81_FR_41401 81 FR 41279 - Proposed Amendment of Class E Airspace, Indiana, PA

81 FR 41279 - Proposed Amendment of Class E Airspace, Indiana, PA

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 122 (June 24, 2016)

Page Range41279-41280
FR Document2016-14880

This action proposes to amend Class E airspace at Indiana, PA, to accommodate the new runway at Indiana County Airport (Jimmy Stewart Field). Controlled airspace is necessary for the safety and management of instrument flight rules (IFR) operations at the airport. This action also would update the geographic coordinates of airport.

Federal Register, Volume 81 Issue 122 (Friday, June 24, 2016) 
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 122 (Friday, June 24, 2016)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 41279-41280]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-14880]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Docket No. FAA-2016-6138; Airspace Docket No. 16-AEA-3]


Proposed Amendment of Class E Airspace, Indiana, PA

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM).

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SUMMARY: This action proposes to amend Class E airspace at Indiana, PA, 
to accommodate the new runway at Indiana County Airport (Jimmy Stewart 
Field). Controlled airspace is necessary for the safety and management 
of instrument flight rules (IFR) operations at the airport. This action 
also would update the geographic coordinates of airport.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before August 8, 2016.

ADDRESSES: Send comments on this proposal to: U.S. Department of 
Transportation, Docket Operations, M-30, West Bldg. Ground Floor Rm. 
W12-140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590; Telephone: 
(202) 366-9826; Fax: 202-493-2251. You must identify the Docket Number 
FAA-2016-6138; Airspace Docket No. 16-AEA-3, at the beginning of your 
comments. You may also submit and review received 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 on line 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: John Fornito, Operations Support 
Group, Eastern Service Center, Federal Aviation Administration, P.O. 
Box 20636, Atlanta, Georgia 30320; telephone (404) 305-6364.

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 Indiana County Airport (Jimmy 
Stewart Field), Indiana, PA.

Comments Invited

    Interested persons are invited to comment on 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 (FAA Docket No. 
FAA-2016-6138; Airspace Docket No. 16-AEA-3) and be submitted in 
triplicate to the address listed above. You may also submit comments 
through the Internet at http://www.regulations.gov.
    Persons wishing the FAA to acknowledge receipt of their comments on 
this action must submit with those comments a self-addressed stamped 
postcard on which the following statement is made: ``Comments to Docket 
No. FAA-2016-6138; Airspace Docket No. 16-AEA-3.'' The postcard will be 
date/time stamped and returned to the commenter.
    All communications received before the specified closing date for 
comments will be considered before taking action

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on the proposed rule. The proposal contained in this notice may be 
changed in light of the comments received. A report summarizing each 
substantive public contact with FAA personnel concerned with this 
rulemaking will be filed in the docket.

Availability of NPRMs

    An electronic copy of this document may be downloaded from and 
comments submitted through http://www.regulations.gov. Recently 
published rulemaking documents can also be accessed through the FAA's 
Web page 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 (see the ADDRESSES section for 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 between 8:00 a.m. and 
4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal Holidays at the office 
of the Eastern Service Center, Federal Aviation Administration, Room 
350, 1701 Columbia Avenue, College Park, Georgia 30337.
    Persons interested in being placed on a mailing list for future 
NPRM's should contact the FAA's Office of Rulemaking, (202) 267-9677, 
to request a copy of Advisory circular No. 11-2A, Notice of Proposed 
Rulemaking Distribution System, which describes the application 
procedure.

Availability and Summary of Documents 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 considering an amendment to Title 14, Code of Federal 
Regulations (14 CFR) part 71 to amend Class E airspace extending upward 
from 700 feet above the surface at Indiana County Airport (Jimmy 
Stewart Field), Indiana, PA. Airspace reconfiguration to within a 8.2-
mile radius of the airport and within 2 miles either side of the 
096[deg] bearing from the airport, extending from the 8.2-mile radius 
to 13.6 miles east of the airport is necessary to support the new 
runway at the airport. Controlled airspace is necessary for IFR 
operations. The geographic coordinates of the airport would be adjusted 
to coincide with the FAAs aeronautical database.
    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 designation 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 proposed rule, when promulgated, will 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 would 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.

Lists of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 71

    Airspace, Incorporation by reference, Navigation (air).

