80_FR_36385 80 FR 36264 - Proposed Establishment of Class E Airspace; Newberry, MI

80 FR 36264 - Proposed Establishment of Class E Airspace; Newberry, MI

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 121 (June 24, 2015)

Page Range36264-36265
FR Document2015-15470

This action proposes to establish Class E airspace at the Newberry VHF Omni-Directional Radio Range/Distance Measuring Equipment (VOR/DME), Newberry, MI, to facilitate vectoring of Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) aircraft under control of Minneapolis Air Route Traffic Control Center (ARTCC). The FAA is proposing this action to enhance the safety and efficiency of aircraft operations within the National Airspace System (NAS).

Federal Register, Volume 80 Issue 121 (Wednesday, June 24, 2015) 
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 121 (Wednesday, June 24, 2015)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 36264-36265]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-15470]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Docket No. FAA-2015-1869; Airspace Docket No. 15-AGL-9]


Proposed Establishment of Class E Airspace; Newberry, MI

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 the 
Newberry VHF Omni-Directional Radio Range/Distance Measuring Equipment 
(VOR/DME), Newberry, MI, to facilitate vectoring of Instrument Flight 
Rules (IFR) aircraft under control of Minneapolis Air Route Traffic 
Control Center (ARTCC). The FAA is proposing this action to enhance the 
safety and efficiency of aircraft operations within the National 
Airspace System (NAS).

DATES: Comments must be received on or before August 10, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Send comments on this proposal to the U.S. Department of 
Transportation, Docket Operations, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., West 
Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, Washington, DC 20590-0001. You 
must identify the docket number FAA-2015-1869/Airspace Docket No. 15-
AGL-9, 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: Raul Garza, Jr., Central Service 
Center, Operations Support Group, Federal Aviation Administration, 
Southwest Region, 2601 Meacham Blvd., Fort Worth, TX 76137; telephone: 
817-222-4075.

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 establish controlled airspace at the Newberry VOR/DME 
navigation aid, Newberry, MI.

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-2015-1869/
Airspace Docket No. 15-AGL-9.'' 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

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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

    This action proposes to amend Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations 
(14 CFR), Part 71 by establishing Class E en route domestic airspace 
extending upward from 1,200 feet above the surface at the Newberry VOR/
DME navigation aid, Newberry, MI. This action would contain aircraft 
while in IFR conditions under control of Minneapolis ARTCC by safely 
vectoring aircraft from en route airspace to terminal areas.
    Class E airspace areas are published in Paragraph 6006 of FAA Order 
7400.9Y, 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 would 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, will 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 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 6006: En Route Domestic Airspace Areas

* * * * *

AGL MI E6 Newberry, MI [New]

Newberry VOR/DME, MI
    Lat. 46[deg]18'45'' N., long. 085[deg]27'49'' W.

    That airspace extending upward from 1,200 feet above the surface 
within an area bounded by lat. 46[deg]56'52'' N., long. 
086[deg]25'28'' W.; to lat. 45[deg]44'17'' N., long. 086[deg]27'14'' 
W.; to lat. 45[deg]43'49'' N., long. 085[deg]20'28'' W.; to lat. 
46[deg]29'29'' N., long. 084[deg]50'40'' W.; to lat. 46[deg]45'16'' 
N., long. 085[deg]39'13'' W., thence to the point of beginning, 
excluding that airspace within Federal airways and within Canadian 
airspace.

