Proposed Modification of Class E Airspace, Ukiah Municipal Airport; Ukiah, CA

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

14 CFR Part 71

[Airspace Docket No. 94-AWP-5]

Proposed Modification of Class E Airspace, Ukiah Municipal

Airport; Ukiah, CA

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.

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SUMMARY: This notice proposes to amend Class E airspace at Ukiah

Municipal Airport, Ukiah, CA, by establishing a class E surface area

for the airport.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before May 11, 1994.

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

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

530, Docket No. 94-AWP-5, Air Traffic Division, P.O. Box 92007,

Worldway 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. An informal

docket may also be examined during normal business hours at the Office

of the Manager, System Management Branch, Air Traffic Division at the

above address.

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) 297-0697.

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 those comments a self-addressed, stamped postcard on which

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

AWP-5.'' 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,

15000 Aviation Boulevard, Lawndale, California, 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, AWP-530, 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 NRPM'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 establish a Class E surface

area for an airport. The FAA is proposing to change the Class E

airspace for Ukiah Municipal Airport, which has a 700 foot transition,

to include an airport surface area. An Automated Weather Observing

System (AWOS-3) has been installed at Ukiah Municipal Airport meeting

the criterion for an airport surface area. The coordinates for this

airspace are based on North American Datum 83. Class E airspace

designated as a surface area for an airport is published in paragraph

6002 of FAA Order 7400.9A, dated June 17, 1993, and effective September

16, 1993, which is incorporated by reference in 14 CFR 71.1 as of

September 16, 1993 (58 FR 36298; July 6, 1993). The Class E airspace

listed in the 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.

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

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 7400.9A, Airspace Designations and

Reporting Points, dated June 17, 1993, and effective September 16,

1993, 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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AWP CA E5 Ukiah, CA [Revised]

Ukiah Municipal Airport, CA

(lat. 39 deg.07'34''N, long. 123 deg.12'03''W)

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

Mendocino VORTAC (lat. 39 deg.03'12''N, long. 123 deg.16'27''W)

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

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

within a 17.4-mile radius the Mendocino VORTAC, excluding that

airspace east of the western edge of V-25 and that airspace bounded

by a line from lat. 39 deg.32'00''N, long. 123 deg.33'14''W; to lat.

39 deg.32'00''N, long. 123 deg.11'34''W; to lat. 39 deg.21'37''N,

long. 123 deg.04'54''W; to lat. 39 deg.19'07''N, long.

123 deg.07'22''W, thence counterclockwise via the 17.4-mile radius

of the Mendocino VORTAC to lat. 39 deg.19'04''N, long,

123 deg.25'40''W; to lat. 39 deg.32'00''N, long. 123 deg.33'14''W.

That airspace extending upward from 7,500 feet MSL south of the Red

Bluff VORTAC between the 20.9- and 39.1-mile arcs of the Red Bluff

VORTAC bounded on the northwest by the northwest edge of V-199 and

on the southeast by the southeast edge of V-25. That airspace

extending upward from 8,500 feet MSL south of the Red Bluff VORTAC

bounded on the northeast by a 39.1-mile arc of the Red Bluff VORTAC,

on the southeast by the southeast edge of V-25, on the south and

southwest by the north edge of V-200 and a 17.4-mile arc of the

Mendocino VORTAC, and on the northwest by the northwest edge of V-

199. That airspace extending upward from 9,500 feet MSL bounded on

the southeast by the northwest edge of V-199 to lat.

39 deg.21'37''N, long. 123 deg.04'54''W; to lat. 39 deg.32'00''N,

long. 123 deg.11'34''W; to lat. 39 deg.32'00''N, long.

123 deg.33'14''W, and on the west by the east edge of V-27, and on

the north by a line 7.8 miles south of and parallel to the Red Bluff

VORTAC 291 deg. and Fortuna VORTAC 110 deg. radii. That airspace

extending upward from 5,300 feet MSL bounded on the east by the

southwest edge of V-27 and on the west by the west/ southwest edge

of V-494.

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Paragraph 6002 Class E airspace designated as a surface area for an

airport.

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AWP CA E2 Ukiah, CA [New]

Ukiah Municipal Airport, CA

(lat. 39 deg.07'34''N. long. 123 deg.12'03''W)

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

Mendocino VORTAC (lat. 39 deg.03'12''N, long. 123 deg.16'27''W)

Red Bluff VORTAC (lat. 40 deg.05'56''N. long. 122 deg.14'11''W)

Within a 4.3-mile radius of the Ukiah Municipal Airport and

within 1.8 miles each side of the 348 deg. bearing from the Ukiah

Municipal Airport extending from the 4.3-mile radius to 16.2 miles

north of the airport and that airspace within 1.8 miles each side of

the 007 deg. bearing from the Ukiah Municipal Airport extending from

the 4.3-mile radius to 8.6 miles north of the airport and that

airspace within 1.8 miles west and 2.5 miles east of the 154 deg.

bearing from the Ukiah Municipal Airport extending from the 4.3-mile

radius to 11.3 miles south of the airport.

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Issued in Los Angeles, CA, on March 15, 1994.

Richard R. Lien,

Manager, Air Traffic Division Manager, Western-Pacific Region.

[FR Doc. 94-7455 Filed 3-29-94; 8:45 am]

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