82_FR_33972 82 FR 33833 - Proposed Amendment of Class E Airspace, Seward, NE

82 FR 33833 - Proposed Amendment of Class E Airspace, Seward, NE

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 139 (July 21, 2017)

Page Range33833-33834
FR Document2017-15283

This action proposes to modify Class E airspace extending up to 700 feet above the surface at Seward Municipal Airport, Seward, NE., 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 Seward non directional radio beacon (NDB), and cancellation of NDB approach, and would enhance the safety and management of IFR operations at the airport.

Federal Register, Volume 82 Issue 139 (Friday, July 21, 2017) 
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 139 (Friday, July 21, 2017)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 33833-33834]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-15283]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Docket No. FAA-2017-0354; Airspace Docket No. 17-ACE-8]


Proposed Amendment of Class E Airspace, Seward, NE

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 Seward Municipal Airport, Seward, NE., 
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 Seward non directional 
radio beacon (NDB), and cancellation of NDB approach, and would enhance 
the safety and management of IFR operations at the airport.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before September 5, 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 
(202) 366-9826, or 1-800-647-5527. You must identify FAA Docket No. 
FAA-2017-0354 and Airspace Docket No. 17-ACE-8, 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: Walter Tweedy (prepare by Ron Laster), 
Federal Aviation Administration, Operations Support Group, Central 
Service Center, 10101 Hillwood Parkway, Fort Worth, TX 76177; telephone 
(817) 222-5802.

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 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-2017-0354/
Airspace Docket No. 17-ACE-8.'' 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

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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.

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 within a 6.5-mile radius of 
Seward Municipal Airport. The segments within 4 miles each side of the 
166[deg] bearing from the Seward NDB extending from the 6.4-mile radius 
to 14 miles southeast of the NDB, and within 4 miles each side of the 
359[deg] bearing from the Seward NDB extending from the 6.4-mile radius 
to 13 miles north of the NDB, would be modified due to the 
decommissioning of the Seward NDB and cancellation of the NDB 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 proposed 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 proposed 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 NE E5 Seward, NE [Amended]

Seward Municipal Airport, NE
    (Lat. 40[deg]51'53'' N., long. 97[deg]06'33'' W.)

    The airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface 
within a 6.5-mile radius of Seward Municipal Airport.