    Issued in Fort Worth, TX, on June 12, 2015.
Walter Tweedy,
Acting Manager, Operations Support Group, ATO Central Service Center.
[FR Doc. 2015-15470 Filed 6-23-15; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 4910-13-P

36264 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 121 / Wednesday, June 24, 2015 / Proposed Rules PART 71—DESIGNATION OF CLASS A, Minneapolis Air Route Traffic Control described in Subtitle VII, Part A, B, C, D, AND E AIRSPACE AREAS; AIR Center (ARTCC). The FAA is proposing Subpart I, Section 40103. Under that TRAFFIC SERVICE ROUTES; AND this action to enhance the safety and section, the FAA is charged with REPORTING POINTS efficiency of aircraft operations within prescribing regulations to assign the use the National Airspace System (NAS). of airspace necessary to ensure the ■ 1. The authority citation for part 71 DATES: Comments must be received on safety of aircraft and the efficient use of continues to read as follows: or before August 10, 2015. airspace. This regulation is within the Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 106(g); 40103, ADDRESSES: Send comments on this scope of that authority as it would 40113, 40120; E.O. 10854, 24 FR 9565, 3 CFR, proposal to the U.S. Department of establish controlled airspace at the 1959–1963 Comp., p. 389. Transportation, Docket Operations, 1200 Newberry VOR/DME navigation aid, New Jersey Avenue SE., West Building Newberry, MI. § 71.1 [Amended] ■ 2. The incorporation by reference in Ground Floor, Room W12–140, Comments Invited 14 CFR 71.1 of FAA Order 7400.9Y, Washington, DC 20590–0001. You must identify the docket number FAA–2015– Interested parties are invited to Airspace Designations and Reporting participate in this proposed rulemaking Points, dated August 6, 2014, and 1869/Airspace Docket No. 15–AGL–9, at the beginning of your comments. You by submitting such written data, views, effective September 15, 2014, is or arguments, as they may desire. amended as follows: may also submit comments through the Internet at http://www.regulations.gov. Comments that provide the factual basis Paragraph 6006: En Route Domestic Airspace You may review the public docket supporting the views and suggestions Areas containing the proposal, any comments presented are particularly helpful in * * * * * received, and any final disposition in developing reasoned regulatory person in the Dockets Office between decisions on the proposal. Comments AGL MI E6 Iron Mountain, MI [New] 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday are specifically invited on the overall Iron Mountain VOR/DME, MI regulatory, aeronautical, economic, Lat. 45°48′58″ N., long. 088°06′44″ W. through Friday, except Federal holidays. The Docket Office (telephone 1–800– environmental, and energy-related That airspace extending upward from aspects of the proposal. 1,200 feet above the surface within an area 647–5527), is on the ground floor of the building at the above address. Communications should identify both bounded by lat. 47°50′56″ N., long. FAA Order 7400.9Y, Airspace docket numbers and be submitted in 089°40′18″ W.; to lat. 46°51′42″ N., long. 090°20′18″ W.; to IWD VORTAC, to IMT Designations and Reporting Points, and triplicate to the address listed above. VOR/DME, to lat. 46°53′22″ N., long. subsequent amendments can be viewed Commenters wishing the FAA to 088°21′39″ W.; to lat. 47°01′28″ N., long. online at http://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/ acknowledge receipt of their comments 086°59′15″ W.; to lat. 47°05′20″ N., long. publications/. The Order is also on this notice must submit with those 087°00′05″ W.; to lat. 47°54′59″ N., long. available for inspection at the National comments a self-addressed, stamped 088°46′22″ W., thence to the point of Archives and Records Administration postcard on which the following beginning clockwise via a 27-mile DME arc (NARA). For information on the statement is made: ‘‘Comments to south of the YQT VOR/DME, excluding that Docket No. FAA–2015–1869/Airspace airspace within Federal airways and within availability of this material at NARA, call 202–741–6030, or go to http:// Docket No. 15–AGL–9.’’ The postcard Canadian airspace. www.archives.gov/federal_register/ will be date/time stamped and returned Issued in Fort Worth, TX, on June 12, 2015 code_of_federal-regulations/ibr_ to the commenter. Walter Tweedy, locations.html. Availability of NPRMs Acting Manager, Operations Support Group, FAA Order 7400.9, Airspace ATO Central Service Center. Designations and Reporting Points, is An electronic copy of this document [FR Doc. 2015–15459 Filed 6–23–15; 8:45 am] published yearly and effective on may be downloaded through the BILLING CODE 4910–13–P September 15. For further information, Internet at http://www.regulations.gov. you can contact the Airspace Policy and Recently published rulemaking Regulations Group, Federal Aviation documents can also be accessed through DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Administration, 800 Independence the FAA’s Web page at http:// Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20591; www.faa.gov/airports_airtraffic/air_ Federal Aviation Administration telephone: 202–267–8783. traffic/publications/airspace_ FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Raul amendments/. 14 CFR Part 71 You may review the public docket Garza, Jr., Central Service Center, [Docket No. FAA–2015–1869; Airspace Operations Support Group, Federal containing the proposal, any comments Docket No. 15–AGL–9] Aviation Administration, Southwest received and any final disposition in Region, 2601 Meacham Blvd., Fort person in the Dockets Office (see Proposed Establishment of Class E Worth, TX 76137; telephone: 817–222– ADDRESSES section for address and Airspace; Newberry, MI 4075. phone number) between 9:00 a.m. and AGENCY: Federal Aviation SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, Administration (FAA), DOT. except Federal holidays. An informal Authority for This Rulemaking docket may also be examined during ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM). The FAA’s authority to issue rules normal business hours at the office of the Central Service Center, 2601 tkelley on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with PROPOSALS regarding aviation safety is found in SUMMARY: This action proposes to Title 49 of the United States Code. Meacham Blvd., Fort Worth, TX 76137. establish Class E airspace at the Subtitle I, Section 106 describes the Persons interested in being placed on Newberry VHF Omni-Directional Radio authority of the FAA Administrator. a mailing list for future NPRMs should Range/Distance Measuring Equipment Subtitle VII, Aviation Programs, contact the FAA’s Office of Rulemaking (VOR/DME), Newberry, MI, to facilitate describes in more detail the scope of the (202) 267–9677, to request a copy of vectoring of Instrument Flight Rules agency’s authority. 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Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 121 / Wednesday, June 24, 2015 / Proposed Rules 36265 System, which describes the application Procedures’’ prior to any FAA final DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION procedure. regulatory action. Federal Aviation Administration Availability and Summary of List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 71 Documents Proposed for Incorporation 14 CFR Part 71 by Reference Airspace, Incorporation by reference, Navigation (air). [Docket No. FAA–2015–1649; Airspace This document proposes to amend Docket No. 15–AGL–6] FAA Order 7400.9Y, Airspace The Proposed Amendment Designations and Reporting Points, Proposed Amendment of Class D dated August 6, 2014, and effective In consideration of the foregoing, the Airspace and Revocation of Class E September 15, 2014. FAA Order Federal Aviation Administration Airspace; Columbus, Ohio State 7400.9Y is publicly available as listed in proposes to amend 14 CFR part 71 as University Airport, OH, and the ADDRESSES section of this proposed follows: Amendment of Class E Airspace; rule. FAA Order 7400.9Y lists Class A, Columbus, OH B, C, D, and E airspace areas, air traffic PART 71—DESIGNATION OF CLASS A, B, C, D, AND E AIRSPACE AREAS; AIR AGENCY: Federal Aviation service routes, and reporting points. Administration (FAA), DOT. TRAFFIC SERVICE ROUTES; AND The Proposal REPORTING POINTS ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM). This action proposes to amend Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations (14 ■ 1. The authority citation for part 71 SUMMARY: This action proposes to CFR), Part 71 by establishing Class E en continues to read as follows: amend Class D and Class E airspace and route domestic airspace extending Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 106(g); 40103, remove Class E airspace in the upward from 1,200 feet above the 40113, 40120; E.O. 10854, 24 FR 9565, 3 CFR, Columbus, OH, area. Decommissioning surface at the Newberry VOR/DME 1959–1963 Comp., p. 389. of the non-directional radio beacon navigation aid, Newberry, MI. This (NDB) and/or cancellation of NDB action would contain aircraft while in § 71.1 [Amended] approaches at Ohio State University IFR conditions under control of Airport, Columbus, OH, has made this ■ 2. The incorporation by reference in Minneapolis ARTCC by safely vectoring action necessary for the safety and 14 CFR 71.1 of FAA Order 7400.9Y, aircraft from en route airspace to management of Instrument Flight Rules Airspace Designations and Reporting terminal areas. (IFR) operations at the airport. Also, the Points, dated August 6, 2014, and geographic coordinates of the airport, as Class E airspace areas are published effective September 15, 2014, is well as the Port Columbus International in Paragraph 6006 of FAA Order amended as follows: Airport, will be updated. 