83_FR_16334 83 FR 16261 - Proposed Amendment of Class E Airspace; Lyons, KS

83 FR 16261 - Proposed Amendment of Class E Airspace; Lyons, KS

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 73 (April 16, 2018)

Page Range16261-16262
FR Document2018-07664

This action proposes to modify Class E airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface at Lyons-Rice County Municipal Airport, Lyons, KS. This action is necessary due to the decommissioning of the Lyons non-directional radio beacon (NDB), and cancellation of the NDB approach, and would enhance the safety and management of standard instrument approach procedures for instrument flight rules (IFR) operations at this airport. Additionally, the geographic coordinates are being updated to coincide with the FAA's aeronautical database.

Federal Register, Volume 83 Issue 73 (Monday, April 16, 2018) 
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 73 (Monday, April 16, 2018)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 16261-16262]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2018-07664]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Docket No. FAA-2018-0139; Airspace Docket No. 18-ACE-1]
RIN 2120-AA66


Proposed Amendment of Class E Airspace; Lyons, KS

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 Lyons-Rice County Municipal 
Airport, Lyons, KS. This action is necessary due to the decommissioning 
of the Lyons non-directional radio beacon (NDB), and cancellation of 
the NDB approach, and would enhance the safety and management of 
standard instrument approach procedures for instrument flight rules 
(IFR) operations at this airport. Additionally, the geographic 
coordinates are being updated to coincide with the FAA's aeronautical 
database.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before May 31, 2018.

ADDRESSES: Send comments on this proposal to the U.S. Department of 
Transportation, Docket Operations, West Building Ground Floor, Room 
W12-140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590; telephone 
(202) 366-9826, or 1-800-647-5527. You must identify FAA Docket No. 
FAA-2018-0139; Airspace Docket No. 18-ACE-1, 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 http://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: Rebecca Shelby, Federal Aviation 
Administration, Contract Support, Operations Support Group, Central 
Service Center, 10101 Hillwood Parkway, Fort Worth, TX, 76177; 
telephone (817) 222-5857.

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 Lyons-Rice County Municipal Airport, Lyons, KS.

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-2018-0139; 
Airspace Docket No. 18-ACE-1.'' 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 Federal Aviation Administration, Air Traffic 
Organization, Central Service Center, Operations Support Group, 10101 
Hillwood Parkway, Fort Worth, TX, 76177.

Availability and Summary of Documents for Incorporation by Reference

    This document proposes to amend FAA Order 7400.11B, Airspace

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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 modifying Class E airspace extending 
upward from 700 feet above the surface at Lyons-Rice County Municipal 
Airport, Lyons, KS, and the geographic coordinates to coincide with the 
FAA's aeronautical database.
    Airspace reconfiguration is necessary due to the decommissioning 
and cancellation of the Lyons NDB, and NDB approach, which 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 7400.11B, 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 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 7400.11B, 
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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ACE KS E5 Lyons, KS [Amended]

Lyons-Rice County Municipal Airport, KS
    (Lat. 38[deg]20'31'' N, long. 98[deg]13'38'' W)

    That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface 
within a 6.5-mile radius of Lyons-Rice County Municipal Airport.

    Issued in Fort Worth, TX, on April 5, 2018.
Christopher L. Southerland,
Acting Manager, Operations Support Group, ATO Central Service Center.
[FR Doc. 2018-07664 Filed 4-13-18; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 4910-13-P

Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 73 / Monday, April 16, 2018 / Proposed Rules 16261 Airmen. The specific date and time will 366–9826, or 1–800–647–5527. You Comments Invited thereafter be continuously published in the must identify FAA Docket No. FAA– Chart Supplement. Interested parties are invited to 2018–0139; Airspace Docket No. 18– participate in this proposed rulemaking Paragraph 6005 Class E Airspace Areas ACE–1, at the beginning of your by submitting such written data, views, Extending Upward From 700 Feet or More comments. You may also submit or arguments, as they may desire. Above the Surface of the Earth. comments through the internet at http:// Comments that provide the factual basis * * * * * www.regulations.gov. You may review supporting the views and suggestions AEA MD E5 Aberdeen, MD the public docket containing the presented are particularly helpful in proposal, any comments received, and developing reasoned regulatory Phillips AAF, MD any final disposition in person in the decisions on the proposal. Comments (Lat. 39°27′58″ N, long. 76°10′07″ W) Dockets Office between 9:00 a.m. and are specifically invited on the overall That airspace extending upward from 700 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, regulatory, aeronautical, economic, feet above the surface within a 6.7-mile radius of Phillips AAF and within an 8.3- except Federal holidays. environmental, and energy-related mile radius of Phillips AAF extending FAA Order 7400.11B, Airspace aspects of the proposal. clockwise from the 260° bearing to the 030° Designations and Reporting Points, and Communications should identify both bearing from the airport, excluding the subsequent amendments can be viewed docket numbers and be submitted in airspace in Restricted Areas R–4001A and R– triplicate to the address listed above. online at http://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/ 4001B when they are in effect. publications/. For further information, Commenters wishing the FAA to Issued in College Park, Georgia, on April 5, you can contact the Airspace Policy acknowledge receipt of their comments 2018. Group, Federal Aviation on this notice must submit with those Ryan W. Almasy, Administration, 800 Independence comments a self-addressed, stamped Manager, Operations Support Group Eastern Avenue SW, Washington, DC, 20591; postcard on which the following Service Center, Air Traffic Operations. telephone: (202) 267–8783. The Order is statement is made: ‘‘Comments to [FR Doc. 2018–07649 Filed 4–13–18; 8:45 am] also available for inspection at the Docket No. FAA–2018–0139; Airspace BILLING CODE 4910–13–P National Archives and Records Docket No. 18–ACE–1.’’ The postcard Administration (NARA). For will be date/time stamped and returned information on the availability of FAA to the commenter. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Order 7400.11B at NARA, call (202) All communications received before 741–6030, or go to http:// the specified closing date for comments Federal Aviation Administration www.archives.gov/federal-register/cfr/ will be considered before taking action ibr-locations.html. on the proposed rule. The proposal 14 CFR Part 71 contained in this notice may be changed FAA Order 7400.11, Airspace [Docket No. FAA–2018–0139; Airspace in light of the comments received. A Designations and Reporting Points, is Docket No. 18–ACE–1] report summarizing each substantive published yearly and effective on public contact with FAA personnel RIN 2120–AA66 September 15. concerned with this rulemaking will be Proposed Amendment of Class E FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: filed in the docket. Airspace; Lyons, KS Rebecca Shelby, Federal Aviation Availability of NPRMs Administration, Contract Support, AGENCY: Federal Aviation Operations Support Group, Central An electronic copy of this document Administration (FAA), DOT. Service Center, 10101 Hillwood may be downloaded through the ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking Parkway, Fort Worth, TX, 76177; internet at http://www.regulations.gov. (NPRM). telephone (817) 222–5857. Recently published rulemaking documents can also be accessed through SUMMARY: This action proposes to SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: the FAA’s web page at http:// modify Class E airspace extending www.faa.gov//air_traffic/publications/ Authority for This Rulemaking upward from 700 feet above the surface airspace_amendments/. at Lyons-Rice County Municipal The FAA’s authority to issue rules You may review the public docket Airport, Lyons, KS. This action is regarding aviation safety is found in containing the proposal, any comments necessary due to the decommissioning Title 49 of the United States Code. received, and any final disposition in of the Lyons non-directional radio Subtitle I, Section 106 describes the person in the Dockets Office (see the beacon (NDB), and cancellation of the authority of the FAA Administrator. ADDRESSES section for the address and NDB approach, and would enhance the Subtitle VII, Aviation Programs, phone number) between 9:00 a.m. and safety and management of standard describes in more detail the scope of the 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, instrument approach procedures for agency’s authority. This rulemaking is except federal holidays. An informal instrument flight rules (IFR) operations promulgated under the authority docket may also be examined during at this airport. Additionally, the described in Subtitle VII, Part A, normal business hours at the Federal geographic coordinates are being Subpart I, Section 40103. Under that Aviation Administration, Air Traffic updated to coincide with the FAA’s section, the FAA is charged with Organization, Central Service Center, aeronautical database. prescribing regulations to assign the use Operations Support Group, 10101 daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with PROPOSALS DATES: Comments must be received on of airspace necessary to ensure the Hillwood Parkway, Fort Worth, TX, or before May 31, 2018. safety of aircraft and the efficient use of 76177. ADDRESSES: Send comments on this airspace. This regulation is within the proposal to the U.S. Department of scope of that authority as it would Availability and Summary of Transportation, Docket Operations, amend Class E airspace extending Documents for Incorporation by West Building Ground Floor, Room upward from 700 feet above the surface Reference W12–140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, at Lyons-Rice County Municipal This document proposes to amend Washington, DC 20590; telephone (202) Airport, Lyons, KS. FAA Order 7400.11B, Airspace VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:32 Apr 13, 2018 Jkt 244001 PO 00000 Frm 00019 Fmt 4702 Sfmt 4702 E:\FR\FM\16APP1.SGM 16APP1

