80_FR_46675 80 FR 46525 - Proposed Establishment of Class E Airspace, Cottonwood, AZ

80 FR 46525 - Proposed Establishment of Class E Airspace, Cottonwood, AZ

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 150 (August 5, 2015)

Page Range46525-46526
FR Document2015-19240

This action proposes to establish Class E airspace at Cottonwood Airport, Cottonwood, AZ, to accommodate new Standard Instrument Approach Procedures at the airport. The FAA found establishment of controlled airspace necessary for the safety and management of Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) operations.

Federal Register, Volume 80 Issue 150 (Wednesday, August 5, 2015) 
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 150 (Wednesday, August 5, 2015)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 46525-46526]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-19240]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71


[Docket No. FAA-2015-2270; Airspace Docket No. 12-AWP-11]


Proposed Establishment of Class E Airspace, Cottonwood, AZ

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 
Cottonwood Airport, Cottonwood, AZ, to accommodate new Standard 
Instrument Approach Procedures at the airport. The FAA found 
establishment of controlled airspace necessary for the safety and 
management of Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) operations.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before September 21, 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-
2270; Airspace Docket No. 12-AWP-11, 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: Rob Riedl, Federal Aviation 
Administration, Operations Support Group, Western Service Center, 1601 
Lind Avenue SW., Renton, WA 98057; Telephone (425) 203-4534.

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 Cottonwood Airport, 
Cottonwood, AZ.

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-2015-2270/
Airspace Docket No. 12-AWP-11.'' The postcard will be date/time stamped 
and returned to the commenter.

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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 establishing Class E airspace extending 
upward from 700 feet above the surface at Cottonwood Airport, 
Cottonwood, AZ. The Class E airspace area would be established within a 
4-mile radius of Cottonwood Airport, with a segment extending from the 
4-mile radius to 15 miles southeast of the airport. This action is 
necessary for the safety and management of standard instrument approach 
procedures for IFR operations at the airport.
    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 designations listed in this document will be published 
subsequently in the Order.

Regulatory Notices and Analyses

    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]

0
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 Areas Extending Upward From 700 
Feet or More Above the Surface of the Earth

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AWP AZ E5 Cottonwood, AZ [New]

Cottonwoood Airport, AZ
    (Lat. 34[deg]43'48'' N., long. 112[deg]02'07'' W.)

    That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface 
within a 4-mile radius of Cottonwood Airport excluding that airspace 
southwest of a line beginning where the 299[deg] bearing from the 
airport intersects the 4-mile radius to a point where the 181[deg] 
bearing from the airport intersects the 4-mile radius; and that 
airspace 1.8 miles southwest and 1.2 miles northeast of the 150[deg] 
bearing from the 4-mile radius to 15 miles southeast of the airport.

    Issued in Seattle, Washington, on July 29, 2015.
Christopher Ramirez,
Manager, Operations Support Group, Western Service Center.
[FR Doc. 2015-19240 Filed 8-4-15; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 4910-13-P

Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 150 / Wednesday, August 5, 2015 / Proposed Rules 46525 statements during the specified period Issued in Washington, DC, on July 31, www.archives.gov/federal_register/ for public comment. To attend the 2015. code_of_federal-regulations/ibr_ meeting and/or to make oral statements Kathleen B. Hogan, locations.html. regarding any of the items on the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy FAA Order 7400.9, Airspace agenda, email asrac@ee.doe.gov. In the Efficiency and Renewable Energy. Designations and Reporting Points, is email, please indicate your name, [FR Doc. 2015–19235 Filed 8–4–15; 8:45 am] published yearly and effective on organization (if appropriate), BILLING CODE 6450–01–P September 15. For further information, citizenship, and contact information. you can contact the Airspace Policy and Please note that foreign nationals Regulations Group, Federal Aviation participating in the public meeting are DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Administration, 800 Independence subject to advance security screening Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20591; procedures which require advance Federal Aviation Administration Telephone: (202) 267–8783. notice prior to attendance at the public FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rob 14 CFR Part 71 Riedl, Federal Aviation Administration, meeting. If a foreign national wishes to participate in the public meeting, please Operations Support Group, Western inform DOE as soon as possible by [Docket No. FAA–2015–2270; Airspace Service Center, 1601 Lind Avenue SW., contacting Ms. Regina Washington at Docket No. 12–AWP–11] Renton, WA 98057; Telephone (425) 203–4534. (202) 586–1214 or by email: Proposed Establishment of Class E SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Regina.Washington@ee.doe.gov so that Airspace, Cottonwood, AZ the necessary procedures can be Authority for This Rulemaking completed. Anyone attending the AGENCY: Federal Aviation The FAA’s authority to issue rules meeting will be required to present a Administration (FAA), DOT. regarding aviation safety is found in government photo identification, such ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking Title 49 of the United States Code. as a passport, driver’s license, or (NPRM). Subtitle I, Section 106 describes the government identification. Due to the authority of the FAA Administrator. required security screening upon entry, SUMMARY: This action proposes to Subtitle VII, Aviation Programs, individuals attending should arrive establish Class E airspace at Cottonwood describes in more detail the scope of the early to allow for the extra time needed. Airport, Cottonwood, AZ, to agency’s authority. This rulemaking is accommodate new Standard Instrument Due to the REAL ID Act implemented promulgated under the authority Approach Procedures at the airport. The by the Department of Homeland described in Subtitle VII, Part, A, FAA found establishment of controlled Security (DHS) recent changes regarding Subpart I, Section 40103. Under that airspace necessary for the safety and ID requirements for individuals wishing section, the FAA is charged with management of Instrument Flight Rules to enter Federal buildings from specific prescribing regulations to assign the use (IFR) operations. states and U.S. territories. Driver’s of airspace necessary to ensure the DATES: Comments must be received on safety of aircraft and the efficient use of licenses from the following states or or before September 21, 2015. territory will not be accepted for airspace. This regulation is within the ADDRESSES: Send comments on this scope of that authority as it would building entry and one of the alternate proposal to the U.S. Department of establish controlled airspace at forms of ID listed below will be Transportation, Docket Operations, M– Cottonwood Airport, Cottonwood, AZ. required. 30, West Building Ground Floor, Room DHS has determined that regular W12–140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Comments Invited driver’s licenses (and ID cards) from the Washington, DC 20590; Telephone (202) Interested parties are invited to following jurisdictions are not 366–9826. You must identify FAA participate in this proposed rulemaking acceptable for entry into DOE facilities: Docket No. FAA–2015–2270; Airspace by submitting such written data, views, Alaska, Louisiana, New York, American Docket No. 12–AWP–11, at the or arguments, as they may desire. Samoa, Maine, Oklahoma, Arizona, beginning of your comments. You may Comments that provide the factual basis Massachusetts, Washington, and also submit comments through the supporting the views and suggestions Minnesota. Internet at http://www.regulations.gov. presented are particularly helpful in You may review the public docket developing reasoned regulatory Acceptable alternate forms of Photo- containing the proposal, any comments decisions on the proposal. Comments ID include: U.S. Passport or Passport received, and any final disposition in are specifically invited on the overall Card; an Enhanced Driver’s License or person in the Dockets Office between regulatory, aeronautical, economic, Enhanced ID-Card issued by the states 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday environmental, and energy-related of Minnesota, New York or Washington through Friday, except Federal holidays. aspects of the proposal. (Enhanced licenses issued by these The Docket Office (Telephone 1–800– Communications should identify both states are clearly marked Enhanced or 647–5527), is on the ground floor of the docket numbers and be submitted in Enhanced Driver’s License); a military building at the above address. triplicate to the address listed above. ID or other Federal government issued FAA Order 7400.9Y, Airspace Commenters wishing the FAA to Photo-ID card. Designations and Reporting Points, and acknowledge receipt of their comments Lhorne on DSK7TPTVN1PROD with PROPOSALS subsequent amendments can be viewed on this notice must submit with those VI. Approval of the Office of the online at http://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/ comments a self-addressed, stamped Secretary publications/. The Order is also postcard on which the following The Secretary of Energy has approved available for inspection at the National statement is made: ‘‘Comments to publication of today’s notice of intent. Archives and Records Administration Docket No. FAA–2015–2270/Airspace (NARA). For information on the Docket No. 12–AWP–11.’’ The postcard availability of this material at NARA, will be date/time stamped and returned call (202) 741–6030, or go to http:// to the commenter. VerDate Sep<11>2014 14:26 Aug 04, 2015 Jkt 235001 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 4702 Sfmt 4702 E:\FR\FM\05AUP1.SGM 05AUP1

