[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 153 (Thursday, August 9, 2007)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 44815-44816]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-15578]



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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Docket No. FAA-2007-27430; Airspace Docket No. 07-ANM-4]


Proposed Establishment of Class E Airspace; Springfield, CO

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.

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SUMMARY: This action proposes to establish Class E airspace at 
Springfield, CO. Additional controlled airspace is necessary to 
accommodate aircraft using a new Area Navigation (RNAV) Global 
Positioning System (GPS) Standard Instrument Approach Procedure (SIAP) 
at Springfield Municipal Airport. The FAA is proposing this action to 
enhance the safety and management of Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) 
aircraft operations at Springfield Municipal Airport, Springfield, CO.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before September 24, 2007.

ADDRESSES: Send comments on this proposal to the Docket Management 
System, U.S. Department of Transportation, Docket Operations, M-30, 
West Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., 
Washington, DC 20590; telephone: (202) 366-9826. You must identify FAA 
Docket No. FAA-2007-27430; Airspace Docket No. 07-ANM-4, at the 
beginning of your comments. You may also submit comments through the 
Internet at http://dms.dot.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eldon Taylor, Federal Aviation 
Administration, Western Service Area, System Support Group, 1601 Lind 
Avenue, SW., Renton, WA 98057; telephone (425) 917-6726.

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 (FAA Docket No. 
FAA-2007-27430 and Airspace Docket No. 07-ANM-4) and be submitted in 
triplicate to the Docket Management System (see ADDRESSES section for 
address and phone number). You may also submit comments through the 
Internet at http://dms.dot.gov.
    Commenters wishing the FAA to acknowledge receipt of their comments 
on this action must submit with those comments a self-addressed stamped 
postcard on which the following statement is made: ``Comments to FAA 
Docket No. FAA-2007-27430 and Airspace Docket No. 07-ANM-4''. The 
postcard will be date/time stamped and returned to the commenter.
    All communications received on or before the specified closing date 
for comments will be considered before taking action on the proposed 
rule. The proposal contained in this action may be changed in light of 
comments received. All comments submitted will be available for 
examination in the public docket both before and after the closing date 
for comments. 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 Federal Register's Web page at http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/index.html.
    You may review the public docket containing the proposal, any 
comments received, and any final disposition in person in the Dockets 
Office (see the ADDRESSES section for the address and phone number) 
between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except federal 
holidays. An informal docket may also be examined during normal 
business hours at the Northwest Mountain Regional Office of the Federal 
Aviation Administration, Air Traffic Organization, Western Service 
Area, System Support Group, 1601 Lind Avenue, SW., Renton, WA 98057.
    Persons interested in being placed on a mailing list for future 
NPRM's should contact the FAA's Office of Rulemaking, (202) 267-9677, 
for a copy of Advisory Circular No. 11-2A, Notice of Proposed 
Rulemaking Distribution System, which describes the application 
procedure.

The Proposal

    The FAA is proposing an amendment to Title 14 Code of Federal 
Regulations (14 CFR) part 71 by establishing Class E airspace at 
Springfield, CO. Controlled airspace is necessary to accommodate 
aircraft using the new RNAV (GPS) SIAP at Springfield Municipal 
Airport. This action would enhance the safety and management of IFR 
aircraft operations at Springfield Municipal Airport, Springfield, CO.
    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 will 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, when 
promulgated, 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).

The Proposed Amendment

    Accordingly, pursuant to the authority delegated to me, the Federal 
Aviation Administration proposes to amend 14 CFR part 71 as follows:

PART 71--DESIGNATION OF CLASS A, B, C, D, AND E AIRSPACE AREAS; AIR 
TRAFFIC SERVICE 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 FAA Order 
7400.9P, Airspace Designations and Reporting Points, dated September 1, 
2006, and effective September 15, 2006 is amended as follows:

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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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ANM CO, E5 Springfield, CO [New]

Springfield Municipal Airport, CO
    (Lat. 37[deg]27[min]56[sec] N., long. 102[deg]37[min]14[sec] W.)

    That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface 
within a 7.0-mile radius of Springfield Municipal Airport; that 
airspace extending upward from 1,200 feet above the surface 
beginning at TOBE VORTAC, thence north along V-169 to lat. 
38[deg]34[min]00[sec] N., thence to lat. 38[deg]34[min]00[sec] N., 
long. 102[deg]00[min]00[sec] W., thence to lat. 
36[deg]30[min]00[sec] N., long. 102[deg]00[min]00[sec] W., thence 
west on lat. 36[deg]30[min]00[sec] N. to V-81, thence northwest 
along V-81 to point of beginning.
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    Issued in Seattle, Washington, on July 25, 2007.
Clark Desing,
Manager, System Support Group, Western Service Area.
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