[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 163 (Friday, August 22, 1997)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 44606-44607]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-22350]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Airspace Docket No. 97-AEA-31]


Proposed Amendment to Class E Airspace; Point Pleasant, WV

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.

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SUMMARY: This notice proposes to amend the Class E airspace area at 
Point Pleasant, WV. The development of new Standard Instrument Approach 
Procedures (SIAP) at the Mason County Airport based on the Global 
Positioning System (GPS) has made this proposal necessary. Additional 
controlled airspace extending upward from 700 feet above ground level 
(AGL) is needed to accommodate this SIAP and for instrument flight 
rules (IFR) operations at the airport.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before September 22, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Send comments on the proposal in triplicate to: Manager, 
Operations Branch, AEA-530, Docket No. 97-AEA-31, F.A.A. Eastern 
Region, Federal Building #111, John F. Kennedy Int'l Airport, Jamaica, 
NY 11430.
    The official docket may be examined in the Office of the Assistant 
Chief Counsel, AEA-7, F.A.A. Eastern Region, Federal Building #111, 
John F. Kennedy Int'l Airport, Jamaica, NY 11430.
    An informal docket may also be examined during normal business 
hours in the Operations Branch, AEA-530, F.A.A. Eastern Region, Federal 
Building #111, John F. Kennedy Int'l Airport, Jamaica, NY 11430.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Francis T. Jordan, Jr., Airspace 
Specialist, Operations Branch, AEA-530, F.A.A. Eastern Region, Federal 
Building #111, John F. Kennedy Int'l Airport, Jamaica, NY 11430; 
telephone: (718) 553-4521.

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, economic, 
environmental, and energy related aspects of the proposal. 
Communications should identify the airspace docket number 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 Airspace Docket No. 97-
AEA-31.'' The postcard will be date/time stamped and returned to the 
commenter. All communications received on or before the 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 
comments received. All comments submitted will be available for 
examination in the Rules 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

    Any person may obtain a copy of this Notice of Proposed Rulemaking 
(NPRM) by submitting a request to the Office of the Assistant Chief 
Counsel, AEA-7, F.A.A. Eastern Region, Federal Building #111, John F. 
Kennedy Int'l Airport, Jamaica, NY 11430. Communications must identify 
the notice number of this NPRM. Persons interested in being placed on a 
mailing list for future NPRMs should also request a copy of Advisory 
Circular No. 11-2A, which describes the application procedure.

The Proposal

    The FAA is considering an amendment to Part 71 of the Federal 
Aviation Regulations (14 CFR Part 71) to amend the Class E airspace 
area at Point Pleasant, WV. A GPS RWY 25 SIAP for the Mason County 
Valley Airport has been developed. Additional controlled airspace 
extending upward from 700 feet AGL is needed to accommodate this SIAP 
and for IFR operations at the 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 
7400.9D, dated September 4, 1996, and effective September 16, 1996, 
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

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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 would only 
affect air traffic procedures and air navigation, it is certified that 
this proposed rule would not have 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

    In consideration of the foregoing, the Federal Aviation 
Administration proposes to amend 14 CFR Part 71 as follows:

PART 71--[AMENDED]

    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 the Federal 
Aviation Administration Order 7400.9D, dated September 4, 1996, and 
effective September 16, 1996, 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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AEA WV E5 Point Pleasant, WV [Revised]

Mason County Airport, Point Pleasant, WV
    (Lat. 38 deg.54'52''N., long. 82 deg.05'55''W.)

    That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface 
within a 6.4-mile radius of Mason County Airport and within 4 miles 
each side of the 059 deg. bearing from the Mason County Airport 
extending from the 6.4-mile radius to 10 miles northeast of the 
airport excluding that portion that coincides with the Gallipolis, 
OH, and Ravenswood, WV, Class E airspace areas
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    Issued in Jamaica, New York, on July 28, 1997.
James K. Buckles,
Acting Manager, Air Traffic Division, Eastern Region.
[FR Doc. 97-22350 Filed 8-21-97; 8:45 am]
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