[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 161 (Tuesday, August 21, 2007)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 46584-46585]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-16398]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Docket No. FAA-2007-28400; Airspace Docket No. 07-ANM-11]


Proposed Amendment to Class E Airspace; Helena, MT

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM).

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SUMMARY: This action proposes to modify Class E airspace at Helena, MT. 
Additional controlled airspace is necessary to accommodate aircraft 
using a new Localizer (LOC) Back Course (BC)-C Standard Instrument 
Approach Procedures (SIAP) at Helena Regional Airport. The FAA is 
proposing this action to enhance the safety and management of aircraft 
operations at Helena Regional Airport, Helena, MT.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before October 5, 2007.

ADDRESSES: Send comments on this proposal to the U.S. Department of 
Transportation, Docket Operations, M-30, West Building Ground Floor, 
Room at 12-140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590. 
Telephone (202) 366-9826. You must identify FAA Docket No. FAA-2007-
28400; Airspace Docket No. 07-ANM-11, 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 Office, System Support Group, 1601 
Lind Avenue, SW., Renton, WA 98057; telephone (425) 917-6726.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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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-2007-28400 and Airspace Docket No. 07-ANM-11) and be submitted in 
triplicate to Docket Operations (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-2007-28400 and Airspace Docket No. 07-ANM-11''. 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 modifying Class E airspace at Helena, 
MT. Additional controlled airspace is necessary to accommodate aircraft 
using the new LOC/BC-C SIAP at Helena Regional Airport. This action 
would enhance the safety and management of aircraft operations at 
Helena Regional Airport, Helena, MT.
    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:

Paragraph 6005 Class E airspace areas extending upward from 700 
feet or more above the surface of the earth.

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ANM MT E5 Helena, MT [Modified]

Helena Regional Airport, MT
    (Lat. 46[deg]36'25'' N., long. 111[deg]58'58'' W.)
Helena VORTAC
    (Lat. 46[deg]36'25'' N., long. 111[deg]57'13'' W.)

    That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface 
within a 10.5-mile radius of the Helena VORTAC, and within 5.3 miles 
northwest and 3.5 miles southeast of the Helena VORTAC 104[deg] 
radial extending from the 10.5-mile radius to 18.3 miles southeast 
of the Helena VORTAC, and within 4.0 miles either side of Helena 
VORTAC 282[deg] (267[deg]M) radial extending from the 10.5-mile 
radius to 25 miles west of the Helena VORTAC; that airspace 
extending upward from 1,200 feet above the surface within a 20.9-
mile radius of the Helena VORTAC, and within 5.3 miles south and 7.9 
miles north of the Helena VORTAC 272[deg] radial extending from the 
20.9-mile radius to 39.2 miles west of the VORTAC, and within 13.5 
miles west and parallel to the Helena VORTAC 352[deg] radial 
extending from the 20.9-mile radius to 27 miles north of the VORTAC, 
and within 4.3 miles east and 7.9 miles west of the Helena VORTAC 
023[deg] radial extending from the 20.9-mile radius to 31.4 miles 
northeast of the VORTAC, and within 5.3 miles south and 8.3 miles 
north of the Helena VORTAC 102[deg] radial extending from the 20.9-
mile radius to 24.8 miles east of the VORTAC.
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    Issued in Seattle, Washington, on August 10, 2007.
Clark Desing,
Manager, System Support Group, Western Service Area.
 [FR Doc. E7-16398 Filed 8-20-07; 8:45 am]
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