83 FR 14608 - Proposed Establishment of Class E Airspace; Ellijay, GA
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 66 (April 5, 2018)
Federal Aviation Administration
Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 66 (April 5, 2018)
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| FR Document | 2018-06753 |
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 66 (Thursday, April 5, 2018)] [Proposed Rules] [Pages 14608-14610] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2018-06753] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Aviation Administration 14 CFR Part 71 [Docket No. FAA-2018-0217; Airspace Docket No. 17-ASO-4] Proposed Establishment of Class E Airspace; Ellijay, GA AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT. ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: This action proposes to establish Class E airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface at Ellijay, GA, to accommodate new area navigation (RNAV) global positioning system (GPS) standard instrument approach procedures (SIAPs) serving Gilmer County Airport. Controlled airspace is necessary for the safety and management of instrument flight rules (IFR) operations at this airport. DATES: Comments must be received on or before May 21, 2018. ADDRESSES: Send comments on this rule to: U.S. Department of Transportation, Docket Operations, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, West Bldg. Ground Floor, Rm. W12-140, Washington, DC 20590; telephone: 1- 800-647-5527, or (202) 366-9826.You must identify the Docket No. FAA- 2017-0217; Airspace Docket No. 17-ASO-4, at the beginning of your comments. You may also submit and review received 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, [[Page 14609]] 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: John Fornito, Operations Support Group, Eastern Service Center, Federal Aviation Administration, 1701 Columbia Av., College Park, GA 30337; telephone (404) 305-6364. 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 proposed 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 Gilmer County Airport, Ellijay, GA, to support IFR operations in standard instrument approach procedures at this airport. Comments Invited Interested persons are invited to comment on 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 (FAA-2017-0217 and Airspace Docket No. 17-ASO-4) and be submitted in triplicate to the address listed above. You may also submit comments through the internet at http://www.regulations.gov. Persons wishing the FAA to acknowledge receipt of their comments on this action must submit with those comments a self-addressed stamped postcard on which the following statement is made: ``Comments to FAA Docket No. FAA-2017-0217; Airspace Docket No. 17-ASO-4.'' The postcard will be date/time stamped and returned to the commenter. All communications received on or 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 from and comments submitted through 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 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 between 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, except federal holidays at the office of the Eastern Service Center, Federal Aviation Administration, Room 350, 1701 Columbia Avenue, College Park, Georgia 30337. 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 considering an amendment to Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR) part 71 to establish Class E airspace at Ellijay, GA providing the controlled airspace required to support the new RNAV (GPS) standard instrument approach procedures for Gilmer County Airport. Controlled airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface within a 7.3-mile radius of the airport would be established for IFR operations. 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 designation 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. 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, will 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 would 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. Lists of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 71 Airspace, Incorporation by reference, Navigation (air). The Proposed Amendment In consideration of the foregoing, 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 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. [[Page 14610]] 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, 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. * * * * * ASO GA E5 Ellijay, GA [New] Gilmer County Airport, GA (Lat. 34[deg]37'42'' N, long. 84[deg]31'36'' W) That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface within a 7.3-mile radius of Gilmer County Airport. Issued in College Park, Georgia, on March 27, 2018. Ryan W. Almasy, Manager, Operations Support Group, Eastern Service Center, Air Traffic Organization. [FR Doc. 2018-06753 Filed 4-4-18; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4910-13-P
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because it addresses an unsafe condition aft rod end P/N 427–010–210–109 installed, Revision 1, dated July 28, 2017. You may
that is likely to exist or develop on certificated in any category. view the Transport Canada AD on the
products identified in this rulemaking internet at http://www.regulations.gov in the
(b) Unsafe Condition
AD Docket.
action. This AD defines the unsafe condition as a
rod end remaining in service after reaching (i) Subject
Regulatory Findings
its life limit. This condition could result in Joint Aircraft Service Component (JASC)
We determined that this proposed AD failure of a rod end and subsequent loss of Code: 5101, Standard Practices/Structures.
would not have federalism implications control of a helicopter.
