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Operational Safety Branch, Compliance & 

Airworthiness Division, FAA, 10101 

Hillwood Parkway, Fort Worth, TX 76177; 

telephone (817) 222–5110; email 

kristin.bradley@faa.gov 

(2) For EASA AD 2021–0193, contact 

EASA, Konrad-Adenauer-Ufer 3, 50668 

Cologne, Germany; telephone +49 221 8999 

000; email ADs@easa.europa.eu; internet 

www.easa.europa.eu. You may find the 

EASA material on the EASA website at 

https://ad.easa.europa.eu. You may view this 

material at the FAA, Office of the Regional 

Counsel, Southwest Region, 10101 Hillwood 

Pkwy., Room 6N–321, Fort Worth, TX 76177. 

For information on the availability of this 

material at the FAA, call (817) 222–5110. 

This material may be found in the AD docket 

at https://www.regulations.gov by searching 

for and locating Docket No. FAA–2022–0805. 

Issued on June 23, 2022. 

Ross Landes, 

Deputy Director for Regulatory Operations, 

Compliance & Airworthiness Division, 

Aircraft Certification Service. 

[FR Doc. 2022–13863 Filed 6–29–22; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

14 CFR Part 71 

[Docket No. FAA–2022–0793; Airspace 

Docket No. 21–AWP–59] 

RIN 2120–AA66 

Proposed Amendment of Class D and 

Class E Airspace; Grand Canyon 

National Park Airport, AZ 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), Department of 

Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking 

(NPRM). 

SUMMARY: This action proposes to 

modify the Class E airspace designated 

as an extension to a Class D or Class E 

surface area, modify the Class E airspace 

extending upward from 700 feet above 

the surface, and remove the Class E 

airspace extending upward from 1,200 

feet above the surface at Grand Canyon 

National Park Airport, AZ. Additionally, 

this action proposes to make 

administrative changes to the existing 

Class D and Class E legal descriptions. 

These actions will ensure the safety and 

management of instrument flight rules 

(IFR) and visual flight rules (VFR) 

operations at the airport. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before August 15, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments on this 

proposal to the U.S. DOT, Docket 

Operations, 1200 New Jersey Avenue 

SE, West Building Ground Floor, Room 

W12–140, Washington, DC 20590; 

telephone: 1–800–647–5527, or (202) 

366–9826. You must identify ‘‘FAA 

Docket No. FAA–2022–0793; Airspace 

Docket No. 21–AWP–59,’’ at the 

beginning of your comments. You may 

also submit comments through the 

internet at https://www.regulations.gov. 

FAA Order JO 7400.11F, Airspace 

Designations and Reporting Points, and 

subsequent amendments can be viewed 

online at https://www.faa.gov/air_

traffic/publications. For further 

information, you can contact the 

Airspace Policy Group, Federal Aviation 

Administration, 800 Independence 

Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20591; 

telephone: (202) 267–8783. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Nathan A. Chaffman, Federal Aviation 

Administration, Western Service Center, 

Operations Support Group, 2200 S 

216th Street, Des Moines, WA 98198; 

telephone (206) 231–3460. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Authority for This Rulemaking 

The FAA’s authority to issue rules 

regarding aviation safety is found in 

Title 49 of the United States Code 

(U.S.C.). Subtitle I, Section 106 

describes the authority of the FAA 

Administrator. Subtitle VII, Aviation 

Programs, describes in more detail the 

scope of the agency’s authority. This 

rulemaking is promulgated under the 

authority described in Subtitle VII, Part 

A, Subpart I, Section 40103. Under that 

section, the FAA is charged with 

prescribing regulations to assign the use 

of airspace necessary to ensure the 

safety of aircraft and the efficient use of 

airspace. This regulation is within the 

scope of that authority, as it would 

modify the Class D and Class E airspace 

at Grand Canyon National Park Airport, 

AZ to support IFR and VFR operations 

at the airport. 

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 both 

docket numbers and be submitted in 

triplicate to the address listed above. 

