81_FR_39720 81 FR 39603 - Proposed Amendment of Class E Airspace, and Revocation of Class E Airspace; Miles City, MT

81 FR 39603 - Proposed Amendment of Class E Airspace, and Revocation of Class E Airspace; Miles City, MT

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 117 (June 17, 2016)

Page Range39603-39604
FR Document2016-14280

This action proposes to modify Class E surface airspace, remove Class E airspace designated as an extension to the Class E surface area, and modify Class E airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface at Frank Wiley Field Airport, Miles City, MT. The FAA found it necessary to account for the rising terrain for the safety and management of Standard Instrument Approach Procedures for Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) operations at the airport.

Federal Register, Volume 81 Issue 117 (Friday, June 17, 2016) 
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 117 (Friday, June 17, 2016)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 39603-39604]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-14280]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Docket No. FAA-2016-7046; Airspace Docket No. 16-ANM-3]


Proposed Amendment of Class E Airspace, and Revocation of Class E 
Airspace; Miles City, MT

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 airspace, 
remove Class E airspace designated as an extension to the Class E 
surface area, and modify Class E airspace extending upward from 700 
feet above the surface at Frank Wiley Field Airport, Miles City, MT. 
The FAA found it necessary to account for the rising terrain for the 
safety and management of Standard Instrument Approach Procedures for 
Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) operations at the airport.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before August 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-2016-
7046; Airspace Docket No. 16-ANM-3, 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 Group, Federal Aviation Administration, 800 
Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20591; 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: Tom Clark, Federal Aviation 
Administration, Operations Support Group, Western Service Center, 1601 
Lind Avenue SW., Renton, WA 98057; telephone (425) 203-4511.

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 Frank Wiley Field Airport, Miles 
City, MT.

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-2016-7046; 
Airspace Docket No. 16-ANM-3.'' 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 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 to modify Class E surface airspace, remove 
Class E airspace designated as an extension to Class E surface area, 
and modify Class

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E airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface at Frank 
Wiley Field Airport, Miles City, MT. The Class E surface airspace would 
be modified to a 5-mile radius of Frank Wiley Field Airport to support 
terminal operations below 700 feet above the surface and to account for 
rising terrain. Class E airspace designated as an extension to Class E 
surface area would be removed as there are no Instrument Flight Rules 
(IFR) procedures that require a surface extension. Class E airspace 
extending upward from 700 feet above the surface would be modified to 
an 8-mile radius of Frank Wiley Field Airport to support IFR departures 
below 1,200 feet above the surface due to rising terrain. After a 
review of the airspace, the FAA found modification of the airspace 
necessary for the safety and management of IFR operations at the 
airport.
    Class E airspace designations are published in paragraph 6002, 
6004, 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 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 6002 Class E Airspace Designated as Surface Areas.

* * * * *

ANM MT E2 Miles City, MT [Modified]

Miles City, Frank Wiley Field, MT
    (Lat. 46[deg]25'41'' N., long. 105[deg]53'10'' W.)

    That airspace extending upward from the surface within a 5-mile 
radius of Frank Wiley Field.

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

* * * * *

ANM MT E4 Miles City, MT [Removed]

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

* * * * *

ANM MT E5 Miles City, MT [Modified]

Miles City, Frank Wiley Field, MT
    (Lat. 46[deg]25'41'' N., long. 105[deg]53'10'' W.)

    That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface 
within an 8-mile radius of Frank Wiley Field and that airspace 
extending upward from 1,200 feet above the surface within a 34.5-
mile radius of Frank Wiley Field.

