82_FR_13456 82 FR 13409 - Proposed Establishment Class E Airspace; Cisco, TX

82 FR 13409 - Proposed Establishment Class E Airspace; Cisco, TX

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 47 (March 13, 2017)

Page Range13409-13410
FR Document2017-04793

This action proposes to establish Class E airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface at Gregory M. Simmons Memorial Airport, Cisco, TX, to accommodate new special instrument approach procedures at the airport for safety and management of instrument flight rules (IFR) operations at the airport.

Federal Register, Volume 82 Issue 47 (Monday, March 13, 2017) 
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 47 (Monday, March 13, 2017)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 13409-13410]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-04793]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Docket No. FAA-2016-9421; Airspace Docket No. 16-ASW-17]


Proposed Establishment Class E Airspace; Cisco, TX

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 Gregory M. Simmons Memorial 
Airport, Cisco, TX, to accommodate new special instrument approach 
procedures at the airport for safety and management of instrument 
flight rules (IFR) operations at the airport.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before April 27, 2017.

ADDRESSES: Send comments on this proposal to the U.S. Department of 
Transportation, Docket Operations, West Building Ground Floor, Room 
W12-140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590; telephone 
(202) 366-9826, or 1-800-647-5527. You must identify FAA Docket No. 
FAA-2016-9421; Airspace Docket No. 16-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.
    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: Jeffrey Claypool, Federal Aviation 
Administration, Operations Support Group, Central Service Center, 10101 
Hillwood Parkway, Fort Worth, TX 76177; telephone (817) 222-5711.

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

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scope of that authority as it would establish Class E airspace at 
Gregory M. Simmons Memorial Airport, Cisco, TX.

Comments Invited

    Interested parties are invited to participate in this proposed 
rulemaking by submitting such written data, views, or arguments, as 
they may desire. Comments that provide the factual basis supporting the 
views and suggestions presented are particularly helpful in developing 
reasoned regulatory decisions on the proposal. Comments are 
specifically invited on the overall regulatory, aeronautical, economic, 
environmental, and energy-related aspects of the proposal. 
Communications should identify both docket numbers and be submitted in 
triplicate to the address listed above. Commenters wishing the FAA to 
acknowledge receipt of their comments on this notice must submit with 
those comments a self-addressed, stamped postcard on which the 
following statement is made: ``Comments to Docket No. FAA-2016-9421/
Airspace Docket No. 16-ASW-17.'' 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 Federal Aviation Administration, Air Traffic 
Organization, Central Service Center, Operations Support Group, 10101 
Hillwood Parkway, Fort Worth, TX 76177.

Availability and Summary of Documents 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 within a 6.6-mile radius of 
Gregory M. Simmons Memorial Airport, Cisco, TX, due to the 
establishment of special instrument approach procedures at the airport. 
Controlled airspace is necessary for the safety and management of 
instrument approach procedures for IFR operations 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.

* * * * *

ASW TX E5 Cisco, TX [New]

Gregory M. Simmons Airport, TX

    (Lat. 32[deg]21'57'' N., long. 99[deg]01'25'' W.)

    That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface 
within a 6.6-mile radius of Gregory M. Simmons Airport.

