[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 132 (Tuesday, July 12, 2005)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 39973-39974]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-13661]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Docket No. FAA 04-19684; Airspace Docket No. 04-ANM-24]


Proposed Revision of Class E Airspace; Herlong, CA

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.

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SUMMARY: This proposal would revise Class E airspace at Herlong, CA. 
Additional controlled airspace is necessary to contain Instrument 
Flight Rules (IFR) aircraft during airborne holding at Amedee Army Air 
Field (AAF) due to weather below landing minimums, traffic congestion, 
or other operational reasons. Holding airspace is designated at 
specific altitudes and lateral boundaries within controlled airspace to 
provide a safe environment above obstacles. This holding pattern is an 
integral part of the new Area Navigation (RNAV) Global Positioning 
System (GPS) Standard Instrument Approach Procedures (SIAPs) at the 
Amedee AAF.

DATES: Comments must be received by August 26, 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 04-19684 Airspace Docket 04-ANM-24, 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 FAA 04-19684 Airspace Docket 04-
ANM-24 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 04-19684 Airspace Docket 04-ANM-24.'' 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 Office, Airspace 
Branch, 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 NPRM's 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 Amedee AAF, 
Herlong, CA. Additional Class E airspace is necessary to contain IFR 
aircraft within controlled airspace during airborne holding at Amedee 
AAF. Holding airspace is necessary when aircraft are delayed at Amedee 
AAF due to weather below landing minimums, traffic congestion, or other 
operational reasons. Holding airspace is designated at specific 
altitudes and lateral boundaries within controlled airspace to provide 
a safe environment above obstacles. This holding pattern is an integral 
part of the new RNAV GPS SIAP's at the Amedee AAF.
    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:

Paragraph 6005 Class E airspace areas extending upward from 700 
feet or more above the surface of the earth.

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ANM CA E5 Herlong, CA [Revised]

Amedee VOR/DME
    (Lat. 40[deg]16[min]04[sec] N, long. 120[deg]09[min]07[sec] W)

    That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface 
of the earth within an area bounded by a line beginning at lat. 
40[deg]20[min]15[sec] N, long. 119[deg]48[min]27[sec] W; to lat. 
40[deg]07[min]58[sec] N, long. 119[deg]51[min]47[sec] W; to lat. 
40[deg]11[min]30[sec] N, long. 120[deg]16[min]47[sec] W; to lat. 
40[deg]20[min]32[sec] N, long. 120[deg]14[min]34[sec] W; thence to 
the point of beginning. That airspace extending upward from 1,200 
feet above the surface of the earth beginning at lat. 
40[deg]00[min]00[sec] N, long. 120[deg]00[min]00[sec] W; west to 
V452; to lat. 40[deg]30[min]00[sec] N; east to lat. 
40[deg]30[min]00[sec] N, long. 119[deg]16[min]00[sec] W; south to 
lat. 40[deg]00[min]00[sec] N, long. 119[deg]16[min]00[sec] W; west 
to point of beginning.
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    Issued in Seattle, Washington, on June 30, 2005.
Danial T. Mawhorter,
Acting Area Director, Western En Route and Oceanic Operations.
[FR Doc. 05-13661 Filed 7-11-05; 8:45 am]
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