[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 63 (Wednesday, April 2, 1997)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 15635-15636]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-8368]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
14 CFR Part 71

[Airspace Docket No. 97-ANM-02]


Proposed Amendment of Class E Airspace; Alamosa, Colorado

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM).

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SUMMARY: This proposed rule would amend the Alamosa, Colorado, Class E 
airspace to accommodate a new Instrument Landing System (ILS) and new 
Global Positioning System (GPS) Standard Instrument Approach Procedures 
(SIAP) to San Luis Valley Regional/Bergman Field. The area would be 
depicted on aeronautical charts for pilot reference.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before May 30, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Send comments on the proposal in triplicate to: Manager, 
Operations Branch, ANM-530, Federal Aviation Administration, Docket No. 
97-ANM-02, 1601 Lind Avenue SW, Renton, Washington 98055-4056.

    The official docket may be examined at the same address.
    An informal docket may also be examined during normal business 
hours at the address listed above.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Ted Melland, ANM-532.1, Federal Aviation Administration, Docket No. 97-
ANM-02, 1601 Lind Avenue SW,

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Renton, Washington 98055-4056; telephone number: (206) 227-2536.

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 notice must 
submit with those comments a self-addressed, stamped postcard on which 
the following statement is made: ``Comments to Airspace Docket No. 97-
ANM-02.'' 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 notice 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, Operations Branch, ANM-530, 
1601 Lind Avenue SW, Renton, Washington 98055-4056. 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, which 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 amend Class E airspace at 
Alamosa, Colorado, to accommodate a new ILS SIAP and a new GPS SIAP to 
San Luis Valley Regional/Bergman Field. 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 the surface of the earth, and from 700 feet 
or more above the surface of the earth, are published in Paragraph 6002 
and Paragraph 6005, respectively, 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 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, 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--[AMENDED]

    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; 14 CFR 11.69.


Sec. 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 6002  Class E airspace areas designated as a surface area 
for an airport.

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ANM CO E2 Alamosa, CO [Revised]

Alamosa, San Luis Valley Regional/Bergman Field, CO
    (Lat. 37 deg.26'06''N, long. 105 deg.52'01''W)
Alamosa VORTAC
    (Lat. 37 deg.20'57''N, long. 105 deg.48'56''W)

    Within a 5-mile radius of the San Luis Valley Regional/Bergman 
Field, and within 3 miles each side of the Alamosa VORTAC 127 deg. 
and 335 deg. radials extending from the 5-mile radius to 10.1 miles 
southeast of the VORTAC. This Class E airspace area is effective 
during the specific dates and times established in advance by a 
Notice to Airmen. The effective date and time will thereafter be 
continuously published in the Airport/Facility Directory.
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Paragraph 6005  Class E airspace areas extending upward from 700 
feet or more above the surface of the earth.

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ANM CO E5 Alamosa, CO [Revised]

Alamosa, San Luis Valley Regional/Bergman Field, CO
    (Lat. 37 deg.26'06''N, long. 105 deg.52'01''W)
Alamosa VORTAC
    (Lat. 37 deg.20'57''N, long. 105 deg.48'56''W)

    That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface 
within 8.7 miles northeast and 10.5 miles southwest of the Alamosa 
VORTAC 335 deg. and 155 deg. radials extending from 20.1 miles 
northwest to 10.5 miles southeast of the VORTAC, and within 1.8 
miles northwest and 5.3 miles southeast of the Alamosa VORTAC 
200 deg. radial extending from the VORTAC to 14 miles southwest of 
the VORTAC; that airspace extending upward from 1,200 feet above the 
surface within an area bounded by a point beginning at lat. 
37 deg.37'00''N, long. 106 deg.14'00''W; to lat. 37 deg.44'00''N, 
long. 105 deg.55'00''W; to lat. 37 deg.52'00''N, long. 
105 deg.43'00''W; to lat. 37 deg.49'00''N, long. 105 deg.31'00''W; 
to lat. 37 deg.20'30''N, long. 105 deg.18'00''W; to lat. 
37 deg.03'30''N, long. 105 deg.18'00''W; to lat. 37 deg.01'30''N, 
long. 105 deg.46'00''W; to lat. 37 deg.05'25''N, long. 
106 deg.02'00''W; to lat. 37 deg.09'00''N, long. 106 deg.19'00''W; 
to lat. 37 deg.17'00''N, long. 106 deg.21'00''W; thence to the point 
of beginning.
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    Issued in Seattle, Washington, on March 19, 1997.
Helen Fabian Parke,
Manager, Air Traffic Division, Northwest Mountain Region.
[FR Doc. 97-8368 Filed 4-1-97; 8:45 am]
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