80_FR_23025 80 FR 22946 - Proposed Establishment of Class E Airspace; Headland, AL

80 FR 22946 - Proposed Establishment of Class E Airspace; Headland, AL

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 79 (April 24, 2015)

Page Range22946-22947
FR Document2015-09404

This action proposes to establish Class E Airspace at Headland, AL, to accommodate new Area Navigation (RNAV) Global Positioning System (GPS) Standard Instrument Approach Procedures (SIAPs) serving Headland Municipal Airport. Controlled airspace is necessary for the safety and management of instrument flight rules (IFR) operations at the airport.

Federal Register, Volume 80 Issue 79 (Friday, April 24, 2015) 
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 79 (Friday, April 24, 2015)]
[Proposed Rules]
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From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-09404]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Docket No. FAA-2015-0046; Airspace Docket No. 14-ASO-23]


Proposed Establishment of Class E Airspace; Headland, AL

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM).

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SUMMARY: This action proposes to establish Class E Airspace at 
Headland, AL, to accommodate new Area Navigation (RNAV) Global 
Positioning System (GPS) Standard Instrument Approach Procedures 
(SIAPs) serving Headland Municipal Airport. Controlled airspace is 
necessary for the safety and management of instrument flight rules 
(IFR) operations at the airport.

DATES: 0901 UTC. Comments must be received on or before June 8, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Send comments on this rule to: U. S. Department of 
Transportation, Docket Operations, West Building Ground Floor, Room 
W12-140, 1200 New Jersey, SE., Washington, DC 20590-0001; Telephone: 1-
800-647-5527; Fax: 202-493-2251. You must identify the Docket Number 
FAA-2015-0046; Airspace Docket No. 14-ASO-23, 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-2015-0046; Airspace Docket No. 14-ASO-23) 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-2015-0046; Airspace Docket No. 14-ASO-23.'' 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

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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 establish Class E airspace extending 
upward from 700 feet above the surface at Headland Municipal Airport, 
Headland, AL., providing the controlled airspace required to support 
the new RNAV (GPS) standard instrument approach procedures for Headland 
Municipal Airport. Controlled airspace extending upward from 700 feet 
above the surface within a 7-mile radius of the airport would be 
established for IFR operations.
    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 establish Class E airspace at Headland 
Municipal Airport, Headland, AL.

Environmental Review

    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(f),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 AL E5 Headland, AL [New]

Headland Municipal Airport, AL
    (Lat. 31[deg]21'51'' N., long. 85[deg]18'45'' W.)

    That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface 
within a 7-mile radius of Headland Municipal Airport.

    Issued in College Park, Georgia, on April 10, 2015.
Gerald E. Lynch,
Manager, Operations Support Group, Eastern Service Center, Air Traffic 
Organization.
[FR Doc. 2015-09404 Filed 4-23-15; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 4910-13-P