Persons wishing the FAA to 

acknowledge receipt of their comments 

on this notice must submit with those 

comments a self-addressed, stamped 

postcard on which the following 

statement is made: ‘‘Comments to 

Docket No. FAA–2022–0793; Airspace 

Docket No. 21–AWP–59.’’ The postcard 

will be date/time stamped and returned 

to the commenter. 

All communications received 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 the comments received. A 

report summarizing each substantive 

public contact with FAA personnel 

concerned with this rulemaking will be 

filed in the docket. 

Availability of NPRMs 

An electronic copy of this document 

may be downloaded through the 

internet at https://www.regulations.gov. 

Recently published rulemaking 

documents can also be accessed through 

the FAA’s web page at https://

www.faa.gov/air_traffic/publications/ 

airspace_amendments. 

You may review the public docket 

containing the proposal, any comments 

received, and any final disposition in 

person in the Dockets Office (see the 

ADDRESSES section for the address and 

phone number) between 9:00 a.m. and 

5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, 

except federal holidays. An informal 

docket may also be examined during 

normal business hours at the Northwest 

Mountain Regional Office of the Federal 

Aviation Administration, Air Traffic 

Organization, Western Service Center, 

Operations Support Group, 2200 S 

216th Street, Des Moines, WA 98198. 

Availability and Summary of 

Documents for Incorporation by 

Reference 

This document proposes to amend 

FAA Order JO 7400.11F, Airspace 

Designations and Reporting Points, 

dated August 10, 2021, and effective 

September 15, 2021. FAA Order JO 

7400.11F is publicly available as listed 

in the ADDRESSES section of this 

document. FAA Order JO 7400.11F lists 

Class A, B, C, D, and E airspace areas, 

air traffic service routes, and reporting 

points. 

The Proposal 

The FAA is proposing an amendment 

to 14 CFR part 71 to modify the Class 

E airspace designated as an extension to 

a Class D or Class E surface area, modify 

the Class E airspace extending upward 

from 700 feet above the surface, and 

remove the Class E airspace extending 

upward from 1,200 feet above the 


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surface at Grand Canyon National Park 

Airport, AZ. 

The Class E airspace designated as an 

extension to a Class D or Class E surface 

area should be reduced. The VOR RWY 

3 approach requires a containment 

width of 4.8 miles, and additional 

airspace is not needed. 

The Class E airspace extending 

upward from 700 feet above the surface 

should be increased a half-mile in size 

to ensure proper depiction on a VFR 

sectional chart. 

The Class E airspace extending 

upward from 1,200 feet above the 

surface should be removed. This area is 

contained within the Los Angeles Class 

E airspace designated as a domestic en 

route airspace area, and duplication is 

not necessary. 

Lastly, the FAA proposes several 

administrative modifications to the 

airport’s legal descriptions. The airport’s 

geographic coordinates should be 

updated to match the FAA’s database. 

The Class D and Class E4 legal 

descriptions should also be updated to 

replace the outdated use of the phrases 

‘‘Notice to Airmen’’ and ‘‘Airport/ 

Facility Directory.’’ These phrases 

should be amended to read ‘‘Notice to 

Air Missions’’ and ‘‘Chart Supplement,’’ 

respectively, to align with current FAA 

publication nomenclature. Lastly, all 

navigational aids (NAVAID) should be 

removed from the Class E4 and E5 legal 

description text headers, as they are not 

required to describe the airspace areas, 

and removal of the NAVAIDs simplifies 

the legal descriptions. 

Class D, Class E4, and Class E5 

airspace designations are published in 

paragraphs 5000, 6004, and 6005, 

respectively, of FAA Order JO 7400.11F, 

dated August 10, 2021, and effective 

September 15, 2021, which is 

incorporated by reference in 14 CFR 

71.1. The Class D and Class E airspace 

designations listed in this document 

will be published subsequently in FAA 

Order JO 7400.11, which is published 

yearly and becomes effective on 

September 15. 

FAA Order JO 7400.11, Airspace 

Designations and Reporting Points, is 

published yearly and becomes effective 

on September 15. 

