83_FR_44417 83 FR 44248 - Proposed Amendment of Class E Airspace; Madison, MN

83 FR 44248 - Proposed Amendment of Class E Airspace; Madison, MN

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 169 (August 30, 2018)

Page Range44248-44249
FR Document2018-18763

This action proposes to modify Class E airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface at Lac Qui Parle County Airport (formerly Madison-Lac Qui Parle Airport), Madison, MN, to accommodate new standard instrument approach procedures for instrument flight rules (IFR) operations at this airport due to the decommissioning of the Madison non-directional radio beacon (NDB) and cancellation of the associated approach.. This action would enhance the safety and management of IFR operations at this airport. An editorial change also would be made to the airspace designation removing the city from the airport name.

Federal Register, Volume 83 Issue 169 (Thursday, August 30, 2018) 
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 169 (Thursday, August 30, 2018)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 44248-44249]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2018-18763]



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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Docket No. FAA-2018-0194; Airspace Docket No. 18-AGL-6]
RIN 2120-AA66


Proposed Amendment of Class E Airspace; Madison, MN

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 Lac Qui Parle County Airport 
(formerly Madison-Lac Qui Parle Airport), Madison, MN, to accommodate 
new standard instrument approach procedures for instrument flight rules 
(IFR) operations at this airport due to the decommissioning of the 
Madison non-directional radio beacon (NDB) and cancellation of the 
associated approach.. This action would enhance the safety and 
management of IFR operations at this airport. An editorial change also 
would be made to the airspace designation removing the city from the 
airport name.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before October 15, 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 (800) 647-5527. You must identify FAA Docket No. 
FAA-2018-0194; Airspace Docket No. 18-AGL-6, 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: Walter Tweedy, Federal Aviation 
Administration, Operations Support Group, Central Service Center, 10101 
Hillwood Parkway, Fort Worth, TX 76177; telephone (817) 222-5900.

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 airspace, at Lac Qui 
Parle County Airport, Madison, MN, to support instrument flight rules 
(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. 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-2018-0194; 
Airspace Docket No. 18-AGL-6.'' 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 
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 within a 6.4-mile radius 
(increased from a 6.3-mile radius) at Lac Qui Parle County Airport, 
Madison, MN. The segment 7.4 miles southeast of the airport would be 
removed due to the decommissioning of the Madison NDB and cancellation 
of the associated approach. This action would enhance the safety and 
management of the standard instrument approach procedures for IFR 
operations at the airport.

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    Also, an editorial change would be made removing the city from the 
airport name in the airspace designation to comply with a change to FAA 
Order 7400.2L, Procedures for Handling Airspace Matters.
    Additionally, the airport name would be updated from Madison-Lac 
Qui Parle Airport, to Lac Qui Parle County Airport, Madison, MN.
    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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AGL MN E5 Madison, MN [Amended]

Lac Qui Parle County Airport, MN
    (Lat. 44[deg]59'11'' N, long. 96[deg]10'40'' W)

    That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface 
within a 6.4-mile radius of the Lac Qui Parle County Airport, MN.

