Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 229 / Tuesday, November 28, 2000 / Proposed Rules 70823

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Airspace Docket No. 00–AWP–6]

Proposed Establishment of Class D

Airspace; Sacramento Mather Airport;

Sacramento, CA

AGENCY: Federal Aviation

Administration (FAA) DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.

SUMMARY: This action proposes to

establish a Class D surface area at

Sacramento Mather Airport in

Sacramento, CA. A Federal Contract

Tower commenced operations at this

location earlier this year on a full-time

basis, twenty-four hours daily, seven

days per week. The Sacramento Mather

Airport routinely serves a large volume

of air cargo traffic in addition to

considerable general aviation activity

during both visual and instrument flight

conditions. Mather Tower controllers

are officially certified as weather

observers for this airport, and adequate

communication facilities have been

established. A review of current and

projected operations and procedures at

Sacramento Mather Airport fully

supports the need for Class D airspace

to enhance aviation safety, and in the

interest of the commerce and welfare of

the community. This action would

establish Class D airspace extending

upward from the surface to and

including 2,600 feet MSL within a 4.5-

mile radius of Sacramento Mather

Airport.

DATES: Comments must be received on

or before January 12, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Send comments on the

proposal in triplicate to: Federal

Aviation Administration, Attn:

Manager, Airspace Branch, AWP–520,

Docket No. 00–AWP–6, Air Traffic

Division, P.O. Box 92007, Worldway

Postal Center, Los Angeles, California

90009.

The official docket may be examined

in the Office of the Regional Counsel,

Western-Pacific Region, Federal

Aviation Administration, Room 6007,

15000 Aviation Boulevard, Lawndale,

California 90261. An informal docket

may also be examined during normal

business hours at the Office of the

Manager, Airspace Branch, Air Traffic

Division at the above address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeri

Carson, Airspace Specialist, Airspace

Branch, AWP–520.11, Air Traffic

Division, Western-Pacific Region,

Federal Aviation Administration, 15000

Aviation Boulevard, Lawndale,

California 90261, telephone number

(310) 725–6611.

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 the comments a self-addressed,

stamped postcard on which the

following statement is made:

‘‘Comments to Airspace Docket No. 00–

AWP–6.’’ 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 Airspace Branch, Air

Traffic Division, at 15000 Aviation

Boulevard, Lawndale, California 90261,

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

Any person may obtain a copy of this

Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM)

by submitting a request to the Federal

Aviation Administration, Airspace

Branch, 15000 Aviation Boulevard,

Lawndale, California 90261.

Communications must identify the

docket 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

procedures.

The Proposal

The FAA is considering an

amendment to 14 CFR part 71 that

would establish a Class D surface area

at Sacramento Mather Airport in

Sacramento, CA. A Federal Contract

Tower commenced operations at this

location earlier this year on a full-time

basis, twenty-four hours daily, seven

days per week. The Sacramento Mather

Airport routinely serves a large volume

of air cargo traffic in addition to

considerable general aviation activity

during both visual and instrument flight

conditions. Mather Tower controllers

are officially certified as weather

observers for this airport, and adequate

communication facilities have been

established. A review of current and

projected operations and procedures at

Sacramento Mather Airport fully

supports the need for Class D airspace

to enhance aviation safety, and in the

interest of the commerce and welfare of

the community. This action would

establish Class D airspace extending

upward from the surface to and

including 2,600 feet MSL within a 4.5-

mile radius of Sacramento Mather

Airport. Class D airspace areas are

published in Paragraph 5000 of FAA

Order 7400.9H, Airspace Designations

and Reporting Points, dated September

1, 2000, and effective September 16,

2000, through September 15, 2001,

which is incorporated by reference in 14

CFR 71.1. The Class D airspace

designation listed in this document

would be published subsequently in

this 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)

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

would 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:

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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.

§ 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 5000 Class D Airspace.

* * * * *

AWP CA D Sacramento Mather Airport, CA

[New]

Sacramento Mather Airport, CA

(Lat. 38°33′14′′, long. 121°17′51′′W)

That airspace extending upward from the

surface to and including 2,600 feet MSL

within a 4.5-mile radius of Sacramento

Mather Airport.

* * * * *

Issued in Los Angeles, California, on

November 16, 2000.

Tommy E. Barclay,

Acting Manager, Air Traffic Division,

Western-Pacific Region.

[FR Doc. 00–30250 Filed 11–27–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–13–M

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Airspace Docket No. 00–AWP–15]

Proposed Modification to Sacramento

Executive Airport Class D and E

Surface Areas; Sacramento, CA

AGENCY: Federal Aviation

Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.

SUMMARY: This action proposes to revise

the Class D and E airspace areas at

Sacramento Executive Airport by

reducing the radius of the basic surface

area and by removing those portions of

airspace defined as a northeast

extension to the basic surface area. The

existing surface area radius exceeds

criteria specified in FAA Order 7400.2,

Procedures for Handling Airspace

Matters. Additionally, the northeast

extension to the basic surface area is no

longer required for instrument approach

and departure procedures at Sacramento

Executive Airport.

DATES: Comments must be received on

or before January 12, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Send comments on the

proposed in triplicate to: Federal

Aviation Administration, Attn:

Manager, Airspace Branch, AWP–520

Docket No. 00–AWP–15, Air Traffic

Division, P.O. Box 92007, Worldway

Postal Center, Los Angeles, California

90009.

The official docket may be examined

in the Office of the Regional Counsel,

Western-Pacific Region, Federal

Aviation Administration, Room 6007,

15000 Aviation Boulevard, Lawndale,

California 90261.

An informal docket may also be

examined during normal business hours

at the Office of the Manager, Airspace

Branch, Air Traffic Division at the above

address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeri

Carson, Airspace Specialist, Airspace

Branch, AWP–520.11, Air Traffic

Division, Western-Pacific Region,

Federal Aviation Administration, 15000

Aviation Boulevard, Lawndale,

California 90261, telephone number

(310) 725–6611.

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 the comments a self-addressed,

stamped postcard on which the

following statement is made:

‘‘Comments to Airspace Docket No. 00–

AWP–15’’. 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 Airspace Branch, Air

Traffic Division, at 15000 Aviation

Boulevard, Lawndale, California 90261,

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

Any person may obtain a copy of this

Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM)

by submitting a request to the Federal

Aviation Administration, Airspace

Branch, 15000 Aviation Boulevard,

Lawndale, California 90261.

Communications must identify the

docket 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

procedures.

The Proposal

The FAA is considering an

amendment to 14 CFR part 71 that

would modify the Sacramento Executive

Airport Class D and E Surface Areas at

Sacramento, CA. A review of airspace

classification and air traffic procedures

has made this action necessary. This

notice proposes to remove those

portions of airspace defined as a

northeast extension to the Class D and

E Surface Areas at Sacramento

Executive Airport, and to reduce the

radius of the basic surface area from 4.3-

miles to 4.0-miles. The northeast

extension and 4.3-mile radius no longer

required for any instrument approach or

departure procedures at Sacramento

Executive Airport. Class D and E2

airspace areas are published in

Paragraphs 5000 and 6002, respectively,

of FAA Order 7400.9H, Airspace

Designations and Reporting Points,

dated September 1, 2000, and effective

September 16, 2000, through September

15, 2001, which is incorporated by

reference in 14 CFR 71.1. The Class D

and E airspace designations listed in

this document would be published

subsequently in this 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)

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