Amendment to Class E Airspace; North Bend, Oregon

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

14 CFR Part 71

[Airspace Docket No. 94-ANM-1]

Amendment to Class E Airspace; North Bend, Oregon

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.

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SUMMARY: This notice proposes to amend the Class E airspace at North

Bend, Oregon, to accommodate a new Standard Instrument Approach

Procedure (SIAP) at the North Bend Municipal Airport, Oregon.

Controlled airspace extending upward from the surface is needed for

aircraft executing the approach. The area would be depicted on

aeronautical charts for pilot reference.

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

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

System Management Branch, ANM-530, Federal Aviation Administration,

Docket No. 94-ANM-1, 1601 Lind Avenue S.W., Renton, Washington 98055-

4056.

The official docket may be examined at the same address.

An informal docket may also be examined during normal business

hours at the address listed above.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ted Melland, ANM-536, Federal Aviation

Administration, Docket No. 94-ANM-1, 1601 Lind Avenue S.W., Renton,

Washington, 98055-4056, Telephone: (206) 227-2536.

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. Some 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 those comments a self-addressed, stamped postcard on which

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

ANM-1.'' 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 at the address listed above both before and after the

closing date for our comments. A report summarizing each substantiative

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, ANM-530, 1601 Lind Avenue S.W., Renton,

Washington 98055-4056. 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 procedure.

The Proposal

The FAA is considering an amendment to part 71 of the Federal

Aviation Regulations (14 CFR part 71) to amend Class E airspace at

North Bend, Oregon, to provide controlled airspace for a new SIAP at

the North Bend Municipal Airport. Controlled airspace extending upward

from the surface is needed for aircraft executing the approach. 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 designations for airspace areas

extending upward from the surface of the earth and from 700 feet or

more above the surface of the earth are published in Paragraphs 6002

and 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 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.

Therefore, this 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 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

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 6002 Class E airspace areas designated as a surface area

for an airport

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ANM OR E2 North Bend, OR [Revised]

North Bend Municipal Airport, OR

(Lat. 43 deg.25'02'' N, long. 124 deg.14'46'' W)

North Bend VORTAC

(Lat. 43 deg.24'36'' N, long. 124 deg.10'06'' W)

Empire, LOM/NDB

(Lat. 43 deg.23'41'' N, long. 124 deg.18'37'' W)

Within a 4.2-mile radius of the North Bend Municipal Airport,

and within 1.8 miles each side of the North Bend VORTAC 044 deg.

radial extending from the 4.2-mile radius to 5.7 miles northeast of

the VORTAC, and within 3.7 miles each side of the North Bend VORTAC

09 deg. radius extending from the 4.2-mile radius to 7.5 miles east

of the VORTAC, and within 2.7 miles each side of the 241 deg.

bearing from the Empire LOM/NDB extending from the 4.2-mile radius

to 6.1 miles southwest of the LOM/NDB.

* * * * *

Paragraph 6005 Class E airspace areas extending upward from 700

feet or more above the surface of the earth

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ANM OR E5 North Bend, OR [Revised]

North Bend VORTAC

(Lat. 43 deg.24'56'' N, long. 124 deg.10'06'' W)

That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface

within an 8-mile radius of the North Bend VORTAC from the 142 deg.

radial CW to the 352 deg. radial, an within a 14-mile radius of the

VORTAC from the 352 deg. radial CW to the 142 deg. radial, and

within 2.7 miles north of the North Bend VORTAC 268 deg. radial

extending from the 8-mile radius to 11 miles west of the VORTAC, and

within 1.8 miles south and 5.7 miles north of the VORTAC 241 deg.

radial extending from the 8-mile radius to 14.8 miles southwest;

that airspace extending upward from 1,200 feet above the surface

within a 19.2-mile radius of the North Bend VORTAC extending

clockwise from the west edge of V-27 south of the VORTAC, to the

west edge of V-287 north of the VORTAC, and within 2.2 miles

southeast and 10.1 miles northwest of the North Bend VORTAC 241 deg.

radial, extending from the VORTAC to 22.2 miles southwest.

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Issued in Seattle, Washington, on November 15, 1994.

Temple H. Johnson, Jr.,

Manager, Air Traffic Division, Northwest Mountain Region.

[FR Doc. 94-29817 Filed 12-2-94; 8:45 am]

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