82_FR_15229 82 FR 15172 - Proposed Amendment of Class D Airspace; Kingsville, TX

82 FR 15172 - Proposed Amendment of Class D Airspace; Kingsville, TX

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 57 (March 27, 2017)

Page Range15172-15173
FR Document2017-05803

This action proposes to modify Class D airspace extending up to 2,500 feet above the surface at Kingsville Naval Air Station (NAS), Kingsville, TX. This action is necessary due to the decommissioning of the Kingsville radio beacon (RBN), and cancellation of the RBN approach, and would enhance the safety and management of instrument flight rules (IFR) operations at the airport. This action would also update the geographic coordinates of the airport.

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Docket No. FAA-2016-9511; Airspace Docket No. 16-ASW-20]


Proposed Amendment of Class D Airspace; Kingsville, TX

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM).

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SUMMARY: This action proposes to modify Class D airspace extending up 
to 2,500 feet above the surface at Kingsville Naval Air Station (NAS), 
Kingsville, TX. This action is necessary due to the decommissioning of 
the Kingsville radio beacon (RBN), and cancellation of the RBN 
approach, and would enhance the safety and management of instrument 
flight rules (IFR) operations at the airport. This action would also 
update the geographic coordinates of the airport.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before May 11, 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-2016-9511; Airspace Docket No. 16-ASW-20, 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: Ron Laster, Federal Aviation 
Administration, Contract Support, Operations Support Group, Central 
Service Center, 10101 Hillwood Parkway, Fort Worth, TX 76177; telephone 
(817) 222-5879.

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 modify Class D airspace extending up to and including 2,500 
feet MSL above the surface area at Kingsville NAS, Kingsville, TX, to 
accommodate the decommissioning of the Kingsville radio beacon (RBN) 
and cancellation of the RBN approach.

 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-2016-9511/
Airspace Docket No. 16-ASW-20.'' 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.regulations.gov.
    You may review the public docket containing the proposal, any 
comments received, and any final disposition in person in the Dockets 
Office (see the ADDRESSES section for 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 Proposed for Incorporation by 
Reference

    This document proposes to amend FAA Order 7400.11, Airspace 
Designations and Reporting Points, dated August 3, 2016, and effective 
September 15, 2016. FAA Order 7400.11 is publicly available as listed 
in the ADDRESSES section of this document. FAA Order 7400.11 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 modifying Class D airspace extending up 
to and including 2,500 feet MSL within a 4.3-mile radius of Kingsville 
NAS by removing the area within two miles each side of the 200 degree 
bearing from the Kingsville RBN extending from the 4.3-mile radius to 
4.9 miles south of the airport. This action would also update the 
geographic coordinates of the airport to be in concert with the FAA's 
aeronautical database.
    Airspace reconfiguration is necessary due to the decommissioning of 
the RBN and cancellation of the RBN approaches, and would enhance the 
safety and management of standard instrument approach procedures for 
IFR operations at the airport.
    Class D airspace designations are published in paragraph 6000 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 D 
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

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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

0
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 6000 Class D Airspace Areas.

* * * * *

ASW TX D Kingsville, TX [Amended]

Kingsville Naval Air Station (NAS), TX
    (Lat. 27[deg]30'16'' N., long. 97[deg]48'30'' W.)
Kingsville TACAN
    (Lat. 27[deg]29'57'' N., long. 97[deg]48'20'' W.)

    That airspace extends upward from the surface to and including 
2,500 feet MSL within a 4.3-mile radius of Kingsville NAS, and 
within 1.3 miles each side of the 191[deg] radial of the Kingsville 
TACAN extending from the 4.3-mile radius to 4.9 miles south of the 
airport.