16262 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 73 / Monday, April 16, 2018 / Proposed Rules Designations and Reporting Points, Procedures’’ prior to any FAA final Rulemaking (NPRM), which proposed to dated August 3, 2017, and effective regulatory action. establish a weighting factor of 5.0, to be September 15, 2017. FAA Order used in determining the weighted List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 71 7400.11B is publicly available as listed population of fine particulate (PM2.5) in the ADDRESSES section of this Airspace, Incorporation by reference, nonattainment areas. document. FAA Order 7400.11B lists Navigation (air). The Moving Ahead for Progress in the Class A, B, C, D, and E airspace areas, The Proposed Amendment 21st Century Act (MAP–21) language for air traffic service routes, and reporting the CMAQ Program funds that must be points. Accordingly, pursuant to the obligated for PM2.5 projects in PM2.5 authority delegated to me, the Federal nonattainment and maintenance areas The Proposal Aviation Administration proposes to (referred to in this document as a ‘‘set- The FAA is proposing an amendment amend 14 CFR part 71 as follows: aside’’) instructs that the set-aside be to Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations calculated based on ‘‘weighted PART 71—DESIGNATION OF CLASS A, population’’ in PM2.5 nonattainment (14 CFR) part 71 by modifying Class E B, C, D, AND E AIRSPACE AREAS; AIR areas. Because the statute did not airspace extending upward from 700 TRAFFIC SERVICE ROUTES; AND specify the values to be applied to feet above the surface at Lyons-Rice REPORTING POINTS determine the weighted population, County Municipal Airport, Lyons, KS, and the geographic coordinates to ■ 1. The authority citation for 14 CFR FHWA had previously initiated a coincide with the FAA’s aeronautical part 71 continues to read as follows: rulemaking to establish the weighting database. factor. After reviewing the record in this Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 106(g); 40103, matter, FHWA withdraws the NPRM. Airspace reconfiguration is necessary 40113, 40120; E.O. 10854, 24 FR 9565, 3 CFR, due to the decommissioning and 1959–1963 Comp., p. 389. DATES: The NPRM ‘‘Congestion cancellation of the Lyons NDB, and Mitigation and Air Quality NDB approach, which would enhance § 71.1 [Amended] Improvement (CMAQ) Program,’’ RIN the safety and management of the ■ 2. The incorporation by reference in 2125–2013–0018, published August 4, standard instrument approach 14 CFR 71.1 of FAA Order 7400.11B, 2014 (79 FR 45146), is withdrawn as of procedures for IFR operations at the Airspace Designations and Reporting April 16, 2018. airport. Points, dated August 3, 2017, and FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Class E airspace designations are effective September 15, 2017, is Cecilia Ho, Office of Natural published in paragraph 6005 of FAA amended as follows: Environment, 202–366–9862, or Ms. Order 7400.11B, dated August 3, 2017, Paragraph 6005 Class E Airspace Areas Diane Mobley, Office of the Chief and effective September 15, 2017, which Extending Upward From 700 Feet or More Counsel, 202–366–1366, Federal is incorporated by reference in 14 CFR Above the Surface of the Earth. Highway Administration, 1200 New 71.1. The Class E airspace designations * * * * * Jersey Ave. SE, Washington, DC 20590. listed in this document will be Office hours are from 8 a.m. to 4:30 published subsequently in the Order. ACE KS E5 Lyons, KS [Amended] p.m., e.t., Monday through Friday, Lyons-Rice County Municipal Airport, KS except Federal holidays. Regulatory Notices and Analyses (Lat. 38°20′31″ N, long. 98°13′38″ W) SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FAA has determined that this That airspace extending upward from 700 regulation only involves an established feet above the surface within a 6.5-mile Electronic Access and Filing body of technical regulations for which radius of Lyons-Rice County Municipal This document, the 2014 NPRM, and frequent and routine amendments are Airport. all comments received may be viewed necessary to keep them operationally Issued in Fort Worth, TX, on April 5, 2018. online through the Federal eRulemaking current, is non-controversial and Christopher L. Southerland, portal at http://www.regulations.gov. unlikely to result in adverse or negative Acting Manager, Operations Support Group, The website is available 24 hours each comments. It, therefore: (1) Is not a ATO Central Service Center. day, 365 days each year. An electronic ‘‘significant regulatory action’’ under [FR Doc. 2018–07664 Filed 4–13–18; 8:45 am] copy of this document may also be Executive Order 12866; (2) is not a BILLING CODE 4910–13–P downloaded by accessing the Office of ‘‘significant rule’’ under DOT the Federal Register’s home page at Regulatory Policies and Procedures (44 https://www.federalregister.gov. FR 11034; February 26, 1979); and (3) DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION does not warrant preparation of a Background regulatory evaluation as the anticipated Federal Highway Administration The Intermodal Surface impact is so minimal. Since this is a Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 routine matter that will only affect air 23 CFR Part 790 (Pub. L. 102–240, 105 Stat. 1914) traffic procedures and air navigation, it [Docket No. FHWA–2013–0018] established the CMAQ Program. The is certified that this rule, when program provides funding to State and promulgated, would not have a RIN 2125–AF63 local governments for transportation significant economic impact on a projects and programs to help meet the substantial number of small entities Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality requirements of the Clean Air Act (CAA) Improvement (CMAQ) Program daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with PROPOSALS under the criteria of the Regulatory (42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.). Funding is Flexibility Act. AGENCY: Federal Highway available to reduce congestion and Administration (FHWA), U.S. improve air quality for areas that do not Environmental Review Department of Transportation (DOT). meet the National Ambient Air Quality This proposal will be subject to an ACTION: Proposed rule; withdrawal. Standards (NAAQS) for ozone, carbon environmental analysis in accordance monoxide (CO), or particulate matter with FAA Order 1050.1F, SUMMARY: The FHWA withdraws its (i.e., nonattainment areas), and for areas ‘‘Environmental Impacts: Policies and August 4, 2014, Notice of Proposed that were out of compliance but have VerDate Sep<11>2014 19:39 Apr 13, 2018 Jkt 244001 PO 00000 Frm 00020 Fmt 4702 Sfmt 4702 E:\FR\FM\16APP1.SGM 16APP1


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CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
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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 May 31, 2018.
ContactRebecca Shelby, Federal Aviation Administration, Contract Support, Operations Support Group, Central Service Center, 10101 Hillwood Parkway, Fort Worth, TX, 76177; telephone (817) 222-5857.
FR Citation83 FR 16261 
RIN Number2120-AA66
CFR AssociatedAirspace; Incorporation by Reference and Navigation (air)
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