Proposed Modification of Class E airspace; Arcata, CA

SUMMARY: This notice proposes to modify Class E airspace at Arcata, CA.

An Instrument Landing System/Distance Measuring Equipment (ILS/DME)

standard instrument approach procedure (SIAP) has been developed for

the Arcata Municipal Airport. Controlled airspace extending from 700

feet above the surface is needed for aircraft executing the ILS

approach. The intended effect of the proposal is to provide adequate

Class E airspace for instrument flight rules (IFR) operations at Arcata

Municipal Airport.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before December 30, 1994.

ADDRESSES: Send comments on the proposal in triplicate to Manager,

System Management Branch, AWP-530, Air Traffic Division, Western-

Pacific Region, Federal Aviation Administration, Docket No. 94-AWP-22,

15000 Aviation Boulevard, Lawndale, California, 90261. The official

docket may be examined in the Office of the Assistant Chief Counsel for

the Western-Pacific 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:

Scott Speer, Airspace Specialist, System Management Branch, AWP-530,

Air Traffic Division, Western-Pacific Region, Federal Aviation

Administration, 15000 Aviation Boulevard, Lawndale, California, 90261,

telephone (310) 297-0010.

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 the comments a self-addressed, stamped postcard on which

the following statement is made: ``Comments to Airspace Docket No. 94-

AWP-22.'' 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,

at 15000 Aviation Boulevard, Lawndale, California 90261, 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 Federal Aviation Administration,

System Management Branch, P.O. Box 92007, Worldway Postal Center, Los

Angeles, California 90009.

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 procedures.

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

Arcata, CA. The intended effect of this proposal is to provide adequate

Class E airspace for IFR operators executing the ILS/DME approach at

Arcata, CA. The coordinates for this airspace docket are based on North

American Datum 83. Class E airspace areas designated as transition

areas for airports are published in Paragraph 6005 of FAA Order 7400.9B

dated July 18, 1994, and effective September 16, 1994, which is

incorporated by reference in 14 CFR 71.1. The Class E airspace

designation listed in this document would 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.

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 10034; 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

Aviation safety, Incorporation by reference, Navigation (air).

The Proposed Amendment

Accordingly, pursuant to the authority delegated to me, the Federal

Aviation Administration proposes to amend part 71 of the Federal

Aviation Regulations (14 CFR part 71) as follows:

PART 71--[AMENDED]

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

Authority: 49 U.S.C. app. 1348(a), 1354(a), 1510; 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 7400.9B, Airspace Designations and

Reporting Points, dated July 18, 1994, and effective September 16,

1994, is amended as follows:

Paragraph 6005 Class E airspace areas extending from 700 feet or

more above the surface of the earth.

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AWP CA E5 Arcata, CA--[Revised]

Arcata Airport, CA

(lat. 40 deg.58'41''N, long. 124 deg.06'31'' W)

Arcata VOR/DME (lat. 40 deg.58'53''N, long. 124 deg.06'30'' W)

Abeta NDB (lat. 40 deg.57'53''N, long. 124 deg.05'55'' W)

Fortuna VORTAC (lat. 40 deg.40'17'' N, long. 124 deg.14'04'' W)

That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface

within that airspace beginning at lat. 40 deg.29' 00'' N., long.

124 deg. 07'00'' W.; to lat. 40 deg.45'00'' N., long.

123 deg.50'00'' W., to lat. 41 deg.05'00'' N., long. 124 deg.05'00''

W.; to lat. 41 deg. 03'00'' N., long. 124 deg.19'00'' W.; to lat.

40 deg.36'00'' N., long. 124 deg.19' 00'' W., thence to the point of

beginning. That airspace extending upward from 1,200 feet above the

surface bounded on the north by lat. 41 deg.15'59'' N, on the east

by a line 7.8 miles northeast of and parallel to the 333 deg. and

153 deg. bearings from the Abeta NDB to lat. 40 deg.39'29'' N, long.

123 deg.42'24'' W; to lat. 40 deg.25'01'' N, long 123 deg.49'16'' W,

to intercept the 24.3-mile arc southeast of the Fortuna VORTAC,

thence clockwise via the Fortuna 24.3-mile arc to the eastern edge

of V-27; to lat. 40 deg.21'59'' N, long, 124 deg.12'04'' W; to lat.

40 deg.21'59'' N, long. 124 deg.30'04'' W, on the west by long.

124 deg.30'04'' W, and that airspace within 7.8 miles each side of

the Fortuna VORTAC 110 deg. radial, extending from the VORTAC to 53

miles east of the VORTAC.

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Issued in Los Angeles, California, on November 3, 1994.

Dennis T Koehler,

Acting Manager, Air Traffic Division Western-Pacific Region.

[FR Doc. 94-28530 Filed 11-17-94; 8:45 am]

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