[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 215 (Thursday, November 6, 2003)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 62760-62761]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-27909]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Docket No. 2003-16029; Airspace Docket No. 03-ANM-08]


Proposed Revision of Class E Airspace, La Junta, CO

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.

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SUMMARY: This action proposes to revise Class E airspace at La Junta 
Municipal Airport, La Junta, CO. The establishment of Area Navigation 
(RNAV) Global Positioning System (GPS) Standard Instrument Approach 
Procedures (SIAP); RNAV (GPS) Runway (RWY) 26, and RNAV (GPS) RWY 8 
SIAPs at La Junta Municipal Airport La Junta, CO, has made this 
proposal necessary. The intended effect on this proposal is to provide 
adequate controlled airspace for Instrument Flight Rule (IFR) 
operations at La Junta Municipal Airport, La Junta, CO.

DATES: Comments must be received by December 22, 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 2003-16029, Airspace Docket No. 03-ANM-08, 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 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, aeronautical, economic, environmental, and energy-
related aspects of the proposal. Communications should identify Docket 
No. FAA 2003-16029; Airspace Docket No. 03-ANM-08, 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, self-addressed stamped postcard on which the following 
statement is made: ``Comments to Docket No. FAA 2003-16029; Airspace 
Docket No. 03-ANM-08.'' 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 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.

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The Proposal

    This action amends Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations, part 71 
(14 CFR part 71) by revising Class E airspace around La Junta Municipal 
Airport at La Junta, CO. The establishment of RNAV (GPS) RWY 26 and 
RNAV (GPS) RWY 8 SIAPs at La Junta Municipal Airport has made this 
proposal necessary. Additional controlled airspace extending upward 
from 700 feet above the surface of the earth is needed to contain 
aircraft executing the RNAV (GPS) RWY 26 and the RNAV (GPS) RWY &SIAPs 
at La Junta Municipal Airport. The intended effect of this proposal is 
to provide adequate controlled airspace for aircraft executing the RNAV 
(GPS) RWY 26 and RNAV (GPS) RWY 8 SIAPs at La Junta Municipal Airport, 
La Junta, CO.
    Class E airspace designations are published in paragraph 6005 of 
FAA Order 7400.9L dated September 16, 2003, and effective September 15, 
2004, which is incorporated by reference in 14 CFR 71.1. The Class E 
airspace designation listed in this document will 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. 
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 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 would 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 16, 2003, and effective September 15, 
2004, 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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ANM CO E5 La Junta, CO [Revised]

La Junta Municipal Airport, La Junta, CO
    [Lat. 37[deg]15'36''N., long. 104[deg]20'24''W.]

    That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface 
of the earth bound by a line beginning at lat. 38[deg]12'24''N., 
long. 103[deg]27'42''W.; to lat. 38[deg]10'24''N., long. 
103[deg]22'24''W.; to lat. 37[deg]54'12''N., long. 
103[deg]22'42''W.; to lat. 37[deg]54'42''N., long. 
103[deg]58'00''W.; thence to the point of origin; excluding that 
airpsace within Federal airways.
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    Issued in Seattle, Washington, on September 22, 2003.
ViAnne Fowler,
Acting Assistant Manager, Air Traffic Division, Northwest Mountain 
Region.
[FR Doc. 03-27909 Filed 11-5-03; 8:45 am]
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