[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 206 (Wednesday, October 26, 2005)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 61735]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-21320]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Docket No. FAA-2005-22100; Airspace Docket No. 05-AEA-16]


Amendment of Class E Airspace; Binghamton, NY

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration [FAA] DOT.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: This action amends Class E airspace at Binghamton, NY. The 
development of multiple area navigation (RNAV) Standard Instrument 
Approach Procedures (SIAP) for numerous airports within the Binghamton, 
NY geographical area with approved Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) 
operations and the resulting overlap of designated Class E-5 airspace 
have made this action necessary. This action consolidates the Class E-5 
airspace designations for five airspace and one heliport and results in 
the rescission of the five Class E-5 descriptions through separate 
rulemaking action. The area will be depicted on aeronautical charts for 
pilot reference.

EFFECTIVE DATE: 0901 UTC February 16, 2006.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Francis T. Jordan, Jr., Airspace 
Specialist, Airspace and Operations, ETSU, Federal Aviation 
Administration, 1 Aviation Plaza, Jamaica, New York 11434-4809, 
telephone: (718) 553-4521.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

History

    On August 23, 2005, a notice proposing to amend Part 71 of the 
Federal Aviation Regulations (14 CFR Part 71) by consolidating existing 
Class E-5 airspace designations in the Binghamton, NY metropolitan area 
and incorporating those areas into the Binghamton, NY description was 
published in the Federal Register (70 FR 49221-49222). 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. The rule is adopted as proposed.
    The coordinates for this airspace docket are based on North 
American Datum 83. Class E airspace area designations for airspace 
extending upward from the surface are published in paragraph 6005 of 
FAA Order 7400.9N, dated September 1, 2005 and effective September 16, 
2005, which is incorporated by reference in 14 CFR 71.1. The Class E 
airspace designation listed in this document will be amended in the 
order.

The Rule

    This amendment to Part 71 of the Federal Aviation Regulations (14 
CFR part 71) provides controlled Class E airspace extending upward from 
700 ft above the surface for aircraft conducting IFR operations within 
the Binghamton, NY Class E-5 airspace description. The amendment 
consolidates the Class E-5 airspace descriptions for Cortland, NY; 
Elmira, NY; Ithaca, NY; Endicott, NY; ans Sayre, PA, into one airspace 
designation for Binghamton, NY, and the designations for those areas 
will be removed by separate rulemaking.
    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 signicant 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).

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In consideration of the foregoing, the Federal Aviation Administration 
amends 14 CFR part 71 as follows:

Adoption of the Amendment

PART 71--[AMENDED]

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1. The authority citation for 14 CFR 71 continues to read as follows:

    Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(g), 40103, 40113, 40120; EO 10854, 24 
FR 9565, 3 CFR, 1959-1963 Comp., p. 389.


Sec.  71.1  [Amended]

    The incorporation by reference in 14 CFR 71.1 of Federal Aviation 
Administration Order 7400.9N, Airspace Designations and Reporting 
Points, dated September 1, 2005, and effective September 16, 2005, is 
amended as follows:

Paragraph 6005 Class E airspace ares extending upward from 700 ft 
above the surface of the earth.

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AEA NY E5 Binghamton, NY (Revised)

    The airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface 
within an area bounded by a line beginning at lat. 41[deg]53'35'' 
N., long. 75[deg]56'07'' W., to lat. 41[deg]52'45'' N., long. 
76[deg]55'49'' W., to lat. 42[deg]10'28'' N., long. 77[deg]10'21'' 
W., to lat. 42[deg]45'20'' N., long. 76[deg]39'27'' W., to lat. 
42[deg]43'45'' N., long. 76[deg]07'32'' W., to lat. 42[deg]15'10'' 
N., long. 75[deg]40'40'' W., to the point of beginning, excluding 
that portion that coincides with the Towanda, PA Class E airspace 
area.
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    Issued in Jamaica, New York, on October 11, 2005.
John G. McCartney,
Acting Area Director, Eastern Terminal Operations.
[FR Doc. 05-21320 Filed 10-25-05; 8:45 am]
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