22946 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 79 / Friday, April 24, 2015 / Proposed Rules Branch, ANM–116, Transport Airplane Issued in Renton, Washington, on April 6, NARA, call 202–741–6030, or go to Directorate, FAA, has the authority to 2015. http://www.archives.gov/federal_ approve AMOCs for this AD, if requested John P. Piccola, Jr., register/code_of_federal-regulations/ibr_ using the procedures found in 14 CFR 39.19. Acting Manager, Transport Airplane locations.html. In accordance with 14 CFR 39.19, send your Directorate, Aircraft Certification Service. FAA Order 7400.9, Airspace request to your principal inspector or local [FR Doc. 2015–09549 Filed 4–23–15; 8:45 am] Designations and Reporting Points, is Flight Standards District Office, as published yearly and effective on BILLING CODE 4910–13–P appropriate. If sending information directly September 15. For further information, to the International Branch, send it to ATTN: you can contact the Airspace Policy and Sanjay Ralhan, Aerospace Engineer, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Regulations Group, Federal Aviation International Branch, ANM–116, Transport Airplane Directorate, FAA, 1601 Lind Administration, 800 Independence Federal Aviation Administration Avenue, SW., Washington, DC, 20591; Avenue SW., Renton, WA 98057–3356; telephone 425–227–1405; fax 425–227–1149. telephone: 202–267–8783. 14 CFR Part 71 Information may be emailed to: 9-ANM-116- FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John AMOC-REQUESTS@faa.gov. Before using [Docket No. FAA–2015–0046; Airspace Fornito, Operations Support Group, any approved AMOC, notify your appropriate Docket No. 14–ASO–23] Eastern Service Center, Federal Aviation principal inspector, or lacking a principal Administration, P.O. Box 20636, inspector, the manager of the local flight Proposed Establishment of Class E Atlanta, Georgia 30320; telephone (404) standards district office/certificate holding Airspace; Headland, AL 305–6364. district office. The AMOC approval letter AGENCY: Federal Aviation SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: must specifically reference this AD. (2) Contacting the Manufacturer: As of the Administration (FAA), DOT. Comments Invited effective date of this AD, for any requirement ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking in this AD to obtain corrective actions from (NPRM). Interested persons are invited to a manufacturer, the action must be comment on this rule by submitting SUMMARY: This action proposes to such written data, views, or arguments, accomplished using a method approved by the Manager, International Branch, ANM– establish Class E Airspace at Headland, as they may desire. Comments that 116, Transport Airplane Directorate, FAA; or AL, to accommodate new Area provide the factual basis supporting the EASA; or Airbus’s EASA DOA. If approved Navigation (RNAV) Global Positioning views and suggestions presented are by the DOA, the approval must include the System (GPS) Standard Instrument particularly helpful in developing DOA-authorized signature. Approach Procedures (SIAPs) serving reasoned regulatory decisions on the (3) Required for Compliance (RC): Except Headland Municipal Airport. Controlled proposal. Comments are specifically as required by paragraph (j) of this AD, if the airspace is necessary for the safety and invited on the overall regulatory, service information contains procedures or management of instrument flight rules aeronautical, economic, environmental, tests that are identified as RC, those (IFR) operations at the airport. and energy-related aspects of the procedures and tests must be done to comply DATES: 0901 UTC. Comments must be proposal. with this AD; any procedures and tests that received on or before June 8, 