[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 125 (Monday, June 30, 2003)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 38652-38653]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-16463]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Docket No. FAA-2003-15229; Airspace Docket No. 03-AEA-05]


Establishment of Class E Airspace; Buckhannon, WV

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: 

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otice of proposed rulemaking.

SUMMARY: This notice proposes to establish Class E airspace at Upshur 
County Regional Airport (W22), Buckhannon, WV. The development of 
Standard Instrument Approach Procedures (SIAP) based on the Global

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Positioning System (GPS) to serve flights operating into Upshur County 
Regional Airport under Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) makes this action 
necessary. Controlled airspace extending upward from 700 feet Above 
Ground Level (AGL) is needed to contain aircraft executing the 
approach. The area would be depicted on aeronautical charts for pilot 
reference.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before July 30, 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-2003-15229/Airspace Docket No. 03-AEA-05 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 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 
11434-4809.

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, 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-2003-15229/
Airspace Docket No. 03-AEA-05''. The postcard will be date/time stamped 
and returned to the commenter.

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 Documents 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 establish Class E airspace 
area at Buckhannon, WV. The development of SIAPs to serve flights 
operating IFR into Upshur County Regional Airport makes this action 
necessary. Controlled airspace extending upward from 700 feet AGL is 
needed to accommodate the SIAPs. Class E airspace designations for 
airspace areas extending upward from 700 feet or more above the surface 
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 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. 
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 would only affect air traffic procedures 
and air navigation, it is certified that this proposed rule would not 
have significant economic impact on a substantial number of small 
entities under the criteria of the Regulatory Flexibility Act.

List of Subject 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--[AMENDED]

    1. The authority citation for 14 CFR Part 71 continues to read as 
follows:

    Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(g), 40103, 40113, 40120; EO 10854, 24 
FR 9565, 3 CFR, 1959-1963 Comp., p. 389.


Sec.  71.1  [Amended]

    The incorporation by reference in 14 CFR 71.1 of Federal Aviation 
Administration Order 7400.9K dated August 30, 2002 and effective 
September 16, 2002, is proposed to be 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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AEA WV E5 Buckhannon, WV [NEW]

Upshur County Regional Airport
    (Lat. 39[deg]00'01'' N., long. 80[deg]16'26'' W.)

    That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface 
within a 6-mile radius of Upshur County Regional Airport, excluding 
that portion that coincides with the Clarksburg, WV Class E airspace 
area.
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    Issued in Jamaica, New York on June 3, 2003.
Loretta Martin,
Acting Manager, Air Traffic Division, Eastern Region.
[FR Doc. 03-16463 Filed 6-27-03; 8:45 am]
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