83_FR_5994 83 FR 5965 - Proposed Revocation of Class E Airspace; Seven Springs, PA, and Somerset, PA

83 FR 5965 - Proposed Revocation of Class E Airspace; Seven Springs, PA, and Somerset, PA

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 29 (February 12, 2018)

Page Range5965-5966
FR Document2018-02556

This action proposes to remove Class E airspace at Seven Springs, PA, as Seven Springs Borough Airport has been abandoned, and controlled airspace is no longer required. This proposal would also remove reference to the Seven Springs, PA, Class E airspace area from the Somerset County Airport, Somerset, PA, description, and update the geographic coordinates of Somerset County Airport to coincide with the FAA's database. This action would enhance the safety and management of controlled airspace within the national airspace system.

Federal Register, Volume 83 Issue 29 (Monday, February 12, 2018) 
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 29 (Monday, February 12, 2018)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 5965-5966]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2018-02556]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Docket No. FAA-2017-0783; Airspace Docket No. 17-AEA-13]


Proposed Revocation of Class E Airspace; Seven Springs, PA, and 
Somerset, PA

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM).

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SUMMARY: This action proposes to remove Class E airspace at Seven 
Springs, PA, as Seven Springs Borough Airport has been abandoned, and 
controlled airspace is no longer required. This proposal would also 
remove reference to the Seven Springs, PA, Class E airspace area from 
the Somerset County Airport, Somerset, PA, description, and update the 
geographic coordinates of Somerset County Airport to coincide with the 
FAA's database. This action would enhance the safety and management of 
controlled airspace within the national airspace system.

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

ADDRESSES: Send comments on this rule to: 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-2017-0783; Airspace Docket No. 17-AEA-13, 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 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 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 remove Class E airspace extending upward from 700 
feet above the surface at Seven Springs Borough Airport, Seven Springs, 
PA, due to the closing of the airport.

Comments Invited

    Interested persons are invited to comment on this 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 (FAA Docket No. 
FAA-2017-0783 and Airspace Docket No. 17-AEA-13) and be submitted in 
triplicate to the DOT Docket Operations (see ADDRESSES section for 
address and phone number). You may also submit comments through the 
internet at http://www.regulations.gov.

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    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-2017-0783; Airspace Docket No. 17-AEA-13.'' 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. 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 from and 
comments submitted through 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, Georgia 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 is considering an amendment to Title 14, Code of Federal 
Regulations (14 CFR) part 71 to remove Class E airspace extending 
upward from 700 feet above the surface at Seven Springs Borough 
Airport, Seven Springs, PA, as the airport has been abandoned. 
Therefore, the airspace is no longer necessary. Also, this action would 
remove the words ``excluding that portion that coincides with the Seven 
Springs, PA, Class E airspace area'' from the regulatory text In Class 
E airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface for 
Somerset County Airport, Somerset, PA, and update the geographic 
coordinates of Somerset County Airport, to be in concert with the FAA's 
aeronautical database.
    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 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 FAA Order 7400.11B, 
Airspace Designations and Reporting Points, dated August 3, 2017, 
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 PA E5 Seven Springs, PA [Removed]

AEA PA E5 Somerset, PA [Amended]

Somerset County Airport, PA
    (Lat. 40[deg]02'20'' N, long. 79[deg]00'54'' W)
Stoystown NDB
    (Lat. 40[deg]05'09'' N, long. 78[deg]55'00'' W)

    That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface 
within a 6.4-mile radius of Somerset County Airport and within 3.1 
miles each side of the 058[deg] bearing from the Stoystown NDB 
extending from the 6.4-mile radius to 9.6 miles northeast of the NDB 
and 4 miles each side of the 236[deg] bearing from the Somerset 
County Airport extending from the 6.4-mile radius to 9.5 miles 
southwest of the airport.

