80_FR_34972 80 FR 34855 - Proposed Amendment of Class E Airspace; El Paso, TX

80 FR 34855 - Proposed Amendment of Class E Airspace; El Paso, TX

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 117 (June 18, 2015)

Page Range34855-34856
FR Document2015-14810

This action proposes to amend Class E airspace at El Paso, TX. The closure of West Texas Airport has made this action necessary for continued safety and management within the National Airspace System. Additionally, the geographic coordinates for El Paso International Airport and Biggs Army Airfield (AAF) would be adjusted.

Federal Register, Volume 80 Issue 117 (Thursday, June 18, 2015) 
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 117 (Thursday, June 18, 2015)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 34855-34856]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-14810]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Docket No. FAA-2014-1074; Airspace Docket No. 14-ASW-10]


Proposed Amendment of Class E Airspace; El Paso, TX

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM).

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SUMMARY: This action proposes to amend Class E airspace at El Paso, TX. 
The closure of West Texas Airport has made this action necessary for 
continued safety and management within the National Airspace System. 
Additionally, the geographic coordinates for El Paso International 
Airport and Biggs Army Airfield (AAF) would be adjusted.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before August 3, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Send comments on this proposal to the U.S. Department of 
Transportation, Docket Operations, M-30, West Building Ground Floor, 
Room W12-140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590-0001; 
telephone (202) 366-9826. You must identify the docket number FAA-2014-
1074/Airspace Docket No. 14-ASW-10, at the beginning of your comments. 
You may also submit 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 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: Rebecca Shelby, Central Service 
Center, Operations Support Group, Federal Aviation Administration, 
Southwest Region, 2601 Meacham Blvd., Fort Worth, TX 76137; telephone: 
817-321-7740.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Authority for This Rulemaking

    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 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 regulation is within the scope of that authority 
as it would amend Class E airspace at West Texas Airport, El Paso, TX.

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 both docket numbers 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 Docket No. FAA-2014-1074 and

[[Page 34856]]

Airspace Docket No. 14-ASW-10.'' The postcard will be date/time stamped 
and returned to the commenter.

Availability of NPRMs

    An electronic copy of this document may be downloaded through the 
Internet at 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 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 during normal 
business hours at the office of the Central Service Center, 2601 
Meacham Blvd., Fort Worth, TX 76137.
    Persons interested in being placed on a mailing list for future 
NPRMs 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 Proposed 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 proposing an amendment to Title 14, Code of Federal 
Regulations (14 CFR), Part 71 by removing Class E airspace extending 
upward from 700 feet above the surface at West Texas Airport, El Paso, 
TX. This action is necessary due to the closure of the airport; 
therefore controlled airspace is no longer needed. Additionally, 
geographic coordinates for El Paso International Airport, would be 
changed from (lat. 31[deg]48'24'' N., long. 106[deg]22'40'' W.) to 
(lat. 31[deg]50'59'' N., long. 106[deg]22'48'' W.); and Biggs AAF 
coordinates would be changed from (lat. 31[deg]50'58'' N., long. 
106[deg]22'48'' W.) to (lat. 31[deg]50'59'' N., long. 106[deg]22'48'' 
W.). These minor adjustments would reflect the current information in 
the FAA's aeronautical database.
    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.

Regulatory Notices and Analyses

    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, would not have a significant economic impact on a 
substantial number of small entities under the criteria of the 
Regulatory Flexibility Act.

Environmental Review

    This proposal will 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.

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

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1. The authority citation for 14 CFR 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, and 
effective September 15, 2014 is amended as follows:

Paragraph 6005 Class E Airspace Area Extending Upward From 700 Feet 
or More Above the Surface of the Earth

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14ASW TX E5 El Paso, TX [Amended]

Biggs AAF, (Fort Bliss)
    (lat. 31[deg]50'59'' N., long. 106[deg]22'48'' W.).
El Paso International Airport, TX
    (lat. 31[deg]48'26'' N., long. 106[deg]22'35'' W.)
El Paso VORTAC
    (lat. 31[deg]48'57'' N., long. 106[deg]16'55'' W.).

