83_FR_44420 83 FR 44251 - Proposed Amendment of Class E Airspace; Jacksonville, IL

83 FR 44251 - Proposed Amendment of Class E Airspace; Jacksonville, IL

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration

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

Page Range44251-44252
FR Document2018-18767

This action proposes to amend Class E airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface at Jacksonville Municipal Airport, Jacksonville, IL. The FAA is proposing this action as the result of an airspace review caused by the decommissioning of the Jacksonville VHF omnidirectional range (VOR) navigation aid, which provided navigation information for the instrument procedures at this airport, as part of the VOR Minimum Operational Network (MON) Program. The geographic coordinates for the airport would also be updated to coincide with the FAA's aeronautic database. This action is necessary for the safety and management of instrument flight rules (IFR) operations at this airport.

Federal Register, Volume 83 Issue 169 (Thursday, August 30, 2018) 
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 169 (Thursday, August 30, 2018)]
[Proposed Rules]
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From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2018-18767]



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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Docket No. FAA-2018-0684; Airspace Docket No. 18-AGL-18]
RIN 2120-AA66


Proposed Amendment of Class E Airspace; Jacksonville, IL

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM).

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SUMMARY: This action proposes to amend Class E airspace extending 
upward from 700 feet above the surface at Jacksonville Municipal 
Airport, Jacksonville, IL. The FAA is proposing this action as the 
result of an airspace review caused by the decommissioning of the 
Jacksonville VHF omnidirectional range (VOR) navigation aid, which 
provided navigation information for the instrument procedures at this 
airport, as part of the VOR Minimum Operational Network (MON) Program. 
The geographic coordinates for the airport would also be updated to 
coincide with the FAA's aeronautic database. This action is necessary 
for the safety and management of instrument flight rules (IFR) 
operations at this airport.

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-2018-0684; Airspace Docket No. 18-AGL-18, 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: Jeffrey Claypool, Federal Aviation 
Administration, Operations Support Group, Central Service Center, 10101 
Hillwood Parkway, Fort Worth, TX 76177; telephone (817) 222-5711.

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 Jacksonville Municipal Airport, Jacksonville, IL, to 
support instrument flight rules operations at this 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-2018-0684; 
Airspace Docket No. 18-AGL-18.'' 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 amending the Class E airspace extending 
upward from 700 feet above the surface to within a 6.5-mile radius 
(decreased from a 7-mile radius) at Jacksonville Municipal Airport, 
Jacksonville, IL. The geographic coordinates of the airport would also 
be updated to coincide with the FAA's aeronautic database.
    This action is necessary due to an airspace review caused by the 
decommissioning of the Jacksonville VOR, which provided navigation 
information to the instrument

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procedures at this airport, as part of the VOR MON Program.
    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 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

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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AGL IL E5 Jacksonville, IL [Amended]

Jacksonville Municipal Airport, IL
    (Lat. 39[deg]46'29'' N, long. 90[deg]14'18'' W)

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

    Issued in Fort Worth, Texas, on August 23, 2018.
Walter Tweedy,
Acting Manager, Operations Support Group, ATO Central Service Center.
[FR Doc. 2018-18767 Filed 8-29-18; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4910-13-P

Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 169 / Thursday, August 30, 2018 / Proposed Rules 44251 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Administration (NARA). For All communications received before information on the availability of FAA the specified closing date for comments Federal Aviation Administration Order 7400.11B at NARA, call (202) will be considered before taking action 741–6030, or go to http:// on the proposed rule. The proposal 14 CFR Part 71 www.archives.gov/federal-register/cfr/ contained in this notice may be changed [Docket No. FAA–2018–0684; Airspace ibr-locations.html. in light of the comments received. A Docket No. 18–AGL–18] FAA Order 7400.11, Airspace report summarizing each substantive Designations and Reporting Points, is public contact with FAA personnel RIN 2120–AA66 published yearly and effective on concerned with this rulemaking will be September 15. filed in the docket. Proposed Amendment of Class E FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Airspace; Jacksonville, IL Availability of NPRMs Jeffrey Claypool, Federal Aviation AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration, Operations Support An electronic copy of this document Administration (FAA), DOT. Group, Central Service Center, 10101 may be downloaded through the ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking Hillwood Parkway, Fort Worth, TX internet at http://www.regulations.gov. (NPRM). 76177; telephone (817) 222–5711. Recently published rulemaking SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: documents can also be accessed through SUMMARY: This action proposes to the FAA’s web page at http:// amend Class E airspace extending Authority for This Rulemaking www.faa.gov/air_traffic/publications/ upward from 700 feet above the surface The FAA’s authority to issue rules airspace_amendments/. at Jacksonville Municipal Airport, regarding aviation safety is found in You may review the public docket Jacksonville, IL. The FAA is proposing Title 49 of the United States Code. containing the proposal, any comments this action as the result of an airspace Subtitle I, Section 106 describes the received, and any final disposition in review caused by the decommissioning authority of the FAA Administrator. person in the Dockets Office (see the of the Jacksonville VHF omnidirectional Subtitle VII, Aviation Programs, ADDRESSES section for the address and range (VOR) navigation aid, which describes in more detail the scope of the phone number) between 9:00 a.m. and provided navigation information for the agency’s authority. This rulemaking is 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, instrument procedures at this airport, as promulgated under the authority except federal holidays. An informal part of the VOR Minimum Operational described in Subtitle VII, Part A, docket may also be examined during Network (MON) Program. The Subpart I, Section 40103. Under that normal business hours at the Federal geographic coordinates for the airport section, the FAA is charged with Aviation Administration, Air Traffic would also be updated to coincide with prescribing regulations to assign the use Organization, Central Service Center, the FAA’s aeronautic database. This of airspace necessary to ensure the Operations Support Group, 10101 action is necessary for the safety and safety of aircraft and the efficient use of Hillwood Parkway, Fort Worth, TX management of instrument flight rules airspace. This regulation is within the 76177. (IFR) operations at this airport. scope of that authority as it would amend Class E airspace extending Availability and Summary of DATES: Comments must be received on upward from 700 feet above the surface Documents for Incorporation by or before October 15, 2018. at Jacksonville Municipal Airport, Reference ADDRESSES: Send comments on this Jacksonville, IL, to support instrument proposal to the U.S. Department of This document proposes to amend flight rules operations at this airport. Transportation, Docket Operations, FAA Order 7400.11B, Airspace West Building Ground Floor, Room Comments Invited Designations and Reporting Points, W12–140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Interested parties are invited to dated August 3, 2017, and effective Washington, DC 20590; telephone (202) participate in this proposed rulemaking September 15, 2017. FAA Order 366–9826, or (800) 647–5527. You must by submitting such written data, views, 7400.11B is publicly available as listed identify FAA Docket No. FAA–2018– or arguments, as they may desire. in the ADDRESSES section of this 0684; Airspace Docket No. 18–AGL–18, Comments that provide the factual basis document. FAA Order 7400.11B lists at the beginning of your comments. You supporting the views and suggestions Class A, B, C, D, and E airspace areas, may also submit comments through the presented are particularly helpful in air traffic service routes, and reporting internet at http://www.regulations.gov. developing reasoned regulatory points. You may review the public docket decisions on the proposal. Comments The Proposal containing the proposal, any comments are specifically invited on the overall received, and any final disposition in regulatory, aeronautical, economic, The FAA is proposing an amendment person in the Dockets Office between environmental, and energy-related to Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday aspects of the proposal. (14 CFR) part 71 by amending the Class through Friday, except Federal holidays. Communications should identify both E airspace extending upward from 700 FAA Order 7400.11B, Airspace docket numbers and be submitted in feet above the surface to within a 6.5- Designations and Reporting Points, and triplicate to the address listed above. mile radius (decreased from a 7-mile subsequent amendments can be viewed Commenters wishing the FAA to radius) at Jacksonville Municipal online at http://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/ acknowledge receipt of their comments Airport, Jacksonville, IL. The geographic amozie on DSK3GDR082PROD with PROPOSALS1 publications/. For further information, on this notice must submit with those coordinates of the airport would also be you can contact the Airspace Policy comments a self-addressed, stamped updated to coincide with the FAA’s Group, Federal Aviation postcard on which the following aeronautic database. Administration, 800 Independence statement is made: ‘‘Comments to This action is necessary due to an Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20591; Docket No. FAA–2018–0684; Airspace airspace review caused by the telephone: (202) 267–8783. The Order is Docket No. 18–AGL–18.’’ The postcard decommissioning of the Jacksonville also available for inspection at the will be date/time stamped and returned VOR, which provided navigation National Archives and Records to the commenter. information to the instrument VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:53 Aug 29, 2018 Jkt 244001 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 4702 Sfmt 4702 E:\FR\FM\30AUP1.SGM 30AUP1

