82_FR_11903 82 FR 11866 - Proposed Establishment of Class E Airspace, Grassrange, MT

82 FR 11866 - Proposed Establishment of Class E Airspace, Grassrange, MT

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 37 (February 27, 2017)

Page Range11866-11867
FR Document2017-03520

This action proposes to establish Class E airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface at N Bar Ranch, Grassrange, MT, to support the development of Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) operations under standard instrument approach and departure procedures at the airport, for the safety and management of aircraft within the National Airspace System.

Federal Register, Volume 82 Issue 37 (Monday, February 27, 2017) 
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 37 (Monday, February 27, 2017)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 11866-11867]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-03520]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Docket No. FAA-2017-0047; Airspace Docket No. 17-ANM-1]


Proposed Establishment of Class E Airspace, Grassrange, MT

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 extending 
upward from 700 feet above the surface at N Bar Ranch, Grassrange, MT, 
to support the development of Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) operations 
under standard instrument approach and departure procedures at the 
airport, for the safety and management of aircraft within the National 
Airspace System.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before April 13, 2017.

ADDRESSES: Send comments on this proposal to the U.S. Department of 
Transportation, Docket Operations, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., West 
Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, Washington, DC 20590; telephone: 
1-800-647-5527, or (202) 366-9826. You must identify FAA Docket No. 
FAA-2017-0047; Airspace Docket No. 17-ANM-1, at the beginning of your 
comments. You may also submit comments through the Internet at http://www.regulations.gov.
    FAA Order 7400.11A, 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 7400.11A at NARA, call 202-741-6030, or go to http://www.archives.gov/federal_register/code_of_federal-regulations/ibr_locations.html. FAA Order 7400.11, 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 establish Class E airspace at N Bar Ranch, Grassrange, MT, 
to support the development of Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) operations 
under standard instrument approach and departure procedures at the 
airport.

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. Persons 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-2017-0047/
Airspace Docket No. 17-ANM-1''. 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 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 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/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.

Availability and Summary of Documents Proposed for Incorporation by 
Reference

    This document proposes to amend FAA Order 7400.11A, Airspace 
Designations and Reporting Points, dated August 3, 2016, and effective 
September 15, 2016. FAA Order 7400.11A is publicly available as listed 
in the ADDRESSES section of this document. FAA Order 7400.11A 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 establishing Class E airspace extending 
upward from 700 feet above the surface at N Bar Ranch, Grassrange, MT. 
Class E airspace would be established within an area 3.6 miles

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wide extending 6.1 miles northeast and 5.9 miles southwest of the 
airport. This airspace is necessary to support IFR operations in 
standard instrument approach and departure procedures at the airport.
    Class E airspace designations are published in paragraph 6005 of 
FAA Order 7400.11A, dated August 3, 2016, and effective September 15, 
2016, 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 7400.11A, 
Airspace Designations and Reporting Points, dated August 3, 2016, and 
effective September 15, 2016, 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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ANM MT E5 Grassrange, MT [New]

N Bar Ranch, MT
    (Lat. 46[deg]50'17'' N., long. 108[deg]56'13'' W.)

    That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface 
within 1.8 miles each side of a 070[deg] bearing from the N Bar 
Ranch Airport extending to 6.1 miles northeast of the airport, and 
within 1.8 miles each side of a 250[deg] bearing from the airport 
extending to 5.9 miles southwest of the airport.


