[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 71 (Monday, April 14, 1997)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 18039-18040]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-9414]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Airspace Docket No. 97-AWP-8]


Amendment of Class E Airspace; Willcox, AZ

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: This action amends the Class E airspace area at Willcox, AZ. 
An airspace review of a Global Positioning System (GPS) Standard 
Instrument Approach Procedure (SIAP) to Runway (RWY) 21/3 to Cochise 
County Airport has made action necessary. The intended effect of this 
action is to provide adequate controlled airspace for Instrument Flight 
Rules (IFR) operations as Cochise County Airport, Willcox, AZ.

EFFECTIVE DATE: 0901 UTC May 22, 1997.

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:

History

    On March 3, 1997, the FAA proposed to amend part 71 of the Federal 
Aviation Regulations (14 CFR part 71) by amending the Class E airspace 
area at Willcox, AZ (62 FR 9398). This action will provide adequate 
controlled airspace to accommodate a GPS SIAP to RWY 21/3 at Cochise 
County Airport, Willcox, AZ.
    Interested parties were invited to participate in this rulemaking 
proceeding by submitting written comments on the proposal to the FAA. 
No comments to the proposal were received. Class E airspace 
designations 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

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71.1. The Class E airspace designations listed in this document will be 
published subsequently in this Order.

The Rule

    This amendment to part 71 of the Federal Aviation Regulations (14 
CFR pat 71) amends the Class E airspace area at Willcox, AZ. An 
airspace review of the GPS SIAP's at Cochise County Airport has made 
this action necessary. The effect of this action will provide adequate 
airspace for aircraft executing the GPS RWY 21/3 SIAP at Cochise County 
Airport, Willcox, AZ.
    The FAA has determined that this regulation only involves an 
established body of technical regulations for which frequent and 
routine amendments are necessary to keep them operationally current. 
Therefore, this 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 rule 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 24 CFR Part 71

    Airspace, Incorporation by reference, Navigation (air).

Adoption of the Amendment

    In consideration of the foregoing, the Federal Aviation 
Administration amends 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 area extending upward from 700 
feet or more above the surface of the earth.

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AWP AZ E5  Willcox, AZ [Revised]

Cochise County Airport, AZ
    (lat. 32 deg.14'39'' N, long. 109 deg.53'38'' W)

    That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface 
within a 6.5-mile radius of the Cochise County Airport and within 5 
miles each side of the 225 deg. bearing from the Cochise Country 
Airport extending from the 6.5-mile radius to 14.5 miles southwest 
of the Cochise Country Airport and within 5.5 miles southeast and 
4.5 miles northwest of the 055 deg. bearing from the Cochise County 
Airport, extending from the 6.5-mile radius to 14.5 miles northeast 
of the Cochise County Airport.

    Issued in Los Angeles, California, on March 28, 1997.
George A. Williams,
Manager, Air Traffic Division, Western-Pacific Region.
[FR Doc. 97-9414 Filed 4-11-97; 8:45 am]
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