80_FR_23028 80 FR 22949 - Proposed Establishment of Class E Airspace; Defuniak Springs, FL

80 FR 22949 - Proposed Establishment of Class E Airspace; Defuniak Springs, FL

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration

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

Page Range22949-22950
FR Document2015-09395

This action proposes to establish Class E Airspace at Defuniak Springs, FL, to accommodate new Area Navigation (RNAV) Global Positioning System (GPS) Standard Instrument Approach Procedures (SIAPs) serving Defuniak Springs 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]
[Pages 22949-22950]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-09395]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Docket No. FAA-2015-0045; Airspace Docket No. 14-ASO-22]


Proposed Establishment of Class E Airspace; Defuniak Springs, FL

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 Defuniak 
Springs, FL, to accommodate new Area Navigation (RNAV) Global 
Positioning System (GPS) Standard Instrument Approach Procedures 
(SIAPs) serving Defuniak Springs 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-2015-0045; Airspace Docket No. 14-ASO-22, 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-2015-0045; Airspace Docket No. 14-ASO-22) 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-2015-0045; Airspace Docket No. 14-ASO-22.'' 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 establish Class E airspace extending 
upward from 700 feet above the surface at Defuniak Springs Airport., 
Defuniak Springs, FL, providing the controlled airspace required to 
support the new RNAV (GPS) standard instrument approach procedures for 
Defuniak Springs Airport.. Controlled airspace extending upward from 
700 feet above the surface within a 6.4-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.

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    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 Defuniak 
Springs Airport, Defuniak Springs, FL.

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 FL E5 Defuniak Springs, FL [New]

Defuniak Springs Airport, FL
    (Lat. 30[deg]43'52'' N., long. 86[deg]9'14'' W.)

    That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface 
within a 6.4-mile radius of Defuniak Springs 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. 2015-09395 Filed 4-23-15; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4910-13-P

Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 79 / Friday, April 24, 2015 / Proposed Rules 22949 Issued in Fort Worth, TX, on April 10, NARA, call 202–741–6030, or go to comments submitted through http:// 2015. http://www.archives.gov/federal_ www.regulations.gov. Recently Thomas L. Lattimer, register/code_of_federal-regulations/ibr_ published rulemaking documents can Acting Manager, Operations Support Group, locations.html. also be accessed through the FAA’s Web ATO Central Service Center. FAA Order 7400.9, Airspace page at http://www.faa.gov/airports_ [FR Doc. 2015–09390 Filed 4–23–15; 8:45 am] Designations and Reporting Points, is airtraffic/air_traffic/publications/ BILLING CODE 4901–14–P published yearly and effective on airspace_amendments/. September 15. For further information, You may review the public docket you can contact the Airspace Policy and containing the proposal, any comments DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Regulations Group, Federal Aviation received, and any final disposition in Administration, 800 Independence person in the Dockets Office (see the Federal Aviation Administration Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20591; ADDRESSES section for address and telephone: 202–267–8783. phone number) between 9:00 a.m. and 14 CFR Part 71 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John [Docket No. FAA–2015–0045; Airspace Fornito, Operations Support Group, except Federal Holidays. An informal Docket No. 14–ASO–22] Eastern Service Center, Federal Aviation docket may also be examined between Administration, P.O. Box 20636, 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday Proposed Establishment of Class E Atlanta, Georgia 30320; telephone (404) through Friday, except Federal Holidays Airspace; Defuniak Springs, FL 305–6364. at the office of the Eastern Service Center, Federal Aviation AGENCY: Federal Aviation SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Administration, Room 350, 1701 Administration (FAA), DOT. Columbia Avenue, College Park, Georgia Comments Invited ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking 30337. (NPRM). Interested persons are invited to Persons interested in being placed on comment on this rule by submitting a mailing list for future NPRM’s should SUMMARY: This action proposes to such written data, views, or arguments, establish Class E Airspace at Defuniak contact the FAA’s Office of Rulemaking, as they may desire. Comments that (202) 267–9677, to request a copy of Springs, FL, to accommodate new Area provide the factual basis supporting the Navigation (RNAV) Global Positioning Advisory circular No. 11–2A, Notice of views and suggestions presented are Proposed Rulemaking distribution System (GPS) Standard Instrument particularly helpful in developing Approach Procedures (SIAPs) serving System, which describes the application reasoned regulatory decisions on the procedure. Defuniak Springs Airport. Controlled proposal. Comments are specifically airspace is necessary for the safety and invited on the overall regulatory, Availability and Summary of management of instrument flight rules aeronautical, economic, environmental, Documents for Incorporation by (IFR) operations at the airport. and energy-related aspects of the Reference DATES: 0901 UTC. Comments must be proposal. This document proposes to amend received on or before June 8, 2015. 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, 2015–0045; Airspace Docket No. 14– dated August 6, 2014, and effective Docket Operations, West Building ASO–22) and be submitted in triplicate September 15, 2014. FAA Order Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 1200 to the Docket Management System (see 7400.9Y is publicly available as listed in New Jersey SE., 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–2015–0045; http://www.regulations.gov. service routes, and reporting points. Airspace Docket No. 14–ASO–22, 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. postcard on which the following Regulations (14 CFR) part 71 to establish You may review the public docket statement is made: ‘‘Comments to Class E airspace extending upward from containing the proposal, any comments Docket No. FAA–2015–0045; Airspace 700 feet above the surface at Defuniak received, and any final disposition in Docket No. 14–ASO–22.’’ The postcard Springs Airport., Defuniak Springs, FL, person in the Dockets Office between will be date/time stamped and returned providing the controlled airspace 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday to the commenter. required to support the new RNAV through Friday, except Federal holidays. All communications received before (GPS) standard instrument approach The Docket Office (telephone 1–800– the specified closing date for comments procedures for Defuniak Springs 647–5527), is on the ground floor of the will be considered before taking action Airport.. Controlled airspace extending building at the above address. on the proposed rule. The proposal upward from 700 feet above the surface FAA Order 7400.9Y, Airspace contained in this notice may be changed within a 6.4-mile radius of the airport Designations and Reporting Points, and in light of the comments received. A would be established for IFR operations. tkelley on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with PROPOSALS subsequent amendments can be viewed report summarizing each substantive Class E airspace designations are online at http://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/ public contact with FAA personnel published in Paragraph 6005 of FAA publications/. 