83_FR_52096 83 FR 51897 - Proposed Amendment of Class E Airspace; Jackman, ME, and Revocation of Class E Airspace; Newton Field, ME

83 FR 51897 - Proposed Amendment of Class E Airspace; Jackman, ME, and Revocation of Class E Airspace; Newton Field, ME

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 199 (October 15, 2018)

Page Range51897-51898
FR Document2018-22264

This action proposes to amend Class E airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface at Newton Field, Jackman, ME, to accommodate new area navigation (RNAV) global positioning system (GPS) standard instrument approach procedures serving the airport. Also, this action would remove duplicative Class E airspace for Newton Field, ME. Controlled airspace is necessary for the safety and management of instrument flight rules (IFR) operations at this airport. This action also would update the geographic coordinates of this airport.

Federal Register, Volume 83 Issue 199 (Monday, October 15, 2018) 
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 199 (Monday, October 15, 2018)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 51897-51898]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2018-22264]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Docket No. FAA-2015-2892; Airspace Docket No. 15-ANE-2]
RIN-2120-AA66


Proposed Amendment of Class E Airspace; Jackman, ME, and 
Revocation of Class E Airspace; Newton Field, ME

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 Newton Field, Jackman, ME, to 
accommodate new area navigation (RNAV) global positioning system (GPS) 
standard instrument approach procedures serving the airport. Also, this 
action would remove duplicative Class E airspace for Newton Field, ME. 
Controlled airspace is necessary for the safety and management of 
instrument flight rules (IFR) operations at this airport. This action 
also would update the geographic coordinates of this airport.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before November 29, 2018.

ADDRESSES: Send comments on this rule to: U.S. Department of 
Transportation, Docket Operations, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, West 
Bldg. Ground Floor, Rm. W12-140, Washington, DC 20590; Telephone: 1-
800-647-5527, or (202)-366-9826. You must identify the Docket No. FAA-
2015-2892; Airspace Docket No. 15-ANE-2, at the beginning of your 
comments. You may also submit and review received comments through the 
internet at http://www.regulations.gov. You may review the public 
docket containing the proposal, any comments received, and any final 
disposition in person in the Dockets Office between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 
p.m., Monday through Friday, except federal holidays.
    FAA Order 7400.11C, Airspace Designations and Reporting Points, and 
subsequent amendments can be viewed on line 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 https://www.archives.gov/federal-register/cfr/ibr-locations.html.
    FAA Order 7400.11, Airspace Designations and Reporting Points, is 
published yearly and effective on September 15.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Fornito, Operations Support 
Group, Eastern Service Center, Federal Aviation Administration, 1701 
Columbia Ave., College Park, GA 30337; telephone (404) 305-6364.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Authority for This Rulemaking

    The FAA's authority to issue rules regarding aviation safety is 
found in title 49 of the United States Code. Subtitle I, Section 106 
describes the authority of the FAA Administrator. Subtitle VII, 
Aviation Programs, describes in more detail the scope of the agency's 
authority. This proposed rulemaking is promulgated under the authority 
described in Subtitle VII, Part A, Subpart I, Section 40103. Under that 
section, the FAA is charged with prescribing regulations to assign the 
use of airspace necessary to ensure the safety of aircraft and the 
efficient use of airspace. This regulation is within the scope of that 
authority as it would amend Class E airspace extending upward from 700 
feet above the surface at Newton Field, Jackman, ME, and remove 
duplicative Newton Field, ME, information to support standard 
instrument approach procedures for IFR operations at this airport.

