81 FR 7039 - Proposed Establishment of Class E Airspace; Horseshoe Bend, AR

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
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Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 27 (February 10, 2016)

Page Range		7039-7040
FR Document		2016-02548

This action proposes to establish Class E airspace at Horseshoe Bend, AR. Controlled airspace is necessary to accommodate new Standard Instrument Approach Procedures developed at Horseshoe Bend Airport, for the safety and management of Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) operations at the airport.

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Docket No. FAA-2015-5802; Airspace Docket No. 15-ASW-17]


Proposed Establishment of Class E Airspace; Horseshoe Bend, AR

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 
Horseshoe Bend, AR. Controlled airspace is necessary to accommodate new 
Standard Instrument Approach Procedures developed at Horseshoe Bend 
Airport, for the safety and management of Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) 
operations at the airport.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before March 28, 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-
5802; Docket No.15-ASW-17, 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, 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: Rebecca Shelby., Central Service 
Center, Operations Support Group, Federal Aviation Administration, 
Southwest Region, 10101 Hillwood Parkway, Fort Worth, TX 76177; 
telephone: 817-222-5857.

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 Class E airspace at Horseshoe Bend Airport, 
Horseshoe Bend, AR.

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-2015-5802/
Airspace Docket No. 15-ASW-17.'' 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 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 during normal 
business hours at the Central Service Center, Operation Support Group, 
10101 Hillwood Parkway, Fort Worth, TX 76177.
    Persons interested in being placed on a mailing list for future 
NPRMs 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 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

    This action proposes to amend Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations 
(14 CFR), Part 71 by establishing Class E airspace extending upward 
from 700

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feet above the surface within an 6-mile radius of Horseshoe Bend 
Airport, Horseshoe Bend, AR, to accommodate new standard instrument 
approach procedures. Controlled airspace is needed for the safety and 
management of IFR operations at the airport.
    Class E airspace areas are published in Section 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, 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

    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 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:

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

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ASW AR E5 Horseshoe Bend, AR [New]

Horseshoe Bend Airport, AR
    (Lat. 36[deg]13'17'' N., long. 091[deg]45'20'' W.)

    That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface 
within a 6-mile radius of Horseshoe Bend Airport.


    Issued in Fort Worth, TX, on January 26 2016.
Robert W. Beck,
Manager, Operations Support Group, ATO Central Service Center.
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This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER Group, Federal Aviation triplicate to the address listed above.
contains notices to the public of the proposed Administration, 800 Independence Commenters wishing the FAA to
issuance of rules and regulations. The Avenue SW., Washington, DC, 29591; acknowledge receipt of their comments
purpose of these notices is to give interested telephone: 202–267–8783. The order is on this notice must submit with those
persons an opportunity to participate in the also available for inspection at the comments a self-addressed, stamped
rule making prior to the adoption of the final
National Archives and Records postcard on which the following
rules.
Administration (NARA). For statement is made: ‘‘Comments to
information on the availability of FAA Docket No. FAA–2015–5802/Airspace
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Order 7400.9Z at NARA, call 202–741– Docket No. 15–ASW–17.’’ The postcard
6030, or go to http://www.archives.gov/ will be date/time stamped and returned
Federal Aviation Administration federal_register/code_of_federal- to the commenter.
regulations/ibr_locations.html. Availability of NPRMs
14 CFR Part 71 FAA Order 7400.9, Airspace
Designations and Reporting Points, is An electronic copy of this document
[Docket No. FAA–2015–5802; Airspace may be downloaded through the
Docket No. 15–ASW–17] published yearly and effective on
September 15. Internet at http://www.regulations.gov.
Recently published rulemaking
Proposed Establishment of Class E FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
documents can also be accessed through
Airspace; Horseshoe Bend, AR Rebecca Shelby., Central Service Center,
the FAA’s Web page at http://
Operations Support Group, Federal
AGENCY: Federal Aviation www.faa.gov/airports_airtraffic/air_
Aviation Administration, Southwest
Administration (FAA), DOT. traffic/publications/airspace_
Region, 10101 Hillwood Parkway, Fort
ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking amendments/.
Worth, TX 76177; telephone: 817–222– You may review the public docket
(NPRM). 5857. containing the proposal, any comments
SUMMARY: This action proposes to SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: received and any final disposition in
establish Class E airspace at Horseshoe Authority for This Rulemaking person in the Dockets Office (see
Bend, AR. Controlled airspace is ADDRESSES section for address and
The FAA’s authority to issue rules phone number) between 9:00 a.m. and
necessary to accommodate new
regarding aviation safety is found in 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday,
Standard Instrument Approach
Title 49 of the United States Code. except Federal holidays. An informal
Procedures developed at Horseshoe
Subtitle I, Section 106 describes the docket may also be examined during
Bend Airport, for the safety and
authority of the FAA Administrator. normal business hours at the Central
management of Instrument Flight Rules
Subtitle VII, Aviation Programs, Service Center, Operation Support
(IFR) operations at the airport.
describes in more detail the scope of the Group, 10101 Hillwood Parkway, Fort
DATES: Comments must be received on agency’s authority. This rulemaking is
or before March 28, 2016. Worth, TX 76177.
promulgated under the authority Persons interested in being placed on
ADDRESSES: Send comments on this described in Subtitle VII, Part, A, a mailing list for future NPRMs should
proposal to the U.S. Department of Subpart I, Section 40103. Under that contact the FAA’s Office of Rulemaking
Transportation, Docket Operations, M– section, the FAA is charged with (202) 267–9677, to request a copy of
30, West Building Ground Floor, Room prescribing regulations to assign the use Advisory Circular No. 11–2A, Notice of
W12–140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., of airspace necessary to ensure the Proposed Rulemaking Distribution
Washington, DC, 20590; telephone (202) safety of aircraft and the efficient use of System, which describes the application
366–9826. You must identify FAA airspace. This regulation is within the procedure.
Docket No. FAA–2015–5802; Docket scope of that authority as it would
No.15–ASW–17, at the beginning of establish Class E airspace at Horseshoe Availability and Summary of
your comments. You may also submit Bend Airport, Horseshoe Bend, AR. Documents Proposed for Incorporation
comments through the Internet at http:// by Reference
www.regulations.gov. You may review Comments Invited
This document would amend FAA
the public docket containing the Interested parties are invited to Order 7400.9Z, Airspace Designations
proposal, any comments received, and participate in this proposed rulemaking and Reporting Points, dated August 6,
any final disposition in person in the by submitting such written data, views, 2015, and effective September 15, 2015.
Dockets Office between 9:00 a.m. and or arguments, as they may desire. FAA Order 7400.9Z is publicly available
5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, Comments that provide the factual basis as listed in the ADDRESSES section of this
except Federal holidays. The Docket supporting the views and suggestions
asabaliauskas on DSK9F6TC42PROD with PROPOSALS2