    Issued in Fort Worth, Texas, on August 22, 2018.
Walter Tweedy
Acting Manager, Operations Support Group, ATO Central Service Center.
[FR Doc. 2018-18763 Filed 8-29-18; 8:45 am]
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44248 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 169 / Thursday, August 30, 2018 / Proposed Rules DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION information on the availability of FAA All communications received before Order 7400.11B at NARA, call (202) the specified closing date for comments Federal Aviation Administration 741–6030, or go to https:// will be considered before taking action www.archives.gov/federal-register/cfr/ on the proposed rule. The proposal 14 CFR Part 71 ibr-locations.html. contained in this notice may be changed [Docket No. FAA–2018–0194; Airspace FAA Order 7400.11, Airspace in light of the comments received. A Docket No. 18–AGL–6] Designations and Reporting Points, is 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 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: filed in the docket. Proposed Amendment of Class E Airspace; Madison, MN Walter Tweedy, Federal Aviation Availability of NPRMs Administration, Operations Support AGENCY: Federal Aviation Group, Central Service Center, 10101 An electronic copy of this document Administration (FAA), DOT. Hillwood Parkway, Fort Worth, TX may be downloaded through the ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking 76177; telephone (817) 222–5900. internet at http://www.regulations.gov. (NPRM). SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Recently published rulemaking documents can also be accessed through SUMMARY: This action proposes to Authority for This Rulemaking the FAA’s web page at http:// modify Class E airspace extending The FAA’s authority to issue rules www.faa.gov/air_traffic/publications/ upward from 700 feet above the surface regarding aviation safety is found in airspace_amendments/. at Lac Qui Parle County Airport Title 49 of the United States Code. You may review the public docket (formerly Madison-Lac Qui Parle Subtitle I, Section 106 describes the containing the proposal, any comments Airport), Madison, MN, to accommodate authority of the FAA Administrator. received, and any final disposition in new standard instrument approach Subtitle VII, Aviation Programs, person in the Dockets Office (see the procedures for instrument flight rules describes in more detail the scope of the ADDRESSES section for the address and (IFR) operations at this airport due to agency’s authority. This rulemaking is phone number) between 9:00 a.m. and the decommissioning of the Madison promulgated under the authority 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, non-directional radio beacon (NDB) and described in Subtitle VII, Part A, except federal holidays. An informal cancellation of the associated approach.. Subpart I, Section 40103. Under that docket may also be examined during This action would enhance the safety section, the FAA is charged with normal business hours at the Federal and management of IFR operations at prescribing regulations to assign the use Aviation Administration, Air Traffic this airport. An editorial change also of airspace necessary to ensure the Organization, Central Service Center, would be made to the airspace safety of aircraft and the efficient use of Operations Support Group, 10101 designation removing the city from the airspace. This regulation is within the Hillwood Parkway, Fort Worth, TX airport name. scope of that authority as it would 76177. DATES: Comments must be received on amend controlled airspace in Class E or before October 15, 2018. Availability and Summary of airspace, at Lac Qui Parle County Documents for Incorporation by ADDRESSES: Send comments on this Airport, Madison, MN, to support Reference proposal to the U.S. Department of instrument flight rules (IFR) operations Transportation, Docket Operations, at the airport. This document proposes to amend West Building Ground Floor, Room FAA Order 7400.11B, Airspace W12–140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Comments Invited Designations and Reporting Points, Washington, DC 20590, telephone (202) Interested parties are invited to dated August 3, 2017, and effective 366–9826, or (800) 647–5527. You must participate in this proposed rulemaking September 15, 2017. FAA Order identify FAA Docket No. FAA–2018– by submitting such written data, views, 7400.11B is publicly available as listed 0194; Airspace Docket No. 18–AGL–6, or arguments, as they may desire. in the ADDRESSES section of this at the beginning of your comments. You Comments that provide the factual basis document. FAA Order 7400.11B lists may also submit comments through the supporting the views and suggestions Class A, B, C, D, and E airspace areas, internet at http://www.regulations.gov. presented are particularly helpful in air traffic service routes, and reporting You may review the public docket developing reasoned regulatory points. containing the proposal, any comments decisions on the proposal. Comments The Proposal received, and any final disposition in are specifically invited on the overall person in the Dockets Office between regulatory, aeronautical, economic, The FAA is proposing an amendment 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday environmental, and energy-related to Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations through Friday, except federal holidays. aspects of the proposal. (14 CFR) part 71 by modifying Class E FAA Order 7400.11B Airspace Communications should identify both airspace extending upward from 700 Designations and Reporting Points, and docket numbers and be submitted in feet above the surface within a 6.4-mile subsequent amendments can be viewed triplicate to the address listed above. radius (increased from a 6.3-mile radius) online at http://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/ Commenters wishing the FAA to at Lac Qui Parle County Airport, publications/. For further information, acknowledge receipt of their comments Madison, MN. The segment 7.4 miles amozie on DSK3GDR082PROD with PROPOSALS1 you can contact the Airspace Policy on this notice must submit with those southeast of the airport would be Group, Federal Aviation comments a self-addressed, stamped removed due to the decommissioning of Administration, 800 Independence postcard on which the following the Madison NDB and cancellation of Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20591; statement is made: ‘‘Comments to the associated approach. This action telephone: (202) 267–8783. The Order is Docket No. FAA–2018–0194; Airspace would enhance the safety and also available for inspection at the Docket No. 18–AGL–6.’’ The postcard management of the standard instrument National Archives and Records will be date/time stamped and returned approach procedures for IFR operations Administration (NARA). For to the commenter. at the airport. VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:53 Aug 29, 2018 Jkt 244001 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 4702 Sfmt 4702 E:\FR\FM\30AUP1.SGM 30AUP1

Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 169 / Thursday, August 30, 2018 / Proposed Rules 44249 Also, an editorial change would be Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 106(g); 40103, Transportation, Docket Operations, made removing the city from the airport 40113, 40120; E.O. 10854, 24 FR 9565, 3 CFR, West Building Ground Floor, Room name in the airspace designation to 1959–1963 Comp., p. 389. W12–140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, comply with a change to FAA Order § 71.1 [Amended] Washington, DC 20590; telephone (202) 7400.2L, Procedures for Handling ■ 2. The incorporation by reference in 366–9826, or (800) 647–5527. You must Airspace Matters. 14 CFR 71.1 of FAA Order 7400.11B, identify FAA Docket No. FAA–2018– Additionally, the airport name would 0683; Airspace Docket No. 18–AGL–17, Airspace Designations and Reporting be updated from Madison-Lac Qui Parle at the beginning of your comments. You Points, dated August 3, 2017, and Airport, to Lac Qui Parle County may also submit comments through the effective September 15, 2017, is Airport, Madison, MN. internet at http://www.regulations.gov. Class E airspace designations are amended as follows: You may review the public docket published in paragraph 6005 of FAA Paragraph 6005 Class E Airspace Areas containing the proposal, any comments Order 7400.11B, dated August 3, 2017, Extending Upward From 700 Feet or More received, and any final disposition in and effective September 15, 2017, which Above the Surface of the Earth. person in the Dockets Office between is incorporated by reference in 14 CFR * * * * * 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday 71.1. The Class E airspace designations through Friday, except Federal holidays. AGL MN E5 Madison, MN [Amended] listed in this document will be Lac Qui Parle County Airport, MN FAA Order 7400.11B, Airspace published subsequently in the Order. (Lat. 44°59′11″ N, long. 96°10′40″ W) Designations and Reporting Points, and Regulatory Notices and Analyses That airspace extending upward from 700 subsequent amendments can be viewed The FAA has determined that this feet above the surface within a 6.4-mile online at http://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/ regulation only involves an established radius of the Lac Qui Parle County Airport, publications/. For further information, MN. you can contact the Airspace Policy body of technical regulations for which frequent and routine amendments are Issued in Fort Worth, Texas, on August 22, Group, Federal Aviation necessary to keep them operationally 2018. Administration, 800 Independence current, is non-controversial and Walter Tweedy Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20591; unlikely to result in adverse or negative Acting Manager, Operations Support Group, telephone: (202) 267–8783. The Order is comments. It, therefore: (1) Is not a ATO Central Service Center. also available for inspection at the ‘‘significant regulatory action’’ under [FR Doc. 2018–18763 Filed 8–29–18; 8:45 am] National Archives and Records Executive Order 12866; (2) is not a BILLING CODE 4910–13–P Administration (NARA). For ‘‘significant rule’’ under DOT information on the availability of FAA Regulatory Policies and Procedures (44 Order 7400.11B at NARA, call (202) FR 11034; February 26, 1979); and (3) DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 741–6030, or go to http:// does not warrant preparation of a www.archives.gov/federal-register/cfr/ regulatory evaluation as the anticipated Federal Aviation Administration ibr-locations.html. impact is so minimal. Since this is a FAA Order 7400.11, Airspace routine matter that will only affect air 14 CFR Part 71 Designations and Reporting Points, is traffic procedures and air navigation, it [Docket No. FAA–2018–0683; Airspace published yearly and effective on is certified that this rule, when Docket No. 18–AGL–17] September 15. promulgated, would not have a FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: RIN 2120–AA66 significant economic impact on a Jeffrey Claypool, Federal Aviation substantial number of small entities Proposed Amendment of Class E Administration, Operations Support under the criteria of the Regulatory Airspace; Lapeer, MI Group, Central Service Center, 10101 Flexibility Act. Hillwood Parkway, Fort Worth, TX AGENCY: Federal Aviation Environmental Review 76177; telephone (817) 222–5711. Administration (FAA), DOT. This proposal will be subject to an ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: environmental analysis in accordance (NPRM). Authority for This Rulemaking with FAA Order 1050.1F, ‘‘Environmental Impacts: Policies and SUMMARY: This action proposes to The FAA’s authority to issue rules Procedures’’ prior to any FAA final amend Class E airspace extending regarding aviation safety is found in regulatory action. upward from 700 feet above the surface Title 49 of the United States Code. at Dupont-Lapeer Airport, Lapeer, MI. Subtitle I, Section 106 describes the List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 71 The FAA is proposing this action as the authority of the FAA Administrator. Airspace, Incorporation by reference, result of an airspace review caused by Subtitle VII, Aviation Programs, Navigation (air). the decommissioning of the Pontiac describes in more detail the scope of the The Proposed Amendment VHF omnidirectional range (VOR) agency’s authority. This rulemaking is navigation aid, which provided promulgated under the authority Accordingly, pursuant to the navigation information for the described in Subtitle VII, Part A, authority delegated to me, the Federal instrument procedures at this airport, as Subpart I, Section 40103. Under that Aviation Administration proposes to part of the VOR Minimum Operational section, the FAA is charged with amozie on DSK3GDR082PROD with PROPOSALS1 amend 14 CFR part 71 as follows: Network (MON) Program. Airspace prescribing regulations to assign the use redesign would enhance the safety and of airspace necessary to ensure the PART 71—DESIGNATION OF CLASS A, management of instrument flight rules safety of aircraft and the efficient use of B, C, D, AND E AIRSPACE AREAS; AIR (IFR) operations at this airport. airspace. This regulation is within the TRAFFIC SERVICE ROUTES; AND DATES: Comments must be received on scope of that authority as it would REPORTING POINTS or before October 15, 2018. amend Class E airspace extending ■ 1. The authority citation for 14 CFR ADDRESSES: Send comments on this upward from 700 feet above the surface part 71 continues to read as follows: proposal to the U.S. Department of at Dupont-Lapeer Airport, Lapeer, MI, to VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:53 Aug 29, 2018 Jkt 244001 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 4702 Sfmt 4702 E:\FR\FM\30AUP1.SGM 30AUP1


Document Created: 2018-08-30 01:22:01
Document Modified: 2018-08-30 01:22:01
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 October 15, 2018.
ContactWalter Tweedy, Federal Aviation Administration, Operations Support Group, Central Service Center, 10101 Hillwood Parkway, Fort Worth, TX 76177; telephone (817) 222-5900.
FR Citation83 FR 44248 
RIN Number2120-AA66
CFR AssociatedAirspace; Incorporation by Reference and Navigation (air)
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