Comments Invited

    Interested persons are invited to comment on this proposed 
rulemaking by submitting such written data, views, or arguments, as 
they may desire. Comments that provide the factual basis supporting the 
views and suggestions presented are particularly helpful in developing 
reasoned regulatory decisions on the proposal. Comments are 
specifically invited on the overall regulatory, aeronautical, economic, 
environmental, and energy-related aspects of the proposal.
    Communications should identify both docket numbers (Docket No. FAA-
2015-2892 and Airspace Docket No. 15-ANE-2) and be submitted in 
triplicate to DOT Docket Operations (see ADDRESSES section for the 
address and phone number). You may also submit comments through the 
internet at http://www.regulations.gov.
    Persons wishing the FAA to acknowledge receipt of their comments on 
this action must submit with those comments a self-addressed stamped 
postcard on which the following statement is made: ``Comments to FAA 
Docket No. FAA-2015-2892; Airspace Docket No. 15-ANE-2.'' 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 document may be changed in light of the 
comments received. All comments submitted will be available for 
examination in the public docket both before and after the comment 
closing date. A report summarizing each substantive public contact with 
FAA personnel concerned with this rulemaking will be filed in the 
docket. All communications received on or before the specified closing 
date for comments will be considered before taking action on the 
proposed rule. The proposal contained in this notice may be changed in 
light of the comments received. A report summarizing each substantive 
public contact with FAA personnel concerned with this rulemaking will 
be filed in the docket.

Availability of NPRMs

    An electronic copy of this document may be downloaded 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/.

[[Page 51898]]

    You may review the public docket containing the proposal, any 
comments received and any final disposition in person in the Dockets 
Office (see the ADDRESSES section for address and phone number) between 
9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, except federal 
holidays. An informal docket may also be examined between 8:00 a.m. and 
4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, except federal holidays at the office 
of the Eastern Service Center, Federal Aviation Administration, Room 
350, 1701 Columbia Avenue, College Park, GA 30337.

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 considering an amendment to Title 14 Code of Federal 
Regulations (14 CFR) part 71 to amend Class E airspace extending upward 
from 700 feet above the surface to within a 12.4-mile (increased from a 
6-mile) radius of Newton Field, Jackman, ME, providing the controlled 
airspace required to support the new RNAV (GPS) standard instrument 
approach procedures for IFR operations at this airport.
    This action would also make an editorial correction to remove the 
duplicate airspace published in the Order under the designation Newton 
Field, ME.
    The geographic coordinates of the airport also would be adjusted to 
coincide with the FAAs aeronautical database.
    Class E airspace designations are published in Paragraph 6005 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 E 
airspace designations listed in this document will be published 
subsequently in the Order.

Regulatory Notices and Analyses

    The FAA has determined that this proposed regulation only involves 
an established body of technical regulations for which frequent and 
routine amendments are necessary to keep them operationally current. 
It, therefore: (1) Is not a ``significant regulatory action'' under 
Executive Order 12866; (2) is not a ``significant rule'' under DOT 
Regulatory Policies and Procedures (44 FR 11034; February 26, 1979); 
and (3) does not warrant preparation of a regulatory evaluation as the 
anticipated impact is so minimal. Since this is a routine matter that 
will only affect air traffic procedures and air navigation, it is 
certified that this proposed rule, when promulgated, will not have a 
significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities 
under the criteria of the Regulatory Flexibility Act.

Environmental Review

    This proposal would be subject to an environmental analysis in 
accordance with FAA Order 1050.1F, ``Environmental Impacts: Policies 
and Procedures'' prior to any FAA final regulatory action.

Lists of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 71

    Airspace, Incorporation by reference, Navigation (air).

The Proposed Amendment

    In consideration of the foregoing, the Federal Aviation 
Administration proposes to amend 14 CFR part 71 as follows:

PART 71--DESIGNATION OF CLASS A, B, C, D, AND E AIRSPACE AREAS; AIR 
TRAFFIC SERVICE ROUTES; AND REPORTING POINTS

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1. The authority citation for part 71 continues to read as follows:

    Authority:  49 U.S.C. 106(f), 106(g); 40103, 40113, 40120; E.O. 
10854, 24 FR 9565, 3 CFR, 1959-1963 Comp., p. 389.


Sec.  71.1   [Amended]

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2. The incorporation by reference in 14 CFR 71.1 of Federal Aviation 
Administration Order 7400.11C, Airspace Designations and Reporting 
Points, dated August 13, 2018, and effective September 15, 2018, is 
amended as follows:

Paragraph 6005 Class E Airspace Areas Extending Upward From 700 
Feet or More Above the Surface of the Earth.

* * * * *

ANE ME E5 Jackman, ME [Amended]

Newton Field, ME
    (Lat. 45[deg]37'58'' N, long. 70[deg]14'56'' W)

    That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface 
within a 12.4-mile radius of Newton Field, excluding that airspace 
outside the United States.

