[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 4 (Friday, January 6, 2006)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 889-890]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-97]


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Proposed Rules
                                                Federal Register
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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.

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Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 4 / Friday, January 6, 2006 / 
Proposed Rules

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Docket No. FAA-2005-23184; Airspace Docket No. 05-AWP-14]


Proposed Modification of Class E Airspace; Palm Springs, CA

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.

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SUMMARY: This notice proposes to modify the Class E airspace area at 
Palm Springs, CA. The establishment of an Area Navigation (RNAV) 
Required Navigation Performance (RNP) Y Instrument Approach Procedures 
(IAP) to Runway (RWY) 13R and 31R at Palm Springs International 
Airport, Palm Springs, CA 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 
(RNP) YIAP to RWY 13R at Palm Springs International Airport. The 
intended effect to this proposal is to provide adequate controlled 
airspace for Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) operations at Palm Springs 
International Airport, Palm Springs, CA.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before February 21, 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-2005-23184/Airspace Docket No. 05-AWP-14 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 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 Western Terminal Operations, 
Federal Aviation Administration, at 15000 Aviation Boulevard, Lawndale, 
California 90261, telephone number (310) 725-6613.

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 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 
the comments a self-addressed, stamped postcard on which the following 
statement is made: ``Comments to Docket No. FAA-2005-23184/Airspace 
Docket No. 05-AWP-14.'' 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.gpo.gov/nara.
    Additionally any person may obtain a copy of this notice 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 both document numbers for this notice. Persons interersted in 
being placed on a mailing list for future NPRM's 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 considering an amendment to 14 CFR part 71 by modifying 
the Class E airspace area at Palm Springs International Airport, Palm 
Springs, CA. The establishment of a RNAV (RNP) Y IAP to RWY 13R at Palm 
Springs International Airport has made this proposal necessary. 
Additional controlled airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the 
surface is needed to contain aircraft executing the RNAV (RNP) Y IAP to 
RWY 13R at Palm Springs International Airport has made this proposal 
necessary. The intended effect of this proposal is to provide adequate 
controlled airspace for aircraft executing the RNAV (RNP) Y IAP to RWY 
13R at Palm Springs International Airport, Palm Springs, CA. Class E 
airspace designations are published in paragraph 6005 of FAA Order 
7400.9N dated September 1, 2005, and effective September 16, 2005, 
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 regualtions for which frequent and 
routine amendments are necessary to keep them operationally current. 
Therefore, this proposed regualtion--(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 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).

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Adoption of the Amendment

    In consideration of the foregoing, the Federal Aviation 
Administration amends 14 CFR part 71 as follows:

PART 71--DESIGNATION OF CLASS A, CLASS B, CLASS C, CLASS D, AND 
CLASS E AIRSPACE AREAS; 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 71.1 of the Federal 
Aviation Administration Order 7400.9N, Airspace Designations and 
Reporting Points, dated September 1, 2005, and Effective, September 16, 
2005, is amended as follows:

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

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AWP CA E5 Palm Springs, CA [Amended]

Palm Springs International Airport
    (Lat. 33[deg]49'46'' N, long, 116[deg]30'24'' W)

    That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface 
beginning at lat. 34[deg]05'00'' N, long. 116[deg]34'03'' W; to lat. 
34[deg]08'00'' N, long. 116[deg]30'00'' W; to lat. 34[deg]06'42'' N, 
long. 116[deg]28'49'' W; to lat. 34[deg]03'00'' N, long. 
116[deg]31'00'' W; to lat. 33[deg]42'45'' N, long. 115[deg]53'34'' 
W; to lat. 33[deg]26'00'' N, long. 116[deg]09'33'' W; to lat. 
33[deg]55'00'' N, long. 116[deg]46'03'' W, to the point of 
beginnning.
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    Issued in Los Angeles, California, on December 22, 2005.
Stephen J. Lloyd,
Acting Area Director, Western Terminal Operations.
[FR Doc. 06-97 Filed 1-5-06; 8:45 am]
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