Proposed Amendment of Class E Airspace; Red Bluff and Redding, CA

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

14 CFR Part 71

[Airspace Docket No. 94-AWP-25]

Proposed Amendment of Class E Airspace; Red Bluff and Redding, CA

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.

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SUMMARY: This proposal would modify the Class E airspace at Red Bluff,

CA, and Redding, CA. Additional controlled airspace designated as a

surface area for an airport and extending from 700 feet or more above

the surface is necessary for three Standard Instrument Approach

Procedures (SIAPs) at the Red Bluff Municipal Airport. These three

SIAPs are being amended to incorporate the use of the Redding altimeter

setting for part-time use. This proposal would provide the controlled

airspace necessary for the VHF Omnidirectional Range/Distant Measuring

Equipment (VOR/DME), VHF Omnidirectional Range (VOR), and

Nondirectional Radio Beacon (NDB) SIAPs at the Red Bluff Municipal

Airport.

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

ADDRESSES: Send comments on the proposal in triplicate to: Federal

Aviation Administration, Attn: Manager, System Management Branch, AWP-

530, Docket No. 94-AWP-25, Air Traffic Division, P.O. Box 92007, World

Postal Center, Los Angeles, California 90009.

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

Chief Counsel, Western-Pacific Region, Federal Aviation Administration,

Room 6007, 15000 Aviation Boulevard, Lawndale, California 90261.

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-25.'' The postcard will be date/time stamped ad 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, Worldwide 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 the Class E airspace

areas at Red Bluff, CA, and Redding, CA. This proposed action would

provide additional controlled airspace for Instrument Flight Rules

(IFR) procedures at the Red Bluff Municipal Airport, specifically, the

VOR RWY 33, VOR/DME RWY 15, and NDB RWY 33 approach to Red Bluff, 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 6002 and 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

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 for which frequent and

routine amendments are necessary to keep them operationally current.

Therefore, this proposed 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 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. 1854, 25

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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AWP CA E2 Red Bluff, CA [Revised]

Red Bluff Municipal Airport, CA

(lat. 40 deg.09'04'' N, long. 122 deg.15'08'' W)

Red Bluff VORTAC

(lat. 40 deg.05'56'' N, long. 122 deg.14'11'' W)

Proberta NDB

(lat. 40 deg.06'51'' N, long. 122 deg.14'15'' W)

Within a 6.5-mile radius of the Red Bluff Municipal Airport and

within 2.6 miles either side of the 161 deg. bearing from the Red

Bluff Municipal Airport extending from the 6.5-mile radius to 10

miles south of the Red Bluff Airport. This Class E airspace area is

effective during the specific dates and times established in advance

by a Notice of Airmen. The effective date and time will thereafter

be continuously published in the Airport/Facility Directory.

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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 Red Bluff, CA [Revised]

Red Bluff Municipal Airport, CA

(lat. 40 deg.09'04'' N, long. 122 deg.15'09'' W)

Red Bluff VORTAC

(lat. 40 deg.05'56'' N, long. 122 deg.14'11'' W)

Proberta NDB

(lat. 40 deg.06'51'' N, long. 122 deg.14'15'' W)

That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface

within a 6.5-mile radius of the Red Bluff Municipal Airport and

within 8 miles east and 4 miles west of the 161 deg. bearing from

the Red Bluff Municipal Airport extending from 2 miles south to 17

miles south of the Red Bluff Municipal Airport. That airspace

extending upward from 1200 feet above the surface within a 17.4-

miles radius of the Red Bluff VORTAC and within 7.8 miles each side

of the Red Bluff VORTAC 291 deg. radial, extending from the 17.4-

mile radius to 45.2 miles west of the Red Bluff VORTAC and within

26.1-mile radius of the Red Bluff VORTAC, extending from the north

edge of V-195 to the west edge of V-23 and within 7.8 miles west of

and 8.7 miles east of the Red Bluff VORTAC 342 deg. radial,

extending from the 17.4-mile radius to 58.2 miles north of the Red

Bluff VORTAC and within 8.7 miles west and 5.2 miles east of the Red

Bluff VORTAC 015 deg. radial, extending from the 17.4-mile radius to

48.7 miles north of the Red Bluff VORTAC and within an area bounded

by a line beginning at lat. 40 deg.41'27'' N, long. 121 deg.54''42'

W; to lat. 40 deg.34'40'' N, long. 121 deg.52'34'' W; to lat.

40 deg.21'46'' N, long. 121 deg. 56''49'' W; to lat. 40 deg.22'35''

N, long. 122 deg.01'04'' W, to the point of beginning and that

airspace within a 20.9-mile radius of the Red Bluff VORTAC,

extending from the Red Bluff VORTAC 015 deg. radial clockwise via

the 20.9-mile arc to lat. 40 deg.00'00'' N.

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AWP CA E5 Redding, CA [Revised]

Redding Municipal Airport, CA

(lat. 40 deg.30'32'' N, long. 122 deg.17'30'' W)

Redding VOR/DME

(lat. 40 deg.30'16'' N, long. 122 deg.17'30'' W)

Lassn NDB

(lat. 40 deg.23'34'' N, long. 122 deg.17'41'' W)

Enterprise Skypark, CA

(lat. 40 deg.34'40'' N, long. 122 deg.19'19'' W)

That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface

within a 4.3-mile radius of Redding Municipal Airport and within 1.8

miles each side of the Redding Instrument Landing System (ILS)

localizer North course, extending from the 4.3-mile radius to 10

miles north of the threshold of Runway 16 and within 8 miles west

and 5.5 miles east of the 179 deg./359 deg. bearing from/to the

Lassn NDB extending from 9.5 miles north of the Lassn NDB to 16

miles south of the Lassn NDB and that airspace within a 5.5-mile arc

of the Redding VOR/DME from the Redding VOR/DME 110 deg. radial

clockwise to the Redding VOR/DME 152 deg. radial, excluding the

airspace with 1-mile of the Enterprise Skypark Airport. That

airspace extending upward from 1200 feet above the surface north of

the Redding VOR/DME within an arc of a 20-mile radius of the Redding

VOR/DME within an arc of the 20-mile radius of the Redding VOR/DME,

extending from the east edge of V-23 clockwise to the west of edge

of V-25.

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Issued in Los Angeles, California, on December 6, 1994.

Richard R. Lien,

Manager, Air Traffic Division, Western-Pacific Region.

[FR Doc. 94-31084 Filed 12-16-94; 8:45 am]

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