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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Friday, November 13, 2015 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

14 CFR Part 71 

[Docket No. FAA–2015–3674; Airspace 

Docket No. 15–ANM–18] 

Proposed Amendment of Class E 

Airspace; Boise, ID 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking 

(NPRM). 

SUMMARY: This action proposes to 

modify Class E surface area airspace 

designated as an extension to Class C 

airspace, and Class E airspace extending 

upward from 700 feet above the surface 

at Boise Air Terminal/Gowen Field 

Airport, formerly Boise Air Terminal 

(Gowen Field), Boise, ID. After 

reviewing the airspace, the FAA found 

standard instrument approach 

procedures are not fully contained in 

controlled airspace, thereby 

necessitating airspace redesign for the 

safety and management of Instrument 

Flight Rules (IFR) operations at the 

airport. This proposal also would 

update the name of the airport to match 

the FAAs aeronautical database. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before December 28, 2015. 

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–2015–3674; Airspace 

Docket No. 15–ANM–18, at the 

beginning of your comments. You may 

also submit comments through the 

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

You may review the public docket 

containing the proposal, any comments 

received, and any final disposition in 

person in the Dockets Office between 

9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, except Federal holidays. 

The Docket Office (telephone 1–800– 

647–5527), is on the ground floor of the 

building at the above address. 

FAA Order 7400.9Z, Airspace 

Designations and Reporting Points, and 

subsequent amendments can be viewed 

online at http://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/ 

publications/. For further information, 

you can contact the Airspace Policy and 

ATC Regulations Group, Federal 

Aviation Administration, 800 

Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 29591; telephone: 202– 

267–8783. The Order is also available 

for inspection at the National Archives 

and Records Administration (NARA). 

For information on the availability of 

this material at NARA, call 202–741– 

6030, or go to http://www.archives.gov/ 

federal_register/code_of_federalregulations/ibr_locations.html. 

FAA Order 7400.9, Airspace 

Designations and Reporting Points, is 

published yearly and effective on 

September 15. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Steve Haga, Federal Aviation 

Administration, Operations Support 

Group, Western Service Center, 1601 

Lind Avenue SW., Renton, WA 98057; 

telephone (425) 203–4500. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Authority for This Rulemaking 

The FAA’s authority to issue rules 

regarding aviation safety is found in 

Title 49 of the United States Code. 

Subtitle I, Section 106 describes the 

authority of 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 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 

amend Class E airspace at Boise Air 

Terminal/Gowen Field Airport, Boise, 

ID. 

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 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 

Docket No. FAA–2015–3674; Airspace 

Docket No. 15–ANM–18.’’ The postcard 

will be date/time stamped and returned 

to the commenter. 

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 9:00 a.m. and 

5:00 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. 

Availability and Summary of 

Documents Proposed for Incorporation 

by Reference 

This document proposes to amend 

FAA Order 7400.9Z, Airspace 

Designations and Reporting Points, 

dated August 6, 2015, and effective 

September 15, 2015. FAA Order 

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the ADDRESSES section of this document. 

FAA Order 7400.9Z lists Class A, B, C, 

D, and E airspace areas, air traffic 

service routes, and reporting points. 

The Proposal 

The FAA is proposing an amendment 

to Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations 

(14 CFR) Part 71 by modifying Class E 

airspace designated as an extension to 

Class C airspace at Boise Air Terminal/ 

Gowen Field Airport, Boise, ID. Two 

segments would be expanded from the 

5-mile radius of the airport and extend 

to 12.8 miles southeast, and 11 miles 

northwest of the airport. Class E 

airspace extending upward from 700 

feet above the surface at Boise Air 

Terminal/Gowen Field Airport would 

be amended to accommodate standard 

instrument approach procedures for IFR 

operations at the airport. A review of the 

airspace found modification of the 

airspace necessary for the safety and 

management of standard instrument 

approach procedures for IFR operations 

at the airport. Also, the name of the 

airport would be updated from Boise 

Air Terminal (Gowen Field), to Boise 

Air Terminal/Gowen Field Airport, to 

coincide with the FAA’s aeronautical 

database. 

Class E airspace extending upward 

from 700 feet above the surface would 

be modified to within an 8.6-mile radius 

north of Boise Air Terminal/Gowen 

Field Airport, extending to 11.4 miles to 

the south, 17 miles to the east and 30 

miles to the west. 

Class E airspace designations are 

published in paragraph 6003 and 6005, 

respectively, of FAA Order 7400.9Z, 

dated August 6, 2015 and effective 

September 15, 2015, which is 

incorporated by reference in 14 CFR 

71.1. The Class E airspace designations 

listed in this document will be 

published subsequently in the Order. 

