80 FR 44896 - Proposed Amendment of Class D and Class E Airspace, Revocation of Class E Airspace; Mountain Home, ID

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 144 (July 28, 2015)

This action proposes to modify Class D airspace, Class E surface area airspace, Class E airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface, and remove Class E surface area airspace designated as an extension at Mountain Home AFB, Mountain Home, ID. After reviewing the airspace, the FAA found it necessary to increase the Class D airspace area and reduce the Class E airspace areas for the safety and management of Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) operations for arriving and departing aircraft at the airport. This action also would initiate the use of geographic coordinates as reference points instead of navigation aids to describe the controlled airspace areas, and would update the geographic coordinates of Mountain Home Municipal Airport.

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 144 (Tuesday, July 28, 2015)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 44896-44898]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-18338]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Docket No. FAA-2015-1136; Airspace Docket No. 15-ANM-12]


Proposed Amendment of Class D and Class E Airspace, Revocation of 
Class E Airspace; Mountain Home, ID

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM).

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SUMMARY: This action proposes to modify Class D airspace, Class E 
surface area airspace, Class E airspace extending upward from 700 feet 
above the surface, and remove Class E surface area

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airspace designated as an extension at Mountain Home AFB, Mountain 
Home, ID. After reviewing the airspace, the FAA found it necessary to 
increase the Class D airspace area and reduce the Class E airspace 
areas for the safety and management of Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) 
operations for arriving and departing aircraft at the airport. This 
action also would initiate the use of geographic coordinates as 
reference points instead of navigation aids to describe the controlled 
airspace areas, and would update the geographic coordinates of Mountain 
Home Municipal Airport.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before September 11, 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; 
telephone (202) 366-9826. You must identify FAA Docket No. FAA-2015-
1136; Airspace Docket No. 15-ANM-12, 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: Steve Haga, Federal Aviation 
Administration, Operations Support Group, Western Service Center, 1601 
Lind Avenue SW., Renton, WA 98057; telephone (425) 203-4563.

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 D and Class E airspace at Mountain Home AFB, 
Mountain Home, ID.

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-2015-1136; 
Airspace Docket No. 15-ANM-12.'' 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 the ADDRESSES section for the 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 Northwest Mountain Regional Office of the Federal 
Aviation Administration, Air Traffic Organization, Western Service 
Center, Operations Support Group, 1601 Lind Avenue SW., Renton, WA 
98057.
    Persons interested in being placed on a mailing list for future 
NPRMs should contact the FAA's Office of Rulemaking, (202) 267-9677, 
for 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 modifying Class D airspace, Class E 
surface area airspace, Class E airspace extending upward from 700 feet 
above the surface, and removing Class E surface area airspace as an 
extension as this airspace is no longer needed, at Mountain Home AFB, 
Mountain Home, ID. The FAA found additional Class D airspace necessary 
to protect instrument arrival procedures at the airport. Class D 
airspace would extend upward from the surface to and including 5,500 
feet within a 5-mile radius northeast of Mountain Home AFB, extending 
to 6.5 miles to the southeast and northwest of the airport. Class E 
surface area airspace would extend upward from the surface within a 5-
mile radius northeast of Mountain Home AFB, extending to 6.5 miles to 
the southeast and northwest of the airport. Class E airspace extending 
upward from 700 feet above the surface would be modified to within a 
7.7-mile radius northeast of Mountain Home AFB, extending to 12.4 miles 
to the northeast, and 17.7 miles to the east. This action would also 
update the geographic coordinates of Mountain Home Municipal Airport.
    Class D and Class E airspace designations are published in 
paragraph 5000, 6002, 6004, and 6005, respectively, of FAA Order 
7400.9Y, dated August 6, 2014, and effective September 15, 2014, which 
is incorporated by reference in 14 CFR

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71.1. The Class D and Class E airspace designations listed in this 
document will be published subsequently in the Order.
    The FAA has determined this proposed regulation only involves an 
established body of technical regulations for which frequent and 
routine amendments are necessary to keep them operationally current. 
Therefore, this proposed regulation; (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 this proposed 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

    Accordingly, pursuant to the authority delegated to me, 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 5000: Class D Airspace.

* * * * *

ANM ID D Mountain Home, ID [Modified]

Mountain Home AFB, ID
    (Lat. 43[deg]02'37'' N., long. 115[deg]52'21'' W.)

    That airspace extending upward from the surface to and including 
5,500 feet MSL within a 5-mile radius of the Mountain Home AFB, and 
within 2 miles each side of the 135[deg] bearing from the airport 
extending from the 5-mile radius to 6.5 miles southeast of the 
airport, and within 2 miles each side of the 315[deg] bearing from 
the airport extending from the 5-mile radius to 6.5 miles northwest 
of the airport. This Class D airspace area is effective during the 
specific dates and times established in advance by a Notice to 
Airmen. The effective date and time will thereafter be continuously 
published in the Airport/Facility Directory.

Paragraph 6002 Class E Airspace Designated as Surface Areas.

* * * * *

ANM ID E2 Mountain Home, ID [Modified]

Mountain Home AFB, ID
    (Lat. 43[deg]02'37'' N., long. 115[deg]52'21'' W.)

    That airspace extending upward from the surface within a 5-mile 
radius of the Mountain Home AFB, and within 2 miles each side of the 
135[deg] bearing from the airport extending from the 5-mile radius 
to 6.5 miles southeast of the airport, and within 2 miles each side 
of the 315[deg] bearing from the airport extending from the 5-mile 
radius to 6.5 miles northwest of the airport.

Paragraph 6004 Class E Airspace Areas Designated as an Extension to 
a Class D or Class E Surface Area.

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ANM ID E4 Mountain Home, ID [Removed]

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

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ANM ID E5 Mountain Home, ID [Modified]

Mountain Home AFB, ID
    (Lat. 43[deg]02'37'' N., long. 115[deg]52'21'' W.)
Mountain Home Municipal Airport
    (Lat. 43[deg]07'54'' N., long. 115[deg]43'50'' W.)

    That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface 
bounded by a line beginning at lat. 43[deg]06'48'' N., long. 
115[deg]28'39'' W.; to lat. 43[deg]02'06'' N., long. 115[deg]31'12'' 
W.; to lat. 43[deg]03'25'' N., long. 115[deg]36'21'' W.; to lat. 
42[deg]54'24'' N., long. 115[deg]48'41'' W.; to lat. 42[deg]54'24'' 
N., long. 115[deg]56'47'' W.; to lat. 43[deg]00'12'' N., long. 
116[deg]04'42'' W.; to lat. 43[deg]06'51'' N., long. 116[deg]01'24'' 
W.; to lat. 43[deg]09'22'' N., long. 115[deg]57'57'' W.; to lat. 
43[deg]12'54'' N., long. 115[deg]42'51'' W., thence to point of 
beginning.

    That airspace extending upward from 1,200 feet above the surface 
bounded by a line beginning at lat. 43[deg]33'06'' N., long. 
116[deg]11'32'' W.; to lat. 42[deg]48'43'' N., long. 115[deg]00'21'' 
W.; to lat. 42[deg]23'58'' N., long. 115[deg]00'21'' W.; to lat. 
42[deg]23'58'' N., long. 115[deg]17'55'' W.; thence clockwise along 
the 46.0-mile radius of Mountain Home AFB to lat. 43[deg]09'20'' N., 
long. 116[deg]54'22'' W.; thence to point of beginning.

    Issued in Seattle, Washington, on July 20, 2015.
Christopher Ramirez,
Manager, Operations Support Group, Western Service Center.
[FR Doc. 2015-18338 Filed 7-27-15; 8:45 am]
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