83_FR_47768 83 FR 47585 - Proposed Amendment of Class D and E Airspace and Revocation of Class E Airspace; Fayetteville, AR

83 FR 47585 - Proposed Amendment of Class D and E Airspace and Revocation of Class E Airspace; Fayetteville, AR

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 183 (September 20, 2018)

Page Range47585-47587
FR Document2018-20400

This action proposes to amend Class D airspace and Class E airspace designated as a surface area, and remove Class E airspace designated as an extension to a Class D and Class E airspace at Drake Field, Fayetteville, AR. The FAA is proposing this action as the result of an airspace review caused by the decommissioning of the Drake 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 of the airport would also be updated to coincide with the FAA's aeronautical database.

Federal Register, Volume 83 Issue 183 (Thursday, September 20, 2018) 
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 183 (Thursday, September 20, 2018)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 47585-47587]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2018-20400]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Docket No. FAA-2018-0699; Airspace Docket No. 18-ASW-11]
RIN 2120-AA66


Proposed Amendment of Class D and E Airspace and Revocation of 
Class E Airspace; Fayetteville, AR

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM).

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SUMMARY: This action proposes to amend Class D airspace and Class E 
airspace designated as a surface area, and remove Class E airspace 
designated as an extension to a Class D and Class E airspace at Drake 
Field, Fayetteville, AR. The FAA is proposing this action as the result 
of an airspace review caused by the decommissioning of the Drake 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 of the airport would also be updated to coincide with the 
FAA's aeronautical database.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before November 5, 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-2018-0699; Airspace Docket No. 18-ASW-11, 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 7400.11C, 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 7400.11C 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 D airspace and Class E airspace designated as a 
surface area, and remove Class E airspace designated as an extension to 
a Class D and Class E airspace at Drake Field, Fayetteville, AR, to 
support instrument flight rule 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-2018-0699/
Airspace Docket No. 18-ASW-11.'' 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

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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 7400.11C, Airspace 
Designations and Reporting Points, dated August 13, 2018, and effective 
September 15, 2018. FAA Order 7400.11C is publicly available as listed 
in the ADDRESSES section of this document. FAA Order 7400.11C 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 D airspace at Drake Field, Fayetteville, AR, to 
within a 4.0-mile radius (decreased from a 4.1-mile radius); and adding 
an extension 1.1 miles each side of the 181[deg] bearing from the 
airport from the 4.0-mile radius to 5.9 miles north of the airport, and 
adding an extension 1.0 mile each side of the 172[deg] bearing from the 
Drake Field: RWY 34-LOC from the 4.0-mile radius to 4.9 miles south of 
the Drake Field: RWY 34-LOC; and adding an extension 1.0 mile each side 
of the 347[deg] bearing from the airport from the 4.0-mile radius to 
4.9 miles north the airport. The city associated with the airport would 
be removed from the airspace legal description to comply with a change 
to FAA Order 7400.2L, Procedures for Handling Airspace Matters, and the 
outdated term ``Airport/Facility Directory'' would be updated to 
``Chart Supplement.'' Additionally, the geographic coordinates of the 
airport would be updated to coincide with the FAA's aeronautical 
database.
    Amending the Class E airspace designated as a surface area at Drake 
Field to within a 4.0-mile radius (decreased from a 4.1-mile radius); 
and extending the airspace up to and including 3,800 feet MSL; and 
adding an extension 1.1 miles each side of the 181[deg] bearing from 
the airport from the 4.0-mile radius to 5.9 miles south of the airport, 
and adding an extension 1.0 mile each side of the 172[deg] bearing from 
the Drake Field: RWY 34-LOC from the 4.0-mile radius to 4.9 miles south 
of the Drake Field: RWY 34-LOC; and adding an extension 1.0 mile each 
side of the 347[deg] bearing from the airport from the 4.0-mile radius 
to 4.9 miles north of the airport. The city associated with the airport 
would be removed from the airspace legal description to comply with a 
change to FAA Order 7400.2L, Procedures for Handling Airspace Matters, 
and the outdated term ``Airport/Facility Directory'' would be updated 
to ``Chart Supplement.'' Additionally, the geographic coordinates of 
the airport would be updated to coincide with the FAA's aeronautical 
database.
    And removing the Class E airspace designated as an extension to 
Class D and Class E at Drake Field as it is no longer required.
    This action as the result of an airspace review caused by the 
decommissioning of the Drake VOR, which provided navigation information 
for the instrument procedures at this airport, as part of the VOR MON 
Program.
    Class D and E airspace designations are published in paragraph 
5000, 6002, and 6004, respectively, of FAA Order 7400.11C, dated August 
13, 2018, and effective September 15, 2018, which is incorporated by 
reference in 14 CFR 71.1. The Class D and 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

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 
7400.11C, Airspace Designations and Reporting Points, dated August 13, 
2018, and effective September 15, 2018, is amended as follows:

Paragraph 5000 Class D Airspace.