    Issued in Fort Worth, Texas, on March 6, 2017.
Walter Tweedy,
Acting Manager, Operations Support Group, ATO Central Service Center.
[FR Doc. 2017-04793 Filed 3-10-17; 8:45 am]
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Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 47 / Monday, March 13, 2017 / Proposed Rules 13409 coordination and pilot/controller Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 106(g), 40103, DATES: Comments must be received on workload. This action is necessary to 40113, 40120; E.O. 10854, 24 FR 9565, 3 CFR, or before April 27, 2017. ensure the safety and management of 1959–1963 Comp., p. 389. ADDRESSES: Send comments on this controlled airspace within the NAS as it § 71.1 [Amended] proposal to the U.S. Department of transitions from ground based ■ 2. The incorporation by reference in Transportation, Docket Operations, navigation aids to satellite-based Global 14 CFR 71.1 of FAA Order 7400.11A, West Building Ground Floor, Room Navigation Satellite System for Airspace Designations and Reporting W12–140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., navigation. Points, dated August 3, 2016, and Washington, DC 20590; telephone (202) Class E airspace designations are effective September 15, 2016, is 366–9826, or 1–800–647–5527. You published in paragraph 6006 of FAA amended as follows: must identify FAA Docket No. FAA– Order 7400.11A, dated August 3, 2016, 2016–9421; Airspace Docket No. 16– Paragraph 6006 En Route Domestic and effective September 15, 2016, which ASW–17, at the beginning of your Airspace Areas. is incorporated by reference in 14 CFR comments. You may also submit 71.1. The Class E airspace designations * * * * * comments through the Internet at http:// listed in this document will be AWP CA E6 Sacramento, CA [New] www.regulations.gov. You may review published subsequently in the Order. That airspace extending upward from the public docket containing the 1,200 feet above the surface within an area proposal, any comments received, and Regulatory Notices and Analyses bounded by a line beginning at lat. 39°05′16″ any final disposition in person in the The FAA has determined that this N., long. 124°05′00″ W.; to lat. 38°50′52″ N., Dockets Office between 9:00 a.m. and regulation only involves an established long. 123°58′27″ to lat. 37°55′05″ N., long. 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, 123°16′37″ W.; to lat. 37°05′15″ N., long. except Federal holidays. body of technical regulations for which 122°43′32″ W.; to lat. 36°06′41″ N., long. frequent and routine amendments are 122°02′23″ W.; to lat. 35°36′08″ N., long. FAA Order 7400.11A, Airspace necessary to keep them operationally 121°31′31″ W.; to lat. 35°22′02″ N., long. Designations and Reporting Points, and current, is non-controversial and 121°13′48″ W.; to lat. 35°32′00″ N., long. subsequent amendments can be viewed unlikely to result in adverse or negative 120°51′00″ W.; to lat. 36°45′00″ N., long. online at http://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/ comments. It, therefore: (1) Is not a 120°07′00″ W.; to lat. 35°38′00″ N., long. publications/. For further information, ‘‘significant regulatory action’’ under 119°30′00″ W.; to lat. 36°08′00″ N., long. you can contact the Airspace Policy 119°10′00″ W.; to lat. 36°08′00″ N., long. Group, Federal Aviation Executive Order 12866; (2) is not a 118°52′00″ W.; to lat. 37°47′57″ N., long. Administration, 800 Independence ‘‘significant rule’’ under DOT 120°22′00″ W.; to lat. 38°53′30″ N., long. Regulatory Policies and Procedures (44 119°49′00″ W.; to lat. 39°39′28″ N., long. Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20591; FR 11034; February 26, 1979); and (3) 117°59′55″ W.; to lat. 40°27′51″ N., long. telephone: 202–267–8783. The Order is does not warrant preparation of a 119°37′10″ W.; to lat. 39°33′53″ N., long. also available for inspection at the regulatory evaluation as the anticipated 120°19′02″ W.; thence to the point of National Archives and Records impact is so minimal. Since this is a beginning, excluding that airspace offshore Administration (NARA). For routine matter that will only affect air beyond 12 miles from the shoreline. information on the availability of FAA traffic procedures and air navigation, it Issued in Seattle, Washington, on March 1, Order 7400.11A at NARA, call 202–741– is certified that this rule, when 2017. 6030, or go to http://www.archives.gov/ promulgated, would not have a Tracey Johnson, federal_register/code_of_federal- significant economic impact on a Manager, Operations Support Group, Western regulations/ibr_locations.html. substantial number of small entities Service Center. FAA Order 7400.11, Airspace under the criteria of the Regulatory [FR Doc. 2017–04783 Filed 3–10–17; 8:45 am] Designations and Reporting Points, is Flexibility Act. BILLING CODE 4910–13–P published yearly and effective on September 15. Environmental Review FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: This proposal will be subject to an DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Jeffrey Claypool, Federal Aviation environmental analysis in accordance Administration, Operations Support Federal Aviation Administration Group, Central Service Center, 10101 with FAA Order 1050.1F, ‘‘Environmental Impacts: Policies and Hillwood Parkway, Fort Worth, TX 14 CFR Part 71 76177; telephone (817) 222–5711. Procedures’’ prior to any FAA final regulatory action. [Docket No. FAA–2016–9421; Airspace SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Docket No. 16–ASW–17] List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 71 Authority for This Rulemaking Airspace, Incorporation by reference, Proposed Establishment Class E The FAA’s authority to issue rules Navigation (air). Airspace; Cisco, TX regarding aviation safety is found in AGENCY: Federal Aviation Title 49 of the United States Code. The Proposed Amendment Subtitle I, Section 106 describes the Administration (FAA), DOT. Accordingly, pursuant to the ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking authority of the FAA Administrator. authority delegated to me, the Federal (NPRM). Subtitle VII, Aviation Programs, Aviation Administration proposes to describes in more detail the scope of the SUMMARY: This action proposes to agency’s authority. This rulemaking is jstallworth on DSK7TPTVN1PROD with PROPOSALS amend 14 CFR part 71 as follows: establish Class E airspace extending promulgated under the authority PART 71—DESIGNATION OF CLASS A, upward from 700 feet above the surface described in Subtitle VII, Part, A, B, C, D, AND E AIRSPACE AREAS; AIR at Gregory M. Simmons Memorial Subpart I, Section 40103. Under that TRAFFIC SERVICE ROUTES; AND Airport, Cisco, TX, to accommodate new section, the FAA is charged with REPORTING POINTS special instrument approach procedures prescribing regulations to assign the use at the airport for safety and management of airspace necessary to ensure the ■ 1. The authority citation for 14 CFR of instrument flight rules (IFR) safety of aircraft and the efficient use of part 71 continues to read as follows: operations at the airport. airspace. This regulation is within the VerDate Sep<11>2014 14:46 Mar 10, 2017 Jkt 241001 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 4702 Sfmt 4702 E:\FR\FM\13MRP1.SGM 13MRP1