document. FAA Order 7400.9Z lists
Office (telephone 1–800–647–5527), is presented are particularly helpful in Class A, B, C, D, and E airspace areas,
on the ground floor of the building at developing reasoned regulatory air traffic service routes, and reporting
the above address. decisions on the proposal. Comments points.
FAA Order 7400.9Z, Airspace are specifically invited on the overall
Designations and Reporting Points, and regulatory, aeronautical, economic, The Proposal
subsequent amendments can be viewed environmental, and energy-related This action proposes to amend Title
online at http://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/ aspects of the proposal. 14, Code of Federal Regulations (14
publications/. For further information, Communications should identify both CFR), Part 71 by establishing Class E
you can contact the Airspace Policy docket numbers and be submitted in airspace extending upward from 700

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feet above the surface within an 6-mile § 71.1 [Amended] any final disposition in person in the
radius of Horseshoe Bend Airport, ■ 2. The incorporation by reference in Dockets Office between 9:00 a.m. and
Horseshoe Bend, AR, to accommodate 14 CFR 71.1 of FAA Order 7400.9Z, 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday,
new standard instrument approach Airspace Designations and Reporting except Federal holidays. The Docket
procedures. Controlled airspace is Points, dated August 6, 2015, and Office (telephone 1–800–647–5527), is
needed for the safety and management effective September 15, 2015, is on the ground floor of the building at
of IFR operations at the airport. amended as follows: the above address.
Class E airspace areas are published FAA Order 7400.9Z, Airspace
in Section 6005 of FAA Order 7400.9Z, Section 6005 Class E Airspace Areas
Extending Upward From 700 feet or More Designations and Reporting Points, and
dated August 6, 2015, and effective Above the Surface of the Earth. subsequent amendments can be viewed
September 15, 2015, which is online at http://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/
incorporated by reference in 14 CFR * * * * *
publications/. For further information,
71.1. The Class E airspace designation ASW AR E5 Horseshoe Bend, AR [New] you can contact the Airspace Policy
listed in this document will be Horseshoe Bend Airport, AR Group, Federal Aviation
published subsequently in the Order. (Lat. 36°13′17″ N., long. 091°45′20″ W.) Administration, 800 Independence
Regulatory Notices and Analyses That airspace extending upward from 700 Avenue SW., Washington, DC, 29591;
feet above the surface within a 6-mile radius telephone: 202–267–8783. The order is
The FAA has determined that this of Horseshoe Bend Airport. also available for inspection at the
proposed regulation only involves an National Archives and Records
established body of technical Issued in Fort Worth, TX, on January 26
2016. Administration (NARA). For
regulations for which frequent and information on the availability of FAA
routine amendments are necessary to Robert W. Beck,
Order 7400.9Z at NARA, call 202–741–
keep them operationally current, is non- Manager, Operations Support Group, ATO
Central Service Center. 6030, or go to http://www.archives.gov/
controversial and unlikely to result in
federal_register/code_of_federal-
adverse or negative comments. It, [FR Doc. 2016–02548 Filed 2–9–16; 8:45 am]
regulations/ibr_locations.html.
therefore: (1) Is not a ‘‘significant BILLING CODE 4910–13–P
FAA Order 7400.9, Airspace
regulatory action’’ under Executive
Designations and Reporting Points, is
Order 12866; (2) is not a ‘‘significant
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION published yearly and effective on
rule’’ under DOT Regulatory Policies
September 15.
and Procedures (44 FR 11034; February
26, 1979); and (3) does not warrant Federal Aviation Administration FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
preparation of a regulatory evaluation as Rebecca Shelby., Central Service Center,
the anticipated impact is so minimal. 14 CFR Part 71 Operations Support Group, Federal
Since this is a routine matter that will Aviation Administration, Southwest