    Issued in Fort Worth, Texas, on March 13, 2017.
Walter Tweedy,
Acting Manager, Operations Support Group, ATO Central Service Center.
[FR Doc. 2017-05803 Filed 3-24-17; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4910-13-P

15172 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 57 / Monday, March 27, 2017 / Proposed Rules DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FAA Order 7400.11, Airspace Internet at http://www.regulations.gov. Designations and Reporting Points, is Recently published rulemaking Federal Aviation Administration published yearly and effective on documents can also be accessed through September 15. the FAA’s Web page at http:// 14 CFR Part 71 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ron www.regulations.gov. Laster, Federal Aviation Administration, You may review the public docket [Docket No. FAA–2016–9511; Airspace containing the proposal, any comments Docket No. 16–ASW–20] Contract Support, Operations Support Group, Central Service Center, 10101 received, and any final disposition in Proposed Amendment of Class D Hillwood Parkway, Fort Worth, TX person in the Dockets Office (see the Airspace; Kingsville, TX 76177; telephone (817) 222–5879. ADDRESSES section for the address and SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: phone number) between 9:00 a.m. and AGENCY: Federal Aviation 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, Administration (FAA), DOT. Authority for This Rulemaking except federal holidays. An informal ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking The FAA’s authority to issue rules docket may also be examined during (NPRM). regarding aviation safety is found in normal business hours at the Federal Title 49 of the United States Code. Aviation Administration, Air Traffic SUMMARY: This action proposes to Subtitle I, Section 106 describes the Organization, Central Service Center, modify Class D airspace extending up to authority of the FAA Administrator. Operations Support Group, 10101 2,500 feet above the surface at Subtitle VII, Aviation Programs, Hillwood Parkway, Fort Worth, TX Kingsville Naval Air Station (NAS), describes in more detail the scope of the 76177. Kingsville, TX. This action is necessary agency’s authority. This rulemaking is due to the decommissioning of the Availability and Summary of promulgated under the authority Kingsville radio beacon (RBN), and Documents Proposed for Incorporation described in Subtitle VII, Part A, cancellation of the RBN approach, and by Reference Subpart I, Section 40103. Under that would enhance the safety and section, the FAA is charged with This document proposes to amend management of instrument flight rules prescribing regulations to assign the use FAA Order 7400.11, Airspace (IFR) operations at the airport. This of airspace necessary to ensure the Designations and Reporting Points, action would also update the geographic safety of aircraft and the efficient use of dated August 3, 2016, and effective coordinates of the airport. airspace. This regulation is within the September 15, 2016. FAA Order 7400.11 DATES: Comments must be received on scope of that authority as it would is publicly available as listed in the or before May 11, 2017. modify Class D airspace extending up to ADDRESSES section of this document. and including 2,500 feet MSL above the FAA Order 7400.11 lists Class A, B, C, ADDRESSES: Send comments on this surface area at Kingsville NAS, D, and E airspace areas, air traffic proposal to the U.S. Department of Kingsville, TX, to accommodate the service routes, and reporting points. Transportation, Docket Operations, West Building Ground Floor, Room decommissioning of the Kingsville radio The Proposal beacon (RBN) and cancellation of the W12–140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., The FAA is proposing an amendment RBN approach. Washington, DC 20590; telephone (202) to Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations 366–9826, or 1–800–647–5527. You Comments Invited (14 CFR) Part 71 by modifying Class D must identify FAA Docket No. FAA– Interested parties are invited to airspace extending up to and including 2016–9511; Airspace Docket No. 16– participate in this proposed rulemaking 2,500 feet MSL within a 4.3-mile radius ASW–20, at the beginning of your by submitting such written data, views, of Kingsville NAS by removing the area comments. You may also submit or arguments, as they may desire. within two miles each side of the 200 comments through the Internet at http:// Comments that provide the factual basis degree bearing from the Kingsville RBN www.regulations.gov. You may review supporting the views and suggestions extending from the 4.3-mile radius to the public docket containing the presented are particularly helpful in 4.9 miles south of the airport. This proposal, any comments received, and developing reasoned regulatory action would also update the geographic any final disposition in person in the decisions on the proposal. Comments coordinates of the airport to be in Dockets Office between 9:00 a.m. and are specifically invited on the overall concert with the FAA’s aeronautical 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, regulatory, aeronautical, economic, database. except Federal holidays. environmental, and energy-related Airspace reconfiguration is necessary FAA Order 7400.11A, Airspace aspects of the proposal. due to the decommissioning of the RBN Designations and Reporting Points, and Communications should identify both and cancellation of the RBN approaches, subsequent amendments can be viewed docket numbers and be submitted in and would enhance the safety and online at http://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/ triplicate to the address listed above. management of standard instrument publications/. For further information, Commenters wishing the FAA to approach procedures for IFR operations you can contact the Airspace Policy acknowledge receipt of their comments at the airport. Group, Federal Aviation on this notice must submit with those Class D airspace designations are Administration, 800 Independence comments a self-addressed, stamped published in paragraph 6000 of FAA Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20591; postcard on which the following Order 7400.11A, dated August 3, 2016, telephone: 202–267–8783. The Order is pmangrum on DSK3GDR082PROD with PROPOSALS statement is made: ‘‘Comments to and effective September 15, 2016, which also available for inspection at the Docket No. FAA–2016–9511/Airspace is incorporated by reference in 14 CFR National Archives and Records Docket No. 16–ASW–20.’’ The postcard 71.1. The Class D airspace designations Administration (NARA). For will be date/time stamped and returned listed in this document will be information on the availability of FAA to the commenter. published subsequently in the Order. Order 7400.11A at NARA, call 202–741– 6030, or go to http://www.archives.gov/ Availability of NPRMs Regulatory Notices and Analyses federal_register/code_of_federal- An electronic copy of this document The FAA has determined that this regulations/ibr_locations.html. may be downloaded through the regulation only involves an established VerDate Sep<11>2014 12:23 Mar 24, 2017 Jkt 241001 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 4702 Sfmt 4702 E:\FR\FM\27MRP1.SGM 27MRP1

Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 57 / Monday, March 27, 2017 / Proposed Rules 15173 body of technical regulations for which and within 1.3 miles each side of the 191° Street South, Suite 4E401, Arlington, frequent and routine amendments are radial of the Kingsville TACAN extending Virginia 22202–5452. necessary to keep them operationally from the 4.3-mile radius to 4.9 miles south • Hand Delivery or Courier: 201 12th of the airport. Street South, Suite 4E401, Arlington, current, is non-controversial and unlikely to result in adverse or negative Issued in Fort Worth, Texas, on March 13, Virginia, between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 comments. It, therefore: (1) Is not a 2017. p.m. Monday through Friday, except ‘‘significant regulatory action’’ under Walter Tweedy, Federal holidays. Sign in at the Executive Order 12866; (2) is not a Acting Manager, Operations Support Group, receptionist’s desk on the 4th Floor East, ‘‘significant rule’’ under DOT ATO Central Service Center. Suite 4E401. Regulatory Policies and Procedures (44 [FR Doc. 2017–05803 Filed 3–24–17; 8:45 am] • Fax: 202–693–9441. FR 11034; February 26, 1979); and (3) Instructions: All submissions must BILLING CODE 4910–13–P does not warrant preparation of a include RIN 1219–AB87 or Docket No. regulatory evaluation as the anticipated MSHA–2014–0030. Do not include impact is so minimal. Since this is a personal information that you do not DEPARTMENT OF LABOR want publicly disclosed; MSHA will routine matter that will only affect air traffic procedures and air navigation, it Mine Safety and Health Administration post all comments without change, is certified that this rule, when including any personal information promulgated, would not have a 30 CFR Parts 56 and 57 provided. significant economic impact on a Docket: For access to the docket to substantial number of small entities [Docket No. MSHA–2014–0030] read comments received, go to http:// under the criteria of the Regulatory RIN 1219–AB87 www.regulations.gov or http:// www.msha.gov/currentcomments.asp. Flexibility Act. Examinations of Working Places in To read background documents, go to Environmental Review Metal and Nonmetal Mines http://www.regulations.gov. Review the This proposal will be subject to an docket in person at MSHA, Office of AGENCY: Mine Safety and Health Standards, Regulations, and Variances, environmental analysis in accordance Administration, Labor. 201 12th Street South, Arlington, with FAA Order 1050.1F, ACTION: Proposed rule; delay of effective Virginia, between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 ‘‘Environmental Impacts: Policies and Procedures’’ prior to any FAA final date. p.m. EST Monday through Friday, regulatory action. except Federal holidays. Sign in at the SUMMARY: On January 23, 2017, the receptionist’s desk on the 4th Floor East, List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 71 Mine Safety and Health Administration Suite 4E401. (MSHA) published a final rule in the E-Mail Notification: To subscribe to Airspace, Incorporation by reference, Federal Register amending the Agency’s Navigation (air). receive an email notification when standards for the examination of MSHA publishes rules in the Federal The Proposed Amendment working places in metal and nonmetal Register, go to http://www.msha.gov. Accordingly, pursuant to the mines. The effective date of this final FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: authority delegated to me, the Federal rule is May 23, 2017. MSHA is Sheila A. McConnell, Director, Office of Aviation Administration proposes to proposing