44252 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 169 / Thursday, August 30, 2018 / Proposed Rules procedures at this airport, as part of the Points, dated August 3, 2017, and Ecosystem Planning and Budget Staff, VOR MON Program. effective September 15, 2017, is P.O. Box 21628, Juneau, Alaska 99802– Class E airspace designations are amended as follows: 1628. published in paragraph 6005 of FAA All comments, including names and Paragraph 6005 Class E Airspace Areas Order 7400.11B, dated August 3, 2017, Extending Upward From 700 Feet or More addresses, are placed in the record and and effective September 15, 2017, which Above the Surface of the Earth. are available for public inspection and is incorporated by reference in 14 CFR copying. * * * * * 71.1. The Class E airspace designation FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ken listed in this document will be AGL IL E5 Jacksonville, IL [Amended] Tu, Interdisciplinary Team Leader, at published subsequently in the Order. Jacksonville Municipal Airport, IL 303–275–5156 or akroadlessrule@ (Lat. 39°46′29″ N, long. 90°14′18″ W) fs.fed.us. Individuals using Regulatory Notices and Analyses That airspace extending upward from 700 telecommunication devices for the deaf The FAA has determined that this feet above the surface within a 6.5-mile (TDD) may call the Federal Information regulation only involves an established radius of Jacksonville Municipal Airport. Relay Services at 1–800–877–8339 body of technical regulations for which Issued in Fort Worth, Texas, on August 23, between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. Eastern Time, frequent and routine amendments are 2018. necessary to keep them operationally Monday through Friday. Walter Tweedy, SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On current, is non-controversial and unlikely to result in adverse or negative Acting Manager, Operations Support Group, January 12, 2001, the Department ATO Central Service Center. promulgated the Roadless Area comments. It, therefore: (1) Is not a ‘‘significant regulatory action’’ under [FR Doc. 2018–18767 Filed 8–29–18; 8:45 am] Conservation Rule (2001 Roadless Rule) Executive Order 12866; (2) is not a BILLING CODE 4910–13–P (66 FR 3244) establishing nationwide ‘‘significant rule’’ under DOT prohibitions on timber harvest, road Regulatory Policies and Procedures (44 construction and road reconstruction FR 11034; February 26, 1979); and (3) DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE within inventoried roadless areas, with does not warrant preparation of a certain limited exceptions. regulatory evaluation as the anticipated Forest Service In 2001, the State of Alaska filed a impact is so minimal. Since this is a complaint, challenging the Department’s routine matter that will only affect air 36 CFR Part 294 promulgation of the 2001 Roadless Rule traffic procedures and air navigation, it and its application in Alaska. The Roadless Area Conservation; National Department and the State of Alaska is certified that this rule, when Forest System Lands in Alaska reached a settlement in 2003, and the promulgated, would not have a significant economic impact on a AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. Department subsequently issued a rule substantial number of small entities temporarily exempting the Tongass ACTION:Notice of intent to prepare an National Forest from the Roadless Rule. under the criteria of the Regulatory environmental impact statement. Flexibility Act. In 2011, a federal court set aside the SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Tongass Exemption and reinstated the Environmental Review Roadless Rule on the Tongass National Agriculture (USDA) is initiating an This proposal will be subject to an environmental impact statement (EIS) Forest. The district court’s ruling