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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 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. 

§ 71.1 [Amended] 

■ 2. The incorporation by reference in 

14 CFR 71.1 of Federal Aviation 

Administration Order 7400.9R, Airspace 

Designations and Reporting Points, 

signed August 15, 2007, effective 

September 15, 2007, is amended as 

follows: 

Paragraph 6005 Class E Airspace Areas 

Extending Upward from 700 feet or More 

Above the Surface of the Earth. 

* * * * * 

AEA PA E5 Bradford, PA [Amended] 

Bradford Regional Airport, Bradford, PA 

(Lat. 41°48′11′′ N., long. 78°38′24′′ W.) 

Bradford VORTAC 

(Lat. 41°47′11′′ N., long. 78°37′10′′ W.) 

BRAFO LOM 

(Lat. 41°45′18′′ N., long. 78°34′24′′ W.) 

HIVIT Waypoint 

(Lat. 41°57′51′′ N., long. 78°39′15′′ W.) 

That airspace extending upward from 700 

feet above the surface of the Earth within a 

6.5-mile radius of the Bradford Regional 

Airport and within 3.1 miles each side of the 

Bradford Regional Airport southeast localizer 

course extending from the BRAFO LOM to 10 

miles southeast of the LOM and within 4.4 

miles each side of the Bradford VORTAC 

139° radial extending from the VORTAC to 

10 miles southeast of the VORTAC and 

within 4.4 miles each side of the Bradford 

VORTAC 316° radial extending from the 

VORTAC to 16.1 miles northwest of the 

VORTAC and that airspace within a 6-mile 

radius of the HIVIT Waypoint serving the 

University of Pittsburgh. 

* * * * * 

Issued in College Park, Georgia, on 

February 7, 2008. 

Barry A. Knight, 

Acting Manager, System Support Group, 

Eastern Service Center. 

[FR Doc. 08–726 Filed 2–20–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–M 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

14 CFR Part 71 

[Docket No. FAA–2008–0130; Airspace 

Docket No. 08–AEA–11] 

Modification of Class E Airspace; 

Wilkes-Barre, PA 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Direct final rule, request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: This action modifies Class E 

Airspace at Wilkes-Barre, PA. 

Additional airspace is required to 

support new Area Navigation (RNAV) 

Global Positioning System (GPS) 

Standard Instrument Approach 

Procedures (SIAPs) that have been 

developed for the Community Medical 

Center and the Fire Station Helipad at 

Mercy Hospital. This action enhances 

the safety and management of 

Instrument Flight Rule (IFR) operations 

in the area by providing the required 

controlled airspace to support these 

approaches in the Wilkes-Barre area. 

This action also imparts a technical 

amendment to the legal description of 

the airspace by restoring a previously 

omitted description and makes a name 

change to the Point in Space SIAP for 

the Wyoming Valley Medical Center. 

DATES: Effective 0901 UTC, June 5, 

2008. The Director of the Federal 

Register approves this incorporation by 

reference action under title 1, Code of 

Federal Regulations, part 51, subject to 

the annual revision of FAA Order 

7400.9 and publication of conforming 

amendments. Comments for inclusion 

in the Rules Docket must be received on 

or before April 7, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments on this rule 

to: U.S. Department of Transportation, 

Docket Operations, West Building 

Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, 

DC 20590–0001; Telephone: 1–800–

647–5527; Fax: 202–493–2251. You 

must identify the Docket Number FAA–

2008–0130; Airspace Docket No. 08–

AEA–11, at the beginning of your 

comments. You may also submit and 

review received comments through the 

Internet at http://www.regulations.gov. 

You may review the public docket 

containing the rule, any comments 

received, and any final disposition in 

person in the Dockets Office (see 

ADDRESSES section for address and 

phone number) between 9 a.m. and 5 

p.m., Monday through Friday, except 

Federal Holidays. An informal docket 

may also be examined during normal 

business hours at the office of the 

Eastern Service Center, Federal Aviation 

Administration, Room 210, 1701 

Columbia Avenue, College Park, Georgia 

30337. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Daryl Daniels, Airspace Specialist, 

System Support Group, Federal 

Aviation Administration, P.O. Box 

20636, Atlanta, Georgia 30320; 

Telephone (404) 305–5581, Fax 404–

305–5572. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

The Direct Final Rule Procedure 

The FAA anticipates that this 

regulation will not result in adverse or 

negative comments, and, therefore, 

issues it as a direct final rule. The FAA 

has determined that this rule only 

involves an established body of 

technical regulations for which frequent 

and routine amendments are necessary 

to keep them operationally current. 

