[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 148 (Wednesday, August 2, 2006)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 43678-43679]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-6636]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Docket No. FAA-2006-25270; Airspace Docket 06-ASO-9]


Proposed Establishment of Class D Airspace; Eastman, GA

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.

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SUMMARY: This notice proposes to change the name of the Eastman-Dodge 
County Airport to Heart of Georgia Regional Airport and to establish 
Class D airspace at Eastman, GA. On October 9, 1995, the Eastman-Dodge 
County Airport Authority adopted a name change for the airport. A non-
Federal contract tower with a weather reporting system is being 
constructed at Heart of Georgia Regional Airport. Therefore, the 
airport will meet criteria for Class D airspace. Class D surface area 
airspace is required when the control tower is open to contain 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 and including 
2,500 feet MSL within a 4.1-mile radius of the airport.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before September 1, 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-2006-25270 Airspace Docket No. 06-ASO-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 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: Mark D. Ward, Manager, System Support, 
Eastern Service Center, Federal Aviation Administration, P.O. Box 
20636, Atlanta, Georgia 30320; telephone (404) 305-5627.

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 
those comments a self-addressed, stamped postcard on which the 
following statement is made: ``Comments to Docket No. FAA-2006-25270/
Airspace Docket No. 06-ASO-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 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.

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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 at 
Eastman, GA. Class D airspace designations for airspace areas extending 
upward from the surface of the earth are published in Paragraph 5000 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 
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 GA D Eastman, GA [NEW]

Heart of Georgia Regional Airport, GA
    (Lat. 30[deg]22'04'' N, long. 89[deg]27'17'' W)

    That airspace extending upward from the surface to and including 
2,500 feet MSL within a 4.1-mile radius of the Heart of Georgia 
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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    Issued in College Park, Georgia, on July 13, 2006.
Mark D. Ward,
Acting Area Director, Air Traffic Division, Southern Region.
[FR Doc. 06-6636 Filed 8-1-06; 8:45 am]
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