* * * * *

ASW AR D Fayetteville, AR [Amended]

Drake Field, AR
    (Lat. 36[deg]00'18'' N, long. 94[deg]10'12'' W)
Drake Field: RWY 34-LOC
    (Lat. 36[deg]00'26'' N, long. 94[deg]10'10'' W)

    That airspace extending upward from the surface to and including 
3,800 feet MSL within a 4.0-mile radius of Drake Field, and within 
1.1 miles each side of the 181[deg] bearing from the airport from 
the 4.0-mile radius to 5.9 miles south of the airport, and within 
1.0 mile each sided of the 172[deg] bearing from the Drake Field: 
RWY 34-LOC from the 4.0-mile radius to 4.9 miles south of the Drake 
Field: RWY 34-LOC, and within 1.0 mile each side of the 347[deg] 
bearing from the airport from the 4.0-mile radius to 4.9 miles north 
of the airport. This Class D airspace area is effective during the 
specific dates and times established in advance by a Notice to 
Airmen. The effective date and time will thereafter be continuously 
published in the Chart Supplement.

Paragraph 6002 Class E Airspace Areas Designated as Surface Areas.

* * * * *

ASW AR E2 Fayetteville, AR [Amended]

Drake Field, AR
    (Lat. 36[deg]00'18'' N, long. 94[deg]10'12'' W)
Drake Field: RWY 34-LOC
    (Lat. 36[deg]00'26'' N, long. 94[deg]10'10'' W)

    That airspace extending upward from the surface to and including 
3,800 feet MSL within a 4.0-mile radius of Drake Field, and within 
1.1 miles each side of the 181[deg] bearing from the airport from 
the 4.0-mile radius to 5.9 miles south of the airport, and within 
1.0 mile each sided of the 172[deg] bearing from the Drake Field: 
RWY 34-LOC from the 4.0-mile

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radius to 4.9 miles south of the Drake Field: RWY 34-LOC, and within 
1.0 mile each side of the 347[deg] bearing from the airport from the 
4.0-mile radius to 4.9 miles north of the airport. This Class E 
airspace area is effective during the specific dates and times 
established in advance by a Notice to Airmen. The effective date and 
time will thereafter be continuously published in the Chart 
Supplement.

Paragraph 6004 Class E Airspace Designated as an Extension of Class 
D and Class E Surface Areas.

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ASW OK E4 Fayetteville, AR [Removed]

    Issued in Fort Worth, Texas, on September 10, 2018.
Walter Tweedy,
Acting Manager, Operations Support Group, ATO Central Service Center.
[FR Doc. 2018-20400 Filed 9-19-18; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4910-13-P

Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 183 / Thursday, September 20, 2018 / Proposed Rules 47585 PART 71—DESIGNATION OF CLASS A, instrument procedures at this airport, as section, the FAA is charged with B, C, D, AND E AIRSPACE AREAS; AIR part of the VOR Minimum Operational prescribing regulations to assign the use TRAFFIC SERVICE ROUTES; AND Network (MON) Program. The of airspace necessary to ensure the REPORTING POINTS geographic coordinates of the airport safety of aircraft and the efficient use of would also be updated to coincide with airspace. This regulation is within the ■ 1. The authority citation for 14 CFR the FAA’s aeronautical database. scope of that authority as it would part 71 continues to read as follows: DATES: Comments must be received on amend Class D airspace and Class E Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 106(g); 40103, or before November 5, 2018. airspace designated as a surface area, 40113, 40120; E.O. 10854, 24 FR 9565, 3 CFR, ADDRESSES: Send comments on this and remove Class E airspace designated 1959–1963 Comp., p. 389. proposal to the U.S. Department of as an extension to a Class D and Class Transportation, Docket Operations, E airspace at Drake Field, Fayetteville, § 71.1 [Amended] AR, to support instrument flight rule West Building Ground Floor, Room ■ 2. The incorporation by reference in operations at the airport. W12–140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, 14 CFR 71.1 of FAA Order 7400.11C, Washington, DC 20590; telephone (202) Comments Invited Airspace Designations and Reporting 366–9826, or (800) 647–5527. You must Interested parties are invited to Points, dated August 13, 2018, and identify FAA Docket No. FAA–2018– participate in this proposed rulemaking effective September 15, 2018, is 0699; Airspace Docket No. 18–ASW–11, by submitting such written data, views, amended as follows: at the beginning of your comments. You or arguments, as they may desire. Paragraph 6005 Class E Airspace Areas may also submit comments through the Comments that provide the factual basis Extending Upward From 700 Feet or More internet at http://www.regulations.gov. Above the Surface of the Earth. supporting the views and suggestions You may review the public docket presented are particularly helpful in * * * * * containing the proposal, any comments developing reasoned regulatory ACE MO E5 Cabool, MO [Amended] received, and any final disposition in decisions on the proposal. Comments person in the Dockets Office between are specifically invited on the overall Cabool Memorial Airport, MO (Lat. 37°07′57″ N, long. 92°05′02″ W) 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday regulatory, aeronautical, economic, through Friday, except Federal holidays. environmental, and energy-related That airspace extending upward from 700 FAA Order 7400.11C, Airspace feet above the surface within a 6.3-mile aspects of the proposal. radius of Cabool Memorial Airport. Designations and Reporting Points, and Communications should identify both subsequent amendments can be viewed docket numbers and be submitted in Issued in Fort Worth, Texas, on September online at http://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/ triplicate to the address listed above. 10, 2018. publications/. For further information, Commenters wishing the FAA to Walter Tweedy, you can contact the Airspace Policy acknowledge receipt of their comments Acting Manager, Operations Support Group, Group, Federal Aviation on this notice must submit with those ATO Central Service Center. Administration, 800 Independence comments a self-addressed, stamped [FR Doc. 2018–20398 Filed 9–19–18; 8:45 am] Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20591; postcard on which the following BILLING CODE 4910–13–P telephone: (202) 267–8783. The Order is statement is made: ‘‘Comments to also available for inspection at the Docket No. FAA–2018–0699/Airspace National Archives and Records Docket No. 18–ASW–11.’’ The postcard DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Administration (NARA). For will be date/time stamped and returned information on the availability of FAA to the commenter. Federal Aviation Administration Order 7400.11C at NARA, call (202) All communications received before 741–6030, or go to http:// the specified closing date for comments 14 CFR Part 71 www.archives.gov/federal-register/cfr/ will be considered before taking action [Docket No. FAA–2018–0699; Airspace ibr-locations.html. on the proposed rule. The proposal Docket No. 18–ASW–11] FAA Order 7400.11, Airspace contained in this notice may be changed Designations and Reporting Points, is in light of the comments received. A RIN 2120–AA66 published yearly and effective on report summarizing each substantive September 15. public contact with FAA personnel Proposed Amendment of Class D and FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: concerned with this rulemaking will be E Airspace and Revocation of Class E Airspace; Fayetteville, AR Jeffrey Claypool, Federal Aviation filed in the docket. Administration, Operations Support AGENCY: Federal Aviation Group, Central Service Center, 10101 Availability of NPRMs Administration (FAA), DOT. Hillwood Parkway, Fort Worth, TX An electronic copy of this document ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking 76177; telephone (817) 222–5711. may be downloaded through the (NPRM). SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: internet at http://www.regulations.gov. Recently published rulemaking SUMMARY: This action proposes to Authority for This Rulemaking documents can also be accessed through amend Class D airspace and Class E The FAA’s authority to issue rules the FAA’s web page at http:// airspace designated as a surface area, regarding aviation safety is found in www.faa.gov/air_traffic/publications/ and remove Class E airspace designated Title 49 of the United States Code. airspace_amendments/. tkelley on DSKBCP9HB2PROD with PROPOSALS2 as an extension to a Class D and Class Subtitle I, Section 106 describes the You may review the public docket E airspace at Drake Field, Fayetteville, authority of the FAA Administrator. containing the proposal, any comments AR. The FAA is proposing this action as Subtitle VII, Aviation Programs, received, and any final disposition in the result of an airspace review caused describes in more detail the scope of the person in the Dockets Office (see the by the decommissioning of the Drake agency’s authority. This rulemaking is ADDRESSES section for the address and VHF omnidirectional range (VOR) promulgated under the authority phone number) between 9:00 a.m. and navigation aid, which provided described in Subtitle VII, Part A, 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, navigation information for the Subpart I, Section 40103. Under that except federal holidays. An informal VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:59 Sep 19, 2018 Jkt 244001 PO 00000 Frm 00009 Fmt 4702 Sfmt 4702 E:\FR\FM\20SEP1.SGM 20SEP1

