Document ID: FAA-2014-1068-0001
Agency: faa
Document Type: Proposed Rule
Title: Class E Airspace; Amendments: Kahului, HI
Posted Date: 2016-08-12T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 156 (Friday, August 12, 2016)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 53342-53343]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-19004]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Docket No. FAA-2014-1068; Airspace Docket No. 14-AWP-12]

Proposed Amendment of Class E Airspace, Kahului, HI

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM).

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SUMMARY: This action proposes to modify Class E airspace designated as 
an extension to a Class C surface area, and modify Class E airspace 
extending upward from 700 feet above the surface at Kahului Airport, 
Kahului, HI. Due to changes to the available instrument flight 
procedures since the last review and advances in Global Positioning 
System (GPS) mapping accuracy, the FAA found airspace modifications are 
necessary to ensure the safety and management of Instrument Flight 
Rules (IFR) operations at the airport with a minimum amount of airspace 
restriction.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before September 26, 2016.

ADDRESSES: FAA Order 7400.9Z, Airspace Designations and Reporting 
Points, and subsequent amendments can be viewed online at http://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/publications/. For further information, you can 
contact the U.S. Department of Transportation, Docket Operations, 1200 
New Jersey Avenue SE., West Bldg. Ground Floor Rm. W12-140, Washington, 
DC 20590; Telephone: 1-800-647-5527, or 202-366-9826. The Order is also 
available for inspection at the National Archives and Records 
Administration (NARA). For information on the availability of FAA Order 
7400.9Z at NARA, call 202-741-6030, or go to http://www.archives.gov/federal_register/code_of_federal-regulations/ibr_locations.html.
    FAA Order 7400.9, Airspace Designations and Reporting Points, is 
published yearly and effective on September 15.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tom Clark, Federal Aviation 
Administration, Operations Support Group, Western Service Center, 1601 
Lind Avenue SW., Renton, WA 98057; telephone (425) 203-4511.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Authority for This Rulemaking

    The FAA's authority to issue rules regarding aviation safety is 
found in Title 49 of the United States Code. Subtitle I, Section 106 
describes the authority of 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 would amend Class E airspace at Kahului Airport, Kahului, HI.

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 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 Docket No. FAA-2014-1068; 
Airspace Docket No. 14-AWP-12.'' The postcard will be date/time stamped 
and returned to the commenter.

Availability of NPRMs

    An electronic copy of this document and other recently published 
rulemaking documents may be accessed and downloaded through the 
Internet at http://www.regulations.gov.
    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 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 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 
Center, Operations Support Group, 1601 Lind Avenue SW., Renton, WA 
98057.

Availability and Summary of Documents Proposed for Incorporation by 
Reference

    This document proposes to amend FAA Order 7400.9Z, Airspace 
Designations and Reporting Points, dated August 6, 2015, and effective 
September 15, 2015. FAA Order 7400.9Z is publicly available as listed 
in the ADDRESSES section of this document. FAA Order 7400.9Z lists 
Class A, B, C, D, and E airspace areas, air traffic service routes, and 
reporting points.

The Proposal

    The FAA is proposing an amendment to Title 14 Code of Federal 
Regulations (14 CFR) Part 71 to modify the Kahului Airport, Kahului, 
HI, Class E airspace area designated as an extension to a Class C 
surface area. The current Class E surface area airspace extension to 
the north is not required and to the south is longer than required to 
support IFR operations to/from the airport. The proposed Class E 
surface airspace includes that area within 3 miles each side of the 
airport 203[deg] bearing extending from the airport 5-mile radius to 7 
miles southwest of the airport.
    This proposal would also modify the Class E airspace area extending 
upward from 700 feet above the surface by excluding that area extending 
beyond 12 miles from the coast, and would slightly expand the airspace 
northeast of the airport to within 3.6 miles each side of the 038[deg] 
bearing from the airport extending from the 5-mile radius to 11.7 miles 
northeast of the airport. The airspace area would otherwise remain the 
same, except as noted above. The expanded Class E airspace area is 
necessary to contain IFR arrival

