[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 228 (Friday, November 27, 2015)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 74063-74064]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-29784]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Docket No. FAA-2015-3675; Airspace Docket No. 15-ANM-19]


Proposed Amendment of Class D and Class E Airspace; Walla Walla, 
WA

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM).

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SUMMARY: This action proposes to modify Class D airspace, Class E 
surface area airspace, Class E surface area airspace designated as an 
extension, and Class E airspace extending upward from 700 feet above 
the surface at Walla Walla Regional Airport, Walla Walla, WA. After a 
review of the airspace, the FAA found it necessary to amend the 
airspace area for the safety and management of Instrument Flight Rules 
(IFR) operations for arriving and departing aircraft at the airport. 
This action would also update the geographic coordinates of Walla Walla 
Regional Airport in the respective Class D and E airspace areas above.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before January 11, 2016.

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-
3675; Airspace Docket No. 15-ANM-19, 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 7400.9Z, Airspace Designations and Reporting Points, and 
subsequent amendments can be viewed online at http://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/publications/. For further information, you can contact the 
Airspace Policy and ATC Regulations Group, Federal Aviation 
Administration, 800 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 29591; 
telephone: 202-267-8783. 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.
    FAA Order 7400.9, Airspace Designations and Reporting Points, is 
published yearly and effective on September 15.

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 Walla Walla Regional 
Airport, Walla Walla, WA.

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-2015-3675; 
Airspace Docket No. 15-ANM-19.'' 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 amends FAA Order 7400.9Z, Airspace Designations and 
Reporting Points, dated August 6, 2015, and effective September 15, 
2015. FAA Order 7400.9Z is publicly available as listed in the 
ADDRESSES section of this document. FAA Order 7400.9Z lists Class A, B, 
C, D, and E airspace areas,

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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, Class E 
surface area airspace, Class E surface area airspace designated as an 
extension, and Class E airspace extending upward from 700 feet above 
the surface at Walla Walla Regional Airport, Walla Walla, WA. The Class 
E airspace area designated as an extension would extend from the 4.3-
mile radius of Walla Walla Regional Airport to 7.5 miles southwest and 
13.4 miles northeast of the airport. Class E airspace extending upward 
from 700 feet above the surface would be modified to an area 5.7 miles 
to the west, 16.5 miles to the southwest, 22.5 miles northeast and 
within a 13.4-mile radius of a point in space location east of Walla 
Walla Regional Airport. This action would also update the geographic 
coordinates of the airport for the Class D and E airspace areas listed 
above.
    Class D and Class E airspace designations are published in 
paragraph 5000, 6002, 6004, and 6005, respectively, of FAA Order 
7400.9Z, dated August 6, 2015, and effective September 15, 2015, 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 that this regulation only involves an 
established body of technical regulations for which frequent and 
routine amendments are necessary to keep them operationally current, is 
non-controversial and unlikely to result in adverse or negative 
comments. 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 is a routine matter 
that will only affect air traffic procedures and air navigation, it is 
certified that this 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 1050.1F, ``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:

     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 7400.9Z, 
Airspace Designations and Reporting Points, dated August 6, 2015, and 
effective September 15, 2015, is amended as follows:

Paragraph 5000: Class D Airspace.
* * * * *

ANM WA D Walla Walla, WA [Modified]

Walla Walla Regional Airport, WA
    (Lat. 46[deg]05'43'' N., long. 118[deg]17'09'' W.)
    That airspace extending upward from the surface to and including 
3,700 feet MSL within a 4.3-mile radius of Walla Walla Regional 
Airport. 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.
* * * * *

ANM WA E2 Walla Walla, WA [Modified]

Walla Walla Regional Airport, WA
    (Lat. 46[deg]05'43'' N., long. 118[deg]17'09'' W.)
    That airspace extending upward from the surface within a 4.3-
mile radius of Walla Walla Regional Airport.
Paragraph 6004: Class E Airspace Areas Designated as an Extension to 
a Class D or Class E Surface Area.
* * * * *

ANM WA E4 Walla Walla, WA [Modified]

Walla Walla Regional Airport, WA
    (Lat. 46[deg]05'43'' N., long. 118[deg]17'09'' W.)
    That airspace extending upward from the surface within 2.7 miles 
each side of the Walla Walla 215[deg] bearing from the airport 
extending from the 4.3-mile radius of Walla Walla Regional Airport 
to 7.5 miles southwest of the airport, and within 4.1 miles each 
side of the Walla Walla 35[deg] bearing from the airport extending 
from the 4.3-mile radius of Walla Walla Regional Airport to 13.4 
miles northeast of the airport.
Paragraph 6005: Class E Airspace Areas Extending Upward from 700 
feet or More Above the Surface of the Earth.
* * * * *

ANM WA E5 Walla Walla, WA [Modified]

Walla Walla Regional Airport, WA
    (Lat. 46[deg]05'43'' N., long. 118[deg]17'09'' W.)
Walla Walla Regional Airport, point in space coordinates
    (Lat. 46[deg]03'27'' N., long.118[deg]12'20'' W.)
    That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface 
bounded by a line beginning at lat. 45[deg]52'29'' N., long. 
118[deg]23'027'' W.; to lat. 45[deg]49'51'' N., long. 
118[deg]26'02'' W.; to lat. 45[deg]57'17'' N., long. 118[deg]40'49'' 
W.; to lat. 46[deg]10'22'' N., long. 118[deg]27'48'' W.; to lat. 
46[deg]08'46'' N., long. 118[deg]24'32'' W.; to lat. 46[deg]14'38'' 
N., long. 118[deg]18'44'' W.; to lat. 46[deg]16'07'' N., long. 
118[deg]21'47'' W.; to lat. 46[deg]29'20'' N., long. 118[deg]08'35'' 
W.; to lat. 46[deg]22'02'' N., long. 117[deg]53'24'' W.; to lat. 
46[deg]14'25'' N., long. 118[deg]01'11'' W.; and that airspace 
within a 13.4-mile radius of point in space coordinates at lat. 
46[deg]03'27'' N., long.118[deg]12'20'' W., from the 052[deg] 
bearing from the Walla Walla Regional Airport clockwise to the 
198[deg] bearing.

    Issued in Seattle, Washington, on November 10, 2015.
Christopher Ramirez,
Manager, Operations Support Group, Western Service Center.
[FR Doc. 2015-29784 Filed 11-25-15; 8:45 am]
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