    Class E airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the 
surface within a 9.1-mile radius of Biggs AAF, and within a 8.4-mile 
radius of El Paso International Airport, and within 2 miles each 
side of the 050[deg] bearing from El Paso International Airport 
extending from the 8.4-mile radius to 13 miles northeast of the 
airport, and within 1.6 miles each side of the 093[deg] radial of 
the El Paso VORTAC extending from the 8.4-mile radius to 7.3 miles 
east of the VORTAC.


    Issued in Fort Worth, TX on June 9, 2015.
Robert W. Beck,
Manager, Operations Support Group, ATO Central Service Center.
[FR Doc. 2015-14810 Filed 6-17-15; 8:45 am]
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Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 117 / Thursday, June 18, 2015 / Proposed Rules 34855 industry description.14 Manufacturing via email at Brenda.Edwards@ availability of this material at NARA, of room ACs can be classified under ee.doe.gov. call 202–741–6030, or go to http:// either NAICS 333415, ‘‘Air- Issued in Washington, DC, on June 9, 2015. www.archives.gov/federal_register/ Conditioning and Warm Air Heating Kathleen B. Hogan, code_of_federal-regulations/ibr_ Equipment and Commercial and locations.html. Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy Industrial Refrigeration Equipment FAA Order 7400.9, Airspace Efficiency, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Manufacturing’’ or NAICS 335228, Energy. Designations and Reporting Points, is ‘‘Other Major Household Appliance published yearly and effective on [FR Doc. 2015–15001 Filed 6–17–15; 8:45 am] Manufacturing.’’ The SBA sets a September 15. For further information, BILLING CODE 6450–01–P threshold of 750 or 500 employees or you can contact the Airspace Policy and less for an entity to be considered as a Regulations Group, Federal Aviation small business for these categories. Administration, 800 Independence These employee threshold would DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20591; include all employees in a business’s telephone: 202–267–8783. Federal Aviation Administration parent company and any other FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: subsidiaries. Rebecca Shelby, Central Service Center, DOE used publically available 14 CFR Part 71 Operations Support Group, Federal information to attempt to identify any [Docket No. FAA–2014–1074; Airspace Aviation Administration, Southwest small business that manufactures room Docket No. 14–ASW–10] Region, 2601 Meacham Blvd., Fort ACs. DOE cross-referenced the Worth, TX 76137; telephone: 817–321– manufacturers listed in DOE’s Proposed Amendment of Class E Airspace; El Paso, TX 7740. Compliance Certification Management SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: System (CCMS) with individual AGENCY: Federal Aviation company Web sites and market research Administration (FAA), DOT. Authority for This Rulemaking tools (e.g., Hoovers reports). DOE’s ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking The FAA’s authority to issue rules initial research indicates that no small (NPRM). regarding aviation safety is found in businesses currently manufacture room Title 49 of the United States Code. ACs. SUMMARY: This action proposes to Issue K.1 DOE requests comment on Subtitle I, Section 106 describes the amend Class E airspace at El Paso, TX. authority of the FAA Administrator. any small business manufacturers of The closure of West Texas Airport has room ACs that it should consider in its Subtitle VII, Aviation Programs, made this action necessary for describes in more detail the scope of the analysis. continued safety and management agency’s authority. This rulemaking is III. Submission of Comments within the National Airspace System. promulgated under the authority Additionally, the geographic described in Subtitle VII, Part, A, DOE invites all interested parties to coordinates for El Paso International submit in writing by August 3, 2015, Subpart I, Section 40103. Under that Airport and Biggs Army Airfield (AAF) section, the FAA is charged with comments and information on matters would be adjusted. addressed in this notice and on other prescribing regulations to assign the use DATES: Comments must be received on of airspace necessary to ensure the matters relevant to DOE’s consideration of new or amended energy or before August 3, 2015. safety of aircraft and the efficient use of conservations standards for room ACs. ADDRESSES: Send comments on this airspace. This regulation is within the After the close of the comment period, proposal to the U.S. Department of scope of that authority as it would DOE will begin collecting data, Transportation, Docket Operations, M– amend Class E airspace at West Texas conducting the analyses, and reviewing 30, West Building Ground Floor, Room Airport, El Paso, TX. the public comments, as needed. These