83_FR_5776 83 FR 5748 - Proposed Amendment of Class E Airspace, Hamilton, NY

83 FR 5748 - Proposed Amendment of Class E Airspace, Hamilton, NY

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 28 (February 9, 2018)

Page Range5748-5749
FR Document2018-02143

This action proposes to amend Class E airspace at Hamilton Municipal Airport (formerly Elisha Payne Airport), Hamilton, NY, to accommodate airspace reconfiguration due to the decommissioning of the Georgetown VHF omni-directional radio range tactical air navigation aid (VORTAC), and cancellation of the VORTAC approach. Controlled airspace is necessary for the safety and management of instrument flight rules (IFR) operations at the airport. This action also would update the geographic coordinates of the airport, and update the airport name.

Federal Register, Volume 83 Issue 28 (Friday, February 9, 2018) 
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 28 (Friday, February 9, 2018)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 5748-5749]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2018-02143]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Docket No. FAA-2017-1089; Airspace Docket No. 17-AEA-21]


Proposed Amendment of Class E Airspace, Hamilton, NY

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 at Hamilton 
Municipal Airport (formerly Elisha Payne Airport), Hamilton, NY, to 
accommodate airspace reconfiguration due to the decommissioning of the 
Georgetown VHF omni-directional radio range tactical air navigation aid 
(VORTAC), and cancellation of the VORTAC approach. Controlled airspace 
is necessary for the safety and management of instrument flight rules 
(IFR) operations at the airport. This action also would update the 
geographic coordinates of the airport, and update the airport name.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before March 26, 2018.

ADDRESSES: Send comments on this proposal to: The U.S. Department of 
Transportation, Docket Operations, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, West 
Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, Washington, DC 20590-0001; 
Telephone: (800) 647-5527, or (202) 366-9826. You must identify the 
Docket No. FAA-2017-1089; Airspace Docket No. 17-AEA-21, at the 
beginning of your comments. You may also submit comments through the 
internet at http://www.regulations.gov.
    FAA Order 7400.11B, 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 7400.11B 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:  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 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 at Hamilton Municipal Airport, 
Hamilton, NY, to support IFR operations at the 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.

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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-
2017-1089 and Airspace Docket No. 17-AEA-21) 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-2017-1089; Airspace Docket No. 17-AEA-21.'' 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.

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 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 7400.11B, 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 proposes an amendment to Title 14, Code of Federal 
Regulations (14 CFR) part 71 to increases Class E airspace extending 
upward from 700 feet or more above the surface within an 11.2-mile 
radius (increased from a 6.5-mile radius) of Hamilton Municipal 
Airport, Hamilton, NY, due to the decommissioning of the Georgetown 
VORTAC, and cancellation of the VOR approach. The changes would enhance 
the safety and management of IFR operations at the airport. The 
geographic coordinates of the airport also would be adjusted to 
coincide with the FAAs aeronautical database, and the airport name 
would be updated to Hamilton Municipal Airport from Elisha Payne 
Airport.
    Class E airspace designations are published in Paragraph 6005 of 
FAA Order 7400.11B, dated August 3, 2017, and effective September 15, 
2017, which is incorporated by reference in 14 CFR 71.1. The Class E 
airspace designation 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 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.

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 7400.11B, 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.

* * * * *

AEA NY E5 Hamilton, NY [Amended]

Hamilton Municipal Airport, NY
    (Lat. 42[deg]50'36'' N, long. 75[deg]33'40'' W)

    That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface 
within an 11.2-mile radius of Hamilton Municipal Airport.

    Issued in College Park, Georgia, on January 29, 2018.
Ryan W. Almasy,
Manager, Operations Support Group, Eastern Service Center, Air Traffic 
Organization.
[FR Doc. 2018-02143 Filed 2-8-18; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 4910-13-P

