[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 203 (Tuesday, October 21, 2003)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 60049-60050]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-26560]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Docket No. FAA-2003-16214; Airspace Docket No. 02-ANM-11]


Proposed Revision of Class E Airspace at Kalispell, MT

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.

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SUMMARY: This proposal would revise Class E airspace at Kalispell/
Glacier Park International Airport, Kalispell, MT. Instrument Flight 
Rules (IFR) operations transitioning between Helena, MT, and Kalispell, 
MT, makes this proposal necessary. This additional airspace extending 
1,200 feet or more above the surface of the earth is necessary to 
provide controlled airspace for the containment and safety of IFR 
flights transitioning between Helena, MT, and Kalispell/Glacier Park 
International Airport at Kalispell, MT.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before December 5, 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-2003-16214; Airspace Docket No. 03-ANM-11, 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

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dispositions in person in the Docket Office between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., 
Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. The Docket Office 
(telephone number 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, Northwest 
Mountain Region, Federal Aviation Administration, Airspace Branch ANM-
520, 1601 Lind Avenue, SW., Renton, WA 98055.

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 Docket No. FAA-2003-16214; Airspace 
Docket 02-ANM-11, and be submitted in triplicate to the address listed 
above. Commenters wishing the FAA to acknowledge receipt of their 
comments on this action must submit, with those comments, a self-
addressed stamped postcard on which the following statement is made: 
``Comments to Airspace Docket No. FAA-2003-16214; Airspace Docket 02-
ANM-11.'' the postcard will be date/time stamped and returned to the 
commenter.

Availability of NPRM

    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, 1601 Lind 
Avenue, SW., Renton, WA, 98055. Communications must identify both 
document 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 procedures.

The Proposal

    This action amends Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations, part 71 
(14 CFR part 71) by adding additional Class E airspace at Kalispell, 
MT. This additional airspace extending 1,200 feet or more above the 
surface of the earth is necessary to provide additional controlled 
airspace for the containment and safety of IFR flights transitioning 
between Helena, MT, and Kalispell/Glacieer Park International Airport 
Kalispell, MT.
    Class E airspace areas are published in Paragraph 6005 of FAA Order 
7400.9L, dated September 2, 2003, and effective September 16, 2003, 
which is incorporated by reference in 14 CFR 71.1. The Class E airspace 
designations listed in this document would be published subsequently in 
this 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 11013; 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

    Accordingly, pursuant to the authority delegated to me, 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 14 CFR 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 the Federal 
Aviation Administration Order 7400.9L, Airspace Designations and 
Reporting Points, dated September 2, 2003, and effective September 16, 
2003, is amended as follows:

Paragraph 6005 Class E airspace extending upward from 700 feet or 
more above the surface of the earth.

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ANM MT E5 Kalispell, MT (Revised)

Kalispell/Glacier Park International Airport, MT
    [Lat. 48[deg]18'41'' N., long. 114[deg]15'19'' W.]

Smith Lake Non Directional Beacon (NDB)

    [Lat. 48[deg]06'30'' N., long. 114[deg]27'41'' W.]

    That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface 
within a 7-mile radius of Kalispell/Glacier Park International 
Airport, and within 4.8 miles each side of the 035[deg] and 215[deg] 
bearings from the Smith Lake NDB extending from the 7-mile radius to 
10.5 miles southwest of the NDB; that airspace extending upward from 
1,200 feet above the surface bounded by a line from lat. 
47[deg]30'00'' N., long. 112[deg]37'30'' W.; to lat. 47[deg]43'30'' 
N., long. lat. 112[deg]37'30'' N., long. 48[deg]07'30'' N., long. 
113[deg]30'00'' W to lat. 48[deg]30'00'' N., long. 113[deg]30'00'' 
W.; to lat. 48[deg]30'00'' N., long. 116[deg]03'35'' W to lat. 
47[deg]30'00'' N., long. 114[deg]54'23'' W.; thence to point of 
origin; excluding Kalispell/Glacier Park International Airport Class 
D airspace, Class E2 airspace, and that airspace within Federal 
Airways airspace area.
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    Issued in Seattle, Washington, on October 2, 2003.
John L. Pipes,
Acting Assistant Manager, Air Traffic Division, Northwest Mountain 
Region.
[FR Doc. 03-26560 Filed 10-20-03; 8:45 am]
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