[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 44 (Friday, March 5, 2004)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 10389-10390]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-5033]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Docket FAA 2003-16567; Airspace Docket 03-ANM-14]


Proposed Revision of Class E Airspace; Sunriver, OR

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION:  Notice of proposed rulemaking.

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SUMMARY: This proposal would revise Class E airspace at Sunriver 
Airport, Sunriver, OR. The establishment of a new Area Navigation 
(RNAV) Global Positioning System (GPS) Standard Instrument Approach 
Procedure (SIAP) requires additional Class E airspace extending upward 
from 700 feet or more above the surface of the earth north of the 
Sunriver Airport. This additional Class E airspace is necessary for the 
safety of Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) aircraft executing the new RNAV 
GPS SIAPs at Sunriver Airport.

DATES: Comments must be received by April 19, 2004.

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-2003-16567 Airspace Docket No. 03-ANM-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 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 FAA-2003-16567; Airspace Docket 
03-ANM-14, 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 Docket 
FAA-2003-16567; Airspace Docket 03-ANM-14.'' 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, at 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 proposes to amend title 14 Code of Federal Regulations, 
part 71 (14 CFR part 71) by revising Class E airspace at Sunriver 
Airport, Sunriver, OR. The establishment of a new RNAV GPS SIAPs 
requires additional Class E controlled airspace extending upward from 
700 feet or more above the surface of the earth north of the Sunriver 
Airport. This additional Class E airspace is necessary for the safety 
of IFR aircraft executing the new RNAV GPS SIAPs at Sunriver Airport. 
Controlled airspace is developed where there is a requirement for IFR 
services, which includes arrival, departures, and transitioning to/from 
the terminal or en route environment.
    Class E airspace designations 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 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 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 proposed 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).

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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 areas extending upward from 700 
feet or more above the surface of the earth.

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ANM OR E5 Sunriver, OR (Revised)

Sunriver Airport, Sunriver, OR
    (Lat. 4352'35'' N., long. 
12127'11'' W.)
Deschutes VORTAC
    (Lat. 4351'10'' N., long. 
12118'13'' W.)

    That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface 
of the earth within a 6.1 mile radius of the Sunriver Airport and 
within 3.5 miles each side of the Deschutes VORTAC 
196 radial extending from the 6.1 mile radius to 14 
miles north of the airport.
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    Issued in Seattle, Washington, on February 18, 2004.
Raul C. Trevi[ntilde]o,
Acting Manager, Air Traffic Division, Northwest Mountain Region.
[FR Doc. 04-5033 Filed 3-4-04; 8:45 am]
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