83_FR_7467 83 FR 7432 - Proposed Revocation of Class E Airspace; Sunol, CA

83 FR 7432 - Proposed Revocation of Class E Airspace; Sunol, CA

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 35 (February 21, 2018)

Page Range7432-7433
FR Document2018-03406

This action proposes to remove Class E airspace extending upward from 1,200 feet above the surface at Sunol, CA. This airspace is wholly contained within the Sacramento en route airspace area and duplication is not necessary.

Federal Register, Volume 83 Issue 35 (Wednesday, February 21, 2018) 
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 35 (Wednesday, February 21, 2018)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 7432-7433]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2018-03406]



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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Docket No. FAA-2017-1147; Airspace Docket No. 17-AWP-29]


Proposed Revocation of Class E Airspace; Sunol, CA

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 extending 
upward from 1,200 feet above the surface at Sunol, CA. This airspace is 
wholly contained within the Sacramento en route airspace area and 
duplication is not necessary.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before April 9, 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; telephone: 1 
(800) 647-5527, or (202) 366-9826. You must identify FAA Docket No. 
FAA-2017-1147; Airspace Docket No. 17-AWP-29, 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 online at http://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/publications/. For further information, you can contact the 
Airspace Policy Group, Federal Aviation Administration, 800 
Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20591; telephone: (202) 267-
8783. The Order is also available for inspection at the National 
Archives and Records Administration (NARA). For information on the 
availability of FAA Order 7400.11B 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: Tom Clark, Federal Aviation 
Administration, Operations Support Group, Western Service Center, 1601 
Lind Avenue SW, Renton, WA 98057; telephone (425) 203-4511.

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 remove Class E airspace at Sunol, CA.

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 (Docket No. FAA-
2017-1147; Airspace Docket No. 17-AWP-29) and be submitted in 
triplicate to DOT Docket Operations (see ADDRESSES section for address 
and phone number).
    Persons 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-2017-1147, Airspace Docket No. 17-AWP-29''. The postcard will 
be date/time stamped and returned to the commenter.
    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/.
    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 between 8:00 a.m. and 
4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, except federal holidays, at the 
Northwest Mountain Regional Office of the Federal Aviation 
Administration, Air Traffic Organization, Western Service Center, 
Operations Support Group, 1601 Lind Avenue SW, Renton, WA 98057.

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.

History

    The FAA published a final rule in the Federal Register (82 FR 
27988; June 20, 2017) for Docket No. FAA-2016-9476 establishing Class E 
en route airspace extending upward from 1,200 feet above the surface 
centered near Sacramento, CA. The FAA found that this airspace 
encompasses the Class E 1,200-foot airspace for Sunol, CA.

The Proposal

    The FAA is proposing an amendment to Title 14 Code of Federal 
Regulations (14 CFR) Part 71 by removing Class E airspace extending 
upward from 1,200 feet above the surface at Sunol, CA. The existing 
airspace area designated for Sunol, CA, is wholly contained within the 
Sacramento en route airspace area, and duplication is not necessary.
    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 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

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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 proposed 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.


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, 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.

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AWP CA E5 Sunol, CA [Removed]

