[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 111 (Wednesday, June 9, 2004)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 32293-32294]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-12981]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Docket No. FAA-2004-17446; Airspace Docket No. 04-AGL-11]


Proposed Modification of Class E Airspace; Albert Lea, MN

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.

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SUMMARY: This document proposes to modify Class E airspace at Albert 
Lea, MN. Standard Instrument Approach Procedures (SIAPS) have been 
developed for Albert Lea Municipal Airport, Albert Lea, MN. Controlled 
airspace extending upward from 700 feet or more above the surface of 
the earth designated as an extension, is no longer needed. This action 
would eliminate the area of controlled airspace used as an extension to 
the existing Class E airspace area, at Albert Lea Municipal Airport.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before July 30, 2004.

ADDRESSES: Send comments on the 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-2004-17446/Airspace Docket No. 04-AGL-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 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 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, Federal 
Aviation Administration, 2300 East Devon Avenue, Des Plaines, Illinois 
60018.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Patricia A. Graham, Air Traffic 
Division, Airspace Branch, AGL-520, Federal Aviation Administration, 
2300 East Devon Avenue, Des Plaines, Illinois 60018, telephone (847) 
294-7568.

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 document must submit with 
those comments a self-addressed, stamped postcard on which the 
following statement is made: ``Comments to Docket No. FAA-2004-17446/
Airspace Docket No. 04-AGL-11.'' The postcard will be date/time stamped 
and returned to the commenter. All communications received on or before 
the specified closing date for comments will be considered before 
taking action on the proposed rule. The proposal contained in this 
action may be changed in light of comments received. All comments 
submitted will be available for examination of the Rules Docket, FAA, 
Great Lakes Region, Office of the Regional Counsel, 2300 East Devon 
Avenue, Des Plaines, Illinois, 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 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 age 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 14 CFR part 71 to modify 
Class E airspace at Albert Lea, MN, for Albert Lea Municipal Airport. 
Controlled airspace extending upward from 700 feet or more above the 
surface of the earth used as an extension to the existing Class E 
airspace area is no longer required. The area would be depicted on 
appropriate aeronautical charts. Class E airspace areas extending 
upward from 700 feet or more above the surface of the earth 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 designations listed in this 
document would be published subsequently in the Order.
    The FAA has determined that this proposed regulation only involves 
an establishment 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

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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 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 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:
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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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AGL MN E5 Albert Lea, MN [Revised]

Albert Lea Municipal Airport, MN
    (Lat. 43[deg]40[min]54[sec]N., long. 93[deg]22[min]02[sec]W.)
Albert Lea VOR/DME
    (Lat. 43[deg]40[min]54[sec]N., long. 93[deg]22[min]15[sec]W.)

    That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface 
within a 6.5-mile radius of the Albert Lea Municipal Airport.
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    Issued in Des Plaines, Illinois, on May 19, 2004.
Nancy B. Shelton,
Manager, Air Traffic Division, Great Lakes Region.
[FR Doc. 04-12981 Filed 6-8-04; 8:45 am]
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