82_FR_31157 82 FR 31030 - Proposed Amendment of Class E Airspace; Bend, OR

82 FR 31030 - Proposed Amendment of Class E Airspace; Bend, OR

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 127 (July 5, 2017)

Page Range31030-31031
FR Document2017-13984

This action proposes to modify Class E airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface at Bend Municipal Airport, Bend, OR, to accommodate airspace redesign for the safety and management of instrument flight rules (IFR) operations within the National Airspace System.

Federal Register, Volume 82 Issue 127 (Wednesday, July 5, 2017) 
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 127 (Wednesday, July 5, 2017)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 31030-31031]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-13984]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Docket No. FAA-2017-0391; Airspace Docket No. 17-ANM-13]


Proposed Amendment of Class E Airspace; Bend, OR

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 Bend Municipal Airport, Bend, 
OR, to accommodate airspace redesign for the safety and management of 
instrument flight rules (IFR) operations within the National Airspace 
System.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before August 21, 2017.

ADDRESSES: Send comments on this proposal to the U.S. Department of 
Transportation, Docket Operations, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., West 
Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, Washington, DC 20590; telephone: 
1-800-647-5527, or (202) 366-9826. You must identify FAA Docket No. 
FAA-2017-0391; Airspace Docket No. 17-ANM-13, at the beginning of your 
comments. You may also submit comments through the Internet at http://www.regulations.gov.
    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: Tom Clark, Federal Aviation 
Administration, Operations Support Group, Western Service Center, 1601 
Lind Avenue SW., Renton, WA 98057; telephone (425) 203-4511.

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 amend Class E airspace extending upward from 700 feet above 
the surface at Bend Municipal Airport, Bend, OR, to support IFR 
operations under standard instrument approach procedures.

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. Persons 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-2017-0391/
Airspace Docket No. 17-ANM-13''. 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.

[[Page 31031]]

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 Northwest Mountain Regional Office of the Federal 
Aviation Administration, Air Traffic Organization, Western Service 
Center, Operations Support Group, 1601 Lind Avenue SW., Renton, WA 
98057.

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 modifying Class E airspace extending 
upward from 700 feet above the surface at Bend Municipal Airport, Bend, 
OR. The airspace would remain within the 4.3 mile radius of Bend 
Municipal Airport, with the segments extending northwest and south of 
the airport enlarged to 7 miles wide (from 5.2 miles) extending to 8.5 
miles northwest (from 6.5 miles), and 5.8 miles wide (from 2.9 miles) 
extending to 8.8 miles southeast of the airport (from 9.3 miles south 
of 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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ANM OR E5 Bend, OR [Amended]

Bend Municipal Airport, OR
    (Lat. 44[deg]05'40'' N., long. 121[deg]12'01'' W.)

    That airspace upward from 700 feet above the surface within a 
4.3 mile radius of Bend Municipal Airport, and within the area 
bounded by a line starting at the point where a 300[deg] bearing 
from the airport intersects the 4.3 mile radius from the airport to 
lat. 44[deg]11'07'' N., long. 121[deg]20'35'' W., to lat. 
44[deg]15'41'' N., long. 121[deg]12'11'' W., to the point where a 
054[deg] bearing from the airport intersects the 4.3 mile radius 
from the airport, thence counter clockwise along the airport 4.3 
mile radius to the point of beginning, and within 3.1 miles west and 
2.8 miles east of a 167[deg] bearing from the airport extending to 
8.8 miles south of the airport.

