80_FR_79231 80 FR 78988 - Proposed Amendment of Class E Airspace, Truckee, CA

80 FR 78988 - Proposed Amendment of Class E Airspace, Truckee, CA

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 243 (December 18, 2015)

Page Range78988-78989
FR Document2015-31644

This action proposes to modify Class E airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface at Truckee-Tahoe Airport, Truckee, CA. The FAA found modification of the airspace necessary to ensure the minimum airspace necessary for Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) operations, and to remove references to closed runways from the legal description.

Federal Register, Volume 80 Issue 243 (Friday, December 18, 2015) 
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 243 (Friday, December 18, 2015)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 78988-78989]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Docket No. FAA-2015-4074; Airspace Docket No. 15-AWP-16]


Proposed Amendment of Class E Airspace, Truckee, CA

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM).

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SUMMARY: This action proposes to modify Class E airspace extending 
upward from 700 feet above the surface at Truckee-Tahoe Airport, 
Truckee, CA. The FAA found modification of the airspace necessary to 
ensure the minimum airspace necessary for Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) 
operations, and to remove references to closed runways from the legal 
description.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before February 1, 2016.

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-
4074; Airspace Docket No. 15-AWP-16, 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 FAA Order 7400.9Z 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: Richard Roberts, Federal Aviation 
Administration, Operations Support Group, Western Service Center, 1601 
Lind Avenue SW., Renton, WA 98057; telephone (425) 203-4517.

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 Truckee-Tahoe Airport, Truckee, 
CA.

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-2015-4074/
Airspace Docket No. 15-AWP-16.'' 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 would 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 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 extending 
upward from 700 feet above the surface at Truckee-Tahoe Airport, 
Truckee, CA. The FAA identified that Homewood Seaplane Base, a closed 
runway, was contained in the current Truckee-Tahoe airport legal 
description. A review of the Truckee-Tahoe airspace was completed 
eliminating the Homewood Seaplane Base from the legal description and 
removing airspace no longer required for Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) 
operations at the airport. The Class E airspace area would be modified 
to within a 4.2-mile radius of the Truckee-Tahoe Airport, with segments 
extending from the 4.2-mile radius to 19 miles north of the airport, 
and 16.5 miles northwest of the airport.
    Class E airspace designations are published in paragraph 6005 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

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listed in this document will be published subsequently in the Order.

Regulatory Notices and Analyses

    The FAA has determined that this regulation only involves an 
established body of technical regulations for which frequent and 
routine amendments are necessary to keep them operationally current, is 
non-controversial and unlikely to result in adverse or negative 
comments. 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 6005: Class E Airspace Areas Extending Upward From 700 
Feet or More Above the Surface of the Earth

AWP CA E5 Truckee, CA [Modified]

Truckee-Tahoe Airport, CA
    (Lat. 39[deg]19'12'' N., Long. 120[deg]08'22'' W.)

    That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface 
within a 4.2-mile radius of the Truckee-Tahoe Airport, and within 2 
miles each side of the 15[deg] bearing from the airport extending 
from the 4.2-mile radius to 19 miles north of the airport, and 
within 2 miles each side of the 328[deg] bearing from the airport 
extending from the 4.2-mile radius to 16.5 miles northwest of the 
airport.


