Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 128 / Tuesday, July 2, 1996 / Proposed Rules 34393

either side of the 349° bearing from the

Clam Cove NDB extending to 50 miles

north of the airport; and that airspace

extending upward from 5,700 feet MSL

within 15.6 miles south of the 311°

radial of the Annette Island VORTAC

extending from 15.8 miles west of the

VORTAC to 56.8 miles west of the

VORTAC and within 9 miles north and

14 miles south of the Ketchikan

Localizer west course extending from

4.3 miles west of the airport to 42.7

miles west of the airport.

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Issued in Anchorage, AK, on June 21, 1996.

Willis C. Nelson,

Manager, Air Traffic Division, Alaskan

Region.

[FR Doc. 96–16731 Filed 7–1–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P

14 CFR Part 71

[Airspace Docket No. 96–AAL–10]

Proposed Establishment of Class E

Airspace; Nuiqsut, AK

AGENCY: Federal Aviation

Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.

SUMMARY: This action establishes Class

E airspace at Nuiqsut, AK. The

development of a Global Positioning

System (GPS) instrument approach to

RWY 4 and RWY 22 has made this

action necessary. This action will

change the airport status from Visual

Flight Rules (VFR) to Instrument Flight

Rules (IFR). The area would be depicted

on aeronautical charts for pilot

reference. The intended effect of this

proposal is to provide adequate

controlled airspace for IFR operations at

Nuiqsut, AK.

DATES: Comments must be received on

or before August 23, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Send comments on the

proposal in triplicate to: Manager,

System Management Branch, AAL–530,

Docket No. 96–AAL–10, Federal

Aviation Administration, 222 West 7th

Avenue, Box 14, Anchorage, AK 99513–

7587.

The official docket may be examined

in the Office of the Assistant Chief

Counsel for the Alaskan Region at the

same address.

An informal docket may also be

examined during normal business hours

in the Office of the Manager, System

Management Branch, Air Traffic

Division, at the address shown above.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Robert van Haastert, System

Management Branch, AAL–538, Federal

Aviation Administration, 222 West 7th

Avenue, Box 14, Anchorage, AK 99513–

7587; telephone number (907) 271–

5902.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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 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–

AAL–10.’’ The postcard will be date/

time stamped and returned to the

commenter. All communications

received on or 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 comments received. All comments

submitted will be available for

examination in the System Management

Branch, Air Traffic Division, Federal

Aviation Administration, 222 West 7th

Avenue, Box 14, Anchorage, AK, both

before and after the closing date for

comments. A report summarizing each

substantive public contact with FAA

personnel concerned with this

rulemaking will be filed in the docket.

Availability of NPRM’s

Any person may obtain a copy of this

Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM)

by submitting a request to the System

Management Branch, AAL–530, Federal

Aviation Administration, 222 West 7th

Avenue, Box 14, Anchorage, AK 99513–

7587. Communications must identify

the notice number of this NPRM.

Persons interested in being placed on a

mailing list for future NPRM’s 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

establish Class E airspace at Nuiqsut,

AK, due to the creation of GPS

approaches to RWY 4 and RWY 22. The

status of Nuiqsut Airport will change

from VFR to IFR. The coordinates for

this airspace docket are based on North

American Datum 83. The Class E

airspace areas designated as 700/1200

foot transition areas 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 (58 FR 36298; July 6, 1993). The

Class E airspace designation listed in

this document would be published

subsequently in the Order. The FAA has

determined that these proposed

regulations only involve an established

body of technical regulations for which

frequent and routine amendments are

necessary 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, when

promulgated, 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).

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 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.

§ 71.1 [Amended]

2. The incorporation by reference in

14 CFR 71.1 of Federal Aviation

Administration Order 7400.9C, Airspace

Designations and Reporting Points,

dated August 17, 1995, and effective

September 16, 1995, is amended as

follows:

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Paragraph 6005 Class E airspace extending

upward from 700 feet or more above the

surface of the earth.

* * * * *

AAL AK E5 Nuiqsut, AK [New]

Nuiqsut Airport, AK

(lat. 70°12′36′′ N, long. 151°00′20′′ W)

That airspace extending upward from 700

feet above the surface within a 6.5-mile

radius of the Nuiqsut Airport.

* * * * *

Issued in Anchorage, AK, on June 21, 1996.

Willis C. Nelson,

Manager, Air Traffic Division, Alaskan

Region.

[FR Doc. 96–16730 Filed 7–1–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P

14 CFR Part 71

[Airspace Docket No. 96–AAL–8]

Proposed Revision of Class E

Airspace; Merle K. (Mudhole) Smith

Airport, Cordova, AK

AGENCY: Federal Aviation

Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.

SUMMARY: This action revises the Class

E airspace at Merle K. (Mudhole) Smith

Airport, Cordova, AK. The development

of the Required Navigation Performance

(RNP) instrument approach to Merle K.

(Mudhole) Smith Airport, Cordova, AK

has made this action necessary. The area

would be depicted on aeronautical

charts for pilot reference. The intended

effect of this proposal is to provide

adequate controlled airspace for

Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) operations

at Cordova, AK.

DATES: Comments must be received on

or before August 23, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Send comments on the

proposal in triplicate to: Manager,

System Management Branch, AAL–530,

Docket No. 96–AAL–8, Federal Aviation

Administration, 222 West 7th Avenue,

Box 14, Anchorage, AK 99513–7587.

The official docket may be examined

in the Office of the Assistant Chief

Counsel for the Alaskan Region at the

same address.

An informal docket may also be

examined during normal business hours

in the Office of the Manager, System

Management Branch, Air Traffic

Division, at the address shown above.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Robert van Haastert, System

Management Branch, AAL–538, Federal

Aviation Administration, 222 West 7th

Avenue, Box 14, Anchorage, AK 99513–

7587; telephone number (907) 271–

5863.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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 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–

AAL–8.’’ The postcard will be date/time

stamped and returned to the

commenter. All communications

received on or 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 comments received. All comments

submitted will be available for

examination in the System Management

Branch, Air Traffic Division, Federal

Aviation Administration, 222 West 7th

Avenue, Box 14, Anchorage, AK, both

before and after the closing date for

comments. A report summarizing each

substantive public contact with FAA

personnel concerned with this

rulemaking will be filed in the docket.

Availability of NPRM’s

Any person may obtain a copy of this

Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM)

by submitting a request to the System

Management Branch, AAL–530, Federal

Aviation Administration, 222 West 7th

Avenue, Box 14, Anchorage, AK 99513–

7587. Communications must identify

the notice number of this NPRM.

Persons interested in being placed on a

mailing list for future NPRM’s 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

modify Class E airspace at Cordova, AK.

This action is necessary to

accommodate a new RNP instrument

approach to Runway 9 at Merle K.

(Mudhole) Smith Airport, Cordova, AK.

The coordinates for this airspace docket

are based on North American Datum 83.

The Class E airspace areas designated as

700/1200 foot transition areas 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 (58 FR 36298; July 6, 1993). The

Class E airspace designation listed in

this document would be published

subsequently in the Order. The FAA has

determined that these proposed

regulations only involve an established

body of technical regulations for which

frequent and routine amendments are

necessary 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, when

promulgated, 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).

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 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.

§ 71.1 [Amended]

2. The incorporation by reference in

14 CFR 71.1 of 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 extending

upward from 700 feet or more above the

surface of the earth.

* * * * *