    Issued in Seattle, Washington, on June 7, 2016.
Byron Chew,
Acting Manager, Operations Support Group, Western Service Center.
[FR Doc. 2016-14280 Filed 6-16-16; 8:45 am]
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Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 117 / Friday, June 17, 2016 / Proposed Rules 39603 obtained from Turbomeca S.A., using the through Friday, except Federal holidays. aspects of the proposal. contact information in paragraph (h)(4) of The Docket Office (telephone 1–800– Communications should identify both this AD. 647–5527), is on the ground floor of the docket numbers and be submitted in (4) For service information identified in building at the above address. triplicate to the address listed above. this AD, contact Turbomeca S.A., 40220 Tarnos, France; phone: 33 0 5 59 74 40 00; FAA Order 7400.9Z, Airspace Commenters wishing the FAA to fax: 33 0 5 59 74 45 15. Designations and Reporting Points, and acknowledge receipt of their comments (5) You may view this service information subsequent amendments can be viewed on this notice must submit with those at the FAA, Engine & Propeller Directorate, online at http://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/ comments a self-addressed, stamped 1200 District Avenue, Burlington, MA. For publications/. For further information, postcard on which the following information on the availability of this you can contact the Airspace Policy statement is made: ‘‘Comments to material at the FAA, call 781–238–7125. Docket No. FAA–2016–7046; Airspace Group, Federal Aviation Issued in Burlington, Massachusetts, on Administration, 800 Independence Docket No. 16–ANM–3.’’ The postcard June 8, 2016. Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20591; will be date/time stamped and returned Colleen M. D’Alessandro, telephone: 202–267–8783. The Order is to the commenter. Manager, Engine & Propeller Directorate, also available for inspection at the Aircraft Certification Service. Availability of NPRMs National Archives and Records [FR Doc. 2016–14228 Filed 6–16–16; 8:45 am] Administration (NARA). For An electronic copy of this document BILLING CODE 4910–13–P information on the availability of FAA may be downloaded through the Order 7400.9Z at NARA, call 202–741– Internet at http://www.regulations.gov. 6030, or go to http://www.archives.gov/ Recently published rulemaking DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION federal_register/code_of_federal- documents can also be accessed through regulations/ibr_locations.html. the FAA’s Web page at http:// Federal Aviation Administration FAA Order 7400.9, Airspace www.faa.gov/airports_airtraffic/air_ Designations and Reporting Points, is traffic/publications/airspace_ 14 CFR Part 71 published yearly and effective on amendments/. [Docket No. FAA–2016–7046; Airspace September 15. You may review the public docket Docket No. 16–ANM–3] containing the proposal, any comments FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tom received, and any final disposition in Clark, Federal Aviation Administration, Proposed Amendment of Class E person in the Dockets Office (see the Operations Support Group, Western Airspace, and Revocation of Class E ADDRESSES section for the address and Service Center, 1601 Lind Avenue SW., Airspace; Miles City, MT phone number) between 9:00 a.m. and Renton, WA 98057; telephone (425) 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, AGENCY: Federal Aviation 203–4511. except federal holidays. An informal Administration (FAA), DOT. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: docket may also be examined during ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking normal business hours at the Northwest (NPRM). Authority for This Rulemaking Mountain Regional Office of the Federal The FAA’s authority to issue rules Aviation Administration, Air Traffic SUMMARY: This action proposes to regarding aviation safety is found in modify Class E surface airspace, remove Organization, Western Service Center, Title 49 of the United States Code. Operations Support Group, 1601 Lind Class E airspace designated as an Subtitle I, Section 106 describes the extension to the Class E surface area, Avenue SW., Renton, WA 98057. authority of the FAA Administrator. Persons interested in being placed on and modify Class E airspace extending Subtitle VII, Aviation Programs, upward from 700 feet above the surface a mailing list for future NPRMs should describes in more detail the scope of the contact the FAA’s Office of Rulemaking, at Frank Wiley Field Airport, Miles City, agency’s authority. This rulemaking is MT. The FAA found it necessary to (202) 267–9677, for a copy of Advisory promulgated under the authority Circular No. 11–2A, Notice of Proposed account for the rising terrain for the described in Subtitle VII, Part, A, safety and management of Standard Rulemaking Distribution System, which Subpart I, Section 40103. Under that describes the application procedure. Instrument Approach Procedures for section, the FAA is charged with Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) operations prescribing regulations to assign the use Availability and Summary of at the airport. of airspace necessary to ensure the Documents Proposed for Incorporation DATES: Comments must be received on safety of aircraft and the efficient use of by Reference or before August 1, 2016. airspace. This regulation is within the This document proposes to amend ADDRESSES: Send comments on this scope of that authority as it would FAA Order 7400.9Z, Airspace proposal to the U.S. Department of amend Class E airspace at Frank Wiley Designations and Reporting Points, Transportation, Docket Operations, Field Airport, Miles City, MT. dated August 6, 2015, and effective M–30, West Building, Ground Floor, September 15, 2015. FAA Order Room W12–140, 1200 New Jersey Comments Invited 7400.9Z is publicly available as listed in Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590; Interested parties are invited to the ADDRESSES section of this document. telephone (202) 366–9826. You must participate in this proposed rulemaking FAA Order 7400.9Z lists Class A, B, C, identify FAA Docket No. FAA–2016– by submitting such written data, views, D, and E airspace areas, air traffic 7046; Airspace Docket No. 16–ANM–3, or arguments, as they may desire. service routes, and reporting points. sradovich on DSK3TPTVN1PROD with PROPOSALS at the beginning of your comments. You Comments that provide the factual basis may also submit comments through the supporting the views and suggestions The Proposal 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 to modify Class E received, and any final disposition in are specifically invited on the overall surface airspace, remove Class E person in the Dockets Office between regulatory, aeronautical, economic, airspace designated as an extension to 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday environmental, and energy-related Class E surface area, and modify Class VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:07 Jun 16, 2016 Jkt 238001 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 4702 Sfmt 4702 E:\FR\FM\17JNP1.SGM 17JNP1