    Issued in Seattle, Washington, on December 10, 2015.
Tracey Johnson,
Manager, Operations Support Group, Western Service Center.
[FR Doc. 2015-31644 Filed 12-17-15; 8:45 am]
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78988 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 243 / Friday, December 18, 2015 / Proposed Rules DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FAA Order 7400.9, Airspace gov/airports_airtraffic/air_traffic/ Designations and Reporting Points, is publications/airspace_amendments/. Federal Aviation Administration published yearly and effective on You may review the public docket September 15. containing the proposal, any comments 14 CFR Part 71 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: received, and any final disposition in [Docket No. FAA–2015–4074; Airspace Richard Roberts, Federal Aviation person in the Dockets Office (see the Docket No. 15–AWP–16] Administration, Operations Support ADDRESSES section for the address and Group, Western Service Center, 1601 phone number) between 9:00 a.m. and Proposed Amendment of Class E Lind Avenue SW., Renton, WA 98057; 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, Airspace, Truckee, CA telephone (425) 203–4517. except federal holidays. An informal SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: docket may also be examined during AGENCY: Federal Aviation normal business hours at the Northwest Administration (FAA), DOT. Authority for This Rulemaking Mountain Regional Office of the Federal ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking Aviation Administration, Air Traffic The FAA’s authority to issue rules (NPRM). Organization, Western Service Center, regarding aviation safety is found in Title 49 of the United States Code. Operations Support Group, 1601 Lind SUMMARY: This action proposes to Subtitle I, Section 106 describes the Avenue SW., Renton, WA 98057. modify Class E airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface authority of the FAA Administrator. Persons interested in being placed on at Truckee-Tahoe Airport, Truckee, CA. Subtitle VII, Aviation Programs, a mailing list for future NPRMs should The FAA found modification of the describes in more detail the scope of the contact the FAA’s Office of Rulemaking, airspace necessary to ensure the agency’s authority. This rulemaking is (202) 267–9677, for a copy of Advisory minimum airspace necessary for promulgated under the authority Circular No. 11–2A, Notice of Proposed Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) described in Subtitle VII, Part A, Rulemaking Distribution System, which operations, and to remove references to Subpart I, Section 40103. Under that describes the application procedure. closed runways from the legal section, the FAA is charged with Availability and Summary of description. prescribing regulations to assign the use Documents Proposed for Incorporation of airspace necessary to ensure the by Reference DATES: Comments must be received on safety of aircraft and the efficient use of or before February 1, 2016. airspace. This regulation is within the This document would amend FAA ADDRESSES: Send comments on this scope of that authority as it would Order 7400.9Z, Airspace Designations proposal to the U.S. Department of amend Class E airspace at Truckee- and Reporting Points, dated August 6, Transportation, Docket Operations, M– Tahoe Airport, Truckee, CA. 2015, and effective September 15, 2015. 30, West Building Ground Floor, Room FAA Order 7400.9Z is publicly available W12–140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Comments Invited as listed in the ADDRESSES section of this Washington, DC 20590; telephone (202) Interested parties are invited to document. FAA Order 7400.9Z lists 366–9826. You must identify FAA participate in this proposed rulemaking Class A, B, C, D, and E airspace areas, Docket No. FAA–2015–4074; Airspace by submitting such written data, views, air traffic service routes, and reporting Docket No. 15–AWP–16, at the or arguments, as they may desire. points. beginning of your comments. You may Comments that provide the factual basis The Proposal also submit comments through the supporting the views and suggestions Internet at http://www.regulations.gov. presented are particularly helpful in The FAA is proposing an amendment You may review the public docket developing reasoned regulatory to Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations containing the proposal, any comments decisions on the proposal. Comments (14 CFR) Part 71 by modifying Class E received, and any final disposition in are specifically invited on the overall airspace extending upward from 700 person in the Dockets Office between regulatory, aeronautical, economic, feet above the surface at Truckee-Tahoe 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday environmental, and energy-related Airport, Truckee, CA. The FAA through Friday, except Federal holidays. aspects of the proposal. identified that Homewood Seaplane The Docket Office (telephone 1–800– Communications should identify both Base, a closed runway, was contained in 647–5527), is on the ground floor of the docket numbers and be submitted in the current Truckee-Tahoe airport legal building at the above address. triplicate to the address listed above. description. A review of the Truckee- FAA Order 7400.9Z, Airspace Commenters wishing the FAA to Tahoe airspace was completed Designations and Reporting Points, and acknowledge receipt of their comments eliminating the Homewood Seaplane subsequent amendments can be viewed on this notice must submit with those Base from the legal description and online at http://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/ comments a self-addressed, stamped removing airspace no longer required publications/. For further information, postcard on which the following for Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) you can contact the Airspace Policy and statement is made: ‘‘Comments to operations at the airport. The Class E ATC Regulations Group, Federal Docket No. FAA–2015–4074/Airspace airspace area would be modified to Aviation Administration, 800 Docket No. 15–AWP–16.’’ The postcard within a 4.2-mile radius of the Truckee- Independence Avenue SW., will be date/time stamped and returned Tahoe Airport, with segments extending Washington, DC, 29591; telephone: 202– to the commenter. from the 4.2-mile radius to 19 miles mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with PROPOSALS 267–8783. The Order is also available north of the airport, and 16.5 miles for inspection at the National Archives Availability of NPRMs northwest of the airport. and Records Administration (NARA). An electronic copy of this document Class E airspace designations are For information on the availability of may be downloaded through the published in paragraph 6005 of FAA FAA Order 7400.9Z at NARA, call 202– Internet at http://www.regulations.gov. Order 7400.9Z, dated August 6, 2015, 741–6030, or go to http://www.archives. Recently published rulemaking and effective September 15, 2015, which gov/federal_register/code_of_federal- documents can also be accessed through is incorporated by reference in 14 CFR regulations/ibr_locations.html. the FAA’s Web page at http://www.faa. 71.1. The Class E airspace designations VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:10 Dec 17, 2015 Jkt 238001 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 4702 Sfmt 4702 E:\FR\FM\18DEP1.SGM 18DEP1

Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 243 / Friday, December 18, 2015 / Proposed Rules 78989 listed in this document will be Paragraph 6005: Class E Airspace Areas received without change, including any published subsequently in the Order. Extending Upward From 700 Feet or More personal identifiers or contact Above the Surface of the Earth information. Regulatory Notices and Analyses AWP CA E5 Truckee, CA [Modified] FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. The FAA has determined that this Truckee-Tahoe Airport, CA John Hargitt, (703) 424–3309. regulation only involves an established (Lat. 39°19′12″ N., Long. 120°08′22″ W.) SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: body of technical regulations for which That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface within a 4.2-mile A. Executive Summary frequent and routine amendments are radius of the Truckee-Tahoe Airport, and I. Purpose of the Regulatory Action necessary to keep them operationally within 2 miles each side of the 15° bearing current, is non-controversial and from the airport extending from the 4.2-mile a. The publication of this proposed unlikely to result in adverse or negative radius to 19 miles north of the airport, and rule announces administrative revision comments. It, therefore: (1) Is not a within 2 miles each side of the 328° bearing of a current Army regulation covering ‘‘significant regulatory action’’ under from the airport extending from the 4.2-mile motor vehicle traffic supervision. It Executive Order 12866; (2) is not a radius to 16.5 miles northwest of the airport. outlines policy on vehicle registration; ‘‘significant rule’’ under DOT implements the 0.08 blood alcohol Issued in Seattle, Washington, on Regulatory Policies and Procedures (44 December 10, 2015. content as the standard for adverse FR 11034; February 26, 1979); and (3) administrative actions; permits Tracey Johnson, does not warrant preparation of a involuntary extraction of blood under Manager, Operations Support Group, Western revised Military Rules of Evidence in regulatory evaluation as the anticipated Service Center. impact is so minimal. Since this is a cases where intoxicated driving is [FR Doc. 2015–31644 Filed 12–17–15; 8:45 am] routine matter that will only affect air suspected; provides policy on towing, BILLING CODE 4910–13–P storing, and impounding vehicles; traffic procedures and air navigation, it is certified that this rule, when adopts the National Highway Traffic promulgated, would not have a Safety Administration technical DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE standards for breathalyzer equipment; significant economic impact on a establishes traffic points for seat belt substantial number of small entities Department of the Army and child restraint device violations; under the criteria of the Regulatory and requires that new safety Flexibility Act. 32 CFR Part 634 requirements be included in the Environmental Review RIN 0702–AA66 installation traffic code. It implements Docket No. USA–2014–0005] Department of Defense Directive This proposal will be subject to an 5525.04, ‘‘Enforcement of the State environmental analysis in accordance Motor Vehicle Traffic Supervision Traffic Laws on DoD Installations’’ with FAA Order 1050.1F, AGENCY: Department of the Army, DoD. (available at http://www.dtic.mil/whs/ ‘‘Environmental Impacts: Policies and directives/corres/pdf/552504p.pdf), and ACTION: Proposed rule. Procedures’’ prior to any FAA final Department of Defense Instruction regulatory action. SUMMARY: The Department of the Army 6055.04, ‘‘DoD