[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 116 (Wednesday, June 17, 1998)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 33021-33022]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-16079]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Airspace Docket No. 96-AWP-26]


Proposed Establishment of Class E Airspace; Willits, CA

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.

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SUMMARY: This notice proposes to establish a Class E airspace area at 
Willits, CA. Additional controlled airspace extending upward from 700 
feet or more about the surface of the earth is needed to contain 
aircraft executing the Global Positioning System (GPS) Standard 
Instrument Approach Procedure (SIAP) to Runway (RWY) 16 and GPS RWY 34 
SIAP at Ells Field-Willits Municipal Airport. The intended effect of 
this proposal is to provide adequate controlled airspace for Instrument 
Flight Rules (IFR) operations at Ells Field-Willits Municipal Airport, 
Willits, CA.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before July 27, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Send comments on the proposal in triplicate to: Federal 
Aviation Administration, Attn: Manager, Airspace Branch, AWP-520, 
Docket No. 96-AWP-26, Air Traffic Division, 15000 Aviation Boulevard, 
Lawndale, California, 90261.
    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, Airspace Branch, Air Traffic Division at the 
above address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Larry Tonish, Airspace Specialist, Airspace Branch, AWP-520, Air 
Traffic Division, Western-Pacific Region, Federal Aviation 
Administration, 15000 Aviation Boulevard, Lawndale, California, 90261, 
telephone (310) 725-6531.

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 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. 96-AWP-26.'' 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 in the Airspace Branch, Air Traffic Division, 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 notice number of this NPRM. Persons

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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 by 
establishing a Class E airspace area at Willits, CA. Additional 
controlled airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface is 
needed to contain aircraft executing the GPS RWY 16 SIAP and GPS RWY 34 
SIAP at Ells Field-Willits Municipal Airport. The intended effect of 
this proposal is to provide adequate controlled airspace for IFR 
operations at Ells Field-Willits Municipal Airport, Willits, CA. Class 
E airspace designations are published in Paragraph 6005 of FAA Order 
7400.9E dated September 10, 1997, and effective September 16, 1997, 
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 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 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 modify 14 CFR part 71 as follows:

PART 71--DESIGNATION OF CLASS A, CLASS B, CLASS C, CLASS D, AND 
CLASS E AIRSPACE AREAS; ROUTES; AND REPORTING POINTS

    1. The authority citation for 14 CFR part 71 is revised 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 7400.09E, Airspace Designations and 
Reporting Points, dated September 10, 1997, and effective September 16, 
1997, is amended as follows:

Paragraph 6005  Class E airspace areas extending upward form 700 
feet or more above the surface of the earth.

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AWP CA E5  Willits, CA [New]
    (Lat. 39 deg.27'03''N, long, 123 deg.22'12''W)

    That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface 
within a 6.3-mile radius of the Ells Field-Willits Municipal Airport 
and that Airspace bounded by a line beginning at lat. 
39 deg.28'00''N, long. 123 deg.30'15''W; to lat. 39 deg.44'30''N, 
long. 123 deg.40'15''W; to lat. 39 deg.49'45''N, long. 
123 deg.26'30''W; to lat. 39 deg.33'15''N, long. 123 deg.18'00''W, 
then counterclockwise along the 6.3-mile radius of the Globe-San 
Carlos Regional Airport, to the point of beginning.
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    Issued in Los Angeles, California, on June 1, 1998.
Michael Lammes,
Acting Manager, Air Traffic Division, Western-Pacific Region.
[FR Doc. 98-16079 Filed 6-16-98; 8:45 am]
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