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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

14 CFR Part 71 

[Docket No. FAA–2012–0648; Airspace 

Docket No. 12–ANM–19] 

Proposed Amendment of Class E 

Airspace; Pullman, WA 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking 

(NPRM). 

SUMMARY: This action proposes to 

modify Class E airspace at Pullman/ 

Moscow Regional Airport, Pullman, 

WA. Controlled airspace is necessary to 

accommodate aircraft using Area 

Navigation (RNAV) Global Positioning 

System (GPS) standard instrument 

approach procedures at Pullman/ 

Moscow Regional Airport, Pullman, 

WA. Also, the Pullman navigation aid 

would be removed from the airspace 

designation. The FAA is proposing this 

action to enhance the safety and 

management of aircraft operations at the 

airport. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before October 5, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments on this 

proposal to the U.S. Department of 

Transportation, Docket Operations, M– 

30, West Building Ground Floor, Room 

W12–140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., 

Washington, DC 20590; telephone (202) 

366–9826. You must identify FAA 

Docket No. FAA–2012–0648; Airspace 

Docket No. 12–ANM–19, at the 

beginning of your comments. You may 

also submit comments through the 

Internet at http://www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Eldon Taylor, Federal Aviation 

Administration, Operations Support 

Group, Western Service Center, 1601 

Lind Avenue SW., Renton, WA 98057; 

telephone (425) 203–4537. 

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 

2012–0648 and Airspace Docket No. 12– 

ANM–19) 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:// 

www.regulations.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: ‘‘Comments to FAA 

Docket No. FAA–2012–0648 and 

Airspace Docket No. 12–ANM–19’’. 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://www.regulations.gov. 

Recently published rulemaking 

documents can also be accessed through 

the FAA’s web page at http:// 

www.faa.gov/airports_airtraffic/ 

air_traffic/publications/ 

airspace_amendments/. 

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 9:00 a.m. and 

5:00 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 Center, 

Operations Support Group, 1601 Lind 

Avenue SW., Renton, WA 98057. 

Persons interested in being placed on 

a mailing list for future NPRMs 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. 

The Proposal 

The FAA is proposing an amendment 

to Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations 

(14 CFR) Part 71 by modifying Class E 

surface airspace and Class E airspace 

extending upward from 700 feet above 

the surface at Pullman/Moscow 

Regional Airport, Pullman, WA. 

Controlled airspace is necessary to 

accommodate aircraft using the RNAV 

(GPS) standard instrument approach 

procedures at Pullman/Moscow 

Regional Airport, Pullman, WA. This 

action would enhance the safety and 

management of aircraft operations at the 

airport. Also, for clarity, the Pullman 

VHF Omni-Directional Radio Range/ 

Distance Measuring Equipment (VOR/ 

DME) would be removed from the 

regulatory text. 

Class E airspace designations are 

published in paragraph 6002 and 6005, 

respectively, of FAA Order 7400.9V, 

dated August 9, 2011, and effective 

September 15, 2011, 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 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 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. 

The FAA’s authority to issue rules 

regarding aviation safety is found in 

Title 49 of the U.S. Code. Subtitle 1, 

Section 106, describes the authority for 

the FAA Administrator. Subtitle VII, 

Aviation Programs, describes in more 

detail the scope of the agency’s 

authority. This rulemaking is 

promulgated under the authority 

described in Subtitle VII, Part A, 

Subpart I, Section 40103. Under that 

section, the FAA is charged with 

prescribing regulations to assign the use 

of the airspace necessary to ensure the 

safety of aircraft and the efficient use of 

airspace. This regulation is within the 

scope of that authority as it would 

modify controlled airspace at Pullman/ 

Moscow Regional Airport, Pullman, 

WA. 


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50420 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 162 / Tuesday, August 21, 2012 / Proposed Rules 

This proposal will be subject to an 

environmental analysis in accordance 

with FAA Order 1050.1E, 

‘‘Environmental Impacts: Policies and 

Procedures’’ prior to any FAA final 

regulatory action. 

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. 

§ 71.1 [Amended] 

2. The incorporation by reference in 

14 CFR 71.1 of the Federal Aviation 

Administration Order 7400.9V, Airspace 

Designations and Reporting Points, 

dated August 9, 2011, and effective 

September 15, 2011 is amended as 

follows: 

Paragraph 6002 Class E Airspace 

Designated as Surface Areas. 

* * * * * 

ANM WA E2 Pullman, WA [Modified] 

Pullman/Moscow Regional Airport, WA 

(Lat. 46°44′38′′ N., long. 117°06′35′′ W.) 

Within a 4-mile radius of Pullman/Moscow 

Regional Airport, and within 1.7 miles each 

side of the Pullman/Moscow Regional 

Airport 046° bearing extending from the 4- 

mile radius to 8 miles northeast of the 

airport, and within 1.7 miles each side of the 

Pullman/Moscow Regional Airport 227° 

bearing extending from the 4-mile radius to 

6 miles southwest of the airport. This Class 

E 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. 

Paragraph 6005 Class E Airspace Areas 

Extending Upward From 700 Feet or More 

Above the Surface of the Earth. 

