Proposed Revision of Class E Airspace; Hondo, TX

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

14 CFR Part 71

[Airspace Docket No. 92-ASW-34]

Proposed Revision of Class E Airspace; Hondo, TX

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking (SNPRM); reopening

of comment period.

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SUMMARY: This document revises an earlier proposed airspace rule that

would have amended the airspace at Hondo, TX. That proposal was

preempted by the development of a new very high frequency omni-

directional range (VOR) standard instrument approach procedure (SIAP)

to Runway (RWY) 17. The legal description of the proposed airspace in

the notice of proposed rulemaking was incomplete. The intended effect

of this proposal is to provide adequate controlled airspace for

aircraft executing the recently established VOR RWY 17 SIAP at Hondo,

TX.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before January 20, 1995.

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

System Management Branch, Air Traffic Division, Federal Aviation

Administration Southwest Region, Docket No. 92-ASW-34, Fort Worth, TX

76193-0530.

The official docket may be examined in the Office of the Assistant

Chief Counsel, Federal Aviation Administration, Southwest Region, 2601

Meacham Boulevard, Room 663, Fort Worth, TX, between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m.,

Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. An informal docket may

also be examined during normal business hours at the System Management

Branch, Air Traffic Division, Federal Aviation Administration,

Southwest Region, 2601 Meacham Boulevard, Fort Worth, TX.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Donald J. Day, System Management Branch, Air Traffic Division, Federal

Aviation Administration, Southwest Region, Fort Worth, TX 76193-0530;

telephone: (817) 222-5593.

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 under the caption

ADDRESSES. Commenters wishing the FAA to acknowledge receipt of their

comments on this notice must submit, with those comments, a self-

addressed, stamped, postcard containing the following statement:

``Comments to Airspace Docket No. 92-ASW-34.'' The postcard will be

date and 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 proposals

contained in this notice may be changed in the light of comments

received. All comments submitted will be available for examination in

the Office of the Assistant Chief Counsel, 2601 Meacham Boulevard, Room

663, Fort Worth, TX, 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 SNPRM

Any person may obtain a copy of this SNPRM by submitting a request

to the Federal Aviation Administration, System Management Branch,

Department of Transportation, Fort Worth, TX 76193-0530. Communications

must identify the notice number of this SNPRM. Persons interested in

being placed on a mailing list for future NPRM's should also request a

copy of Advisory Circular No. 11-2A that describes the application

procedure.

The Proposal

On December 17, 1993, the FAA proposed to revise the Class E

airspace at Hondo, TX (58 FR 65948). That action proposed to revise the

700 feet AGL Class E airspace to provide adequate controlled airspace

for aircraft executing the recently established VOR SIAP to RWY 17. The

comment period for that action ended February 19, 1994. Since the

issuance of that Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), the FAA has

discovered that the legal description contained in that proposal did

not include the airspace required from the airport to 16 miles south of

RBN. Therefore, this SNPRM proposes a correction to that legal

description. Since this change expands the scope of the originally

proposed rule, the FAA has determined that it is necessary to reopen

the comment period to provide an additional opportunity for public

comment.

The coordinates for this airspace docket are based on North

American Datum 83. Designated Class E airspace areas extending upward

from 700 feet or more above ground level 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 the order.

The FAA has determined that this proposed regulation only involves

an established body of technical regulations that need frequent and

routine amendments 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 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. 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 upward from 700

feet or more above the surface of the earth

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ASW TX E5 Hondo, TX [Revised]

Hondo Municipal Airport, TX

(Lat. 29 deg.21'35'' N., long. 99 deg.10'36'' W.)

Hondo RBN

(Lat. 29 deg.22'24'' N., long. 99 deg.10'19'' W.)

Hondo VOR

(Lat. 29 deg.21'16'' N., long. 99 deg.10'33'' W.)

That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface

within a 6.7-mile radius of the Hondo Municipal Airport and within 8

miles west and 4 miles east of the 180' bearing from the Hondo RBN

extending from the airport to 16 miles south of the RBN and within

2.3 miles each side of the 352 deg. radial of the Hondo VOR

extending from the 6.7-mile radius to 6.9 miles north of the

airport.

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Issued in Forth Worth, TX on November 18, 1994.

Helen Fabian Parke,

Manager, Air Traffic Division Southwest Region.

[FR Doc. 94-29798 Filed 12-2-94; 8:45 am]

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