Proposed Establishment of Class E Airspace; Montague, CA

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Airspace Docket No. 95-AWP-44]

Proposed Establishment of Class E Airspace; Montague, CA

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

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

of comment period.

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SUMMARY: On January 9, 1996, the FAA proposed to amend Class E Airspace

at Siskiyou County Airport, Montague, CA. This action intended to

provide adequate controlled airspace for Instrument Flight Rules (IFR)

operations. The proposed airspace amendment was published incorrectly.

This Supplementary Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (SNPRM) corrects those

errors and provides an additional comment period.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before August 2, 1999.

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

Aviation Administration, Attn: Manager, Airspace Branch AWP-520, Docket

No. 95-AWP-4, Air Traffic Division, P.O. Box 92007, Worldway Postal

Center, Los Angeles, California 90009.

The official docket may be examined in the Office of Assistance

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 at the Office of the Manager, Airspace Branch, Air Traffic

Division at the address listed above.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Debra Trindle, Airspace Specialist,

Airspace Branch, AWP-520.10, Air Traffic Division, Federal Aviation

Administration, 1500 Aviation Boulevard, Lawndale, California 90261,

telephone (310) 725-6613.

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. 95-

AWP-44.'' 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 proposed 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

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

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

Airspace Branch, 15000 Aviation Boulevard, Lawndale, California 90261.

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.

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The Proposal

The FAA is considering an amendment to 14 CFR part 71 to establish

Class E airspace at Siskiyou County Airport, Montague, CA. The original

Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) proposed an amendment to the

aforementioned airspace. The existing Class E airspace does not require

an amendment. The establishment of additional Class E airspace 1,200

feet or more above ground level (AGL) is necessary to provide

controlled airspace or IFR operations, specifically the departure

procedure from runway 35 for Siskiyou County Airport. The original

proposal is being modified to accurately describe the required Class E

airspace. The FAA published an NPRM on this proposal on January 8,

1996, (61 FR 550). 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 appropriate aeronautical charts. Class E airspace

designations for airspace areas extending upward from 700 feet or more

above the surface of the earth are published in Paragraph 6005 of FAA

Order 7400.9F dated September 4, 1998, and effective September 16,

1998, 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 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--DESIGNATION OF CLASS A, CLASS B, CLASS C, CLASS D, AND

CLASS E AIRSPACE AREAS; AIRWAYS; ROUTES; AND REPORTING POINTS

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.

Sec. 71.1 [Amended]

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

Aviation Administration Order 7400.9F, Airspace Designations and

Reporting Points, dated September 4, 1998, and effective September 16,

1998, 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 Montague, CA [New]

Montague, Siskiyou County, Airport, CA

(Lat. 41 deg.46'54'' N, long. 122 deg.28'05'' W)

Montague NDB

(Lat. 41 deg.43'38'' N, long. 122 deg.28'55'' W)

Klamath Fall VORTAC

(Lat. 42 deg.09'12'' N, long. 121 deg.43'39'' W)

That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface

within a 6.1 mile radius of Siskiyou County Airport. That airspace

extending upward from 1,200 feet above the surface within 8.3 miles

east and 5.2 miles west of the 356 deg. and 176 deg. bearings from

the Montague NDB, extending from 7 miles north to 1 mile south of

the NDB and within 8.3 miles east and 5.2 miles west of the 180 deg.

bearing from the Montague NDB, extending from the NDB to 16.5 miles

south of the NDB, and from lat. 41 deg.52'23'' N, long.

122 deg.24'32'' W, thence clockwise along the 34.8 mile radius of

Klamath Falls VORTAC to lat. 42 deg.13'00'' N, long. 122 deg.30'00''

W, to lat. 42 deg.11'00'' N, long. 122 deg.16'30'' W, to lat.

41 deg.51'20'' N, long. 122 deg.22'00'' W and thence

counterclockwise along the 6.1 mile radius of the Siskiyou County

Airport to the point of beginning.

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Issued in Los Angeles, California on June 4, 1999.

John Clancy,

Manager, Air Traffic Division, Western Pacific Region.

[FR Doc. 99-15385 Filed 6-17-99; 8:45 am]

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