[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 228 (Tuesday, November 26, 2019)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 65036-65038]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-25437]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
14 CFR Part 71
[Docket No. FAA-2019-0834; Airspace Docket No. 19-ASO-22]
RIN 2120-AA66
Proposed Amendment of the Class E Airspace; Bowling Green and
Somerset, KY
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM).
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SUMMARY: This action proposes to amend the Class E airspace area
designated as a surface area and the Class E airspace extending upward
from 700 feet above the surface at Bowling Green-Warren County Regional
Airport, Bowling Green, KY, and Lake Cumberland Regional Airport,
Somerset, KY. The FAA is proposing this action as the result of the
decommissioning of the Bowling Green VHF omnidirectional range (VOR)
navigation aid, which provided navigation information for the
instrument procedures at these airports, as part of the VOR Minimum
Operational Network (MON) Program. Additionally, the name and
geographic coordinates of Lake Cumberland Regional Airport would also
be updated to coincide with the FAA's aeronautical database.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before January 10, 2020.
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
(202) 366-9826, or (800) 647-5527. You must identify FAA Docket No.
FAA-2019-0834; Airspace Docket No. 19-ASO-22, at the beginning of your
comments. You may also submit comments through the internet at https://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.
FAA Order 7400.11D, Airspace Designations and Reporting Points, and
subsequent amendments can be viewed online at https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/publications/. For further information, you can contact the
Airspace Policy Group, Federal Aviation Administration, 800
Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20591;
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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 FAA Order 7400.11D at NARA, email
[email protected] or go to https://www.archives.gov/federal-register/cfr/ibr-locations.html.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeffrey Claypool, Federal Aviation
Administration, Operations Support Group, Central Service Center, 10101
Hillwood Parkway, Fort Worth, TX 76177; telephone (817) 222-5711.
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 the Class E airspace area designated as a surface
area and the Class E airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the
surface at Bowling Green-Warren County Regional Airport, Bowling Green,
KY, and Lake Cumberland Regional Airport, Somerset, KY, to support
instrument flight rule operations at these airports.
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-2019-0834;
Airspace Docket No. 19-ASO-22.'' 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 https://www.regulations.gov. Recently published rulemaking
documents can also be accessed through the FAA's web page at https://www.faa.gov/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 Federal Aviation Administration, Air Traffic
Organization, Central Service Center, Operations Support Group, 10101
Hillwood Parkway, Fort Worth, TX 76177.
Availability and Summary of Documents for Incorporation by Reference
This document proposes to amend FAA Order 7400.11D, Airspace
Designations and Reporting Points, dated August 8, 2019, and effective
September 15, 2019. FAA Order 7400.11D is publicly available as listed
in the ADDRESSES section of this document. FAA Order 7400.11D 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:
Amending the Class E airspace area designated as a surface area at
Bowling Green-Warren County Regional Airport, Bowling Green, KY, by
removing the Bowling Green VORTAC and associated extension from the
airspace legal description; and adding an extension within 1 mile each
side of the 030[deg] bearing from the airport extending from the 4.2-
mile radius to 4.5 miles north of the airport;
Amending the Class E airspace area designated as a surface area at
Lake Cumberland Regional Airport, Somerset, KY, by removing the Bowling
Green VORTAC from the airspace legal description; adding an extension
within 1 mile each side of the 043[deg] bearing from the airport
extending from the 4-mile radius to 4.8 miles northeast of the airport;
and updating the name and geographic coordinates of Lake Cumberland
Regional Airport (previously Somerset--Pulaski County--J.T. Wilson
Field Airport) to coincide with the FAA's aeronautical database;
Amending the Class E airspace extending upward from 700 feet above
the surface to within a 6.7-mile radius (increased from a 6.6-mile
radius) of Bowling Green-Warren County Regional Airport; and removing
the Bowling Green VORTAC and associated extension from the airspace
legal description;
And amending the Class E airspace extending upward from 700 feet
above the surface to within a 6.5-mile radius (decreased from an 8.6-
mile radius) of Lake Cumberland Regional Airport; removing the
Cumberland River NDB and associated extension as they are no longer
required; adding an extension 8 miles south and 3.8 miles north of the
228[deg] bearing from the Lake Cumberland Regional: RWY 05-LOC
extending from the 6.5-mile radius of the Lake Cumberland Regional
Airport to 10 miles southwest of the Lake Cumberland Regional: RWY 05-
LOC; and updating the name and geographic coordinates of the Lake
Cumberland Regional Airport (previously Somerset--Pulaski County--J.T.
Wilson Field Airport) to coincide with the FAA's aeronautical database.
This action is the result of an airspace review caused by the
decommissioning of the Bowling Green VOR, which provided navigation
information for the instrument procedures at these airports, as part of
the VOR MON Program.
Class E airspace designations are published in paragraph 6002 and
6005, respectively, of FAA Order 7400.11D, dated August 8, 2019, and
effective September 15, 2019, which is incorporated by reference in 14
CFR 71.1. The Class E airspace designations listed in this document
will be published subsequently in the Order. FAA Order 7400.11,
Airspace Designations and Reporting Points, is published yearly and
effective on September 15.
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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 7400.11D,
Airspace Designations and Reporting Points, dated August 8, 2019, and
effective September 15, 2019, is amended as follows:
Paragraph 6002 Class E Airspace Areas Designated as a Surface Area.
* * * * *
ASO KY E2 Bowling Green, KY [Amended]
Bowling Green-Warren County Regional Airport, KY,
(Lat. 36[deg]57'52'' N, long. 86[deg]25'11'' W)
Within a 4.2-mile radius of Bowling Green-Warren County Regional
Airport, and within 1 mile each side of the 030[deg] bearing from
the airport extending from the 4.2-mile radius to 4.5 miles north of
the airport.
* * * * *
ASO KY E2 Somerset, KY [Amended]
Lake Cumberland Regional Airport, KY
(Lat. 37[deg]03'13'' N, long. 84[deg]36'56'' W)
Within a 4-mile radius of Lake Cumberland Regional Airport, and
within 1 mile each side of the 043[deg] bearing from the airport
extending from the 4-mile radius to 4.8 miles northeast of the
airport.
Paragraph 6005 Class E Airspace Areas Extending Upward From 700
Feet or More Above the Surface of the Earth.
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ASO KY E5 Bowling Green, KY [Amended]
Bowling Green-Warren County Regional Airport, KY
(Lat. 36[deg]57'52'' N, long. 86[deg]25'11'' W)
That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface
within a 6.7-mile radius of Bowling Green-Warren County Regional
Airport.
* * * * *
ASO KY E5 Somerset, KY [Amended]
Lake Cumberland Regional Airport, KY
(Lat. 37[deg]03'13'' N, long. 84[deg]36'56'' W)
Lake Cumberland Regional: RWY 05-LOC, KY
(Lat. 37[deg]03'38'' N, long. 84[deg]36'28'' W)
That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface
within an 6.5-mile radius of the Lake Cumberland Regional Airport,
and within 8 miles south and 3.8 miles north of the 228[deg] bearing
from the Lake Cumberland Regional: RWY 05-LOC extending from the
6.5-mile radius of the Lake Cumberland Regional Airport to 10 miles
southwest of the Lake Cumberland Regional: RWY 05-LOC.
Issued in Fort Worth, Texas, on November 18, 2019.
Steve Szukala,
Acting Manager, Operations Support Group, ATO Central Service Center.
[FR Doc. 2019-25437 Filed 11-25-19; 8:45 am]
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