[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 100 (Wednesday, May 25, 2005)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 30033-30034]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-10374]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Docket FAA 2005-21000; Airspace Docket 05-ANM-05]


Proposed Establishment of Class E Airspace; Chehalis, WA

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.

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SUMMARY: This proposal would establish Class E airspace at Chehalis, 
WA. Additional Class E airspace is necessary to accommodate aircraft 
using a new Area Navigation (RNAV) Global Positioning System (GPS) 
Standard Instrument Approach Procedure (SIAP) at Chehalis-Centralia 
Airport. This action is proposed to improve the safety of Instrument 
Flight Rules (IFR) aircraft executing the new RNAV GPS SIAP at 
Chehalis-Centralia Airport, Chehalis, WA.

DATES: Comments must be received by July 11, 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 2005-2100; Airspace Docket 05-ANM-05, 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 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 Federal Aviation Administration, Air Traffic Organization, 
Western En Route and Oceanic Area Office, Airspace Branch, 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 No. FAA 2005-21000; Airspace 
Docket 05-ANM-05, 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 2005-21000; Airspace Docket 05-ANM-5''. 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, Western En 
Route and Oceanic Area Office, Airspace Branch, 1601 Lind Avenue, S.W., 
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 establishing Class E airspace at Chehalis-
Centralia Airport, Chehalis, WA. The establishment of a new RNAV GPS 
SIAP requires additional Class E controlled airspace. Additional Class 
E airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface of the 
earth is necessary for the safety of IFR aircraft executing the new 
RNAV GPS SIAPs at Chehalis-Centralia Airport. Controlled airspace is 
necessary where there is a requirement for IFR services, which includes 
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

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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 part 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:

3. 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 Chehalis, WA [New]

Chehalis-Centralia Airport, WA
    (Lat. 46[deg]40'37'' N., long. 122[deg]58'58'' W.)

    The airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface 
within a 9.0 mile radius of Chehalis-Centralia Airport.
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    Issued in Seattle, Washington, on May 13, 2005.
Danial Mawhorter,
Acting Area Director, Western En Route and Oceanic Operations.
[FR Doc. 05-10374 Filed 5-24-05; 8:45 am]
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