[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 64 (Thursday, April 3, 1997)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 15863-15864]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-8498]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
14 CFR Part 71

[Airspace Docket No. 97-AWP-14]


Proposed Revision of Class E Airspace; Sacramento, CA

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.

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SUMMARY: This notice proposes to revise the Class E airspace area at 
Sacramento, CA. This action removes from the Sacramento E5 airspace 
area description that portion of airspace defined as a surface area for 
Sacramento Executive Airport and corresponding references. Deleting 
this portion of the description which describes a surface area conforms 
to the E5 airspace area standard. This surface area is thoroughly and 
appropriately described in the Sacramento Executive Airport, CA, Class 
E2 airspace area. A review of airspace classification and air traffic 
procedures has made this action necessary. The intended effect of this 
action is to remove overlapping descriptions of controlled airspace.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before April 15, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Send comments on the proposal in triplicate to: Federal 
Aviation Administration, Attn: Manager, Operations Branch, AWP-530, 
Docket No. 97-AWP-14, 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 Assistant 
Chief 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 at 
the Office of the Manager, Operations Branch, Air Traffic Division at 
the above address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
William Buck, Airspace Specialist, Operations Branch, AWP-530, Air 
Traffic Division, Western-Pacific Region, Federal Aviation 
Administration, 15000 Aviation Boulevard, Lawndale, California 90261, 
telephone (310) 725-6556.

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 the comments a self-addressed, stamped postcard on which 
the following statement is made: ``Comments to Airspace Docket No. 97-
AWP-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 notice may be changed 
in light of comments received. All comments submitted will be available 
for examination in the Operations 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, 
Operations Branch, P.O. Box 92007, Worldway Postal Center, Los Angeles, 
California 90009. 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 procedures.

The Proposal

    The FAA is considering an amendment to part 71 of the Federal 
Aviation Regulations (14 CFR part 71) to revise the class E airspace 
area at Sacramento, CA. This action removes from the Sacramento E5 
airspace area

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description that portion of airspace defined as a surface area for 
Sacramento Executive Airport and corresponding references. Deleting 
this portion of the description which describes a surface area conforms 
to the E5 airspace area standard. This surface area is thoroughly and 
appropriately described in the Sacramento Executive Airport, CA, Class 
E2 airspace area. A review of airspace classification and air traffic 
procedures has made this action necessary. The intended effect of this 
action is to remove overlapping descriptions of controlled airspace. 
Class E airspace areas are published in Paragraph 6005 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 
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 10034; 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

    Accordingly, pursuant to the authority delegated to me, the Federal 
Aviation Administration proposes to amend part 71 of the Federal 
Aviation Regulations (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 6005  Class E airspace areas extending upward from 700 
feet or more above the surface of the earth.

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AWP CA E5 Sacramento, CA

Sacramento VORTAC
    (Lat. 38 deg.26'37'' N, long. 121 deg.33'06'' W)

    That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface 
within an 11.3-mile radius of the Sacramento VORTAC and that 
airspace within a 33-mile radius of the Sacramento VORTAC, bounded 
on the west by the west edge of V-23, and clockwise along the 33-
mile radius to the northeast edge of V-23 and that airspace 
southwest of Sacramento VORTAC bounded by a line beginning at lat. 
38 deg.16'00'' N, long. 122 deg.05'04'' W; to lat. 38 deg.30'00'' N, 
long. 121 deg.48'04'' W; to lat. 38 deg.16'00'' N, long. 
121 deg.39'04'' W; to lat. 38 deg.02'00'' N, long. 121 deg.52'04'' 
W, thence via lat. 38 deg.02'00'' N, to the west edge of V-195, 
thence via the west edge of V-195 to lat. 38 deg.16'00'' N, thence 
to the point of beginning. That airspace extending upward from 1,200 
feet above the surface bounded by a line beginning at the point of 
intersection of the east edge of V-195 and the south edge of V-200, 
thence via the south edge of V-200, the west edge of V-23 and lat. 
39 deg.00'00'' N, to the west edge of V-165, thence via the west 
edge of V-165 to the north edge of V-244, thence via the north edge 
of V-244 to long. 120 deg.04'04'' W, thence via long. 
120 deg.04'04'' W, to lat. 38 deg.07'00'' N, thence via lat. 
38 deg.07'00'' N, to long. 121 deg.37'04'' W, thence via long. 
121 deg.37'04'' W, to lat. 38 deg.02'00'' N, thence via lat. 
38 deg.02'00'' N, to the east edge of V-195, thence via the east 
edge of V-195 to the point of beginning.
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    Issued in Los Angeles, California on March 4, 1997.
George D. Williams,
Manager, Air Traffic Division, Western-Pacific Region.
[FR Doc. 97-8498 Filed 4-2-97; 8:45 am]
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