Unless a written adverse or negative 

comment or a written notice of intent to 

submit an adverse or negative comment 

is received within the comment period, 

the regulation will become effective on 

the date specified above. After the close 

of the comment period, the FAA will 

publish a document in the Federal 

Register indicating that no adverse or 

negative comments were received and 

confirming the effective date. If the FAA 

receives, within the comment period, an 

adverse or negative comment, or written 

notice of intent to submit such a 

comment, a document withdrawing the 

direct final rule will be published in the 

Federal Register, and a notice of 

proposed rulemaking may be published 

with a new comment period. 

Comments Invited 

Although this action is in the form of 

a direct final rule, and was not preceded 

by a notice of proposed rulemaking, 

interested persons are invited to 

comment on this rule by submitting 

such written data, views, or arguments 

as they may desire. The direct final rule 

is used in this case to facilitate the 

timing of the charting schedule and 

enhance the operation at the airport, 

while still allowing and requesting 

public comment on this rulemaking 

action. An electronic copy of this 

document may be downloaded from and 

comments submitted through http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Communications 

should identify both docket numbers 

and be submitted in triplicate to the 

address specified under the caption 

ADDRESSES above or through the 

website. All communications received 

on or before the closing date for 

comments will be considered, and this 


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rule may be amended or withdrawn in 

light of the comments received. 

Recently published rulemaking 

documents can also be accessed through 

the FAA’s Web page at http:// 

www.faa.gov or the Federal Register’s 

Web page at http://www.gpoacess.gov/ 

fr/index.html. 

Comments are specifically invited on 

the overall regulatory, economic, 

environmental, and energy aspects of 

the rule that might suggest a need to 

modify the rule. Factual information 

that supports the commenter’s ideas and 

suggestions is extremely helpful in 

evaluating the effectiveness of this 

action and determining whether 

additional rulemaking action would be 

needed. All comments submitted will be 

available, both before and after the 

closing date for comments, in the Rules 

Docket for examination by interested 

persons. Those wishing the FAA to 

acknowledge receipt of their comments 

submitted in response to this rule must 

submit a self-addressed, stamped 

postcard on which the following 

statement is made: ‘‘Comments to 

Docket No. FAA–2008–0130; Airspace 

Docket No. 08–AEA–11.’’ The postcard 

will be date stamped and returned to the 

commenter. 

The Rule 

This amendment to Title 14, Code of 

Federal Regulations (14 CFR) part 71 

modifies Class E airspace at WilkesBarre, PA, providing the controlled 

airspace required to support new 

Standard Instrument Approach 

Procedures (SIAPs) that were developed 

for both the Community Medical Center 

and the Fire Station Helipad at Mercy 

Hospital. Controlled airspace extending 

upward from 700 feet Above Ground 

Level (AGL) is required to encompass 

all SIAPs to the extent practical. The 

current E5 airspace in the area is 

insufficient for these approaches, so 

additional controlled airspace must be 

developed. The FAA is amending Title 

14, Code of Federal Regulations (14 

CFR) part 71 to modify Class E5 airspace 

at Wilkes-Barre by adding a 6-mile 

radius area around each of the Point in 

Space Waypoints associated with the 

Missed Approach Point of the 

Instrument Approach Procedures at the 

two different locations. 

Additionally, on November 23, 2006, 

the FAA published in the Federal 

Register (71 FR 60814) an amendment 

to Class E5 airspace at Wilkes-Barre 

adding airspace that was required to 

support Special Instrument Approach 

Procedures that were developed for the 

Wyoming Valley Medical Center. In that 

publication, the legal description of the 

new airspace should have been added to 

the existing airspace as published in 

FAA Order 7400.9P dated September 

01, 2006. However, only the text of the 

newly designated E5 airspace was 

included and the description of the 

older existing airspace was omitted. The 

original airspace was never revoked, just 

omitted in the documentation, thus this 

technical amendment restores that 

description. The Point in Space 

associated with the Wyoming Valley 

Medical Center will also be replaced 

with its appropriate name, ZIGAL 

Waypoint. Designations for Class E 

airspace extending upward from 700 

feet or more above the surface of the 

Earth are published in FAA Order 

7400.9R, signed August 15, 2007 

effective September 15, 2007, which is 

incorporated by reference in 14 CFR 

part 71.1. The Class E designations 

listed in this document will be 

published subsequently in the Order. 