5748 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 28 / Friday, February 9, 2018 / Proposed Rules specified in paragraph (h)(1), (h)(2), or (h)(3) (k) Related Information Transportation, Docket Operations, 1200 of this AD. (1) Refer to Mandatory Continuing New Jersey Avenue SE, West Building (1) For MLG up-lock assembly latches that Airworthiness Information (MCAI) Canadian Ground Floor, Room W12–140, have 14,200 total flight cycles or more as of AD CF–2017–15, dated May 29, 2017, for Washington, DC 20590–0001; the effective date of this AD: The compliance related information. This MCAI may be Telephone: (800) 647–5527, or (202) time for doing the initial functional check is found in the AD docket on the internet at 366–9826. You must identify the Docket within 800 flight cycles after the effective http://www.regulations.gov by searching for date of this AD. and locating Docket No. FAA–2018–0072. No. FAA–2017–1089; Airspace Docket (2) For MLG up-lock assembly latches that (2) For more information about this AD, No. 17–AEA–21, at the beginning of have 11,600 total flight cycles or more, but contact Erin Hulverson, Aerospace Engineer, your comments. You may also submit fewer than 14,200 total flight cycles, as of the FAA, Boston ACO Branch, 1200 District comments through the internet at http:// effective date of this AD: The compliance Avenue, Burlington, MA 01803; telephone: www.regulations.gov. time for doing the initial functional check is 781–238–7655. FAA Order 7400.11B, Airspace within 1,600 flight cycles after the effective (3) For service information identified in Designations and Reporting Points, and date of this AD, but not to exceed 15,000 total this AD, contact Bombardier, Inc., Q-Series subsequent amendments can be viewed flight cycles on the up-lock assembly latch. Technical Help Desk, 123 Garratt Boulevard, on line at http://www.faa.gov/air_ (3) For MLG up-lock assembly latches with Toronto, Ontario M3K 1Y5, Canada; telephone: 416–375–4000; fax: 416–375– traffic/publications/. For further fewer than 11,600 total flight cycles as of the information, you can contact the 4539; email: thd.qseries@ effective date of this AD: The compliance Airspace Policy Group, Federal Aviation aero.bombardier.com; internet: http:// time for doing the initial functional check is www.bombardier.com. You may view this Administration, 800 Independence within 3,000 flight cycles after the effective service information at the FAA, Transport date of this AD, but not to exceed 13,200 total Avenue SW, Washington, DC, 20591; Standards Branch, 1601 Lind Avenue SW, telephone: (202) 267–8783. The Order is flight cycles on the up-lock assembly latch. Renton, WA. For information on the also available for inspection at the (i) Method of Compliance for Initial availability of this material at the FAA, call National Archives and Records Functional Check 425–227–1221. Administration (NARA). For Accomplishing MRB task number 323100– Issued in Renton, Washington, on January information on the availability of FAA 202 of Bombardier TR MRB–66, dated 25, 2018. Order 7400.11B at NARA, call (202) December 7, 2011, to Section 1–32, Landing Michael Kaszycki, 741–6030, or go to https:// Gear Maintenance Program, of MRB Report Acting Director, System Oversight Division, www.archives.gov/federal-register/cfr/ Part 1, Bombardier Q400 Dash 8 Maintenance Aircraft Certification Service. ibr-locations.html. Requirements Manual, PSM 1–84–7, within [FR Doc. 2018–02198 Filed 2–8–18; 8:45 am] FAA Order 7400.11, Airspace 3,000 flight cycles before the effective date of this AD, is a method of compliance for the BILLING CODE 4910–13–P Designations and Reporting Points, is initial functional check required by CMR task published yearly and effective on number 323100–102 as specified in September 15. