82 FR 19007 - Proposed Revocation of Class E Airspace; Eaton Rapids, MI

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 78 (April 25, 2017)

Page Range		19007-19008
FR Document		2017-08240

This action proposes to remove Class E airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface at Skyway Estates Airport, Eaton Rapids, MI. The cancellation of the standard instrument approach procedures at the airport has resulted in the airspace no longer being required.

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Docket No. FAA-2017-0209; Airspace Docket No. 17-AGL-9]


Proposed Revocation of Class E Airspace; Eaton Rapids, MI

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM).

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SUMMARY: This action proposes to remove Class E airspace extending 
upward from 700 feet above the surface at Skyway Estates Airport, Eaton 
Rapids, MI. The cancellation of the standard instrument approach 
procedures at the airport has resulted in the airspace no longer being 
required.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before June 9, 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-2017-0209; Airspace Docket No. 17-AGL-9, 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 scope of that authority 
as it would remove Class E airspace extending upward from 700 feet 
above the surface at Skyway Estates Airport, Eaton Rapids, MI.

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-2016-0209/
Airspace Docket No. 17-AGL-9.'' 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.

Availability and Summary of Documents Proposed for Incorporation by 
Reference

    This document proposes to amend FAA Order 7400.11A, Airspace 
Designations and Reporting Points, dated August 3, 2016, and effective 
September 15, 2016. FAA Order 7400.11A is publicly available as listed 
in the ADDRESSES section of this document. FAA Order 7400.11A lists 
Class A, B, C, D, and E airspace areas, air traffic service routes, and 
reporting points.

The Proposal

    The FAA is proposing an amendment to Title 14 Code of Federal 
Regulations (14 CFR) part 71 by removing Class E airspace extending 
upward from 700 feet above the surface at Skyway Estates Airport, Eaton 
Rapids, MI.
    Airspace reconfiguration is necessary due to the cancellation of 
the standard instrument approach procedures at the airport as the 
airspace is no longer being required in compliance with FAA Order

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JO 7400.2K, Procedures for Handling Airspace Matters.
    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

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]

0
 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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AGL MI E5 Eaton Rapids, MI [Removed]

