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.

Proposed Rules Federal Register

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Vol. 71, No. 206 

Wednesday, October 25, 2006 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

14 CFR Part 71 

[Docket No. FAA–2006–25822; Airspace 

Docket No. 06–AWP–16] 

RIN 2120–AA66 

Proposed Revision of Class D 

Airspace; Mesa, AZ 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of Proposed Rulemaking. 

SUMMARY: This action proposes to revise 

Class D airspace at Mesa, AZ, Falcon 

Field Airport. The airspace would be 

modified to accommodate general 

aviation pilots transitioning the Phoenix 

area as described in the forthcoming 

proposed Phoenix Class B airspace 

redesign. Revising the Falcon Field 

airspace will provide a wider corridor 

for general aviation pilots to transition 

north and south beneath the proposed 

Phoenix Class B airspace and remain 

west of the Falcon Field Airport Class 

D airspace. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before December 11, 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 the 

docket number FAA–2006–25822; 

Airspace Docket No. 06–AWP–16, at the 

beginning of your comments. You may 

also submit comments on the Internet at 

http://dms.dot.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Francie Hope, Airspace Specialist, 

Western Terminal Service Area, Federal 

Aviation Administration, 15000 

Aviation Boulevard, Lawndale, 

California 90261; telephone (310) 725– 

6502. 

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 both 

docket numbers (FAA Docket No. FAA– 

2006–25822 and Airspace Docket No. 

06–AWP–16) 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 

acknowlege 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 FAA 

Docket No. FAA–2006–25822 and 

Airspace Docket No. 06–AWP–16.’’ 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 the 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 

ADDRESSES section for 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 office of the 

Western Terminal Service Area, Federal 

Aviation Administration, 15000 

Aviation Boulevard, Lawndale, 

California 90261. 

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. 

Background 

Phoenix Class B airspace is in the 

process of being redesigned. Assuming 

establishment of the redesign, the 

eastern boundaries of Class B will 

change, resulting in an airspace area 

designated with a floor of 2,700 feet 

Mean Sea Level (MSL) between six 

nautical miles and approximately 9.19 

nautical miles east of Phoenix VORTAC. 

Currently, the Mesa Falcon Field 

Class D airspace is within a 4.3 nautical 

mile radius of the Mesa Falcon Field 

Airport ARP (Airport Reference Point) 

from the surface to less than 3,400 feet 

MSL. Class B airspace with a floor of 

3,000 feet MSL is captured between the 

visual reference points of Dobson Road 

and Gilbert Road, excluding the Mesa 

Falcon Field Class D airspace. Beneath 

this airspace area is a suggested VFR 

flyway utilized by general aviation 

pilots to traverse the Phoenix area at 

2,500 feet MSL. 

In the proposed Class B airspace 

redesign, much of the 3,000 feet MSL 

airspace floor with change to 2,700 feet 

MSL. In order to provide the widest 

possible corridor of airspace of general 

aviation use under 2,700 feet MSL, it is 

proposed that a western boundary of 

Mesa Falcon Field Class D airspace be 

designated at Gilbert Road. 

In addition to this available airspace 

below 2,700 feet MSL, the proposed 

suggested VFR flyway utilized by 

general aviation will be moved east of 

Gilbert Road over Mesa Falcon Field 

Class D airspace at 3,500 feet MSL, 

which will be below the Class B floor 

of 4,000 feet MSL, thus providing a 

designated suggested VFR flyway as 

well as more transition area for general 

aviation below the 2,700 feet MSL Class 

B airspace. 

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The Proposal 

The FAA is proposing an amendment 

to Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations 

(14 CFR) part 71 to revise the Class D 

airspace area. Utilizing a 6-nautical-mile 

Distance Measuring Equipment (DME) 

arc from the Phoenix VORTAC eastward 

to Gilbert Road, the proposed Class B 

airspace, in association with this 

proposed Class D airspace area revision, 

would provide a similar general aviation 

airspace transition area between 

approximately 3.17 and 5 nautical miles 

wide beneath its floor of 2,700 feet MSL. 

This area encompasses a small portion 

of the Mesa Falcon Field Airport Class 

D airspace area. 

