82_FR_16202 82 FR 16140 - Proposed Amendment of Class E Airspace, for West Plains, MO

82 FR 16140 - Proposed Amendment of Class E Airspace, for West Plains, MO

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 62 (April 3, 2017)

Page Range16140-16141
FR Document2017-06508

This action proposes to modify Class E airspace extending up to 700 feet above the surface at West Plains Regional Airport, West Plains, MO, to accommodate new standard instrument approach procedures for instrument flight rules (IFR) operations at the airport. This action is necessary due to the decommissioning of the Hutton (HUW) Very High Frequency Omnidirectional Range (VOR), and cancellation of VOR approach, and would enhance the safety and management of IFR operations at the airport. The airport's name also would be updated.

Federal Register, Volume 82 Issue 62 (Monday, April 3, 2017) 
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 62 (Monday, April 3, 2017)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 16140-16141]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-06508]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Docket No. FAA-2017-0165; Airspace Docket No. 17-ACE-1]


Proposed Amendment of Class E Airspace, for West Plains, MO

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM).

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SUMMARY: This action proposes to modify Class E airspace extending up 
to 700 feet above the surface at West Plains Regional Airport, West 
Plains, MO, to accommodate new standard instrument approach procedures 
for instrument flight rules (IFR) operations at the airport. This 
action is necessary due to the decommissioning of the Hutton (HUW) Very 
High Frequency Omnidirectional Range (VOR), and cancellation of VOR 
approach, and would enhance the safety and management of IFR operations 
at the airport. The airport's name also would be updated.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before May 18, 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-2017-0165/Airspace Docket No. 17-ACE-1, 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 7400.11A, 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

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scope of that authority as it would amend controlled airspace in Class 
E.

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-2017-0165/
Airspace Docket No. 17-ACE-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 Federal Aviation Administration, Air Traffic 
Organization, Central Service Center, Operations Support Group, 10101 
Hillwood Parkway, Fort Worth, TX 76177.
    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 and Summary of Documents Proposed for Incorporation by 
Reference

    This document would 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 modifying Class E airspace extending 
upward from 700 feet above the surface within a 6.9-mile radius of West 
Plains Municipal Airport and 8 miles west and 4 miles east of the 
196[deg] radial of the Hutton VOR/DME extending from the Hutton VOR/DME 
to 10 miles south of the Hutton VOR/DME would be removed due to the 
decommissioning of the VOR, cancellation of the VOR approach. This 
action would enhance the safety and management of the standard 
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.

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ACE MO E5 West Plains, MO

West Plains Municipal Airport, MO
    (Lat. 36[deg]52'42'' N., long. 91[deg]54'10'' W.)

    That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface 
within a 6.5-mile radius of West Plains Municipal Airport.


