82_FR_58380 82 FR 58144 - Proposed Establishment of Class E Airspace; Yuma, CO

82 FR 58144 - Proposed Establishment of Class E Airspace; Yuma, CO

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 236 (December 11, 2017)

Page Range58144-58145
FR Document2017-26501

This action proposes to establish Class E airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface at Yuma Municipal Airport, Yuma, CO, to accommodate the development of area navigation (RNAV) instrument flight rules (IFR) operations under standard instrument approach and departure procedures at the airport, and for the safety and management of IFR operations within the National Airspace System.

Federal Register, Volume 82 Issue 236 (Monday, December 11, 2017) 
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 236 (Monday, December 11, 2017)]
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[FR Doc No: 2017-26501]



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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Docket No. FAA-2017-1064; Airspace Docket No. 17-ANM-32]


Proposed Establishment of Class E Airspace; Yuma, CO

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.C

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM).

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SUMMARY: This action proposes to establish Class E airspace extending 
upward from 700 feet above the surface at Yuma Municipal Airport, Yuma, 
CO, to accommodate the development of area navigation (RNAV) instrument 
flight rules (IFR) operations under standard instrument approach and 
departure procedures at the airport, and for the safety and management 
of IFR operations within the National Airspace System.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before January 25, 2018.

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-2017-1064; Airspace Docket No. 17-ANM-32, 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 7400.11B, 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 7400.11B at NARA, call 202-741-6030, or go to https://www.archives.gov/federal-register/cfr/ibr-locations.html.
    FAA Order 7400.11, Airspace Designations and Reporting Points, is 
published yearly and effective on September 15.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert LaPlante, Federal Aviation 
Administration, Operations Support Group, Western Service Center, 1601 
Lind Avenue SW., Renton, WA 98057; telephone (425) 203-4566.

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 establish Class E airspace at Yuma Municipal Airport, Yuma, 
CO, to support IFR operations at the airport.

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-2017-1064/
Airspace Docket No. 17-ANM-32.'' The postcard will be date/time stamped 
and returned to the commenter.
    All communications received before the specified closing date for 
comments will be considered before taking action on the proposed rule. 
The proposal contained in this notice may be changed in light of the 
comments received. A report summarizing each substantive public contact 
with FAA personnel concerned with this rulemaking will be filed in the 
docket.

Availability of NPRMs

    An electronic copy of this document may be downloaded through the 
Internet at http://www.regulations.gov. Recently published rulemaking 
documents can also be accessed through the FAA's Web page at http://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/publications/airspace_amendments/.
    You may review the public docket containing the proposal, any 
comments received, and any final disposition in person in the Dockets 
Office (see the ADDRESSES section for the address and phone number) 
between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, except federal 
holidays. An informal docket may also be examined during normal 
business hours at the 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 for Incorporation by Reference

    This document proposes to amend FAA Order 7400.11B, Airspace 
Designations and Reporting Points, dated August 3, 2017, and effective 
September 15, 2017. FAA Order 7400.11B is publicly available as listed 
in the ADDRESSES section of this document. FAA Order 7400.11B 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 establishing Class E airspace extending 
upward from 700 feet above the surface at Yuma Municipal Airport, Yuma, 
CO. This airspace is necessary to accommodate the development of RNAV 
(IFR) operations in standard instrument approach and departure 
procedures at the airport. Class E airspace would be established within 
a 6.4-mile radius of Yuma Municipal Airport.
    Class E airspace designations are published in paragraph 6005 of 
FAA Order 7400.11B, dated August 3, 2017, and effective September 15, 
2017, 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

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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 7400.11B, 
Airspace Designations and Reporting Points, dated August 3, 2017, and 
effective September 15, 2017, 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 CO E5 Yuma, CO [New]

Yuma Municipal Airport, CO
    (Lat. 40[deg]06'21'' N., long. 102[deg]42'52'' W.)

    That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface 
within a 6.4-mile radius of Yuma Municipal Airport.

