[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 208 (Friday, October 27, 2006)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 62954-62955]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-8891]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Docket No. FAA-2006-25922; Airspace Docket No. 06-AWP-17]
RIN 2120-AA66


Proposed Establishment of Class E Airspace; Santa Cruz, CA

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 
Santa Cruz, CA. The establishment of a Special COPTER Area Navigation 
(RNAV) Global Positioning System (GPS) 040 Point In Space Standard 
Instrument Approach Procedure (SIAP) and a Special COPTER RNAV (GPS) 
227 Departure Procedure serving Dominic Hospital Heliport 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 helicopters executing the Special COPTER RNAV (GPS) 040 Point 
In Space SIAP and Special COPTER RNAV (GPS) 227 Departure Procedure to 
Dominican Hospital Heliport. The intended effect of this proposal is to 
provide adequate controlled airspace for Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) 
operations at Dominican Hospital Heliport, Santa Cruz, CA.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before December 11, 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-2006-25922/Airspace Docket No. 06-AWP-17 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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Francie Hope, Western Terminal Service 
Area, Federal Aviation Administration, 15000 Aviation Boulevard, 
Lawndale, California 90261; telephone (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-2006-25922/Airspace 
Docket No. 06-AWP-17.'' 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

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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 applicant 
procedures.

The Proposal

    The FAA is considering an amendment to 14 CFR part 71 by 
establishing the Class E airspace area at Santa Cruz, CA. The 
establishment of a Special COPTER Area Navigation (RNAV) Global 
Positioning System (GPS) 040 Point In Space Standard Instrument 
Approach Procedure (SIAP) and a Special COPTER RNAV (GPS) 227 Departure 
Procedure serving Dominican Hospital Heliport has made this proposal 
necessary. Additional controlled airspace extending upward from 700 
feet above the surface is needed to contain helicopters executing 
Special COPTER Area Navigation (RNAV) Global Positioning System (GPS) 
040 Point In Space Standard Instrument Approach Procedure (SIAP) and a 
Special COPTER RNAV (GPS) 227 Departure Procedure serving Dominican 
Hospital Heliport. The intended effect of this proposal is to provide 
adequate controlled airspace for helicopters executing Special COPTER 
Area Navigation (RNAV) Global Positioning System (GPS) 040 Point In 
Space Standard Instrument Approach Procedure (SIAP) and a Special 
COPTER RNAV (GPS) 227 Departure Procedure serving Dominican Hospital 
Heliport, Santa Cruz, CA. Class E airspace designations are published 
in paragraph 6005 of FAA Order 7400.9P dated September 1, 2006, and 
effective September 15, 2006, 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 only affect air traffic procedures 
and air navigation, it is certified that this proposed rule would not 
have 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).

Proposed 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 AREA; 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 7400.9P, Airspace Designations and 
Reporting Points, dated September 1, 2006, and effective, September 15, 
2006, 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 CA 35 Santa Cruz, CA [New]

Dominican Hospital Heliport Point in Space Coordinates
    (Lat. 36[deg]58'26'' N, long. 121[deg]59'38'' W)

    That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface 
and within a 6.5-mile radius of the Point in Space serving the 
Dominican Hospital Heliport.
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    Issued in Los Angeles, California, on October 5, 2006.
Leonard A. Mobley,
Acting Area Director, Western Terminal Operations.
[FR Doc. 06-8891 Filed 10-26-06; 8:45 am]
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