[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 35 (Thursday, February 21, 2008)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 9504-9506]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 08-722]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Docket No. FAA-2007-0022; Airspace Docket 07-AEA-07]


Proposed Amendment of Class E Airspace; Waynesburg, PA

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.

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SUMMARY: This action proposes to amend the Class E airspace area at 
Waynesburg, PA, to accommodate a new Standard Instrument Approach 
Procedure (SIAP) that has been developed for Green County Airport. As a 
result, controlled airspace extending upward from 700 feet Above Ground

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Level (AGL) needs to be expanded to contain the SIAP and other 
Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) operations at Green County Airport. The 
operating status of the airport will change from Visual Flight Rules 
(VFR) to include IFR operations concurrent with the publication of the 
SIAP. Additional controlled airspace is necessary for the safety and 
management of IFR operations at Green County, Waynesburg, PA.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before April 7, 2008.

ADDRESSES: Send comments on this proposal to the U.S. Department of 
Transportation, Docket Operations, West Building, Ground Floor, Room 
W12-140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590; telephone: 
1-800-647-5527. You must identify the docket number FAA-2007-0022; 
Airspace Docket 07-AEA-07, at the beginning of your comments. You may 
also submit comments on the Internet at http://www.regulations.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.
    An informal docket may also be examined during normal business 
hours at the office of the Eastern Service Center, Federal Aviation 
Administration, Room 210, 1701 Columbia Avenue, College Park, Georgia 
30337.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Melinda Giddens, System Support, 
Eastern Service Center, Federal Aviation Administration, P.O. Box 
20636, Atlanta, Georgia 30320; telephone (404) 305-5610.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Comments Invited

    Interested parties are invited to participate in this proposed 
rulemaking by submitting such written data, view 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. Persons 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-2007-0022; 
Airspace Docket No. 07-AEA-07.'' The postcard will be date/time stamped 
and returned to the commenter. All communications received before the 
specified closing date for comments will be considered before taking 
action on the proposed rule. The proposal contained in this notice may 
be changed in light of the comments received. 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://www.regulations.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. 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

    The FAA is considering an amendment to Title 14, Code of Federal 
Regulations (14 CFR) part 71 to modify Class E airspace at Waynesburg, 
PA. A new Area Navigation (RNAV) Global Position System (GPS) Runway 
(RWY) 09 Standard Instrument Approach Procedure (SIAP) has been 
developed at the Green County Airport. Controlled airspace, known as 
Class E5 airspace, extending upward from 700 feet or more above the 
surface of the Earth, is required for instrument flight rule operations 
and to encompass all SIAPs to the extent possible. Although Class E 
airspace exists at the airport, it is of insufficient size and needs to 
be increased from a 6-mile radius to an 8.3-mile radius to incorporate 
the SIAP. Class E airspace designations for airspace areas extending 
upward from 700 feet or more above the surface of the Earth are 
published in Paragraph 6005 of FAA Order 7400.9R, signed August 15, 
2007, and effective September 15, 2007, which is incorporated by 
reference in 14 CFR 71.1. The Class E airspace designation 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 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.
    The FAA's authority to issue rules regarding aviation safety is 
found in the Title 49 of the United States Code. Subtitle I, Section 
106 describes the authority of the FAA administrator. Subtitle VII, 
Aviation Programs, describes in more detail the scope of the agency's 
authority.
    This 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 
airspace necessary to ensure the safety of aircraft and the efficient 
use of airspace. This regulation is within the scope of that authority 
as it modifies Class E Airspace at Waynesburg, PA.

List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 71

    Airspace, Incorporation by reference, Navigation (air).

The Proposed 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 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 Administration Order 7400.9R, Airspace Designations and 
Reporting Points, signed August 15, 2007, and effective September 15, 
2007, 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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AEA PA E5 Waynesburg, PA [Amended]

Green County Airport, PA
    (Lat. 39[deg]54'00'' N., long. 80[deg]07'59'' W.)

    That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface 
of the Earth within an 8.3-mile radius of Green County Airport.
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    Issued in College Park, Georgia, on January 31, 2008.
Barry A. Knight,
Acting Manager, System Support Group, Eastern Service Center.
[FR Doc. 08-722 Filed 2-20-08; 8:45 am]
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