[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 73 (Monday, April 18, 2005)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 20092-20093]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-7620]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Docket FAA 2005-20417; Airspace Docket 05-ANM-06]


Proposed Amendment to Class E Airspace; Wenatchee, WA

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.

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SUMMARY: This proposal would revise the Class E airspace at Wenatchee, 
WA. This additional Class E airspace is necessary to accommodate the 
new Standard Instrument Landing System (ILS) Approach Procedure (SIAP) 
at Wenatchee/Pangborn Memorial Airport. This change is proposed to 
improve the safety of IFR aircraft executing the new Standard ILS SIAP 
at Wenatchee/Pangborn Memorial Airport, Wenatchee, WA.

DATES: Comments must be received by June 2, 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 2005-20417; Airspace Docket 05-ANM-06, at the beginning of 
your comments. You may also submit comments through 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 1-800-647-5527) 
is on the plaza level of the Department of

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Transportation NASSIF Building at the above address.
    An informal docket may also be examined during normal business 
hours at the Federal Aviation Administration, Air Traffic Organization, 
Western En Route and Oceanic Area Office, Airspace Branch, 1601 Lind 
Avenue, SW., Renton, VA 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 2005-20417; Airspace 
Docket 05-ANM-06, 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 2005-20417; Airspace Docket 05-ANM-06.'' 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, Air 
Traffic Organization, Western En Route and Oceanic Area Office, 
Airspace Branch, ANM-520, 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 would amend Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations, part 
71 (14 CFR part 71) by revising Class E airspace at Wenatchee, WA. The 
establishment of a new Standard ILS SIAP requires additional Class E 
controlled. Additional Class E airspace extending upward from 700 feet 
or more above the surface of the earth is necessary for the safety of 
IFR aircraft executing the new Standard ILS SIAP at Wenatchee/Pangborn 
Memorial Airport, Wenatchee, WA. Controlled airspace is necessary where 
there is a requirement for IFR services, which include arrival, 
departure, and transitioning to/from the terminal or en route 
environment.
    Class E airspace designations are published in paragraph 6005 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 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).

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 7400.9M, Airspace Designations and 
Reporting Points, dated August 30, 2004, and effective September 16, 
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 WA E5 Wenatchee, WA [Revised]

Wenatchee/Pangborn Municipal Airport, WA
    (Lat. 47[deg]23'55'' N., long. 120[deg]12'24'' W.)
Wenatchee VOR/DME
    (Lat. 47[deg]23'58'' N., long. 120[deg]12'39'' W.)

    That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface 
of the earth within 4.3 miles south and 9.5 miles north of the 
299[deg] radial from the Wenatchee VOR/DME to 17 miles northwest of 
the VOR/DME, and within 4.3 miles southwest and 8 miles northeast of 
the 124[deg] radial from the VOR/DME to 21 miles southeast of the 
VOR/DME, excluding that portion within the Moses Lake, Grant County, 
and Quincy Airport, WA, Class E airspace areas; that airspace 
extending upward from 1,200 feet above the surface of the earth 
bounded by a line beginning at lat. 47[deg]36'00'' N., long. 
120[deg]43'00'' W.; to lat. 47[deg]36'00'' N., long. 119[deg]39'30'' 
W.; to lat. 47[deg]07'00'' N., long. 119[deg]39'30'' W.; to lat. 
47[deg]07'00'' N., long. 120[deg]43'00'' W.; to the point of 
beginning. Excluding that portion within the Moses Lake, Grant 
County Airport, WA, Class E airspace area.
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    Issued in Seattle, Washington, on April 1, 2005.
Raul C. Trevi[ntilde]o,
Area Director, Western En Route and Oceanic Operations.
[FR Doc. 05-7620 Filed 4-15-05; 8:45 am]
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