In order to accommodate general 

aviation transitioning north and south 

below the proposed Class B airspace, 

and provide an eastern visual boundary 

and the widest possible corridor of VFR 

airspace under 2,700 feet MSL between 

the 6-nautical-mile DME arc and Gilbert 

Road, it is proposed to revise the Class 

D airspace to extend only as far west as 

Gilbert Road; thus allowing aircraft to 

remain below Class B airspace and 

outside and to the west of Class D 

airspace during its hours of operation. 

Class D airspace areas are published 

in Paragraph 5000 of FAA Order 

7400.9P dated September 1, 2006, and 

effective September 15, 2006, which is 

incorporated by reference in 14 CFR 

71.1. The Class D airspace designation 

listed in this document would be 

published subsequently in this Order. 

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; 

AIRWAYS; ROUTES; AND REPORTING 

POINTS 

1. The authority citation for 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., 389. 

§ 71.1 [Amended] 

2. The incorporation by reference in 

14 CFR 71.1 of Federal Aviation 

Administration Order 7400.9P, Airspace 

Designations and Reporting Points, 

dated September 1, 2006, and effective 

September 15, 2006, is amended as 

follows: 

Paragraph 5000 Class D Airspace. 

* * * * * 

AWP AZ D Mesa, AZ [Revised] 

Mesa, Falcon Field, AZ 

(Lat. 33°27′39′′ N, long. 111°43′42′′ W) 

That airspace extending upward from the 

surface to but not including 3,400 feet MSL 

beginning at lat. 33°24′38′′ N, long. 

111°47′23′′ W; then north to lat. 33°30′40′′ N, 

long. 111°47′23′′ W; then northeast, 

southeast, and southwest along a 4.3-mile 

radius of Falcon Field Airport, to lat. 

33°24′38′′ N, long. 111°47′23′′ W. This Class 

D airspace area is effective during the 

specific dates and times established in 

advance by a Notice to Airmen. The effective 

date and time will thereafter be continuously 

published in the Airport/Facility Directory. 

* * * * * 

Issued in Los Angeles, California, on 

October 10, 2006. 

Leonard A. Mobley, 

Acting Director, Western Terminal 

Operations. 

[FR Doc. 06–8848 Filed 10–24–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–M 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

14 CFR Part 71 

[Docket No. FAA–2006–26040; Airspace 

Docket 06–ASO–13] 

Proposed Establishment of Class E 

Airspace; Williamsburg, KY 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking. 

SUMMARY: This notice proposes to 

establish Class E airspace at 

Williamsburg, KY. Area Navigation 

(RNAV) Global Positioning system 

(GPS) Standard Instrument Approach 

procedures (SIAPs) Runway (RWY) 02 

and RWY 36 have been developed for 

Williamsburg—Whitley County Airport. 

As a result, controlled airspace 

extending upward from 700 feet Above 

Ground Level (AGL) is needed to 

contain the SIAPs and for Instrument 

Flight Rules (IFR) operations at 

Williamsburg—Whitley County Airport. 

The operating status of the airport will 

change from Visual Flight rules (VFR) to 

include IFR operations concurrent with 

the publication of the SIAPs. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before November 24, 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 the 

docket number FAA–2006–26040; 

Airspace Docket 06–ASO–13, 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 

disposition in person in the Dockets 

Office between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., 

Monday through Friday, except Federal 

holidays. The Docket office (telephone 

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 office of the Regional Air Traffic 

Division, Federal Aviation 

Administration, Room 550, 101 

Columbia Avenue, College Park, Georgia 

30337. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mark D. Ward, Manager, System 

Support, Eastern Service Center, Federal 

Aviation Administration, P.O. Box 

20636, Atlanta, Georgia 30320; 

telephone (404) 305–5586. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Comments Invited 

Interested parties are invited to 

participate in this proposed rulemaking 

by submitting such written data, views 

or arguments as they 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 those3 comments a self-addressed, 

stamped postcard on which the 

following statement is made: 

‘‘Comments to Docket No. FAA–2006–

26040/ Airspace Docket No. 06–ASO–

13.’’ 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. 

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