The Proposed Amendment

    In consideration of the foregoing, 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 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 Federal Aviation 
Administration Order 7400.9Z, Airspace Designations and Reporting 
Points, dated August 6, 2015, 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.

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AEA PA E5 Indiana, PA [Amended]

Indiana County Airport (Jimmy Stewart Field), PA
    (Lat. 40[deg]37'52'' N., long. 79[deg]06'05'' W.)

    That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface 
within a 8.2-mile radius of Indiana County Airport (Jimmy Stewart 
Field), and within 2-miles either side of the 096[deg] bearing of 
the airport, extending from the 8.2-mile radius to 13.6 miles east 
of the airport.

    Issued in College Park, Georgia, on June 16, 2016.
Debra L. Hogan,
Acting Manager, Operations Support Group, Eastern Service Center, Air 
Traffic Organization.
[FR Doc. 2016-14880 Filed 6-23-16; 8:45 am]
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Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 122 / Friday, June 24, 2016 / Proposed Rules 41279 • Is the regulatory text clear on how DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FAA Order 7400.9, Airspace to set-up a television for testing? Are Designations and Reporting Points, is there ways for definitions or Federal Aviation Administration published yearly and effective on requirements in the television test September 15. procedure regulatory text to be rewritten 14 CFR Part 71 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John to ensure that all requirements related to [Docket No. FAA–2016–6138; Airspace Fornito, Operations Support Group, setting up a television for testing are Docket No. 16–AEA–3] Eastern Service Center, Federal Aviation objective and would apply uniformly Administration, P.O. Box 20636, regardless of television design? Proposed Amendment of Class E Atlanta, Georgia 30320; telephone (404) Airspace, Indiana, PA 305–6364. • Should DOE consider measuring on-mode power in picture settings other AGENCY: Federal Aviation SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: than the default picture setting? If so, Administration (FAA), DOT. Authority for This Rulemaking what picture setting(s) should be tested, ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking The FAA’s authority to issue rules and how can DOE prescribe picture (NPRM). regarding aviation safety is found in setting testing requirements that are SUMMARY: This action proposes to Title 49 of the United States Code. representative of television settings Subtitle I, Section 106 describes the during a representative average use amend Class E airspace at Indiana, PA, to accommodate the new runway at authority of the FAA Administrator. cycle or period of use, as well as ensure Subtitle VII, Aviation Programs, that the requirements are repeatable and Indiana County Airport (Jimmy Stewart Field). Controlled airspace is necessary describes in more detail the scope of the reproducible in a laboratory testing agency’s authority. This rulemaking is for the safety and management of environment? promulgated under the authority instrument flight rules (IFR) operations III. Submission of Comments at the airport. This action also would described in Subtitle VII, Part, A, update the geographic coordinates of Subpart I, Section 40103. Under that DOE invites all interested parties to airport. section, the FAA is charged with submit in writing by July 25, 2016, prescribing regulations to assign the use DATES: Comments must be received on of airspace necessary to ensure the comments and information on matters or before August 8, 2016. safety of aircraft and the efficient use of addressed in this RFI and on other matters relevant to the test procedure for ADDRESSES: Send comments on this airspace. This regulation is within the televisions. proposal to: U.S. Department