[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 161 (Wednesday, August 20, 2003)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 50082-50083]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-21321]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Docket No. FAA-2003-15848; Airspace Docket No. 03-ASO-14]


Proposed Amendment of Class E Airspace; Smithfield, NC

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: 

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otice of proposed rulemaking.

SUMMARY: This notice proposes to amend Class E5 airspace at Smithfield, 
NC. A Area Navigation (RNAV) Global Positioning System (GPS) Standard 
instrument Approach Procedure (SIAP), helicopter point in space 
approach, has been developed for Johnston Memorial Hospital, 
Smithfield, NC. As a result, controlled airspace extending upward from 
700 feet Above Ground Level (AG) is needed to contain the SIAP.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before September 19, 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-2003-15848/Airspace Docket No. 03-ASO-14, 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 NASIF 
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, PO Box 
20636, Atlanta, Georgia 30320; telephone (404) 305-5586.

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-2003-15848/
Airspace Docket No. 03-ASO-14. 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. All comments submitted 
will be available for examination in the Office of the Regional Counsel 
for Southern Region, Room 550, 1701 Columbia Avenue, College Park, 
Georgia 30337, 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.

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

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Aviation Regulations (14 CFR part 71) to amend Class E5 airspace at 
Smithfield, NC. Class E airspace designations for 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 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. 
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 NC E5 Smithfield, NC [Revised]

Smithfield/Johnston County Airport, NC
    (Lat. 35[deg]32'27'' N, long. 78[deg]23'25'' W)
Johnston Memorial Hospital
Point In Space Coordinates
    (Lat. 35[deg]31'23'' N, long. 78[deg]20'35'' W)

    That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface 
within a 6.5-mile radius of the Smithfield County Airport and within 
a 6-mile radius of the point in space (lat. 35[deg]31'23'' N, long. 
78[deg]20'35'' W) serving Johnston Memorial Hospital.
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    Issued in College Park, Georgia, on August 13, 2003.
Walter R. Cochran,
Acting Manager, Air Traffic Division, Southern Region.
[FR Doc. 03-21321 Filed 8-19-03; 8:45 am]
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