[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 165 (Friday, August 25, 2006)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 50376-50378]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-7130]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Docket No. FAA-2006-25038; Airspace Docket No. 06-ANM-4]


Proposed Revision of Class E Airspace; Sheridan, WY

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.

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SUMMARY: This proposal would revise Class E airspace at Sheridan, WY. 
Additional controlled airspace is necessary to accommodate airspace 
using the new Area Navigation (RNAV) Global Positioning System (GPS) 
Standard Instrument Approach Procedure (SIAP) at Sheridan County 
Airport. The FAA is proposing this action to enhance the safety and 
management of aircraft operations at Sheridan County Airport.

DATES: Comments must be received by October 10, 2006.

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 FAA Docket 
No. FAA-2006-25038; Airspace Docket No. 06-ANM-4, at the beginning

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of your comments. You may also submit comments through the Internet at 
http://dms.dot.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ed Haeseker, Federal Aviation 
Administration, Western Service Area Office, 1601 Lind Avenue, SW., 
Renton, VA 98057; telephone (425) 227-2527.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Comments Invited

    Interested parties are invited to participate in this proposed 
rulemaking by submitting such written data, views, or arguments, as the 
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 (FAA Docket No. 
FAA 2006-25038 and Airspace Docket No. 06-ANM-4) and be submitted in 
triplicate to the Docket Management System (see ADDRESSES section for 
address and phone number). You may also submit comments through the 
Internet at http://dms.dot.gov
    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: ``Continue to FAA 
Docket No. FAA-2006-25038 and Airspace Docket No. 06-ANM-4''. 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 light of 
comments received. All comments submitted will be available for 
examination in the public 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 NPRMs

    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 Federal Register's Web page at http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/index.html.
    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 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal 
holidays. An informal docket may also be examined during normal 
business hours at the Northwest Mountain Regional Office of the Federal 
Aviation Administration, Air Traffic Organization, Western Service Area 
Office, Airspace Branch, 1601 Lind Avenue, SW., Renton, WA 98057.
    Persons interested in being placed on a mailing list for future 
NPRM's should contact the 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.
    Additionally, any person may obtain a copy of this notice by 
submitting a request to the Federal Aviation Administration, Western En 
Route and Oceanic Area Office, Airspace Branch, 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, 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

    The FAA is proposing an amendment to Title 14 Code of Federal 
Regulations (14 CFR) part 71 by revising the Class E airspace at 
Sheridan, WY. Additional controlled airspace is necessary to 
accommodate aircraft using the new RNAV (GPS) SIAP at Sheridan County 
Airport. This action would enhance the safety and management of 
aircraft operations at Sheridan County Airport.
    Class E airspace designations are published in paragraph 6002 and 
6005 of FAA Order 7400.9N, dated September 1, 2005, and effective 
September 15, 2005, which is incorporated by reference in 14 CFR 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 affect air traffic procedures 
and air navigation, it is certified that this proposed 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.

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

    1. The authority citation for 14 CFR part 71 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.  71.1  [Amended]

    2. The incorporation by reference in 14 CFR part 71.1 of the FAA 
Order 7400.9N, Airspace Designations and Reporting Points, dated 
September 1, 2005, and effective September 15, 2005, is amended as 
follows:

Paragraph 6002 Class E airspace areas extending upward from the 
surface of the earth.

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ANM WA E2 Sheridan WY [Revised]

Sheridan County Airport, WY
    (Lat. 44[deg]46[min]09[sec] N., long. 106[deg]58[min]49[sec] W.)
Sheridan VORTAC
    (Lat. 44[deg]50[min]32[sec] N., long. 107[deg]03[min]40[sec] W.)

    That airspace extending upward from the surface within a 4.5-
mile radius of the Sheridan County Airport, and within 4.5 miles 
each side of the 157[deg] bearing from the airport, extending from 
the 4.5-mile radius to 17.6 miles southeast of the airport, and 
within 3.5 miles each side of the Sheridan VORTAC 312[deg](T)/
299[deg](M), 327[deg](T)/314[deg](M) radials, and 4.0 miles each 
side of the 336[deg](T)/323[deg](M) bearing from the Sheridan County 
Airport extending from the 4.5-mile radius to 10.1 miles northwest 
of the VORTAC, and within 3.5 miles each side of the Sheridan VORTAC 
140[deg] radial extending from the 4.5-mile radius to 21.4 miles 
southeast of the VORTAC.
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Paragraph 6005 Class E airspace areas extending upward from 700 
feet or more above the surface of the earth.

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ANM WY E5 Sheridan, WY [Revised]

Sheridan County Airport, WY
    (Lat. 44[deg]46[min]09[sec] N., long. 106[deg]58[min]49[sec] W.)
Gillette VOR/DME
    (Lat. 44[deg]20[min]52[sec] N., long. 105[deg]32[min]37[sec] W.)
Crazy Woman VOR/DME
    (Lat. 43[deg]59[min]59[sec] N., long. 106[deg]26[min]09[sec] W.)

    That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface 
within a 7.0 mile radius of Sheridan County Airport; that airspace 
extending upward from 1,200 feet above the surface beginning at lat. 
45[deg]15[min]00[sec] N., long. 107[deg]30[min]00[sec] W.; to lat. 
45[deg]15[min]00[sec] N., long. 107[deg]00[min]00[sec] W.; to lat. 
45[deg]00[min]00[sec] N., long. 106[deg]40[min]00[sec] W.; to 
Gillette VOR/DME; to Crazy Woman VOR/DME; to lat. 
44[deg]00[min]00[sec] N., long. 106[deg]45[min]00[sec] W.; to lat. 
44[deg]30[min]00[sec] N., long. 107[deg]00[min]00[sec] W.; to lat. 
45[deg]00[min]00[sec] N., long. 107[deg]30[min]00[sec] W.; to point 
of beginning.
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    Issued in Seattle, Washington, on July 19, 2006.
John Warner,
Manager, Planning and Requirements, Western Service Area.
[FR Doc. 06-7130 Filed 8-24-06; 8:45 am]
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