was environmental analysis in accordance and public rulemaking process to initially reversed by a three-judge panel with FAA Order 1050.1F, address the management of inventoried of the Ninth Circuit, but the district ‘‘Environmental Impacts: Policies and roadless areas on the Tongass National court’s ruling was ultimately upheld in Procedures’’ prior to any FAA final Forest within the State of Alaska. This a 6–5 en banc ruling in 2015. regulatory action. rulemaking is the result of a petition Consequently, the 2001 Roadless Rule submitted by Governor Bill Walker’s remains in effect in Alaska and the List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 71 administration in January 2018 on Forest Service continues to apply the Airspace, Incorporation by reference, behalf of the State of Alaska, pursuant Rule to the Tongass and Chugach Navigation (air). to the Administrative Procedures Act. National Forests. The Proposed Amendment The petition was accepted by the Purpose and Need Accordingly, pursuant to the Secretary of Agriculture in April 2018. The intent is to evaluate the regulatory In response to the State of Alaska’s authority delegated to me, the Federal petition for rulemaking, the Department, Aviation Administration proposes to exemption set forth in the petition, as well as to evaluate other management Forest Service, and State of Alaska agree amend 14 CFR part 71 as follows: that the controversy surrounding the solutions that address infrastructure, timber, energy, mining, access, and management of roadless areas on the PART 71—DESIGNATION OF CLASS A, transportation needs to further Alaska’s Tongass National Forest may be B, C, D, AND E AIRSPACE AREAS; AIR economic development, while still resolved through state-specific TRAFFIC SERVICE ROUTES; AND conserving roadless areas for future rulemaking. A long-term, durable REPORTING POINTS generations. approach to roadless area management ■ 1. The authority citation for 14 CFR is needed that accommodates the DATES: Comments must be received in unique biological, social and economic part 71 continues to read as follows: amozie on DSK3GDR082PROD with PROPOSALS1 writing by October 15, 2018. situation in and around the Tongass Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 106(g); 40103, 40113, 40120; E.O. 10854, 24 FR 9565, 3 CFR, ADDRESSES: Comments may be National Forest. The Tongass National 1959–1963 Comp., p. 389. submitted electronically at https:// Forest is unique from other National www.fs.usda.gov/project/ Forests in respect to the size of the § 71.1 [Amended] ?project=54511. In addition, written Tongass National Forest; the large ■ 2. The incorporation by reference in comments can be submitted via hard- percentage of roadless areas that 14 CFR 71.1 of FAA Order 7400.11B, copy mail to: Alaska Roadless Rule, comprise the Tongass National Forest; Airspace Designations and Reporting USDA Forest Service, Alaska Region, the degree of dependency of local VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:53 Aug 29, 2018 Jkt 244001 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 4702 Sfmt 4702 E:\FR\FM\30AUP1.SGM 30AUP1


Document Created: 2018-08-30 01:21:19
Document Modified: 2018-08-30 01:21:19
CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
GS 4.107:
AE 2.106:
PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionProposed Rules
ActionNotice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM).
DatesComments must be received on or before October 15, 2018.
ContactJeffrey Claypool, Federal Aviation Administration, Operations Support Group, Central Service Center, 10101 Hillwood Parkway, Fort Worth, TX 76177; telephone (817) 222-5711.
FR Citation83 FR 44251 
RIN Number2120-AA66
CFR AssociatedAirspace; Incorporation by Reference and Navigation (air)
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