[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 147 (Tuesday, August 2, 2022)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 47146-47148]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-16381]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Docket No. FAA-2022-0871; Airspace Docket No. 22-AGL-27]
RIN 2120-AA66


Proposed Amendment of Class E Airspace; Multiple Indiana Towns

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 at 
Indianapolis, IN; Kokomo, IN; Marion, IN; and Sheridan, IN. The FAA is 
proposing this action due to an airspace review conducted as part of 
the decommissioning of the Kokomo very high frequency (VHF) 
omnidirectional range (VOR) as part of the VOR Minimal Operational 
Network (MON) Program. The names and geographic coordinates of various 
airports would also be updated to coincide with the FAA's aeronautical 
database.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before September 16, 2022.

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-2022-0871/Airspace Docket No. 22-AGL-27 at the beginning of your 
comments. You may also submit comments through the

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internet at 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 JO 7400.11F, Airspace Designations and Reporting Points, 
and subsequent amendments can be viewed online at 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; telephone: (202) 267-
8783.

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 extending upward from 700 feet 
above the surface at Indianapolis Executive Airport, Indianapolis, IN; 
Kokomo Municipal Airport, Kokomo, IN; Logansport/Cass County Airport, 
Logansport, IN, and Peru Municipal Airport, Peru, IN, both contained 
within the Kokomo, IN, airspace legal description; McKinney Field, 
Marion, IN; and Sheridan Airport, Sheridan, IN, 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-2022-0871/
Airspace Docket No. 22-AGL-27.'' 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 www.regulations.gov. Recently published rulemaking 
documents can also be accessed through the FAA's web page at 
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 JO 7400.11F, Airspace 
Designations and Reporting Points, dated August 10, 2021, and effective 
September 15, 2021. FAA Order JO 7400.11F is publicly available as 
listed in the ADDRESSES section of this document. FAA Order JO 7400.11F 
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 14 CFR part 71 by:
    Amending the Class E airspace extending upward from 700 feet above 
the surface at Indianapolis Executive Airport, Indianapolis, IN, by 
updating the header of the airspace legal description from 
``Indianapolis Executive Airport, IN'' to ``Indianapolis, IN'' to 
comply with changes to FAA Order JO 7400.2N, Procedures for Handling 
Airspace Matters; removing the cities from the associated airport and 
heliports to comply with changes to FAA Order JO 7400.2N; updating the 
names of Clarion North Medical Center Heliport (previously Clarian 
North Medical Center Heliport), Carmel, IN, and Methodist Hospital of 
Indiana Inc. Heliport (previously Methodist Hospital of Indiana), 
Indianapolis, IN, to coincide with the FAA's aeronautical database; 
removing the point in space geographic coordinates listed in the 
airspace legal description as they are listed in the header of the 
airspace legal description and are redundant; and removing the 
exclusionary language from the airspace legal description as it is not 
required;
    Amending the Class E airspace extending upward from 700 feet above 
the surface to within a 6.7-mile (decreased from a 7-mile) radius of 
Kokomo Municipal Airport, Kokomo, IN; amending the extension northeast 
of Kokomo Municipal Airport to within 3 (decreased from 4) miles each 
side of the 045[deg] bearing from the Kokomo Municipal: RWY 23-LOC 
(previously airport) extending from the 6.7-mile (previously 7-mile) 
radius of the airport to 11.8 (increased from 10.7) miles northeast of 
the airport; amending the extension southwest of Kokomo Municipal 
Airport to within 2 (decreased from 4) miles each side of the 225[deg] 
bearing from the airport extending from the 6.7-mile (previously 7-
mile) radius of the airport to 10.7 (decreased from 10.9) miles 
southwest of the airport; updating the geographic coordinates of Kokomo 
Municipal Airport to coincide with the FAA's aeronautical database; 
within a 6.5-mile (decreased from a 7.7-mile) radius of Logansport/Cass 
County Airport, Logansport, IN; within a 6.4-mile (increased from a 
6.3-mile) radius of Peru Municipal Airport, Peru, IN; and removing the 
point in space geographic coordinates of the Regional Health System 
Heliport, Kokomo, IN, from the airspace legal description as they are 
listed in the header of the airspace legal description and are 
redundant;
    Amending the Class E airspace extending upward from 700 feet above 
the surface to within a 6.5-mile (decreased from a 7-mile) radius of 
McKinney Field, Marion, IN; adding an extension within 6.9 miles 
southwest

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and 4 miles northeast of the Marion VOR/DME 323[deg] radial extending 
from the 6.5-mile radius of the airport to 7 miles northwest of the 
Marion VOR/DME; and updating the name (previously Marion Municipal 
Airport) and geographic coordinates of the airport to coincide with the 
FAA's aeronautical database;
    And amending the Class E airspace extending upward from 700 feet 
above the surface to within a 6.4-mile (decreased from a 6.7-mile) 
radius of Sheridan Airport, Sheridan, IN; removing the exclusionary 
language as it is not required; and updating the geographic coordinates 
of the airport to coincide with the FAA's aeronautical database.
    This action is due to an airspace review conducted as part of the 
decommissioning of the Kokomo 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 6005 of 
FAA Order JO 7400.11F, dated August 10, 2021, and effective September 
15, 2021, which is incorporated by reference in 14 CFR 71.1. The Class 
E airspace designations listed in this document will be published 
subsequently in FAA Order JO 7400.11.
    FAA Order JO 7400.11, Airspace Designations and Reporting Points, 
is published yearly and effective on September 15.

