# Proposed Modification of Class D Airspace; Pasco, WA > Briefs, arguments, decisions, and more. URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/documents/fr%3A94-7925 ## Record - **Collection:** Federal Register - **Document type:** Uncategorized Document - **Published:** April 4, 1994 ## Text DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 14 CFR Part 71 [Airspace Docket No. 94-ANM-2] Proposed Modification of Class D Airspace; Pasco, WA AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT. ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: This proposed rule would modify the Class D airspace for Tri- Cities Airport, Pasco, Washington, by excluding additional airspace overlying the Vista Field Airport, Kennewick, Washington. This action would allow operations to and from the Vista Field Airport without radio communication with the Pasco Airport Traffic Control Tower. DATES: Comments must be received on or before May 7, 1994. ADDRESSES: Send comments on the proposal in triplicate to: Manager, System Management Branch, ANM-530, Federal Aviation Administration, Docket No. 94-ANM-2, 1601 Lind Avenue SW., Renton, Washington 98055- 4056. Telephone: (206) 227-2530. 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: Robert L. Brown, ANM-535, Federal Aviation Administration, Docket No. 94-ANM-2, 1601 Lind Avenue SW., Renton, Washington 98055-4056, Telephone (206) 227-2535. 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 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- 2.'' 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 the light of comments received. All comments submitted will be available for examination at the Federal Aviation Administration, 1601 Lind Avenue SW., Renton, Washington 98055-4056 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, 1601 Lind Avenue SW., 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 modify the Class D airspace for Tri-Cities Airport, Pasco, WA by excluding additional airspace overlying the Vista Field Airport. Recent construction at the airport has resulted in closure of the east-west runway, requiring aircraft operating to runway 02/20 to fly over the Columbia River outside the present airspace exclusion. Additional excluded airspace will not adversely impact the Tri-Cities airport. 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 7400.9A dated June 17, 1993, and effective September 16, 1993, which is incorporated by reference in 14 CFR 71.1 (58 FR 36298; July 6, 1993). The Class D airspace 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. 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 5000 General * * * * * ANM WA D Pasco, WA [Revised] Pasco, Tri-Cities Airport, WA (lat. 46 deg.15'52'' N, long. 119 deg.07'08'' W) Vista Airport, Kennewick, WA (lat. 46 deg.13'14'' N, long. 119 deg.12'19'' W) That airspace extending upward from the surface to and including 2,900 feet MSL within a 4.3-mile radius of the Tri-Cities Airport, excluding that airspace within a 2-mile radius of the Vista Airport. This Class D airspace area is effective during the specific dates and times established in advance by a Notice to Airmen. The effective date and time will thereafter be continuously published in the Airport/Facility Directory. * * * * * Issued in Seattle, Washington, on March 24, 1994. Temple H. Johnson, Jr., Manager, Air Traffic Division, Northwest Mountain Region. [FR Doc. 94-7925 Filed 4-1-94; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4910-13-M --- Source: Frix Law Library, https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/documents/fr%3A94-7925. Public record. Not legal advice.