    Issued in Fort Worth, Texas, on July 11, 2017.
Walter Tweedy,
Acting Manager, Operations Support Group, ATO Central Service Center.
[FR Doc. 2017-15283 Filed 7-20-17; 8:45 am]
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Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 139 / Friday, July 21, 2017 / Proposed Rules 33833 shall be submitted by Monday, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION code_of_federal-regulations/ibr_ September 11, 2017. The report shall locations.html. contain the following information: Federal Aviation Administration FAA Order 7400.11A, Airspace (1) Month of transfer; Designations and Reporting Points, is 14 CFR Part 71 published yearly and effective on (2) The type and weight of pecans September 15. transferred; [Docket No. FAA–2017–0354; Airspace Docket No. 17–ACE–8] FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: (3) The amount of assessments owed Walter Tweedy (prepare by Ron Laster), on the pecans transferred; Proposed Amendment of Class E Federal Aviation Administration, (4) The names and signatures for both Airspace, Seward, NE Operations Support Group, Central the transferring and receiving handlers; Service Center, 10101 Hillwood AGENCY: Federal Aviation Parkway, Fort Worth, TX 76177; (5) Handler assuming the reporting Administration (FAA), DOT. telephone (817) 222–5802. and assessment obligations on the ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking pecans transferred. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: (NPRM). ■ 4. Add § 986.175 to read as follows: Authority for This Rulemaking SUMMARY: This action proposes to § 986.175 Handler inventory. modify Class E airspace extending up to The FAA’s authority to issue rules 700 feet above the surface at Seward regarding aviation safety is found in (a) Handlers shall submit to the Municipal Airport, Seward, NE., to Title 49 of the United States Code. Council a year-end inventory report accommodate new standard instrument Subtitle I, Section 106 describes the following August 31 each fiscal year. approach procedures for instrument authority of the FAA Administrator. Handlers shall file such reports by flight rules (IFR) operations at the Subtitle VII, Aviation Programs, September 10. Should September 10 fall airport. This action is necessary due to describes in more detail the scope of the on a weekend, reports are due by the the decommissioning of the Seward non agency’s authority. This rulemaking is first business day following September directional radio beacon (NDB), and promulgated under the authority 10. Such reports shall be reported to the cancellation of NDB approach, and described in Subtitle VII, Part A, Council on APC Form 7 and include: would enhance the safety and Subpart I, Section 40103. Under that (1) The name and address of the management of IFR operations at the section, the FAA is charged with airport. prescribing regulations to assign the use handler; of airspace necessary to ensure the (2) The total weight and type of DATES: Comments must be received on safety of aircraft and the efficient use of inshell pecans in inventory, regardless or before September 5, 2017. airspace. This regulation is within the of country of origin; ADDRESSES: Send comments on this scope of that authority as it would (3) The total weight and type of proposal to the U.S. Department of amend controlled airspace in Class E. shelled pecans in inventory, regardless Transportation, Docket Operations, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., West Building Comments Invited of country of origin; Ground Floor, Room W12–140, Interested parties are invited to (4) The total weight and type of Washington, DC 20590; telephone (202) participate in this proposed rulemaking inshell pecans committed, not shipped, 366–9826, or 1–800–647–5527. You by submitting such written data, views, for export and domestic shipments, and must identify FAA Docket No. FAA– or arguments, as they may desire. any uncommitted inventory, regardless 2017–0354 and Airspace Docket No. 17– Comments that provide the factual basis of country of origin; ACE–8, at the beginning of your supporting the views and suggestions (5) The total weight and type of comments. You may also submit presented are particularly helpful in shelled pecans committed, not shipped, comments through the Internet at http:// developing reasoned regulatory for export and domestic shipments, and www.regulations.gov. You may review decisions on the proposal. Comments any uncommitted inventory, regardless the public docket containing the are specifically invited on the overall of country of origin; proposal, any comments received, and regulatory, aeronautical, economic, (6) The combined total inventory for any final disposition in person in the environmental, and energy-related inshell and shelled pecans calculated on Dockets Office between 9:00 a.m. and aspects of the proposal. an inshell basis, and combined weight 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, Communications should identify both committed, not shipped, for exports and except federal holidays. docket numbers and be submitted in domestic shipments, and any FAA Order 7400.11A, Airspace triplicate to the address listed above. uncommitted inventory; Designations and Reporting Points, and Commenters wishing the FAA to subsequent amendments can be viewed acknowledge receipt of their comments (7) Total weight and type of domestic online at http://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/ on this notice must submit with those pecans handled for the fiscal year; publications/. For further information, comments a self-addressed, stamped (8) Total assessments owed, you can contact the Airspace Policy postcard on which the following assessments paid to date, and remaining Group, Federal Aviation statement is made: ‘‘Comments to assessments due to be paid by the due Administration, 800 Independence Docket No. FAA–2017–0354/Airspace date of the year-end inventory report for Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20591; Docket No. 17–ACE–8.’’ The postcard sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with PROPOSALS the fiscal year. telephone: (202) 267–8783. The Order is will be date/time stamped and returned also available for inspection at the to the commenter. Dated: July 17, 2017. National Archives and Records All communications received before Bruce Summers, Administration (NARA). For the specified closing date for comments Acting Administrator, Agricultural Marketing information on the availability of FAA will be considered before taking action Service. Order 7400.11A at NARA, call (202) on the proposed rule. The proposal [FR Doc. 2017–15305 Filed 7–20–17; 8:45 am] 741–6030, or go to http:// contained in this notice may be changed BILLING CODE 3410–02–P www.archives.gov/federal_register/ in light of the comments received. A VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:40 Jul 20, 2017 Jkt 241001 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 4702 Sfmt 4702 E:\FR\FM\21JYP1.SGM 21JYP1

