Proposed Amendment of Class D Airspace: New Orleans NAS, Alvin Callender Field, LA

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

14 CFR Part 71

[Airspace Docket No. 94-ASW-18]

Proposed Amendment of Class D Airspace: New Orleans NAS, Alvin

Callender Field, LA

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.

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SUMMARY: This notice proposes to amend the Class D airspace at New

Orleans Naval Air Station (NAS), Alvin Callender Field, New Orleans,

LA. Decommissioning of the New Orleans NAS Non-directional Radio Beacon

negates the need for Class D airspace to protect the standard

instrument approach to this navigational aid.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before February 2, 1995.

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

Systems Management Branch, Air Traffic Division, Southwest Region,

Docket No. 94-ASW-18, Federal Aviation Administration, Fort Worth , TX

76193-0530.

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

Chief Counsel, Southwest Region, Federal Aviation Administration, 2601

Meacham Boulevard, Fort Worth, TX, between 9 AM 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, Southwest Region, Federal Aviation

Administration, 2601 Meacham Boulevard, Fort Worth, TX.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

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

Southwest Region, Federal Aviation Administration, 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 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. 94-ASW-18.'' The postcard will be date and time

stamped and returned to the commenter. All communications received

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 the light of comments received. All

comments submitted will be available for examination in the System

Management Branch, Air Traffic Division, 2501 Meacham Boulevard, 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 NPRM's

Any person may obtain a copy of this Notice of Proposed Rulemaking

(NPRM) by submitting a request to the Manager, System Management

Branch, Federal Aviation Administration, Fort Worth, TX 76193-0530.

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 that 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 the class D airspace at

New Orleans NAS Callender Field, LA. Decommissioning of the New Orleans

NAS Non-directional Beacon negates the need for the airspace protecting

the withdrawn SIAP.

The coordinates for this airspace docket are based on North

American Datum 83. Class D airspace designations are published in

paragraph 5000 of FAA Order 7400.9B, dated July 18, 1994, and effective

September 16, 1994, which is incorporated by reference in 14 CFR 71.1.

Class D airspace designations 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

effect 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, 1993, and effective September 16,

1994, is amended as follows:

Paragraph 5000 General

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ASW LA D New Orleans NAS, Alvin Callender Field, LA--[Revised]

New Orleans NAS, Alvin Callender Field, LA

(lat. 29 deg.049'31'' N., long. 90 deg.002'06'' W.)

Harvey VORTAC

(lat 29 deg.051'01'' N., long 90 deg.00'10'' W.)

That airspace extending upward from the surface to and including

2,500 feet MSL within a 4.7-mile radius of New Orleans NAS Alvin

Callender Field and within 1.3 miles each side of the 228 deg.

radial of the Harvey VORTAC extending from the 4.7-mile radius to

5.6 miles southwest of the airport and within 1.3 miles each side of

the 058 deg. radial of the Harvey VORTAC extending from the 4.7-mile

radius to 6 miles northeast of the airport excluding that airspace

within the New Orleans, LA, Class B airspace area.

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Issued in Forth Worth, TX on December 1, 1994.

Helen Fabian Parke,

Manager, Air Traffic Division, Southwest Region.

[FR Doc. 94-30956 Filed 12-15-94; 8:45 am]

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