82_FR_18480 82 FR 18406 - Proposed Amendment of Class E Airspace for the Following Texas Towns; Pampa, TX, and Seminole, TX

82 FR 18406 - Proposed Amendment of Class E Airspace for the Following Texas Towns; Pampa, TX, and Seminole, TX

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 74 (April 19, 2017)

Page Range18406-18407
FR Document2017-07781

This action proposes to modify Class E airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface at Perry Lefors Field, Pampa, TX and Gaines County Airport, Seminole, TX. Decommissioning of non- directional radio beacons (NDB), cancellation of NDB approaches, and implementation of area navigation (RNAV) procedures have made this action necessary for the safe management of instrument flight rules (IFR) operations at the above airports.

Federal Register, Volume 82 Issue 74 (Wednesday, April 19, 2017) 
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 74 (Wednesday, April 19, 2017)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 18406-18407]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-07781]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Docket No. FAA-2017-0185; Airspace Docket No. 17-ASW-6]


Proposed Amendment of Class E Airspace for the Following Texas 
Towns; Pampa, TX, and Seminole, TX

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 
upward from 700 feet above the surface at Perry Lefors Field, Pampa, TX 
and Gaines County Airport, Seminole, TX. Decommissioning of non-
directional radio beacons (NDB), cancellation of NDB approaches, and 
implementation of area navigation (RNAV) procedures have made this 
action necessary for the safe management of instrument flight rules 
(IFR) operations at the above airports.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before June 5, 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-2017-0185; Airspace Docket No. 17-ASW-6, 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. The Docket Office (telephone 1-800-
647-5527), is on the ground floor of the building at the above address.
    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 E airspace extending upward from 700 feet 
above the surface area at Perry Lefors Field, Pampa, TX and Gaines 
County Airport, Seminole, 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-2017-0185/
Airspace Docket No. 17-ASW-6.'' 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.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 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.

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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 at Perry Lefors Field, Pampa, 
TX. Specifically, this action would remove the segment 3 miles each 
side of the 354[deg] bearing from the Pampa NDB extending from the 7.3-
mile radius to 10.1 miles north of the airport and would reduce the 
Class E airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface at 
the airport from a 7.3-mile radius to a 6.4-mile radius. This action 
also proposes to modify Class E airspace extending upward from 700 feet 
above the surface at Gaines County Airport, Seminole, TX by removing 
the segment 2.5 miles each side of the 189[deg] bearing from the Gaines 
CO NDB extending from the 6.7-mile radius to 7.7 miles south of the 
airport. Airspace reconfiguration is necessary due to the 
decommissioning of non-directional radio beacons (NDB), cancellation of 
NDB approaches, and implementation of area navigation (RNAV) procedures 
at the above airports. Controlled airspace is necessary for the safety 
and management of the standard instrument approach procedures for IFR 
operations at the airports.
    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, 2015, 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 Pampa, TX [Amended]

Pampa, Perry Lefors Field, TX
    (Lat. 35[deg]36'47'' N., long. 100[deg]59'47'' W.)

    That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface 
within a 6.4-mile radius of Perry Lefors Field.
* * * * *

ASW TX E5 Seminole, TX [Amended]

Seminole, Gaines County Airport, TX
    (Lat. 32[deg]40'31'' N., long. 102[deg]39'10'' W.)

    That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface 
within a 6.7-mile radius of Gaines County Airport.