    Issued in College Park, Georgia, on February 1, 2018.
Ryan W. Almasy,
Manager, Operations Support Group, Eastern Service Center, Air Traffic 
Organization.
[FR Doc. 2018-02556 Filed 2-9-18; 8:45 am]
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Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 29 / Monday, February 12, 2018 / Proposed Rules 5965 installed: FW42888, FW42886, FW38590, Issued in Burlington, Massachusetts, on Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20591; FW38591, or FW58255. February 5, 2018. telephone: (202) 267–8783. The Order is (2) RRD BR700–710C4–11 turbofan engines Robert J. Ganley, also available for inspection at the with any of the following EEC firebox Manager, Engine and Propeller Standards National Archives and Records assembly P/Ns installed: FW38504, Branch, Aircraft Certification Service. FW38503, FW38590, FW38591, or FW58255. Administration (NARA). For [FR Doc. 2018–02600 Filed 2–9–18; 8:45 am] information on the availability of FAA (d) Subject BILLING CODE 4910–13–P Order 7400.11B at NARA, call (202) Joint Aircraft System Component (JASC) 741–6030, or go to https:// Code 7600, Engine Controls. www.archives.gov/federal-register/cfr/ (e) Unsafe Condition DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ibr-locations.html. FAA Order 7400.11, Airspace This AD was prompted by reports of Federal Aviation Administration Designations and Reporting Points, is deterioration of the intumescent heat resistant paint system on the EEC firebox published yearly and effective on assembly that was found to be beyond 14 CFR Part 71 September 15. acceptable limits. We are issuing this AD to [Docket No. FAA–2017–0783; Airspace FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John prevent failure of the EEC. The unsafe Docket No. 17–AEA–13] Fornito, Operations Support Group, condition, if not corrected, could result in Eastern Service Center, Federal Aviation failure of the EEC, loss of engine thrust Proposed Revocation of Class E Administration, 1701 Columbia Ave., control, and reduced control of the airplane. Airspace; Seven Springs, PA, and College Park, GA 30337; telephone (404) (f) Compliance Somerset, PA 305–6364. Comply with this AD within the AGENCY: Federal Aviation SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: compliance times specified, unless already Administration (FAA), DOT. done. Authority for This Rulemaking ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking The FAA’s authority to issue rules (g) Required Actions (NPRM). regarding aviation safety is found in (1) Within 6 months after the effective date Title 49 of the United States Code. of this AD, perform the following: SUMMARY: This action proposes to remove Class E airspace at Seven Subtitle I, Section 106 describes the (i) For RRD BR700–710A2–20 engines, remove from service the EEC firebox Springs, PA, as Seven Springs Borough authority of the FAA Administrator. assembly components with P/N FW42888, Airport has been abandoned, and Subtitle VII, Aviation Programs, FW42886, FW38590, FW38591, and controlled airspace is no longer describes in more detail the scope of the FW58255 and replace with parts eligible for required. This proposal would also agency’s authority. This proposed installation. remove reference to the Seven Springs, rulemaking is promulgated under the (ii) For RRD BR700–710C4–11 engines, authority described in Subtitle VII, part remove from service the EEC firebox PA, Class E airspace area from the Somerset County Airport, Somerset, PA, A, Subpart I, Section 40103. Under that assembly components with P/N FW38504, section, the FAA is charged with FW38503, FW38590, FW38591, and description, and update the geographic coordinates of Somerset County Airport prescribing regulations to assign the use FW58255 and replace with parts eligible for installation. to coincide with the FAA’s database. of airspace necessary to ensure the (2) Reserved. This action would enhance the safety safety of aircraft and the efficient use of and management of controlled airspace airspace. This regulation is within the (h) Alternative Methods of Compliance scope of that authority as it would (AMOCs) within the national airspace system. remove Class E airspace extending (1) The Manager, ECO Branch, FAA, has DATES: Comments must be received on upward from 700 feet above the surface the authority to approve AMOCs for this AD, or before March 29, 2018. at Seven Springs Borough Airport, if requested using the procedures found in 14 ADDRESSES: Send comments on this rule Seven Springs, PA, due to