    Issued in Fort Worth, Texas, on April 17, 2017.
Walter Tweedy,
Acting Manager, Operations Support Group, ATO Central Service Center.
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This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER telephone: 202–267–8783. The Order is acknowledge receipt of their comments
contains notices to the public of the proposed also available for inspection at the on this notice must submit with those
issuance of rules and regulations. The National Archives and Records comments a self-addressed, stamped
purpose of these notices is to give interested Administration (NARA). For postcard on which the following
persons an opportunity to participate in the information on the availability of FAA statement is made: ‘‘Comments to
rule making prior to the adoption of the final
rules.
Order 7400.11A at NARA, call 202–741– Docket No. FAA–2016–0209/Airspace
6030, or go to http://www.archives.gov/ Docket No. 17–AGL–9.’’ The postcard
federal_register/code_of_federal- will be date/time stamped and returned
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION regulations/ibr_locations.html. to the commenter.
FAA Order 7400.11, Airspace
Availability of NPRMs
Federal Aviation Administration Designations and Reporting Points, is
published yearly and effective on An electronic copy of this document
14 CFR Part 71 September 15. may be downloaded through the
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Internet at http://www.regulations.gov.
[Docket No. FAA–2017–0209; Airspace
Docket No. 17–AGL–9] Jeffrey Claypool, Federal Aviation Recently published rulemaking
Administration, Operations Support documents can also be accessed through
Proposed Revocation of Class E Group, Central Service Center, 10101 the FAA’s Web page at http://
Airspace; Eaton Rapids, MI Hillwood Parkway, Fort Worth, TX www.faa.gov/air_traffic/publications/
76177; telephone (817) 222–5711. airspace_amendments/.
AGENCY: Federal Aviation You may review the public docket
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Administration (FAA), DOT. containing the proposal, any comments
ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking Authority for This Rulemaking received, and any final disposition in
(NPRM). The FAA’s authority to issue rules person in the Dockets Office (see the
regarding aviation safety is found in ADDRESSES section for the address and
SUMMARY: This action proposes to phone number) between 9:00 a.m. and
Title 49 of the United States Code.
remove Class E airspace extending 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday,
Subtitle I, Section 106 describes the
upward from 700 feet above the surface except federal holidays. An informal
authority of the FAA Administrator.
at Skyway Estates Airport, Eaton docket may also be examined during
Subtitle VII, Aviation Programs,
Rapids, MI. The cancellation of the normal business hours at the Federal
describes in more detail the scope of the
standard instrument approach Aviation Administration, Air Traffic
agency’s authority. This rulemaking is
procedures at the airport has resulted in Organization, Central Service Center,
promulgated under the authority
the airspace no longer being required. Operations Support Group, 10101
described in Subtitle VII, Part A,
DATES: Comments must be received on Subpart I, Section 40103. Under that Hillwood Parkway, Fort Worth, TX
or before June 9, 2017. section, the FAA is charged with 76177.
ADDRESSES: Send comments on this prescribing regulations to assign the use Availability and Summary of
proposal to the U.S. Department of of airspace necessary to ensure the Documents Proposed for Incorporation
Transportation, Docket Operations, safety of aircraft and the efficient use of by Reference
West Building Ground Floor, Room airspace. This regulation is within the
W12–140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., scope of that authority as it would This document proposes to amend
Washington, DC 20590; telephone (202) remove Class E airspace extending FAA Order 7400.11A, Airspace
366–9826, or 1–800–647–5527. You upward from 700 feet above the surface Designations and Reporting Points,
must identify FAA Docket No. FAA– at Skyway Estates Airport, Eaton dated August 3, 2016, and effective
2017–0209; Airspace Docket No. 17– Rapids, MI. September 15, 2016. FAA Order
AGL–9, at the beginning of your 7400.11A is publicly available as listed
comments. You may also submit Comments Invited in the ADDRESSES section of this
comments through the Internet at http:// Interested parties are invited to document. FAA Order 7400.11A lists
www.regulations.gov. You may review participate in this proposed rulemaking Class A, B, C, D, and E airspace areas,
the public docket containing the by submitting such written data, views, air traffic service routes, and reporting
proposal, any comments received, and or arguments, as they may desire. points.
any final disposition in person in the Comments that provide the factual basis
The Proposal
Dockets Office between 9:00 a.m. and supporting the views and suggestions
5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, presented are particularly helpful in The FAA is proposing an amendment
except Federal holidays. developing reasoned regulatory to Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations
FAA Order 7400.11A, Airspace decisions on the proposal. Comments (14 CFR) part 71 by removing Class E
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Designations and Reporting Points, and are specifically invited on the overall airspace extending upward from 700
subsequent amendments can be viewed regulatory, aeronautical, economic, feet above the surface at Skyway Estates
online at http://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/ environmental, and energy-related Airport, Eaton Rapids, MI.
publications/. For further information, aspects of the proposal. Airspace reconfiguration is necessary
you can contact the Airspace Policy Communications should identify both due to the cancellation of the standard
Group, Federal Aviation docket numbers and be submitted in instrument approach procedures at the
Administration, 800 Independence triplicate to the address listed above. airport as the airspace is no longer being
Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20591; Commenters wishing the FAA to required in compliance with FAA Order