of scope of that authority as it would Transportation, Docket Operations, M– amend Class E airspace at Indiana After the close of the comment period, 30, West Bldg. Ground Floor Rm. W12– County Airport (Jimmy Stewart Field), DOE will begin collecting data, 140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Indiana, PA. conducting analyses, and reviewing Washington, DC 20590; Telephone: public comments. These actions will be (202) 366–9826; Fax: 202–493–2251. Comments Invited taken to aid in the revision of the test You must identify the Docket Number Interested persons are invited to procedure NOPR for televisions, if DOE FAA–2016–6138; Airspace Docket No. comment on this proposed rulemaking determines that revisions are necessary. 16–AEA–3, at the beginning of your by submitting such written data, views, DOE considers public participation to comments. You may also submit and or arguments, as they may desire. be a very important part of the process review received comments through the Comments that provide the factual basis for developing test procedures. DOE Internet at http://www.regulations.gov. supporting the views and suggestions actively encourages the participation You may review the public docket presented are particularly helpful in and interaction of the public during the containing the proposal, any comments developing reasoned regulatory received, and any final disposition in decisions on the proposal. Comments comment period. Interactions with and person in the Dockets Office between are specifically invited on the overall between members of the public provide 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday regulatory, aeronautical, economic, a balanced discussion of the issues and through Friday, except Federal holidays. environmental, and energy-related assist DOE in the rulemaking process. The Docket Office (telephone 1–800– aspects of the proposal. Anyone who wishes to be added to the 647–5527), is on the ground floor of the Communications should identify both DOE mailing list to receive future building at the above address. docket numbers (FAA Docket No. FAA– notices and information about this FAA Order 7400.9Z, Airspace 2016–6138; Airspace Docket No. 16– rulemaking may do so at https:// Designations and Reporting Points, and AEA–3) and be submitted in triplicate to www1.eere.energy.gov/buildings/ subsequent amendments can be viewed the address listed above. You may also appliance_standards/product.aspx/ on line at http://www.faa.gov/air_ submit comments through the Internet productid/34. traffic/publications/. For further at http://www.regulations.gov. Issued in Washington, DC, on June 16, information, you can contact the Persons wishing the FAA to 2016. Airspace Policy Group, Federal Aviation acknowledge receipt of their comments Kathleen Hogan, Administration, 800 Independence on this action must submit with those Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20591; comments a self-addressed stamped Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy telephone: 202–267–8783. The Order is postcard on which the following sradovich on DSK3TPTVN1PROD with PROPOSALS Efficiency, Energy Efficiency and Renewable also available for inspection at the statement is made: ‘‘Comments to Energy. National Archives and Records Docket No. FAA–2016–6138; Airspace [FR Doc. 2016–14982 Filed 6–23–16; 8:45 am] Administration (NARA). For Docket No. 16–AEA–3.’’ The postcard BILLING CODE 6450–01–P information on the availability of FAA will be date/time stamped and returned Order 7400.9Z at NARA, call 202–741– to the commenter. 6030, or go to http://www.archives.gov/ All communications received before federal_register/code_of_federal- the specified closing date for comments regulations/ibr_locations.html. will be considered before taking action VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:15 Jun 23, 2016 Jkt 238001 PO 00000 Frm 00025 Fmt 4702 Sfmt 4702 E:\FR\FM\24JNP1.SGM 24JNP1