Issued in Fort Worth, Texas, on March 26,
under Executive Order 13132. This (c) Affected ADs 2018.
proposed AD would not have a
This AD replaces AD 2017–13–03, Lance T. Gant,
substantial direct effect on the States, on
Amendment 39–18933 (82 FR 28397, June Director, Compliance & Airworthiness
the relationship between the national 22, 2017). Division, Aircraft Certification Service.
Government and the States, or on the
distribution of power and (d) Comments Due Date [FR Doc. 2018–06640 Filed 4–4–18; 8:45 am]
responsibilities among the various We must receive comments by June 4, BILLING CODE 4910–13–P
levels of government. 2018.
For the reasons discussed, I certify (e) Compliance
this proposed regulation: DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
You are responsible for performing each
1. Is not a ‘‘significant regulatory action required by this AD within the Federal Aviation Administration
action’’ under Executive Order 12866; specified compliance time unless it has
2. Is not a ‘‘significant rule’’ under the already been accomplished prior to that time.
14 CFR Part 71
DOT Regulatory Policies and Procedures
(f) Required Actions
(44 FR 11034, February 26, 1979); [Docket No. FAA–2018–0217; Airspace
3. Will not affect intrastate aviation in (1) Within 140 hours time-in-service, clean Docket No. 17–ASO–4]
Alaska to the extent that it justifies and identify each rod end with the spring
assembly serial number in accordance with Proposed Establishment of Class E
making a regulatory distinction; and the Accomplishment Instructions, paragraphs
4. Will not have a significant Airspace; Ellijay, GA
3. through 8., of Bell Helicopter Alert Service
economic impact, positive or negative, Bulletin 429–15–19, dated February 26, 2015. AGENCY: Federal Aviation
on a substantial number of small entities (2) Do not install a forward rod end P/N Administration (FAA), DOT.
under the criteria of the Regulatory 427–010–210–105 or an aft rod end P/N 427–
010–210–109 on any helicopter unless it has ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking
Flexibility Act.
We prepared an economic evaluation been marked with a serial number in (NPRM).
of the estimated costs to comply with accordance with paragraph (f)(1) of this AD.
SUMMARY: This action proposes to
this proposed AD and placed it in the (g) Alternative Methods of Compliance establish Class E airspace extending
AD docket. (AMOCs) upward from 700 feet above the surface
(1) The Manager, Safety Management at Ellijay, GA, to accommodate new area
List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 39
Section, Rotorcraft Standards Branch, FAA, navigation (RNAV) global positioning
Air transportation, Aircraft, Aviation may approve AMOCs for this AD. Send your
system (GPS) standard instrument
safety, Incorporation by reference, proposal to: Matt Fuller, Senior Aviation
Safety Engineer, Safety Management Section, approach procedures (SIAPs) serving
Safety. Gilmer County Airport. Controlled
Rotorcraft Standards Branch, FAA, 10101
The Proposed Amendment Hillwood Pkwy., Fort Worth, TX 76177; airspace is necessary for the safety and
Accordingly, under the authority
telephone (817) 222–5110; email 9-ASW- management of instrument flight rules
FTW-AMOC-Requests@faa.gov. (IFR) operations at this airport.
delegated to me by the Administrator, (2) For operations conducted under a 14
the FAA proposes to amend 14 CFR part DATES: Comments must be received on
CFR part 119 operating certificate or under
39 as follows: 14 CFR part 91, subpart K, we suggest that or before May 21, 2018.
you notify your principal inspector, or ADDRESSES: Send comments on this rule
PART 39—AIRWORTHINESS lacking a principal inspector, the manager of to: U.S. Department of Transportation,
DIRECTIVES the local flight standards district office or Docket Operations, 1200 New Jersey
certificate holding district office before Avenue SE, West Bldg. Ground Floor,
■ 1. The authority citation for part 39 operating any aircraft complying with this
AD through an AMOC. Rm. W12–140, Washington, DC 20590;
continues to read as follows: telephone: 1–800–647–5527, or (202)
Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(g), 40113, 44701. (h) Additional Information 366–9826.You must identify the Docket
(1) Bell Helicopter Maintenance Manual No. FAA–2017–0217; Airspace Docket
§ 39.13 [Amended] BHT–429–MM–1, Chapter 4, Airworthiness No. 17–ASO–4, at the beginning of your
■ 2. The FAA amends § 39.13 by Limitations Schedule, Revision 26, approved comments. You may also submit and
removing Airworthiness Directive (AD) September 9, 2016, which is not incorporated
review received comments through the
2017–13–03, Amendment 39–18933 (82 by reference, contains additional information
about the subject of this AD. For service internet at http://www.regulations.gov.
