
[Federal Register: March 31, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 62)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 16792-16793]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Docket No. FAA-2008-0171; Airspace Docket No. 08-AAL-5]


Proposed Revision of Class E Airspace; Deadhorse, AK

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.

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SUMMARY: This action proposes to revise Class E airspace at Deadhorse,
AK. Eight Standard Instrument Approach Procedures (SIAPs) and a textual
Departure Procedure (DP) are being amended for the Deadhorse Airport at
Deadhorse, AK. Adoption of this proposal would result in revision of
Class E airspace upward from the surface, and from 700 feet (ft.) and
1,200 ft. above the surface at the Deadhorse Airport, Deadhorse, AK.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before May 15, 2008.

ADDRESSES: Send comments on the proposal to the Docket Management
Facility, U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue,
SE., West Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, Washington, DC 20590-
0001. You must identify the docket number FAA-2008-0171/Airspace Docket
No. 08-AAL-5, at the beginning of your comments. You may also submit
comments on 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 a.m.
and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. The Docket
Office (telephone 1-800-647-5527) is on the plaza level of the
Department of Transportation, NASSIF Building, at the above address.
    An informal docket may also be examined during normal business
hours at the office of the Manager, Safety, Alaska Flight Service
Operations, Federal Aviation Administration, 222 West 7th Avenue, Box
14, Anchorage, AK 99513-7587.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gary Rolf, Federal Aviation
Administration, 222 West 7th Avenue, Box 14, Anchorage, AK 99513-7587;
telephone number (907) 271-5898; fax: (907) 271-2850; e-mail:
gary.ctr.rolf@faa.gov. Internet address: http://www.alaska.faa.gov/at.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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-2008-0171/
Airspace Docket No. 08-AAL-5.'' 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
comments received. All comments submitted will be available for
examination in the public docket both before and after the closing date
for comments. A report summarizing each substantive public contact with
FAA personnel concerned with this rulemaking will be filed in the
docket.

Availability of Notice of Proposed Rulemaking's (NPRM's)

    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 or the Superintendent of Document's Web page at http://
www.access.gpo.gov/nara/index.html.
    Additionally, any person may obtain a copy of this notice by
submitting a request to the Federal Aviation Administration, Office of
Air Traffic Airspace Management, ATA-400, 800 Independence Avenue, SW.,
Washington, DC 20591 or by calling (202) 267-8783. Communications must
identify both docket numbers for this notice. Persons interested in
being placed on a mailing list for future NPRM's should contact the
FAA's Office of Rulemaking, (202) 267-9677, to request a copy of
Advisory Circular No. 11-2A, Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Distribution
System, which describes the application procedure.

The Proposal

    The FAA is considering an amendment to the Code of Federal
Regulations (14 CFR part 71), which would revise Class E airspace at
the Deadhorse Airport, in Deadhorse, AK. The intended effect of this
proposal is to revise Class E airspace upward from the surface, and
from 700 ft. and 1,200 ft. above the surface to contain Instrument
Flight Rules (IFR) operations at the Deadhorse Airport, Deadhorse, AK.
    The FAA Instrument Flight Procedures Production and Maintenance
Branch has amended eight SIAPs and a DP for the Deadhorse Airport. The
approaches are (1) the Area Navigation (RNAV) Global Positioning System
(GPS) Runway (RWY) 05, Amendment (Amdt) 1, (2) the RNAV (GPS) RWY 23,
Amdt 1, (3) the Localizer (LOC)/Distance Measuring Equipment (DME)
Backcourse (BC) RWY 23, Amdt 11, (4) the Instrument Landing System
(ILS) or LOC/DME RWY 05, Amdt 2, (5) the Very High Frequency Omni-
directional Range (VOR)/DME RWY 05, Amdt 2, (6) the VOR/DME RWY 23,
Amdt 4, (7) the VOR RWY 05, Amdt 4, and (8) the VOR RWY 23, Amdt 6.
Textual DP's are unnamed and are published in the front of the U.S.
Terminal Procedures for Alaska. Class E controlled airspace extending
upward from the surface, and from 700 ft. and 1,200 ft. above the
surface in the

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Deadhorse Airport area would be established by this action. The
proposed airspace is sufficient in size to contain aircraft executing
the instrument procedures at the Deadhorse Airport, Deadhorse, AK.
    The area would be depicted on aeronautical charts for pilot
reference. The coordinates for this airspace docket are based on North
American Datum 83. The Class E airspace areas designated as surface
areas are published in paragraph 6002 of FAA Order 7400.9R, Airspace
Designations and Reporting Points, signed August 15, 2007, and
effective September 15, 2007, which is incorporated by reference in 14
CFR 71.1. The Class E airspace areas designated as 700/1200 foot
transition areas are published in paragraph 6005 in FAA Order 7400.9R,
Airspace Designations and Reporting Points, signed August 15, 2007, and
effective September 15, 2007, which is incorporated by reference in 14
CFR 71.1. The Class E airspace designations listed in this document
would be published subsequently in the Order.
    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 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.
    The FAA's authority to issue rules regarding aviation safety is
found in Title 49 of the United States Code. Subtitle 1, 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 1, Section 40103, Sovereignty and use of
airspace. Under that section, the FAA is charged with prescribing
regulations to ensure the safe and efficient use of the navigable
airspace. This regulation is within the scope of that authority because
it proposes to create Class E airspace sufficient in size to contain
aircraft executing instrument procedures at the Deadhorse Airport, AK,
and represents the FAA's continuing effort to safely and efficiently
use the navigable airspace.

List 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, CLASS B, CLASS C, CLASS D, AND
CLASS E AIRSPACE AREAS; AIRWAYS; ROUTES; AND REPORTING POINTS

    1. The authority citation for 14 CFR part 71 continues to read as
follows:

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


Sec.  71.1  [Amended]

    2. The incorporation by reference in 14 CFR 71.1 of Federal
Aviation Administration Order 7400.9R, Airspace Designations and
Reporting Points, signed August 15, 2007, and effective September 15,
2007, is to be amended as follows:
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Paragraph 6002 Class E Airspace Designated as Surface Areas.

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AAL AK E2 Deadhorse, AK [Revised]

Deadhorse, Deadhorse Airport, AK
    (Lat. 70[deg]11[min]41[sec] N., long. 148[deg]27[min]55[sec] W.)

    Within a 4.1-mile radius of the Deadhorse Airport, and within
2.4 miles either side of the 035[deg] (T)/ 058[deg](M) bearing from
the Deadhorse Airport extending from the 2.4-mile radius to 7.0
miles northeast of the Deadhorse Airport. This Class E airspace area
is effective during the specific dates and times established in
advance by a Notice to Airmen. The effective date and time will
thereafter be continuously published in the Airport/Facility
Directory.
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Paragraph 6005 Class E Airspace Extending Upward from 700 Feet or
More Above the Surface of the Earth.

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AAL AK E5 Deadhorse, AK [Revised]

Deadhorse, Deadhorse Airport, AK
    (Lat. 70[deg]11[min]41[sec] N., long. 148[deg]27[min]55[sec] W.)

    That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface
within a 7.0-mile radius of the Deadhorse Airport; and that airspace
extending upward from 1,200 ft. above the surface within a 72-mile
radius of the Deadhorse Airport.
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    Issued in Anchorage, AK, on March 20, 2008.
Michael A. Tarr,
Acting Manager, Alaska Flight Services Information Area Group.
[FR Doc. E8-6597 Filed 3-28-08; 8:45 am]

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