Traffic Safety Program’’ proposes to revise its regulation (available at http://www.dtic.mil/whs/ List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 71 directives/corres/pdf/605504p.pdf). It concerning military traffic supervision Airspace, Incorporation by reference, on Department of Defense installations also implements portions of Department Navigation (air). worldwide. of Defense Instruction 7730.47, DATES: Consideration will be given to all ‘‘Defense Incident-Based Reporting The Proposed Amendment comments received by: February 16, System (DIBRS)’’ (available at http:// 2016. www.dtic.mil/whs/directives/corres/pdf/ Accordingly, pursuant to the 773047p.pdf), that apply to dispositions. authority delegated to me, the Federal ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, This regulation was most recently Aviation Administration proposes to identified by 32 CFR part 634, Docket published in the Federal Register on amend 14 CFR part 71 as follows: No. USA–2014–0005 and or RIN 0702– April 12, 2005 (70 FR 18969). AA66, by any of the following methods: b. The legal authority for this PART 71—DESIGNATION OF CLASS A, • Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// regulatory action is: 70 FR 18969, 70 FR B, C, D, AND E AIRSPACE AREAS; AIR www.regulations.gov. Follow the 18982, 10 U.S.C. 2575, 18 U.S.C. 13. TRAFFIC SERVICE ROUTES; AND instructions for submitting comments. REPORTING POINTS • Mail: Department of Defense, Office II. Summary of the Major Provisions of of the Deputy Chief Management the Regulatory Action in Question ■ 1. The authority citation for 14 CFR Officer, Directorate of Oversight and The major provisions of this part 71 continues to read as follows: Compliance, Regulatory and Audit regulatory action include: Driving Matters Office, 9010 Defense Pentagon, privileges, suspensions, revocations, Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 106(g), 40103, Washington, DC 20301–9010. vehicle registration, traffic supervision 40113, 40120; E.O. 10854, 24 FR 9565, 3 CFR, Instructions: All submissions received and offense reporting, accident 1959–1963 Comp., p. 389. must include the agency name and mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with PROPOSALS investigation and reporting, release of § 71.1 [Amended] docket number or Regulatory information, processing drunk drivers, Information Number (RIN) for this and impounding privately owned ■ 2. The incorporation by reference in Federal Register document. The general vehicles. 14 CFR 71.1 of FAA Order 7400.9Z, policy for comments and other Airspace Designations and Reporting submissions from members of the public III. Cost and Benefits Points, dated August 6, 2015, and is to make these submissions available This proposed rule will not have a effective September 15, 2015, is for public viewing on the Internet at monetary effect upon the public. This amended as follows: http://www.regulations.gov as they are proposed rule facilitates information VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:10 Dec 17, 2015 Jkt 238001 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 4702 Sfmt 4702 E:\FR\FM\18DEP1.SGM 18DEP1


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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 February 1, 2016.
ContactRichard Roberts, Federal Aviation Administration, Operations Support Group, Western Service Center, 1601 Lind Avenue SW., Renton, WA 98057; telephone (425) 203-4517.
FR Citation80 FR 78988 
CFR AssociatedAirspace; Incorporation by Reference and Navigation (air)
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