83 FR 60380 - Proposed Amendment of Class E Airspace; Carrizo Springs, TX

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 227 (November 26, 2018)

Page Range		60380-60382
FR Document		2018-25575

This action proposes to amend the Class E airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface at Dimmit County Airport, Carrizo Springs, TX. The FAA is proposing this action as a result of the decommissioning of the Dimmit non-directional beacon (NDB). The geographic coordinates of the airport would also be updated to coincide with the FAA's aeronautical database.

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Docket No. FAA-2018-0940; Airspace Docket No. 18-ASW-15]
RIN 2120-AA66

Proposed Amendment of Class E Airspace; Carrizo Springs, TX

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM).

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SUMMARY: This action proposes to amend the Class E airspace extending
upward from 700 feet above the surface at Dimmit County Airport,
Carrizo Springs, TX. The FAA is proposing this action as a result of
the decommissioning of the Dimmit non-directional beacon (NDB). 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 January 10, 2019.

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-2018-0940; Airspace Docket No. 18-ASW-15, 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,

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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: Walter Tweedy, Federal Aviation
Administration, Operations Support Group, Central Service Center, 10101
Hillwood Parkway, Fort Worth, TX 76177; telephone (817) 222-5900.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Authority for This Rulemaking

The FAA's authority to issue rules regarding aviation safety is
found in Title 49 of the United States Code. Subtitle I, Section 106
describes the authority of the FAA Administrator. Subtitle VII,
Aviation Programs, describes in more detail the scope of the agency's
authority. This rulemaking is promulgated under the authority described
in Subtitle VII, Part A, Subpart I, Section 40103. Under that section,
the FAA is charged with prescribing regulations to assign the use of
airspace necessary to ensure the safety of aircraft and the efficient
use of airspace. This regulation is within the scope of that authority,
as it would amend Class E airspace extending upward from 700 feet above
the surface at Dimmit County Airport, Carrizo Springs, TX, to support
instrument flight rule operations at this airport.

Comments Invited

Interested parties are invited to participate in this proposed
rulemaking by submitting such written data, views, or arguments, as
they may desire. Comments that provide the factual basis supporting the
views and suggestions presented are particularly helpful in developing
reasoned regulatory decisions on the proposal. Comments are
specifically invited on the overall regulatory, aeronautical, economic,
environmental, and energy-related aspects of the proposal.
Communications should identify both docket numbers and be submitted in
triplicate to the address listed above. Commenters wishing the FAA to
acknowledge receipt of their comments on this notice must submit with
those comments a self-addressed, stamped postcard on which the
following statement is made: ``Comments to Docket No. FAA-2018-0940/
Airspace Docket No. 18-ASW-15.'' The postcard will be date/time stamped
and returned to the commenter.
All communications received before the specified closing date for
comments will be considered before taking action on the proposed rule.
The proposal contained in this notice may be changed in light of the
comments received. A report summarizing each substantive public contact
with FAA personnel concerned with this rulemaking will be filed in the
docket.

Availability of NPRMs

An electronic copy of this document may be downloaded through the
internet at http://www.regulations.gov. Recently published rulemaking
documents can also be accessed through the FAA's web page at http://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/publications/airspace_amendments/.
You may review the public docket containing the proposal, any
comments received, and any final disposition in person in the Dockets
Office (see the ADDRESSES section for the address and phone number)
between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, except federal
holidays. An informal docket may also be examined during normal
business hours at the Federal Aviation Administration, Air Traffic
Organization, Central Service Center, Operations Support Group, 10101
Hillwood Parkway, Fort Worth, TX 76177.

Availability and Summary of Documents for Incorporation by Reference

This document proposes to amend FAA Order 7400.11C, 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 E airspace extending
upward from 700 feet above the surface within 6.5 mile radius (formerly
7.5 mile radius) of Dimmit County Airport, Carrizo Springs, TX. The
geographic coordinates of the airport would also be updated to coincide
with the FAA's aeronautical database.
This action is necessary due to the decommissioning of the Dimmit
NDB.
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 designation listed in this document will be published
subsequently in the Order.

Regulatory Notices and Analyses

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

Environmental Review

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

List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 71

Airspace, Incorporation by reference, Navigation (air).

The Proposed Amendment

Accordingly, pursuant to the authority delegated to me, the Federal
Aviation Administration proposes to amend 14 CFR part 71 as follows:

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

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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.

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Sec. 71.1 [Amended]

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

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ASW TX E5 Carrizo Springs, TX [Amended]

Carrizo Springs, Dimmit County Airport, TX
(Lat. 28[deg]31'20'' N, long. 99[deg]49'25'' W)