13410 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 47 / Monday, March 13, 2017 / Proposed Rules scope of that authority as it would Availability and Summary of Procedures’’ prior to any FAA final establish Class E airspace at Gregory M. Documents for Incorporation by regulatory action. Simmons Memorial Airport, Cisco, TX. Reference List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 71 Comments Invited This document proposes to amend Airspace, Incorporation by reference, FAA Order 7400.11A, Airspace Navigation (air). Interested parties are invited to Designations and Reporting Points, participate in this proposed rulemaking dated August 3, 2016, and effective The Proposed Amendment by submitting such written data, views, September 15, 2016. FAA Order Accordingly, pursuant to the or arguments, as they may desire. 7400.11A is publicly available as listed authority delegated to me, the Federal Comments that provide the factual basis in the ADDRESSES section of this Aviation Administration proposes to supporting the views and suggestions document. FAA Order 7400.11A lists amend 14 CFR part 71 as follows: presented are particularly helpful in Class A, B, C, D, and E airspace areas, developing reasoned regulatory air traffic service routes, and reporting PART 71—DESIGNATION OF CLASS A, decisions on the proposal. Comments points. B, C, D, AND E AIRSPACE AREAS; AIR are specifically invited on the overall The Proposal TRAFFIC SERVICE ROUTES; AND regulatory, aeronautical, economic, REPORTING POINTS The FAA is proposing an amendment environmental, and energy-related to Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations aspects of the proposal. ■ 1. The authority citation for 14 CFR (14 CFR) Part 71 by establishing Class E part 71 continues to read as follows: Communications should identify both airspace extending upward from 700 docket numbers and be submitted in Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 106(g); 40103, feet above the surface within a 6.6-mile 40113, 40120; E.O. 10854, 24 FR 9565, 3 CFR, triplicate to the address listed above. radius of Gregory M. Simmons 1959–1963 Comp., p. 389. Commenters wishing the FAA to Memorial Airport, Cisco, TX, due to the acknowledge receipt of their comments establishment of special instrument § 71.1 [Amended] on this notice must submit with those approach procedures at the airport. ■ 2. The incorporation by reference in comments a self-addressed, stamped Controlled airspace is necessary for the 14 CFR 71.1 of FAA Order 7400.11A, postcard on which the following safety and management of instrument Airspace Designations and Reporting statement is made: ‘‘Comments to approach procedures for IFR operations Points, dated August 3, 2016, and Docket No. FAA–2016–9421/Airspace at the airport. effective September 15, 2016, is Docket No. 16–ASW–17.’’ The postcard Class E airspace designations are amended as follows: will be date/time stamped and returned published in paragraph 6005 of FAA Paragraph 6005 Class E Airspace Areas to the commenter. Order 7400.11A, dated August 3, 2016, Extending Upward From 700 Feet or More All communications received before and effective September 15, 2016, which Above the Surface of the Earth. the specified closing date for comments is incorporated by reference in 14 CFR * * * * * will be considered before taking action 71.1. The Class E airspace designations listed in this document will be ASW TX E5 Cisco, TX [New] on the proposed rule. The proposal published subsequently in the Order. Gregory M. Simmons Airport, TX contained in this notice may be changed in light of the comments received. A Regulatory Notices and Analyses (Lat. 32°21′57″ N., long. 99°01′25″ W.) report summarizing each substantive That airspace extending upward from 700 The FAA has determined that this feet above the surface within a 6.6-mile public contact with FAA personnel regulation only involves an established radius of Gregory M. Simmons Airport. concerned with this rulemaking will be body of technical regulations for which filed in the docket. frequent and routine amendments are Issued in Fort Worth, Texas, on March 6, 2017. Availability of NPRMs necessary to keep them operationally current, is non-controversial and Walter Tweedy, An electronic copy of this document unlikely to result in adverse or negative Acting Manager, Operations Support Group, comments. It, therefore: (1) Is not a ATO Central Service Center. may be downloaded through the ‘‘significant regulatory action’’ under [FR Doc. 2017–04793 Filed 3–10–17; 8:45 am] Internet at http://www.regulations.gov. Recently published rulemaking Executive Order 12866; (2) is not a BILLING CODE 4910–13–P documents can also be accessed through ‘‘significant rule’’ under DOT the FAA’s Web page at http:// Regulatory Policies and Procedures (44 www.faa.gov/air_traffic/publications/ FR 11034; February 26, 1979); and (3) DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND airspace_amendments/. does not warrant preparation of a SECURITY regulatory evaluation as the anticipated You may review the public docket impact is so minimal. Since this is a Coast Guard containing the proposal, any comments routine matter that will only affect air received, and any final disposition in traffic procedures and air navigation, it 33 CFR Part 165 person in the Dockets Office (see the is certified that this rule, when [Docket Number USCG–2017–0031] ADDRESSES section for the address and promulgated, would not have a phone number) between 9:00 a.m. and significant economic impact on a RIN 1625–AA00 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, jstallworth on DSK7TPTVN1PROD with PROPOSALS substantial number of small entities except Federal holidays. An informal Safety Zone; Xterra Swim, Myrtle under the criteria of the Regulatory docket may also be examined during Beach, SC Intracoastal Waterway; Flexibility Act. normal business hours at the Federal Myrtle Beach, SC Aviation Administration, Air Traffic Environmental Review AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS. Organization, Central Service Center, This proposal will be subject to an ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking. Operations Support Group, 10101 environmental analysis in accordance Hillwood Parkway, Fort Worth, TX with FAA Order 1050.1F, SUMMARY: The Coast Guard proposes to 76177. ‘‘Environmental Impacts: Policies and establish a temporary safety zone on VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:19 Mar 10, 2017 Jkt 241001 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 4702 Sfmt 4702 E:\FR\FM\13MRP1.SGM 13MRP1


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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 April 27, 2017.
ContactJeffrey Claypool, Federal Aviation Administration, Operations Support Group, Central Service Center, 10101 Hillwood Parkway, Fort Worth, TX 76177; telephone (817) 222-5711.
FR Citation82 FR 13409 
CFR AssociatedAirspace; Incorporation by Reference and Navigation (air)
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