ANE ME E5 Newton Field, ME [Removed]

    Issued in College Park, Georgia, on October 3, 2018.
Ryan W. Almasy,
Manager, Operations Support Group, Eastern Service Center, Air Traffic 
Organization.
[FR Doc. 2018-22264 Filed 10-12-18; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 4910-13-P

Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 199 / Monday, October 15, 2018 / Proposed Rules 51897 radius of General Mitchell International Rm. W12–140, Washington, DC 20590; instrument approach procedures for IFR Airport, and within an 6.6-mile radius of Telephone: 1–800–647–5527, or (202)- operations at this airport. Batten International Airport, and within a 366–9826. You must identify the Docket 7.5-mile radius of Waukesha County Airport, Comments Invited No. FAA–2015–2892; Airspace Docket and within 2 miles each side of the 282° Interested persons are invited to bearing from Waukesha County Airport No. 15–ANE–2, at the beginning of your comments. You may also submit and comment on this proposed rulemaking extending from the 7.5-mile radius to 10.5 miles west of Waukesha County Airport, and review received comments through the by submitting such written data, views, within a 6.4-mile radius of Lawrence J. internet at http://www.regulations.gov. or arguments, as they may desire. Timmerman Airport, and within 2 miles each You may review the public docket Comments that provide the factual basis side of the 218° bearing from the Lawrence containing the proposal, any comments supporting the views and suggestions J. Timmerman Airport extending from the received, and any final disposition in presented are particularly helpful in 6.4-mile radius to 11.7 miles northwest of person in the Dockets Office between developing reasoned regulatory Lawrence J. Timmerman Airport, and within 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday decisions on the proposal. Comments 9 miles west and 6 miles east of the 328° are specifically invited on the overall bearing from the Lawrence J. Timmerman: through Friday, except federal holidays. regulatory, aeronautical, economic, RWY15–LOC extending from the 6.4-mile FAA Order 7400.11C, Airspace environmental, and energy-related radius to 10 miles from the Lawrence J. Designations and Reporting Points, and Timmerman Airport. aspects of the proposal. subsequent amendments can be viewed Communications should identify both Issued in Fort Worth, Texas, on October 3, on line at http://www.faa.gov/air_ docket numbers (Docket No. FAA– 2018. traffic/publications/. For further 2015–2892 and Airspace Docket No. 15– Walter Tweedy, information, you can contact the ANE–2) and be submitted in triplicate to Acting Manager, Operations Support Group, Airspace Policy Group, Federal Aviation DOT Docket Operations (see ADDRESSES ATO Central Service Center. Administration, 800 Independence section for the address and phone [FR Doc. 2018–22175 Filed 10–12–18; 8:45 am] Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20591; number). You may also submit BILLING CODE 4910–13–P telephone: (202) 267–8783. The Order is comments through the internet at http:// also available for inspection at the www.regulations.gov. National Archives and Records Persons wishing the FAA to DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Administration (NARA). For acknowledge receipt of their comments information on the availability of FAA on this action must submit with those Federal Aviation Administration Order 7400.11C at NARA, call (202) comments a self-addressed stamped 741–6030, or go to https:// postcard on which the following 14 CFR Part 71 www.archives.gov/federal-register/cfr/ statement is made: ‘‘Comments to FAA ibr-locations.html. Docket No. FAA–2015–2892; Airspace [Docket No. FAA–2015–2892; Airspace Docket No. 15–ANE–2] FAA Order 7400.11, Airspace Docket No. 15–ANE–2.’’ The postcard Designations and Reporting Points, is will be date/time stamped and returned RIN–2120–AA66 published yearly and effective on to the commenter. September 15. All communications received before Proposed Amendment of Class E the specified closing date for comments Airspace; Jackman, ME, and FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Fornito, Operations Support Group, will be considered before taking action Revocation of Class E Airspace; on the proposed rule. The proposal Newton Field, ME Eastern Service Center, Federal Aviation Administration, 1701 Columbia Ave., contained in this document may be AGENCY: Federal Aviation College Park, GA 30337; telephone (404) changed in light of the comments Administration (FAA), DOT. 305–6364. received. All comments submitted will be available for examination in the ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: public docket both before and after the (NPRM). Authority for This Rulemaking comment closing date. A report SUMMARY: This action proposes to summarizing each substantive public amend Class E airspace extending The FAA’s authority to issue rules contact with FAA personnel concerned upward from 700 feet above the surface regarding aviation safety is found in title with this rulemaking will be filed in the at Newton Field, Jackman, ME, to 49 of the United States Code. Subtitle I, docket. All communications received on accommodate new area navigation Section 106 describes the authority of or before the specified closing date for (RNAV) global positioning system (GPS) the FAA Administrator. Subtitle VII, comments will be considered before standard instrument approach Aviation Programs, describes in more taking action on the proposed rule. The procedures serving the airport. Also, detail the scope of the agency’s proposal contained in this notice may this action would remove duplicative authority. This proposed rulemaking is be changed in light of the comments Class E airspace for Newton Field, ME. promulgated under the authority received. A report summarizing each Controlled airspace is necessary for the described in Subtitle VII, Part A, substantive public contact with FAA safety and management of instrument Subpart I, Section 40103. Under that personnel concerned with this flight rules (IFR) operations at this section, the FAA is charged with rulemaking will be filed in the docket. airport. This action also would update prescribing regulations to assign the use of airspace necessary to ensure the Availability of NPRMs the geographic coordinates of this khammond on DSK30JT082PROD with PROPOSAL airport. safety of aircraft and the efficient use of An electronic copy of this document airspace. This regulation is within the may be downloaded through the DATES: Comments must be received on scope of that authority as it would internet at http://www.regulations.gov. or before November 29, 2018. amend Class E airspace extending Recently published rulemaking ADDRESSES: Send comments on this rule upward from 700 feet above the surface documents can also be accessed through to: U.S. Department of Transportation, at Newton Field, Jackman, ME, and the FAA’s web page at http:// Docket Operations, 1200 New Jersey remove duplicative Newton Field, ME, www.faa.gov/air_traffic/publications/ Avenue SE, West Bldg. Ground Floor, information to support standard airspace_amendments/. VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:23 Oct 12, 2018 Jkt 247001 PO 00000 Frm 00011 Fmt 4702 Sfmt 4702 E:\FR\FM\15OCP1.SGM 15OCP1