    Issued in Seattle, Washington, on June 24, 2017.
Sam S.L. Shrimpton,
Acting Group Manager, Operations Support Group, Western Service Center.
[FR Doc. 2017-13984 Filed 7-3-17; 8:45 am]
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31030 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 127 / Wednesday, July 5, 2017 / Proposed Rules affordable to low-income families shall Dated: June 28, 2017. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tom be at least 315,000 dwelling units Melvin L. Watt, Clark, Federal Aviation Administration, affordable to low-income families in Director, Federal Housing Finance Agency. Operations Support Group, Western multifamily residential housing [FR Doc. 2017–14039 Filed 7–3–17; 8:45 am] Service Center, 1601 Lind Avenue SW., financed by mortgages purchased by the BILLING CODE 8070–01–P Renton, WA 98057; telephone (425) Enterprise in each year for 2018, 2019, 203–4511. and 2020. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: (c) Multifamily very low-income DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Authority for This Rulemaking housing subgoal. The benchmark level for each Enterprise’s purchases of Federal Aviation Administration The FAA’s authority to issue rules mortgages on multifamily residential regarding aviation safety is found in housing affordable to very low-income 14 CFR Part 71 Title 49 of the United States Code. families shall be at least 60,000 dwelling Subtitle I, Section 106 describes the [Docket No. FAA–2017–0391; Airspace authority of the FAA Administrator. units affordable to very low-income Docket No. 17–ANM–13] families in multifamily residential Subtitle VII, Aviation Programs, housing financed by mortgages Proposed Amendment of Class E describes in more detail the scope of the purchased by the Enterprise in each Airspace; Bend, OR agency’s authority. This rulemaking is year for 2018, 2019, and 2020. promulgated under the authority AGENCY: Federal Aviation described in Subtitle VII, Part A, (d) Small multifamily low-income Administration (FAA), DOT. Subpart I, Section 40103. Under that housing subgoal. The benchmark level ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking section, the FAA is charged with for each Enterprise’s purchases of (NPRM). prescribing regulations to assign the use mortgages on small multifamily of airspace necessary to ensure the properties affordable to low-income SUMMARY: This action proposes to safety of aircraft and the efficient use of families shall be at least 10,000 dwelling modify Class E airspace extending airspace. This regulation is within the units affordable to low-income families upward from 700 feet above the surface scope of that authority as it would in small multifamily properties financed at Bend Municipal Airport, Bend, OR, to amend Class E airspace extending by mortgages purchased by the accommodate airspace redesign for the upward from 700 feet above the surface Enterprise in each year for 2018, 2019, safety and management of instrument at Bend Municipal Airport, Bend, OR, to and 2020. flight rules (IFR) operations within the support IFR operations under standard National Airspace System. instrument approach procedures. § 1282.15 [Amended] DATES: Comments must be received on ■ 5. Amend § 1282.15 as follows: or before August 21, 2017. Comments Invited ■ a. In paragraph (e)(2) remove the ADDRESSES: Send comments on this Interested parties are invited to phrase ‘‘based on the most recent proposal to the U.S. Department of participate in this proposed rulemaking decennial census’’; and Transportation, Docket Operations, 1200 by submitting such written data, views, ■ b. Revise paragraph (g). New Jersey Avenue SE., West Building or arguments, as they may desire. The revisions read as follows: Ground Floor, Room W12–140, Comments that provide the factual basis Washington, DC 20590; telephone: 1– supporting the views and suggestions § 1282.15 General counting requirements. 800–647–5527, or (202) 366–9826. You presented are particularly helpful in * * * * * must identify FAA Docket No. FAA– developing reasoned regulatory (g) Application of median income. For 2017–0391; Airspace Docket No. 17– decisions on the proposal. Comments purposes of determining an area’s ANM–13, at the beginning of your are specifically invited on the overall median income under §§ 1282.17 comments. You may also submit regulatory, aeronautical, economic, through 1282.19 and the definitions in comments through the Internet at http:// environmental, and energy-related § 1282.1, the area is: www.regulations.gov. aspects of the proposal. (1) The metropolitan area, if the FAA Order 7400.11A, Airspace Communications should