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22950 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 79 / Friday, April 24, 2015 / Proposed Rules The FAA has determined that this Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 106(g), 40103, comments through the Internet at proposed regulation only involves an 40113, 40120, E.O. 10854, 24 FR 9565, 3 CFR, http://www.regulations.gov. You may established body of technical 1959–1963 Comp., p. 389. review the public docket containing the regulations for which frequent and § 71.1 [Amended] proposal, any comments received, and routine amendments are necessary to ■ 2. The incorporation by reference in any final disposition in person in the keep them operationally current. It, 14 CFR 71.1 of FAA Order 7400.9Y, Dockets Office between 9:00 a.m. and therefore, (1) is not a ‘‘significant Airspace Designations and Reporting 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, regulatory action’’ under Executive Points, dated August 6, 2014, effective except Federal holidays. The Docket Order 12866; (2) is not a ‘‘significant September 15, 2014, is amended as Office (telephone 1–800–647–5527), is rule’’ under DOT Regulatory Policies follows: on the ground floor of the building at and Procedures (44 FR 11034; February the above address. 26, 1979); and (3) does not warrant Paragraph 6005 Class E Airspace areas FAA Order 7400.9Y, Airspace preparation of a Regulatory Evaluation extending upward from 700 feet or more Designations and Reporting Points, and as the anticipated impact is so minimal. above the surface of the earth. subsequent amendments can be viewed Since this is a routine matter that will * * * * * online at http://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/ only affect air traffic procedures and air ASO FL E5 Defuniak Springs, FL [New] publications/. The Order is also navigation, it is certified that this available for inspection at the National proposed rule, when promulgated, will Defuniak Springs Airport, FL Archives and Records Administration (Lat. 30°43′52″ N., long. 86°9′14″ W.) not have a significant economic impact (NARA). For information on the on a substantial number of small entities That airspace extending upward from 700 availability of this proposed feet above the surface within a 6.4-mile under the criteria of the Regulatory radius of Defuniak Springs Airport. incorporation by reference material at Flexibility Act. NARA, call 202–741–6030, or go to Issued in College Park, Georgia, on April http://www.archives.gov/federal_ The FAA’s authority to issue rules 10, 2015. regarding aviation safety is found in register/code_of_federal-regulations/ibr_ Gerald E. Lynch, locations.html. Title 49 of the United States Code. Subtitle I, Section 106 describes the Manager, operations Support Group, Eastern FAA Order 7400.9, Airspace Service Center, Air Traffic Organization. Designations and Reporting Points, is authority of the FAA Administrator. [FR Doc. 2015–09395 Filed 4–23–15; 8:45 am] published yearly and effective on Subtitle VII, Aviation Programs, describes in more detail the scope of the BILLING CODE 4910–13–P September 15. For further information, agency’s authority. This proposed you can contact the Airspace Policy and rulemaking is promulgated under the Regulations Group, Federal Aviation authority described in Subtitle VII, Part, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Administration, 800 Independence A, Subpart I, Section 40103. Under that Avenue SW., Washington, DC, 20591; Federal Aviation Administration telephone: 202–267–8783. section, the FAA is charged with prescribing regulations to assign the use FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John 14 CFR Part 71 of airspace necessary to ensure the Fornito, Operations Support Group, safety of aircraft and the efficient use of [Docket No. FAA–2015–0458; Airspace Eastern Service Center, Federal Aviation airspace. This proposed regulation is Docket No. 15–ASO–02] Administration, P.O. Box 20636, within the scope of that authority as it Atlanta, Georgia 30320; telephone (404) Proposed Amendment of Class E would establish Class E airspace at 305–6364. Airspace; Campbellsville, KY Defuniak Springs Airport, Defuniak SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Springs, FL. AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT. Comments Invited Environmental Review ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking Interested persons are invited to This proposal would be subject to an (NPRM). comment on this rule by submitting environmental analysis in accordance such written data, views, or arguments, with FAA Order 1050.1E, SUMMARY: This action proposes to as they may desire. Comments that ‘‘Environmental Impacts: Policies and amend Class E Airspace at provide the factual basis supporting the Procedures’’ prior to any FAA final Campbellsville, KY as the Taylor views and suggestions presented are regulatory action. County NDB has been decommissioned, particularly helpful in developing requiring airspace redesign at Taylor reasoned regulatory decisions on the Lists of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 71 County Airport. This action would proposal. Comments are specifically Airspace, Incorporation by reference, enhance the safety and airspace invited on the overall regulatory, Navigation (Air). management of Instrument Flight Rules aeronautical, economic, environmental, (IFR) operations at the airport. and energy-related aspects of the The Proposed Amendment DATES: Comments must be received on proposal. In consideration of the foregoing, the or before June 8, 2015. Communications should identify both Federal Aviation Administration ADDRESSES: Send comments on this rule docket numbers (FAA Docket No. FAA– proposes to amend 14 CFR part 71 as to: U.S. Department of Transportation, 2015–0458; Airspace Docket No. 15– follows: Docket Operations, 1200 New Jersey ASO–02) and be submitted in triplicate tkelley on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with PROPOSALS Avenue SE., West Bldg Ground Floor to the Docket Management System (see PART 71—DESIGNATION OF CLASS A, Rm W12–140, Washington, DC 20590– ADDRESSES section for address and B, C, D, AND E AIRSPACE AREAS; AIR 000; Telephone: 1–800–647–5527; Fax: phone number). You may also submit TRAFFIC SERVICE ROUTES; AND 202–493–2251. You must identify the comments through the Internet at REPORTING POINTS Docket Number FAA–2015–0458; http://www.regulations.gov. Airspace Docket No. 15–ASO–02, at the Persons wishing the FAA to ■ 1. The authority citation for Part 71 beginning of your comments. 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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 22949 
CFR AssociatedAirspace; Incorporation by Reference and Navigation (air)
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