the closing of CFR 39.19. In accordance with 14 CFR 39.19, to: U.S. Department of Transportation, send your request to your principal inspector the airport. Docket Operations, 1200 New Jersey or local Flight Standards District Office, as Comments Invited appropriate. If sending information directly Avenue SE, West Building Ground to the manager of the certification office, Floor, Room W12–140, Washington, DC Interested persons are invited to send it to the attention of the person 20590–0001; Telephone: (800) 647– comment on this rulemaking by identified in paragraph (i)(1) of this AD. 5527, or (202) 366–9826. You must submitting such written data, views, or Information may be emailed to: ANE-AD- identify the Docket No. FAA–2017– arguments, as they may desire. AMOC@faa.gov. 0783; Airspace Docket No. 17–AEA–13, Comments that provide the factual basis (2) Before using any approved AMOC, at the beginning of your comments. You supporting the views and suggestions notify your appropriate principal inspector, may also submit comments through the presented are particularly helpful in or lacking a principal inspector, the manager internet at http://www.regulations.gov. developing reasoned regulatory of the local flight standards district office/ certificate holding district office. You may review the public docket decisions on the proposal. Comments containing the proposal, any comments are specifically invited on the overall (i) Related Information received, and any final disposition in regulatory, aeronautical, economic, (1) For more information about this AD, person in the Dockets Office between environmental, and energy-related contact Martin Adler, Aerospace Engineer, 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday aspects of the proposal. ECO Branch, FAA, 1200 District Avenue, through Friday, except federal holidays. Communications should identify both daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with PROPOSALS Burlington, MA 01803; phone: 781–238– FAA Order 7400.11B, Airspace docket numbers (FAA Docket No. FAA– 7157; fax: 781–238–7199; email: Designations and Reporting Points, and 2017–0783 and Airspace Docket No. 17– martin.adler@faa.gov. subsequent amendments can be viewed AEA–13) and be submitted in triplicate (2) Refer to MCAI EASA AD No. 2017– 0198, dated October 10, 2017, for more on line at http://www.faa.gov/air_ to the DOT Docket Operations (see information. You may examine the MCAI in traffic/publications/. For further ADDRESSES section for address and the AD docket on the internet at http:// information, you can contact the phone number). You may also submit www.regulations.gov by searching for and Airspace Policy Group, Federal Aviation comments through the internet at http:// locating it in Docket No. FAA–2017–1050. Administration, 800 Independence www.regulations.gov. 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5966 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 29 / Monday, February 12, 2018 / Proposed Rules Persons wishing the FAA to Class E airspace extending upward from PART 71—DESIGNATION OF CLASS A, acknowledge receipt of their comments 700 feet above the surface at Seven B, C, D, AND E AIRSPACE AREAS; AIR on this action must submit with those Springs Borough Airport, Seven TRAFFIC SERVICE ROUTES; AND comments a self-addressed stamped Springs, PA, as the airport has been REPORTING POINTS postcard on which the following abandoned. Therefore, the airspace is no statement is made: ‘‘Comments to FAA longer necessary. Also, this action ■ 1. The authority citation for part 71 Docket No. FAA–2017–0783; Airspace would remove the words ‘‘excluding continues to read as follows: Docket No. 17–AEA–13.’’ The postcard that portion that coincides with the Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 106(g); 40103, will be date/time stamped and returned Seven Springs, PA, Class E airspace 40113, 40120; E.O. 10854, 24 FR 9565, 3 CFR, to the commenter. area’’ from the regulatory text In Class 1959–1963 Comp., p. 389. All communications received before E airspace extending upward from 700 § 71.1 [Amended] the specified closing date for comments feet above the surface for Somerset will be considered before taking action County Airport, Somerset, PA, and ■ 2. The incorporation by reference in on the proposed rule. The proposal update the geographic coordinates of 14 CFR 71.1 of FAA Order 7400.11B, contained in this notice may be changed Somerset County Airport, to be in Airspace Designations and Reporting in light of the comments received. All concert with the FAA’s aeronautical Points, dated August 3, 2017, effective comments submitted will be available database. September 15, 2017, is amended as for examination in the public docket follows: Class E airspace designations are both before and after the comment published in Paragraph 6005 of FAA Paragraph 6005 Class E Airspace Areas closing date. A report summarizing each Order 7400.11B, dated August 3, 2017, Extending Upward From 700 Feet or More substantive public contact with FAA Above the Surface of the Earth. and effective September 15, 2017, which personnel concerned with this is incorporated by reference in 14 CFR * * * * * rulemaking will be filed in the docket. 