identify both property which is the subject of the Designations and Reporting Points, and docket numbers and be submitted in mortgage is in a metropolitan area; and subsequent amendments can be viewed triplicate to the address listed above. (2) In all other areas, the county in online at http://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/ Persons wishing the FAA to which the property is located, except publications/. For further information, acknowledge receipt of their comments that where the State non-metropolitan you can contact the Airspace Policy on this notice must submit with those median income is higher than the Group, Federal Aviation comments a self-addressed, stamped county’s median income, the area is the Administration, 800 Independence postcard on which the following State non-metropolitan area. Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20591; statement is made: ‘‘Comments to telephone: (202) 267–8783. The Order is Docket No. FAA–2017–0391/Airspace * * * * * also available for inspection at the Docket No. 17–ANM–13’’. The postcard ■ 6. Amend § 1282.21 by revising National Archives and Records will be date/time stamped and returned paragraph (b)(3), to read as follows: Administration (NARA). For to the commenter. § 1282.21 Housing plans. information on the availability of FAA All communications received before Order 7400.11A at NARA, call (202) the specified closing date for comments sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with PROPOSALS * * * * * will be considered before taking action 741–6030, or go to http:// (b) * * * www.archives.gov/federal_register/ on the proposed rule. The proposal (3) Describe the specific actions that code_of_federal-regulations/ contained in this notice may be changed the Enterprise will take in a time period ibr_locations.html. in light of the comments received. A determined by the Director to improve FAA Order 7400.11, Airspace report summarizing each substantive the Enterprise’s performance under the Designations and Reporting Points, is public contact with FAA personnel housing goal; and published yearly and effective on concerned with this rulemaking will be * * * * * September 15. filed in the docket. 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Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 127 / Wednesday, July 5, 2017 / Proposed Rules 31031 Availability of NPRMs body of technical regulations for which bounded by a line starting at the point where frequent and routine amendments are a 300° bearing from the airport intersects the An electronic copy of this document 4.3 mile radius from the airport to lat. may be downloaded through the necessary to keep them operationally current, is non-controversial and 44°11′07″ N., long. 121°20′35″ W., to lat. Internet at http://www.regulations.gov. 44°15′41″ N., long. 121°12′11″ W., to the Recently published rulemaking unlikely to result in adverse or negative point where a 054° bearing from the airport documents can also be accessed through comments. It, therefore: (1) Is not a intersects the 4.3 mile radius from the the FAA’s Web page at http:// ‘‘significant regulatory action’’ under airport, thence counter clockwise along the www.faa.gov/air_traffic/publications/ Executive Order 12866; (2) is not a airport 4.3 mile radius to the point of airspace_amendments/. ‘‘significant rule’’ under DOT beginning, and within 3.1 miles west and 2.8 You may review the public docket Regulatory Policies and Procedures (44 miles east of a 167° bearing from the airport containing the proposal, any comments FR 11034; February 26, 1979); and (3) extending to 8.8 miles south of the airport. received, and any final disposition in does not warrant preparation of a Issued in Seattle, Washington, on June 24, person in the Dockets Office (see the regulatory evaluation as the anticipated 2017. ADDRESSES; section for the address and impact is so minimal. Since this is a Sam S.L. Shrimpton, phone number) between 9:00 a.m. and routine matter that will only affect air Acting Group Manager, Operations Support 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, traffic procedures and air navigation, it Group, Western Service Center. except federal holidays. An informal is certified that this rule, when [FR Doc. 2017–13984 Filed 7–3–17; 8:45 am] docket may also be examined during promulgated, would not have a BILLING CODE 4910–13–P normal business hours at the Northwest significant economic impact on a Mountain Regional Office of the Federal substantial number of small entities Aviation Administration, Air Traffic under the criteria of the Regulatory DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Organization, Western