[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 119 (Tuesday, June 20, 2000)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 38227-38228]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-15413]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Airspace Docket No. 00-AWP-5]


Proposed Modification of Class E Airspace; Elko, NV

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.

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SUMMARY: This action proposes to modify the Class E airspace area at 
Elko, NV. A revision to the Global Positioning System (GPS) Area 
Navigation (RNAV) Standard Instrument Approach Procedure (SIAP) to 
Runway (RWY) 23 at Elko Municipal-J.C. Harris Field has made this 
proposal necessary, Additional controlled airspace extending upward 
from 700 feet or more above the surface of the earth is needed to 
contain aircraft executing the RNAV RWY 23 SIAP to Elko Municipal-J.C. 
Harris Field. The intended effect of this proposal is to provide 
adequate controlled airspace for Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) 
operations at Elko Municipal-J.C. Harris Field, Elko, NV.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before July 10, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Send comments on the proposal in triplicate to: Federal 
Aviation Administration, Attn: Manager, Airspace Branch, AWP-520, 
Docket No. 00-AWP-5, Air Traffic Division, 15000 Aviation Boulevard, 
Lawndale, California 90261.
    The official docket may be examined in the Office of the Regional 
Counsel, Western Pacific Region, Federal Aviation Administration, Room 
6007, 15000 Aviation Boulevard, Lawndale, California 92061.
    An informal docket may also be examined during normal business at 
the Office of the Manager, Airspace Branch, Air Traffic Division at the 
above address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Larry Tonish, Airspace Specialist, 
Airspace Branch, AWP-520, Air Traffic Division, Western-Pacific Region, 
Federal Aviation Administration, 15000 Aviation Boulevard, Lawndale, 
California 90261, telephone (310) 725-6539.

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

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supporting the views and suggesting 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 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 
the comments a self-addressed, stamped postcard on which the following 
statement is made: ``Comments to Airspace Docket No. 00-AWP-5.'' The 
postcard will be date/time stamped and returned to the commenter. 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 the light of 
comments received. All comments submitted will be available for 
examination in the Airspace Branch, Air Traffic Division, at 15000 
Aviation Boulevard, Lawndale, California 90261, 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

    Any person may obtain a copy of this Notice of Proposed Rulemaking 
(NPRM) by submitting a request to the Federal Aviation Administration, 
Airspace Branch, 15000 Aviation Boulevard, Lawndale, California 92061. 
Communications must identify the docket number of this NPRM. Persons 
interested in being placed on a mailing list for future NPRM's should 
also request a copy of Advisory Circular No. 11-2A which describes the 
application procedures.

The Proposal

    The FAA is considering an amendment to part 14 CFR part 71 by 
modifying the Class E airspace area at Elko, NV. A revision to the RNAV 
RWY 23 SIAP at Elko Municipal-J.C. Harris Field has made this proposal 
necessary. Additional controlled airspace extending upward from 700 
feet or more above the surface of the earth is needed to contain 
aircraft executing the RNAV RWY 23 SIAP at Elko Municipal-J.C. Harris 
Filed, Elko, NV. The intended effect of this proposal is to provide 
adequate airspace for aircraft executing the RNAV RWY 23 SIAP at Elko 
Municipal-J.C. Harris Field, Elko, NV. Class E airspace designations 
are published in Paragraph 6005 of FAA Order 7400.9G dated September 1, 
1999, and effective September 16, 1999, which is incorporated by 
reference in 14 CFR 71.1. The Class E airspace designation listed in 
this document would 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 affect air traffic procedures 
and air navigation, it is certified that this proposed rule will 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

    In consideration of the foregoing, the Federal Aviation 
Administration proposes 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 is revised 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. 71.1  [Amended]

    2. The incorporation by reference in 14 CFR 71.1 of the Federal 
Aviation Administration Order 7400.09G, Airspace Designations and 
Reporting Points, dated September 1, 1999, and effective September 16, 
1999, is amended as follows:

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

AWP NV E5 Elko, NV [Revised]

Elko Municipal-J.C. Harris Field, NV
    (Lat. 40 deg.49'31" N, long. 115 deg.47'28" W

    That airspace extending upward from 700 prime above the surface 
within an 8.3-mile radius of Elko Municipal-J.C. Harris Field and 
within 1.8 miles either side of 248 deg. bearing from the Elko 
Municipal-J.C. Harris Field, extending from the 8.3-mile radius to 
the 11.7 miles southwest of the Elko Municipal-J.C. Harris Field and 
within 3.9 miles east and 8.3 miles west of the 161 deg. bearing 
from the Elko Municipal-J.C. Harris Field, extending from the 8.3-
mile radius to 21.7 miles south of Elko Municipal-J.C. Harris Field 
and within 4.3 miles eadh side of the 075 deg. bearing from the Elko 
Municipal-J.C. Harris Field, extending from the 8.3-mile radius to 
17.8 miles northeast of the airport. That airspace extending upward 
from 1,200 feet above the surface within an 18.7-mile radius of Elko 
Municipal-J.C. Harris Field, and that airspace bounded on the north 
by the south edge of V-6, on the south by the north edge of V-32, on 
the east by the 30-mile radius of the Elko Municipal-J.C. Harris 
Field, between the southern edge of V-465 clockwise to the northern 
edge of V-32, thence west to the 18.7-mile radius of the Elko 
Municipal-J.C. Harris Field and that airspace bounded by a line 
beginning at lat. 40 deg.34'00'N, long. 116 deg.00'00"W; to lat. 
40 deg.27'00"N, long. 116 deg.36'00"W; to lat. 40 deg.31'00"N, long. 
116 deg.38'00"N; to lat. 40 deg.32'00"N, long. 116 deg.33'00"W; to 
lat. 40 deg.33'30"N, long. 116 deg.33'30"W; to lat. 40 deg.38'00"N, 
long. 116 deg.07'00"W, thence via the 18.7-mile radius of Elko 
Municipal-J.C. Harris Field to the point of beginning.


    Issued in Los Angeles, California, on May 24, 2000.
John Clancy,
Manager, Air Traffic Division, Western-Pacific Region.
[FR Doc. 00-15413 Filed 6-19-00; 8:45 am]
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