    Issued in Fort Worth, Texas on March 22, 2017.
Walter Tweedy,
Acting Manager, Operations Support Group, ATO Central Service Center.
[FR Doc. 2017-06508 Filed 3-31-17; 8:45 am]
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16140 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 62 / Monday, April 3, 2017 / Proposed Rules (d) Comments Due Date performed an eddy current inspection within DATES: Comments must be received on We must receive comments by June 2, the last 12 months. If there is a crack, before or before May 18, 2017. 2017. further flight, replace the upper hub ADDRESSES: Send comments on this assembly. (e) Compliance (ii) Replace the fillet seal as described in proposal to the U.S. Department of You are responsible for performing each paragraph (f)(1)(i) of this AD. Transportation, Docket Operations, action required by this AD within the West Building Ground Floor, Room (g) Alternative Methods of Compliance specified compliance time unless it has W12–140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., (AMOCs) already been accomplished prior to that time. Washington, DC 20590; telephone (202) (1) The Manager, Los Angeles Aircraft 366–9826, or 1–800–647–5527. You (f) Required Actions Certification Office, FAA, may approve must identify FAA Docket No. FAA– (1) Within 100 hours time-in-service (TIS), AMOCs for this AD. Send your proposal to: Eric Schrieber, Aviation Safety Engineer, Los 2017–0165/Airspace Docket No. 17– and thereafter at intervals not to exceed 100 hours TIS: Angeles Aircraft Certification Office, ACE–1, at the beginning of your (i) Inspect the fillet seal around each Transport Airplane Directorate, FAA, 3960 comments. You may also submit flexbeam bolthole to determine whether it Paramount Blvd., Lakewood, California comments through the Internet at http:// adheres properly to the hub or bushing or is 90712; telephone (562) 627–5348; email 9- www.regulations.gov. You may review missing. Indications of an improperly ANM-LAACO-AMOC-REQUESTS@faa.gov. the public docket containing the adhered seal include lifting, bubbling, (2) For operations conducted under a 14 proposal, any comments received, and peeling away, drying out, or cracking. If the CFR part 119 operating certificate or under any final disposition in person in the fillet seal is not properly adhered or is 14 CFR part 91, subpart K, we suggest that Dockets Office between 9:00 a.m. and missing, before further flight, replace the you notify your principal inspector, or fillet seal with sealant C232 or equivalent by lacking a principal inspector, the manager of 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, following the Accomplishment Instructions, the local flight standards district office or except Federal holidays. paragraphs 2.D.(2) through 2.D.(5) and Figure certificate holding district office before FAA Order 7400.11A, Airspace 1, of MD Helicopters Service Bulletin SB900– operating any aircraft complying with this Designations and Reporting Points, and 125, dated February 19, 2016 (SB900–125). AD through an AMOC. subsequent amendments can be viewed (ii) Using a light and a 10X or higher power (h) Subject online at http://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/ magnifying glass, inspect the area outside of publications/. For further information, the fillet seal around each flexbeam bolthole Joint Aircraft Service Component (JASC) you can contact the Airspace Policy on the top of the upper hub assembly for a Code: 6220 Main Rotor Head. Group, Federal Aviation crack. If there is a crack, before further flight, Issued in Fort Worth, Texas, on March 27, replace the upper hub assembly. Administration, 800 Independence 2017. Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20591; (2) Within 12 months, and thereafter at intervals not to exceed 12 months: Scott A. Horn, telephone: 202–267–8783. The Order is (i) Remove the paint and primer from the Acting Manager, Rotorcraft Directorate, also available for inspection at the area around each flexbeam bolthole on top of Aircraft Certification Service. National Archives and Records the upper hub. Remove the fillet seal from [FR Doc. 2017–06460 Filed 3–31–17; 8:45 am] Administration (NARA). For the mating surface of each bushing and the BILLING CODE 4910–13–P information on the availability of FAA top of the upper hub. Order 7400.11A at NARA, call 202–741– (ii) Using a light and a 10X or higher power 6030, or go to http://www.archives.gov/ magnifying glass, inspect the area around DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION each flexbeam bolthole for a crack. If there federal_register/code_of_federal- is a crack, before further flight, replace the regulations/ibr_locations.html. Federal Aviation Administration FAA Order 7400.11A, Airspace upper hub assembly. (iii) Inspect each lead leg shim and bushing Designations and Reporting Points, is for corrosion around the flexbeam boltholes 14 CFR Part 71 published yearly and effective on on the bottom of the upper hub in the [Docket No. FAA–2017–0165; Airspace September 15. flexbeam pockets. If there is corrosion, before Docket No. 17–ACE–1] FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ron further flight: Laster, Federal Aviation Administration, (A) Remove the lead leg shim from the Proposed Amendment of Class E flexbeam pocket and clean the area adjacent Contract Support, Operations Support Airspace, for West Plains, MO Group, Central Service Center, 10101 to the flexbeam bolthole to remove any corrosion within maximum repair damage AGENCY: Federal Aviation Hillwood Parkway, Fort Worth, TX limits. If the corrosion exceeds maximum Administration (FAA), DOT. 76177; telephone (817) 222–5879. repair damage limits, replace the upper hub ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: assembly. (B) Using a light and a 10X or higher power (NPRM). Authority for This Rulemaking magnifying glass, inspect the area around the SUMMARY: This action proposes to The FAA’s authority to issue rules flexbeam bolthole for a crack. If there is a modify Class E airspace extending up to regarding aviation safety is found in crack, before further flight, replace the upper hub assembly. 700 feet above the surface at West Plains Title 49 of the United States Code. (iv) Replace the fillet seal as described in Regional Airport, West Plains, MO, to Subtitle I, Section 106 describes the paragraph (f)(1)(i) of this AD. accommodate new standard instrument authority of the FAA Administrator. (3) Within 1,000 hours TIS, and thereafter approach procedures for instrument Subtitle VII, Aviation Programs, at intervals not to exceed 1,000 hours TIS: flight rules (IFR) operations at the describes in more detail the scope of the (i) Eddy current inspect the areas adjacent airport. This action is necessary due to agency’s authority. This rulemaking is mstockstill on DSK3G9T082PROD with PROPOSALS to each flexbeam bolthole, top and bottom, the decommissioning of the Hutton promulgated under the authority for a crack. This eddy current inspection (HUW) Very High Frequency described in Subtitle VII, Part, A, must be performed by a Level II or higher Omnidirectional Range (VOR), and Subpart I, Section 40103. Under that technician with the American Society for Nondestructive Testing ASNT–TC–1A, cancellation of VOR approach, and section, the FAA is charged with European Committee for Standardization would enhance the safety and prescribing regulations to assign the use CEN EN 4179, Military Standard MIL–STD– management of IFR operations at the of airspace necessary to ensure the 410, National Aerospace Standard NAS410, airport. The airport’s name also would safety of aircraft and the efficient use of or equivalent certification who has be updated. airspace. This regulation is within the VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:05 Mar 31, 2017 Jkt 241001 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 4702 Sfmt 4702 E:\FR\FM\03APP1.SGM 03APP1

Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 62 / Monday, April 3, 2017 / Proposed Rules 16141 scope of that authority as it would contained in this notice may be changed significant economic impact on a amend controlled airspace in Class E. in light of the comments received. A substantial number of small entities report summarizing each substantive under the criteria of the Regulatory Comments Invited public contact with FAA personnel Flexibility Act. Interested parties are invited to concerned with this rulemaking will be participate in this proposed rulemaking filed in the docket. Environmental Review by submitting such written data, views, or arguments, as they may desire. Availability and Summary of This proposal will be subject to an Comments that provide the factual basis Documents Proposed for Incorporation environmental analysis in accordance supporting the views and suggestions by Reference with FAA Order 1050.1F, presented are particularly helpful in This document would amend FAA ‘‘Environmental Impacts: Policies and developing reasoned regulatory Order 7400.11A, Airspace Designations Procedures’’ prior to any FAA final decisions on the proposal. Comments and Reporting Points, dated August 3, regulatory action. are specifically invited on the overall 2016, and effective September 15, 2016. List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 71 regulatory, aeronautical, economic, FAA Order 7400.11A is publicly environmental, and energy-related available as listed in the ADDRESSES Airspace, Incorporation by reference, aspects of the proposal. section of this document. FAA Order Navigation (air). Communications should identify both 7400.11A lists Class A, B, C, D, and E docket numbers and be submitted in airspace areas, air traffic service routes, The Proposed Amendment triplicate to the address listed above. and reporting points. Commenters wishing the FAA to Accordingly, pursuant to the The Proposal authority delegated to me, the Federal acknowledge receipt of their comments on this notice must submit with those The FAA is proposing an amendment Aviation Administration proposes to comments a self-addressed, stamped to Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations amend 14 CFR part 71 as follows: postcard on which the following (14 CFR) Part 71 by modifying Class E statement is made: ‘‘Comments to airspace extending upward from 700 PART 71—DESIGNATION OF CLASS A, Docket No. FAA–2017–0165/Airspace feet above the surface within a 6.9-mile B, C, D, AND E AIRSPACE AREAS; AIR Docket No. 17–ACE–1.’’ The postcard radius of West Plains Municipal Airport TRAFFIC SERVICE ROUTES; AND will be date/time stamped and returned and 8 miles west and 4 miles east of the REPORTING POINTS to the commenter. 196° radial of the Hutton VOR/DME All communications received before extending from the Hutton VOR/DME to ■ 1. The authority citation for 14 CFR the specified closing date for comments 10 miles south of the Hutton VOR/DME Part 71 continues to read as follows: will be considered before taking action would be removed due to the Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 106(g); 40103, on the proposed rule. The proposal decommissioning of the VOR, 40113, 40120; E.O. 10854, 24 FR 9565, 3 CFR, contained in this notice may be changed cancellation of the VOR approach. This 1959–1963 Comp., p. 389. in light of the comments received. A action would enhance the safety and report summarizing each substantive management of the standard instrument § 71.1 [Amended] public contact with FAA personnel approach procedures for IFR operations at the airport. ■ 2. The incorporation by reference in concerned with this rulemaking will be filed in the docket. Class E airspace designations are 14 CFR 71.1 of FAA Order 7400.11A, published in paragraph 6005 of FAA Airspace Designations and Reporting Availability of NPRMs Order 7400.11A, dated August 3, 2016, Points, dated August 3, 2016, and An electronic copy of this document and effective September 15, 2016, which effective September 15, 2016, is may be downloaded through the is incorporated by reference in 14 CFR amended as follows: Internet at http://www.regulations.gov. 71.1. The Class E airspace designations Recently published rulemaking listed in this document will be Paragraph 6005 Class E Airspace Areas documents can also be accessed through published subsequently in the Order. Extending Upward From 700 Feet or More the FAA’s Web page at http:// Above the Surface of the Earth. Regulatory Notices and Analyses * * * * * www.faa.gov/air_traffic/publications/ airspace_amendments/. The FAA has determined that this regulation only involves an established ACE MO E5 West Plains, MO You may review the public docket containing the proposal, any comments body of technical regulations for which West Plains Municipal Airport, MO received, and any final disposition in frequent and routine amendments are (Lat. 36°52′42″ N., long. 91°54′10″ W.) person in the Dockets Office (see the necessary to keep them operationally That airspace extending upward from 700 ADDRESSES section for the address and current, is non-controversial and feet above the surface within a 6.5-mile phone number) between 9:00 a.m. and unlikely to result in adverse or negative radius of West Plains Municipal Airport. 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, comments. It, therefore: (1) Is not a except federal holidays. An informal ‘‘significant regulatory action’’ under Issued in Fort Worth, Texas on March 22, docket may also be examined during Executive Order 12866; (2) is not a 2017. normal business hours at the Federal ‘‘significant rule’’ under DOT Walter Tweedy, Aviation Administration, Air Traffic Regulatory Policies and Procedures (44 Acting Manager, Operations Support Group, mstockstill on DSK3G9T082PROD with PROPOSALS Organization, Central Service Center, FR 11034; February 26, 1979); and (3) ATO Central Service Center. Operations Support Group, 10101 does not warrant preparation of a [FR Doc. 2017–06508 Filed 3–31–17; 8:45 am] Hillwood Parkway, Fort Worth, TX regulatory evaluation as the anticipated BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 76177. impact is so minimal. Since this is a All communications received before routine matter that will only affect air the specified closing date for comments traffic procedures and air navigation, it will be considered before taking action is certified that this rule, when on the proposed rule. The proposal promulgated, would not have a VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:05 Mar 31, 2017 Jkt 241001 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 4702 Sfmt 9990 E:\FR\FM\03APP1.SGM 03APP1


Document Created: 2017-04-01 09:36:00
Document Modified: 2017-04-01 09:36:00
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 May 18, 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 16140 
CFR AssociatedAirspace; Incorporation by Reference and Navigation (air)
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