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JO 7400.2K, Procedures for Handling Points, dated August 3, 2016, and FAA Order 7400.11A, Airspace
Airspace Matters. effective September 15, 2016, is Designations and Reporting Points, and
Class E airspace designations are amended as follows: subsequent amendments can be viewed
published in paragraph 6005 of FAA on line at http://www.faa.gov/air_
Paragraph 6005 Class E Airspace Areas
Order 7400.11A, dated August 3, 2016, Extending Upward From 700 Feet or More traffic/publications/. For further
and effective September 15, 2016, which Above the Surface of the Earth. information, you can contact the
is incorporated by reference in 14 CFR Airspace Policy Group, Federal Aviation
* * * * *
71.1. The Class E airspace designations Administration, 800 Independence
listed in this document will be AGL MI E5 Eaton Rapids, MI [Removed] Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20591;
published subsequently in the Order. telephone: 202–267–8783. The Order is
Issued in Fort Worth, Texas, on April 17,
Regulatory Notices and Analyses 2017.
also available for inspection at the
National Archives and Records
The FAA has determined that this Walter Tweedy,
Administration (NARA). For
regulation only involves an established Acting Manager, Operations Support Group, information on the availability of FAA
body of technical regulations for which ATO Central Service Center.
Order 7400.11A at NARA, call 202–741–
frequent and routine amendments are [FR Doc. 2017–08240 Filed 4–24–17; 8:45 am] 6030, or go to http://www.archives.gov/
necessary to keep them operationally BILLING CODE 4910–13–P federal_register/code_of_federal-
current, is non-controversial and regulations/ibr_locations.html.
unlikely to result in adverse or negative FAA Order 7400.11, Airspace
comments. It, therefore: (1) Is not a DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Designations and Reporting Points, is
‘‘significant regulatory action’’ under published yearly and effective on
Executive Order 12866; (2) is not a Federal Aviation Administration
September 15.
‘‘significant rule’’ under DOT FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John
Regulatory Policies and Procedures (44 14 CFR Part 71
Fornito, Operations Support Group,
FR 11034; February 26, 1979); and (3) Eastern Service Center, Federal Aviation
does not warrant preparation of a [Docket No. FAA–2016–9488; Airspace
Administration, P.O. Box 20636,
regulatory evaluation as the anticipated Docket No. 16–ASO–18]
Atlanta, Georgia 30320; telephone 404
impact is so minimal. Since this is a 305–6364.
Proposed Amendment of Class E
routine matter that will only affect air SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Airspace; Albany, GA
traffic procedures and air navigation, it
is certified that this rule, when AGENCY: Federal Aviation Authority for This Rulemaking
promulgated, would not have a Administration (FAA), DOT. The FAA’s authority to issue rules
significant economic impact on a ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking regarding aviation safety is found in
substantial number of small entities (NPRM). Title 49 of the United States Code.
under the criteria of the Regulatory Subtitle I, Section 106 describes the
Flexibility Act. SUMMARY: This action proposes to authority of the FAA Administrator.
Environmental Review amend Class E airspace at Albany, GA, Subtitle VII, Aviation Programs,
by removing the Notice to Airmen describes in more detail the scope of the
This proposal will be subject to an (NOTAM) part-time status of the Class agency’s authority. This rulemaking is
environmental analysis in accordance E airspace designated as an extension to promulgated under the authority
with FAA Order 1050.1F, Class D airspace, at Southwest Georgia described in Subtitle VII, Part A,
‘‘Environmental Impacts: Policies and Regional Airport. This action would Subpart I, Section 40103. Under that
Procedures’’ prior to any FAA final amend differences between the section, the FAA is charged with
regulatory action. descriptions of Class D airspace and prescribing regulations to assign the use
List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 71 Class E surface areas and their of airspace necessary to ensure the
associated Class E surface area safety of aircraft and the efficient use of
Airspace, Incorporation by reference, extensions. airspace. This regulation is within the
Navigation (air). scope of that authority as it would
DATES: Comments must be received on
The Proposed Amendment amend Class E airspace designated as an
or before June 9, 2017.
Accordingly, pursuant to the extension to Class D airspace at
ADDRESSES: Send comments on this Southwest Georgia Regional Airport,
authority delegated to me, the Federal proposal to: U.S. Department of
Aviation Administration proposes to Albany, GA.
Transportation, Docket Operations, 1200
amend 14 CFR part 71 as follows: New Jersey Avenue SE., West Bldg. Comments Invited
Ground Floor, Rm. W12–140, Interested persons are invited to
PART 71—DESIGNATION OF CLASS A,
Washington, DC 20590; Telephone: 1– comment on this rule by submitting
B, C, D, AND E AIRSPACE AREAS; AIR
800–647–5527, or 202–366–9826. You such written data, views, or arguments,
TRAFFIC SERVICE ROUTES; AND
must identify the Docket No. FAA– as they may desire. Comments that
REPORTING POINTS
2016–9488; Airspace Docket No. 16– provide the factual basis supporting the
■ 1. The authority citation for 14 CFR ASO–18, at the beginning of your views and suggestions presented are
part 71 continues to read as follows: comments. You may also submit and particularly helpful in developing
nlaroche on DSK30NT082PROD with PROPOSALS

review received comments through the reasoned regulatory decisions on the
Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 106(g); 40103,
40113, 40120; E.O. 10854, 24 FR 9565, 3 CFR,
Internet at http://www.regulations.gov. proposal. Comments are specifically
1959–1963 Comp., p. 389. You may review the public docket invited on the overall regulatory,
containing the proposal, any comments aeronautical, economic, environmental,
§ 71.1 [Amended] received, and any final disposition in and energy-related aspects of the
■ 2. The incorporation by reference in person in the Dockets Office between proposal.
14 CFR 71.1 of FAA Order 7400.11A, 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday Communications should identify both
Airspace Designations and Reporting through Friday, except Federal holidays. docket numbers and be submitted in

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Category		Regulatory Information
Collection		Federal Register
sudoc Class		AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106:
Publisher		Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
Section		Proposed Rules
Action		Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM).
Dates		Comments must be received on or before June 9, 2017.
Contact		Jeffrey Claypool, Federal Aviation Administration, Operations Support Group, Central Service Center, 10101 Hillwood Parkway, Fort Worth, TX 76177; telephone (817) 222-5711.
FR Citation		82 FR 19007
CFR Associated		Airspace; Incorporation by Reference and Navigation (air)

82 FR 19007 - Proposed Revocation of Class E Airspace; Eaton Rapids, MI

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