[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 119 (Wednesday, June 19, 1996)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 31017-31018]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-15636]



-----------------------------------------------------------------------


DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
14 CFR Part 71

[Airspace Docket No. 95-ASW-35]


Revision of Class E Airspace; Alice, TX

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Final rule.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

SUMMARY: This action revises the Class E airspace extending upward from 
700 feet above ground level (AGL) at Alice,

[[Page 31018]]

TX. The development of a Global Positioning System (GPS) standard 
instrument approach procedure (SIAP) to Runway (RWY) 31 at Alice 
International Airport has made this action necessary. This action is 
intended to provide adequate Class E airspace to contain instrument 
flight rule (IFR) operations for aircraft executing the GPS SIAP to RWY 
31 at Alice International Airport, Alice, TX.

EFFECTIVE DATE: 0901 UTC, August 15, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Donald J. Day, Operations Branch, Air 
Traffic Division, Southwest Region, Federal Aviation Administration, 
Fort Worth, TX 76193-0530, telephone: (817) 222-5593.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

History

    On January 31, 1996, a proposal to amend part 71 of the Federal 
Aviation Regulations (14 CFR part 71) to revise the Class E airspace at 
Alice, TX, was published in the Federal Register (61 FR 3355). A GPS 
SIAP to RWY 31 developed for Alice International Airport, Alice, TX, 
requires the revision of Class E airspace at this airport. The proposal 
was to establish controlled airspace extending upward from 700 feet AGL 
to contain IFR operations in controlled airspace during portions of the 
terminal operation and while transitioning between the en route and 
terminal environments.
    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. However, the proposal was 
published with an incorrect description of the extension of Class E 
airspace within 2 miles each side of the 135 deg. bearing from Alice 
International Airport extending from the 7 mile radius to 9.8 miles 
southeast of the airport. This extension should have been written as 
extending from the 7.5-mile radius to 9.8 miles southeast of the 
airport. The FAA has determined that this change is editorial in nature 
and will not increase the scope of the rule.
    Therefore, except for this non-substantive change, the rule is 
adopted as written.
    The coordinates for this airspace docket are based on North 
American Datum 83. Class E airspace designations for airspace areas 
extending upward from 700 feet or more AGL 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 will be 
published subsequently in the Order.

The Rule

    This amendment to part 71 of the Federal Aviation Regulations (14 
CFR part 71) revises the Class E airspace located at Alice, TX, to 
provide controlled airspace extending upward from 700 feet AGL for 
aircraft executing the GPS SIAP to RWY 31 at Alice International 
Airport.
    The FAA has determined that this regulation only involves an 
established body of technical regulations that need frequent and 
routine amendments to keep them operationally current. 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 will 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).

Adoption of the Amendment

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

PART 71--[AMENDED]

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

    Authority: 49 U.S.C. 40103, 40113, 40120; E.O. 10854; 24 FR 
9565, 3 CFR, 1959-1963 Comp., p. 389; 49 U.S.C. 106(g); 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, Airspace Designations and 
Reporting Points, dated August 17, 1995, and effective September 16, 
1995, is amended as follows:

Paragraph 6005: Class E Airspace areas extending upward from 700 
feet or more above the surface of the earth.

* * * * *

ASW TX E5 Alice, TX [Revised]

Alice International Airport, TX
    (lat. 27 deg.44'27''N., long. 98 deg.01'38''W.)
range Grove NALF, TX
    (lat. 27 deg.54'04''N., long. 98 deg.03'06''W.)
Navy Orange Grove TACAN
    (lat. 27 deg.53'43''N., long. 98 deg.02'33''W.)
Kingsville, Kleberg County Airport, TX
    (lat. 27 deg.33'03''N., long. 98 deg.01'51''W.)

    That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface 
within a 7.5-mile radius of Alice International Airport and within 2 
miles each side of the 135 deg. bearing from Alice International 
Airport extending from the 7.5-mile radius to 9.8 miles southeast of 
the airport and within a 7.2-mile radius of Orange Grove NALF and 
within 1.6 miles each side of the 129 deg. radial of the Navy Orange 
Grove TACAN extending from the 7.2-mile radius to 11.7 miles 
southeast of the airport and within 1.5 miles each side of the 
320 deg. radial of the Navy Orange Grove TACAN extending from the 
7.2-mile radius to 9.7 miles northwest of the airport and within a 
6.5-mile radius of Kleberg County Airport.
* * * * *
    Issued in Fort Worth, TX, on June 11, 1996.
Albert L. Viselli,
Acting Manager, Air Traffic Division, Southwest Region.
[FR Doc. 96-15636 Filed 6-18-96; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4910-13-M