FR 28397, June 22, 2017), and adding You may review the public docket
information identified in this AD, contact
the following new AD: Bell Helicopter Textron Canada Limited, containing the proposal, any comments
Bell Helicopter Textron Canada Limited: 12,800 Rue de l’Avenir, Mirabel, Quebec received, and any final disposition in
amozie on DSK30RV082PROD with PROPOSALS
Docket No. FAA–2018–0254; Product J7J1R4; telephone (450) 437–2862 or (800) person in the Dockets Office between
Identifier 2017–SW–116–AD. 363–8023; fax (450) 433–0272; or at http:// 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday
www.bellcustomer.com/files/. You may through Friday, except federal holidays.
(a) Applicability review a copy of the service information at
This AD applies to Model 429 helicopters, the FAA, Office of the Regional Counsel,
FAA Order 7400.11B, Airspace
serial number 57001 through 57260, with a Southwest Region, 10101 Hillwood Pkwy., Designations and Reporting Points, and
pylon restraint spring assembly (spring Room 6N–321, Fort Worth, TX 76177. subsequent amendments can be viewed
assembly) forward rod end assembly (rod (2) The subject of this AD is addressed in online at http://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/
end) part number (P/N) 427–010–210–105 or Transport Canada AD No. CF–2015–15R1, publications/. For further information,
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§ 71.1 [Amended] Transportation, Docket Operations, 1200 or arguments, as they may desire.
■ 2. The incorporation by reference in New Jersey Avenue SE, West Building Comments that provide the factual basis
14 CFR 71.1 of FAA Order 7400.11B, Ground Floor, Room W12–140, supporting the views and suggestions
Airspace Designations and Reporting Washington, DC 20590–0001; telephone: presented are particularly helpful in
Points, dated August 3, 2017, effective (800) 647–5527, or (202) 366–9826. You developing reasoned regulatory
September 15, 2017, is amended as must identify the Docket No. FAA– decisions on the proposal. Comments
follows: 2018–0131; Airspace Docket No. 18– are specifically invited on the overall
Paragraph 6005 Class E Airspace Areas ASO–4, at the beginning of your regulatory, aeronautical, economic,
Extending Upward From 700 Feet or More comments. You may also submit environmental, and energy-related
Above the Surface of the Earth. comments through the internet at http:// aspects of the proposal.
www.regulations.gov. Communications should identify both
* * * * *
FAA Order 7400.11B, Airspace docket numbers (Docket No. FAA–
ASO GA E5 Ellijay, GA [New] Designations and Reporting Points, and 2018–0131 and Airspace Docket No. 18–
Gilmer County Airport, GA subsequent amendments can be viewed ASO–4) and be submitted in triplicate to
(Lat. 34°37′42″ N, long. 84°31′36″ W) on line at http://www.faa.gov/air_ DOT Docket Operations (see ADDRESSES
That airspace extending upward from 700 traffic/publications/. For further section for the address and phone
feet above the surface within a 7.3-mile information, you can contact the number). You may also submit
radius of Gilmer County Airport. Airspace Policy Group, Federal Aviation comments through the internet at http://
Issued in College Park, Georgia, on March Administration, 800 Independence www.regulations.gov.
27, 2018. Avenue SW, Washington, DC, 20591; Persons wishing the FAA to
Ryan W. Almasy, telephone: (202) 267–8783. The Order is acknowledge receipt of their comments
Manager, Operations Support Group, Eastern also available for inspection at the on this action must submit with those
Service Center, Air Traffic Organization. National Archives and Records comments a self-addressed stamped
[FR Doc. 2018–06753 Filed 4–4–18; 8:45 am] Administration (NARA). For postcard on which the following
BILLING CODE 4910–13–P information on the availability of FAA statement is made: ‘‘Comments to FAA
Order 7400.11B at NARA, call (202) Docket No. FAA–2018–0131; Airspace
741–6030, or go to https:// Docket No. 18–ASO–4.’’ The postcard
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION www.archives.gov/federal-register/cfr/ will be date/time stamped and returned
ibr-locations.html. to the commenter.