Agency Findings 

The regulations adopted herein will 

not have substantial direct effects on the 

States, on the relationship between the 

national government and the States, or 

on the distribution of power and 

responsibilities among various levels of 

government. Therefore, it is determined 

that this final rule does not have 

federalism implications under Executive 

Order 13132. 

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, will not have a significant 

economic impact on a substantial 

number of small entities under the 

criteria of the Regulatory Flexibility Act. 

The FAA’s authority to issue rules 

regarding aviation safety is found in 

Title 49 of the United States Code. 

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 modifies controlled airspace at 

Wilkes-Barre, PA. 

Lists 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, 

B, C, D AND E AIRSPACE AREAS; AIR 

TRAFFIC SERVICE ROUTES; AND 

REPORTING POINTS 

■ 1. The authority citation for 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. 

§71.1 [Amended] 

■ 2. The incorporation by reference in 

14 CFR 71.1 of Federal Aviation 

Administration Order 7400.9R, Airspace 

Designations and Reporting Points, 

signed August 15, 2007, effective 

September 15, 2007, is amended as 

follows. 

Paragraph 6005 Class E Airspace Areas 

Extending Upward from 700 feet or More 

Above the Surface of the Earth. 

* * * * * 

AEA PA E5 Wilkes-Barre, PA [Revised] 

Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport 

(Lat. 41°20′19′′ N., long 75°43′24′′ W.) 

BARTY LOM 

(Lat. 41°16′37′′ N., long 75°46′32′′ W.) 

Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International ILS 

Localizer Northeast Course 

(Lat. 41°19′54′′ N., long 75°43′49′′ W.) 

Wyoming Valley Medical Center 

(Lat. 41°15′29′′ N., long 75°48′32′′ W.) 

ZIGAL Waypoint 

(Lat. 41°16′08′′ N., long 75°48′36′′ W.) 

Community Medical Center, Scranton, PA 

(Lat. 41°24′00′′ N., long 75°38′47′′ W.) 

ZESMA Waypoint 

(Lat. 41°24′00′′ N., long 75°39′39′′ W.) 

Fire Station Helipad at Mercy Hospital 

(Lat. 41°14′08′′ N., long 75°56′03′′ W.) 

ZIDKA Waypoint 

(Lat. 41°14′14′′ N., long 75°55′12′′ W.) 

That airspace extending upward from 700 

feet above the surface of the Earth within a 

6.7-mile radius of Wilkes-Barre/Scranton 

International Airport and within 3.1 miles 

each side of the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton 

International Airport Localizer southwest 

course extending from the BARTY LOM to 10 

miles southwest of the LOM and within 4.4 

miles each side of the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton 


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International Airport localizer to 11.8 miles 

northeast of the Localizer; and including that 

airspace within a 6-mile radius of each of the 

Point in Space Waypoints ZIGAL, ZESMA, 

and ZIDKA serving the Wyoming Medical 

Center, the Community Medical Center, and 

the Fire Station Helipad at Mercy Hospital, 

respectively. 

* * * * * 

Issued in College Park, Georgia, on 

February 7, 2008. 

Barry A. Knight, 

Acting Manager, System Support Group, 

Eastern Service Center. 

[FR Doc. 08–727 Filed 2–20–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–M 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

14 CFR Part 71 

[Docket No. FAA–2008–0065; Airspace 

Docket No. 08–ANE–96] 

Establishment of Class E Airspace; 

Carrabassett, ME 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Direct final rule, request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: This action establishes Class 

E Airspace at Carrabassett, ME to 

support a new Area Navigation (RNAV) 

Global Positioning System (GPS) Special 

Instrument Approach Procedure (IAP) 

that has been developed for medical 

flight operations into the Sugarloaf 

Regional Airport. This action enhances 

the safety and management of 

Instrument Flight Rule (IFR) operations 

by providing that required controlled 

airspace to protect for this approach 

around Carrabassett, ME. 

DATES: Effective 0901 UTC, June 5, 

2006. The Director of the Federal 

Register approves this incorporation by 

reference action under title 1, Code of 

Federal Regulations, part 51, subject to 

the annual revision of FAA Order 

7400.9 and publication of conforming 

amendments. Comments for inclusion 

in the Rules Docket must be received on 

or before April 7, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments on this rule 

to: U.S. Department of Transportation, 

Docket Operations, West Building, 

Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, 

DC 20590–0001; Telephone: 1–800–

647–5527; Fax: 202–493–2251. You 

must identify the Docket Number FAA–

2008–0065; Airspace Docket No. 08–

ANE–96, at the beginning of your 

comments. You may also submit and 

review received comments through the 

Internet at 

http://www.regulations.gov. 