39604 Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 117 / Friday, June 17, 2016 / Proposed Rules E airspace extending upward from 700 The Proposed Amendment DEPARTMENT OF LABOR feet above the surface at Frank Wiley Field Airport, Miles City, MT. The Class Accordingly, pursuant to the Mine Safety and Health Administration E surface airspace would be modified to authority delegated to me, the Federal a 5-mile radius of Frank Wiley Field Aviation Administration proposes to 30 CFR 57, 70, 72, and 75 Airport to support terminal operations amend 14 CFR part 71 as follows: [Docket No. MSHA–2014–0031] below 700 feet above the surface and to account for rising terrain. Class E PART 71—DESIGNATION OF CLASS A, RIN 1219–AB86 airspace designated as an extension to B, C, D, AND E AIRSPACE AREAS; AIR Class E surface area would be removed TRAFFIC SERVICE ROUTES; AND Exposure of Underground Miners to as there are no Instrument Flight Rules REPORTING POINTS Diesel Exhaust (IFR) procedures that require a surface Correction extension. Class E airspace extending ■ 1. The authority citation for 14 CFR upward from 700 feet above the surface part 71 continues to read as follows: In proposed rule document 2016– would be modified to an 8-mile radius 13219 appearing on pages 36826–36831 Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 106(g), 40103, in the issue of Wednesday, June 8, 2016, of Frank Wiley Field Airport to support 40113, 40120; E.O. 10854, 24 FR 9565, 3 CFR, make the following correction: IFR departures below 1,200 feet above 1959–1963 Comp., p. 389. 1. On page 36826, in the third the surface due to rising terrain. After a review of the airspace, the FAA found § 71.1 [Amended] column, in the DATES section, modification of the airspace necessary ‘‘September 1, 2016’’ should read for the safety and management of IFR ■ 2. The incorporation by reference in ‘‘September 6, 2016’’. operations at the airport. 14 CFR 71.1 of FAA Order 7400.9Z, [FR Doc. C1–2016–13219 Filed 6–16–16; 8:45 am] Class E airspace designations are Airspace Designations and Reporting BILLING CODE 1505–01–D published in paragraph 6002, 6004, and Points, dated August 6, 2015, and 6005, respectively, of FAA Order effective September 15, 2015, is 7400.9Z, dated August 6, 2015, and amended as follows: ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION effective September 15, 2015, which is AGENCY incorporated by reference in 14 CFR Paragraph 6002 Class E Airspace 71.1. The Class E airspace designations Designated as Surface Areas. 40 CFR Part 52 listed in this document will be * * * * * [EPA–R07–OAR–2016–0280; FRL–9947–80– published subsequently in the Order. ANM MT E2 Miles City, MT [Modified] Region 7] Regulatory Notices and Analyses Miles City, Frank Wiley Field, MT Approval of Iowa’s State The FAA has determined that this (Lat. 46°25′41″ N., long. 105°53′10″ W.) Implementation Plan (SIP); Definition regulation only involves an established That airspace extending upward from the of Greenhouse Gas and Prevention of body of technical regulations for which surface within a 5-mile radius of Frank Wiley Significant Deterioration (PSD) frequent and routine amendments are Field. Plantwide Applicability Limits (PALs) necessary to keep them operationally Paragraph 6004 Class E Airspace Areas Revisions current, is non-controversial and