33834 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 139 / Friday, July 21, 2017 / Proposed Rules report summarizing each substantive Order 7400.11A, dated August 3, 2016, Paragraph 6005 Class E Airspace Areas public contact with FAA personnel and effective September 15, 2016, which Extending Upward From 700 feet or More concerned with this rulemaking will be is incorporated by reference in 14 CFR Above the Surface of the Earth. filed in the docket. 71.1. The Class E airspace designations * * * * * listed in this document will be ACE NE E5 Seward, NE [Amended] Availability of NPRMs published subsequently in the Order. An electronic copy of this document Seward Municipal Airport, NE may be downloaded through the Regulatory Notices and Analyses (Lat. 40°51′53″ N., long. 97°06′33″ W.) Internet at http://www.regulations.gov. The airspace extending upward from 700 The FAA has determined that this Recently published rulemaking feet above the surface within a 6.5-mile proposed regulation only involves an radius of Seward Municipal Airport. documents can also be accessed through established body of technical the FAA’s Web page at http:// regulations for which frequent and Issued in Fort Worth, Texas, on July 11, www.faa.gov/air_traffic/publications/ 2017. routine amendments are necessary to airspace_amendments/. keep them operationally current, is non- Walter Tweedy, You may review the public docket controversial and unlikely to result in Acting Manager, Operations Support Group, containing the proposal, any comments adverse or negative comments. It, ATO Central Service Center. received, and any final disposition in therefore: (1) Is not a ‘‘significant [FR Doc. 2017–15283 Filed 7–20–17; 8:45 am] person in the Dockets Office (see the regulatory action’’ under Executive BILLING CODE 4910–13–P ADDRESSES section for the address and Order 12866; (2) is not a ‘‘significant phone number) between 9:00 a.m. and rule’’ under DOT Regulatory Policies 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, and Procedures (44 FR 11034; February DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION except federal holidays. An informal 26, 1979); and (3) does not warrant docket may also be examined during Federal Aviation Administration preparation of a regulatory evaluation as normal business hours at the Federal the anticipated impact is so minimal. Aviation Administration, Air Traffic 14 CFR Part 71 Since this is a routine matter that will Organization, Central Service Center, only affect air traffic procedures and air [Docket No. FAA–2017–0536; Airspace Operations Support Group, 10101 navigation, it is certified that this Docket No. 17–ACE–10] Hillwood Parkway, Fort Worth, TX proposed rule, when promulgated, 76177. would not have a significant economic Proposed Amendment of Class E impact on a substantial number of small Airspace; Clarinda, IA Availability and Summary of Documents Proposed for Incorporation entities under the criteria of the AGENCY: Federal Aviation by Reference Regulatory Flexibility Act. Administration (FAA), DOT. This document proposes to amend Environmental Review ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking FAA Order 7400.11A, Airspace (NPRM). This proposal will be subject to an Designations and Reporting Points, environmental analysis in accordance SUMMARY: This action proposes to dated August 3, 2016, and effective with FAA Order 1050.1F, modify Class E airspace extending September 15, 2016. FAA Order ‘‘Environmental Impacts: Policies and upward from 700 feet above the surface 7400.11A is publicly available as listed Procedures’’ prior to any FAA final at Schenck Field, Clarinda, IA. The FAA in the ADDRESSES section of this regulatory action. is proposing this action due to the document. FAA Order 7400.11A lists decommissioning of the Clarinda non- Class A, B, C, D, and E airspace areas, List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 71 directional radio beacon (NDB) and the air traffic service routes, and reporting Airspace, Incorporation by reference, cancellation of the associated points. Navigation (air). instrument approach procedures. This The Proposal The Proposed Amendment action would enhance the safety and The FAA is proposing an amendment management of instrument flight rules Accordingly, pursuant to the (IFR) operations at this airport. to Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations authority delegated to me, the Federal (14 CFR) part 71 by modifying Class E DATES: Comments must be received on Aviation Administration proposes to or before September 5, 2017. airspace extending upward from 700 amend 14 CFR part 71 as follows: feet above the surface within a 6.5-mile ADDRESSES: Send comments on this radius of Seward Municipal Airport. PART 71—DESIGNATION OF CLASS A, proposal to the U.S. Department of The segments within 4 miles each side B, C, D, AND E AIRSPACE AREAS; AIR Transportation, Docket Operations, 1200 of the 166° bearing from the Seward TRAFFIC SERVICE ROUTES; AND New Jersey Avenue SE., West Building NDB extending from the 6.4-mile radius REPORTING POINTS Ground Floor, Room W12–140, to 14 miles southeast of the NDB, and Washington, DC 20590; telephone (202) within 4 miles each side of the 359° ■ 1. The authority citation for 14 CFR 366–9826, or 1–800–647–5527. You bearing from the Seward NDB extending part 71 continues to read as follows: must identify FAA Docket No. FAA– from the 6.4-mile radius to 13 miles Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 106(g); 40103, 2017–0536; Airspace Docket No. 17– north of the NDB, would be modified 40113, 40120; E.O. 10854, 24 FR 9565, 3 CFR, ACE–10 at the beginning of your due to the decommissioning of the comments. You may also submit sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with PROPOSALS 1959–1963 Comp., p. 389. Seward NDB and cancellation of the comments through the Internet at http:// NDB approach. This action would § 71.1 [Amended] www.regulations.gov. You may review enhance the safety and management of ■ 2. The incorporation by reference in the public docket containing the the standard instrument approach 14 CFR 71.1 of FAA Order 7400.11A, proposal, any comments received, and procedures for IFR operations at the Airspace Designations and Reporting any final disposition in person in the airport. Points, dated August 3, 2016, and Dockets Office between 9:00 a.m. and Class E airspace designations are effective September 15, 2016, is 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, published in paragraph 6005 of FAA amended as follows: except federal holidays. VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:40 Jul 20, 2017 Jkt 241001 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 4702 Sfmt 4702 E:\FR\FM\21JYP1.SGM 21JYP1


Document Created: 2017-07-21 06:00:07
Document Modified: 2017-07-21 06:00:07
CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
GS 4.107:
AE 2.106:
PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionProposed Rules
ActionNotice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM).
DatesComments must be received on or before September 5, 2017.
ContactWalter Tweedy (prepare by Ron Laster), Federal Aviation Administration, Operations Support Group, Central Service Center, 10101 Hillwood Parkway, Fort Worth, TX 76177; telephone (817) 222-5802.
FR Citation82 FR 33833 
CFR AssociatedAirspace; Incorporation by Reference and Navigation (air)
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