    Issued in Seattle, Washington, on February 14, 2017.
Tracey Johnson,
Manager, Operations Support Group, Western Service Center.
[FR Doc. 2017-03520 Filed 2-24-17; 8:45 am]
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11866 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 37 / Monday, February 27, 2017 / Proposed Rules V–522 [Removed] online at http://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/ Persons wishing the FAA to V–523 [Removed] publications/. For further information, acknowledge receipt of their comments you can contact the Airspace Policy on this notice must submit with those * * * * * Group, Federal Aviation comments a self-addressed, stamped V–525 [Removed] Administration, 800 Independence postcard on which the following * * * * * Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20591; statement is made: ‘‘Comments to telephone: 202–267–8783. The Order is Docket No. FAA–2017–0047/Airspace V–542 [Amended] also available for inspection at the Docket No. 17–ANM–1’’. The postcard From Tidioute, PA; Bradford, PA; INT National Archives and Records will be date/time stamped and returned Bradford 078° and Elmira, NY, 252° radials; Administration (NARA). For to the commenter. Elmira; Binghampton, NY; Rockdale, NY; All communications received before Albany, NY; Cambridge, NY; INT Cambridge information on the availability of FAA 063° and Lebanon, NH, 214° radials; to Order 7400.11A at NARA, call 202–741– the specified closing date for comments Lebanon. 6030, or go to http://www.archives.gov/ will be considered before taking action federal_register/code_of_federal- on the proposed rule. The proposal * * * * * regulations/ibr_locations.html. FAA contained in this notice may be changed V–584 [Removed] Order 7400.11, Airspace Designations in light of the comments received. A and Reporting Points, is published report summarizing each substantive Issued in Washington, DC, on February 13, 2017. yearly and effective on September 15. public contact with FAA personnel FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tom concerned with this rulemaking will be Leslie M. Swann, Clark, Federal Aviation Administration, filed in the docket. Acting Manager, Airspace Policy Group. [FR Doc. 2017–03515 Filed 2–24–17; 8:45 am] Operations Support Group, Western Availability of NPRMs Service Center, 1601 Lind Avenue SW., BILLING CODE 4910–13–P An electronic copy of this document Renton, WA 98057; telephone (425) may be downloaded through the 203–4511. Internet at http://www.regulations.gov. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Recently published rulemaking Authority for This Rulemaking documents can also be accessed through Federal Aviation Administration the FAA’s Web page at http:// The FAA’s authority to issue rules www.faa.gov/air_traffic/publications/ 14 CFR Part 71 regarding aviation safety is found in airspace_amendments/. Title 49 of the United States Code. You may review the public docket [Docket No. FAA–2017–0047; Airspace Docket No. 17–ANM–1] Subtitle I, Section 106 describes the containing the proposal, any comments authority of the FAA Administrator. received, and any final disposition in Proposed Establishment of Class E Subtitle VII, Aviation Programs, person in the Dockets Office (see the Airspace, Grassrange, MT describes in more detail the scope of the ADDRESSES section for the address and agency’s authority. This rulemaking is phone number) between 9:00 a.m. and AGENCY: Federal Aviation promulgated under the authority Administration (FAA), DOT. 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, described in Subtitle VII, Part A, except federal holidays. An informal ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking Subpart I, Section 40103. Under that docket may also be examined during (NPRM). section, the FAA is charged with normal business hours at the Northwest prescribing regulations to assign the use Mountain Regional Office of the Federal SUMMARY: This action proposes to of airspace necessary to ensure the establish Class E airspace extending Aviation Administration, Air Traffic safety of aircraft and the efficient use of Organization, Western Service Center, upward from 700 feet above the surface airspace. This regulation is within the at N Bar Ranch, Grassrange, MT, to Operations Support Group, 1601 Lind scope of that authority as it would Avenue SW., Renton, WA 98057. support the development of Instrument establish Class E airspace at N Bar Flight Rules (IFR) operations under Ranch, Grassrange, MT, to support the Availability and Summary of standard instrument approach and development of Instrument Flight Rules Documents Proposed for Incorporation departure procedures at the airport, for (IFR) operations under standard by Reference the safety and management of aircraft instrument approach and departure This document proposes to amend within the National Airspace System. procedures at the airport. FAA Order 7400.11A, Airspace DATES: Comments must be received on Designations and Reporting Points, or before April 13, 2017. Comments Invited dated August 3, 2016, and effective ADDRESSES: Send comments on this Interested parties are invited to September 15, 2016. FAA Order proposal to the U.S. Department of participate in this proposed rulemaking 7400.11A is publicly available as listed Transportation, Docket Operations, 1200 by submitting such written data, views, in the ADDRESSES section of this New Jersey Avenue SE., West Building or arguments, as they may desire. document. FAA Order 7400.11A lists Ground Floor, Room W12–140, Comments that provide the factual basis Class A, B, C, D, and E airspace areas, Washington, DC 20590; telephone: 1– supporting the views and suggestions air traffic service routes, and reporting 800–647–5527, or (202) 366–9826. You presented are particularly helpful in points. must identify FAA Docket No. FAA– developing reasoned regulatory jstallworth on DSK7TPTVN1PROD with PROPOSALS 2017–0047; Airspace Docket No. 17– decisions on the proposal. Comments The Proposal ANM–1, at the beginning of your are specifically invited on the overall The FAA is proposing an amendment comments. You may also submit regulatory, aeronautical, economic, to Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations comments through the Internet at http:// environmental, and energy-related (14 CFR) Part 71 by establishing Class E www.regulations.gov. aspects of the proposal. airspace extending upward from 700 FAA Order 7400.11A, Airspace Communications should identify both feet above the surface at N Bar Ranch, Designations and Reporting Points, and docket numbers and be submitted in Grassrange, MT. Class E airspace would subsequent amendments can be viewed triplicate to the address listed above. be established within an area 3.6 miles VerDate Sep<11>2014 15:04 Feb 24, 2017 Jkt 241001 PO 00000 Frm 00013 Fmt 4702 Sfmt 4702 E:\FR\FM\27FEP1.SGM 27FEP1

Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 37 / Monday, February 27, 2017 / Proposed Rules 11867 wide extending 6.1 miles northeast and § 71.1 [Amended] ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 5.9 miles southwest of the airport. This ■ 2. The incorporation by reference in identified by docket number USCG– airspace is necessary to support IFR 14 CFR 71.1 of FAA Order 7400.11A, 2017–0077 using the Federal operations in standard instrument Airspace Designations and Reporting eRulemaking Portal at http:// approach and departure procedures at Points, dated August 3, 2016, and www.regulations.gov. See the ‘‘Public the airport. effective September 15, 2016, is Participation and Request for Class E airspace designations are amended as follows: Comments’’ portion of the published in paragraph 6005 of FAA SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section for Order 7400.11A, dated August 3, 2016, Paragraph 6005 Class E Airspace Areas further instructions on submitting and effective September 15, 2016, which Extending Upward From 700 Feet or More comments. is incorporated by reference in 14 CFR Above the Surface of the Earth. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If 71.1. The Class E airspace designations * * * * * you have questions about this proposed listed in this document will be ANM MT E5 Grassrange, MT [New] rulemaking, call or email Mr. Ronald published subsequently in the Order. Houck, U.S. Coast Guard Sector N Bar Ranch, MT Regulatory Notices and Analyses (Lat. 46°50′17″ N., long. 108°56′13″ W.) Maryland-National Capital Region; That airspace extending upward from 700 telephone 410–576–2674, email The FAA has determined that this feet above the surface within 1.8 miles each Ronald.L.Houck@uscg.mil. regulation only involves an established side of a 070° bearing from the N Bar Ranch SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: body of technical regulations for which Airport extending to 6.1 miles northeast of frequent and routine amendments are the airport, and within 1.8 miles each side of I. Table of Abbreviations necessary to keep them operationally a 250° bearing from the airport extending to CFR Code of Federal Regulations current, is non-controversial and 5.9 miles southwest of the airport. COTP Captain of the Port unlikely to result in adverse or negative DHS Department of Homeland Security comments. It, therefore: (1) Is not a Issued in Seattle, Washington, on February E.O. Executive order ‘‘significant regulatory action’’ under 14, 2017. FR Federal Register Executive Order 12866; (2) is not a Tracey Johnson, NPRM Notice of proposed rulemaking ‘‘significant rule’’ under DOT Manager, Operations Support Group, Western Pub. L. Public Law Regulatory Policies and Procedures (44 Service Center. § Section FR 11034; February 26, 1979); and (3) [FR Doc. 2017–03520 Filed 2–24–17; 8:45 am] U.S.C. United States Code does not warrant preparation of a BILLING CODE 4910–13–P II. Background, Purpose, and Legal regulatory evaluation as the anticipated Basis impact is so minimal. Since this is a On January 23, 2017, Charcot-Marie- routine matter that will only affect air DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND Tooth Association of Trappe, MD traffic procedures and air navigation, it SECURITY notified the Coast Guard that it will be is certified that this rule, when Coast Guard conducting the swim portion of the promulgated, would not have a Oxford Biathlon from 9:30 a.m. until significant economic impact on a 33 CFR Part 100 10:30 a.m. on June 10, 2017, and if substantial number of small entities necessary, due to inclement weather, under the