Regulatory Notices and Analyses 

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, is non-controversial, and 

unlikely to result in adverse or negative 

comments. It, therefore: (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, when 

promulgated, would not have a 

significant economic impact on a 

substantial number of small entities 

under the criteria of the Regulatory 

Flexibility Act. 

Environmental Review 

This proposal will be subject to an 

environmental analysis in accordance 

with FAA Order 1050.1F, 

Environmental Impacts: Policies and 

Procedures, prior to any FAA final 

regulatory action. 

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 14 CFR part 71 as follows: 

PART 71—DESIGNATION OF CLASS A, 

B, C, D, AND E AIRSPACE AREAS; AIR 

TRAFFIC SERVICE ROUTES; AND 

REPORTING POINTS 

■ 1. The authority citation for 14 CFR 

part 71 continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 106(g), 40103, 

40113, 40120; E.O. 10854, 24 FR 9565, 3 CFR, 

1959–1963 Comp., p. 389. 

§ 71.1 [Amended] 

■ 2. The incorporation by reference in 

14 CFR 71.1 of FAA Order JO 7400.11F, 

Airspace Designations and Reporting 

Points, dated August 10, 2021, and 

effective September 15, 2021, is 

amended as follows: 

Paragraph 5000 Class D Airspace. 

* * * * * 

AWP AZ D Grand Canyon, AZ [Amended] 

Grand Canyon National Park Airport, AZ 

(Lat. 35°57′09′′ N, long. 112°08′49′′ W) 

That airspace extending upward from the 

surface to and including 9,100 feet MSL 

within a 4.3-mile radius of the airport. This 

Class D airspace area is effective during the 

specific dates and times established in 

advance by a Notice to Air Missions. The 

effective date and time will thereafter be 

continuously published in the Chart 

Supplement. 

Paragraph 6004 Class E Airspace Areas 

Designated as an Extension to a Class D or 

Class E Surface Area. 

* * * * * 

AWP AZ E4 Grand Canyon, AZ [Amended] 

Grand Canyon National Park Airport, AZ 

(Lat. 35°57′09′′ N, long. 112°08′49′′ W) 

That airspace extending upward from the 

surface within 2.4 miles each side of the 213° 

bearing from the airport, extending from the 

airport’s 4.3-mile radius to 6.6 miles 

southwest of the airport. This Class E 

airspace area is effective during the specific 

dates and times established in advance by a 

Notice to Air Missions. The effective date 

and time will thereafter be continuously 

published in the Chart Supplement. 

Paragraph 6005 Class E Airspace Areas 

Extending Upward From 700 Feet or More 

Above the Surface of the Earth. 

* * * * * 

AWP AZ E5 Grand Canyon, AZ [Amended] 

Grand Canyon National Park Airport, AZ 

(Lat. 35°57′09′′ N, long. 112°08′49′′ W) 

That airspace extending upward from 700 

feet above the surface within a 4.8-mile 

radius of the airport and within 2.9 miles 

each side of the 213° bearing from the airport 

extending from the 4.8-mile radius to 7.1 

miles southwest of the airport. 

Issued in Des Moines, Washington, on June 

24, 2022. 

B.G. Chew, 

Acting Group Manager, Operations Support 

Group, Western Service Center. 

[FR Doc. 2022–13975 Filed 6–29–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

14 CFR Part 71 

[Docket No. FAA–2022–0578; Airspace 

Docket No. 21–AWP–60] 

RIN 2120–AA66 

Proposed Amendment & Removal of 

Class E Airspace; Valle Airport, AZ 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), Department of 

Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking 

(NPRM). 

SUMMARY: This action proposes to 

modify the Class E airspace extending 

upward from 700 feet above the surface, 

and remove the Class E airspace 

extending upward from 1,200 feet above 

the surface at Valle Airport, Grand 

Canyon, AZ. Additionally, this action 

proposes to make administrative 

changes to the existing Class E legal 

description. These actions will ensure 

the safety and management of 

instrument flight rules (IFR) operations 

at the airport. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before August 15, 2022. 


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