80_FR_12399 80 FR 12354 - Proposed Revocation of Class E Airspace; Lexington, TN

80 FR 12354 - Proposed Revocation of Class E Airspace; Lexington, TN

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 45 (March 9, 2015)

Page Range12354-12355
FR Document2015-05114

This action proposes to remove Class E Airspace at Lexington, TN, as the Franklin Wilkins Airport has been abandoned, and controlled airspace is no longer required. This action would enhance the safety and airspace management around the Lexington, TN, area.

Federal Register, Volume 80 Issue 45 (Monday, March 9, 2015) 
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 45 (Monday, March 9, 2015)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 12354-12355]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-05114]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Docket No. FAA-2014-0969; Airspace Docket No. 14-ASO-20]


Proposed Revocation of Class E Airspace; Lexington, TN

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM).

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SUMMARY: This action proposes to remove Class E Airspace at Lexington, 
TN, as the Franklin Wilkins Airport has been abandoned, and controlled 
airspace is no longer required. This action would enhance the safety 
and airspace management around the Lexington, TN, area.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before April 23, 2015. The 
Director of the Federal Register approves this incorporation by 
reference action under title 1, Code of Federal Regulations, part 51, 
subject to the annual revision of FAA, Order 7400.9 and publication of 
conforming amendments.

ADDRESSES: Send comments on this rule to: U.S. Department of 
Transportation, Docket Operations,1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., West Bldg 
Ground Floor Rm. W12-140, Washington, DC 20590-0001; Telephone: 1-800-
647-5527; Fax: 202-493-2251. You must identify the Docket Number FAA-
2014-0969; Airspace Docket No. 14-ASO-20, at the beginning of your 
comments. You may also submit and review received comments through the 
Internet at http://www.regulations.gov. You may review the public 
docket containing the proposal, any comments received, and any final 
disposition in person in the Dockets Office between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 
p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. The Docket Office 
(telephone 1-800-647-5527), is on the ground floor of the building at 
the above address.
    FAA Order 7400.9Y, Airspace Designations and Reporting Points, and 
subsequent amendments can be viewed online at http://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/publications/. The Order is also available for inspection 
at the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). For 
information on the availability of this proposed incorporation by 
reference material at NARA, call 202-741-6030, or go to http://www.archives.gov/federal_register/code_of_federal-regulations/ibr_locations.html.
    FAA Order 7400.9, Airspace Designations and Reporting Points, is 
published yearly and effective on September 15. For further 
information, you can contact the Airspace Policy and Regulations Group, 
Federal Aviation Administration, 800 Independence Avenue SW., 
Washington, DC 20591; telephone: 202-267-8783.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Fornito, Operations Support 
Group, Eastern Service Center, Federal Aviation Administration, P.O. 
Box 20636, Atlanta, Georgia 30320; telephone (404) 305-6364.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Comments Invited

    Interested persons are invited to comment on this rule 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 both docket numbers (FAA Docket No. 
FAA-2014-0969; Airspace Docket No. 14-ASO-20) and be submitted in 
triplicate to the Docket Management System (see ADDRESSES section for 
address and phone number). You may also submit comments through the 
Internet at http://www.regulations.gov.
    Persons wishing the FAA to acknowledge receipt of their comments on 
this action must submit with those comments a self-addressed stamped 
postcard on which the following statement is made: ``Comments to Docket 
No. FAA-2014-0969; Airspace Docket No. 14-ASO-20.'' 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. A report summarizing each substantive public contact 
with FAA personnel concerned with this rulemaking will be filed in the 
docket.