* * * * * 

ANM WA E5 Pullman, WA [Modified] 

Pullman/Moscow Regional Airport, WA 

(Lat. 46°44′38′′ N., long. 117°06′35′′ W.) 

That airspace extending upward from 700 

feet above the surface within a 10-mile radius 

of the Pullman/Moscow Regional Airport, 

and within 1.7 miles each side of the 

Pullman/Moscow Regional Airport 229° 

bearing extending from the 10-mile radius to 

13 miles southwest of the airport, and that 

airspace bounded by a line beginning at the 

intersection of the 10-mile radius of the 

airport and the Pullman/Moscow Regional 

Airport 307° bearing to the intersection of the 

of the 23-mile radius of the airport and the 

Pullman/Moscow Regional Airport 328° 

bearing extending clockwise within a 23-mile 

radius of the Pullman/Moscow Regional 

Airport; thence to the intersection of the 23- 

mile radius of the airport and the Pullman/ 

Moscow Regional Airport 064° bearing of the 

airport to the intersection of the 10-mile 

radius of the airport and the Pullman/ 

Moscow Regional Airport 066° bearing of the 

airport; thence to the point of origin. That 

airspace extending upward from 1,200 feet 

above the surface bounded by a line 

beginning at lat. 46°46′00′′ N., long. 

117°51′00′′ W.; to lat. 47°06′00′′ N., long. 

117°29′00′′ W.; to lat. 47°10′00′′ N., long. 

117°13′00′′ W.; to lat. 47°07′00′′ N., long. 

116°50′00′′ W.; to lat. 46°57′00′′ N., long. 

116°28′00′′ W.; to lat. 46°38′00′′ N., long. 

116°41′00′′ W.; to lat. 46°31′00′′ N., long. 

116°23′00′′ W., to lat. 46°12′00′′ N., long. 

116°25′00′′ W.; to lat. 46°19′00′′ N., long. 

116°57′00′′ W.; to lat. 46°24′00′′ N., long. 

117°30′00′′ W.; thence to the point of origin. 

Issued in Seattle, Washington, on August 

14, 2012. 

John Warner, 

Manager, Operations Support Group, Western 

Service Center. 

[FR Doc. 2012–20543 Filed 8–20–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

14 CFR Parts 91, 97, 121, 125, 129, and 

135 

[Docket No. FAA–2011–1082] 

Proposed Provision of Navigation 

Services for the Next Generation Air 

Transportation System (NextGen) 

Transition to Performance-Based 

Navigation (PBN); Disposition of 

Comments 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed policy; 

disposition of comments. 

SUMMARY: On December 15, 2011, the 

FAA published a Federal Register 

Notice (76 FR 77939) requesting 

comments on the FAA’s plans for 

providing PBN services, and 

particularly the transition from the 

current Very High Frequency 

Omnidirectional Ranges (VOR) and 

other legacy navigation aids (NAVAIDS) 

to Area Navigation (RNAV)-based 

airspace and procedures. This action 

responds to the public comments the 

FAA received. 

ADDRESSES: You may review the public 

docket for this notice (Docket No. FAA– 

2011–1082) at the Docket Management 

Facility at DOT Headquarters in Room 

W12–140 of the West Building Ground 

Floor at 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., 

Washington, DC 20590–0001 between 9 

a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through 

Friday, except Federal holidays. You 

may also review the public docket on 

the Internet at http:// 

www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Greg Joyner, AJM–324, Program 

Management Organization, Navigation 

Program Engineering, Federal Aviation 

Administration, 800 Independence 

Avenue SW., Washington DC 20591: 

telephone 202–493–5721. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Summary of the December 15, 2011 

FRN 

The FAA sought comments on the 

proposed transition of the U.S. National 

Airspace System (NAS) navigation 

infrastructure to enable PBN as part of 

the NextGen. The FAA plans to 

transition from defining airways, routes 

and procedures using VOR and other 

legacy NAVAIDs, to a NAS based on 

RNAV everywhere and Required 

Navigation Performance (RNP) where 

beneficial. RNAV and RNP capabilities 

will primarily be enabled by the Global 

Positioning System (GPS) and the Wide 

Area Augmentation System (WAAS). 

The FAA plans to retain an optimized 

network of Distance Measuring 

Equipment (DME) facilities and a 

Minimum Operational Network (MON) 

of VOR facilities to ensure safety and 

support continued operations in high 

and low altitude en route airspace over 

the Conterminous United States 

(CONUS) and in terminal airspace at the 

Core 30 airports. The FAA is also 

conducting research on non-GPS based 

Alternate Positioning, Navigation and 

Timing (APNT) solutions that would 

enable further reduction of VORs below 

that of the MON. 

In addition, the FAA plans to satisfy 

any new requirements for Category I 

(CAT I) instrument landing operations 

with WAAS Localizer Performance with 

Vertical guidance (LPV) procedures. A 

network of existing Instrument Landing 

Systems (ILSs) will be sustained to 

provide alternative approach and 

landing capabilities to support 

continued recovery and dispatch of 

aircraft during GPS outages. 

This transition is consistent with the 

FAA’s NextGen Implementation Plan 

(NGIP), NAS Enterprise Architecture 

(NASEA), and other documentation. 

More information is available on the 


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