    Issued in Seattle, Washington, on February 7, 2018.
B.G. Chew,
Acting Manager, Operations Support Group, Western Service Center.
[FR Doc. 2018-03406 Filed 2-20-18; 8:45 am]
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7432 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 35 / Wednesday, February 21, 2018 / Proposed Rules DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Authority for This Rulemaking the FAA’s web page at http:// The FAA’s authority to issue rules www.faa.gov/air_traffic/publications/ Federal Aviation Administration airspace_amendments/. regarding aviation safety is found in You may review the public docket Title 49 of the United States Code. 14 CFR Part 71 containing the proposal, any comments Subtitle I, Section 106 describes the received, and any final disposition in authority of the FAA Administrator. [Docket No. FAA–2017–1147; Airspace person in the Dockets Office (see the Subtitle VII, Aviation Programs, Docket No. 17–AWP–29] ADDRESSES section for the address and describes in more detail the scope of the phone number) between 9:00 a.m. and Proposed Revocation of Class E agency’s authority. This rulemaking is 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, Airspace; Sunol, CA promulgated under the authority except federal holidays. An informal described in Subtitle VII, Part A, docket may also be examined between AGENCY: Federal Aviation Subpart I, Section 40103. Under that 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday Administration (FAA), DOT. section, the FAA is charged with through Friday, except federal holidays, ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking prescribing regulations to assign the use at the Northwest Mountain Regional (NPRM). of airspace necessary to ensure the Office of the Federal Aviation safety of aircraft and the efficient use of Administration, Air Traffic SUMMARY: This action proposes to airspace. This regulation is within the Organization, Western Service Center, remove Class E airspace extending scope of that authority as it would Operations Support Group, 1601 Lind upward from 1,200 feet above the remove Class E airspace at Sunol, CA. Avenue SW, Renton, WA 98057. surface at Sunol, CA. This airspace is Comments Invited wholly contained within the Availability and Summary of Sacramento en route airspace area and Interested parties are invited to Documents for Incorporation by duplication is not necessary. participate in this proposed rulemaking Reference DATES: Comments must be received on by submitting such written data, views, This document proposes to amend or before April 9, 2018. or arguments, as they may desire. FAA Order 7400.11B, Airspace Comments that provide the factual basis ADDRESSES: Send comments on this Designations and Reporting Points, supporting the views and suggestions proposal to the U.S. Department of dated August 3, 2017, and effective presented are particularly helpful in Transportation, Docket Operations, 1200 September 15, 2017. FAA Order developing reasoned regulatory New Jersey Avenue SE, West Building 7400.11B is publicly available as listed decisions on the proposal. Comments Ground Floor, Room W12–140, in the ADDRESSES section of this are specifically invited on the overall Washington, DC 20590; telephone: 1 document. FAA Order 7400.11B lists regulatory, aeronautical, economic, (800) 647–5527, or (202) 366–9826. You Class A, B, C, D, and E airspace areas, environmental, and energy-related must identify FAA Docket No. FAA– air traffic service routes, and reporting aspects of the proposal. 2017–1147; Airspace Docket No. 17– points. Communications should identify both AWP–29, at the beginning of your docket numbers (Docket No. FAA– History comments. You may also submit 2017–1147; Airspace Docket No. 17– The FAA published a final rule in the comments through the internet at http:// AWP–29) and be submitted in triplicate Federal Register (82 FR 27988; June 20, www.regulations.gov. to DOT Docket Operations (see 2017) for Docket No. FAA–2016–9476 FAA Order 7400.11B, Airspace ADDRESSES section for address and establishing Class E en route airspace Designations and Reporting Points, and phone number). extending upward from 1,200 feet above subsequent amendments can be viewed Persons wishing the FAA to the surface centered near Sacramento, online at http://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/ acknowledge receipt of their comments CA. The FAA found that this airspace publications/. For further information, on this notice must submit with those encompasses the Class E 1,200-foot you can contact the Airspace Policy comments a self-addressed, stamped airspace for Sunol, CA. Group, Federal Aviation postcard on which the following Administration, 800 Independence The Proposal statement is made: ‘‘Comments to Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20591; Docket No. FAA–2017–1147, Airspace The FAA is proposing an amendment telephone: (202) 267–8783. The Order is Docket No. 17–AWP–29’’. The postcard to Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations also available for inspection at the will be date/time stamped and returned (14 CFR) Part 71 by removing Class E National Archives and Records to the commenter. airspace extending upward from 1,200 Administration (NARA). For All communications received on or feet above the surface at Sunol, CA. The information on the availability of FAA before the specified closing date for existing airspace area designated for Order 7400.11B at NARA, call (202) comments will be considered before Sunol, CA, is wholly contained within 741–6030, or go to https:// taking action on the proposed rule. The the Sacramento en route airspace area, www.archives.gov/federal-register/cfr/ proposal contained in this notice may and duplication is not necessary. ibr-locations.html. be changed in light of the comments Class E airspace designations are FAA Order 7400.11, Airspace received. A report summarizing each published in paragraph 6005 of FAA Designations and Reporting Points, is substantive public contact with FAA Order 7400.11B, dated August 3, 2017 published yearly and effective on personnel concerned with this and effective September 15, 2017, which September 15. daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with PROPOSALS rulemaking will be filed in the docket. is incorporated by reference in 14 CFR FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tom 71.1. The Class E airspace designations Clark, Federal Aviation Administration, Availability of NPRMs listed in this document will be Operations Support Group, Western An electronic copy of this document published subsequently in the Order. Service Center, 1601 Lind Avenue SW, may be downloaded through the Renton, WA 98057; telephone (425) internet at http://www.regulations.gov. Regulatory Notices and Analyses 203–4511. Recently published rulemaking The FAA has determined that this SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: documents can also be accessed through proposed regulation only involves an VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:45 Feb 20, 2018 Jkt 244001 PO 00000 Frm 00022 Fmt 4702 Sfmt 4702 E:\FR\FM\21FEP1.SGM 21FEP1

Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 35 / Wednesday, February 21, 2018 / Proposed Rules 7433 established body of technical AWP CA E5 Sunol, CA [Removed] you can contact the Airspace Policy regulations for which frequent and Group, Federal Aviation Issued in Seattle, Washington, on February routine amendments are necessary to 7, 2018. Administration, 800 Independence keep them operationally current, is non- Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20591; B.G. Chew, controversial and unlikely to result in telephone: (202) 267–8783. The Order is Acting Manager, Operations Support Group, also available for inspection at the adverse or negative comments. It, Western Service Center. therefore: (1) Is not a ‘‘significant National Archives and Records [FR Doc. 2018–03406 Filed 2–20–18; 8:45 am] Administration (NARA). For regulatory action’’ under Executive Order 12866; (2) is not a ‘‘significant BILLING CODE 4910–13–P information on the availability of FAA Order 7400.11B at NARA, call (202) rule’’ under DOT Regulatory Policies 741–6030, or go to https:// and Procedures (44 FR 11034; February DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION www.archives.gov/federal-register/cfr/ 26, 1979); and (3) does not warrant ibr-locations.html. preparation of a regulatory evaluation as Federal Aviation Administration FAA Order 7400.11, Airspace the anticipated impact is so minimal. Designations and Reporting Points, is Since this is a routine matter that will 14 CFR Part 71 published yearly and effective on only affect air traffic procedures and air [Docket No. FAA–2017–1145; Airspace September 15. navigation, it is certified that this Docket No. 17–AWP–19] FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tom proposed rule, when promulgated, Clark, Federal Aviation Administration, would not have a significant economic Proposed Amendment of Class E Operations Support Group, Western impact on a substantial number of small Airspace; Kamuela, HI Service Center, 1601 Lind Avenue SW, entities under the criteria of the AGENCY: Federal Aviation Renton, WA 98057; telephone (425) Regulatory Flexibility Act. Administration (FAA), DOT. 203–4511. ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Environmental Review (NPRM). Authority for This Rulemaking This proposal will be subject to an environmental analysis in accordance SUMMARY: This action proposes to The FAA’s authority to issue rules amend Class E surface area airspace and regarding aviation safety is found in with FAA Order 1050.1F, Class E airspace extending upward from Title 49 of the United States Code. ‘‘Environmental Impacts: Policies and 700 feet above the surface at Waimea- Subtitle I, Section 106 describes the Procedures’’ prior to any FAA final authority of the FAA Administrator. Kohala Airport, Kamuela, HI. The part- regulatory action. Subtitle VII, Aviation Programs, time Notice to Airmen (NOTAM) status List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 71 would be removed from Class E surface describes in more detail the scope of the area airspace, references to the Kamuela agency’s authority. This rulemaking is Airspace, Incorporation by reference, VOR/DME would be removed from all promulgated under the authority Navigation (air). associated Class E airspace areas, and described in Subtitle VII, Part A, airspace boundaries would be modified Subpart I, Section 40103. Under that The Proposed Amendment section, the FAA is charged with to only that area necessary to contain Accordingly, pursuant to the instrument flight rules (IFR) operations prescribing regulations to assign the use authority delegated to me, the Federal at