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Bombardier TR ALI–0168, to Section 1–32, FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Landing Gear Maintenance Program, of MRB Federal Aviation Administration Fornito, Operations Support Group, Report Part 2, Bombardier Q400 Dash 8 Eastern Service Center, Federal Aviation Maintenance Requirements Manual, PSM 1– Administration, 1701 Columbia Ave., 84–7. 14 CFR Part 71 College Park, GA 30337; telephone (404) [Docket No. FAA–2017–1089; Airspace 305–6364. (j) Other FAA AD Provisions Docket No. 17–AEA–21] The following provisions also apply to this SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: AD: Proposed Amendment of Class E Authority for This Rulemaking (1) Alternative Methods of Compliance Airspace, Hamilton, NY (AMOCs): The Manager, New York ACO The FAA’s authority to issue rules Branch, FAA, has the authority to approve AGENCY: Federal Aviation regarding aviation safety is found in AMOCs for this AD, if requested using the Administration (FAA), DOT. Title 49 of the United States Code. procedures found in 14 CFR 39.19. In ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking Subtitle I, Section 106 describes the accordance with 14 CFR 39.19, send your (NPRM). authority of the FAA Administrator. request to your principal inspector or local Subtitle VII, Aviation Programs, Flight Standards District Office, as SUMMARY: This action proposes to describes in more detail the scope of the appropriate. If sending information directly amend Class E airspace at Hamilton to the manager of the ACO, send it to ATTN: agency’s authority. This rulemaking is Municipal Airport (formerly Elisha promulgated under the authority Program Manager, Continuing Operational Payne Airport), Hamilton, NY, to Safety, FAA, New York ACO Branch, 1600 described in Subtitle VII, Part A, accommodate airspace reconfiguration Subpart I, Section 40103. Under that Stewart Avenue, Suite 410, Westbury, NY due to the decommissioning of the section, the FAA is charged with 11590; telephone: 516–228–7300; fax: 516– 794–5531. Before using any approved AMOC, Georgetown VHF omni-directional radio prescribing regulations to assign the use notify your appropriate principal inspector, range tactical air navigation aid of airspace necessary to ensure the or lacking a principal inspector, the manager (VORTAC), and cancellation of the safety of aircraft and the efficient use of of the local flight standards district office/ VORTAC approach. Controlled airspace airspace. This regulation is within the certificate holding district office. is necessary for the safety and scope of that authority as it would (2) Contacting the Manufacturer: For any management of instrument flight rules amend Class E airspace at Hamilton sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with PROPOSALS requirement in this AD to obtain corrective (IFR) operations at the airport. This Municipal Airport, Hamilton, NY, to actions from a manufacturer, the action must action also would update the geographic be accomplished using a method approved support IFR operations at the airport. coordinates of the airport, and update by the Manager, New York ACO Branch, the airport name. Comments Invited FAA; or Transport Canada Civil Aviation DATES: Comments must be received on Interested persons are invited to (TCCA); or Bombardier, Inc., TCCA Design Approval Organization (DAO). If approved by or before March 26, 2018. comment on this proposed rulemaking the DAO, the approval must include the ADDRESSES: Send comments on this by submitting such written data, views, DAO-authorized signature. proposal to: The U.S. Department of or arguments, as they may desire. VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:06 Feb 08, 2018 Jkt 244001 PO 00000 Frm 00011 Fmt 4702 Sfmt 4702 E:\FR\FM\09FEP1.SGM 09FEP1

Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 28 / Friday, February 9, 2018 / Proposed Rules 5749 Comments that provide the factual basis Availability and Summary of Environmental Review supporting the views and suggestions Documents for Incorporation by presented are particularly helpful in Reference This proposal will be subject to an developing reasoned regulatory environmental analysis in accordance decisions on the proposal. Comments This document proposes to amend with FAA Order 1050.1F, are specifically invited on the overall FAA Order 7400.11B, Airspace ‘‘Environmental Impacts: Policies and regulatory, aeronautical, economic, Designations and Reporting Points, Procedures’’ prior to any FAA final environmental, and energy-related dated August 3, 2017, and effective regulatory action. aspects of the proposal. September 15, 2017. FAA Order 7400.11B is publicly available as listed Lists of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 71 Communications should identify both docket numbers (Docket No. FAA– in the ADDRESSES section of this document. FAA Order 7400.11B lists Airspace, Incorporation by reference, 2017–1089 and Airspace Docket No. 17– Navigation (air). AEA–21) and be submitted in triplicate Class A, B, C, D, and E airspace areas, to DOT Docket Operations (see air traffic service routes, and reporting The Proposed Amendment ADDRESSES section for the address and points. In consideration of the foregoing, the phone number.) You may also submit The Proposal Federal Aviation Administration comments through the internet at http:// www.regulations.gov. The FAA proposes an amendment to proposes to amend 14 CFR part 71 as Persons wishing the FAA to Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations follows: acknowledge receipt of their comments (14 CFR) part 71 to increases Class E airspace extending upward from 700 PART 71—DESIGNATION OF CLASS A, on this action must submit with those feet or more above the surface within an B, C, D, AND E AIRSPACE AREAS; AIR comments a self-addressed stamped 11.2-mile radius (increased from a 6.5- TRAFFIC SERVICE ROUTES; AND postcard on which the following statement is made: ‘‘Comments to FAA mile radius) of Hamilton Municipal REPORTING POINTS Docket No. FAA–2017–1089; Airspace Airport, Hamilton, NY, due to the Docket No. 17–AEA–21.’’ The postcard decommissioning of the Georgetown ■ 1. The authority citation for part 71 will be date/time stamped and returned VORTAC, and cancellation of the VOR continues to read as follows: to the commenter. approach. The changes would enhance Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 106(g); 40103, All communications received before the safety and management of IFR 40113, 40120; E.O. 10854, 24 FR 9565, 3 CFR, the specified closing date for comments operations at the airport. The geographic 1959–1963 Comp., p. 389. will be considered before taking action coordinates of the airport also would be on the proposed rule. The proposal adjusted to coincide with the FAAs § 71.1 [Amended] contained in this document may be aeronautical database, and the airport name would be updated to Hamilton ■ 2. The incorporation by reference in changed in light of the comments 14 CFR 71.1 of Federal Aviation received. All comments submitted will Municipal Airport from Elisha Payne Airport. Administration Order 7400.11B, be available for examination in the Airspace Designations and Reporting public docket both before and after the Class E airspace designations are Points, dated August 3, 2017, and comment closing date. A report published in Paragraph 6005 of FAA effective September 15, 2017, is summarizing each substantive public Order 7400.11B, dated August 3, 2017, and effective September 15, 2017, which amended as follows: contact with FAA personnel concerned with this rulemaking will be filed in the is incorporated by reference in 14 CFR Paragraph 6005 Class E Airspace Areas docket. 71.1. The Class E airspace designation Extending Upward From 700 Feet or More listed in this document will be Above the Surface of the Earth. Availability of NPRMs published subsequently in the Order. * * * * * An electronic copy of this document Regulatory Notices and Analyses may be downloaded through the AEA NY E5 Hamilton, NY [Amended] internet at http://www.regulations.gov. The FAA has determined that this Hamilton Municipal Airport, NY Recently published rulemaking proposed regulation only involves an (Lat. 42°50′36″ N, long. 75°33′40″ W) documents can also be accessed through established body of technical That airspace extending upward from 700 the FAA’s web page at http:// regulations for which frequent and feet above the surface within an 11.2-mile www.faa.gov/air_traffic/publications/ routine amendments are necessary to radius of Hamilton Municipal Airport. airspace_amendments/. keep them operationally current. It, Issued in College Park, Georgia, on January You may review the public docket therefore: (1) Is not a ‘‘significant 29, 2018. containing the proposal, any comments regulatory action’’ under Executive Ryan W. Almasy, received, and any final disposition in Order 12866; (2) is not a ‘‘significant person in the Dockets Office (see the rule’’ under DOT Regulatory Policies Manager, Operations Support Group, Eastern ADDRESSES section for address and and Procedures (44 FR 11034; February Service Center, Air Traffic Organization. phone number) between 9:00 a.m. and 26, 1979); and (3) does not warrant [FR Doc. 2018–02143 Filed 2–8–18; 8:45 am] 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, preparation of a Regulatory Evaluation BILLING CODE 4910–13–P except federal holidays. An informal as the anticipated impact is so minimal. sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with PROPOSALS docket may also be examined between Since this is a routine matter that will 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday only affect air traffic procedures and air through Friday, except federal holidays navigation, it is certified that this at the office of the Eastern Service proposed rule, when promulgated, will Center, Federal Aviation not have a significant economic impact Administration, room 350, 1701 on a substantial number of small entities Columbia Avenue, College Park, GA under the criteria of the Regulatory 30337. Flexibility Act. VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:06 Feb 08, 2018 Jkt 244001 PO 00000 Frm 00012 Fmt 4702 Sfmt 9990 E:\FR\FM\09FEP1.SGM 09FEP1


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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 March 26, 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 5748 
CFR AssociatedAirspace; Incorporation by Reference and Navigation (air)
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