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operations descending below 1,500 feet above the surface, and IFR 
departure operations below 1,200 feet above the surface.
    This proposal would also remove reference to the Maui VORTAC from 
the airspace legal descriptions for the Class E3 airspace area 
designated as an extension to the Class C surface area, and the Class 
E5 airspace area extending upward from 700 feet above the surface. 
Changes to the available instrument flight procedures since the last 
review, advances in GPS mapping accuracy, and a reliance on precise 
geographic coordinates to define airport and airspace reference points 
have made the proposed airspace redesign necessary for the safety and 
management of Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) operations.
    Class E airspace designations are published in paragraphs 6003, and 
6005, respectively, of FAA Order 7400.9Z, dated August 6, 2015, and 
effective September 15, 2015, which is incorporated by reference in 14 
CFR 71.1. The Class E airspace designations listed in this document 
will be published subsequently in the Order.

Regulatory Notices and Analyses

    The FAA has determined that this regulation only involves an 
established body of technical regulations for which frequent and 
routine amendments are necessary to keep them operationally current, is 
non-controversial and unlikely to result in adverse or negative 
comments. 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, would not have a 
significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities 
under the criteria of the Regulatory Flexibility Act.

Environmental Review

    This proposal will be subject to an environmental analysis in 
accordance with FAA Order 1050.1F, ``Environmental Impacts: Policies 
and Procedures'' prior to any FAA final regulatory action.

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

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

     Authority:  49 U.S.C. 106(f), 106(g), 40103, 40113, 40120; E.O. 
10854, 24 FR 9565, 3 CFR, 1959-1963 Comp., p. 389.

Sec.  71.1  [Amended]

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2. The incorporation by reference in 14 CFR 71.1 of FAA Order 7400.9Z, 
Airspace Designations and Reporting Points, dated August 6, 2015, and 
effective September 15, 2015, is amended as follows:

Paragraph 6003 Class E Airspace Areas Designated as an Extension to 
a Class C Surface Area.

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AWP HI E3 Kahului, HI [Modified]

Kahului Airport, HI
    (Lat. 20[deg]53'55'' N., long. 156[deg]25'50'' W.)

    That airspace extending upward from the surface within 3 miles 
each side of the Kahului Airport 203[deg] bearing extending from the 
5-mile radius of the airport to 7 miles southwest of the airport. 
This Class E airspace area is effective during the specific dates 
and times established in advance by a Notice to Airmen. The 
effective date and time will thereafter be continuously published in 
the Pacific Chart Supplement.

Paragraph 6005 Class E Airspace Areas Extending Upward From 700 
Feet or More Above the Surface of the Earth.

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AWP HI E5 Kahului, HI [Modified]

Kahului Airport, HI
    (Lat. 20[deg]53'55'' N., long. 156[deg]25'50'' W.)

    That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface 
within a 5-mile radius of Kahului Airport, and within 3.6 miles each 
side of the airport 038[deg] bearing extending from the 5-mile 
radius of the airport to 11.7 miles northeast of the airport, and 
within 2 miles each side of the airport 065[deg] bearing extending 
from the 5-mile radius of the airport to 10 miles northeast of the 
airport, and within 3 miles each side of the airport 203[deg] 
bearing extending from the 5-mile radius of the airport to 10.3 
miles southwest of the airport, and within the area bounded by the 
airport 318[deg] bearing clockwise to the airport 013[deg] bearing 
extending from the 5-mile radius of the airport to 8.5-miles 
northeast of the airport, excluding that airspace beyond 12 miles 
from the coast.

    Issued in Seattle, Washington, on August 1, 2016.
Tracey Johnson,
Manager, Operations Support Group, Western Service Center.
[FR Doc. 2016-19004 Filed 8-11-16; 8:45 am]
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