Proposed Removal of Class D Airspace and Establishment of Class E Airspace; Coeur d'Alene, Idaho

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

14 CFR Part 71

[Airspace Docket No. 96-ANM-23]

Proposed Removal of Class D Airspace and Establishment of Class E

Airspace; Coeur d'Alene, Idaho

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking (SNPRM), reopening

of comment period.

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SUMMARY: On September 9, 1996, the FAA proposed to remove Class D

Airspace and establish Class E Airspace at Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. This

action is the result of decommissioning the air traffic control tower

at Coeur d'Alene Air Terminal, Idaho. The Notice of Proposed Rulemaking

(NPRM), as published, inadvertently omitted the removal of Class E4

airspace associated with the Class D airspace action. The part-time

airspace verbiage was also omitted. Also, an error was identified with

the 4,800-foot MSL ceiling for the proposed airspace designation. This

Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (SNPRM) corrects those

errors and omissions and provides an additional comment period.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before December 15, 1996.

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

Operations Branch, ANM-530, Federal Aviation Administration, Docket No.

96-ANM-23, 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: James Riley, ANM-5322, Federal

Aviation Administration, Docket No. 96-ANM-23, 1601 Lind Avenue S.W.,

Renton, Washington 98055-4056; telephone number: (206) 227-2537.

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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. 96-

ANM-23.'' 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 address listed above 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 SNPRM's

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

(NPRM) by submitting a request to the Federal Aviataion Administration,

Operations 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 remove Class D airspace, along

with the associated Class E4 airspace designation, and establish Class

E airspace at Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. Changes to the airspace

designations are as follows: (1) The Class E4 airspace designation

would be removed and the airspace would be incorporated within the

Class E2 airspace. (2) The part-time airspace verbiage will be added to

the Class E airspace designation to reflect a non-twenty four hour

operation. (3) The 4,800-foot MSL ceiling, not associated with Class E2

airspace areas, would be removed. The FAA published an NPRM on this

proposal on September 9, 1996 (61 FR 47465). Since issuance of the

NPRM, the FAA has discovered errors in the proposal. Changes to the

proposal to correct these errors are significant enough to warrant

issuance of a SNPRM and reopening of the comment period.

Comments received in response to the original NPRM and this SNPRM

would be addressed in the final disposition of the rule. The area would

be depicted on aeronautical charts for pilot reference. Class D and

Class E airspace areas are published in Paragraphs 5000, 6002, and 6004

respectively, of FAA Order 7400.9D dated September 4, 1996, and

effective September 16, 1996, which is incorporated by reference in 14

CFR 71.1. The Class E airspace designation listed in this document

would be published subsequently in the Order. The Class D and E4

airspace descriptions listed in this document would be removed

subsequently from 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. 106(g), 40103, 40113, 40120; E.O. 10854, 24

FR 9565, 3 CFR, 1959-1963 Comp., p. 389; 14 CFR 11.69.

Sec. 71.1 [Amended]

2. The incorporation by reference in 14 CFR 71.1 of the Federal

Aviation Administration Order 7400.9D, Airspace Designations and

Reporting Points, dated September 4, 1996, and effective September 16,

1996, is amended as follows:

Paragraph 5000 Class D airspace.

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ANM ID D Coeur d'Alene, ID [Remove]

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Paragraph 6004 Class E Airspace areas designated as an extension

to a Class D surface area.

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ANM ID E4 Coeur d'Alene, ID [Remove]

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Paragraph 6002 Class E airspace areas designated as a surface area

for an airport.

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ANM ID E2 Couer d'Alene, ID [New]

Coeur d'Alene Air Terminal, ID

(lat. 47 deg.46'28''N, long. 116 deg.49'11''W)

Coeur d'Alene VOR/DME

(lat. 47 deg.46'25''N, long. 116 deg.49'14''W)

Within a 4.4-mile radius of the Coeur d'Alene Air Terminal and

within 3.5 miles each side of the Coeur d'Alene VOR/DME 251 degree

radial extending from the 4.4-mile radius to 6 miles southwest of

the airport and within 1.8 miles each side of the Coeur d'Alene VOR/

DME 183 degree radial extending from the 4.4-mile radius to 8 miles

south of the airport. This Class E airspace 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.

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Issued in Seattle, Washington, on November 13, 1996.

Glenn A. Adams III,

Assistant Manager, Air Traffic Division, Northwest Mountain Region.

[FR Doc. 96-30640 Filed 11-29-96; 8:45 am]

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