, and in determining whether additional rulemaking 
is required. Comments are specifically invited on the overall 
regulatory, aeronautical, economic, environmental, and energy-related 
aspects of the rule which might suggest the need to modify the rule.

The Rule

    This amendment to Part 71 of the Federal Aviation Regulations (14 
CFR part 71) amends the description of Wrightstown, NJ Class E airspace 
area by removing the airspace designations for Flying W Airport and 
consolidating that airspace areas into the Philadelphia, PA 
description. The proliferation of airports with Instrument Flight Rule 
(IFR) operations in the vicinity of Philadelphia, PA has resulted in 
overlap of numerous Class E airspace areas and confused charting. This 
action clarifies the airspace and diminishes the scope and complexity 
of charting. The IFR airports within those areas would be incorporated 
into the Philadelphia, PA class E airspace area. Accordingly, since 
this action merely consolidates airspace areas into one airspace 
designation and has no consequential impact, notice and public 
procedure under 5 U.S.C. 553(b) are unnecessary.
    Class E airspace designations for airspace extending upward from 
700 feet or more above the surface of the earth are published in 
paragraph 6005 of FAA Order 7400.9K, dated August 30, 2002, and 
effective September 16, 2002, which is incorporated by reference in 14 
CFR 71.1. The Class E airspace designation listed in this document will

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be published subsequently in the Order. 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. Therefore, this 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 rule will not 
have 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, Incorporated by reference, Navigation (air).

Adoption of the Amendment

    Inconsideration of the foregoing, the Federal Aviation 
Administration amends 14 CFR Part 71 as follows:

PART 71--[Amended]

    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; 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 7400.9K, Airspace Designations and 
Reporting Points, dated August 30, 2002 and effective September 16, 
2002, is amended as follows:

Paragraph 6005 Class E Airspace Areas Extending From 700 Feet or 
More Above the Surface of the Earth

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AEA NJ E5 Wrightstown, NJ [Revised]

Lakewood Airport, NJ
    (Lat. 40[deg]04[min]00[sec]N., long. 74[deg]10[min]40[sec]W.)
McGuire AFB, NJ
    (Lat. 40[deg]00[min]56[sec]N., long. 74[deg]35[min]37[sec]W.)
Trenton-Robbinsville Airport, NJ
    (Lat. 40[deg]12[min]50[sec]N., long. 74[deg]36[min]07[sec]W.)
Allaire Airpot, NJ
    (Lat. 40[deg]11[min]13[sec]N., long. 74[deg]07[min]30[sec]W.)
Robert J. Miller Airpark, NJ
    (Lat. 39[deg]55[min]39[sec]N., long. 74[deg]17[min]33[sec]W.)
Lakehurst (Navy) TACAN
    (Lat. 40[deg]02[min]13[sec]N., long. 74[deg]21[min]12[sec]W.)
Colts Neck VOR/DME
    (Lat. 40[deg]18[min]42[sec]N., long. 74[deg]09[min]36[sec]W.)
Coyle VORTAC
    (Lat. 39[deg]49[min]02[sec]N., long. 74[deg]25[min]54[sec]W.)
Robbinsville VORTAC
    (Lat. 40[deg]12[min]08[sec]N., long. 74[deg]29[min]43[sec]W.)

    That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface 
within a 6.4-mile radius of Lakewood Airport and within a 10.5-mile 
radius of McGuire AFB and within an 11.3-mile radius of the 
Lakehurst (Navy) TACAN extending clockwise from the Lakehurst (Navy) 
TACAN 310[deg] radial to the 148[deg] radial and within 4.4 miles 
each side of the Coyle VORTAC 031[deg] radial extending from the 
VORTAC to 11.3 miles northeast and within 2.6 miles southwest and 
4.4 miles northeast of the Lakehurst (Navy) TACAN 148[deg] radial 
extending from the TACAN to 12.2 miles southeast and within a 6.4-
mile radius of Trenton-Robbinsville Airport and within 5.7 miles 
north and 4 miles south of the Robbinsville VORTAC 278[deg] and 
098[deg] radials extending from 4.8 miles west to 10 miles east of 
the VORTAC and within a 6.7-mile radius of Allaire Airport and 
within 1.8 miles each side of the Colts Neck VOR/DME 167[deg] radial 
extending from the Allaire Airport 6.7-mile radius to the VOR/DME 
and within 4 miles each side of the 312[deg] bearing from the 
Allaire airport extending from the 6.7-mile radius of the airport to 
9 miles northwest of the airport and within a 6.5-mile radius of 
Robert J. Miller Air Park and within 1.3 miles each side of the 
Coyle VORTAC 044[deg] radial extending from the 6.5-mile radius of 
Robert J. Miller Air Park to the VORTAC, excluding the portions that 
coincide with the Atlantic City, NJ, Princeton, NJ. Old Bridge NJ, 
Philadelphia, PA, Class E airspace areas.
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    Dated: Issued in Jamaica, New York on December 13, 2002.
Richard J. Ducharme,
Assistant Manager, Air Traffic Division, Eastern Region.
[FR Doc. 03-65 Filed 1-2-03; 8:45 am]
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