Designated as an Extension to a Class D or unlikely to result in adverse or negative AGENCY: Environmental Protection Class E Surface Area. comments. It, therefore: (1) Is not a Agency (EPA). ‘‘significant regulatory action’’ under * * * * * ACTION: Proposed rule. Executive Order 12866; (2) is not a ANM MT E4 Miles City, MT [Removed] ‘‘significant rule’’ under DOT SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Regulatory Policies and Procedures (44 Paragraph 6005 Class E Airspace Areas Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve FR 11034; February 26, 1979); and (3) Extending Upward From 700 Feet or More two SIP revisions submitted by the State does not warrant preparation of a Above the Surface of the Earth. of Iowa. First, EPA is proposing to regulatory evaluation as the anticipated * * * * * approve the definition of greenhouse impact is so minimal. Since this is a ANM MT E5 Miles City, MT [Modified] gas, which will make the state’s routine matter that will only affect air definition consistent with the Federal traffic procedures and air navigation, it Miles City, Frank Wiley Field, MT definition, and add greenhouse gases to is certified that this rule, when (Lat. 46°25′41″ N., long. 105°53′10″ W.) emission inventory requirements. promulgated, would not have a That airspace extending upward from 700 Second, EPA is proposing to approve significant economic impact on a feet above the surface within an 8-mile radius Iowa’s revision to its Prevention of substantial number of small entities of Frank Wiley Field and that airspace Significant Deterioration (PSD) program, under the criteria of the Regulatory extending upward from 1,200 feet above the specifically to the definition of ‘‘subject Flexibility Act. surface within a 34.5-mile radius of Frank to regulation,’’ and adopt by reference Wiley Field. the most recent Federal plantwide Environmental Review Issued in Seattle, Washington, on June 7, applicability limitations (PALs) This proposal will be subject to an 2016. provisions. environmental analysis in accordance sradovich on DSK3TPTVN1PROD with PROPOSALS Byron Chew, DATES: Written comments must be with FAA Order 1050.1F, ‘‘Environmental Impacts: Policies and Acting Manager, Operations Support Group, received by July 18, 2016. Western Service Center. ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, Procedures’’ prior to any FAA final regulatory action. [FR Doc. 2016–14280 Filed 6–16–16; 8:45 am] identified by Docket ID No. EPA–R07– BILLING CODE 4910–13–P OAR–2016–0280, to http:// List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 71 www.regulations.gov. Follow the online Airspace, Incorporation by reference, instructions for submitting comments. Navigation (air). Once submitted, comments cannot be VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:07 Jun 16, 2016 Jkt 238001 PO 00000 Frm 00009 Fmt 4702 Sfmt 4702 E:\FR\FM\17JNP1.SGM 17JNP1


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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 August 1, 2016.
ContactTom Clark, Federal Aviation Administration, Operations Support Group, Western Service Center, 1601 Lind Avenue SW., Renton, WA 98057; telephone (425) 203-4511.
FR Citation81 FR 39603 
CFR AssociatedAirspace; Incorporation by Reference and Navigation (air)
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