Regulatory Notices and Analyses 

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. 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, would not have a 

significant economic impact on a 

substantial number of small entities 

under the criteria of the Regulatory 

Flexibility Act. 

Environmental Review 

This proposal will be subject to an 

environmental analysis in accordance 

with FAA Order 1050.1F, 

‘‘Environmental Impacts: Policies and 

Procedures’’ prior to any FAA final 

regulatory action. 

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(f), 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 FAA Order 7400.9Z, 

Airspace Designations and Reporting 

Points, dated August 6, 2015, and 

effective September 15, 2015, is 

amended as follows: 

Paragraph 6003 Class E Airspace Areas 

Designated as an Extension. 

* * * * * 

ANM ID E3 Boise, ID [Modified] 

Boise Air Terminal/Gowen Field Airport, ID 

(Lat. 43°33′52′′ N., long. 116°13′22′′ W.) 

That airspace extending upward from the 

surface within 5 miles each side of the Boise 

Air Terminal/Gowen Field Airport 114° 

bearing extending from the 5-mile radius of 

the airport to 12.8 miles southeast of the 

airport; and within 5 miles each side of the 

Boise Air Terminal/Gowen Field Airport 

295° bearing extending from the 5-mile 

radius of the airport to 11 miles northwest of 

the airport. 

Paragraph 6005 Class E Airspace Areas 

Extending Upward From 700 Feet or More 

Above the Surface of the Earth. 

* * * * * 

ANM ID E5 Boise, ID [Modified] 

Boise Air Terminal/Gowen Field Airport, ID 

(Lat. 43°33′52′′ N., long. 116°13′22′′ W.) 

That airspace extending upward from 700 

feet above the surface bounded by a line 

beginning at lat. 43°44′51′′ N., long. 

116°52′05′′ W.; to lat. 43°52′31′′ N., long. 

116°38′57′′ W.; to lat. 43°51′24′′ N., long. 

116°24′16′′ W.; to lat. 43°31′33′′ N., long. 

115°50′14′′ W.; to lat. 43°19′45′′ N., long. 

115°56′41′′ W.; to lat. 43°25′11′′ N., long. 

116°32′39′′ W.; to lat. 43°35′39′′ N., long. 

116°47′51′′ W., thence to the point of 

beginning. That airspace extending upward 

from 1,200 feet above the surface within the 

30.5-mile radius of the airport beginning at 

the 122° bearing of the airport, thence via a 

line to the intersection of the 34.8-mile 

radius of the airport and the 224° bearing of 

the airport, thence clockwise along the 34.8- 

mile radius of the airport to that airspace 7 

miles each side of the 269° bearing of the 

airport extending from the 34.8-mile radius 

to 49.6 miles west of the airport, and within 

7 miles northeast and 9.6 miles southwest of 

the 295° bearing of the airport extending from 

the 34.8-mile radius to 65.3 miles northwest 

of the airport, to lat. 44°00′27′′ N., long. 

117°10′58′′ W., thence along the 042° bearing 

to V–253, thence south along V–253, thence 

along the 30.5-mile radius of the airport to 

the point of beginning. That airspace 

southeast of the airport extending upward 

from 9,000 feet MSL bounded on the north 

by V–444, on the east by V–293, on the south 

by V–330 and on the southwest by V–4. That 

airspace northeast of the airport extending 

upward from 11,500 feet MSL, bounded on 

the northeast by V–293, on the south by V– 

444, on the southwest by the 30.5-mile radius 

of the airport and on the west by V–253. 

Issued in Seattle, Washington, on 

November 3, 2015. 

Christopher Ramirez, 

Manager, Operations Support Group, Western 

Service Center. 

[FR Doc. 2015–28784 Filed 11–12–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

14 CFR Part 71 

[Docket No. FAA–2015–3899; Airspace 

Docket No. 15–AWP–14] 

Proposed Amendment of Class D and 

Class E Airspace, Revocation of Class 

E Airspace; Chico, CA 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking 

(NPRM). 

SUMMARY: This action proposes to 

modify Class D airspace, Class E 

airspace extending upward from 700 

feet above the surface, and remove Class 

E surface area airspace designated as an 

extension at Chico Municipal Airport, 

Chico, CA. After reviewing the airspace, 

the FAA found it necessary to amend 

the airspace area by increasing the Class 

E airspace extending upward from 700 

feet above the surface for the safety and 

management of Instrument Flight Rules 

(IFR) operations for arriving and 

departing aircraft at the airport. The 


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