41280 Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 122 / Friday, June 24, 2016 / Proposed Rules on the proposed rule. The proposal Controlled airspace is necessary for IFR Administration Order 7400.9Z, Airspace contained in this notice may be changed operations. The geographic coordinates Designations and Reporting Points, in light of the comments received. A of the airport would be adjusted to dated August 6, 2015, effective report summarizing each substantive coincide with the FAAs aeronautical September 15, 2015, is amended as public contact with FAA personnel database. follows: concerned with this rulemaking will be Class E airspace designations are Paragraph 6005 Class E Airspace Areas filed in the docket. published in Paragraph 6005 of FAA Extending Upward From 700 Feet or More Order 7400.9Z, dated August 6, 2015, Above the Surface of the Earth. Availability of NPRMs and effective September 15, 2015, which An electronic copy of this document is incorporated by reference in 14 CFR * * * * * may be downloaded from and 71.1. The Class E airspace designation AEA PA E5 Indiana, PA [Amended] comments submitted through http:// listed in this document will be Indiana County Airport (Jimmy Stewart www.regulations.gov. Recently published subsequently in the Order. Field), PA published rulemaking documents can (Lat. 40°37′52″ N., long. 79°06′05″ W.) Regulatory Notices and Analyses also be accessed through the FAA’s Web That airspace extending upward from 700 page at http://www.regulations.gov. The FAA has determined that this feet above the surface within a 8.2-mile You may review the public docket proposed regulation only involves an radius of Indiana County Airport (Jimmy containing the proposal, any comments established body of technical Stewart Field), and within 2-miles either side received, and any final disposition in regulations for which frequent and of the 096° bearing of the airport, extending person in the Dockets Office (see the routine amendments are necessary to from the 8.2-mile radius to 13.6 miles east of ADDRESSES section for address and keep them operationally current. It, the airport. phone number) between 9:00 a.m. and therefore; (1) is not a ‘‘significant Issued in College Park, Georgia, on June 16, 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, regulatory action’’ under Executive 2016. except Federal Holidays. An informal Order 12866; (2) is not a ‘‘significant Debra L. Hogan, docket may also be examined between rule’’ under DOT Regulatory Policies Acting Manager, Operations Support Group, 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday and Procedures (44 FR 11034; February Eastern Service Center, Air Traffic through Friday, except Federal Holidays 26, 1979); and (3) does not warrant Organization. at the office of the Eastern Service preparation of a Regulatory Evaluation [FR Doc. 2016–14880 Filed 6–23–16; 8:45 am] Center, Federal Aviation as the anticipated impact is so minimal. BILLING CODE 4910–13–P Administration, Room 350, 1701 Since this is a routine matter that will Columbia Avenue, College Park, Georgia only affect air traffic procedures and air 30337. navigation, it is certified that this DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Persons interested in being placed on proposed rule, when promulgated, will a mailing list for future NPRM’s should not have a significant economic impact Federal Aviation Administration contact the FAA’s Office of Rulemaking, on a substantial number of small entities (202) 267–9677, to request a copy of under the criteria of the Regulatory 14 CFR Part 71 Advisory circular No. 11–2A, Notice of Flexibility Act. Docket No. FAA–2016–6967; Airspace Proposed Rulemaking Distribution Environmental Review Docket No. 16–AWP–7 System, which describes the application procedure. This proposal would be subject to an Proposed Amendment of Class E environmental analysis in accordance Airspace; Santa Rosa, CA Availability and Summary of with FAA Order 1050.1F, Documents for Incorporation by ‘‘Environmental Impacts: Policies and AGENCY: Federal Aviation Reference Procedures’’ prior to any FAA final Administration (FAA), DOT. This document proposes to amend regulatory action. ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking FAA Order 7400.9Z, Airspace (NPRM). Lists of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 71 Designations and Reporting Points, dated August 6, 2015, and effective Airspace, Incorporation by reference, SUMMARY: This action proposes to September 15, 2015. FAA Order Navigation (air). modify Class E airspace designated as 7400.9Z is publicly available as listed in an extension to a Class D airspace at The Proposed Amendment Charles M. Schulz-Sonoma County the ADDRESSES section of this document. FAA Order 7400.9Z lists Class A, B, C, In consideration of the foregoing, the Airport, Santa Rosa, CA, by reducing the D, and E airspace areas, air traffic Federal Aviation Administration segment extending northwest of the service routes, and reporting points. proposes to amend 14 CFR part 71 as airport and adding a segment southeast follows: of the airport. This action also proposes The Proposal to modify Class E airspace extending PART 71—DESIGNATION OF CLASS A, upward from 700 feet above the surface The FAA is considering an B, C, D, AND E AIRSPACE AREAS; AIR to include only that area required for amendment to Title 14, Code of Federal TRAFFIC SERVICE ROUTES; AND Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) operations Regulations (14 CFR) part 71 to amend REPORTING POINTS at the airport. Additionally, this action Class E airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface at Indiana updates the airport’s geographic 1. The authority citation for part 71 sradovich on DSK3TPTVN1PROD with PROPOSALS ■ County Airport (Jimmy Stewart Field), coordinates for both Class D and E continues to read as follows: Indiana, PA. Airspace reconfiguration to airspace areas. A review of the airspace Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 106(g); 40103, has made this proposal necessary for the within a 8.2-mile radius of the airport 40113, 40120; E.O. 10854, 24 FR 9565, 3 CFR, and within 2 miles either side of the safety and management of Standard 1959–1963 Comp., p. 389. 096° bearing from the airport, extending Instrument Approach Procedures for from the 8.2-mile radius to 13.6 miles § 71.1 [Amended] IFR operations at the airport. east of the airport is necessary to ■ 2. The incorporation by reference in DATES: Comments must be received on support the new runway at the airport. 14 CFR 71.1 of Federal Aviation or before August 8, 2016. 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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 8, 2016.
ContactJohn Fornito, Operations Support Group, Eastern Service Center, Federal Aviation Administration, P.O. Box 20636, Atlanta, Georgia 30320; telephone (404) 305-6364.
FR Citation81 FR 41279 
CFR AssociatedAirspace; Incorporation by Reference and Navigation (air)
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