Service Center, Flexibility Act. Operations Support Group, 1601 Lind Federal Aviation Administration Environmental Review Avenue SW., Renton, WA 98057. This proposal will be subject to an 14 CFR Part 71 Availability and Summary of environmental analysis in accordance Documents Proposed for Incorporation [Docket No. FAA–2017–0392; Airspace with FAA Order 1050.1F, by Reference Docket No. 16–ANM–4] ‘‘Environmental Impacts: Policies and This document proposes to amend Procedures’’ prior to any FAA final Proposed Establishment of Class E FAA Order 7400.11A, Airspace regulatory action. Airspace, Big Timber, MT Designations and Reporting Points, List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 71 AGENCY: Federal Aviation dated August 3, 2016, and effective September 15, 2016. FAA Order Airspace, Incorporation by reference, Administration (FAA), DOT. 7400.11A is publicly available as listed Navigation (air). ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking in the ADDRESSES section of this The Proposed Amendment (NPRM). document. FAA Order 7400.11A lists Class A, B, C, D, and E airspace areas, Accordingly, pursuant to the SUMMARY: This action proposes to air traffic service routes, and reporting authority delegated to me, the Federal establish Class E airspace extending points. Aviation Administration proposes to upward from 700 feet above the surface amend 14 CFR part 71 as follows: at Big Timber Airport, Big Timber, MT, The Proposal to accommodate the development of The FAA is proposing an amendment PART 71—DESIGNATION OF CLASS A, instrument flight rules (IFR) operations to Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations B, C, D, AND E AIRSPACE AREAS; AIR under standard instrument approach (14 CFR) Part 71 by modifying Class E TRAFFIC SERVICE ROUTES; AND and departure procedures at the airport, airspace extending upward from 700 REPORTING POINTS for the safety and management of feet above the surface at Bend ■ 1. The authority citation for 14 CFR aircraft within the National Airspace Municipal Airport, Bend, OR. The part 71 continues to read as follows: System. airspace would remain within the 4.3 Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 106(g), 40103, DATES: Comments must be received on mile radius of Bend Municipal Airport, 40113, 40120; E.O. 10854, 24 FR 9565, 3 CFR, or before August 21, 2017. with the segments extending northwest 1959–1963 Comp., p. 389. ADDRESSES: Send comments on this and south of the airport enlarged to 7 miles wide (from 5.2 miles) extending to § 71.1 [Amended] proposal to the U.S. Department of 8.5 miles northwest (from 6.5 miles), ■ 2. The incorporation by reference in Transportation, Docket Operations, 1200 and 5.8 miles wide (from 2.9 miles) 14 CFR 71.1 of FAA Order 7400.11A, New Jersey Avenue SE., West Building extending to 8.8 miles southeast of the Airspace Designations and Reporting Ground Floor, Room W12–140, airport (from 9.3 miles south of the Points, dated August 3, 2016, and Washington, DC 20590; telephone: 1– airport). effective September 15, 2016, is 800–647–5527, or (202) 366–9826. You Class E airspace designations are amended as follows: must identify FAA Docket No. FAA– published in paragraph 6005 of FAA 2017–0392; Airspace Docket No. 16– Paragraph 6005 Class E Airspace Areas ANM–4, at the beginning of your Order 7400.11A, dated August 3, 2016, Extending Upward from 700 feet or More comments. You may also submit sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with PROPOSALS and effective September 15, 2016, which Above the Surface of the Earth is incorporated by reference in 14 CFR comments through the Internet at http:// * * * * * www.regulations.gov. 71.1. The Class E airspace designations listed in this document will be ANM OR E5 Bend, OR [Amended] FAA Order 7400.11A, Airspace published subsequently in the Order. Bend Municipal Airport, OR Designations and Reporting Points, and (Lat. 44°05′40″ N., long. 121°12′01″ W.) subsequent amendments can be viewed Regulatory Notices and Analyses online at http://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/ That airspace upward from 700 feet above The FAA has determined that this the surface within a 4.3 mile radius of Bend publications/. 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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 August 21, 2017.
ContactTom Clark, Federal Aviation Administration, Operations Support Group, Western Service Center, 1601 Lind Avenue SW., Renton, WA 98057; telephone (425) 203-4511.
FR Citation82 FR 31030 
CFR AssociatedAirspace; Incorporation by Reference and Navigation (air)
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