[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 242 (Friday, December 17, 2004)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 75490-75491]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-27687]


========================================================================
Proposed Rules
                                                Federal Register
________________________________________________________________________

This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER contains notices to the public of 
the proposed issuance of rules and regulations. The purpose of these 
notices is to give interested persons an opportunity to participate in 
the rule making prior to the adoption of the final rules.

========================================================================


Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 242 / Friday, December 17, 2004 / 
Proposed Rules

[[Page 75490]]



DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Docket FAA 2004-18915; Airspace Docket 04-ANM-11]


Proposed Revision of Class E Airspace; Burns, OR

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM).

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

SUMMARY: This proposal would revise Class E airspace at Burns Municipal 
Airport, Burns, OR. This additional airspace is necessary to 
accommodate a new Area Navigation (RNAV) Global Positioning System 
(GPS) Standard Instrument Approach Procedure (SIAP) at the Burns 
Municipal Airport. This change is proposed to improve the safety of 
Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) aircraft executing the new RNAV GPS SIAP 
at Burns Municipal Airport.

DATES: Comments must be received by January 31, 2005.

ADDRESSES: Send Comments on this proposal to the Docket Management 
System, U.S. Department of Transportation, Room Plaza 401, 400 Seventh 
Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590-0001. You must identify the docket 
number, FAA 2004-18915 Airspace Docket 04-NAM-11, at the beginning of 
your comments. You may also submit comments on the Internet at http://dms.dot.gov. You may review the public docket containing the proposal, 
any comments received, and any final dispositions in person in the 
Docket Office between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except 
federal holidays. The Docket Office (telephone number 1-800-647-5527) 
is on the plaza level of the Department of Transportation NASSIF 
Building at the above address.
    An informal docket may also be examined during normal business 
hours at the Federal Aviation Administration, Western En Route and 
Oceanic Operations, Airspace Branch, 1601 Lind Avenue, SW., Renton, WA 
98055.

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 Docket FAA 2004-18915; Airspace Docket 
04-ANM-11, and be submitted in triplicate to the address listed above. 
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 Docket 
FAA 2004-18915 Airspace Docket 04-ANM-11.'' The postcard will be date/
time stamped and returned to the commenter.

Availability of NPRM

    An electronic copy of this document may be downloaded through the 
Internet at http://dms.dot.gov. Recently published rulemaking documents 
can also be accessed through the FAA's Web page at http://www.faa.gov 
or the Superintendent of Document's Web page at http://www.access.gop.gov/nara.
    Additionally, a copy of this notice may be obtained by submitting a 
request to the Federal Aviation Administration, 1601 Lind Avenue, SW., 
Renton, WA, 98055. Communications must identify both document numbers 
for this notice. Persons interested in being placed on a mailing list 
for future NPRMs should contact the FAA's Office of Rulemaking, at 202-
267-9677, to request a copy of Advisory Circular No. 11-2A, Notice of 
Proposed Rulemaking Distribution System, which describes the 
application procedures.

The Proposal

    This action proposed to amend Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations, 
part 71 (14 CFR part 71) by revising Class E airspace at Burns 
Municipal Airport, Burns, OR. The establishment of a new RNAV GPS SIAP 
requires additional Class E controlled airspace. This additional Class 
E airspace is necessary for the safety of IFR aircraft executing the 
new RNAV GPS SIAP Burns Municipal Airport. Controlled airspace is 
necessary where there is a requirement for IFR services, which includes 
arrival, departures, and transitioning to/from the terminal or en route 
environment.
    Class E airspace designations are published in paragraph 6005 of 
FAA Order 7400.9M dated August 30, 2004, and effective September 16, 
2004, 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 that 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 effect air traffic procedures 
and air navigation, it is certified that this proposed rule would not 
have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small 
entities under the criteria of the Regulatory Flexibility Act.

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 proposed to amend 14 CFR part 71 as follows:

PART 71--DESIGNATION OF CLASS A, CLASS B, CLASS C, CLASS D, AND 
CLASS E AIRSPACE AREAS; AIRWAYS; ROUTES; AND REPORTING POINTS

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


[[Page 75491]]


    Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(g), 40103, 40113, 40120; E.O. 10854, 24 
FR 9565, 3 CFR, 1959-1693 Comp., p. 389.


Sec.  71.1  [Amended]

    2. The incorporation by reference in 14 CFR part 71.1 of the 
Federal Aviation Administration Order 7400.9M, Airspace Designations 
and Reporting Points, dated August 30, 2004, and effective September 
16, 2004, is amended as follows:

Paragraph 6005 Class E airspace areas extending upward from 700 
feet or more above the surface of the earth.

* * * * *

ANM OR E5 Burns, OR [Revised]

Burns Municipal Airport, Burns, OR
    (Lat. 43[deg]35'32'' N., long. 118[deg]57'18'' W.)
Wildhorse VOR/DME
    (Lat. 43[deg]35'35'' N., long. 118[deg]57'18'' W.)

    That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface 
of the earth within 10.9 miles northeast and 10.1 miles southwest of 
the 141[deg] and 321[deg] radials of the Wildhorse VOR/DME extending 
from 9.6 miles southeast to 9.2 miles northwest of the VOR/DME; that 
airspace extending upward from 1,200 feet above the surface of the 
earth within 10.9 miles northeast and 16.0 miles southwest of the 
141[deg] and 321[deg] radials of the Wildhorse VOR/DME extending 
from 20.1 miles southeast to 9.2 miles northwest of the VOR/DME.
* * * * *

    Issued in Seattle, Washington, on November 26, 2004.
Suzanne Alexander,
Acting Area Director, Western En Route and Oceanic Operations.
[FR Doc. 04-27687 Filed 12-16-04; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4910-13-M