Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 34 / Thursday, February 20, 1997 / Proposed Rules 7739

14 CFR Part 71

[Airspace Docket No. 96–ASW–26]

Proposed Revision of Class E

Airspace; Longview, TX

AGENCY: Federal Aviation

Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.

SUMMARY: This notice proposes to revise

the Class E airspace extending upward

from 700 feet above ground level (AGL)

at Longview, TX. A new VHF

Omnidirectional Range (VOR) or

Tactical Air Navigation (TACAN)

Standard Instrument Approach

Procedure (SIAP) to Runway (RWY) 13

at Gregg County Airport has made this

proposal necessary. The intended effect

of this proposal is to provide adequate

controlled airspace for aircraft executing

the VOR or TACAN SIAP to RWY 13 at

Gregg County Airport, Longview, TX.

DATES: Comments must be received on

or before April 21, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Send comments on the

proposal in triplicate to Manager,

Operations Branch, Air Traffic Division,

Federal Aviation Administration,

Southwest Region, Docket No. 96–

ASW–26, Fort Worth, TX 76193–0530.

The official docket may be examined

in the Office of the Assistant Chief

Counsel, Federal Aviation

Administration, Southwest Region, 2601

Meacham Boulevard, Fort Worth, TX,

between 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m.,

Monday through Friday, except Federal

holidays. An informal docket may also

be examined during normal business

hours at the Operations Branch, Air

Traffic Division, Federal Aviation

Administration, Southwest Region, 2601

Meacham Boulevard, Fort Worth, TX.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Donald J. Day, Operations Branch, Air

Traffic Division, Federal Aviation

Administration, Southwest Region, Fort

Worth, TX 76193–0530; telephone: (817)

222–5593.

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 under the caption ADDRESSES.

Commenters wishing the FAA to

acknowledge receipt of their comments

on this notice must submit, with those

comments, a self-addressed, stamped,

postcard containing the following

statement: ‘‘Comments to Airspace

Docket No. 96–ASW–26.’’ The postcard

will be date and 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 the light of comments received. All

comments submitted will be available

for examination in the Office of the

Assistant Chief Counsel, Federal

Aviation Administration, Southwest

Region, 2601 Meacham Boulevard, Fort

Worth, TX, 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 this

Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM)

by submitting a request to the

Operations Branch, Air Traffic Division,

Federal Aviation Administration,

Southwest Region, Fort Worth, TX

76193–0530. 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 that

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

revise the Class E airspace, controlled

airspace extending upward from 700

feet AGL, at Longview, TX. A new VOR

or TACAN SIAP to RWY 13 at Gregg

County Airport has made this proposal

necessary. The intended effect of this

proposal is to provide adequate Class E

airspace for aircraft executing the VOR

or TACAN SIAP to RWY 13 at Gregg

County Airport, Longview, TX.

The coordinates for this airspace

docket are based on North American

Datum 83. Designated Class E airspace

areas extending upward from 700 feet or

more above ground level 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 that need frequent and

routine amendments 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

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 14 CFR

part 71 continues to read as follows:

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 40103, 40113, 40120;

E.O. 10854, 24 FR 9565, 3 CFR, 1959–1963

Comp., p. 389; 49 U.S.C. 106(g); 14 CFR

11.69.

§ 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.

* * * * *

ASW TX E5 Longview, TX [Revised]

Longview, Gregg County Airport, TX

(lat. 32°23′05′′ N., long. 94°42′42′′ W.)

Gregg County VORTAC

(lat. 32°25′04′′ N., long. 94°45′11′′ W.)

That airspace extending upward from 700

feet above the surface within a 7.1-mile

radius of Gregg County Airport and within

1.5 miles each side of the 133° radial of the

Gregg County Airport extending from the 7.1-

mile radius to 10.9 miles southeast of the

airport and within 3.1 miles each side of the

305° radial of the Gregg County VORTAC
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extending from the 7.1-mile radius to 10.3

miles northwest of the airport.

* * * * *

Issued in Fort Worth, TX on February 12,

1997.

Albert L. Viselli,

Acting Manager, Air Traffic Division,

Southwest Region.

[FR Doc. 97–4212 Filed 2–19–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4913–13–M

14 CFR Part 71

[Airspace Docket No. 96–ASW–27]

Proposed Revision of Class E

Airspace; Athens, TX

AGENCY: Federal Aviation

Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.

SUMMARY: This notice proposes to revise

the Class E airspace extending upward

from 700 feet above ground level (AGL)

at Athens, TX. A new Nondirectional

Radio Beacon (NDB) Standard

Instrument Approach Procedure (SIAP)

to Runway (RWY) 35 at Athens

Municipal Airport has made this

proposal necessary. The intended effect

of this proposal is to provide adequate

controlled airspace for aircraft executing

the NDB SIAP to RWY 35 at Athens

Municipal Airport, Athens, TX.

DATES: Comments must be received on

or before April 21, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Send comments on the

proposal in triplicate to Manager,

Operations Branch, Air Traffic Division,

Federal Aviation Administration,

Southwest Region, Docket No. 96–

AWS–27, Fort Worth, TX 76193–0530.

The official docket may be examined

in the Office of the Assistant Chief

Counsel, Federal Aviation

Administration, Southwest Region, 2601

Meacham Boulevard, Fort Worth, TX,

between 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m.,

Monday through Friday, except Federal

holidays. An informal docket may also

be examined during normal business

hours at the Operations Branch, Air

Traffic Division, Federal Aviation

Administration, Southwest Region, 2601

Meacham Boulevard, Fort Worth, TX.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Donald J. Day, Operations Branch, Air

Traffic Division, Federal Aviation

Administration, Southwest Region, Fort

Worth, TX 76193–0530; telephone: (817)

222–5593.

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 under the caption ADDRESSES.

Commenters wishing the FAA to

acknowledge receipt of their comments

on this notice must submit, with those

comments, a self-addressed, stamped,

postcard containing the following

statement: ‘‘Comments to Airspace

Docket No. 96–ASW–27.’’ The postcard

will be date and 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 the light of comments received. All

comments submitted will be available

for examination in the Office of the

Assistant Chief Counsel, Federal

Aviation Administration, Southwest

Region, 2601 Meacham Boulevard, Fort

Worth, TX, 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 this

Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM)

by submitting a request to the

Operations Branch, Air Traffic Division,

Federal Aviation Administration,

Southwest Region, Forth Worth, TX

76193–0530. 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 that

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

revise the Class E airspace, controlled

airspace extending upward from 700

feet AGL, at Athens, TX. A new NDB

SIAP to RWY 35 at Athens Municipal

Airport has made this proposal

necessary. The intended effect of this

proposal is to provide adequate Class E

airspace for aircraft executing the NDB

SIAP to RWY 35 at Athens Municipal

Airport, Athens, TX.

The coordinates for this airspace

docket are based on North American

Datum 83. Designated Class E airspace

areas extending upward from 700 feet or

more above ground level 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 that need frequent and

routine amendments 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 no 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

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 14 CFR

part 71 continues to read as follows:

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 40103, 40113, 40120;

E. O. 10854, 24 FR 9565, 3 CFR, 1959–1963

Comp., p. 389; 49 U.S.C. 106(g); 14 CFR

11.69.

§ 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.

* * * * *

ASW TX E5 Athens, TX [Revised]

Athens Municipal Airport, TX