This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER

contains notices to the public of the proposed

issuance of rules and regulations. The

purpose of these notices is to give interested

persons an opportunity to participate in the

rule making prior to the adoption of the final

rules.

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Tuesday, January 10, 2012 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

14 CFR Part 71 

[Docket No. FAA–2011–1314; Airspace 

Docket No. 11–AWP–18] 

Proposed Amendment of Class E 

Airspace; Willcox, AZ and Revocation 

of Class E Airspace; Cochise, AZ 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking 

(NPRM). 

SUMMARY: This action proposes to 

modify Class E airspace at Willcox, AZ 

and remove Class E airspace at Cochise, 

AZ. Controlled airspace is necessary to 

accommodate aircraft using Area 

Navigation (RNAV) Global Positioning 

System (GPS) standard instrument 

approach procedures at Cochise County 

Airport, Willcox, AZ. This action also 

proposes to remove the airspace 

designated as Cochise, AZ and combine 

it with Cochise County Airport, Willcox, 

AZ. Decommissioning of the Cochise 

VHF Omni-Directional Radio Range 

Tactical Air Navigation Aid (VORTAC) 

has made this action necessary for the 

safety and management of aircraft 

operations at the airport. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before February 24, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments on this 

proposal to the U.S. Department of 

Transportation, Docket Operations, 

M–30, West Building Ground Floor, 

Room W12–140, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590; 

telephone (202) 366–9826. You must 

identify FAA Docket No. FAA–2011– 

1314; Airspace Docket No. 11–AWP–18, 

at the beginning of your comments. You 

may also submit comments through the 

Internet at http://www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Eldon Taylor, Federal Aviation 

Administration, Operations Support 

Group, Western Service Center, 1601 

Lind Avenue SW., Renton, WA 98057; 

telephone (425) 203–4537. 

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 both 

docket numbers (FAA Docket No. FAA 

2011–1314 and Airspace Docket No. 11– 

AWP–18) and be submitted in triplicate 

to the Docket Management System (see 

ADDRESSES section for address and 

phone number). You may also submit 

comments through the Internet at 

http://www.regulations.gov. Commenters wishing the FAA to 

acknowledge receipt of their comments 

on this action must submit with those 

comments a self-addressed stamped 

postcard on which the following 

statement is made: ‘‘Comments to FAA 

Docket No. FAA–2011–1314 and 

Airspace Docket No. 11–AWP–18.’’ 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 action may 

be changed in light of comments 

received. All comments submitted will 

be available for examination in the 

public 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 

An electronic copy of this document 

may be downloaded through the 

Internet at http://www.regulations.gov. 

Recently published rulemaking 

documents can also be accessed through 

the FAA’s web page at http:// 

www.faa.gov/airports_airtraffic/ 

air_traffic/publications/ 

airspace_amendments/. 

You may review the public docket 

containing the proposal, any comments 

received, and any final disposition in 

person in the Dockets Office (see the 

ADDRESSES section for the 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 Northwest 

Mountain Regional Office of the Federal 

Aviation Administration, Air Traffic 

Organization, Western Service Center, 

Operations Support Group, 1601 Lind 

Avenue SW., Renton, WA 98057. 

Persons interested in being placed on 

a mailing list for future NPRMs should 

contact the FAA’s Office of Rulemaking, 

(202) 267–9677, for a copy of Advisory 

Circular No. 11–2A, Notice of Proposed 

Rulemaking Distribution System, which 

describes the application procedure. 

The Proposal 

The FAA is proposing an amendment 

to Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations 

(14 CFR) part 71 to modify Class E 

airspace at Cochise County Airport, 

Willcox, AZ. Controlled airspace 

extending upward from 700 feet above 

the surface is necessary to accommodate 

aircraft using RNAV (GPS) standard 

instrument approach procedures at 

Cochise County Airport. This action 

would then remove the Cochise, AZ, 

airspace extending upward from 1,200 

feet above the surface and combine this 

airspace with Cochise County Airport, 

Willcox, AZ. Decommissioning of the 

Cochise VORTAC has made this action 

necessary, and would enhance the 

safety and management of aircraft 

operations within the National Airspace 

System. 

Class E airspace designations are 

published in paragraph 6005, of FAA 

Order 7400.9V, dated August 9, 2011, 

and effective September 15, 2011, which 

is incorporated by reference in 14 CFR 

71.1. The Class E airspace designation 

listed in this document will be 

published subsequently in this Order. 

The FAA has determined 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) 

Is not a ‘‘significant regulatory action’’ 

under Executive Order 12866; (2) is not 

a ‘‘significant rule’’ under DOT 

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(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 this proposed rule, when 

promulgated, would not have a 

significant economic impact on a 

substantial number of small entities 

under the criteria of the Regulatory 

Flexibility Act. 