    Issued in Seattle, Washington, on November 30, 2017.
Brian J. Johnson,
Acting Manager, Operations Support Group, Western Service Center.
[FR Doc. 2017-26501 Filed 12-8-17; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 4910-13-P

58144 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 236 / Monday, December 11, 2017 / Proposed Rules DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION published yearly and effective on Availability of NPRMs September 15. An electronic copy of this document Federal Aviation Administration FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: may be downloaded through the Robert LaPlante, Federal Aviation Internet at http://www.regulations.gov. 14 CFR Part 71 Administration, Operations Support Recently published rulemaking Group, Western Service Center, 1601 documents can also be accessed through [Docket No. FAA–2017–1064; Airspace Docket No. 17–ANM–32] Lind Avenue SW., Renton, WA 98057; the FAA’s Web page at http:// telephone (425) 203–4566. www.faa.gov/air_traffic/publications/ Proposed Establishment of Class E SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: airspace_amendments/. Airspace; Yuma, CO You may review the public docket Authority for This Rulemaking containing the proposal, any comments AGENCY: Federal Aviation The FAA’s authority to issue rules received, and any final disposition in Administration (FAA), DOT.C regarding aviation safety is found in person in the Dockets Office (see the ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking Title 49 of the United States Code. ADDRESSES section for the address and (NPRM). Subtitle I, Section 106 describes the phone number) between 9:00 a.m. and authority of the FAA Administrator. 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, SUMMARY: This action proposes to Subtitle VII, Aviation Programs, except federal holidays. An informal establish Class E airspace extending describes in more detail the scope of the docket may also be examined during upward from 700 feet above the surface agency’s authority. This rulemaking is normal business hours at the Northwest at Yuma Municipal Airport, Yuma, CO, promulgated under the authority Mountain Regional Office of the Federal to accommodate the development of described in Subtitle VII, Part A, Aviation Administration, Air Traffic area navigation (RNAV) instrument Subpart I, Section 40103. Under that Organization, Western Service Center, flight rules (IFR) operations under section, the FAA is charged with Operations Support Group, 1601 Lind standard instrument approach and prescribing regulations to assign the use Avenue SW., Renton, WA 98057. departure procedures at the airport, and of airspace necessary to ensure the for the safety and management of IFR safety of aircraft and the efficient use of Availability and Summary of operations within the National Airspace airspace. This regulation is within the Documents for Incorporation by System. scope of that authority as it would Reference DATES: Comments must be received on establish Class E airspace at Yuma This document proposes to amend or before January 25, 2018. Municipal Airport, Yuma, CO, to FAA Order 7400.11B, Airspace ADDRESSES: Send comments on this support IFR operations at the airport. Designations and Reporting Points, proposal to the U.S. Department of dated August 3, 2017, and effective Comments Invited Transportation, Docket Operations, 1200 September 15, 2017. FAA Order Interested parties are invited to 7400.11B is publicly available as listed New Jersey Avenue SE., West Building participate in this proposed rulemaking Ground Floor, Room W12–140, in the ADDRESSES section of this by submitting such written data, views, document. FAA Order 7400.11B lists Washington, DC 20590; telephone: 1– or arguments, as they may desire. Class A, B, C, D, and E airspace areas, 800–647–5527, or (202) 366–9826. You Comments that provide the factual basis air traffic service routes, and reporting must identify FAA Docket No. FAA– supporting the views and suggestions points. 2017–1064; Airspace Docket No. 17– presented are particularly helpful in ANM–32, at the beginning of your developing reasoned regulatory The Proposal comments. You may also submit decisions on the proposal. Comments The FAA is proposing an amendment comments through the Internet at http:// are specifically invited on the overall to Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations www.regulations.gov. You may review regulatory, aeronautical, economic, (14 CFR) part 71 by establishing Class E the public docket containing the environmental, and energy-related airspace extending upward from 700 proposal, any comments received, and aspects of the proposal. feet above the surface at Yuma any final disposition in person in the Communications should identify both Municipal Airport, Yuma, CO. This Dockets Office between 9:00 a.m. and docket numbers and be submitted in airspace is necessary to accommodate 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, triplicate to the address listed above. the development of RNAV (IFR) except federal holidays. Persons wishing the FAA to operations in standard instrument FAA Order 7400.11B, Airspace acknowledge receipt of their comments approach and departure procedures at Designations and Reporting Points, and on this notice must submit with those the airport. Class E airspace would be subsequent amendments can be viewed comments a self-addressed, stamped established within a 6.4-mile radius of online at http://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/ postcard on which the following Yuma Municipal Airport. publications/. For further information, statement is made: ‘‘Comments to Class E airspace designations are you can contact the Airspace Policy Docket No. FAA–2017–1064/Airspace published in paragraph 6005 of FAA Group, Federal Aviation Docket No. 17–ANM–32.’’ The postcard Order 7400.11B, dated August 3, 2017, Administration, 800 Independence will be date/time stamped and returned and effective September 15, 2017, which Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20591; to the commenter. is incorporated by reference in 14 CFR telephone: 202–267–8783. The Order is All communications received before 71.1. The Class E airspace designations also available for inspection at the the specified closing date for comments listed in this document will be daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with PROPOSALS National Archives and Records will be considered before taking action published subsequently in the Order. Administration (NARA). For on the proposed rule. The proposal information on the availability of FAA contained in this notice may be changed Regulatory Notices and Analyses Order 7400.11B at NARA, call 202–741– in light of the comments received. A The FAA has determined that this 6030, or go to https://www.archives.gov/ report summarizing each substantive regulation only involves an established federal-register/cfr/ibr-locations.html. public contact with FAA personnel body of technical regulations for which FAA Order 7400.11, Airspace concerned with this rulemaking will be frequent and routine amendments are Designations and Reporting Points, is filed in the docket. necessary to keep them operationally VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:10 Dec 08, 2017 Jkt 244001 PO 00000 Frm 00012 Fmt 4702 Sfmt 4702 E:\FR\FM\11DEP1.SGM 11DEP1

Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 236 / Monday, December 11, 2017 / Proposed Rules 58145 current, is non-controversial and Issued in Seattle, Washington, on LWD Low Water Datum based on IGLD 85 unlikely to result in adverse or negative November 30, 2017. OMB Office of Management and Budget comments. It, therefore: (1) Is not a Brian J. Johnson, NPRM Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (Advance, Supplemental) ‘‘significant regulatory action’’ under Acting Manager, Operations Support Group, § Section Executive Order 12866; (2) is not a Western Service Center. U.S.C. United States Code ‘‘significant rule’’ under DOT [FR Doc. 2017–26501 Filed 12–8–17; 8:45 am] Regulatory Policies and Procedures (44 BILLING CODE 4910–13–P II. Background, Purpose and Legal FR 11034; February 26, 1979); and (3) Basis does not warrant preparation of a The Black River flows southwest regulatory evaluation as the anticipated DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND through the City of Port Huron, MI and impact is so minimal. Since this is a SECURITY empties into the St. Clair River just routine matter that will only affect air below the south end of Lake Huron. traffic procedures and air navigation, it Coast Guard Large commercial freighters once is certified that this rule, when traveled up the Black River to facilities promulgated, would not have a 33 CFR Part 117 past the Canadian National Railroad significant economic impact on a [Docket No. USCG–2017–1047] Bridge, but currently the river is mostly substantial number of small entities used by recreational vessels with a few under the criteria of the Regulatory RIN 1625–AA09 small commercial vessels operating in Flexibility Act. the river. Large commercial vessels do Drawbridge Operation Regulation; not currently trade in the Black River. Environmental Review Black River, Port Huron, MI The Military Street Bridge provides a This proposal will be subject to an AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS. horizontal clearance of 73 feet and a environmental analysis in accordance ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking. vertical clearance of 13 feet above LWD with FAA Order 1050.1F, in the closed position. ‘‘Environmental Impacts: Policies and SUMMARY: The Coast Guard proposes to The Seventh Street Bridge provides a Procedures’’ prior to any FAA final modify the operating schedule that horizontal clearance of 83 feet and a regulatory action. governs the Military Street Bridge, mile vertical clearance of 12 feet above LWD 0.33, the Seventh Street Bridge, mile in the closed position. List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 71 0.50, the Tenth Street Bridge, mile 0.94, The Tenth Street Bridge provides a and the Canadian National Railroad horizontal clearance of 90 feet and a Airspace, Incorporation by reference, Bridge, mile 1.56, across the Black River vertical clearance of 18 feet above LWD Navigation (air). at Port Huron, MI. The City of Port in the closed position. The Proposed Amendment Huron requested the winter hours to be The Canadian National Railroad expanded for City-operated highway Bridge provides a horizontal clearance Accordingly, pursuant to the bridges. We have reviewed the of 80 feet and a vertical clearance of 14 authority delegated to me, the Federal regulation in its entirety because the feet above LWD in the closed position. Aviation Administration proposes to current regulation is approximately 30 The CSX Railroad Bridge, mile 0.09, amend 14 CFR part 71 as follows: years old, use of the waterway has is out of service and locked in the fully substantially changed, and the current open position. PART 71—DESIGNATION OF CLASS A, language