    Issued in Fort Worth, Texas, on April 10, 2017.
Walter Tweedy,
Acting Manager, Operations Support Group, Central Service Center.
[FR Doc. 2017-07781 Filed 4-18-17; 8:45 am]
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18406 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 74 / Wednesday, April 19, 2017 / Proposed Rules 5246; fax: 562–627–5210; email: Dockets Office between 9:00 a.m. and developing reasoned regulatory joseph.costa@faa.gov. 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, decisions on the proposal. Comments (2) For service information identified in except Federal holidays. The Docket are specifically invited on the overall this AD, contact Honeywell International Office (telephone 1–800–647–5527), is regulatory, aeronautical, economic, Inc., 111 S 34th Street, Phoenix, AZ 85034– 2802; phone: 800–601–3099; Internet: https:// on the ground floor of the building at environmental, and energy-related myaerospace.honeywell.com/wps/portal/!ut/. the above address. aspects of the proposal. (3) You may view this service information FAA Order 7400.11A, Airspace Communications should identify both at the FAA, Engine & Propeller Directorate, Designations and Reporting Points, and docket numbers and be submitted in 1200 District Avenue, Burlington, MA. For subsequent amendments can be viewed triplicate to the address listed above. information on the availability of this online at http://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/ Commenters wishing the FAA to material at the FAA, call 781–238–7125. publications/. For further information, acknowledge receipt of their comments Issued in Burlington, Massachusetts, on you can contact the Airspace Policy on this notice must submit with those April 6, 2017. Group, Federal Aviation comments a self-addressed, stamped Carlos A. Pestana, Administration, 800 Independence postcard on which the following Acting Manager, Engine & Propeller Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20591; statement is made: ‘‘Comments to Directorate, Aircraft Certification Service. telephone: 202–267–8783. The Order is Docket No. FAA–2017–0185/Airspace [FR Doc. 2017–07779 Filed 4–18–17; 8:45 am] also available for inspection at the Docket No. 17–ASW–6.’’ The postcard National Archives and Records will be date/time stamped and returned BILLING CODE 4910–13–P Administration (NARA). For to the commenter. information on the availability of FAA Availability of NPRMs DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Order 7400.11A at NARA, call 202–741– 6030, or go to http://www.archives.gov/ An electronic copy of this document Federal Aviation Administration federal_register/code_of_federal- may be downloaded through the regulations/ibr_locations.html. Internet at http://www.regulations.gov. 14 CFR Part 71 FAA Order 7400.11, Airspace Recently published rulemaking Designations and Reporting Points, is documents can also be accessed through [Docket No. FAA–2017–0185; Airspace the FAA’s Web page at http:// Docket No. 17–ASW–6] published yearly and effective on September 15. www.faa.gov/air_traffic/publications/ airspace_amendments/. Proposed Amendment of Class E FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ron You may review the public docket Airspace for the Following Texas Laster, Federal Aviation Administration, containing the proposal, any comments Towns; Pampa, TX, and Seminole, TX Contract Support, Operations Support received, and any final disposition in Group, Central Service Center, 10101 person in the Dockets Office (see the AGENCY: Federal Aviation Hillwood Parkway, Fort Worth, TX ADDRESSES section for the address and Administration (FAA), DOT. 76177; telephone (817) 222–5879. phone number) between 9:00 a.m. and ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, (NPRM). Authority for This Rulemaking except federal holidays. An informal SUMMARY: This action proposes to docket may also be examined during modify Class E airspace extending The FAA’s authority to issue rules normal business hours at the Federal upward from 700 feet above the surface regarding aviation safety is found in Aviation Administration, Air Traffic at Perry Lefors Field, Pampa, TX and Title 49 of the United States Code. Organization, Central Service Center, Gaines County Airport, Seminole, TX. Subtitle I, Section 106 describes the Operations Support Group, 10101 Decommissioning of non-directional authority of the FAA Administrator. Hillwood Parkway, Fort Worth, TX radio beacons (NDB), cancellation of Subtitle VII, Aviation Programs, 76177. NDB approaches, and implementation describes in more detail the scope of the All communications received before of area navigation (RNAV) procedures agency’s authority. This rulemaking is the specified closing date for comments have made this action necessary for the promulgated under the authority will be considered before taking action safe management of instrument flight described in Subtitle VII, Part, A, on the proposed rule. The proposal rules (IFR) operations at the above Subpart I, Section 40103. Under that contained in this notice may be changed airports. section, the FAA is charged with in light of the comments received. A prescribing regulations to assign the use report summarizing each substantive DATES: Comments must be received on of airspace necessary to ensure the public contact with FAA personnel or before June 5, 2017. safety of aircraft and the efficient use of concerned with this rulemaking will be ADDRESSES: Send comments on this airspace. This regulation is within the filed in the docket. proposal to the U.S. Department of scope of that authority as it would Transportation, Docket Operations, modify Class E airspace extending Availability and Summary of West Building Ground Floor, Room upward from 700 feet above the surface Documents Proposed for Incorporation W12–140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., area at Perry Lefors Field, Pampa, TX by Reference Washington, DC 20590; telephone (202) and Gaines County Airport, Seminole, This document proposes to amend 366–9826, or 1–800–647–5527. You TX. FAA Order 7400.11A, Airspace must identify FAA Docket No. FAA– Designations and Reporting Points, jstallworth on DSK7TPTVN1PROD with PROPOSALS 2017–0185; Airspace Docket No. 17– Comments Invited dated August 3, 2016, and effective ASW–6, at the beginning of your Interested parties are invited to September 15, 2016. FAA Order comments. You may also submit participate in this proposed rulemaking 7400.11A is publicly available as listed comments through the Internet at http:// by submitting such written data, views, in the ADDRESSES section of this www.regulations.gov. You may review or arguments, as they may desire. document. FAA Order 7400.11A lists the public docket containing the Comments that provide the factual basis Class A, B, C, D, and E airspace areas, proposal, any comments received, and supporting the views and suggestions air traffic service routes, and reporting any final disposition in person in the presented are particularly helpful in points. VerDate Sep<11>2014 12:41 Apr 18, 2017 Jkt 241001 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 4702 Sfmt 4702 E:\FR\FM\19APP1.SGM 19APP1

Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 74 / Wednesday, April 19, 2017 / Proposed Rules 18407 The Proposal Environmental Review DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND The FAA is proposing an amendment SECURITY This proposal will be subject to an to Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations environmental analysis in accordance Coast Guard (14 CFR) Part 71 by modifying Class E with FAA Order 1050.1F, airspace extending upward from 700 ‘‘Environmental Impacts: Policies and 33 CFR Part 117 feet above the surface at Perry Lefors Procedures’’ prior to any FAA final Field, Pampa, TX. Specifically, this [Docket No. USCG–2017–0212] action would remove the segment 3 regulatory action. RIN 1625–AA09 miles each side of the 354° bearing from List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 71 the Pampa NDB extending from the 7.3- Drawbridge Operation Regulation; St. mile radius to 10.1 miles north of the Airspace, Incorporation by reference, Louis River (Duluth-Superior Harbor), airport and would reduce the Class E Navigation (air). Between the Towns of Duluth, MN and airspace extending upward from 700 Superior, WI The Proposed Amendment feet above the surface at the airport from a 7.3-mile radius to a 6.4-mile radius. Accordingly, pursuant to the AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS. This action also proposes to modify authority delegated to me, the Federal ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking. Class E airspace extending upward from Aviation Administration proposes to 700 feet above the surface at Gaines SUMMARY: The Coast Guard proposes to amend 14 CFR part 71 as follows: modify the regulations that govern the County Airport, Seminole, TX by removing the segment 2.5 miles each drawbridges over the St. Louis River at PART 71—DESIGNATION OF CLASS A, side of the 189° bearing from the Gaines Duluth-Superior Harbor. This waterway B, C, D, AND E AIRSPACE AREAS; AIR CO NDB extending from the 6.7-mile borders Minnesota and Wisconsin and TRAFFIC SERVICE ROUTES; AND is listed under Minnesota as St. Louis radius to 7.7 miles south of the airport. REPORTING POINTS Airspace reconfiguration is necessary River (Duluth-Superior Harbor) and due to the decommissioning of non- under Wisconsin as Duluth-Superior ■ 1. The authority citation for 14 CFR Harbor (St. Louis River) in the CFR. This directional radio beacons (NDB), part 71 continues to read as follows: proposed rule would affect both cancellation of NDB approaches, and implementation of area navigation Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 106(g); 40103, regulations. The owner of the (RNAV) procedures at the above 40113, 40120; E.O. 10854, 24 FR 9565, 3 CFR, Burlington Northern Grassy Point airports. Controlled airspace is 1959–1963 Comp., p. 389. Railroad Bridge at mile 5.44 requested necessary for the safety and the regulation be updated to include § 71.1 [Amended] permanent winter operating schedule. management of the standard instrument approach procedures for IFR operations ■ 2. The incorporation by reference in This proposed rule would also align at the airports. 14 CFR 71.1 of FAA Order 7400.11A, river mile numbers with the United Class E airspace designations are Airspace Designations and Reporting States Coast Pilot and delete bridges published in paragraph 6005 of FAA from the regulations that have been Points, dated August 3, 2015, and Order 7400.11A, dated August 3, 2016, removed from the waterway and make effective September 15, 2016, is and effective September 15, 2016, which the regulation easier to read and less amended as follows: is incorporated by reference in 14 CFR confusing to the mariner. 71.1. The Class E airspace designations Paragraph 6005 Class E Airspace Areas DATES: Comments and related material listed in this document will be Extending Upward From 700 feet or More must reach the Coast Guard on or before published subsequently in the Order. Above the Surface of the Earth. May 19, 2017. * * * * * ADDRESSES: You may submit comments Regulatory Notices and Analyses ASW TX E5 Pampa, TX [Amended] identified by docket number USCG– The FAA has determined that this 2017–0212 using Federal eRulemaking regulation only involves an established Pampa, Perry Lefors Field, TX Portal at http://www.regulations.gov. body of technical regulations for which (Lat. 35°36′47″ N., long. 100°59′47″ W.) See the ‘‘Public Participation and frequent and routine amendments are That airspace extending upward from 700 Request for Comments’’ portion of the necessary to keep them operationally feet above the surface within a 6.4-mile SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section current, is non-controversial and radius of Perry Lefors Field. below for instructions on submitting unlikely to result in adverse or negative * * * * * comments. comments. It, therefore: (1) Is not a ‘‘significant regulatory action’’ under ASW TX E5 Seminole, TX [Amended] FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If Executive Order 12866; (2) is not a Seminole, Gaines County Airport, TX you have questions on this proposed ‘‘significant rule’’ under DOT (Lat. 32°40′31″ N., long. 102°39′10″ W.) rule, call or email Mr. Lee D. Soule, Regulatory Policies and Procedures (44 Bridge Management Specialist, Ninth That airspace extending upward from 700 FR 11034; February 26, 1979); and (3) Coast Guard District; telephone 216– feet above the surface within a 6.7-mile does not warrant preparation of a 902–6085, email Lee.D.Soule@uscg.mil. radius of Gaines County Airport. regulatory evaluation as the anticipated SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Issued in Fort Worth, Texas, on April 10, impact is so minimal. Since this is a jstallworth on DSK7TPTVN1PROD with PROPOSALS 2017. I. Table of Abbreviations routine matter that will only affect air traffic procedures and air navigation, it Walter Tweedy, CFR Code of Federal Regulations is certified that this rule, when Acting Manager, Operations Support Group, DHS Department of Homeland Security Central Service Center. 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CollectionFederal Register
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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 June 5, 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 18406 
CFR AssociatedAirspace; Incorporation by Reference and Navigation (Air)
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