[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 133 (Monday, July 13, 1998)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 37489-37490]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-18553]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Airspace Docket No. 98-AWP-11]


Modification of Class E Airspace; Ukiah, CA

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: This action modifies the Class E airspace area at Ukiah, CA, 
by lowering a portion of the base of controlled airspace from 9,500 
feet mean sea level, (MSL) to 1,200 feet above ground level (AGL). This 
action is due to the establishment of a new federal airway (V-607) 
between Mendocino and Arcata, CA. The airway will have a minimum 
enroute altitude of 9,000 feet MSL. The intended effect of this action 
is to provide adequate controlled airspace extending upward from 1200 
feet or more above the surface of the earth to contain aircraft flying 
V-607 between Mendocino and Arcata, CA.

EFFECTIVE DATE: 0901 UTC October 8, 1998.

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) 725-6539.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

History

    On May 1, 1998, the FAA proposed to amend 14 CFR part 71 by 
modifying the Class E airspace area at Ukiah, Ca (63 FR 24140). 
Additional controlled airspace extending upward from 1200 feet above 
the surface is needed to contain IFR aircraft flying V-607 between 
Mendocino and Arcata, CA.
    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 for airspace extending from 1200 feet or more above the 
surface of the earth 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 will be published subsequently in 
the Order.

The Rule

    This amendment to 14 CFR part 71 modifies the Class E airspace area 
at Ukiah, CA. The establishment of federal airway V-607 has made this 
action necessary. The effect of this action will provide adequate 
airspace needed to contain IFR aircraft flying V-607 between Mendocino 
and Arcata, CA.
    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 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 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).

Adoption of the Amendment

    In consideration of the foregoing, the Federal Aviation 
Administration amends 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 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 7400.9E, 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 from 1200 
feet or more above the surface of the earth.

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AWP CA E5  UKIAH, CA  [Revised]

Ukiah Municipal Airport, CA
    (lat. 39 deg.07'34'' N, long. 123 deg.12'03'' W)
Fortuna VORTAC (lat. 40 deg.40'17'' N, long. 124 deg.14'04'' W)
Mendocino VORTAC (lat. 39 deg.03'12'' N, long. 123 deg.16'27'' W)
Red Bluff VORTAC (lat. 40 deg.05'56'' N, long. 122 deg.14'11'' W)

    That airspace extending upward from 1,200 feet above the surface 
within a 17.4 mile radius of the Mendocino VORTAC, excluding that 
airspace east of the western edge of V25 and that airspace bounded by a 
line from lat. 39 deg.32'00'' N, long 123 deg.33'14'' W; to lat. 
39 deg.32'00'' N, long 123 deg.11'34'' W; to lat. 39 deg.21'37'' N, 
long. 123 deg.04'54'' W; to lat. 39 deg.19'07'' N, long. 
123 deg.07'22'' W, thence counterclockwise via the 17.4 mile radius of 
the Mendocino VORTAC to lat. 39 deg.19'04'' N, long. 123 deg.25'40'' W; 
to lat. 39 deg.32'00'' N, long. 123 deg.33'14'' W. That airspace 
extending upward from 7,500 feet MSL south of the Red Bluff VORTAC 
between the 20.9- and 39.9- mile arcs of the Red Bluff VORTAC bounded 
on the northwest by the

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northwest edge of V-199 and on the southeast by the southeast edge of 
V-25. That airspace extending upward from 8,500 feet MSL south of the 
Red Bluff VORTAC bounded on the northeast by a 39.1-mile arc of the Red 
Bluff VORTAC, on the southeast by the southeast edge of V-25, on the 
south and southwest by the north edge of V-200 and a 17.4-mile arc of 
the Mendocino VORTAC, and on the northwest by the northwest edge of V-
199. That airspace extending upward from 9,500 feet MSL bounded on the 
southeast by the northwest edge of V-199 to lat. 39 deg.21'37'' N, 
long. 123 deg.04'54'' W; to lat. 39 deg.32'00'' N, long. 
123 deg.11'34'' W; to lat. 39 deg.32'00'' N, long. 123 deg.20'33'' W, 
and on the west by the east edge of V-607, and on the north by a line 
7.8 miles south of a parallel to the Red Bluff VORTAC 291 deg. and 
Fortune VORTAC 110 deg. radii to the 17.4-mile arc of the Red Bluff 
VORTAC, thence counterclockwise to the northwest edge of V-199, and 
that airspace bounded on the east by the western edge of V607 to lat. 
39 deg.46'40'' N, long. 123 deg.35'50'' W, and on the west by the east 
edge of V-27 to the 24-mile radius of the Fortuna VORTAC, thence 
counterclockwise to the west edge of V-607. That airspace extending 
upward from 5,300 feet MSL bounded on the east by the southwest edge of 
V-27 and on the west by the west/southwest edge of V-494.
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    Issued in Los Angeles, California, on June 29, 1998.
Alton D. Scott,
Acting Manager, Air Traffic Division Western-Pacific Region.
[FR Doc. 98-18553 Filed 7-10-98; 8:45 am]
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