Proposed Amendment to Class D and Class E Airspace; San Juan, PR

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Airspace Docket No. 99-ASO-6]

Proposed Amendment to Class D and Class E Airspace; San Juan, PR

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.

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SUMMARY: The notice proposes to amend Class D airspace at Fernando Luis

Ribas Dominicci Airport, San Juan, PR, and Class E5 airspace at Luis

Munoz Marin International Airport, San Juan, PR. A Global Positioning

System (GPS) Runway (RWY) 9 Standard Instrument Approach Procedure

(SIAP) has been developed for Fernando Luis Ribas Dominicci Airport As

a result, additional Class D controlled airspace for the Fernando Luis

Ribas Dominicci Airport extending upward from the surface and

additional Class E5 controlled airspace for the Luis Munoz Marin

International Airport, extending upward from 700 feet above the surface

is needed to accommodate the SIAP and for Instrument Flight Rules (IFR)

operations at Fernando Luis Ribas Dominicci Airport. The Class D

airspace would be increased from a 3 mile to a 3.9-mile radius of

Fernando Luis Ribas Dominicci Airport and within 1 mile each side of

the 275 degree bearing from the Fernando Luis Ribas Dominicci Airport,

extending from the 3.9-mile radius to 5.3 miles west of the airport.

The Class E5 airspace area for the Luis Munoz Marin International

Airport would be increased within 1 mile each side of the 275 degree

bearing from the Fernando Luis Ribas Dominicci Airport, extending 2.5

miles west of the 13-mile radius of the Luis Munoz Marin International

Airport. The operating status of the Fernando Luis Ribas Dominicci

Airport will change from Visual Flight Rules (VFR) to include IFR

operations concurrent with the publication of the SIAP.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before June 1, 1999.

dentify the airspace docket 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. 99-ASO-

6.'' The postcard will be date/time stamped and returned to the

commenter. All communications received 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 the comments received. All comments submitted will be

available for examination in the Office of the Regional Counsel for

Southern Region, Room 550, 1701 Columbia Avenue, College Park, Georgia

30337, 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 NPRMs

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

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

Manager, Airspace Branch, ASO-520, Air Traffic Division, P.O. Box

20636, Atlanta, Georgia 30320. Communications must identify the notice

number of this NPRM. Persons interested in being placed on a mailing

list for future NPRMs should also request a copy of Advisory Circular

No. 11-2A which describes the application procedure.

The Proposal

ng a request to the Federal Aviation Administration,

Manager, Airspace Branch, ASO-520, Air Traffic Division, P.O. Box

20636, Atlanta, Georgia 30320. Communications must identify the notice

number of this NPRM. Persons interested in being placed on a mailing

list for future NPRMs 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 amend Class D airspace at the

Fernando Luis Ribas Dominicci Airport, San Juan, PR, and Class E5

airspace at the Luis Munoz Marin International Airport, San Juan, PR. A

GPS RWY 9 SIAP has been developed for Fernando Luis Ribas Dominicci

Airport. As a result, additional controlled airspace extending upward

from the surface and additional controlled airspace extending upward

from 700 feet above the surface is needed to accommodate the SIAP and

for Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) operations at Fernando Luis Ribas

Dominicci Airport. Class D airspace designations are published in

Paragraph 5000 and Class E5 airspace designations are published in

Paragraph 6005 of FAA Order 7400.9F, dated September 10, 1998, and

effective September 16, 1998, which is incorporated by reference in 14

CFR 71.1. The Class D and Class E5 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.

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

hich 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 Federal

Aviation Administration Order 7400.9F, Airspace Designations and

Reporting Points, dated September 10, 1998, and effective September 16,

1998, is amended as follows:

Paragraph 5000. Class D airspace.

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ASO PR D San Juan, PR [Revised]

Fernando Luis Ribas Dominicci Airport

(Lat. 18 deg.27'25'' N., long. 66 deg.05'54'' W.)

Luis Munoz Marin International Airport

(Lat. 18 deg.26'22'' N., long. 66 deg.00'07'' W.)

der 7400.9F, Airspace Designations and

Reporting Points, dated September 10, 1998, and effective September 16,

1998, is amended as follows:

Paragraph 5000. Class D airspace.

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ASO PR D San Juan, PR [Revised]

Fernando Luis Ribas Dominicci Airport

(Lat. 18 deg.27'25'' N., long. 66 deg.05'54'' W.)

Luis Munoz Marin International Airport

(Lat. 18 deg.26'22'' N., long. 66 deg.00'07'' W.)

That airspace extending upward from the surface, to but not

including 1,200 feet MSL, within a 3.9-mile radius of San Juan

Fernando Luis Ribas Dominicci Airport and within 1 mile each side of

the 275 degree bearing from the Fernando Luis Ribas Dominicci

Airport, extending from the 3.9-mile radius to 5.3 miles west of the

airport; excluding that portion within the San Juan Luis Munoz Marin

International Airport, PR, Class C airspace area. This Class D

airspace area is effective during the 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.

* * * * *

Paragraph 6005. Class E Airspace Areas Extending Upward from 700

feet or More Above the Surface of the Earth.

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ASO PR E5 San Juan, PR [Revised]

Luis Munoz Marin International Airport

(Lat. 18 deg.26'22'' N. long. 66 deg.00'07'' W.)

Fernando Luis Ribas Dominicci Airport

(Lat. 18 deg.27'25'' N, long. 66 deg.05'54'' W.)

That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface

south of lat. 18 deg.23 deg.00'' N., within a 17-mile radius of Luis

Munoz Marin International Airport and that airspace north of lat.

18 deg.23'00'' N., within a 13-mile radius of Luis Munoz Marin

international Airport and within one mile each side of the 275

degree bearing from the Fernando Luis Ribas Dominicci Airport,

extending 2.5 miles west from the 13-mile radius point.

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Issued in College Park, Georgia, on April 19, 1999.

Nancy B. Shelton,

Acting Manager, Air Traffic Division Southern Region.

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of lat.

18 deg.23'00'' N., within a 13-mile radius of Luis Munoz Marin

international Airport and within one mile each side of the 275

degree bearing from the Fernando Luis Ribas Dominicci Airport,

extending 2.5 miles west from the 13-mile radius point.

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Issued in College Park, Georgia, on April 19, 1999.

Nancy B. Shelton,

Acting Manager, Air Traffic Division Southern Region.

[FR Doc. 99-10735 Filed 4-28-99; 8:45 am]

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