[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 246 (Friday, December 22, 2006)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 76954-76955]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-9827]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Docket No. FAA-2006-25944; Airspace Docket No. 06-ACE-14]


Proposed Establishment of Class E5 Airspace; Potosi, MO

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.

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SUMMARY: This notice proposes to amend Part 71 of the Federal Aviation 
Regulations (14 CFR Part 71) by establishing a Class E airspace area 
extending upward from 700 feet above the surface at Potosi, Washington 
County Airport, MO.

DATES: Comments for inclusion in the Rules Docket must be received on 
or before January 15, 2007

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-2006-25944/Airspace Docket No. 06-ACE-14, 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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Grant Nichols, System Support, DOT 
Regional Headquarters Building, Federal Aviation Administration, 901 
Locust Kansas City, MO 64106; telephone: (816) 329-2522.

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-2006-25944/
Airspace Docket No. 06-ACE-14.'' The postcard will be date/time stamped 
and returned to the commenter.

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 (FAA), 
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

    This notice proposes to amend Part 71 of the Federal Aviation 
Regulations (14 CFR Part 71) by establishing a Class E airspace area 
extending upward from 700 feet above the surface at Potosi, Washington 
County Airport, MO. The establishment of Area Navigation (RNAV) Global 
Positioning System (GPS) Instrument Approach Procedures (IAP) to 
runways 2 and 20 have made this action necessary. The intended effect 
of this proposal is to provide adequate controlled airspace for 
Instrument Flight Rules operations at Potosi, Washington County 
Airport, MO. The area would be depicted on appropriate aeronautical 
charts.
    Class E airspace areas extending upward from 700 feet or more above 
the surface of the earth are published in Paragraph 6005 of FAA Order 
7400.9P, dated September 1, 2006, and effective September 16, 2006, 
which is incorporated by reference in 14 CFR 71.1. The 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.
    This proposed rulemaking is promulgated under the authority 
described in Subtitle VII, Part A, Subpart I, Section 40103. Under that 
section, the FAA is charged with prescribing regulations to assign the 
use of the airspace necessary to ensure the safety of aircraft and the 
efficient use of airspace. This proposed regulation is within the scope 
of that authority since it would contain aircraft executing instrument 
approach procedures to Potosi, Washington County Airport, MO.

List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 71

    Airspace Incorporation by reference, Navigation (Air).

The Proposed Admendment

    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

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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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ACE MO E5 Potosi, MO

Potosi, Washington County Airport, MO
    (Lat. 37[deg]55'45'' N., long. 90[deg]43'53'' W.)

    That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface 
within a 6.4-mile radius of Potosi, Washington County Airport, MO.
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    Issued in Fort Worth, TX, on December 11, 2006.
Donald R. Smith,
Manager, System Support Group, ATO Central Service Area.
[FR Doc. 06-9827 Filed 12-21-06; 8:45 am]
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