82_FR_12567 82 FR 12525 - Proposed Establishment of Class E Airspace; Grayling, AK

82 FR 12525 - Proposed Establishment of Class E Airspace; Grayling, AK

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 42 (March 6, 2017)

Page Range12525-12526
FR Document2017-04183

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

Federal Register, Volume 82 Issue 42 (Monday, March 6, 2017) 
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 42 (Monday, March 6, 2017)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 12525-12526]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-04183]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Docket No. FAA-2016-9333; Airspace Docket No. 16-AAL-4]


Proposed Establishment of Class E Airspace; Grayling, AK

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 Grayling Airport, Grayling, 
AK to support the development of Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) 
operations under standard instrument approach and departure procedures 
at the airport, and for the safety and management of controlled 
airspace within the National Airspace System.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before April 20, 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-2016-9333; Airspace Docket No. 16-AAL-4, 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.
    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: Robert LaPlante, Federal Aviation 
Administration, Operations Support Group, Western Service Center, 1601 
Lind Avenue SW., Renton, WA 98057; telephone (425) 203-4566.

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 Grayling Airport, Grayling, 
AK.

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

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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-2016-9333/Airspace Docket No. 16-AAL-4.'' 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 Grayling Airport, Grayling, 
AK. This airspace is necessary to support the development of IFR 
operations in standard instrument approach and departure procedures at 
the airport. Class E airspace would be established within a 6.5-mile 
radius of Grayling Airport, with segments extending from the 6.5-mile 
radius to 8 miles northeast of the airport, and 11.2 miles south of 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.

* * * * *

AAL AK E5 Grayling, AK [New]

Grayling Airport, Alaska
    (Lat. 62[deg]53'31'' N., long. 160[deg]03'59'' W.)

    That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface 
within a 6.5-mile radius of Grayling Airport, and that airspace 2 
miles either side of the 024[deg] bearing from the airport extending 
from the 6.5-mile radius to 8 miles northeast of the airport, and 
that airspace 2 miles either side of 182[deg] bearing from the 
airport extending from the 6.5-mile radius to 11.2 miles south of 
the airport.

    Issued in Seattle, Washington on February 14, 2017.
Tracey Johnson,
Manager, Operations Support Group, Western Service Center.
[FR Doc. 2017-04183 Filed 3-3-17; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4910-13-P

Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 42 / Monday, March 6, 2017 / Proposed Rules 12525 evaluation as the anticipated impact is Harrisburg, PA; Philipsburg, PA; Keating, subsequent amendments can be viewed so minimal. Since this is a routine NY; Bradford, PA; to Jamestown, NY. online at http://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/ matter that will only affect air traffic V–464 [Amended] publications/. For further information, procedures and air navigation, it is From Salem, MI; via INT Salem 082° and you can contact the Airspace Policy certified that this proposed rule, when Aylmer, ON, Canada, 261° radials; to Aylmer, Group, Federal Aviation promulgated, will not have a significant ON. The airspace within Canada is excluded. Administration, 800 Independence economic impact on a substantial Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20591; V–522 [Amended] number of small entities under the telephone: 202–267–8783. The Order is criteria of the Regulatory Flexibility Act. From Dryer, OH; INT Dryer 049° and Erie, also available for inspection at the PA, 258° radials; to Erie. National Archives and Records Environmental Review * * * * * Administration (NARA). For This proposal will be subject to an Issued in Washington, DC, on February 27, information on the availability of FAA environmental analysis in accordance 2017. Order 7400.11A at NARA, call 202–741– with FAA Order 1050.1F, Rodger A. Dean Jr., 6030, or go to http://www.archives.gov/ ‘‘Environmental Impacts: Policies and Manager, Airspace Policy Group. federal_register/code_of_federal- Procedures’’ prior to any FAA final [FR Doc. 2017–04185 Filed 3–3–17; 8:45 am] regulations/ibr_locations.html. regulatory action. BILLING CODE 4910–13–P FAA Order 7400.11, Airspace List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 71 Designations and Reporting Points, is published yearly and effective on Airspace, Incorporation by reference, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION September 15. Navigation (air). FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The Proposed Amendment Federal Aviation Administration Robert LaPlante, Federal Aviation In consideration of the foregoing, the Administration, Operations Support 14 CFR Part 71 Group, Western Service Center, 1601 Federal Aviation Administration proposes to amend 14 CFR part 71 as [Docket No. FAA–2016–9333; Airspace Lind Avenue SW., Renton, WA 98057; follows: Docket No. 16–AAL–4] telephone (425) 203–4566. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: PART 71—DESIGNATION OF CLASS A, Proposed Establishment of Class E B, C, D, AND E AIRSPACE AREAS; AIR Airspace; Grayling, AK Authority for This Rulemaking TRAFFIC SERVICE ROUTES; AND AGENCY: Federal Aviation The FAA’s authority to issue rules REPORTING POINTS Administration (FAA), DOT. regarding aviation safety is found in ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking Title 49 of the United States Code. ■ 1. The authority citation for part 71 Subtitle I, Section 106 describes the continues to read as follows: (NPRM). authority of the FAA Administrator. Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 106(g); 40103, SUMMARY: This action proposes to Subtitle VII, Aviation Programs, 40113, 40120; E.O. 10854, 24 FR 9565, 3 CFR, establish Class E airspace extending describes in more detail the scope of the 1959–1963 Comp., p. 389. upward from 700 feet above the surface agency’s authority. This rulemaking is at Grayling Airport, Grayling, AK to promulgated under the authority § 71.1 [Amended] support the development of Instrument described in Subtitle VII, Part, A, ■ 2. The incorporation by reference in Flight Rules (IFR) operations under 14 CFR 71.1 of FAA Order 7400.11A, Subpart I, Section 40103. Under that standard instrument approach and section, the FAA is charged with Airspace Designations and Reporting departure procedures at the airport, and Points, dated August 3, 2016 and prescribing regulations to assign the use for the safety and management of of airspace necessary to ensure the effective September 15, 2016, is controlled airspace within the National amended as follows: safety of aircraft and the efficient use of Airspace System. airspace. This regulation is within the Paragraph 6010(a) Domestic VOR Federal DATES: Comments must be received on scope of that authority as it would Airways. or before April 20, 2017. establish Class E airspace at Grayling * * * * * ADDRESSES: Send comments on this Airport, Grayling, AK. V–14 [Amended] proposal to the U.S. Department of Comments Invited Transportation, Docket Operations, 1200 From Chisum, NM; Lubbock, TX; New Jersey Avenue SE., West Building Interested parties are invited to Childress, TX; Hobart, OK; Will Rogers, OK; INT Will Rogers 052° and Tulsa, OK 246° Ground Floor, Room W12–140, participate in this proposed rulemaking radials; Tulsa; Neosho, MO; Springfield, MO; Washington, DC 20590; telephone: 1– by submitting such written data, views, Vichy, MO; INT Vichy 067° and St. Louis, 800–647–5527, or (202) 366–9826. You or arguments, as they may desire. MO, 225° radials; St. Louis; Vandalia, IL; must identify FAA Docket No. FAA– Comments that provide the factual basis Terre Haute, IN; Brickyard, IN; Muncie, IN; 2016–9333; Airspace Docket No. 16– supporting the views and suggestions Flag City, OH; INT Flag City 079° and Dryer, AAL–4, at the beginning of your presented are particularly helpful in OH, 240° radials; Dryer; Jefferson, OH; to comments. You may also submit developing reasoned regulatory Erie, PA. From Buffalo, NY; Geneseo, NY; comments through the Internet at http:// decisions on the proposal. Comments asabaliauskas on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with PROPOSALS Georgetown, NY; INT Georgetown 093° and Albany, NY, 270° radials; Albany; INT www.regulations.gov. You may review are specifically invited on the overall Albany 084° and Gardner, MA, 284° radials; the public docket containing the regulatory, aeronautical, economic, Gardner; to Norwich, CT. proposal, any comments received, and environmental, and energy-related any final disposition in person in the aspects of the proposal. V–90 [Removed] Dockets Office between 9:00 a.m. and Communications should identify both V–265 [Amended] 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, docket numbers and be submitted in From INT Washington, DC, 043° and except federal holidays. triplicate to the address listed above. 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12526 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 42 / Monday, March 6, 2017 / Proposed Rules on this notice must submit with those the airport. Class E airspace would be § 71.1 [Amended] comments a self-addressed, stamped established within a 6.5-mile radius of ■ 2. The incorporation by reference in postcard on which the following Grayling Airport, with segments 14 CFR 71.1 of FAA Order 7400.11A, statement is made: ‘‘Comments to extending from the 6.5-mile radius to 8 Airspace Designations and Reporting Docket No. FAA–2016–9333/Airspace miles northeast of the airport, and 11.2 Points, dated August 3, 2016, and Docket No. 16–AAL–4.’’ The postcard miles south of the airport. effective September 15, 2016, is will be date/time stamped and returned Class E airspace designations are amended as follows: to the commenter. published in paragraph 6005 of FAA Paragraph 6005 Class E Airspace Areas All communications received before Order 7400.11A, dated August 3, 2016, Extending Upward From 700 Feet or More the specified closing date for comments and effective September 15, 2016, which Above the Surface of the Earth. will be considered before taking action is incorporated by reference in 14 CFR * * * * * on the proposed rule. The proposal 71.1. The Class E airspace designations contained in this notice may be changed listed in this document will be AAL AK E5 Grayling, AK [New] in light of the comments received. A published subsequently in the Order. Grayling Airport, Alaska report summarizing each substantive (Lat. 62°53′31″ N., long. 160°03′59″ W.) public contact with FAA personnel Regulatory Notices and Analyses That airspace extending upward from 700 concerned with this rulemaking will be The FAA has determined that this feet above the surface within a 6.5-mile filed in the docket. regulation only involves an established radius of Grayling Airport, and that airspace body of technical regulations for which 2 miles either side of the 024° bearing from Availability of NPRMs the airport extending from the 6.5-mile frequent and routine amendments are An electronic copy of this document radius to 8 miles northeast of the airport, and necessary to keep them operationally that airspace 2 miles either side of 182° may be downloaded through the current, is non-controversial and bearing from the airport extending from the Internet at http://www.regulations.gov. unlikely to result in adverse or negative 6.5-mile radius to 11.2 miles south of the Recently published rulemaking comments. It, therefore: (1) Is not a airport. documents can also be accessed through ‘‘significant regulatory action’’ under Issued in Seattle, Washington on February the FAA’s Web page at http:// Executive Order 12866; (2) is not a 14, 2017. www.faa.gov/air_traffic/publications/ ‘‘significant rule’’ under DOT Tracey Johnson, airspace_amendments/. Regulatory Policies and Procedures (44 You may review the public docket Manager, Operations Support Group, Western FR 11034; February 26, 1979); and (3) Service Center. containing the proposal, any comments does not warrant preparation of a received, and any final disposition in [FR Doc. 2017–04183 Filed 3–3–17; 8:45 am] regulatory evaluation as the anticipated person in the Dockets Office (see the impact is so minimal. Since this is a BILLING CODE 4910–13–P ADDRESSES section for the address and routine matter that will only affect air phone number) between 9:00 a.m. and traffic procedures and air navigation, it 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION is certified that this rule, when except federal holidays. An informal promulgated, would not have a Federal Aviation Administration docket may also be examined during significant economic impact on a normal business hours at the Northwest substantial number of small entities 14 CFR Part 73 Mountain Regional Office of the Federal under the criteria of the Regulatory Aviation Administration, Air Traffic Flexibility Act. [Docket No. FAA–2016–9479; Airspace Organization, Western Service Center, Docket No. 15–AAL–4] Operations Support Group, 1601 Lind Environmental Review RIN 2120–AA66 Avenue SW., Renton, WA 98057. This proposal will be subject to an Availability and Summary of environmental analysis in accordance Proposed Establishment of Restricted Documents Proposed for Incorporation with FAA Order 1050.1F, Area R–2205 A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H, by Reference ‘‘Environmental Impacts: Policies and and Revocation of Restricted Area R– Procedures’’ prior to any FAA final 2205; Fairbanks, AK This document proposes to amend regulatory action. FAA Order 7400.11A, Airspace AGENCY: Federal Aviation Designations and Reporting Points, List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 71 Administration (FAA), DOT. dated August 3, 2016, and effective Airspace, Incorporation by reference, ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking September 15, 2016. FAA Order Navigation (air). (NPRM). 7400.11A is publicly available as listed in the ADDRESSES section of this The Proposed Amendment SUMMARY: This action proposes to document. FAA Order 7400.11A lists expand upon the current Restricted Accordingly, pursuant to the Class A, B, C, D, and E airspace areas, Area R–2205 by subdividing 8 separate authority delegated to me, the Federal air traffic service routes, and reporting areas in the vicinity of Fairbanks, AK, Aviation Administration proposes to points. over the Digital Multipurpose Training amend 14 CFR part 71 as follows: Range (DMPTR) and the Yukon Training The Proposal PART 71—DESIGNATION OF CLASS A, Area (YTA), to provide a more realistic asabaliauskas on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with PROPOSALS The FAA is proposing an amendment B, C, D, AND E AIRSPACE AREAS; AIR protective airspace required for to Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations TRAFFIC SERVICE ROUTES; AND hazardous activities within the Joint (14 CFR) part 71 by establishing Class E REPORTING POINTS Pacific Alaska Range Complex (JPARC). airspace extending upward from 700 DATES: Comments must be received on feet above the surface at Grayling ■ 1. The authority citation for 14 CFR or before April 20, 2017. Airport, Grayling, AK. This airspace is Part 71 continues to read as follows: ADDRESSES: Send comments on this necessary to support the development of Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 106(g), 40103, proposal to the U.S. Department of IFR operations in standard instrument 40113, 40120; E.O. 10854, 24 FR 9565, 3 CFR, Transportation, Docket Operations, 1200 approach and departure procedures at 1959–1963 Comp., p. 389. New Jersey Avenue SE., West Building VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:39 Mar 03, 2017 Jkt 241001 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 4702 Sfmt 4702 E:\FR\FM\06MRP1.SGM 06MRP1


Document Created: 2017-03-04 00:06:55
Document Modified: 2017-03-04 00:06:55
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 20, 2017.
ContactRobert LaPlante, Federal Aviation Administration, Operations Support Group, Western Service Center, 1601 Lind Avenue SW., Renton, WA 98057; telephone (425) 203-4566.
FR Citation82 FR 12525 
CFR AssociatedAirspace; Incorporation by Reference and Navigation (air)
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