[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 183 (Monday, September 22, 2003)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 55015-55016]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-24143]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Docket No. FAA-2003-16079; Airspace Docket No. 03-ACE-71]


Proposed Establishment of Class E4 Airspace; and Modification of 
Class E5 Airspace; Goodland, KS

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of Proposed rulemaking.

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SUMMARY: Area Navigation (RNAV) Global Positioning System (GPS) 
Standard Instrument Approach Procedures (SIAPs) have been developed to 
serve Renner Field-Goodland Municipal Airport, Goodland, KS. An 
Instrument Landing System (ILS) or Localizer (LOC)/Distance Measuring 
Equipment (DME) SIAP has also been developed to serve the airport. In 
addition, several existing SIAPs serving Renner Field-Goodland 
Municipal Airport have been amended. This notice proposes to establish 
a Class E airspace area designated as an extension to the existing 
Class E surface area and to modify Class E airspace extending upward 
from 700 feet above the surface at Goodland, KS in order to accommodate 
the new and amended SIAPs.
    The intended effect of this proposal is to provide controlled Class 
E airspace for aircraft executing instrument approach procedures to 
Renner Field-Goodland Muncipal Airport and to segregate aircraft using 
instrument approach procedures in instrument conditions from aircraft 
operating in visual conditions.

DATES: Comments for inclusion in the Rules Docket must be received on 
or before October 27, 2003.

ADDRESSES: Send comments on this proposal to the Docket Management 
System, U.S. Department of Transportation, Room Plaza 400 Seventh 
Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590-0001. You must identify the docket 
number FAA-2003-16079/Airspace Docket No. 03-ACE-71, 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 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kathy Randolph, Air Traffic Division, 
Airspace Branch, ACE-520C, DOT Regional Headquarters Building, Federal 
Aviation Administration, 901 Locust, Kansas City, MO 64106; telephone: 
(816) 329-2525.

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-2003-16079/
Airspace Docket No. 03-ACE-71.'' The postcard will be date/time stamped 
and returned to the commenter.

Availability of NPRM's

    An electronic copy of this document may be downloaded through the 
Internet at http://dms.dot.gov. Recently published rulemaking documents 
can 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

    This notice proposes to amend Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations, 
part 71 (14 CFR part 71) by establishing a Class E airspace area 
designated as an extension to the Class E surface area at Goodland, KS. 
It also proposes to revise the Class E airspace area extending upward 
from 700 feet or more above the surface at Goodland, KS. RNAV (GPS) RWY 
30, ORIGINAL SIAP; RNAV (GPS) RWY 12, ORIGINAL SIAP; RNAV (GPS) RWY 23, 
ORIGINAL SIAP; ILS or LOC/DME RWY 30, ORIGINAL SIAP; VOR RWY 30, 
AMENDMENT 8 SIAP; Nondirectional Radio Beacon (NDB) RWY 30, AMENDMENT 7 
SIAP; and VOR/DME RWY 30, AMENDMENT 7 SIAP have been developed to serve 
Renner Field-Goodland Municipal Airport. The extension to the Goodland, 
KS Class E surface area must be established and the Class E airspace 
area extending upward from 700 feet above the surface must be tailored 
to contain aircraft executing the approach procedures. These areas 
would be depicted on appropriate aeronautical charts.

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    Class E airspace areas designated as an extension to a Class D or 
Class E surface area are published in Paragraph 6004 of FAA Order 
7400.9K, dated August 30, 2002, and effective September 16, 2002, which 
is incorporated by reference in 14 CFR 71.1. Class E airspace areas 
extending upward from 700 feet or more above the surface of the earth 
are published in Paragraph 6005 of the same Order. 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

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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]

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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 6004 Class E airspace areas designated as an extension To 
Class D or Class E Surface area.

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ACE KS E4 Goodland, KS

Renner Field-Goodland Municipal Airport, KS
    (Lat. 39[deg]22'14'' N., long. 101[deg]41'56'' W.)
Goodland VORTAC
    (Lat. 39[deg]23'16'' N., long. 101[deg]41'32'' W.)

    That airspace extending upward from the surface within 2.4 miles 
each side of the Goodland VORTAC 164[deg] radial extending from the 
4.1-mile radius of Renner Field-Goodland Municipal Airport to 7 
miles southeast of the VORTAC.
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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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ACE KS E5 Goodland, KS

Renner Field-Goodland Municipal Airport, KS
    (Lat. 39[deg]22'14'' N., long. 101[deg]41'56'' W.)
Goodland VORTAC
    (Lat. 39[deg]23'16'' N., long. 101[deg]41'32'' W.)

    That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface 
within a 6.6-mile radius of Renner Field-Goodland Municipal Airport.
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    Issued in Kansas City, MO, on September 9, 2003.
Paul J. Sheridan,
Acting Manager, Air Traffic Division, Central Region.
[FR Doc. 03-24143 Filed 9-18-03; 12:01 pm]
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