[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 30 (Tuesday, February 13, 2001)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 9987-9988]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-3644]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Airspace Docket No. 00-ANM-24]


Proposed Modification of Class E Airspace, Jackson Hole, WY

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.

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SUMMARY: This action proposes to modify the Class E airspace at Jackson 
Hole, WY. Newly developed approach and departure procedures at the 
Jackson Hole Airport has made this proposal necessary. Additional Class 
E 700-feet, and 1,200 feet controlled airspace, above the surface of 
the earth is required to contain aircraft executing the Instrument 
Landing System (ILS) Runway (RWY) 18 Standard Instrument Approach 
Procedure (SIAP) and the Geyser One and JACHO One Departure Procedures 
(DP) at Jackson Hole Airport. The intended effect of this proposal is 
to provide adequate controlled airspace for Instrument Flight Rules 
(IFR) operations at Jackson Hole Airport, Jackson Hole, WY.

EFFECTIVE DATES: Comments must be received on or before March 30, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Send comments on the proposal in triplicate to: Manager, 
Airspace Branch, ANM-520, Federal Aviation Administration, Docket No. 
00-ANM-24, 1601 Lind Avenue SW., Renton, Washington 98055-4506.
    An informal docket may also be examined during normal business 
hours in the office of the Manager, Air Traffic Division, Airspace 
Branch, at the address listed above.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brian Durham, ANM-520.7, Federal 
Aviation Administration, Docket No. 00-ANM-24, 1601 Lind Avenue SW., 
Renton, Washington 98055-4056; telephone number: (425) 227-2527.

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 action must 
submit, with those comments, a self-addressed stamped postcard on which 
the following statement is made: ``Comments to Airspace Docket No. 00-
ANM-24.'' 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 action may be changed 
in the light of comments received. All comments submitted will be 
available for examination at the address listed above 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 NPRM by submitting a request 
to the Federal Aviation Administration, Airspace Branch, ANM-520, 1601 
Lind Avenue SW., Renton, Washington 98055-4056. Communications must 
identify the docket 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 Title 14 Code of Federal 
Regulations, part 71 (14 CFR part 71) by modifying Class E airspace at 
Jackson Hole, WY. Newly developed approach and departure procedures at 
the Jackson Hole Airport have made this proposal necessary. Additional 
Class E 700-feet, and 1,200-feet controlled airspace, above the surface 
of the earth is required to contain aircraft executing the Instrument 
Landing System (ILS) Runway (RWY) 18 Standard Instrument Approach 
Procedure (SIAP) and the Geyser One and JACHO One Departure Procedures 
(DP), at Jackson Hole Airport, has made this proposal necessary. The 
FAA establishes Class E airspace where necessary to contain aircraft 
transitioning between the terminal and en route environments. The 
intended effect of this proposal is designed to provide for the safe 
and efficient use of the navigable airspace. This proposal would 
promote safe flight operations under IFR at the Jackson Hole Airport 
and between the terminal and en route transition stages.
    The area would be depicted on aeronautical charts for pilot 
reference. The coordinates for this airspace docket are based on North 
American Datum 83. Class E airspace areas extending upward from 700 
feet or more above the surface of the earth, are published in Paragraph 
6005, of FAA Order 7400.9H dated September 1, 2000, and effective 
September 16, 2000, 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. 
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 11013; 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

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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--DESIGNATION OF CLASS A, CLASS B, CLASS C, CLASS D, AND 
CLASS E AIRSPACE AREAS; AIRWAYS; ROUTES; AND REPORTING POINTS

    1. The authority citation for 14 CFR 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.


Sec. 71.1  [Amended]

    2. The incorporation by reference in 14 CFR 71.1 of the Federal 
Aviation Administration Order 7400.9H, Airspace Designations and 
Reporting Points, dated September 1, 2000, and effective September 16, 
2000, is 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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ANM WY E5  Jackson Hole, WY [Revised]

Jackson Hole Airport, WY
    (Lat. 43 deg. 36' 23"N., long 110 deg.44'17"W.)
Jackson VOR/DME
    (Lat. 43 deg. 36'30"N., long. 110 deg.44'05"W.)

    That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface 
within the 4.3-mile radius of the Jackson Hole Airport, and within 
4.4 miles west and 8.3 miles east of the Jackson VOR/DME 200 deg. 
radial extending from the VOR/DME to 21.4 miles south of the VOR/
DME, and within 4.4 miles each side of the 020 deg. radial from the 
Jackson VOR/DME extending to 17.8 miles; and that airspace extending 
upward from 1,200 feet above the surface within 15.2 miles west and 
18.7 miles east of the Jackson VOR/DME 020 deg. radial extending 
from the VOR/DME to 44.6 miles north of the VOR/DME, and that 
airspace west of the Jackson VOR/DME bounded on the northwest by the 
southeast edge of V-520 extending to 15.2 miles in an arc 
counterclockwise to the northwest edge of V-465, and that airspace 
to the south of the Jackson VOR/DME bounded on the northwest by the 
southeast edge of V-465, on the east by the southwest edge of V-328, 
on the south by the north edge of V-4 and on the west by long. 
112 deg.00'00"W; and that airspace east of the Jackson VOR/DME 
between the 052 deg. radial and 155 deg. radial extending to 33.1 
miles; and excluding that airspace within Federal airways; the Big 
Piney, WY; the Rock Springs, WY; the Driggs, ID, Class E airspace 
areas.
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    Issued in Seattle, Washington, on January 31, 2001.
Daniel A. Boyle,
Assistant Manager, Air Traffic Division, Northwest Mountain Region.
[FR Doc. 01-3644 Filed 2-12-01; 8:45 am]
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