[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 84 (Tuesday, April 30, 1996)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 19000-19001]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-10674]



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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
14 CFR Part 71

[Airspace Docket No. 96-AEA-05]


Proposed Amendment to Class E Airspace; Martinsville, VA

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.

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SUMMARY: This notice proposes to amend the Class E airspace area at 
Martinsville, VA. The development of a new Standard Instrument Approach 
Procedure (SIAP) at Blue Ridge Airport based on the Global Positioning 
System has made this proposal necessary. Additional controlled airspace 
extending upward from 700 feet above the surface (AGL) is needed to 
accommodate this SIAP and for instrument flight rules (IFR) operations 
at the airport.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before June 5, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Send comments on the proposal in triplicate to: Manager, 
System Management Branch, AEA-530, Docket No. 96-AEA-05 F.A.A. Eastern 
Region, Federal Building #111, John F. Kennedy Int'l Airport Jamaica, 
NY 11430
    The official docket may be examined in the Office of the Assistant 
Chief Counsel, AEA-7, F.A.A. Eastern Region, Federal Building #111, 
John F. Kennedy International Airport, Jamaica, New York 11430
    An informal docket may also be examined during normal business 
hours in the System Management Branch,

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AEA-530, F.A.A. Eastern Region, Federal Building #111, John F. Kennedy 
International Airport, Jamaica, NY 11430.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mr. Francis T. Jordan, Jr., Airspace Specialist, System Management 
Branch, AEA-530 F.A.A. Eastern Region, Federal Building #111, John F. 
Kennedy International Airport, Jamaica, New York 11430, telephone: 
(718)553-4521.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Comment 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, economic environmental, 
and energy-related aspects of the proposal. Communications 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 those 
comments a self-addressed, stamped postcard on which the following 
statement is made: ``Comments to Airspace Docket No. 96-AEA-05.'' The 
postcard will be date/time stamped and returned to the commenter. All 
communications received on or before the 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 Rules 
Docket both before and after the closing date for comments. A report 
summarizing each substantive public contact with the FAA personnel 
concerned with this rulemaking will be filed in the docket.

Availability of NPRMS

    Any person may obtain a copy of this Notice of Proposed Rulemaking 
(NPRM) by submitting a request to the Office of the Assistant Chief 
Counsel, AEA-7, F.A.A. Eastern Region, Federal Building #111, John F. 
Kennedy International Airport, Jamaica, NY 11430. Communications must 
identify the notice number of this NPRM. Persons interested in being 
placed on a mailing list for future NPRMs should also request a copy of 
Advisory Circular No. 11-2A, which describes the application procedure.

The Proposal

    The FAA is considering an amendment to part 71 of the Federal 
Aviation Regulations (14 CFR part 71) to amend the Class E airspace 
area at Martinsville, VA A GPS RWY 30 SIAP has been developed for the 
Blue Ridge Airport. Additional controlled airspace extending upward 
from 700 feet above the surface is needed to accommodate this SIAP and 
for IFR operations at the airport. Class E airspace designations for 
airspace areas extending upward from 700 feet or more above the surface 
are published in Paragraph 6005 of FAA Order 7400.9C, dated August 17, 
1995, and effective September 16, 1995, which is incorporated by 
reference in 14 CFR 71.1. The Class E airspace designation listed in 
this document would be published subsequently in the 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 would 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 proposes to amend 14 CFR part 71 as follows:

PART 71--[AMENDED]

    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; 14 CFR 11.69.


Sec. 71.1  [Amended]

    2. The incorporation by reference in 14 CFR 71.1 of the Federal 
Aviation Administration Order 7400.9C, dated August 17, 1995, and 
effective September 16, 1995, is proposed to be 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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AEA VA E5 Martinsville, VA [Revised]

Blue Ridge Airport, VA
    (Lat. 36 deg.37'51'' N, long. 80 deg.01'06'' W)

    That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface 
within 4 miles each side of the 300 deg. bearing from the Blue Ridge 
Airport extending from the 6.5-mile radius to 11 miles northwest of 
the airport.
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    Issued in Jamaica, New York, on April 15, 1996.
John S. Walker,
Manager, Air Traffic Division, Eastern Region.
[FR Doc. 96-10674 Filed 4-29-96; 8:45 am]
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