[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 167 (Wednesday, August 29, 2007)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 49676-49678]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-17068]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Docket No. FAA-2007-28529; Airspace Docket No. 07-ANM-12]


Proposed Modification of Class E Airspace; Tucson, AZ

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

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ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.

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SUMMARY: This action proposes to modify Class E airspace at Tucson, AZ. 
Additional controlled airspace is necessary to encompass holding 
patterns and intermediate segments at Tucson International Airport. The 
FAA is proposing this action to enhance the safety and management of 
Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) operations at Tucson International 
Airport, Tucson, AZ.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before October 15, 2007.

ADDRESSES: Send comments on this proposal to the U.S. Department of 
Transportation, Docket Operations, M-30, West Building Ground Floor, 
Room @12-140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590. 
Telephone (202) 366-9826. You must identify FAA Docket No. FAA-2007-
28529; Airspace Docket No. 07-ANM-12, at the beginning of your 
comments. You may also submit comments through the Internet at http://dms.dot.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Richard Roberts, Federal Aviation 
Administration, Western Service Area, System Support Group, 1601 Lind 
Avenue, SW., Renton, WA 98057; telephone (425) 917-6728.

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-2007-28529 and Airspace Docket No. 07-ANM-12) 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-2007-28529 and Airspace Docket No. 07-ANM-12''. 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 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 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 Tucson 
International Airport. Additional controlled airspace is necessary to 
encompass hold-in-lieu patterns at the LIPTE Initial Fix/Instrument 
Approach Fix (IF/IAF) at Tucson International Airport, Tucson, AZ and 
encompass intermediate segments from the ILEEN Distance Measuring 
Equipment (DME) fix to COPEY DME fix. The FAA is proposing this action 
to enhance the safety and management of IFR operations at Tucson 
International Airport, Tucson, AZ.
    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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AWP AZ E5 Tucson, AZ [Modified]

Tucson International Airport, AZ
    (Lat. 32[deg]06'58'' N., long. 110[deg]56'28'' W.)

Ryan Field, AZ
    (Lat. 32[deg]08'32'' N., long. 111[deg]10'28'' W.)

    That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface 
within an 8.7-mile

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radius of Tucson International Airport and within that airspace 
bounded by a line beginning at lat. 32[deg]11'01'' N., 
long.111[deg]05'33'' W.; to lat. 32[deg]21'28'' N., 
long.111[deg]16'33'' W.; to lat. 32[deg]35'55'' N., long. 
110[deg]57'47'' W.; to lat. 32[deg]01'35'' N., long. 110[deg]21'18'' 
W.; to lat. 31[deg]44'6'' N., long. 110[deg]42'30'' W.; to lat. 
31[deg]58'20'' N., long. 110[deg]57'51'' W., to intercept the 8.7-
mile radius southwest of the Tucson International Airport; thence 
clockwise via the 8.7-mile radius to the point of beginning; and 
that airspace within a 4.3-mile radius of Ryan Field and within 3.5 
miles each side of the Ryan Field localizer course extending from 
the 4.3-mile radius to 7 miles west of the outer marker. That 
airspace extending upward from 1,200 feet above the surface bounded 
by a line beginning at lat. 32[deg]33'00'' N., long. 111[deg]45'02'' 
W.; to lat. 32[deg]33'00'' N., long. 110[deg]52'02'' W.; thence 
north via long.110[deg]52'00'' W., to the south boundary of V-94, 
thence southeast via the south boundary of V-94; to 
long.110[deg]00'02'' W., thence south to lat. 31[deg]39'00'' N., 
long.110[deg]00'02'' W.; to lat. 31[deg]39'00'' N., long. 
111[deg]00'02'' W.; to lat. 32[deg]00'00'' N., long. 111[deg]45'02'' 
W., to the point of beginning.
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    Issued in Seattle, Washington, on August 20, 2007.
Clark Desing,
Manager, System Support Group, Western Service Center.
 [FR Doc. E7-17068 Filed 8-28-07; 8:45 am]
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