You may review the public docket 

containing the rule, any comments 

received, and any final disposition in 

person in the Dockets Office (see 

ADDRESSES section for address and 

phone number) between 9 a.m. and 5 

p.m., Monday through Friday, except 

Federal Holidays. 

An informal docket may also be 

examined during normal business hours 

at the office of the Eastern Service 

Center, Federal Aviation 

Administration, Room 210, 1701 

Columbia Avenue, College Park, Georgia 

30337. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Melinda Giddens, System Support 

Group, Eastern Service Center, Federal 

Aviation Administration, P.O. Box 

20636, Atlanta, Georgia 30320; 

telephone (404) 305–5610. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

The Direct Final Rule Procedure 

The FAA anticipates that this 

regulation will not result in adverse or 

negative comments, and, therefore, 

issues it as a direct final rule. The FAA 

has determined that this rule only 

involves an established body of 

technical regulations for which frequent 

and routine amendments are necessary 

to keep them operationally current. 

Unless a written adverse or negative 

comment or a written notice of intent to 

submit an adverse comment is received 

within the comment period, the 

regulation will become effective on the 

date specified above. After the close of 

the comment period, the FAA will 

publish a document in the Federal 

Register indicating that no adverse or 

negative comments were received and 

confirming the effective date. If the FAA 

receives, within the comment period, an 

adverse or negative comment, or written 

notice of intent to submit such a 

comment, a document withdrawing the 

direct final rule will be published in the 

Federal Register, and notice of 

proposed rulemaking may be published 

with a new comment period. 

Comments Invited 

Although this action is in the form of 

a direct final rule, and was not preceded 

by a notice of proposed rulemaking, 

interested persons are invited to 

comment on this rule by submitting 

such written data, view, or arguments as 

they may desire. An electronic copy of 

this document may be downloaded from 

and comments may be submitted and 

reviewed at http://www.regulations.gov. 

Recently published rulemaking 

documents can also be accessed through 

the FAA’s Web page at http:// 

www.faa.gov or the Federal Register’s 

Web page at http://www.gpoaccess.gov/ 

fr/index.html. Communications should 

identify both docket numbers and be 

submitted in triplicate to the address 

specified under the caption ADDRESSES

above or through the website. All 

communications received on or before 

the closing date for comments will be 

considered, and this rule may be 

amended or withdrawn in light of the 

comments received. 

Comments are specifically invited on 

the overall regulatory, economic, 

environmental, and energy aspects of 

the rule that might suggest a need to 

modify the rule. Factual information 

that supports the commenter’s ideas and 

suggestions is extremely helpful in 

evaluating the effectiveness of this 

action and determining whether 

additional rulemaking action would be 

needed. All comments submitted will be 

available, both before and after the 

closing date for comments, in the Rules 

Docket for examination by interested 

persons. Those wishing the FAA to 

acknowledge receipt of their comments 

submitted in response to this rule must 

submit a self-addressed, stamped 

postcard on which the following 

statement is made: ‘‘Comments to 

Docket No. FAA–2008–0065; Airspace 

Docket No. 08–ANE–96.’’ The postcard 

will be date stamped and returned to the 

commenter. 

The Rule 

This amendment to Title 14, Code of 

Federal Regulations (14 CFR) part 71 

establishes Class E airspace at 

Carrabassett, ME providing the 

controlled airspace required to support 

the new Copter Area Navigation (RNAV) 

Global Positioning System (GPS) 272 

Point in Space (PinS) approach 

developed for the Sugarloaf Regional 

Airport. Controlled airspace, known as 

Class E5 airspace, extending upward 

from 700 feet Above Ground Level 

(AGL) is required for Instrument Flight 

Rules (IFR) operations and to 

encompass all Instrument Approach 

Procedures (IAPs) to the extent 

practical, therefore, the FAA is 

amending Title 14, Code of Federal 

Regulations (14 CFR) part 71 to establish 

a 6-mile radius Class E5 airspace at 

Carrabassett, ME. Designations for Class 

E airspace areas extending upward from 

700 feet or more above the surface of the 

Earth are published in FAA Order 

7400.9R, signed August 15, 2007 

effective September 15, 2007, which is 

incorporated by reference in 14 CFR 

part 71.1. The Class E designations 

listed in this document will be 

published subsequently in the Order. 


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