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 JO 
7400.11F, Airspace Designations and Reporting Points, dated August 10, 
2021, and effective September 15, 2021, 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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AGL IN E5 Indianapolis, IN [Amended]

Indianapolis Executive Airport, IN
    (Lat. 40[deg]01'50'' N, long. 86[deg]15'05'' W)
Clarion North Medical Center Heliport, IN, Point In Space 
Coordinates
    (Lat. 39[deg]56'53'' N, long. 86[deg]09'20'' W)
Methodist Hospital of Indiana Inc. Heliport, IN, Point In Space 
Coordinates
    (Lat. 39[deg]47'00'' N, long. 86[deg]10'27'' W)

    That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface 
within a 6.5-mile radius of Indianapolis Executive Airport; and 
within a 6-mile radius of the Clarion North Medical Center Heliport 
point in space coordinates; and within a 6-mile radius of the 
Methodist Hospital of Indiana Inc. Heliport point in space 
coordinates.
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AGL IN E5 Kokomo, IN [Amended]

Kokomo Municipal Airport, IN
    (Lat. 40[deg]31'40'' N, long. 86[deg]03'35'' W)
Kokomo Municipal: RWY 23-LOC
    (Lat. 40[deg]31'09'' N, long. 86[deg]04'19'' W)
Grissom Air Reserve Base, IN
    (Lat. 40[deg]38'53'' N, long. 86[deg]09'08'' W)
Grissom Air Reserve Base ILS Localizer Northeast
    (Lat. 40[deg]37'59'' N, long. 86[deg]10'18'' W)
Grissom Air Reserve Base ILS Localizer Southwest
    (Lat. 40[deg]39'56'' N, long. 86[deg]07'47'' W)
Logansport/Cass County Airport, IN
    (Lat. 40[deg]42'41'' N, long. 86[deg]22'22'' W)
Peru Municipal Airport, IN
    (Lat. 40[deg]47'09'' N, long. 86[deg]08'47'' W)
Regional Health System Heliport, IN, Point In Space Coordinates
    (Lat. 40[deg]26'47'' N, long. 86[deg]08'23'' W)

    That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface 
within a 6.7-mile radius of Kokomo Municipal Airport; and within 3 
miles each side of the 045[deg] bearing from the Kokomo Municipal: 
RWY 23-LOC extending from the 6.7-mile radius of the Kokomo 
Municipal Airport to 11.8 miles northeast of the airport; and within 
2 miles each side of the 225[deg] bearing from the Kokomo Municipal 
Airport extending from the 6.7-mile radius of the airport to 10.7 
miles southwest of the airport; and within a 7-mile radius of 
Grissom Air Reserve Base; and within 3.8 miles each side of the 
Grissom Air Reserve Base ILS Localizer Northeast course extending 
from the 7-mile radius of Grissom Air Reserve Base to 14.5 miles 
northeast of Grissom Air Reserve Base; and within 2 miles each side 
of the Grissom Air Reserve Base ILS Localizer Southwest course 
extending from the 7-mile radius of Grissom Air Reserve Base to 14.5 
miles southwest of Grissom Air Reserve Base; and within a 6.5-mile 
radius of Logansport/Cass County Airport; and within a 6.4-mile 
radius of Peru Municipal Airport; and within a 6-mile radius of the 
Regional Health System Heliport point in space coordinates.
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AGL IN E5 Marion, IN [Amended]

McKinney Field, IN
    (Lat. 40[deg]29'24'' N, long. 85[deg]40'47'' W)
Marion VOR/DME
    (Lat. 40[deg]29'36'' N, long. 85[deg]40'45'' W)

    That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface 
within a 6.5-mile radius of McKinney Field; and within 6.9 miles 
southwest and 4 miles northeast of the Marion VOR/DME 323[deg] 
radial extending from the 6.5-mile radius of the airport to 7 miles 
northwest of the Marion VOR/DME.
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AGL IN E5 Sheridan, IN [Amended]

Sheridan Airport, IN
    (Lat. 40[deg]10'41'' N, long. 86[deg]13'01'' W)

    That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface 
within a 6.4-mile radius of the Sheridan Airport.

    Issued in Fort Worth, Texas, on July 27, 2022.
Martin A. Skinner,
Acting Manager, Operations Support Group, ATO Central Service Center.
[FR Doc. 2022-16381 Filed 8-1-22; 8:45 am]
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