[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 11 (Wednesday, January 17, 2001)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 3887-3888]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-1277]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Airspace Docket No. 00-AWP-12]


Proposed Modification of Class E Airspace; Molokai, HI

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.

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SUMMARY: This notice proposes to modify the Class E airspace area at 
Molokai, HI. The development of an Area Navigation (RNAV) Global 
Positioning System (GPS)-B Standard Instrument Approach Procedure 
(SIAP) to Kaunakakai/Molokai Airport has made this proposal necessary. 
Additional controlled airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the 
surface is needed to contain aircraft executing the RNAV (GPS)-B SIAP 
to Kaunakakai/Molokai Airport. The intended effect of this proposal is 
to provide adequate controlled airspace for Instrument Flight Rules 
(IFR) operations at Kaunakakai/Molokai Airport, Kaunakakai, HI.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before February 23, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Send comments on the proposal in triplicate to: Federal 
Aviation Administration, Attn: Manager, Airspace Branch, AWP-520, 
Docket No. 00-AWP-12, Air Traffic Division, 15000 Aviation Boulevard, 
Lawndale, California, 90261.
    The official docket may be examined in the Office of the Regional 
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 
hours at the Office of the Manager, Airspace Branch, Air Traffic 
Division at the above address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeri Carson, Air Traffic Airspace 
Specialist, Airspace Branch, AWP-520, Air Traffic Division, Western-
Pacific Region, Federal Aviation Administration, 15000 Aviation 
Boulevard, Lawndale, California, 90261, telephone (310) 725-6611.

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

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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. 
Communica- 
tions 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. 00-AWP-12.'' 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 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 
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 modifying 
the Class E airspace area at Molokai, HI. The development of an RNAV 
(GPS)-B SIAP at Kaunakakai/Molokai Airport has made this proposal 
necessary. Additional controlled airspace extending upward from 700 
feet above the surface is needed to contain aircraft executing the RNAV 
(GPS)-B SIAP to Kaunakakai/Molokai Airport. The intended effect of this 
proposal is to provide adequate controlled airspace for aircraft 
executing the RNAV (GPS)-B SIAP at Kaunakakai/Molokai Airport, 
Kaunakakai, HI. Class E airspace designations are published in 
paragraph 6005 of FAA Order 7400.9H dated September 1, 2000, and 
effective September 16, 2000, 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 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

    In consideration of the foregoing, the Federal Aviation 
Administration proposed to amend 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.


Sec. 71.1  [Amended]

    2. The incorporation by reference in 14 CFR 71.1 of the Federal 
Aviation Administration Order 7400.9H, Airspace Designations and 
Reporting Points, dated September 1, 2000, and effective September 16, 
2000, 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 HI E5 Molokai, HI [Revised]

Kaunakakai/Molokai Airport, HI
    (Lat. 21 deg.09'11"N., long. 157 deg.05'47"W
Molokai VORTAC
    (Lat. 21 deg.08'17"N., long. 157 deg.10'03"W

    That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface 
within a 6.8-mile radius of the Kaunakakai/Molokai Airport and 
within 1.8 miles each side of the Molokai VORTAC 268 deg. radial, 
extending from the 6.8-mile radius of Kaunkakai/Molokai Airport to 
4.3 miles west of the Molokai VORTAC.
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    Issued in Los Angeles, California, on December 27, 2000.
John Clancy,
Manager, Air Traffic Division, Western-Pacific Region.
[FR Doc. 01-1277 Filed 1-16-01; 8:45 am]
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