[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 200 (Monday, October 16, 2000)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 61125-61126]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-26522]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Airspace Docket No. 00-ANM-14]


Proposed Establishment of Class E Airspace, Prineville, OR

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM).

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SUMMARY: This action proposes to establish Class E airspace at 
Prineville, OR. New Area Navigation (RNAV) Standard Instrument Approach 
Procedures (SIAP) to Runway (RWY) 10, RNAV RWY 28, and Non-Directional 
Beacon (NDB) RWY 10 SIAP at Prineville Airport has made this proposal 
necessary. Class E 700 foot, and 1,200 foot controlled airspace, above 
the surface of the earth is required to contain aircraft executing the 
NDB RWY 10, RNAV RWY 10, and RNAV RWY 28 SIAPs to Prineville Airport. 
The intended effect of this proposal is to provide adequate controlled 
airspace for Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) operations at Prineville 
Airport, Prineville, OR.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before November 30, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Send comments on the proposal in triplicate to: Manager, 
Airspace Branch, ANM-520, Federal Aviation Administration, Docket No. 
00-ANM-14, 1601 Lind Avenue SW, Renton, Washington 98055-4056.
    The official docket may be examined in the Office of the Regional 
Counsel for the Northwest Mountain Region at the same address.
    An informal docket may also be examined during normal business 
hours in the office of the Manager, Air Traffic Division, Airspace 
Branch, at the address listed above.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brian Durham, ANM-520.7, Federal 
Aviation Administration, Docket No. 00-ANM-14, 1601 Lind Avenue SW, 
Renton, Washington 98055-4056: telephone number: (425) 227-2527.

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 action must 
submit, with those comments, a self-addressed

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stamped postcard on which the following statement is made: ``Comments 
to Airspace Docket No. 00-ANM-14.'' 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 the light of comments received. All 
comments submitted will be available for examination at the address 
listed above 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 NPRM by submitting a request 
to the Federal Aviation Administration, Airspace Branch, ANM-520, 1601 
Lind Avenue SW, Renton, Washington 98055-4056. Communications must 
identify the docket number of this NPRM. Persons interested in being 
placed on a mailing list for future NPRMs 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 Title 14 Code of Federal 
Regulations, part 71 (14 CFR part 71) by establishing Class E airspace 
at Prineville, OR. Newly developed RNAV SIAPs to RWY 10, RWY 28, and 
NDB RWY 10 approaches at Prineville Airport have made this proposal 
necessary. Controlled airspace from 700 feet, and 1,200 feet, above the 
surface is required to contain aircraft executing the NDB RWY 10, RNAV 
RWY 28, and RNAV RWY 10 SIAPs. The FAA establishes Class E airspace 
where necessary to contain aircraft transitioning between the terminal 
and en route environments. The intended effect of this proposal is 
designed to provide for the safe and efficient use of the navigable 
airspace. This proposal would promote safe flight operations under IFR 
at the Prineville Airport and between the terminal and en route 
transition stages.
    The area would be depicted on aeronautical charts for pilot 
reference. The coordinates for this airspace docket are based on North 
American Datum 83. Class E airspace areas extending upward from 700 
feet or more above the surface of the earth, are published in Paragraph 
6005, of FAA Order 7400.9H dated September 1, 2000, and effective 
September 16, 2000, 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. 
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 11013; 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 
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

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

PART 71--DESIGNATION OF CLASS A, CLASS B, CLASS C, CLASS D, AND 
CLASS E AIRSPACE AREAS; AIRWAYS; 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.


Sec. 71.1  [Amended]

    2. The incorporation by reference in 14 CFR 71.1 of the Federal 
Aviation Administration Order 7400.9H, Airspace Designations and 
Reporting Points, dated September 1, 2000, and effective September 16, 
2000, 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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ANM OR E5  Prineville, OR [New]

    Prineville Municipal Airport, OR
    (Lat. 44 deg.17'13" N., long. 120 deg.54'14" W.)

    That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface 
within a 4.6-mile radius of the airport, and extending from 2.7 
miles south of the 281 deg. bearing from the airport to 12.2 miles, 
then in an arc clockwise to a point 2 miles north of the 287 deg. 
bearing then to the airport, and extending from 3 miles each side of 
the 121 deg. bearing from the airport to 7.2 miles; that airspace 
extending upward from 1,200 feet above the surface within a 9.2-
miles radius of the airport clockwise from the 320 deg. bearing to 
the 190 deg. bearing, and extending to 18.2 miles in an arc 
clockwise to the 230 deg. bearing, then extending to 28.3 miles in 
an arc clockwise to the 320 deg. bearing, and extending 6 miles each 
side of the 121 deg. bearing from the airport to 22.9 miles; 
excluding that airspace within Federal Airways; the Redmond, OR 
Class D and E airspace; the Bend, OR; Sunriver, OR; and Madras, OR 
Class E airspace.
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    Issued in Seattle, Washington, on September 15, 2000.
Daniel A. Boyle,
Assistant Manager, Air Traffic Division, Northwest Mountain Region.
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