51898 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 199 / Monday, October 15, 2018 / Proposed Rules You may review the public docket keep them operationally current. It, ANE ME E5 Newton Field, ME [Removed] containing the proposal, any comments therefore: (1) Is not a ‘‘significant Issued in College Park, Georgia, on October received and any final disposition in regulatory action’’ under Executive 3, 2018. person in the Dockets Office (see the Order 12866; (2) is not a ‘‘significant Ryan W. Almasy, ADDRESSES section for address and rule’’ under DOT Regulatory Policies phone number) between 9:00 a.m. and and Procedures (44 FR 11034; February Manager, Operations Support Group, Eastern Service Center, Air Traffic Organization. 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, 26, 1979); and (3) does not warrant [FR Doc. 2018–22264 Filed 10–12–18; 8:45 am] except federal holidays. An informal preparation of a regulatory evaluation as docket may also be examined between the anticipated impact is so minimal. BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday Since this is a routine matter that will through Friday, except federal holidays only affect air traffic procedures and air DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION at the office of the Eastern Service navigation, it is certified that this Center, Federal Aviation proposed rule, when promulgated, will Federal Aviation Administration Administration, Room 350, 1701 not have a significant economic impact Columbia Avenue, College Park, GA on a substantial number of small entities 14 CFR Part 71 30337. under the criteria of the Regulatory Flexibility Act. [Docket No. FAA–2018–0828; Airspace Availability and Summary of Docket No. 18–AGL–22] Documents for Incorporation by Environmental Review Reference RIN 2120–AA66 This proposal would be subject to an This document proposes to amend Proposed Amendment of Class E environmental analysis in accordance FAA Order 7400.11C, Airspace Airspace; Lawrenceville, IL with FAA Order 1050.1F, Designations and Reporting Points, ‘‘Environmental Impacts: Policies and AGENCY: Federal Aviation dated August 13, 2018, and effective Procedures’’ prior to any FAA final Administration (FAA), DOT. September 15, 2018. FAA Order regulatory action. 7400.11C is publicly available as listed ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking in the ADDRESSES section of this Lists of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 71 (NPRM). document. FAA Order 7400.11C lists Class A, B, C, D, and E airspace areas, Airspace, Incorporation by reference, SUMMARY: This action proposes to air traffic service routes, and reporting Navigation (air). amend Class E airspace extending points. upward from 700 feet above the surface The Proposed Amendment at Lawrenceville-Vincennes The Proposal International Airport, Lawrenceville, IL, In consideration of the foregoing, the The FAA is considering an Federal Aviation Administration and Mount Carmel Municipal Airport, amendment to Title 14 Code of Federal proposes to amend 14 CFR part 71 as Mount Carmel, IL. The FAA is Regulations (14 CFR) part 71 to amend follows: proposing this action as the result of an Class E airspace extending upward from airspace review caused by the 700 feet above the surface to within a PART 71—DESIGNATION OF CLASS A, decommissioning of the Lawrenceville 12.4-mile (increased from a 6-mile) B, C, D, AND E AIRSPACE AREAS; AIR VHF omnidirectional range (VOR) radius of Newton Field, Jackman, ME, TRAFFIC SERVICE ROUTES; AND navigation aid, which provided providing the controlled airspace REPORTING POINTS navigation information for the required to support the new RNAV instrument procedures at these airports, (GPS) standard instrument approach ■ 1. The authority citation for part 71 as part of the VOR Minimum procedures for IFR operations at this continues to read as follows: Operational Network (MON) Program. airport. Airspace redesign is necessary for the Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 106(g); 40103, This action would also make an safety and management of instrument 40113, 40120; E.O. 10854, 24 FR 9565, 3 CFR, editorial correction to remove the 1959–1963 Comp., p. 389. flight rules (IFR) operations at these duplicate airspace published in the airports. Order under the designation Newton § 71.1 [Amended] DATES: Comments must be received on Field, ME. ■ 2. The incorporation by reference in or before November 29, 2018. The geographic coordinates of the airport also would be adjusted to 14 CFR 71.1 of Federal Aviation ADDRESSES: Send comments on this coincide with the FAAs aeronautical Administration Order 7400.11C, proposal to the U.S. Department of database. Airspace Designations and Reporting Transportation, Docket Operations, Class E airspace designations are Points, dated August 13, 2018, and West Building Ground Floor, Room published in Paragraph 6005 of FAA effective September 15, 2018, is W12–140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Order 7400.11C, dated August 13, 2018, amended as follows: Washington, DC 20590; telephone (202) and effective September 15, 2018, which Paragraph 6005 Class E Airspace Areas 366–9826, or (800) 647–5527. You must is incorporated by reference in 14 CFR Extending Upward From 700 Feet or More identify FAA Docket No. FAA–2018– 71.1. The Class E airspace designations Above the Surface of the Earth. 0828; Airspace Docket No. 18–AGL–22, listed in this document will be * * * * * at the beginning of your comments. You khammond on DSK30JT082PROD with PROPOSAL published subsequently in the Order. may also submit comments through the ANE ME E5 Jackman, ME [Amended] internet at http://www.regulations.gov. Regulatory Notices and Analyses Newton Field, ME You may review the public docket The FAA has determined that this (Lat. 45°37′58″ N, long. 70°14′56″ W) containing the proposal, any comments proposed regulation only involves an That airspace extending upward from 700 received, and any final disposition in established body of technical feet above the surface within a 12.4-mile person in the Dockets Office between regulations for which frequent and radius of Newton Field, excluding that 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday routine amendments are necessary to airspace outside the United States. through Friday, except federal holidays. VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:23 Oct 12, 2018 Jkt 247001 PO 00000 Frm 00012 Fmt 4702 Sfmt 4702 E:\FR\FM\15OCP1.SGM 15OCP1


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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 November 29, 2018.
ContactJohn Fornito, Operations Support Group, Eastern Service Center, Federal Aviation Administration, 1701 Columbia Ave., College Park, GA 30337; telephone (404) 305-6364.
FR Citation83 FR 51897 
CFR AssociatedAirspace; Incorporation by Reference and Navigation (Air)
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