to delay the effective date of Standards, Regulations, and Variances, amend 14 CFR part 71 as follows: the final rule on Examinations of MSHA, at mcconnell.sheila.a@dol.gov Working Places in Metal and Nonmetal (email); 202–693–9440 (voice); or 202– PART 71—DESIGNATION OF CLASS A, Mines to assure that mine operators and 693–9441 (facsimile). B, C, D, AND E AIRSPACE AREAS; AIR miners affected by the examinations SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: TRAFFIC SERVICE ROUTES; AND final rule have the training and REPORTING POINTS compliance assistance they need prior I. Delay of Effective Date to the rule’s effective date. This On January 23, 2017, MSHA ■ 1. The authority citation for 14 CFR proposed rule would delay the effective published a Final Rule in the Federal part 71 continues to read as follows: date of the final rule to July 24, 2017. Register (82 FR 7680) amending the Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 106(g); 40103, MSHA is soliciting comments on the Agency’s standards for the examination 40113, 40120; E.O. 10854, 24 FR 9565, 3 CFR, limited issue of whether to extend the of working places in metal and 1959–1963 Comp., p. 389. effective date to July 24, 2017, and nonmetal mines. The final rule was whether this extension offers an scheduled to become effective on May § 71.1 [Amended] appropriate length of time for MSHA to 23, 2017. On January 20, 2017, the Chief ■ 2. The incorporation by reference in provide stakeholders training and 14 CFR 71.1 of FAA Order 7400.11A, of Staff of the White House released a compliance assistance. memorandum titled ‘‘Regulatory Freeze Airspace Designations and Reporting DATES: Comment Deadline: April 26, Pending Review’’ to ‘‘ensure that the Points, dated August 3, 2016, and 2017. President’s appointees or designees effective September 15, 2016, is amended as follows: ADDRESSES: Submit comments, have the opportunity to review any new identified by RIN 1219–AB87 or Docket or pending regulations . . . .’’ 82 FR Paragraph 6000 Class D Airspace Areas. 8346, January 24, 2017. Among other No. MSHA–2014–0030, by one of the * * * * * pmangrum on DSK3GDR082PROD with PROPOSALS following methods: things, the memorandum directed the ASW TX D Kingsville, TX [Amended] • Federal E-Rulemaking Portal: heads of executive departments and Kingsville Naval Air Station (NAS), TX http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the agencies to consider temporarily (Lat. 27°30′16″ N., long. 97°48′30″ W.) on-line instructions for submitting postponing the effective dates of all Kingsville TACAN comments. regulations that had been published in (Lat. 27°29′57″ N., long. 97°48′20″ W.) • Email: zzMSHA-comments@ the Federal Register but had not yet That airspace extends upward from the dol.gov. taken effect. surface to and including 2,500 feet MSL • Mail: MSHA, Office of Standards, In keeping with MSHA’s standard within a 4.3-mile radius of Kingsville NAS, Regulations, and Variances, 201 12th implementation practices, MSHA would VerDate Sep<11>2014 12:23 Mar 24, 2017 Jkt 241001 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 4702 Sfmt 4702 E:\FR\FM\27MRP1.SGM 27MRP1


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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 May 11, 2017.
ContactRon Laster, Federal Aviation Administration, Contract Support, Operations Support Group, Central Service Center, 10101 Hillwood Parkway, Fort Worth, TX 76177; telephone (817) 222-5879.
FR Citation82 FR 15172 
CFR AssociatedAirspace; Incorporation by Reference and Navigation (air)
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