[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 39 (Tuesday, February 28, 2006)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 9982-9983]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-1812]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Docket No. FAA-2006-23866; Airspace Docket No. 06-ASO-3]


Proposed Establishment of Class D and Class E Airspace; Proposed 
Amendment of Class E Airspace; Leesburg, FL

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION:  Notice of proposed rulemaking.

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SUMMARY: This notice proposes to establish Class D and Class E4 
airspace and amend Class E5 airspace at Leesburg, FL. A Federal 
contract lower with a weather reporting system is being constructed at 
the Leesburg Regional Airport. Therefore, the airport will meet the 
criteria for establishment of Class D and Class E4 airspace. Class D 
surface area airspace and Class E4 airspace designated as an extension 
to Class D airspace is required when the control tower is open to 
contain existing 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 Class D airspace extending upward 
from the surface to but not including 1,600 feet MSL within a 4.1-mile 
radius of the Leesburg Regional Airport and a Class E4 airspace 
extension that is 4.8 miles wide and extends 7 miles southeast of the 
airport. A regional evaluation has determined the existing Class E5 
airspace area should be amended to contain the Nondirectional Radio 
Beacon (NDB) Runway (RWY) 31 SIAP. As a result, controlled airspace 
extending upward from 700 feet Above Ground Level (AGL) needed to 
contain the SIAP will decrease from a 7-mile radius of the airport to a 
6.6-mile radius of the airport and provide for the procedure turn area. 
Additionally, a technical amendment is required as a result of a name 
change from the Leesburg Municipal Airport to the Leesburg Regional 
Airport, which was effective August 25, 1997.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before March 30, 2006.

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-2006-23866/Airspace Docket No. 06-ASO-3, 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: Walter R. Cochran, 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

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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 comments a self-
addressed, stamped postcard on which the following statement is made: 
``Comments to Docket No. FAA-2006-23866/Airspace Docket No. 06-ASO-3.'' 
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 D airspace and 
Class E4 airspace and amend Class E5 airspace at Leesburg, FL. Class D 
airspace designations for airspace areas extending upward from the 
surface of the earth, Class E airspace designations for airspace areas 
designated as an extension to a Class D airspace area and Class E 
airspace designations for airspace areas extending upward from 700 feet 
or more above the surface of the earth are published in Paragraphs 
5000, 6004 and 6005 respectively, of FAA Order 7400.9N, dated September 
1, 2005, and effective September 16, 2005, which is incorporated by 
reference in 14 CFR 71.1. The Class D and Class E airspace designations 
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 7400.9N, Airspace Designations and 
Reporting Points, dated September 1, 2005, and effective September 16, 
2005, is amended as follows:

Paragraph 5000 Class D Airspace

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ASO FL D Leesburg, FL [NEW]

Leesburg Regional Airport, FL
    (Lat. 28[deg]49'22'' N, long. 81[deg]48'32'' W)
    That airspace extending upward from the surface to but not 
including 1,600 feet MSL within a 4.1-mile radius of Leesburg 
Regional Airport. This Class D 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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Paragraph 6004 Class E4 Airspace Areas Designated as an Extension 
to a Class D Airspace Area

* * * * *

ASO FL E4 Leesburg, FL [NEW]

Leesburg Regional Airport, FL
    (Lat. 28[deg]49'22'' N, long. 81[deg]48'32'' W)
Leesburg NDB
    (Lat. 28[deg]49'06'' N, long. 81[deg]48'26'' W)

    The airspace extending upward from the surface within 2.4 miles 
each side of the Leesburg NDB 111[deg] bearing, extending from the 
4.1-mile radius to 7 miles southeast of the NDB. This Class E4 
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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Paragraph 6005 Class E Airspace Areas Extending Upward from 700 
feet or More Above the Surface of the Earth

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ASO FL E5 Leesburg, FL [REVISED]

Leesburg Regional Airport, FL
    (Lat. 28[deg]49'22'' N, long. 81[deg]48'32'' W)
Leesburg NDB
    (Lat. 28[deg]49'06'' N, long. 81[deg]48'26'' W)

    That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface 
within a 6.6-mile radius of Leesburg Regional Airport, and within 4 
miles southwest and 8 miles northeast of the 111[deg] bearing from 
the Leesburg NDB extending from the 6.6-mile radius to 16 miles 
southeast of the airport.
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    Issued in College Park, Georgia, on February 10, 2006.
Mark D. Ward,
Acting Area Director, Air Traffic Division, Southern Region.
[FR Doc. 06-1812 Filed 2-27-06; 8:45 am]
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