Availability of NPRMs

    An electronic copy of this document may be downloaded from and 
comments submitted through http://www.regulations.gov. Recently 
published rulemaking documents can also be accessed through the FAA's 
Web page at http://www.faa.gov/airports_airtraffic/air_traffic/publications/airspace_amendments/.
    You may review the public docket containing the proposal, any 
comments received, and any final disposition in person in the Dockets 
Office (see the ADDRESSES section for address and phone number) between 
9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal 
Holidays. An informal docket may also be examined between 8:00 a.m. and 
4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal Holidays at the office 
of the Eastern Service Center, Federal Aviation Administration, room 
350, 1701 Columbia Avenue, College Park, Georgia 30337.
    Persons interested in being placed on a mailing list for future 
NPRM's should contact the FAA's Office of Rulemaking, (202) 267-9677, 
to request a copy of Advisory circular No. 11-2A, Notice of Proposed 
Rulemaking distribution System, which describes the application 
procedure.

Availability and Summary of Documents for Incorporation by Reference

    This document proposes to amend FAA Order 7400.9Y, airspace 
Designations and Reporting Points, dated August 6, 2014, and effective 
September 15, 2014. FAA Order 7400.9Y is publicly available as listed 
in the ADDRESSES section of this proposed rule. FAA Order 7400.9Y lists 
Class A, B, C, D, and E airspace areas, air traffic service routes, and 
reporting points.

The Proposal

    The FAA is considering an amendment to Title 14, Code of Federal 
Regulations (14 CFR) part 71 to remove Class E airspace extending 
upward from 700 feet above the surface at Franklin Wilkins Airport, 
Lexington, TN. The

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airport has been abandoned, therefore, the airspace is no longer 
necessary.
    Class E airspace designations are published in Paragraph 6005 of 
FAA Order 7400.9Y, dated August 6, 2014, and effective September 15, 
2014, which is incorporated by reference in 14 CFR 71.1. The Class E 
airspace designation listed in this document will 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 proposed 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.
    The FAA's authority to issue rules regarding aviation safety is 
found in Title 49 of the United States Code. Subtitle I, Section 106 
describes the authority of the FAA Administrator. Subtitle VII, 
Aviation Programs, describes in more detail the scope of the agency's 
authority. This proposed rulemaking is promulgated under the authority 
described in Subtitle VII, Part A, Subpart I, Section 40103. Under that 
section, the FAA is charged with prescribing regulations to assign the 
use of airspace necessary to ensure the safety of aircraft and the 
efficient use of airspace. This proposed regulation is within the scope 
of that authority as it would remove Class E airspace at Franklin 
Wilkins Airport, Lexington, TN.
    This proposal would be subject to an environmental analysis in 
accordance with FAA Order 1050.1E, ``Environmental Impacts: Policies 
and Procedures'' prior to any FAA final regulatory action.

Lists 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, B, C, D, AND E AIRSPACE AREAS; AIR 
TRAFFIC SERVICE ROUTES; AND REPORTING POINTS

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1. The authority citation for 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]

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2. The incorporation by reference in 14 CFR 71.1 of FAA Order 7400.9Y, 
Airspace Designations and Reporting Points, dated August 6, 2014, 
effective September 15, 2014, 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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ASO TN E5 Lexington, TN [Removed]