7400.9Y, August 6, 2014, and effective September 15, 2014, which is Paragraph 6006: En Route Domestic Airspace DATES: 0901 UTC. Comments must be incorporated by reference in 14 CFR Areas received on or before August 10, 2015. 71.1. The Class E airspace designation * * * * * ADDRESSES: Send comments on this listed in this document would be proposal to the U.S. Department of published subsequently in the Order. AGL MI E6 Newberry, MI [New] Transportation, Docket Operations, 1200 Newberry VOR/DME, MI New Jersey Avenue SE., West Building Regulatory Notices and Analyses Lat. 46°18′45″ N., long. 085°27′49″ W. Ground Floor, Room W12–140, The FAA has determined that this That airspace extending upward from Washington, DC 20590–0001. You must proposed regulation only involves an 1,200 feet above the surface within an area identify the docket number FAA–2015– established body of technical bounded by lat. 46°56′52″ N., long. 1649/Airspace Docket No. 15–AGL–6, at regulations for which frequent and 086°25′28″ W.; to lat. 45°44′17″ N., long. the beginning of your comments. You routine amendments are necessary to 086°27′14″ W.; to lat. 45°43′49″ N., long. may also submit comments through the keep them operationally current. It, 085°20′28″ W.; to lat. 46°29′29″ N., long. Internet at http://www.regulations.gov. therefore, (1) is not a ‘‘significant 084°50′40″ W.; to lat. 46°45′16″ N., long. You may review the public docket regulatory action’’ under Executive 085°39′13″ W., thence to the point of containing the proposal, any comments Order 12866; (2) is not a ‘‘significant beginning, excluding that airspace within received, and any final disposition in rule’’ under DOT Regulatory Policies Federal airways and within Canadian person in the Dockets Office between and Procedures (44 FR 11034; February airspace. 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday 26, 1979); and (3) does not warrant Issued in Fort Worth, TX, on June 12, 2015. through Friday, except Federal holidays. preparation of a Regulatory Evaluation The Docket Office (telephone 1–800– Walter Tweedy, as the anticipated impact is so minimal. 647–5527), is on the ground floor of the Since this is a routine matter that will Acting Manager, Operations Support Group, building at the above address. only affect air traffic procedures and air ATO Central Service Center. FAA Order 7400.9Y, Airspace navigation, it is certified that this rule, [FR Doc. 2015–15470 Filed 6–23–15; 8:45 am] Designations and Reporting Points, and when promulgated, will not have a BILLING CODE 4910–13–P subsequent amendments can be viewed significant economic impact on a online at http://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/ substantial number of small entities publications/. The Order is also tkelley on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with PROPOSALS under the criteria of the Regulatory available for inspection at the National Flexibility Act. Archives and Records Administration (NARA). For information on the Environmental Review availability of this material at NARA, This proposal will be subject to an call 202–741–6030, or go to http:// environmental analysis in accordance www.archives.gov/federal_register/ with FAA Order 1050.1E, code_of_federal-regulations/ibr_ ‘‘Environmental Impacts: Policies and locations.html. 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Document Created: 2015-12-15 14:09:38
Document Modified: 2015-12-15 14:09:38
CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
GS 4.107:
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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 10, 2015.
ContactRaul Garza, Jr., Central Service Center, Operations Support Group, Federal Aviation Administration, Southwest Region, 2601 Meacham Blvd., Fort Worth, TX 76137; telephone: 817-222-4075.
FR Citation80 FR 36264 
CFR AssociatedAirspace; Incorporation by Reference and Navigation (air)
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