Document ID: FAA-2009-0941-0001
Agency: faa
Document Type: Rule
Title: Proposed Modification of Class E Airspace; Grand Junction, CO
Posted Date: 2009-10-29T04:00Z

[Federal Register: October 29, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 208)]
[Proposed Rules]               
[Page 55791-55792]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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Proposed Rules
                                                Federal Register
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This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER contains notices to the public of 
the proposed issuance of rules and regulations. The purpose of these 
notices is to give interested persons an opportunity to participate in 
the rule making prior to the adoption of the final rules.

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Docket No. FAA-2009-0941; Airspace Docket No. 09-ANM-17]

 
Proposed Modification of Class E Airspace; Grand Junction, CO

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.

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SUMMARY: This action proposes to modify Class E airspace at Grand 
Junction Regional, Grand Junction, CO. Additional controlled airspace 
is necessary to facilitate vectoring of Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) 
traffic from Grand Junction Regional, Grand Junction, CO to en route. 
The FAA is proposing this action to enhance the safety and management 
of aircraft operations at Grand Junction Regional, Grand Junction, CO. 
This action also would update the airport name from Grand Junction, 
Walker Field.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before December 14, 2009.

ADDRESSES: Send comments on this proposal to the U.S. Department of 
Transportation, Docket Operations, M-30, West Building Ground Floor, 
Room W12-140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590. 
Telephone (202) 366-9826. You must identify FAA Docket No. FAA-2009-
0941; Airspace Docket No. 09-ANM-17, at the beginning of your comments. 
You may also submit comments through the Internet at http://
www.regulations.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eldon Taylor, Federal Aviation 
Administration, Operations Support Group, Western Service Center, 1601 
Lind Avenue, SW., Renton, WA 98057; telephone (425) 203-4537.

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 both docket numbers (FAA Docket No. 
FAA 2009-0941 and Airspace Docket No. 09-ANM-17) and be submitted in 
triplicate to the Docket Management System (see ADDRESSES section for 
address and phone number). You may also submit comments through the 
Internet at http://www.regulations.gov.
    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 FAA 
Docket No. FAA-2009-0941 and Airspace Docket No. 09-ANM-17''. 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 light of 
comments received. All comments submitted will be available for 
examination in the public docket 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 NPRMs

    An electronic copy of this document may be downloaded through the 
Internet at http://www.regulations.gov. Recently published rulemaking 
documents can also be accessed through the FAA's Web page at http://
www.faa.gov/airports_airtraffic/air_traffic/publications/airspace_
amendments/.
    You may review the public docket containing the proposal, any 
comments received, and any final disposition in person in the Dockets 
Office (see the ADDRESSES section for the 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 Northwest Mountain Regional Office of the Federal 
Aviation Administration, Air Traffic Organization, Western Service 
Area, Operations Support Group, 1601 Lind Avenue, SW., Renton, WA 
98057.
    Persons interested in being placed on a mailing list for future 
NPRMs should contact the FAA's Office of Rulemaking, (202) 267-9677, 
for a copy of Advisory Circular No. 11-2A, Notice of Proposed 
Rulemaking Distribution System, which describes the application 
procedure.

The Proposal

    The FAA is proposing an amendment to Title 14 Code of Federal 
Regulations (14 CFR) part 71 by modifying Class E airspace at Grand 
Junction Regional, Grand Junction, CO. Additional controlled airspace 
extending upward from 1,200 feet above the surface is necessary to 
accommodate vectoring IFR aircraft departing Grand Junction Regional, 
Grand Junction, CO to en route airspace. This would also update the 
airport name from Grand Junction, Walker Field, Grand Junction, CO.
    Class E airspace designations are published in paragraph 6005 of 
FAA Order 7400.9T, signed August 27, 2009, and effective September 15, 
2009, which is incorporated by reference in 14 CFR 71.1. The Class E 
airspace designation listed in this document will be published 
subsequently in this 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 will only affect air traffic procedures 
and air navigation, it is certified that this proposed rule, when 
promulgated, would 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 U.S. Code. Subtitle 1,

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Section 106, describes the authority for 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 establishes additional controlled airspace at 
Grand Junction Regional, Grand Junction, CO.

List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 71

    Airspace, Incorporation by reference, Navigation (air).

The Proposed Amendment

    Accordingly, pursuant to the authority delegated to me, the Federal 
Aviation Administration proposes to amend 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 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 FAA Order 
7400.9T, Airspace Designations and Reporting Points, signed August 27, 
2009, and effective September 15, 2009 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 CO E5 Grand Junction, CO [Modified]

Grand Junction Regional, Grand Junction, CO
    (Lat. 39[deg]07'21'' N., long. 108[deg]31'36'' W.)
Grand Junction VORTAC
    (Lat. 39[deg]03'34'' N., long. 108[deg]47'33'' W.)
Grand Junction Localizer
    (Lat. 39[deg]07'04'' N., long. 108[deg]30'48'' W.)

    That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface 
within 7 miles northwest and 4.3 miles southeast of the Grand 
Junction VORTAC 247[deg] and 067[deg] radials extending from 11.4 
miles southwest to 12.3 miles northeast of the VORTAC, and within 
1.8 miles south and 9.2 miles north of the Grand Junction VORTAC 
110[deg] radial extending from the VORTAC to 19.2 miles southeast of 
the VORTAC; that airspace extending upward from 1,200 feet above the 
surface within a 30.5-mile radius of the Grand Junction VORTAC, 
within 6.5 miles each side of the Grand Junction VORTAC 099[deg] 
radial extending from the 30.5-mile radius to 58 miles east of the 
VORTAC, and within 4.3 miles each side of the Grand Junction VORTAC 
166[deg] radial extending from the 30.5-mile radius to 33.1 miles 
south of the VORTAC, and within 4.3 miles northeast and 4.9 miles 
southwest of the Grand Junction ILS localizer northwest course 
extending from the 30.5-mile radius to the intersection of the 
localizer northwest course and the Grand Junction VORTAC 318[deg] 
radial.
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    Issued in Seattle, Washington, on October 15, 2009.
H. Steve Karnes,
Acting Manager, Operations Support Group, Western Service Center.
[FR Doc. E9-26096 Filed 10-28-09; 8:45 am]

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