Federal Aviation Administration All communications received before
FAA Order 7400.11, Airspace
the specified closing date for comments
Designations and Reporting Points, is
14 CFR Part 71 will be considered before taking action
published yearly and effective on
on the proposed rule. The proposal
[Docket No. FAA–2018–0131; Airspace September 15.
Docket No. 18–ASO–4]
contained in this document may be
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John changed in light of the comments
Fornito, Operations Support Group, received. All comments submitted will
Proposed Amendment of Class D and
Eastern Service Center, Federal Aviation be available for examination in the
Class E Airspace; Eastover, SC and
Administration, 1701 Columbia Avenue, public docket both before and after the
Sumter, SC
College Park, GA 30337; telephone (404) comment closing date. A report
AGENCY: Federal Aviation 305–6364. summarizing each substantive public
Administration (FAA), DOT. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: contact with FAA personnel concerned
ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking with this rulemaking will be filed in the
(NPRM). Authority for This Rulemaking
docket.
The FAA’s authority to issue rules
SUMMARY: This action proposes to regarding aviation safety is found in Availability of NPRMs
amend Class D airspace and Class E Title 49 of the United States Code. An electronic copy of this document
airspace extending upward from 700 Subtitle I, Section 106 describes the may be downloaded through the
feet above the surface at McEntire Joint authority of the FAA Administrator. internet at http://www.regulations.gov.
National Guard Base (JNGB), Eastover, Subtitle VII, Aviation Programs, Recently published rulemaking
SC, to accommodate airspace describes in more detail the scope of the documents can also be accessed through
reconfiguration due to the agency’s authority. This rulemaking is the FAA’s web page at http://
decommissioning of the McEntire non- promulgated under the authority www.faa.gov/air_traffic/publications/
directional radio beacon (NDB) and described in Subtitle VII, Part A, airspace_amendments/.
cancellation of the NDB approach. Subpart I, Section 40103. Under that You may review the public docket
Controlled airspace is necessary for the section, the FAA is charged with containing the proposal, any comments
safety and management of instrument prescribing regulations to assign the use received, and any final disposition in
flight rules (IFR) operations at the of airspace necessary to ensure the person in the Dockets Office (see the
airport. This action also would update safety of aircraft and the efficient use of ADDRESSES section for address and
the geographic coordinates of the airspace. This regulation is within the phone number) between 9:00 a.m. and
McEntire JNGB, Shaw AFB, and Sumter scope of that authority as it would 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday,
Airport, Sumter, SC, and update the amend Class D and Class E airspace at except federal holidays. An informal
names of McEntire JNGB and Sumter
amozie on DSK30RV082PROD with PROPOSALS
McEntire JNGB, Shaw AFB, and Sumter docket may also be examined between
Airport. Also, an editorial change would Airport, Eastover and Sumter, SC, to 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday
be made to the airspace designation in support IFR operations at these airports. through Friday, except federal holidays
both Class D and E airspace. at the office of the Eastern Service
DATES: Comments must be received on Comments Invited Center, Federal Aviation
or before May 21, 2018. Interested persons are invited to Administration, room 350, 1701
ADDRESSES: Send comments on this comment on this proposed rulemaking Columbia Avenue, College Park, GA
proposal to: The U.S. Department of by submitting such written data, views, 30337.
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| Collection | Federal Register | |
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| Section | Proposed Rules | |
| Action | Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM). | |
| Dates | Comments must be received on or before May 21, 2018. | |
| Contact | John Fornito, Operations Support Group, Eastern Service Center, Federal Aviation Administration, 1701 Columbia Av., College Park, GA 30337; telephone (404) 305-6364. | |
| FR Citation | 83 FR 14608 | |
| CFR Associated | Airspace; Incorporation by Reference and Navigation (Air) |
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