71.1. The Class E airspace designation AEA PA E5 Seven Springs, PA [Removed] Availability of NPRMs listed in this document will be AEA PA E5 Somerset, PA [Amended] An electronic copy of this document published subsequently in the Order. Somerset County Airport, PA may be downloaded from and Regulatory Notices and Analyses (Lat. 40°02′20″ N, long. 79°00′54″ W) comments submitted through http:// Stoystown NDB www.regulations.gov. Recently The FAA has determined that this (Lat. 40°05′09″ N, long. 78°55′00″ W) published rulemaking documents can proposed regulation only involves an That airspace extending upward from 700 also be accessed through the FAA’s web established body of technical feet above the surface within a 6.4-mile page at http://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/ regulations for which frequent and radius of Somerset County Airport and publications/airspace_amendments/. routine amendments are necessary to within 3.1 miles each side of the 058° bearing You may review the public docket keep them operationally current. It, from the Stoystown NDB extending from the therefore, (1) is not a ‘‘significant 6.4-mile radius to 9.6 miles northeast of the containing the proposal, any comments NDB and 4 miles each side of the 236° received, and any final disposition in regulatory action’’ under Executive bearing from the Somerset County Airport person in the Dockets Office (see the Order 12866; (2) is not a ‘‘significant extending from the 6.4-mile radius to 9.5 ADDRESSES section for address and rule’’ under DOT Regulatory Policies miles southwest of the airport. phone number) between 9:00 a.m. and and Procedures (44 FR 11034; February Issued in College Park, Georgia, on 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, 26, 1979); and (3) does not warrant February 1, 2018. except federal holidays. An informal preparation of a Regulatory Evaluation Ryan W. Almasy, docket may also be examined between as the anticipated impact is so minimal. Manager, Operations Support Group, Eastern 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday Since this is a routine matter that will Service Center, Air Traffic Organization. through Friday, except federal holidays only affect air traffic procedures and air [FR Doc. 2018–02556 Filed 2–9–18; 8:45 am] at the office of the Eastern Service navigation, it is certified that this BILLING CODE 4910–13–P Center, Federal Aviation proposed rule, when promulgated, will Administration, Room 350, 1701 not have a significant economic impact Columbia Avenue, College Park, Georgia on a substantial number of small entities DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 30337. under the criteria of the Regulatory Flexibility Act. Federal Aviation Administration Availability and Summary of Documents for Incorporation by Environmental Review Reference 14 CFR Part 71 This proposal would be subject to an This document proposes to amend [Docket No. FAA–2017–0994; Airspace environmental analysis in accordance Docket No. 17–ASO–21] FAA Order 7400.11B, Airspace with FAA Order 1050.1F, Designations and Reporting Points, ‘‘Environmental Impacts: Policies and Proposed Amendment of Class D dated August 3, 2017, and effective Procedures’’ prior to any FAA final Airspace and Class E Airspace; September 15, 2017. FAA Order regulatory action. Greenwood, MS 7400.11B is publicly available as listed in the ADDRESSES section of this Lists of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 71 AGENCY: Federal Aviation document. 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CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
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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 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 5965 
CFR AssociatedAirspace; Incorporation by Reference and Navigation (Air)
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