[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 138 (Tuesday, July 20, 2010)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 42012-42014]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-17624]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Docket No. FAA-2010-0616; Airspace Docket No. 10-ANM-6]


Proposed Amendment of Class E Airspace; Pendleton, OR

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 Pendleton, 
OR. Decommissioning of the Foris Non-Directional Radio Beacon (NDB) at 
Eastern Oregon Regional Airport at Pendleton has made this action 
necessary for the safety and management of Instrument Flight Rules 
(IFR) operations at the airport. This action also would reflect the new 
name of the airport.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before September 3, 2010.

ADDRESSES: Send comments on this proposal to the 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-2010-
0616; Airspace Docket No. 10-ANM-6, at the beginning of your comments. 
You may also submit comments through the Internet at http://www.regulations.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eldon Taylor, Federal Aviation 
Administration, Operations Support Group, Western Service Center, 1601 
Lind Avenue, SW., Renton, WA 98057; telephone (425) 203-4537.

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 2010-0616 and Airspace Docket No. 10-ANM-6) and be submitted in 
triplicate

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to the Docket Management System (see ADDRESSES section for address and 
phone number). You may also submit comments through the Internet at 
http://www.regulations.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-2010-0616 and Airspace Docket No. 10-ANM-6''. 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://www.regulations.gov. Recently published rulemaking 
documents can also be accessed through the FAA's Web page at http://www.faa.gov/airports_airtraffic/air_traffic/publications/airspace_amendments/.
    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 
Center, Operations Support Group, 1601 Lind Avenue, SW., Renton, WA 
98057.
    Persons interested in being placed on a mailing list for future 
NPRMs 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 extending 
upward from 700 feet and 1,200 feet above the surface at Eastern Oregon 
Regional Airport at Pendleton, Pendleton, OR. The airspace would be 
reconfigured due to the decommissioning of the Foris NDB, and 
cancellation of the NDB approach. This action would enhance the safety 
and management of IFR operations at the airport. This also would 
reflect a change in the airport name, from Pendleton Municipal Airport 
to Eastern Oregon Regional Airport at Pendleton.
    Class E airspace designations are published in paragraph 6005, of 
FAA Order 7400.9T, signed August 27, 2009, and effective September 15, 
2009, which is incorporated by reference in 14 CFR Part 71.1. The Class 
E airspace designation listed in this document will be published 
subsequently in this Order.
    The FAA has determined 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 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.
    The FAA's authority to issue rules regarding aviation safety is 
found in Title 49 of the U.S. Code. Subtitle 1, Section 106, describes 
the authority for 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 the 
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 would amend controlled airspace at Eastern Oregon Regional 
Airport at Pendleton, Pendleton, OR.

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 Part 71.1 of the FAA 
Order 7400.9T, Airspace Designations and Reporting Points, signed 
August 27, 2009, and effective September 15, 2009 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 OR E5 Pendleton, OR [Modified]

Eastern Oregon Regional Airport at Pendleton, OR
    (Lat. 45[deg]41'42'' N., long. 118[deg]50'29'' W.)
Pendleton VORTAC
    (Lat. 45[deg]41'54'' N., long. 118[deg]56'19'' W.)
Hermiston, Hermiston Municipal Airport
    (Lat. 45[deg]49'42'' N., long. 119[deg]15'33'' W.)

    That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface 
within a 10.5-mile radius of lat. 45[deg]41'30'' N., long. 
118[deg]47'24'' W., and within 4 miles each side of the Pendleton 
VORTAC 254[deg] radial extending from the 10.5-mile radius to 10.9 
miles west of the VORTAC, and within 8.3 miles north and 4.3 miles 
south of the Pendleton 090[deg] bearing from the Eastern Oregon 
Regional Airport at Pendleton extending from the 10.5-mile radius to 
20.7 miles east of the Eastern Oregon Regional Airport at Pendleton, 
and within a 4.3-mile radius of the Hermiston Municipal Airport, and 
within 2.2 miles each side of the Pendleton VORTAC 300[deg] radial 
extending from the 4.3-mile radius to the Pendleton VORTAC; that 
airspace extending upward from 1,200 feet above the surface within 
9.6 miles northeast and 6.1 miles southwest of the Pendleton VORTAC 
137[deg] radial extending from the 10.5-mile radius to 43.5 miles 
southeast of the VORTAC, and within 8.7 miles south and 6.1 miles 
north of the Pendleton 254[deg] radial extending from the 10.5-mile 
radius to 28.8 miles west of the VORTAC, and within 8.3 miles north 
and 4.3 miles south of the Pendleton 273[deg] radial extending from 
the 10.5-mile radius to 16.1 miles west of the VORTAC, and within 
5.3 miles southwest and 7.9 miles northeast of the Pendleton 
310[deg] radial extending from the 10.5-mile radius to 26.1 miles 
northwest of the VORTAC, and within 4.3 miles northwest of the 
025[deg] radial and 4.3 miles southeast of the 049[deg] radial 
extending from the 10.5-mile radius to the 30.5-mile radius of the

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Pendleton VORTAC, and that airspace within the 27.9-mile radius of 
the Pendleton VORTAC extending clockwise from the southeast edge of 
V-536 to the northeast edge of V-298.

    Issued in Seattle, Washington, on July 1, 2010.
John Warner,
Manager, Operations Support Group, Western Service Center.
[FR Doc. 2010-17624 Filed 7-19-10; 8:45 am]
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