47586 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 183 / Thursday, September 20, 2018 / Proposed Rules docket may also be examined during 4.0-mile radius to 4.9 miles north of the List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 71 normal business hours at the Federal airport. The city associated with the Airspace, Incorporation by reference, Aviation Administration, Air Traffic airport would be removed from the Navigation (air). Organization, Central Service Center, airspace legal description to comply Operations Support Group, 10101 with a change to FAA Order 7400.2L, The Proposed Amendment Hillwood Parkway, Fort Worth, TX Procedures for Handling Airspace Accordingly, pursuant to the 76177. Matters, and the outdated term authority delegated to me, the Federal Availability and Summary of ‘‘Airport/Facility Directory’’ would be Aviation Administration proposes to Documents for Incorporation by updated to ‘‘Chart Supplement.’’ amend 14 CFR part 71 as follows: Reference Additionally, the geographic coordinates of the airport would be PART 71—DESIGNATION OF CLASS A, This document proposes to amend updated to coincide with the FAA’s B, C, D, AND E AIRSPACE AREAS; AIR FAA Order 7400.11C, Airspace aeronautical database. TRAFFIC SERVICE ROUTES; AND Designations and Reporting Points, REPORTING POINTS dated August 13, 2018, and effective And removing the Class E airspace September 15, 2018. FAA Order designated as an extension to Class D ■ 1. The authority citation for 14 CFR 7400.11C is publicly available as listed and Class E at Drake Field as it is no part 71 continues to read as follows: in the ADDRESSES section of this longer required. Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 106(g); 40103, document. FAA Order 7400.11C lists This action as the result of an airspace 40113, 40120; E.O. 10854, 24 FR 9565, 3 CFR, Class A, B, C, D, and E airspace areas, review caused by the decommissioning 1959–1963 Comp., p. 389. air traffic service routes, and reporting of the Drake VOR, which provided points. navigation information for the § 71.1 [Amended] instrument procedures at this airport, as ■ 2. The incorporation by reference in The Proposal part of the VOR MON Program. 14 CFR 71.1 of FAA Order 7400.11C, The FAA is proposing an amendment Class D and E airspace designations Airspace Designations and Reporting to Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations are published in paragraph 5000, 6002, Points, dated August 13, 2018, and (14 CFR) part 71 by: and 6004, respectively, of FAA Order effective September 15, 2018, is Amending the Class D airspace at amended as follows: 7400.11C, dated August 13, 2018, and Drake Field, Fayetteville, AR, to within effective September 15, 2018, which is Paragraph 5000 Class D Airspace. a 4.0-mile radius (decreased from a 4.1- incorporated by reference in 14 CFR mile radius); and adding an extension * * * * * 1.1 miles each side of the 181° bearing 71.1. The Class D and E airspace designations listed in this document ASW AR D Fayetteville, AR [Amended] from the airport from the 4.0-mile radius to 5.9 miles north of the airport, and will be published subsequently in the Drake Field, AR adding an extension 1.0 mile each side Order. (Lat. 36°00′18″ N, long. 94°10′12″ W) Drake Field: RWY 34–LOC of the 172° bearing from the Drake Field: Regulatory Notices and Analyses (Lat. 36°00′26″ N, long. 94°10′10″ W) RWY 34–LOC from the 4.0-mile radius That airspace extending upward from the to 4.9 miles south of the Drake Field: The FAA has determined that this surface to and including 3,800 feet MSL RWY 34–LOC; and adding an extension regulation only involves an established within a 4.0-mile radius of Drake Field, and 1.0 mile each side of the 347° bearing body of technical regulations for which within 1.1 miles each side of the 181° bearing from the airport from the 4.0-mile radius frequent and routine amendments are from the airport from the 4.0-mile radius to to 4.9 miles north the airport. The city necessary to keep them operationally 5.9 miles south of the airport, and within 1.0 associated with the airport would be current, is non-controversial and mile each sided of the 172° bearing from the removed from the airspace legal unlikely to result in adverse or negative Drake Field: RWY 34–LOC from the 4.0-mile description to comply with a change to comments. It, therefore: (1) Is not a radius to 4.9 miles south of the Drake Field: ‘‘significant regulatory action’’ under RWY 34–LOC, and within 1.0 mile each side FAA Order 7400.2L, Procedures for of the 347° bearing from the airport from the Handling Airspace Matters, and the Executive Order 12866; (2) is not a 4.0-mile radius to 4.9 miles north of the outdated term ‘‘Airport/Facility ‘‘significant rule’’ under DOT airport. This Class D airspace area is effective Directory’’ would be updated to ‘‘Chart Regulatory Policies and Procedures (44 during the specific dates and times Supplement.’’ Additionally, the FR 11034; February 26, 1979); and (3) established in advance by a Notice to geographic coordinates of the airport does not warrant preparation of a Airmen. The effective date and time will would be updated to coincide with the regulatory evaluation as the anticipated thereafter be continuously published in the FAA’s aeronautical database. impact is so minimal. Since this is a Chart Supplement. Amending the Class E airspace routine matter that will only affect air Paragraph 6002 Class E Airspace Areas designated as a surface area at Drake traffic procedures and air navigation, it Designated as Surface Areas. Field to within a 4.0-mile radius is certified that this rule, when * * * * * (decreased from a 4.1-mile radius); and promulgated, would not have a extending the airspace up to and significant economic impact on a ASW AR E2 Fayetteville, AR [Amended] including 3,800 feet MSL; and adding substantial number of small entities Drake Field, AR an extension 1.1 miles each side of the under the criteria of the Regulatory (Lat. 36°00′18″ N, long. 94°10′12″ W) 181° bearing from the airport from the Flexibility Act. Drake Field: RWY 34–LOC tkelley on DSKBCP9HB2PROD with PROPOSALS2 4.0-mile radius to 5.9 miles south of the (Lat. 36°00′26″ N, long. 94°10′10″ W) Environmental Review That airspace extending upward from the airport, and adding an extension 1.0 mile each side of the 172° bearing from This proposal will be subject to an surface to and including 3,800 feet MSL within a 4.0-mile radius of Drake Field, and the Drake Field: RWY 34–LOC from the environmental analysis in accordance within 1.1 miles each side of the 181° bearing 4.0-mile radius to 4.9 miles south of the with FAA Order 1050.1F, from the airport from the 4.0-mile radius to Drake Field: RWY 34–LOC; and adding ‘‘Environmental Impacts: Policies and 5.9 miles south of the airport, and within 1.0 an extension 1.0 mile each side of the Procedures’’ prior to any FAA final mile each sided of the 172° bearing from the 347° bearing from the airport from the regulatory action. 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Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 183 / Thursday, September 20, 2018 / Proposed Rules 47587 radius to 4.9 miles south of the Drake Field: ‘‘NPS’’ and must include the docket but the cooler months, October to May, RWY 34–LOC, and within 1.0 mile each side number or RIN (1024–AE48) for this receive the highest use; holidays are of the 347° bearing from the airport from the rulemaking. Comments received may be times of especially heavy use. The 4.0-mile radius to 4.9 miles north of the posted without change to http:// Lower Spring area is the most airport. This Class E airspace area is effective during the specific dates and times www.regulations.gov, including any developed and includes the following established in advance by a Notice to personal information provided. features: Cool Pool, Sunrise Pool, Airmen. The effective date and time will • Docket: For access to the docket to Crystal Pool, Children’s Play Tub, thereafter be continuously published in the read background documents or communal fire pit, library, shower, Chart Supplement. comments received, go to http:// bathtub, sink for dishwashing, www.regulations.gov. maintained lawn, settling pond, auto Paragraph 6004 Class E Airspace Designated as an Extension of Class D and FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: shop, and the camp host site. It is the Class E Surface Areas. Kelly Daigle, National Park Service, site of many communal activities, such Environmental Quality Division, (303) as group fires, communal dinners, and * * * * * 987–6897, kelly_daigle@nps.gov. singing. The site contains heavy burro ASW OK E4 Fayetteville, AR [Removed] concentration and use, and invasive SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: species such as palm trees and Bermuda Issued in Fort Worth, Texas, on September Background grass. 10, 2018. Walter Tweedy, Saline Valley is a large desert valley Chicken Strip Airstrip Acting Manager, Operations Support Group, located in the northwest portion of There is a small, unimproved landing ATO Central Service Center. Death Valley National Park (the park). strip to the west of Lower Spring, [FR Doc. 2018–20400 Filed 9–19–18; 8:45 am] The Saline Valley Warm Springs area is referred to as the Chicken Strip. The BILLING CODE 4910–13–P approximately 1,100 acres of formal name of the airstrip is the Saline backcountry surrounded by wilderness. Valley Warm Springs Airfield. The This area is distinctive, both in the airstrip is located at latitude N DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR setting of the site and in its geology. 