and conditions in the All five drawbridges provide an B, C, D, AND E AIRSPACE AREAS; AIR regulation are difficult to follow and unlimited vertical clearance in the open TRAFFIC SERVICE ROUTES; AND understand. position. REPORTING POINTS The CSX Railroad Bridge and DATES: Comments and related material Canadian National Railroad Bridge are must reach the Coast Guard on or before not included in the existing regulation. ■ 1. The authority citation for 14 CFR January 10, 2018. The current regulation allows the part 71 continues to read as follows: ADDRESSES: You may submit comments Military Street Bridge and the Seventh Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 106(g), 40103, identified by docket number USCG– Street Bridge to operate on the hour and 40113, 40120; E.O. 10854, 24 FR 9565, 3 CFR, 2017–1047 using Federal eRulemaking half-hour between May 1 and October 1959–1963 Comp., p. 389. Portal at http://www.regulations.gov. 31, from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Monday § 71.1 [Amended] See the ‘‘Public Participation and through Saturday, except Federal Request for Comments’’ portion of the Holidays. In April and November, ■ 2. The incorporation by reference in SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section between the hours of 4 p.m. and 8 a.m., 14 CFR 71.1 of FAA Order 7400.11B, below for instructions on submitting both bridges require a 3-hour advance Airspace Designations and Reporting comments. notice for openings. Points, dated August 3, 2017, and The Tenth Street Bridge is currently FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If effective September 15, 2017, is required to open on signal from May 1 you have questions on this proposed amended as follows: through October 31, except from 11 p.m. rule, call or email Mr. Lee D. Soule, Paragraph 6005 Class E Airspace Areas Bridge Management Specialist, Ninth to 8 a.m. a 1-hour advance notice is Extending Upward from 700 feet or More Coast Guard District; telephone 216– required for openings. In April and Above the Surface of the Earth. 902–6085, email Lee.D.Soule@uscg.mil. November the bridge requires a 3-hour daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with PROPOSALS * * * * * SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: advance notice for openings at all times. From December 1 through March 31 ANM CO E5 Yuma, CO [New] I. Table of Abbreviations all three highway bridges requires at Yuma Municipal Airport, CO CFR Code of Federal Regulations least 24 hours notice for openings. (Lat. 40°06′21″ N., long. 102°42′52″ W.) DHS Department of Homeland Security As noted above, both the CSX That airspace extending upward from 700 FR Federal Register Railroad and Canadian National feet above the surface within a 6.4-mile IGLD85 International Great Lakes Datum of Railroad bridges are not included in the radius of Yuma Municipal Airport. 1985 existing regulation. VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:10 Dec 08, 2017 Jkt 244001 PO 00000 Frm 00013 Fmt 4702 Sfmt 4702 E:\FR\FM\11DEP1.SGM 11DEP1


Document Created: 2017-12-09 01:49:15
Document Modified: 2017-12-09 01:49:15
CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
GS 4.107:
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionProposed Rules
ActionNotice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM).
DatesComments must be received on or before January 25, 2018.
ContactRobert LaPlante, Federal Aviation Administration, Operations Support Group, Western Service Center, 1601 Lind Avenue SW., Renton, WA 98057; telephone (425) 203-4566.
FR Citation82 FR 58144 
CFR AssociatedAirspace; Incorporation by Reference and Navigation (air)
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