[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 157 (Wednesday, August 15, 2007)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 45700-45701]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-3961]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Docket No. FAA-277-28591; Airspace Docket 07-ASO-16]


Proposed Amendment of Class E Airspace; Scottsboro, AL

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.

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SUMMARY: This action proposes to amend the Class E airspace area at 
Scottsboro, AL, to accommodate a new Standard Instrument Approach 
Procedure (SIAP) that has been developed for the Scottsboro Municipal--
Word Field Airport. Additional controlled airspace is necessary for the 
safety and management of Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) operations at 
Scottsboro Municipal--Word Field Airport.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before October 1, 2007.

ADDRESSES: Send comments on this proposal to the Docket Management 
Facility, U.S. Department of Transportation, Docket Operations, M-30, 
1200 New Jersey Ave., SE., West Building, Ground Floor, Room W12-140, 
Washington, DC 20590; telephone: 1-800-647-5527. You must identify the 
docket number FAA-2007-28591; Airspace Docket 07-ASO-16, 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 (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 Eastern Service Center, Federal Aviation 
Administration, Room C210, 1701 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) 305-5627.

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. 
Communication 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 
those comments a self-addressed, stamped postcard on which the 
following statement is made: ``Comments to Docket No. FAA-2007-28591/
Airspace Docket No. 07-ASO-16.'' 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.

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. Persons interested 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 procedure.

The Proposal

    The FAA is considering an amendment to Title 14, Code of Federal 
Regulations (14 CFR) part 71 to amend Class E airspace at Scottsboro, 
AL. The current Class E airspace area supporting helicopter operations 
at Jackson County Hospital is too small to contain the new RNAV (GPS) 
SIAPs at nearby Scottsboro Municipal--Word Field Airport. This proposed 
action would provide the additional controlled airspace, extending 
upward from 700 feet above ground level (AGL), that is required to 
support the new RNAV (GPS) SIAPs for runways 4 and 22 at Scottsboro 
Municipal--Word Field Airport.
    Class E airspace designations for airspace areas extending upward 
from 700 feet or more above the surface of the earth are published in 
Paragraph 6005 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 E airspace designation listed in this document 
would be published subsequently in the 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. It 
therefore, (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 rule, when promulgated, 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).

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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, B, C, D, AND E AIRSPACE AREAS; AIR 
TRAFFIC SERVICE 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., p. 389.


Sec.  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 6005 Class E Airspace Areas Extending Upward from 700 
feet or More Above the Surface of the Earth

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ASO AL E5 Scottsboro, AL [ADDED]

Scottsboro Municipal--Word Field Airport, AL
    (Lat. 34[deg]41'19'' N., long. 86[deg]00'21'' W.)
Jackson County Hospital Point In Space Coordinates (Lat. 
34[deg]39'47'' N., long. 86[deg]01'54'' W.)

    That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface 
within a 6.5-mile radius of Scottsboro Municipal--Word Field Airport 
extending from the 6.5-mile radius to 4.4 miles northeast of the 
airport and within 4 miles each side of the 218[deg] bearing from 
the Scottsboro Municipal--Word Field Airport extending from the 6.5-
mile radius to 4.5 miles southwest of the airport; and that airspace 
within a 6-mile radius of the point in space (Lat. 34[deg]39'47'' 
N., long. 86[deg]01'54'' W.) serving Jackson County Hospital.
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    Issued in College Park, Georgia, on July 2, 2007.
Lynda G. Otting,
Acting Group Manager, System Support Group, Eastern Service Center.
[FR Doc. 07-3961 Filed 8-14-07; 8:45 am]
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