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

Issued in Fort Worth, Texas, on November 14, 2018.
Anthony Schneider,
Manager, Operations Support Group, ATO Central Service Center.
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you can contact the Airspace Policy on this notice must submit with those coincide with the FAA’s aeronautical
Group, Federal Aviation comments a self-addressed, stamped database.
Administration, 800 Independence postcard on which the following This action is necessary due to the
Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20591; statement is made: ‘‘Comments to decommissioning of the Dimmit NDB.
telephone: (202) 267–8783. The Order is Docket No. FAA–2018–0940/Airspace
Docket No. 18–ASW–15.’’ The postcard Class E airspace designations are
also available for inspection at the
will be date/time stamped and returned published in paragraph 6005 of FAA
National Archives and Records
to the commenter. Order 7400.11C, dated August 13, 2018,
Administration (NARA). For
All communications received before and effective September 15, 2018, which
information on the availability of FAA
the specified closing date for comments is incorporated by reference in 14 CFR
Order 7400.11C at NARA, call (202)
will be considered before taking action 71.1. The Class E airspace designation
741–6030, or go to http://
on the proposed rule. The proposal listed in this document will be
www.archives.gov/federal-register/cfr/
contained in this notice may be changed published subsequently in the Order.
ibr-locations.html.
FAA Order 7400.11, Airspace in light of the comments received. A Regulatory Notices and Analyses
Designations and Reporting Points, is report summarizing each substantive
published yearly and effective on public contact with FAA personnel The FAA has determined that this
September 15. concerned with this rulemaking will be regulation only involves an established
filed in the docket. body of technical regulations for which
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
frequent and routine amendments are
Walter Tweedy, Federal Aviation Availability of NPRMs necessary to keep them operationally
Administration, Operations Support
An electronic copy of this document current, is non-controversial and
Group, Central Service Center, 10101
may be downloaded through the unlikely to result in adverse or negative
Hillwood Parkway, Fort Worth, TX
internet at http://www.regulations.gov. comments. It, therefore: (1) Is not a
76177; telephone (817) 222–5900.
Recently published rulemaking ‘‘significant regulatory action’’ under
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: documents can also be accessed through Executive Order 12866; (2) is not a
Authority for This Rulemaking the FAA’s web page at http:// ‘‘significant rule’’ under DOT
www.faa.gov/air_traffic/publications/ Regulatory Policies and Procedures (44
The FAA’s authority to issue rules airspace_amendments/. FR 11034; February 26, 1979); and (3)
regarding aviation safety is found in You may review the public docket does not warrant preparation of a
Title 49 of the United States Code. containing the proposal, any comments regulatory evaluation as the anticipated
Subtitle I, Section 106 describes the received, and any final disposition in impact is so minimal. Since this is a
authority of the FAA Administrator. person in the Dockets Office (see the routine matter that will only affect air
Subtitle VII, Aviation Programs, ADDRESSES section for the address and traffic procedures and air navigation, it
describes in more detail the scope of the phone number) between 9:00 a.m. and is certified that this rule, when
agency’s authority. This rulemaking is 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, promulgated, would not have a
promulgated under the authority except federal holidays. An informal significant economic impact on a
described in Subtitle VII, Part A, docket may also be examined during substantial number of small entities
Subpart I, Section 40103. Under that normal business hours at the Federal under the criteria of the Regulatory
section, the FAA is charged with Aviation Administration, Air Traffic Flexibility Act.
prescribing regulations to assign the use Organization, Central Service Center,
of airspace necessary to ensure the Operations Support Group, 10101 Environmental Review
safety of aircraft and the efficient use of Hillwood Parkway, Fort Worth, TX
airspace. This regulation is within the This proposal will be subject to an
76177. environmental analysis in accordance
scope of that authority, as it would
amend Class E airspace extending Availability and Summary of with FAA Order 1050.1F,
upward from 700 feet above the surface Documents for Incorporation by ‘‘Environmental Impacts: Policies and
at Dimmit County Airport, Carrizo Reference Procedures’’ prior to any FAA final
Springs, TX, to support instrument regulatory action.
This document proposes to amend
flight rule operations at this airport. FAA Order 7400.11C, Airspace List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 71
Comments Invited Designations and Reporting Points,
dated August 13, 2018, and effective Airspace, Incorporation by reference,
Interested parties are invited to September 15, 2018. FAA Order Navigation (air).
participate in this proposed rulemaking 7400.11C is publicly available as listed The Proposed Amendment
by submitting such written data, views, in the ADDRESSES section of this
or arguments, as they may desire. document. FAA Order 7400.11C lists Accordingly, pursuant to the
Comments that provide the factual basis Class A, B, C, D, and E airspace areas, authority delegated to me, the Federal
supporting the views and suggestions air traffic service routes, and reporting Aviation Administration proposes to
presented are particularly helpful in points. amend 14 CFR part 71 as follows:
developing reasoned regulatory
decisions on the proposal. Comments The Proposal PART 71—DESIGNATION OF CLASS A,
are specifically invited on the overall The FAA is proposing an amendment B, C, D, AND E AIRSPACE AREAS; AIR
regulatory, aeronautical, economic, to Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations TRAFFIC SERVICE ROUTES; AND
environmental, and energy-related (14 CFR) part 71 by amending the Class REPORTING POINTS
aspects of the proposal. E airspace extending upward from 700
Communications should identify both feet above the surface within 6.5 mile ■ 1. The authority citation for 14 CFR
docket numbers and be submitted in radius (formerly 7.5 mile radius) of part 71 continues to read as follows:
triplicate to the address listed above. Dimmit County Airport, Carrizo Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 106(g); 40103,
Commenters wishing the FAA to Springs, TX. The geographic coordinates 40113, 40120; E.O. 10854, 24 FR 9565, 3 CFR,
acknowledge receipt of their comments of the airport would also be updated to 1959–1963 Comp., p. 389.

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Category		Regulatory Information
Collection		Federal Register
sudoc Class		AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106:
Publisher		Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
Section		Proposed Rules
Action		Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM).
Dates		Comments must be received on or before January 10, 2019.
Contact		Walter Tweedy, Federal Aviation Administration, Operations Support Group, Central Service Center, 10101 Hillwood Parkway, Fort Worth, TX 76177; telephone (817) 222-5900.
FR Citation		83 FR 60380
RIN Number		2120-AA66
CFR Associated		Airspace; Incorporation by Reference and Navigation (Air)

83 FR 60380 - Proposed Amendment of Class E Airspace; Carrizo Springs, TX

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