criteria of the Regulatory [Docket Number USCG–2017–0077] from 9:30 a.m. until 10:30 a.m. on June Flexibility Act. RIN 1625–AA08 11, 2017. The swim consist of Environmental Review approximately 25 participants This proposal will be subject to an Special Local Regulation; Tred Avon competing on a designated 1300-meter environmental analysis in accordance River, Between Bellevue, MD and course that starts at the ferry dock at with FAA Order 1050.1F, Oxford, MD Bellevue, MD and finishes at the Tred ‘‘Environmental Impacts: Policies and Avon Yacht Club at Oxford, MD. AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS. Hazards from the swim competition Procedures’’ prior to any FAA final ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking. include participants swimming within regulatory action. and adjacent to the designated List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 71 SUMMARY: The Coast Guard proposes to navigation channel and interfering with establish special local regulations for vessels intending to operate within that Airspace, Incorporation by reference, certain waters of the Tred Avon River. Navigation (air). channel, as well as swimming within This action is necessary to provide for approaches to local public and private The Proposed Amendment the safety of life on the navigable waters marinas and public boat facilities. The located between Bellevue, MD and COTP Maryland-National Capital Accordingly, pursuant to the Oxford, MD during a swim event on Region has determined that potential authority delegated to me, the Federal June 10, 2017. If necessary, due to hazards associated with the swim would Aviation Administration proposes to inclement weather, the event will be be a safety concern for anyone intending amend 14 CFR part 71 as follows: rescheduled to June 11, 2017. This to participate in this event or for vessels PART 71—DESIGNATION OF CLASS A, proposed rulemaking would prohibit that operate within specified waters of B, C, D, AND E AIRSPACE AREAS; AIR persons and vessels from entering the the Tred Avon River between Bellevue, jstallworth on DSK7TPTVN1PROD with PROPOSALS TRAFFIC SERVICE ROUTES; AND regulated area unless authorized by the MD and Oxford, MD. REPORTING POINTS Captain of the Port Maryland-National The purpose of this rulemaking is to Capital Region or the Coast Guard Patrol protect event participants, spectators ■ 1. The authority citation for 14 CFR Commander. We invite your comments and transiting vessels on specified part 71 continues to read as follows: on this proposed rulemaking. waters of the Tred Avon River before, Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 106(g), 40103, DATES: Comments and related material during, and after the scheduled event. 40113, 40120; E.O. 10854, 24 FR 9565, 3 CFR, must be received by the Coast Guard on The Coast Guard proposes this 1959–1963 Comp., p. 389. or before March 29, 2017. rulemaking under authority in 33 U.S.C. VerDate Sep<11>2014 15:04 Feb 24, 2017 Jkt 241001 PO 00000 Frm 00014 Fmt 4702 Sfmt 4702 E:\FR\FM\27FEP1.SGM 27FEP1


Document Created: 2017-02-25 01:05:44
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CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
GS 4.107:
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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 April 13, 2017.
ContactTom Clark, Federal Aviation Administration, Operations Support Group, Western Service Center, 1601 Lind Avenue SW., Renton, WA 98057; telephone (425) 203-4511.
FR Citation82 FR 11866 
CFR AssociatedAirspace; Incorporation by Reference and Navigation (air)
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