[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 13 (Friday, January 21, 2005)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 3155-3156]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-1160]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Docket No. FAA-2004-19911; Airspace Docket No. 04-ASO-20]


Proposed Establishment of Class E Airspace; Cocoa Beach Patrick 
AFB, FL

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.

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SUMMARY: This notice proposed to establish Class E4 airspace at Cocoa 
Beach Patrick AFB, FL. Class E4 airspace designated as an extension to 
Class D airspace is required when the control tower is open to contain 
existing Standard Instrument Approach Procedures (SIAPs) and other 
Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) operations at the airport. This action 
would establish a Class E4 airspace extension that is 6.8 miles wide 
and extends 7.3 miles northeast of the airport. This airspace is 
currently being protected by Notice to Airmen.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before February 22, 2005.

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-2004-19911/Airspace Docket No. 04-ASO-20, 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, Room 550, 1701 Columbia Avenue, College Park, 
Georgia 30337.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeffrey U. Vincent, Manager, Airspace 
Branch, Air Traffic Division, Federal Aviation Administration, P.O. Box 
20636, Atlanta, Georgia 30320; telephone (404) 305-5586.

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

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comments a self-addressed, stamped postcard on which the following 
statement is made: ``Comments to Docket No. FAA-2004-19911/Airspace 
Docket No. 04-ASO-20.'' The postcard will be date/time stamped and 
returned to the commenter. All communications received before the 
specified closing date for comments will be considered before taking 
action on the proposed rule. The proposal contained in this notice may 
be changed in light of the comments received. A report summarizing each 
substantive public contact with FAA personnel concerned with this 
rulemaking will be filed in the docket.

Availability of NPRMs

    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, 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 Part 71 of the Federal 
Aviation Regulations (14 CFR Part 71) to establish Class E4 airspace at 
Cocoa Beach Patrick AFB, FL. Class E airspace designations for airspace 
areas designated as an extension to a Class D airspace area are 
published in Paragraph 6004 of FAA Order 7400.9M, dated August 30, 
2004, and effective September 16, 2004, which is incorporated by 
reference in 14 CFR 71.1. The Class E airspace designation 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

    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 Federal 
Aviation Administration Order 7400.9M, Airspace Designations and 
Reporting Points, dated August 30, 2004, and effective September 16, 
2004, is amended as follows:

Paragraph 6004 Class E4 Airspace Areas Designated as an Extension 
to a Class D or Class E Surface Area.

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ASO FL E4 Cocoa Beach Patrick AFB, FL [NEW]

Cocoa Beach, Patrick Air Force Base, FL
    (Lat. 28[deg]14'06'' N, long. 80[deg]36'36'' W)

    That airspace extending upward from the surface within 3.4 miles 
each side of the Patrick TACAN 034[deg], radial, extending from the 
5.3--mile radius to 7.3 miles northeast of the airport. This Class E 
airspace area is effective during the specific days and times 
established in advance by a Notice to Airmen. The effective days and 
times will thereafter be continuously published in the Airport/
Facility Directory.
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    Issued in College Park, Georgia, on January 3, 2005.
Jeffrey U. Vincent,
Acting Manager, Air Traffic Division, Southern Region.
[FR Doc. 05-1160 Filed 1-19-05; 8:45 am]
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