The FAA’s authority to issue rules 

regarding aviation safety is found in 

Title 49 of the U.S. Code. Subtitle 1, 

Section 106, describes the authority for 

the FAA Administrator. Subtitle VII, 

Aviation Programs, describes in more 

detail the scope of the agency’s 

authority. This rulemaking is 

promulgated under the authority 

described in Subtitle VII, Part A, 

Subpart I, Section 40103. Under that 

section, the FAA is charged with 

prescribing regulations to assign the use 

of the airspace necessary to ensure the 

safety of aircraft and the efficient use of 

airspace. This regulation is within the 

scope of that authority as it would 

modify controlled airspace at Cochise 

County Airport, Willcox, AZ, and 

revoke controlled airspace over Cochise, 

AZ VORTAC. 

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 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 14 CFR 

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. 

§ 71.1 [Amended] 

2. The incorporation by reference in 

14 CFR 71.1 of the FAA Order 7400.9V, 

Airspace Designations and Reporting 

Points, dated August 9, 2011, and 

effective September 15, 2011 is 

amended as follows: 

Paragraph 6005 Class E airspace areas 

extending upward from 700 feet or more 

above the surface of the earth. 

* * * * * 

AWP AZ E5 Willcox, AZ [Modified] 

Cochise County Airport, AZ 

(Lat. 32°14′44′′ N., long. 109°53′41′′ W.) 

That airspace extending upward from 700 

feet above the surface within 6.5-mile radius 

of the Cochise County Airport and within 5 

miles each side of the 225° bearing of the 

Cochise County Airport extending from the 

6.5-mile radius to 14.5 miles southwest of the 

Cochise County Airport, and within 5.5 miles 

southeast and 4.5 miles northwest of the 055° 

bearing of the Cochise County Airport 

extending from the 6.5-mile radius to 14.5 

miles northeast of the Cochise County 

Airport. That airspace extending upward 

from 1,200 feet above the surface bounded by 

a line beginning at lat. 32°22′30′′ N., long. 

110°00′02′′ W.; to lat. 32°22′00′′ N., long. 

109°57′30′′ W.; to lat. 32°30′00′′ N., long. 

109°54′00′′ W.; to lat. 32°22′40′′ N., long. 

109°25′00′′ W.; to lat. 32°15′30′′ N., long. 

109°27′30′′ W.; to lat. 32°14′25′′ N., long. 

109°25′22′′ W.; to lat. 32°10′20′′ N., long. 

109°25′22′′ W.; to lat. 32°10′20′′ N., and the 

Arizona/New Mexico border, thence south 

along the Arizona/New Mexico border to lat. 

31°52′40′′ N.; to lat. 31°54′00′′ N., long. 

109°25′27′′ W.; to lat. 31°57′05′′ N., long. 

109°55′02′′ W.; to lat. 32°07′00′′ N., long. 

109°54′02′′ W.; to lat. 32°07′30′′ N., long. 

110°00′02′′ W., thence to the point of 

beginning. 

Paragraph 6005 Class E airspace areas 

extending upward from 700 feet or more 

above the surface of the earth. 

* * * * * 

AWP AZ E5 Cochise, AZ [Removed] 

Issued in Seattle, Washington, on 

December 27, 2011. 

William Buck, 

Acting Manager, Operations Support Group, 

Western Service Center. 

[FR Doc. 2012–247 Filed 1–9–12; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

14 CFR Part 71 

[Docket No. FAA–2011–1247; Airspace 

Docket No. 11–ANM–24] 

Proposed Amendment of Class E 

Airspace; Springfield, CO 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking 

(NPRM). 

SUMMARY: This action proposes to 

amend Class E airspace at Springfield 

Municipal Airport, Springfield, CO. 

Decommissioning of the Tobe Tactical 

Air Navigation System (TACAN) has 

made this action necessary for the safety 

and management of Instrument Flight 

Rules (IFR) operations at the airport. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before February 24, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments on this 

proposal to the U.S. Department of 

Transportation, Docket Operations, 

M–30, West Building Ground Floor, 

Room W12–140, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590; 

telephone (202) 366–9826. You must 

identify FAA Docket No. FAA–2011– 

1247; Airspace Docket No. 11–ANM–24, 

at the beginning of your comments. You 

may also submit comments through the 

Internet at http://www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Eldon Taylor, Federal Aviation 

Administration, Operations Support 

Group, Western Service Center, 1601 

Lind Avenue SW., Renton, WA 98057; 

telephone (425) 203–4537. 

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 both 

docket numbers (FAA Docket No. FAA 

2011–1247 and Airspace Docket No. 11– 

ANM–24) and be submitted in triplicate 

to the Docket Management System (see 

ADDRESSES section for address and 

phone number). You may also submit 

comments through the Internet at 

http://www.regulations.gov. 

Commenters wishing the FAA to 

acknowledge receipt of their comments 

on this action must submit with those 

comments a self-addressed stamped 

postcard on which the following 

statement is made: ‘‘Comments to FAA 

Docket No. FAA–2011–1247 and 

Airspace Docket No. 11–ANM–24’’. 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 action may 

be changed in light of comments 

received. All comments submitted will 

be available for examination in the 

public 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 

An electronic copy of this document 

may be downloaded through the 


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