[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 99 (Thursday, May 22, 2003)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 27946-27947]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-12818]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Docket No. FAA 2003-15124; Airspace Docket No. 03-ASO-5]


Proposed Amendment of Class E5 Airspace; Augusta, GA

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.

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SUMMARY: This notice proposes to amend Class E5 airspace at Augusta, 
GA. A Area Navigation (RNAV) Global Positioning System (GPS) Runway 
(RWY) 17 Standard Instrument Approach Procedure (SIAP) to Augusta 
Regional at Bush Field Airport has been developed. Additionally, it has 
been determined a modification should be made to the Augusta, GA, Class 
E5 airspace area to contain the Nondirectional Radio Beacon (NDB) or 
GPS RWY 17 SIAP to Augusta Regional at Bush Field Airport. Controlled 
airspace extending upward from 700 feet Above Ground Level (AGL) is 
needed to contain these SIAPs.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before June 23, 2003.

ADDRESSES: Send comments on this proposal to the Docket Management 
System, U.S. Department of Transportation, Room Plaza 401, 400 Seventh 
Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590-0001. You must identify the docket 
number FAA-2003-15124/Airspace Docket No. 03-ASO-5, 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. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except 
Federal

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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 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-2003-15125/
Airspace Docket No. 03-ASO-5.'' 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 on 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 
NPRMs 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 amend Class E5 airspace at 
Augusta, GA. Class E airspace designations for airspace areas 
designated as airspace areas 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 
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(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 7400.9K, 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 Upward from 700 feet or More Above the Surface of the Earth.
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ASO GA E5 Augusta, GA [REVISED]

Augusta Regional At Bush Field Airport, GA
    (Lat. 33[deg]22'12'' long. 81[deg]57'52'')
Bushe NDB
    (Lat. 33[deg]17'13'' long. 81[deg]56'49'')
Emory NDB
    (Lat. 33[deg]27'46'' long. 81[deg]59'49'')
Daniel Field
    (Lat. 33[deg]27'59'' long. 82[deg]02'21'')
Burke County Airport
    (Lat. 33[deg]02'28'' long. 82[deg]00'14'')
Burke County NDB
    (Lat. 33[deg]02'33'' long. 82[deg]00'17'')

    That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface 
within an 8.2-mile radius of Augusta Regional At Bush Field Airport, 
and within 8 miles west and 4 miles east of the 172[deg] bearing 
from the Bushe NDB extending from the 8.2-mile radius to 16 miles 
south of Bushe NDB, and within 8 miles west and 4 miles east of the 
349[deg] bearing from the Emory NDB extending from the 8.2-mile 
radius to 16 miles north of Emory NDB, and within a 6.3-mile radius 
of Daniel Field, and within a 6.2-mile radius of Burke County 
Airport and within 3.5 miles each side of the 243[deg] bearing from 
the Burke County NDB extending from the 6.2-mile radius to 7 miles 
southwest of the NDB.
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    Issued in College Park, Georgia on May, 2003.
Walter R. Cochran,
Acting Manager, Air Traffic Division, Southern Region.
[FR Doc. 03-12818 Filed 5-21-03; 8:45 am]
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