36°48.41″, longitude W 117°46.90″. In Saline Valley is a closed basin, which past years, there were up to three National Park Service means that the water does not flow to landing strips for small planes in this another body of water. Water in closed area. The Suicide Strip and the 36 CFR Part 7 basins only leaves the system by Crosswinds Strip have been evaporation or diversion. The Saline decommissioned. Historically, the [NPS–DEVA–25759; PPWONRADE2, Valley Warm Springs are among the PMP00EI05.YP0000] landing strips were used by miners and highest-flow springs in the park. The prospectors to access Saline Valley. The RIN 1024–AE48 mountain ranges surrounding this Chicken Strip is the only remaining valley, Saline Range, Last Chance active landing strip within the Saline Special Regulations, Areas of the Range, and Inyo Range, have elevations Valley Warm Springs area. It is National Park System, Death Valley ranging from 7,000 feet to over 11,000 approximately 1,400 feet long and 35 National Park; Designation of Airstrip feet, which result in spectacular views feet wide. The strip has a tie-down area AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. from the Saline Valley Warm Springs. large enough to accommodate five small The Timbisha Shoshone Tribe (the planes. Features of the airstrip include ACTION: Proposed rule. Tribe), whose homelands encompass the a windsock, painted rocks lining the SUMMARY: The National Park Service entirety of the park, has a deep affinity strip, and two airplane tie-downs. proposes to revise the special for the Saline Valley Warm Springs area Visitors who fly into the Saline Valley regulations for Death Valley National due to the existence of long-lived Warm Springs area via the Chicken Park to designate the Saline Valley historical and ethnographic Strip often camp next to their airplanes. Warm Springs Airfield, commonly connections. The Timbisha Shoshone The Chicken Strip surface is known as the Chicken Strip, within the Homeland Act of 2000 (Homeland Act; maintained by the community of Saline Valley Warm Springs area as a Pub. L. 106–423) specified designated recreational pilots who use it. The location available for the operation of special use areas. Saline Valley is part Recreational Aviation Foundation aircraft. of one of these special use areas. The (RAF), an organization of private pilots, waters of the warm springs in Saline is active in the promotion of the DATES: Comments on the proposed rule Valley are a source of puha for the continued use of the Chicken Strip. In must be received by 11:59 p.m. EDT on Tribe, a life force energy. Although the 2017, the NPS renewed a memorandum November 19, 2018. development of the area by Euro- of understanding (MOU) with the RAF ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, Americans degraded puha and other that allows the RAF to maintain the identified by Regulation Identifier ethnographic resources, Tribal leaders Chicken Strip at no cost to the NPS. Number (RIN) 1024–AE48, by either of still seek these cultural connections Maintenance activities include leveling the following methods: from historic times until the present and the surface, removing stones and debris, • Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// will continue to do so in the future. and packing the surface. www.regulations.gov. Follow the The Saline Valley Warm Springs area Based on visitor registration logs at instructions for submitting comments. has not been formally or systematically the Chicken Strip, approximately 440 tkelley on DSKBCP9HB2PROD with PROPOSALS2 • Mail to: Death Valley National Park, developed for use by the NPS but does people visited Saline Valley via airplane P.O. Box 579, Death Valley, CA 92328, have a number of user-developed and from 2008 to 2012, averaging 88 visitors Attention: Superintendent. user-maintained structures and per year. Of the aircraft reported, • Instructions: Comments will not be facilities. Visitors enjoy backcountry approximately two-thirds were Cessna accepted by fax, email, or in any way camping and soaking tubs created by models. Other types of planes included other than those specified above. All diverting water from natural source various models of Pipers, Maules, and submissions received must include the springs. Visitors use the Saline Valley Beechcraft. The largest number of words ‘‘National Park Service’’ or Warm Springs area throughout the year people recorded in one aircraft was six. VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:59 Sep 19, 2018 Jkt 244001 PO 00000 Frm 00011 Fmt 4702 Sfmt 4702 E:\FR\FM\20SEP1.SGM 20SEP1


Document Created: 2018-09-20 02:08:32
Document Modified: 2018-09-20 02:08:32
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 November 5, 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 47585 
RIN Number2120-AA66
CFR AssociatedAirspace; Incorporation by Reference and Navigation (air)
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