the airport. Airspace redesign is of airspace necessary to ensure the necessary as the FAA transitions from safety of aircraft and the efficient use of Aviation Administration proposes to ground-based to satellite-based airspace. This regulation is within the amend 14 CFR part 71 as follows: navigation for the safety and scope of that authority as it would PART 71—DESIGNATION OF CLASS A, management of the national airspace amend Class E airspace at Waimea- system. Also, an editorial change would Kohala Airport, Kamuela, HI, to B, C, D, AND E AIRSPACE AREAS; AIR be made removing the airport name and accommodate airspace redesign in TRAFFIC SERVICE ROUTES; AND replacing it with the city in the airspace support of IFR operations at the airport. REPORTING POINTS designators for the above airspace areas. Comments Invited ■ 1. The authority citation for 14 CFR DATES: Comments must be received on Interested parties are invited to part 71 continues to read as follows: or before April 9, 2018. participate in this proposed rulemaking ADDRESSES: Send comments on this by submitting such written data, views, Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 106(g); 40103, 40113, 40120; E.O. 10854, 24 FR 9565, 3 CFR, proposal to the U.S. Department of or arguments, as they may desire. 1959–1963 Comp., p. 389. Transportation, Docket Operations, 1200 Comments that provide the factual basis New Jersey Avenue SE, West Building supporting the views and suggestions § 71.1 [Amended] Ground Floor, Room W12–140, presented are particularly helpful in Washington, DC 20590; telephone: 1 developing reasoned regulatory ■ 2. The incorporation by reference in (800) 647–5527, or (202) 366–9826. You decisions on the proposal. Comments 14 CFR 71.1 of FAA Order 7400.11B, must identify FAA Docket No. FAA– are specifically invited on the overall Airspace Designations and Reporting 2017–1145; Airspace Docket No. 17– regulatory, aeronautical, economic, Points, dated August 3, 2017, and AWP–19, at the beginning of your environmental, and energy-related daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with PROPOSALS effective September 15, 2017, is comments. You may also submit aspects of the proposal. amended as follows: comments through the internet at http:// Communications should identify both Paragraph 6005 Class E Airspace Areas www.regulations.gov. docket numbers (Docket No. FAA– Extending Upward From 700 Feet or More FAA Order 7400.11B, Airspace 2017–1145; Airspace Docket No. 17– Above the Surface of the Earth. Designations and Reporting Points, and AWP–19) and be submitted in triplicate * * * * * subsequent amendments can be viewed to DOT Docket Operations (see online at http://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/ ADDRESSES section for address and publications/. For further information, phone number). VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:45 Feb 20, 2018 Jkt 244001 PO 00000 Frm 00023 Fmt 4702 Sfmt 4702 E:\FR\FM\21FEP1.SGM 21FEP1


Document Created: 2018-02-21 01:48:49
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CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
GS 4.107:
AE 2.106:
PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionProposed Rules
ActionNotice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM).
DatesComments must be received on or before April 9, 2018.
ContactTom Clark, Federal Aviation Administration, Operations Support Group, Western Service Center, 1601 Lind Avenue SW, Renton, WA 98057; telephone (425) 203-4511.
FR Citation83 FR 7432 
CFR AssociatedAirspace; Incorporation by Reference and Navigation (air)
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