Docket No. FAA–2016–1288; Airspace
only affect air traffic procedures and air Docket No. 15–ASW–23 Region, 10101 Hillwood Parkway, Fort
navigation, it is certified that this rule, Worth, TX 76177; telephone: 817–222–
when promulgated, would not have a Proposed Establishment of Class E 5857.
significant economic impact on a Airspace; Ketchum, OK SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
substantial number of small entities
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Authority for This Rulemaking
under the criteria of the Regulatory
Flexibility Act. Administration (FAA), DOT. The FAA’s authority to issue rules
ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking regarding aviation safety is found in
Environmental Review (NPRM). Title 49 of the United States Code.
This proposal will be subject to an Subtitle I, Section 106 describes the
environmental analysis in accordance SUMMARY: This action proposes to
authority of the FAA Administrator.
with FAA Order 1050.1F, establish Class E airspace at Ketchum,
Subtitle VII, Aviation Programs,
‘‘Environmental Impacts: Policies and OK. Controlled airspace is necessary to
describes in more detail the scope of the
Procedures’’ prior to any FAA final accommodate new Standard Instrument
agency’s authority. This rulemaking is
regulatory action. Approach Procedures developed at
promulgated under the authority
South Grand Lake Regional Airport, for
List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 71 described in Subtitle VII, Part, A,
the safety and management of
Subpart I, Section 40103. Under that
Airspace, Incorporation by reference, Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) operations
section, the FAA is charged with
Navigation (air). at the airport.
prescribing regulations to assign the use
The Proposed Amendment DATES: Comments must be received on of airspace necessary to ensure the
or before March 28, 2016. safety of aircraft and the efficient use of
In consideration of the foregoing, the
ADDRESSES: Send comments on this airspace. This regulation is within the
Federal Aviation Administration
proposal to the U.S. Department of scope of that authority as it would
proposes to amend 14 CFR part 71 as
Transportation, Docket Operations, M– establish Class E airspace at South
follows:
30, West Building Ground Floor, Room Grand Lake Regional Airport, Ketchum,
W12–140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE.,
asabaliauskas on DSK9F6TC42PROD with PROPOSALS2

PART 71—DESIGNATION OF CLASS A, OK.
B, C, D, AND E AIRSPACE AREAS; AIR Washington, DC 20590; telephone (202)
366–9826. You must identify FAA Comments Invited
TRAFFIC SERVICE ROUTES; AND
REPORTING POINTS Docket No. FAA–2016–1288; Docket Interested parties are invited to
No.15–ASW–23, at the beginning of participate in this proposed rulemaking
■ 1. The authority citation for 14 CFR your comments. You may also submit by submitting such written data, views,
part 71 continues to read as follows: comments through the Internet at http:// or arguments, as they may desire.
Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 106(g), 40103, www.regulations.gov. You may review Comments that provide the factual basis
40113, 40120; E.O. 10854, 24 FR 9565, 3 CFR, the public docket containing the supporting the views and suggestions
1959–1963 Comp., p. 389. proposal, any comments received, and presented are particularly helpful in

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Category		Regulatory Information
Collection		Federal Register
sudoc Class		AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106:
Publisher		Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
Section		Proposed Rules
Action		Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM).
Dates		Comments must be received on or before March 28, 2016.
Contact		Rebecca Shelby., Central Service Center, Operations Support Group, Federal Aviation Administration, Southwest Region, 10101 Hillwood Parkway, Fort Worth, TX 76177; telephone: 817-222-5857.
FR Citation		81 FR 7039
CFR Associated		Airspace; Incorporation by Reference and Navigation (air)

81 FR 7039 - Proposed Establishment of Class E Airspace; Horseshoe Bend, AR

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