2015. Communications should identify both are not identified as RC are recommended. ADDRESSES: Send comments on this rule docket numbers (FAA Docket No. FAA– Those procedures and tests that are not 2015–0046; Airspace Docket No. 14– to: U. S. Department of Transportation, identified as RC may be deviated from using Docket Operations, West Building ASO–23) and be submitted in triplicate accepted methods in accordance with the Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 1200 to the Docket Management System (see operator’s maintenance or inspection New Jersey, SE., Washington, DC ADDRESSES section for address and program without obtaining approval of an AMOC, provided the procedures and tests 20590–0001; Telephone: 1–800–647– phone number). You may also submit identified as RC can be done and the airplane 5527; Fax: 202–493–2251. You must comments through the Internet at http:// can be put back in a serviceable condition. identify the Docket Number FAA–2015– www.regulations.gov. Any substitutions or changes to procedures 0046; Airspace Docket No. 14–ASO–23, Persons wishing the FAA to or tests identified as RC require approval of at the beginning of your comments. You acknowledge receipt of their comments an AMOC. may also submit and review received on this action must submit with those comments through the Internet at comments a self-addressed stamped (m) Related Information http://www.regulations.gov. postcard on which the following (1) Refer to Mandatory Continuing You may review the public docket statement is made: ‘‘Comments to Airworthiness Information (MCAI) EASA containing the proposal, any comments Docket No. FAA–2015–0046; Airspace Airworthiness Directive 2014–0053, dated received, and any final disposition in Docket No. 14–ASO–23.’’ The postcard March 7, 2014, for related information. This person in the Dockets Office between will be date/time stamped and returned MCAI may be found in the AD docket on the 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday to the commenter. Internet at http://www.regulations.gov by through Friday, except Federal holidays. All communications received before searching for and locating Docket No. FAA– The Docket Office (telephone 1–800– the specified closing date for comments 2015–0926. (2) For service information identified in 647–5527), is on the ground floor of the will be considered before taking action this AD, contact Airbus, Airworthiness building at the above address. on the proposed rule. The proposal Office—EIAS, 1 Rond Point Maurice FAA Order 7400.9Y, Airspace contained in this notice may be changed Bellonte, 31707 Blagnac Cedex, France; Designations and Reporting Points, and in light of the comments received. A tkelley on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with PROPOSALS telephone +33 5 61 93 36 96; fax +33 5 61 subsequent amendments can be viewed report summarizing each substantive 93 44 51; email account.airworth-eas@ online at http://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/ public contact with FAA personnel airbus.com; Internet http://www.airbus.com. publications/. The Order is also concerned with this rulemaking will be You may view this service information at the available for inspection at the National filed in the docket. FAA, Transport Airplane Directorate, 1601 Archives and Records Administration (NARA). For information on the Availability of NPRMs Lind Avenue SW., Renton, WA. For information on the availability of this availability of this proposed An electronic copy of this document material at the FAA, call 425–227–1221. incorporation by reference material at may be downloaded from and VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:05 Apr 23, 2015 Jkt 235001 PO 00000 Frm 00020 Fmt 4702 Sfmt 4702 E:\FR\FM\24APP1.SGM 24APP1

Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 79 / Friday, April 24, 2015 / Proposed Rules 22947 comments submitted through http:// The FAA has determined that this Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(f),106(g), 40103, www.regulations.gov. Recently proposed regulation only involves an 40113, 40120, E.O. 10854, 24 FR 9565, 3 CFR, published rulemaking documents can established body of technical 1959–1963 Comp., p. 389. also be accessed through the FAA’s Web regulations for which frequent and § 71.1 [Amended] page at http://www.faa.gov/airports_ routine amendments are necessary to ■ 2. The incorporation by reference in airtraffic/air_traffic/publications/ keep them operationally current. It, 14 CFR 71.1 of FAA Order 7400.9Y, airspace_amendments/. therefore, (1) is not a ‘‘significant Airspace Designations and Reporting You may review the public docket regulatory action’’ under Executive Points, dated August 6, 2014, effective containing the proposal, any comments Order 12866; (2) is not a ‘‘significant September 15, 2014, is amended as received, and any final disposition in rule’’ under DOT Regulatory Policies person in the Dockets Office (see the follows: and Procedures (44 FR 11034; February ADDRESSES section for address and 26, 1979); and (3) does not warrant Paragraph 6005 Class E Airspace areas phone number) between 9:00 a.m. and preparation of a Regulatory Evaluation extending upward from 700 feet or more 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, as the anticipated impact is so minimal. above the surface of the earth. except Federal Holidays. An informal Since this is a routine matter that will * * * * * docket may also be examined between only affect air traffic procedures and air 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday ASO AL E5 Headland, AL [New] navigation, it is certified that this through Friday, except Federal Holidays proposed rule, when promulgated, will Headland Municipal Airport, AL at the office of the Eastern Service not have a significant economic impact (Lat. 31°21′51″ N., long. 85°18′45″ W.) Center, Federal Aviation on a substantial number of small entities That airspace extending upward from 700 Administration, room 350, 1701 under the criteria of the Regulatory feet above the surface within a 7-mile radius Columbia Avenue, College Park, Georgia of Headland Municipal Airport. Flexibility Act. 30337. The FAA’s authority to issue rules Issued in College Park, Georgia, on April Persons interested in being placed on 10, 2015. regarding aviation safety is found in a mailing list for future NPRM’s should Gerald E. Lynch, Title 49 of the United States Code. contact the FAA’s Office of Rulemaking, Manager, Operations Support Group, Eastern Subtitle I, Section 106 describes the (202) 267–9677, to request a copy of Service Center, Air Traffic Organization. authority of the FAA Administrator. Advisory circular No. 11–2A, Notice of [FR Doc. 2015–09404 Filed 4–23–15; 8:45 am] Subtitle VII, Aviation Programs, Proposed Rulemaking distribution describes in more detail the scope of the BILLING CODE 4910–13–P System, which describes the application agency’s authority. This proposed procedure. rulemaking is promulgated under the Availability and Summary of authority described in Subtitle VII, Part, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Documents for Incorporation by A, Subpart I, Section 40103. Under that Federal Aviation Administration Reference section, the FAA is charged with This document proposes to amend prescribing regulations to assign the use 14 CFR Part 71 FAA Order 7400.9Y, Airspace of airspace necessary to ensure the safety of aircraft and the efficient use of [Docket No. FAA–2014–0723; Airspace Designations and Reporting Points, Docket No. 14–AGL–13] dated August 6, 2014, and effective airspace. This proposed regulation is September 15, 2014. FAA Order within the scope of that authority as it Proposed Establishment of Class E 7400.9Y is publicly available as listed in would establish Class E airspace at Airspace; Highmore, SD the ADDRESSES section of this proposed Headland Municipal Airport, Headland, rule. FAA Order 7400.9Y lists Class A, AL. AGENCY: Federal Aviation B, C, D, and E airspace areas, air traffic Administration (FAA), DOT. Environmental Review service routes, and reporting points. ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking This proposal would be subject to an (NPRM). The Proposal environmental analysis in accordance The FAA is considering an with FAA Order 1050.1E, SUMMARY: This action proposes to amendment to Title 14, Code of Federal ‘‘Environmental Impacts: Policies and establish Class E airspace at Highmore, Regulations (14 CFR) part 71 to establish Procedures’’ prior to any FAA final SD. Controlled airspace is necessary to Class E airspace extending upward from regulatory action. accommodate new Standard Instrument 700 feet above the surface at Headland Approach Procedures (SIAPs) at Lists of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 71 Highmore Municipal Airport. The FAA Municipal Airport, Headland, AL., providing the controlled airspace Airspace, Incorporation by reference, is taking this action to enhance the required to support the new RNAV Navigation (Air). safety and management of Instrument (GPS) standard instrument approach Flight Rules (IFR) operations for SIAPs procedures for Headland Municipal The Proposed Amendment at the airport. Airport. Controlled airspace extending In consideration of the foregoing, the DATES: Comments must be received on upward from 700 feet above the surface Federal Aviation Administration or before June 8, 2015. within a 7-mile radius of the airport proposes to amend 14 CFR part 71 as ADDRESSES: Send comments on this would be established for IFR operations. follows: proposal to the U.S. Department of tkelley on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with PROPOSALS Class E airspace designations are Transportation, Docket Operations, 1200 published in Paragraph 6005 of FAA PART 71—DESIGNATION OF CLASS A, New Jersey Avenue SE., West Building Order 7400.9Y, dated August 6, 2014, B, C, D, AND E AIRSPACE AREAS; AIR Ground Floor, Room W12–140, and effective September 15, 2014, which TRAFFIC SERVICE ROUTES; AND Washington, DC 20590–0001. You must is incorporated by reference in 14 CFR REPORTING POINTS identify the docket number FAA–2014– 71.1. The Class E airspace designation 0744/Airspace Docket No. 14–ACE–5, at listed in this document will be ■ 1. The authority citation for Part 71 the beginning of your comments. You published subsequently in the Order. continues to read as follows: may also submit comments through the VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:05 Apr 23, 2015 Jkt 235001 PO 00000 Frm 00021 Fmt 4702 Sfmt 4702 E:\FR\FM\24APP1.SGM 24APP1


Document Created: 2015-12-16 08:42:45
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CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionProposed Rules
ActionNotice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM).
Dates0901 UTC. Comments must be received on or before June 8, 2015.
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 22946 
CFR AssociatedAirspace; Incorporation by Reference and Navigation (air)
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