46526 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 150 / Wednesday, August 5, 2015 / Proposed Rules Availability of NPRMs listed in this document will be AWP AZ E5 Cottonwood, AZ [New] An electronic copy of this document published subsequently in the Order. Cottonwoood Airport, AZ may be downloaded through the Regulatory Notices and Analyses (Lat. 34°43′48″ N., long. 112°02′07″ W.) Internet at http://www.regulations.gov. That airspace extending upward from 700 Recently published rulemaking The FAA has determined this feet above the surface within a 4-mile radius documents can also be accessed through proposed regulation only involves an of Cottonwood Airport excluding that the FAA’s Web page at http://www.faa. established body of technical airspace southwest of a line beginning where gov/airports_airtraffic/air_traffic/ regulations for which frequent and the 299° bearing from the airport intersects publications/airspace_amendments/. routine amendments are necessary to the 4-mile radius to a point where the 181° You may review the public docket keep them operationally current. bearing from the airport intersects the 4-mile containing the proposal, any comments Therefore, this proposed regulation; (1) radius; and that airspace 1.8 miles southwest received, and any final disposition in is not a ‘‘significant regulatory action’’ and 1.2 miles northeast of the 150° bearing person in the Dockets Office (see the under Executive Order 12866; (2) is not from the 4-mile radius to 15 miles southeast ADDRESSES section for the address and a ‘‘significant rule’’ under DOT of the airport. phone number) between 9:00 a.m. and Regulatory Policies and Procedures (44 Issued in Seattle, Washington, on July 29, 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, FR 11034; February 26, 1979); and (3) 2015. except federal holidays. An informal does not warrant preparation of a regulatory evaluation as the anticipated Christopher Ramirez, docket may also be examined during impact is so minimal. Since this is a Manager, Operations Support Group, Western normal business hours at the Northwest Service Center. Mountain Regional Office of the Federal routine matter that will only affect air Aviation Administration, Air Traffic traffic procedures and air navigation, it [FR Doc. 2015–19240 Filed 8–4–15; 8:45 am] Organization, Western Service Center, is certified this proposed rule, when BILLING CODE 4910–13–P Operations Support Group, 1601 Lind promulgated, would not have a Avenue SW., Renton, WA 98057. significant economic impact on a Persons interested in being placed on substantial number of small entities a mailing list for future NPRMs should under the criteria of the Regulatory ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION contact the FAA’s Office of Rulemaking, Flexibility Act. AGENCY (202) 267–9677, for a copy of Advisory Environmental Review Circular No. 11–2A, Notice of Proposed 40 CFR Parts 9, 22, 85, 86, 600, 1033, Rulemaking Distribution System, which This proposal will be subject to an 1036, 1037, 1039, 1042, 1065, 1066, and describes the application procedure. environmental analysis in accordance 1068 with FAA Order 1050.1E, Availability and Summary of ‘‘Environmental Impacts: Policies and DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Documents Proposed for Incorporation Procedures’’ prior to any FAA final by Reference regulatory action. National Highway Traffic Safety This document proposes to amend List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 71 Administration FAA Order 7400.9Y, Airspace Designations and Reporting Points, Airspace, Incorporation by reference, 49 CFR Parts 512, 523, 534, 535, 537, dated August 6, 2014, and effective Navigation (air). and 583 September 15, 2014. FAA Order The Proposed Amendment 7400.9Y is publicly available as listed in [EPA–HQ–OAR–2014–0827; NHTSA–2014– the ADDRESSES section of this proposed Accordingly, pursuant to the 0132; FRL–9931–48–OAR] rule. FAA Order 7400.9Y lists Class A, authority delegated to me, the Federal B, C, D, and E airspace areas, air traffic Aviation Administration proposes to amend 14 CFR part 71 as follows: RIN 2060–AS16; 2127–AL52 service routes, and reporting points. The Proposal PART 71—DESIGNATION OF CLASS A, Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Fuel B, C, D, AND E AIRSPACE AREAS; AIR Efficiency Standards for Medium- and The FAA is proposing an amendment to Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations TRAFFIC SERVICE ROUTES; AND Heavy-Duty Engines and Vehicles— (14 CFR) Part 71 by establishing Class E REPORTING POINTS Phase 2; Notice of Public Hearings and airspace extending upward from 700 Comment Period feet above the surface at Cottonwood ■ 1. The authority citation for 14 CFR part 71 continues to read as follows: Correction Airport, Cottonwood, AZ. The Class E airspace area would be established Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 106(g); 40103, Proposed Rule document 2015–18527 within a 4-mile radius of Cottonwood 40113, 40120; E.O. 10854, 24 FR 9565, 3 CFR, was inadvertently published in the Airport, with a segment extending from 1959–1963 Comp., p. 389. Rules section of the issue of July 28, the 4-mile radius to 15 miles southeast § 71.1 [Amended] 2015, beginning on page 44893. It of the airport. This action is necessary should have appeared in the Proposed for the safety and management of ■ 2. The incorporation by reference in 14 CFR 71.1 of FAA Order 7400.9Y, Rules section. standard instrument approach Airspace Designations and Reporting [FR Doc. 2015–19297 Filed 8–3–15; 11:15 am] Lhorne on DSK7TPTVN1PROD with PROPOSALS procedures for IFR operations at the airport. Points, dated August 6, 2014, and BILLING CODE 6560–50–P Class E airspace designations are effective September 15, 2014, is published in paragraph 6005 of FAA amended as follows: Order 7400.9Y, dated August 6, 2014, Paragraph 6005 Class E Airspace Areas and effective September 15, 2014, which Extending Upward From 700 Feet or More is incorporated by reference in 14 CFR Above the Surface of the Earth 71.1. The Class E airspace designations * * * * * VerDate Sep<11>2014 14:26 Aug 04, 2015 Jkt 235001 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 4702 Sfmt 9990 E:\FR\FM\05AUP1.SGM 05AUP1


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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).
DatesComments must be received on or before September 21, 2015.
ContactRob Riedl, Federal Aviation Administration, Operations Support Group, Western Service Center, 1601 Lind Avenue SW., Renton, WA 98057; Telephone (425) 203-4534.
FR Citation80 FR 46525 
CFR AssociatedAirspace; Incorporation by Reference and Navigation (air)
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