    Issued in College Park, Georgia, on February 25, 2015.
Gerald E. Lynch,
Acting Manager, Operations Support Group, Eastern Service Center, Air 
Traffic Organization.
[FR Doc. 2015-05114 Filed 3-6-15; 8:45 am]
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12354 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 45 / Monday, March 9, 2015 / Proposed Rules you consider to be CBI and explain why Dockets Office between 9:00 a.m. and will be date/time stamped and returned you believe SBA should hold this 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, to the commenter. information as confidential. SBA will except Federal holidays. The Docket All communications received before review the information and make the Office (telephone 1–800–647–5527), is the specified closing date for comments final determination on whether it will on the ground floor of the building at will be considered before taking action publish the information. the above address. on the proposed rule. The proposal FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: FAA Order 7400.9Y, Airspace contained in this notice may be changed Brenda Fernandez, Office of Policy, Designations and Reporting Points, and in light of the comments received. A Planning and Liaison, 409 Third Street subsequent amendments can be viewed report summarizing each substantive SW., Washington, DC 20416; (202) 207– online at http://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/ public contact with FAA personnel 7337; brenda.fernandez@sba.gov. publications/. The Order is also concerned with this rulemaking will be available for inspection at the National filed in the docket. Dated: March 3, 2015. Archives and Records Administration Availability of NPRMs Kenneth Dodds, (NARA). For information on the Director, Office of Policy, Planning & Liaison, availability of this proposed An electronic copy of this document Office of Government Contracting & Business may be downloaded from and Development. incorporation by reference material at NARA, call 202–741–6030, or go to comments submitted through http:// [FR Doc. 2015–05316 Filed 3–6–15; 8:45 am] www.regulations.gov. Recently http://www.archives.gov/federal_ BILLING CODE 8025–01–P register/code_of_federal-regulations/ibr_ published rulemaking documents can locations.html. also be accessed through the FAA’s Web FAA Order 7400.9, Airspace page at http://www.faa.gov/airports_ DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Designations and Reporting Points, is airtraffic/air_traffic/publications/ published yearly and effective on airspace_amendments/. Federal Aviation Administration September 15. For further information, You may review the public docket you can contact the Airspace Policy and containing the proposal, any comments 14 CFR Part 71 Regulations Group, Federal Aviation received, and any final disposition in [Docket No. FAA–2014–0969; Airspace Administration, 800 Independence person in the Dockets Office (see the Docket No. 14–ASO–20] Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20591; ADDRESSES section for address and telephone: 202–267–8783. phone number) between 9:00 a.m. and Proposed Revocation of Class E 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Airspace; Lexington, TN except Federal Holidays. An informal Fornito, Operations Support Group, docket may also be examined between AGENCY: Federal Aviation Eastern Service Center, Federal Aviation 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday Administration (FAA), DOT. Administration, P.O. Box 20636, through Friday, except Federal Holidays ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking Atlanta, Georgia 30320; telephone (404) at the office of the Eastern Service (NPRM). 305–6364. Center, Federal Aviation SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Administration, room 350, 1701 SUMMARY: This action proposes to remove Class E Airspace at Lexington, Comments Invited Columbia Avenue, College Park, Georgia TN, as the Franklin Wilkins Airport has 30337. Interested persons are invited to Persons interested in being placed on been abandoned, and controlled comment on this rule by submitting airspace is no longer required. This a mailing list for future NPRM’s should such written data, views, or arguments, contact the FAA’s Office of Rulemaking, action would enhance the safety and as they may desire. Comments that airspace management around the (202) 267–9677, to request a copy of provide the factual basis supporting the Advisory circular No. 11–2A, Notice of Lexington, TN, area. views and suggestions presented are Proposed Rulemaking distribution DATES: Comments must be received on particularly helpful in developing System, which describes the application or before April 23, 2015. The Director of reasoned regulatory decisions on the procedure. the Federal Register approves this proposal. Comments are specifically incorporation by reference action under invited on the overall regulatory, Availability and Summary of title 1, Code of Federal Regulations, part aeronautical, economic, environmental, Documents for Incorporation by 51, subject to the annual revision of and energy-related aspects of the Reference FAA, Order 7400.9 and publication of proposal. This document proposes to amend conforming amendments. Communications should identify both FAA Order 7400.9Y, airspace ADDRESSES: Send comments on this rule docket numbers (FAA Docket No. FAA– Designations and Reporting Points, to: U.S. Department of Transportation, 2014–0969; Airspace Docket No. 14– dated August 6, 2014, and effective Docket Operations,1200 New Jersey ASO–20) and be submitted in triplicate September 15, 2014. FAA Order Avenue SE., West Bldg Ground Floor to the Docket Management System (see 7400.9Y is publicly available as listed in Rm. W12–140, Washington, DC 20590– ADDRESSES section for address and the ADDRESSES section of this proposed 0001; Telephone: 1–800–647–5527; Fax: phone number). You may also submit rule. FAA Order 7400.9Y lists Class A, 202–493–2251. You must identify the comments through the Internet at B, C, D, and E airspace areas, air traffic Docket Number FAA–2014–0969; http://www.regulations.gov. service routes, and reporting points. tkelley on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with PROPOSALS Airspace Docket No. 14–ASO–20, at the Persons wishing the FAA to beginning of your comments. You may acknowledge receipt of their comments The Proposal also submit and review received on this action must submit with those The FAA is considering an comments through the Internet at comments a self-addressed stamped amendment to Title 14, Code of Federal http://www.regulations.gov. You may postcard on which the following Regulations (14 CFR) part 71 to remove review the public docket containing the statement is made: ‘‘Comments to Class E airspace extending upward from proposal, any comments received, and Docket No. FAA–2014–0969; Airspace 700 feet above the surface at Franklin any final disposition in person in the Docket No. 14–ASO–20.’’ The postcard Wilkins Airport, Lexington, TN. The VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:26 Mar 06, 2015 Jkt 235001 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 4702 Sfmt 4702 E:\FR\FM\09MRP1.SGM 09MRP1

Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 45 / Monday, March 9, 2015 / Proposed Rules 12355 airport has been abandoned, therefore, PART 71—DESIGNATION OF CLASS A, The Orders are scheduled to expire the airspace is no longer necessary. B, C, D, AND E AIRSPACE AREAS; AIR when the rulemaking is final and in Class E airspace designations are TRAFFIC SERVICE ROUTES; AND effect, but not later than October 29, published in Paragraph 6005 of FAA REPORTING POINTS 2016. The proposed rule is intended to Order 7400.9Y, dated August 6, 2014, provide a longer-term and and effective September 15, 2014, which ■ 1. The authority citation for Part 71 comprehensive approach to slot is incorporated by reference in 14 CFR continues to read as follows: management at JFK, EWR, and LGA. 71.1. The Class E airspace designation Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(g); 40103, 40113, The FAA has also placed further listed in this document will be 40120; E.O. 10854, 24 FR 9565, 3 CFR, 1959– information in support of the proposal published subsequently in the Order. 1963 Comp., p. 389. in the docket for this rulemaking. The FAA has determined that this Finally, this document responds to a § 71.1 [Amended] request for a public meeting regarding proposed regulation only involves an established body of technical ■ 2. The incorporation by reference in this rulemaking. regulations for which frequent and 14 CFR 71.1 of FAA Order 7400.9Y, DATES: The comment period for the routine amendments are necessary to Airspace Designations and Reporting NPRM is extended until May 8, 2015. keep them operationally current. It, Points, dated August 6, 2014, effective ADDRESSES: You may send comments therefore, (1) is not a ‘‘significant September 15, 2014, is amended as identified by docket number FAA– regulatory action’’ under Executive follows: 2014–1073 using any of the following Order 12866; (2) is not a ‘‘significant Paragraph 6005 Class E Airspace Areas methods: rule’’ under DOT Regulatory Policies Extending Upward From 700 Feet or More • Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to and Procedures (44 FR 11034; February Above the Surface of the Earth. http://www.regulations.gov and follow 26, 1979); and (3) does not warrant * * * * * the online instructions for sending your preparation of a Regulatory Evaluation comments electronically. ASO TN E5 Lexington, TN [Removed] as the anticipated impact is so minimal. • Mail: Send comments to Docket Since this is a routine matter that will Issued in College Park, Georgia, on Operations, M–30; U.S. Department of only affect air traffic procedures and air February 25, 2015. Transportation (DOT), 1200 New Jersey navigation, it is certified that this Gerald E. Lynch, Avenue SE., Room W12–140, West proposed rule, when promulgated, will Acting Manager, Operations Support Group, Building Ground Floor, Washington, DC not have a significant economic impact Eastern Service Center, Air Traffic 20590–0001. on a substantial number of small entities Organization. • Hand Delivery or Courier: Take under the criteria of the Regulatory [FR Doc. 2015–05114 Filed 3–6–15; 8:45 am] comments to Docket Operations in Flexibility Act. BILLING CODE 4910–13–P Room W12–140 of the West Building The FAA’s authority to issue rules Ground Floor at 1200 New Jersey regarding aviation safety is found in Avenue SE., Washington, DC, between 9 Title 49 of the United States Code. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Subtitle I, Section 106 describes the Friday, except Federal holidays. authority of the FAA Administrator. Federal Aviation Administration • Fax: Fax comments to Docket Subtitle VII, Aviation Programs, Operations at 202–493–2251. describes in more detail the scope of the 14 CFR Part 93 Privacy: In accordance with 5 U.S.C. agency’s authority. This proposed [Docket No. FAA–2014–1073; Notice No. 14– 553(c), DOT solicits comments from the rulemaking is promulgated under the 11A] public to better inform its rulemaking authority described in Subtitle VII, Part process. DOT posts these comments, A, Subpart I, Section 40103. Under that RIN 2120–AJ89 without edit, including any personal section, the FAA is charged with information the commenter provides, to Slot Management and Transparency www.regulations.gov, as described in prescribing regulations to assign the use for LaGuardia Airport, John F. the system of records notice (DOT/ALL– of airspace necessary to ensure the Kennedy International Airport, and 14 FDMS), which can be reviewed at safety of aircraft and the efficient use of Newark Liberty International Airport; www.dot.gov/privacy. airspace. This proposed regulation is Extension of Comment Period; Docket: Background documents or within the scope of that authority as it Availability of Further Data; Request comments received may be read at would remove Class E airspace at for Public Meeting http://www.regulations.gov at any time. Franklin Wilkins Airport, Lexington, TN. AGENCY: Federal Aviation Follow the online instructions for This proposal would be subject to an Administration (FAA), DOT. accessing the docket or Docket environmental analysis in accordance ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking; Operations in Room W12–140 of the with FAA Order 1050.1E, Extension of comment period. West Building Ground Floor at 1200 ‘‘Environmental Impacts: Policies and New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, Procedures’’ prior to any FAA final SUMMARY: This action extends the DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday regulatory action. comment period for a notice of through Friday, except Federal holidays. proposed rulemaking (NPRM) published FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For Lists of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 71 on January 8, 2015. In the NPRM, the technical questions concerning this tkelley on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with PROPOSALS Airspace, Incorporation by reference, U.S. Department of Transportation action, contact Molly Smith, Office of Navigation (air). (DOT) and the FAA proposed to replace Aviation Policy and Plans, Federal the Orders limiting scheduled Aviation Administration, 800 The Proposed Amendment operations at John F. Kennedy Independence Avenue SW., In consideration of the foregoing, the International Airport (JFK) and Newark Washington, DC 20591; telephone (202) Federal Aviation Administration Liberty International Airport (EWR), and 267–3274; email molly.w.smith@faa.gov; proposes to amend 14 CFR part 71 as limiting scheduled and unscheduled Susan Pfingstler, System Operations follows: operations at LaGuardia Airport (LGA). Services, Air Traffic Organization, VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:26 Mar 06, 2015 Jkt 235001 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 4702 Sfmt 4702 E:\FR\FM\09MRP1.SGM 09MRP1


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CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionProposed Rules
ActionNotice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM).
DatesComments must be received on or before April 23, 2015. The Director of the Federal Register approves this incorporation by reference action under title 1, Code of Federal Regulations, part 51, subject to the annual revision of FAA, Order 7400.9 and publication of conforming amendments.
ContactJohn Fornito, Operations Support Group, Eastern Service Center, Federal Aviation Administration, P.O. Box 20636, Atlanta, Georgia 30320; telephone (404) 305-6364.
FR Citation80 FR 12354 
CFR AssociatedAirspace; Incorporation by Reference and Navigation (air)
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