W12–140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590–0001; telephone Comments Invited actions will be taken to aid in the development of a NOPR for room ACs (202) 366–9826. You must identify the Interested parties are invited to if DOE decides to amend the standards docket number FAA–2014–1074/ participate in this proposed rulemaking for such products. Airspace Docket No. 14–ASW–10, at the by submitting such written data, views, DOE considers public participation to beginning of your comments. You may or arguments, as they may desire. be a very important part of the process also submit comments through the Comments that provide the factual basis for developing test procedures and Internet at http://www.regulations.gov. supporting the views and suggestions energy conservation standards. DOE You may review the public docket presented are particularly helpful in actively encourages the participation containing the proposal, any comments developing reasoned regulatory and interaction of the public during the received, and any final disposition in decisions on the proposal. Comments comment period in each stage of the person in the Dockets Office between are specifically invited on the overall rulemaking process. Interactions with 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday regulatory, aeronautical, economic, and between members of the public through Friday, except Federal holidays. environmental, and energy-related provide a balanced discussion of the The Docket Office telephone 1–800– aspects of the proposal. issues and assist DOE in the rulemaking 647–5527 is on the ground floor of the Communications should identify both wreier-aviles on DSK5TPTVN1PROD with PROPOSALS process. Anyone who wishes to be building at the above address. docket numbers and be submitted in added to the DOE mailing list to receive FAA Order 7400.9Y, Airspace triplicate to the address listed above. future notices and information about Designations and Reporting Points, and Commenters wishing the FAA to this rulemaking or would like to request subsequent amendments can be viewed acknowledge receipt of their comments a public meeting should contact Ms. online at http://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/ on this notice must submit with those Brenda Edwards at (202) 586–2945, or publications/. The Order is also comments a self-addressed, stamped available for inspection at the National postcard on which the following 14 Available online at: www.sba.gov/sites/default/ Archives and Records Administration statement is made: ‘‘Comments to files/Size_Standards_Table.pdf. (NARA). 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34856 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 117 / Thursday, June 18, 2015 / Proposed Rules Airspace Docket No. 14–ASW–10.’’ The the current information in the FAA’s effective September 15, 2014 is postcard will be date/time stamped and aeronautical database. amended as follows: returned to the commenter. Class E airspace designations are Paragraph 6005 Class E Airspace Area published in paragraph 6005, of FAA Extending Upward From 700 Feet or More Availability of NPRMs Order 7400.9Y, dated August 6, 2014, Above the Surface of the Earth An electronic copy of this document and effective September 15, 2014, which * * * * * may be downloaded through the is incorporated by reference in 14 CFR Internet at http://www.regulations.gov. 71.1. The Class E airspace designation 14ASW TX E5 El Paso, TX [Amended] Recently published rulemaking listed in this document will be Biggs AAF, (Fort Bliss) documents can also be accessed through published subsequently in the Order. (lat. 31°50′59″ N., long. 106°22′48″ W.). the FAA’s Web page at http:// El Paso International Airport, TX Regulatory Notices and Analyses (lat. 31°48′26″ N., long. 106°22′35″ W.) www.faa.gov/airports_airtraffic/air_ El Paso VORTAC traffic/publications/airspace_ The FAA has determined that this (lat. 31°48′57″ N., long. 106°16′55″ W.). amendments/. proposed regulation only involves an Class E airspace extending upward from You may review the public docket established body of technical 700 feet above the surface within a 9.1-mile containing the proposal, any comments regulations for which frequent and radius of Biggs AAF, and within a 8.4-mile received and any final disposition in routine amendments are necessary to radius of El Paso International Airport, and person in the Dockets Office (see keep them operationally current. It within 2 miles each side of the 050° bearing ADDRESSES section for address and therefore, (1) is not a ‘‘significant from El Paso International Airport extending regulatory action’’ under Executive from the 8.4-mile radius to 13 miles northeast phone number) between 9:00 a.m. and of the airport, and within 1.6 miles each side 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, Order 12866; (2) is not a ‘‘significant of the 093° radial of the