[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 72 (Tuesday, April 15, 2003)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 18173-18174]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-9081]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Docket No. FAA 2003-1407; Airspace Docket No. 03-ASO-3]


Proposed Establishment of Class E2 Airspace, Proposed Amendment 
of Class E5 Airspace; Waycross, GA

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.

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SUMMARY: This notice proposes to establish Class E2 airspace and amend 
Class E5 airspace at Waycross, GA. The Ware County Airport Authority 
has requested Class E2 surface area airspace at Waycross-Ware County 
Airport to provide airport operations within controlled airspace. 
Jacksonville Air Route Traffic Control Center (ARTCC) would provide air 
traffic services at the airport and a federally commissioned automated 
weather observing system is in operation. In order to conduct these 
operations, Class E2 surface area must be established. This action 
would establish Class E2 surface area airspace within a 4.1-radius of 
the airport.
    As a result of an evaluation, it has been determined a modification 
should be made to the Waycross, GA, Class E5 airspace area to contain 
the Nondirectional Radio Beacon (NDB) Runway (RWY) 18 Standard 
Instrument Approach Procedure (SIAP) to Waycross-Ware County Airport. 
Controlled airspace extending upward from 700 feet Above Ground Level 
(AGL) is needed to contain the SIAP. Additionally, the 7-mile radius of 
the Waycross-Ware County Airport would be reduced to a 6.6-mile radius.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before May 15, 2003.

ADDRESSES: Send comments on this proposal to the Docket Management 
System, U.S. Departmental of Transportation, Room Plaza 401, 400 
Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590-0001. You must identify the 
docket number FAA-2003-14707/Airspace Docket No. 03-ASO-3, 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 proposal, any comments received, and any final 
disposition in person in the Dockets Office between 9 a.m. to 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, Room 550, 1701 Columbia Avenue, College Park, 
Georgia 30337.

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) 305-5627.

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 both

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docket numbers and be submitted in triplicate to the address listed 
above. Commenters wishing the FAA to acknowledge receipt of their 
comments on this notice must submit with those comments a self-
addressed, stamped postcard on which the following statement is made: 
``Comments to Docket No. FAA-2003-14707/Airspace Docket No. 03-ASO-3.'' 
The postcard will be date/time stamped and returned to the commenter. 
All communications received before the specified closing date for 
comments will be considered before taking action on the proposed rule. 
The proposal contained in this notice may be changed in light of the 
comments received. A report summarizing each substantive public contact 
with FAA personnel concerned with this rulemaking will be filed in the 
docket.

Availability of NPRMs

    An electronic copy of this document may be downloaded through the 
Internet at http://dms.dot.gov. Recently published rulemaking documents 
can also be accessed through the FAA's Web page at http://www.faa.gov 
or the Superintendent of Document's Web page at http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara. Additionally, any person may obtain a copy of 
this notice by submitting a request to the Federal Aviation 
Administration, Office of Air Traffic Airspace Management, ATA-400, 800 
Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20591, or by calling (202) 
267-8783. Communications must identify both docket numbers for this 
notice. Persons interested in being placed on a mailing list for future 
NPRM's should contact the FAA's Office of Rulemaking, (202) 267-9677, 
to request a copy of Advisory Circular No. 11-2A, Notice of Proposed 
Rulemaking Distribution System, which describes the application 
procedure.

The Proposal

    The FAA is considering an amendment to Part 71 of the Federal 
Aviation regulations (14 CFR Part 71) to establish Class E2 airspace 
and amend Class E5 airspace at Waycross, GA. Class E airspace 
designations for airspace areas designated as surface areas and 
airspace areas extending uupward from 700 feet or more above the 
surface of the earth are published in Paragraphs 6002 and 6005 
respectively, 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 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 Part 71 continues to read as follows:

    Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(d); 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 7400.9K, Airspace Designations and 
Reporting Points, dated August 30, 2002, and effective September 16, 
2002, is amended as follows:

Paragraph 6002 Class E Airspace Designated as Surface Areas

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ASO GA E2 Waycross [NEW]

Waycross--Ware County Airport, GA
    (Lat. 31[deg]14'58'' long. 82[deg]23'43''.)
Waycross VORTAC
    (Lat. 31[deg]16'10'' long. 82[deg]33'23''.)

    Within a 4.1-mile radius of the Waycross--Ware County Airport, 
within 1.2 miles each side of the 099[deg] radial from the Waycross 
VORTAC, extending from the 4.1-mile radius to 4.7 miles west of the 
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 Directory.
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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 GA E5 Waycross [Revised]

Waycross--Ware County Airport, GA
    (Lat. 31[deg]14'58'' long. 82[deg]23'44''.)
WIKET NDB
    (Lat. 31[deg]19'28'' long. 82[deg]23'58''.)

    That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface 
within a 6.6-mile radius of Waycross--Ware County Airport, and 
within 4 miles west and 8 miles east of the 003[deg] bearing from 
the WIKET NDB extending from the 6.6-mile radius to 16 miles north 
of the WIKET NDB; excluding that airspace within the Alma, GA, Class 
E airspace area.

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    Issued in College Park, Georgia on March 31, 2003.
Walter R. Cochran,
Acting Manager, Air Traffic Division, Southern Region.
[FR Doc. 03-9081 Filed 4-14-03; 8:45 am]
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