[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 133 (Wednesday, July 12, 2006)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 39247-39248]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-6143]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Docket No. FAA-2006-25069; Airspace Docket No. 06-AWP-9]


Proposed Modification of Class E Airspace; Honolulu International 
Airport, HI

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION:  Notice of proposed rulemaking.

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SUMMARY: This notice proposes to modify the Class E airspace area at 
Honolulu International Airport, HI. The establishment of an Area 
Navigation (RNAV) Required Navigation Performance (RNP) Instrument 
Approach Procedures (IAP) to Runway (RWY) 08L and 26L at Honolulu 
International Airport, Honolulu, HI has made this proposal necessary. 
Additional controlled airspace extending upward from 700 feet or more 
above the surface of the earth is needed to contain aircraft executing 
the RNAV (RNP) IAP to RWY 08L/26L at Honolulu International Airport. 
The intended effect of this proposal is to provide adequate controlled 
airspace for Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) operations at Honolulu 
International Airport, Honolulu, HI.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before August 28, 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-2006-25069/Airspace Docket No. 06-AWP-9 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 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 Transportation NASSIF Building at 
the above address.
    An informal docket may also be examined during normal business 
hours at the Office of the Regional Western Terminal Operations, 
Federal Aviation Administration, at 15000 Aviation Boulevard, Lawndale, 
California 90261, telephone number (310) 725-6502.

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 
the comments a self-addressed, stamped postcard on which the following 
statement is made: ``Comments to Docket No. FAA-2006-25069/Airspace 
Docket No. 06-AWP-9.'' 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 NPRM's

    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 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, (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

    The FAA is considering an amendment to 14 CFR part 71 by modifying 
the Class E airspace area at Honolulu International Airport, Honolulu, 
HI. The establishment of a RNAV (RNP) IAP to RWY 08L/26L at Honolulu 
International Airport has made this proposal necessary. Additional 
controlled airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface is 
needed to contain aircraft executing the RNAV (RNP) IAP to RWY 08L/26L 
at Honolulu International Airport has made this proposal necessary. The 
intended effect of this proposal is to provide adequate controlled 
airspace for aircraft executing the RNAV (RNP) IAP to RWY 08L/26L 
Honolulu International Airport, HI. Class E airspace designations are 
published in paragraph 6005 of FAA Order 7400.9N dated September 1, 
2005, and effective September 15, 2005, which is incorporated by 
reference in 14 CFR 71.1. The Class E airspace designation listed in 
this document would 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 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).

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Adoption of the 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; 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 7400.9N, Airspace Designations and 
Reporting Points, dated September 1, 2005, and effective, September 15, 
2005, 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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AWP HI E5 Honolulu International Airport, HI [Amended]

Honolulu International Airport
    (Lat. 21[deg]19'07'' N., long. 157[deg]55'21'' W.)
Kalaeloa John Rodgers Field
    (Lat. 21[deg]18'26'' N., long. 158[deg]04'13'' W.)
Honolulu VORTAC
    (Lat. 21[deg]18'30'' N., long. 157[deg]55'50'' W.)

    That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface 
south and southwest of Honolulu International Airport beginning at 
lat. 21[deg]20'19'' N, long. 157[deg]49'00'' W., thence southeast to 
lat. 21[deg]16'20'' N, long. 157[deg]45'00'' W., thence east along 
the shoreline to where the shoreline intercepts the Honolulu VORTAC 
15-mile radius, then clockwise along the 15-mile radius of the 
Honolulu VORTAC to intercept the Honolulu VORTAC 241[deg] radial, 
then northeast bound along the Honolulu VORTAC 241[deg] radial to 
intercept the 4.3-mile radius south of Kalaeloe John Rodgers Field, 
then counterclockwise along the arc of the 4.3-mile radius of 
Kalaeloe John Rodgers Field to and counterclockwise along the a 5-
mile radius of the Honolulu VORTAC to the Honolulu VORTAC 106[deg] 
radial, then westbound along the Honolulu 106[deg] radial to the 4-
mile radius of the Honolulu VORTAC, then counterclockwise along the 
4-mile radius to intercept the Honolulu VORTAC 071[deg] radial, 
thence to a point of beginning and that airspace beginning at lat. 
21[deg]10'35'' N., long. 158[deg]11'22'' W.; to lat. 21[deg]16'05'' 
N., long. 158[deg]14'35'' W.; to lat. 21[deg]16'30'' N., long. 
158[deg]13'46'' W.; to lat. 21[deg]16'50'' N., long. 158[deg]00'00'' 
W.; to the point of beginning.
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    Issued in Los Angeles, California, on June 22, 2006.
John Clancy
Area Director, Western Terminal Operations.
[FR Doc. 06-6143 Filed 7-11-06; 8:45 am]
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