El Paso VORTAC except Federal holidays. An informal rule’’ under DOT Regulatory Policies extending from the 8.4-mile radius to 7.3 docket may also be examined during and Procedures (44 FR 11034; February miles east of the VORTAC. normal business hours at the office of 26, 1979); and (3) does not warrant the Central Service Center, 2601 preparation of a Regulatory Evaluation Issued in Fort Worth, TX on June 9, 2015. Meacham Blvd., Fort Worth, TX 76137. as the anticipated impact is so minimal. Robert W. Beck, Persons interested in being placed on Since this is a routine matter that will Manager, Operations Support Group, ATO a mailing list for future NPRMs should only affect air traffic procedures and air Central Service Center. contact the FAA’s Office of Rulemaking navigation, it is certified that this rule, [FR Doc. 2015–14810 Filed 6–17–15; 8:45 am] (202) 267–9677, to request a copy of when promulgated, would not have a BILLING CODE 4910–13–P Advisory Circular No. 11–2A, Notice of significant economic impact on a Proposed Rulemaking Distribution substantial number of small entities System, which describes the application under the criteria of the Regulatory DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY procedure. Flexibility Act. Internal Revenue Service Availability and Summary of Environmental Review Documents Proposed for Incorporation This proposal will be subject to an 26 CFR Part 1 by Reference environmental analysis in accordance [REG–132634–14] This document proposes to amend with FAA Order 1050.1E, FAA Order 7400.9Y, Airspace ‘‘Environmental Impacts: Policies and RIN 1545–BM43 Designations and Reporting Points, Procedures’’ prior to any FAA final regulatory action. Qualifying Income From Activities of dated August 6, 2014, and effective Publicly Traded Partnerships With September 15, 2014. FAA Order List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 71 Respect to Minerals or Natural 7400.9Y is publicly available as listed in Resources; Correction the ADDRESSES section of this proposed Airspace, Incorporation by reference, rule. FAA Order 7400.9Y lists Class A, Navigation (Air). AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service (IRS), B, C, D, and E airspace areas, air traffic The Proposed Amendment Treasury. service routes, and reporting points. ACTION: Proposed rule; Correction. In consideration of the foregoing, the The Proposal Federal Aviation Administration SUMMARY: This document contains proposes to amend 14 CFR part 71 as corrections to a notice of proposed The FAA is proposing an amendment follows: rulemaking (REG–132634–14) that was to Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR), Part 71 by removing Class E published in the Federal Register on PART 71—DESIGNATION OF CLASS A, Wednesday, May 6, 2015 (80 FR 25970). airspace extending upward from 700 B, C, D, AND E AIRSPACE AREAS; AIR feet above the surface at West Texas The proposed rules provide guidance on TRAFFIC SERVICE ROUTES; AND qualifying income from exploration, Airport, El Paso, TX. This action is REPORTING POINTS necessary due to the closure of the development, mining or production, airport; therefore controlled airspace is processing, refining, transportation, and ■ 1. The authority citation for 14 CFR no longer needed. Additionally, marketing of minerals or natural part 71 continues to read as follows: resources. wreier-aviles on DSK5TPTVN1PROD with PROPOSALS geographic coordinates for El Paso Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 106(g), 40103, International Airport, would be changed DATES: Written or electronic comments 40113, 40120; E.O. 10854, 24 FR 9565, 3 CFR, from (lat. 31°48′24″ N., long. 106°22′40″ 1959–1963 Comp., p. 389. and requests for a public hearing for the W.) to (lat. 31°50′59″ N., long. notice of proposed rulemaking 106°22′48″ W.); and Biggs AAF § 71.1 [Amended] published at 80 FR 25970, May 6, 2015 coordinates would be changed from (lat. ■ 2. The incorporation by reference in are still being accepted and must be 31°50′58″ N., long. 106°22′48″ W.) to 14 CFR 71.1 of FAA Order 7400.9Y, received by August 4, 2015. (lat. 31°50′59″ N., long. 106°22′48″ W.). Airspace Designations and Reporting ADDRESSES: Send submissions to: These minor adjustments would reflect Points, dated August 6, 2014, and CC:PA:LPD:PR (REG–132634–14), Room VerDate Sep<11>2014 14:59 Jun 17, 2015 Jkt 235001 PO 00000 Frm 00014 Fmt 4702 Sfmt 4702 E:\FR\FM\18JNP1.SGM 18JNP1


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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 August 3, 2015.
ContactRebecca Shelby, Central Service Center, Operations Support Group, Federal Aviation Administration, Southwest Region, 2601 Meacham Blvd., Fort Worth, TX 76137; telephone: 817-321-7740.
FR Citation80 FR 34855 
CFR AssociatedAirspace; Incorporation by Reference and Navigation (air)
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