[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 80 (Tuesday, April 25, 2000)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 24141-24142]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-10215]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 73

[Airspace Docket No. 99-ANM-16]


Proposed Restricted Area, ID

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM).

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SUMMARY: This action proposes to establish Restricted Area 3203D (R-
3203D) at Orchard, ID. The Idaho Army National Guard has requested that 
this restricted area be established to support its annual training 
requirements. This restricted area would be established adjacent to the 
existing R-3203A and be used a maximum of three weeks annually.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before June 9, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Send comments on the proposal in triplicate to: Manager, Air 
Traffic Division, ANM-500, Docket No. 99-ANM-16, Federal Aviation 
Administration, 1601 Lind Avenue, SW., Renton, WA 98055-4056.
    The official docket may be examined in the Rules Docket, Office of 
the Chief Counsel, Room 916, 800 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, 
DC, weekdays, except Federal holidays, between 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.
    An informal docket may also be examined during normal business 
hours at the office of the Regional Air Traffic Division, Federal 
Aviation Administration.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ken McElroy, Airspace and Rules 
Division, ATA-400, Office of Air Traffic Airspace Management, Federal 
Aviation Administration, 800 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 
20591; telephone: (202) 267-8783.

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 the airspace docket number 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 Airspace Docket No. 99-
ANM-16.'' The postcard will be date/time stamped and returned to the 
commenter. Send comments on environmental and land-use aspects to: The 
State of Idaho, Military Division, Headquarters Idaho Army National 
Guard, Boise Air Terminal, 4040 W. Guard Street, Bosie, ID 83705-8048. 
All communications received on or before the specified closing date for 
comments will be considered before taking action on the proposed rule. 
The proposal contained in this action may be changed in light of 
comments received. All comments submitted will be available for 
examination in the Rules Docket both before and after the closing date 
for comments. A report summarizing each substantive public contact with 
FAA personnel concerned with this rulemaking will be filed in the 
docket.

Availability of NPRM's

    An electronic copy of this document may be downloaded, using a 
modem and suitable Communications software, from the FAA regulations 
section of the Fedworld electronic bulletin board service (telephone: 
703-321-3339) or the Federal Register's electronic bulletin board 
service (telephone: 202-512-1661).
    Internet users may reach the FAA's web page at http://www.faa.gov 
or the Superintendent of Document's web page at http://www.access.gpo. 
gov/nara for access to recently published rulemaking documents.
    Any person may obtain a copy of this NPRM by submitting a request 
to the Federal Aviation Administration, Office of Air Traffic Airspace 
Management, ATA-400, 800 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 
20591, or by calling (202) 267-8783. Communications must identify the 
docket number of the NPRM. Persons interested in being placed on a 
mailing list for future NPRM's should call the

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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.

The Proposal

    The FAA is proposing an amendment to 14 CFR part 73 (part 73) to 
establish R-3203D, Orchard, ID, adjacent to the existing R-3203A, to 
assist the Idaho Army National Guard's annual training. The proposed 
restricted area would be effective for a period of time not exceeding 
three weeks annually. Expansion in the number of gun batteries assigned 
to field artillery units, along with requirements that each assigned 
battery accomplish several moves per day to different firing points, 
has created the need to expand the available restricted airspace, for a 
period of time each year, to provide for more effective annual training 
tests. All artillery firing would be directed into existing impact 
areas located approximately in the center of R-3203A. The restricted 
area is needed to provide protected airspace to contain projectiles 
during flight between the surface firing point and entry into the 
existing restricted area.
    The proposed restricted area would be utilized for a period of time 
not exceeding three weeks per year by the Idaho Army National Guard 
Field Artillery and would be released to the FAA for public use during 
the periods when it is not required for military training.
    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. 
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 that this proposed rule, when 
promulgated, will not have a significant economic impact on a 
substantial number of small entities under the criteria of the 
Regulatory Flexibility Act.
    The coordinates for this airspace docket are based on North 
American Datum 83. Section 73.32 of part 73 of the Federal Aviation 
Regulations was republished in FAA Order 7400.8G dated September 1, 
1999.

Environmental Review

    This proposal will be subject to environmental review prior to any 
FAA final regulatory action.

List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 73

    Airspace, Incorporation by reference, Navigation (air).

The Proposed Amendment

    In consideration of the foregoing, the Federal Aviation 
Administration proposes to amend 14 CFR part 73 as follows:

PART 73--SPECIAL USE AIRSPACE

    1. The authority citation for part 73 continues to read as follows:

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


Sec. 73.32  [Amended]

    2. Section 73.32 is amended as follows:
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R-3203D Orchard Training Area, ID [New]

    Boundaries. Beginning at lat. 43 deg.14'00" N., long. 
116 deg.16'30" W.; at lat. 43 deg.17'51" N., long. 116 deg.16'25" 
W.; at lat. 43 deg.19'02" N., long. 116 deg.14'45" W.; at lat. 
43 deg.19'02" N., long. 116 deg.06'36" W.; at lat. 43 deg.15'58" N., 
long. 116 deg.01'12" W.; at lat. 43 deg.15'00" N., long. 
116 deg.01'00" W.; at lat. 43 deg.17'00" N., long. 116 deg.05'00" 
W.; at lat. 43 deg.17'00" N., long. 116 deg.12'00" W.; to point of 
beginning.
    Designated altitudes. Surface to and including 22,000 feet MSL.
    Times of use. As scheduled by NOTAM 24 hours in advance not to 
exceed three weeks annually.
    Controlling agency. FAA Boise ATCT.
    Using agency. Commanding General Idaho Army National Guard.

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    Issued in Washington, DC, on April 14, 2000.
Reginald C. Matthews,
Manager, Airspace and Rules Division.
[FR Doc. 00-10215 Filed 4-24-00; 8:45 am]
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