[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 27 (Monday, February 10, 1997)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 5939-5940]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-3232]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
14 CFR Part 71

[Airspace Docket No. 97-AGL-5]


Modification of Class E Airspace; Detroit, MI, Romeo Airport

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.

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SUMMARY: This notice proposes to modify Class E airspace at Detroit, 
MI. A Global Positioning System (GPS) standard instrument approach 
procedure (SIAP) to Runway 36 has been developed for Romeo Airport. 
Controlled airspace extending upward from 700 to 1200 feet above ground 
level (AGL) is needed to contain aircraft executing the approach. The 
intended effect of this proposal is to provide segregation of aircraft 
using instrument approach procedures in instrument conditions from 
other aircraft operating in visual weather conditions.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before March 15, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Send comments on the proposal in triplicate to: Federal 
Aviation Administration, Office of the Assistant Chief Counsel, AGL-7, 
Rules Docket No. 97-AGL-5, 2300 East Devon Avenue, Des Plaines, 
Illinois 60018.
    The official docket may be examined in the Office of the Assistant 
Chief Counsel, Federal Aviation Administration, 2300 East Devon Avenue, 
Des Plaines, Illinois. An informal docket may also be examined during 
normal business hours at the Air Traffic Division, Operations Branch, 
Federal Aviation Administration, 2300 East Devon Avenue, Des Plaines, 
Illinois.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John A. Clayborn, Air Traffic 
Division, Operations Branch, AGL-530, Federal Aviation Administration, 
2300 East Devon Avenue, Des Plaines, Illinois 60018, telephone (847) 
294-7568.

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 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-
AGL-5.'' 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 notice may be changed 
in light of comments received. All comments submitted will be available 
for examination in the Rules Docket, FAA, Great Lakes Region, Office of 
the Assistant Chief Counsel, 2300 East Devon Avenue, Des Plaines, 
Illinois, 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 NPRM's

    Any person may obtain a copy of the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking 
(NPRM) by submitting a request to the Federal Aviation Administration, 
Office of Public Affairs, Attention: Public Inquiry Center, APA-230, 
800 Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington, DC 20591, or by calling 
(202) 267-3484. Communications must identify the notice number of this 
NPRM. Persons interested in being placed on a mailing list for future 
NPRM's 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 modify Class E airspace at 
Detroit, MI; this proposal would provide adequate Class E airspace for 
operators executing the GPS Runway 36 SIAP at Romeo Airport. Controlled 
airspace extending upward from 700 to 1200 feet AGL is needed to 
contain aircraft executing the approach. The intended affect of this 
action is to provide segregation of aircraft using instrument approach 
procedures in instrument conditions from other aircraft operating in 
visual weather conditions. The area would be depicted on appropriate 
aeronautical charts thereby enabling pilots to circumnavigate the area 
or otherwise comply with IFR procedures. 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 keep them operationally current. 
Therefore this, proposed regulation--(1)

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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 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).

The Proposed Amendment

    Accordingly, pursuant to the authority delegated to me, the Federal 
Aviation Administration proposes to amend part 71 of the Federal 
Aviation Regulations (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; 14 CFR 11.69.


Sec. 71.1  [Amended]

    2. The incorporation by reference in 14 CFR 71.1 of the Federal 
Aviation Administration Order 7400.9D, Airspace Designations and 
Reporting Points, 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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AGL MI E5 Detroit, MI [Revised]

    That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface 
bounded by a line beginning at lat. 43 deg.00'00''N, long. 
82 deg.25'00''W; on the Canadian boundary to lat. 43 deg.04'00''N, 
long. 82 deg.30'00''W; to lat. 42 deg.56'00''N, long. 
83 deg.00'00''W; to lat. 42 deg.45'00''N, long. 83 deg.50'00''W; to 
lat. 42 deg.30'00''N, long. 83 deg.50'00''W; to lat. 
42 deg.10'00''N, long 84 deg.00'00''W; to lat. 42 deg.00'00''N, 
long. 83 deg.30'00''W; thence east along the 42nd parallel to the 
Canadian boundary, thence along the Canadian boundary to point of 
beginning.
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    Issued in Des Plaines, Illinois on January 17, 1997.
Maureen Woods,
Manager, Air Traffic Division.
[FR Doc. 97-3232 Filed 2-7-97; 8:45 am]
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