80 FR 70176 - Proposed Amendment of Class E Airspace; Boise, ID

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 219 (November 13, 2015)

This action proposes to modify Class E surface area airspace designated as an extension to Class C airspace, and Class E airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface at Boise Air Terminal/ Gowen Field Airport, formerly Boise Air Terminal (Gowen Field), Boise, ID. After reviewing the airspace, the FAA found standard instrument approach procedures are not fully contained in controlled airspace, thereby necessitating airspace redesign for the safety and management of Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) operations at the airport. This proposal also would update the name of the airport to match the FAAs aeronautical database.

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 219 (Friday, November 13, 2015)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 70176-70177]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-28784]


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Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 219 / Friday, November 13, 2015 / 
Proposed Rules

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Docket No. FAA-2015-3674; Airspace Docket No. 15-ANM-18]


Proposed Amendment of Class E Airspace; Boise, ID

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM).

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SUMMARY: This action proposes to modify Class E surface area airspace 
designated as an extension to Class C airspace, and Class E airspace 
extending upward from 700 feet above the surface at Boise Air Terminal/
Gowen Field Airport, formerly Boise Air Terminal (Gowen Field), Boise, 
ID. After reviewing the airspace, the FAA found standard instrument 
approach procedures are not fully contained in controlled airspace, 
thereby necessitating airspace redesign for the safety and management 
of Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) operations at the airport. This 
proposal also would update the name of the airport to match the FAAs 
aeronautical database.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before December 28, 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-
3674; Airspace Docket No. 15-ANM-18, 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 7400.9Z, Airspace Designations and Reporting Points, and 
subsequent amendments can be viewed online at http://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/publications/. For further information, you can contact the 
Airspace Policy and ATC Regulations Group, Federal Aviation 
Administration, 800 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 29591; 
telephone: 202-267-8783. 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 CONTACT: Steve Haga, Federal Aviation 
Administration, Operations Support Group, Western Service Center, 1601 
Lind Avenue SW., Renton, WA 98057; telephone (425) 203-4500.

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 Boise Air Terminal/Gowen Field 
Airport, Boise, 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-2015-3674; 
Airspace Docket No. 15-ANM-18.'' 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 7400.9Z, Airspace 
Designations and Reporting Points, dated August 6, 2015, and effective 
September 15, 2015. FAA Order 7400.9Z is publicly available as listed 
in

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the ADDRESSES section of this document. FAA Order 7400.9Z 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 E airspace designated 
as an extension to Class C airspace at Boise Air Terminal/Gowen Field 
Airport, Boise, ID. Two segments would be expanded from the 5-mile 
radius of the airport and extend to 12.8 miles southeast, and 11 miles 
northwest of the airport. Class E airspace extending upward from 700 
feet above the surface at Boise Air Terminal/Gowen Field Airport would 
be amended to accommodate standard instrument approach procedures for 
IFR operations at the airport. A review of the airspace found 
modification of the airspace necessary for the safety and management of 
standard instrument approach procedures for IFR operations at the 
airport. Also, the name of the airport would be updated from Boise Air 
Terminal (Gowen Field), to Boise Air Terminal/Gowen Field Airport, to 
coincide with the FAA's aeronautical database.
    Class E airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface 
would be modified to within an 8.6-mile radius north of Boise Air 
Terminal/Gowen Field Airport, extending to 11.4 miles to the south, 17 
miles to the east and 30 miles to the west.
    Class E airspace designations are published in paragraph 6003 and 
6005, respectively, of FAA Order 7400.9Z, dated August 6, 2015 and 
effective September 15, 2015, 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 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 1050.1F, ``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 7400.9Z, 
Airspace Designations and Reporting Points, dated August 6, 2015, and 
effective September 15, 2015, is amended as follows:

Paragraph 6003 Class E Airspace Areas Designated as an Extension.

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ANM ID E3 Boise, ID [Modified]

Boise Air Terminal/Gowen Field Airport, ID
    (Lat. 43[deg]33'52'' N., long. 116[deg]13'22'' W.)

    That airspace extending upward from the surface within 5 miles 
each side of the Boise Air Terminal/Gowen Field Airport 114[deg] 
bearing extending from the 5-mile radius of the airport to 12.8 
miles southeast of the airport; and within 5 miles each side of the 
Boise Air Terminal/Gowen Field Airport 295[deg] bearing extending 
from the 5-mile radius of the airport to 11 miles northwest of the 
airport.

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 Boise, ID [Modified]

Boise Air Terminal/Gowen Field Airport, ID
    (Lat. 43[deg]33'52'' N., long. 116[deg]13'22'' W.)

    That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface 
bounded by a line beginning at lat. 43[deg]44'51'' N., long. 
116[deg]52'05'' W.; to lat. 43[deg]52'31'' N., long. 116[deg]38'57'' 
W.; to lat. 43[deg]51'24'' N., long. 116[deg]24'16'' W.; to lat. 
43[deg]31'33'' N., long. 115[deg]50'14'' W.; to lat. 43[deg]19'45'' 
N., long. 115[deg]56'41'' W.; to lat. 43[deg]25'11'' N., long. 
116[deg]32'39'' W.; to lat. 43[deg]35'39'' N., long. 116[deg]47'51'' 
W., thence to the point of beginning. That airspace extending upward 
from 1,200 feet above the surface within the 30.5-mile radius of the 
airport beginning at the 122[deg] bearing of the airport, thence via 
a line to the intersection of the 34.8-mile radius of the airport 
and the 224[deg] bearing of the airport, thence clockwise along the 
34.8-mile radius of the airport to that airspace 7 miles each side 
of the 269[deg] bearing of the airport extending from the 34.8-mile 
radius to 49.6 miles west of the airport, and within 7 miles 
northeast and 9.6 miles southwest of the 295[deg] bearing of the 
airport extending from the 34.8-mile radius to 65.3 miles northwest 
of the airport, to lat. 44[deg]00'27'' N., long. 117[deg]10'58'' W., 
thence along the 042[deg] bearing to V-253, thence south along V-
253, thence along the 30.5-mile radius of the airport to the point 
of beginning. That airspace southeast of the airport extending 
upward from 9,000 feet MSL bounded on the north by V-444, on the 
east by V-293, on the south by V-330 and on the southwest by V-4. 
That airspace northeast of the airport extending upward from 11,500 
feet MSL, bounded on the northeast by V-293, on the south by V-444, 
on the southwest by the 30.5-mile radius of the airport and on the 
west by V-253.

    Issued in Seattle, Washington, on November 3, 2015.
Christopher Ramirez,
Manager, Operations Support Group, Western Service Center.
[FR Doc. 2015-28784 Filed 11-12-15; 8:45 am]
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