[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 209 (Wednesday, October 29, 1997)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 56067-56068]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-28602]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Airspace Docket No. 97-AEA-31]


Amendment to Class E Airspace; Point Pleasant, WV

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: This action revises the Class E airspace upward from 700 feet 
Above Ground Level (AGL) at Point Pleasant, WV. The development of a 
Global Positioning System (GPS) Standard Instrument Approach Procedure 
(SIAP) to Runway (RWY) 25 at Madison County Airport has made this 
action necessary. This action is intended to provide adequate Class E 
airspace to contain instrument flight rules (IFR) operations for 
aircraft executing the GPS SIAP to RWY 25 at Point Pleasant, WV.

EFFECTIVE DATE: 0901 UTC, January 1, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Francis Jordan, Airspace 
Specialist,

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Airspace Branch, AEA-520, Air Traffic Division, Eastern Region, Federal 
Aviation Administration, Federal Building # 111, John F. Kennedy 
International Airport, Jamaica, New York 11430; telephone: (718) 553-
4521.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

History

    On August 22, 1997, the FAA proposed to amend 14 CFR Part 71 to 
revise the Class E airspace at Point Pleasant, WV (62 FR 44606). A GPS 
SIAP to RWY 25 developed for Mason County Airport, Point Pleasant, WV, 
requires the revision of the Class E airspace at the airport. The 
notice proposed to revise the controlled airspace extending upward from 
700 feet AGL to contain IFR operations in controlled airspace during 
portions of the terminal operation and while transitioning between the 
enroute and terminal environments.
    Interested parties were invited to participate in this rulemaking 
proceeding by submitting written comments on the proposal to the FAA. 
No comments to the proposal were received. The rule is adopted as 
proposed.
    The coordinates for this airspace docket are based on North 
American Datum 83. Class E airspace areas designations for airspace 
extending upward from 700 feet AGL are published in paragraph 6005 of 
FAA Order 7400.9E, dated September 10, 1997, and effective September 
16, 1997, which is incorporated by reference in 14 CFR 71.1. The Class 
E airspace designation listed in this document will be published 
subsequently in the Order.

The Rule

    This amendment to 14 CFR Part 71 amends the Class E airspace 
located at Point Pleasant, WV, to provide controlled airspace extending 
upward from 700 feet AGL for aircraft executing a GPS SIAP to RWY 25.
    The FAA has determined that this regulation only involves an 
established body of technical regulations for which frequent and 
routine amendments are necessary to keep them operationally current. 
Therefore, this regulation--(1) is not a ``significantly 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 will 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).

Adoption of the Amendment

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

PART 71--[AMENDED]

    1. The authority citation for 14 CFR Part 71 continues to read as 
follows:

    Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(g), 40103, 40113, 40120; EO 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 7400.9E, Airspace Designations and 
Reporting Points, dated September 10, 1997, and effective September 16, 
1997, 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 AEA 35 Point Pleasant, WV [Revised]

Mason County Airport, 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 the portions that coincide with the Gallipolis, 
OH, and Ravenswood, WV, Class E airspace areas.
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    Issued in Jamaica, New York on October 7, 1997.
Franklin D. Hatfield,
Manager, Air Traffic Division, Eastern Region.
[FR Doc. 97-28602 Filed 10-28-97; 8:45 am]
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