[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 160 (Wednesday, August 19, 2015)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 50235-50237]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-20295]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Docket No. FAA-2015-1138; Airspace Docket No. 15-AWP-3]


Proposed Amendment of Class D Airspace; Van Nuys, CA

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM).

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SUMMARY: This action proposes to amend Class D airspace and Class E 
surface area airspace at Van Nuys Airport, Van Nuys, CA. After 
reviewing the airspace, the FAA found the need to increase the Class D 
airspace and Class E surface areas for the safety and management of 
Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) operations for arriving and departing 
aircraft at the airport. The geographic coordinates of the satellite 
airports also would be adjusted for Class D airspace and Class E 
surface area airspace as well as noting a name change for Burbank-
Glendale-Pasadena Airport.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before October 5, 2015.

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-2015-
1138; Airspace Docket No. 15-AWP-3, at the beginning of your comments. 
You may also submit comments through 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 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday through 
Friday, except Federal holidays. The Docket Office (telephone 1-800-
647-5527), is on the ground floor of the building at the above address.
    FAA Order 7400.9Y, Airspace Designations and Reporting Points, and 
subsequent amendments can be viewed online at http://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/publications/. The Order is also available for inspection 
at the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). For 
information on the availability of this material at NARA, call 202-741-
6030, or go to http://www.archives.gov/federal_register/code_of_federal-regulations/ibr_locations.html.

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    FAA Order 7400.9, Airspace Designations and Reporting Points, is 
published yearly and effective on September 15. For further 
information, you can contact the Airspace Policy and Regulations Group, 
Federal Aviation Administration, 800 Independence Avenue SW., 
Washington, DC 20591; telephone: 202-267-8783.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steve Haga, Federal Aviation 
Administration, Operations Support Group, Western Service Center, 1601 
Lind Avenue SW., Renton, WA 98057; telephone (425) 203-4563.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Authority for This Rulemaking

    The FAA's authority to issue rules regarding aviation safety is 
found in 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 would amend Class D and Class E airspace at Van Nuys Airport, Van 
Nuys, CA.

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 and be submitted in 
triplicate to the address listed above. Commenters 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-2015-1138; 
Airspace Docket No. 15-AWP-3.'' The postcard will be date/time stamped 
and returned to the commenter.

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 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 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.

Availability and Summary of Documents Proposed for Incorporation by 
Reference

    This document proposes to amend FAA Order 7400.9Y, Airspace 
Designations and Reporting Points, dated August 6, 2014, and effective 
September 15, 2014. FAA Order 7400.9Y is publicly available as listed 
in the ADDRESSES section of this proposed rule. FAA Order 7400.9Y lists 
Class A, B, C, D, and E airspace areas, air traffic service routes, and 
reporting points.

The Proposal

    The FAA is proposing an amendment to Title 14 Code of Federal 
Regulations (14 CFR) Part 71 by modifying Class D airspace and Class E 
surface area airspace at Van Nuys Airport, Van Nuys, CA. A review of 
the airspace revealed additional Class D airspace and Class E surface 
area airspace necessary to support instrument arrival procedures at the 
airport. Class D airspace would extend upward from the surface to but 
not including 3,000 feet within a 4.3-mile radius of Van Nuys Airport 
excluding that airspace within the Bob Hope Airport, Burbank, CA, 
formerly Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport, CA, Class C airspace area, 
and excluding that airspace within a 1.8-mile radius of Whiteman 
Airport, Los Angeles, CA. Class E surface area airspace would extend 
upward from the surface within a 4.3-mile radius of Van Nuys Airport 
excluding that airspace within the Bob Hope Airport, Burbank, CA, 
formerly Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport, CA, Class C airspace area, 
and excluding that airspace within a 1.8-mile radius of Whiteman 
Airport, Los Angeles, CA. The geographic coordinates for both airports 
would be adjusted to be in concert with the FAAs aeronautical data 
base.
    Class D and Class E airspace designations are published in 
paragraph 5000 and 6002, respectively, of FAA Order 7400.9Y, dated 
August 6, 2014, and effective September 15, 2014, which is incorporated 
by reference in 14 CFR 71.1. The Class D and Class E airspace 
designations listed in this document will be published subsequently in 
the Order.

Regulatory Notices and Analyses

    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.

Environmental Review

    This proposal will be subject to an environmental analysis in 
accordance with FAA Order 1050.1E, ``Environmental Impacts: Policies 
and Procedures'' prior to any FAA final regulatory action.

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

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1. The authority citation for 14 CFR part 71 continues to read as 
follows:


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    Authority:  49 U.S.C. 106(f), 106(g); 40103, 40113, 40120; E.O. 
10854, 24 FR 9565, 3 CFR, 1959-1963 Comp., p. 389.


Sec.  71.1  [Amended]

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2. The incorporation by reference in 14 CFR 71.1 of FAA Order 7400.9Y, 
Airspace Designations and Reporting Points, dated August 6, 2014, and 
effective September 15, 2014, is amended as follows:

    Paragraph 5000: Class D Airspace.
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AWP CA D Van Nuys, CA [Modified]

Van Nuys, Van Nuys Airport, CA
    (lat. 34[deg]12'35'' N., long. 118[deg]29'24'' W.)
Burbank, Bob Hope Airport, CA
    (lat. 34[deg]12'03'' N., long. 118[deg]21'31'' W.)
Los Angeles, Whiteman Airport, CA
    (lat. 34[deg]15'34'' N., long. 118[deg]24'48'' W.)

    That airspace extending upward from the surface to but not 
including 3,000 feet MSL within a 4.3-mile radius of Van Nuys 
Airport, excluding that airspace within the Bob Hope Airport, CA, 
Class C airspace area, and excluding that airspace within a 1.8-mile 
radius of Whiteman Airport, CA. This Class D airspace area is 
effective during the specific dates and times established in advance 
by a Notice to Airmen. The effective date and time will thereafter 
be continuously published in the Airport/Facility Directory.

Paragraph 6002: Class E Airspace Designated as Surface Areas.

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AWP CA E2 Van Nuys, CA [Modified]

Van Nuys, Van Nuys Airport, CA
    (lat. 34[deg]12'35'' N., long. 118[deg]29'24'' W.)
Burbank, Bob Hope Airport, CA
    (lat. 34[deg]12'03'' N., long. 118[deg]21'31'' W.)
Los Angeles, Whiteman Airport, CA
    (lat. 34[deg]15'34'' N., long. 118[deg]24'48'' W.)

    That airspace extending upward from the surface within a 4.3-
mile radius of Van Nuys Airport, excluding that airspace within the 
Bob Hope Airport, CA, Class C airspace area, and excluding that 
airspace within a 1.8-mile radius of Whiteman Airport, CA.

    Issued in Seattle, Washington, on August 6, 2015
Christopher Ramirez,
Manager, Operations Support Group, Western Service Center.
[FR Doc. 2015-20295 Filed 8-18-15; 8:45 am]
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