Modification of Class B Airspace; Proposal

57376 Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 182 / Tuesday, September 21, 2010 / Rules and Regulations SIAP at the airport. This action is Points, dated August 18, 2010, and delays and improve safety and necessary for the safety and effective September 15, 2010 is efficiency of the National Airspace management of IFR operations. amended as follows: System (NAS). The FAA has determined this Paragraph 6005 Class E airspace areas DATES: Effective Date: 0901 UTC, regulation only involves an established extending upward from 700 feet or more October 21, 2010. The Director of the body of technical regulations for which above the surface of the earth. Federal Register approves this frequent and routine amendments are * * * * * incorporation by reference action under necessary to keep them operationally 1 CFR part 51, subject to the annual ANM WA, E5 Toledo, WA [New] current. Therefore, this regulation: (1) Is revision of FAA Order 7400.9 and not a ‘‘significant regulatory action’’ Ed Carlson Memorial Field-South Lewis publication of conforming amendments. under Executive Order 12866; (2) is not County Airport, WA a ‘‘significant rule’’ under DOT (Lat. 46°28′38″ N., long. 122°48′23″ W.) FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Regulatory Policies and Procedures (44 That airspace extending upward from 700 Colby Abbott, Airspace and Rules FR 11034; February 26, 1979); and (3) feet above the surface within a 6.9-mile Group, Office of System Operations does not warrant preparation of a radius of the Ed Carlson Memorial Field- Airspace and AIM, Federal Aviation regulatory evaluation as the anticipated South Lewis County Airport, and within 1 Administration, 800 Independence mile each side of the 074° bearing from the impact is so minimal. Since this is a Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20591; Airport, extending from the 6.9-mile radius telephone: (202) 267–8783. routine matter that will only affect air to 7.9 miles northeast of the airport. traffic procedures and air navigation, it SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: is certified this rule, when promulgated, Issued in Seattle, Washington, on August 30, 2010. Background will not have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small John Warner, On May 14, 2010, the FAA published entities under the criteria of the Manager, Operations Support Group, Western in the Federal Register a notice of Regulatory Flexibility Act. The FAA’s Service Center. proposed rulemaking (NPRM) to modify authority to issue rules regarding [FR Doc. 2010–23392 Filed 9–20–10; 8:45 am] the Chicago, IL, Class B airspace area aviation safety is found in Title 49 of the BILLING CODE 4910–13–P (75 FR 27229). The FAA proposed this U.S. Code. Subtitle 1, section 106 action to ensure containment of turbo- discusses the authority of the FAA jet IFR aircraft conducting instrument Administrator. Subtitle VII, Aviation DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION approaches to ORD within the confines Programs, describes in more detail the Federal Aviation Administration of Class B airspace and better segregate scope of the agency’s authority. This IFR aircraft arriving/departing ORD and rulemaking is promulgated under the 14 CFR Part 71 non-participating VFR aircraft operating authority described in subtitle VII, part in the vicinity of the Chicago Class B A, subpart I, section 40103. Under that [Docket No. FAA–2010–0347; Airspace airspace area. section, the FAA is charged with Docket No. 07–AWA–2] Interested parties were invited to prescribing regulations to assign the use RIN 2120–AA66 participate in this rulemaking effort by of airspace necessary to ensure the submitting written comments on the safety of aircraft and the efficient use of Modification of Class B Airspace; proposal. In response to the NPRM, the airspace. This regulation is within the Chicago, IL FAA received 82 written comment scope of that authority as it establishes submissions; of which, 7 were duplicate AGENCY: Federal Aviation additional controlled airspace at Ed Administration (FAA), DOT. documents submitted by 4 commenters. Carlson Memorial Field-South Lewis Many of the commenters identified ACTION: County Airport, Toledo, WA. Final rule. themselves as pilots who operate List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 71 SUMMARY: This action modifies the within, or through, the local area. All Chicago, IL, Class B airspace area by comments received were considered Airspace, Incorporation by reference, expanding the existing airspace area to before making a determination on the Navigation (air). ensure containment of Instrument Flight final rule. An analysis of the comments Adoption of the Amendment Rules (IFR) aircraft conducting received and the FAA’s responses are instrument approach procedures within contained in the ‘‘Discussion of ■ In consideration of the foregoing, the Class B airspace, and segregating IFR Comments’’ section below. Federal Aviation Administration aircraft arriving/departing Chicago Subsequent to the NPRM publication, amends 14 CFR part 71 as follows: O’Hare International Airport (ORD) and the geographic coordinates in the aeronautical database for the ORD PART 71—DESIGNATION OF CLASS A, Visual Flight Rules (VFR) aircraft airport reference point (ARP), the B, C, D AND E AIRSPACE AREAS; AIR operating in the vicinity of the Chicago Chicago Midway International Airport TRAFFIC SERVICE ROUTES; AND Class B airspace area. The additional ARP, and the intersection of U.S. REPORTING POINTS Class B airspace will support simultaneous instrument approach Highway 294 and the railroad tracks ■ 1. The authority citation for 14 CFR procedure operations to ORD’s triple identified in Area B changed. The Part 71 continues to read as follows: parallel runways today, as well as the correct coordinates for the above have Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(g), 40103, 40113, three additional parallel runways (six been incorporated into the Chicago 40120; E. O. 10854, 24 FR 9565, 3 CFR, 1959– total) planned for the near future. This Class B airspace area legal description 1963 Comp., p. 389. action enhances safety, improves the contained in this final rule. flow of air traffic, and reduces the Class B airspace designations are § 71.1 [Amended] potential for midair collision in the published in paragraph 3000 of FAA ■ 2. The incorporation by reference in Chicago terminal area, further Order 7400.9U, dated August 18, 2010, 14 CFR 71.1 of the Federal Aviation supporting the FAA’s national airspace and effective September 15, 2010, which Administration Order 7400.9U, redesign goal of optimizing terminal and is incorporated by reference in 14 CFR Airspace Designations and Reporting en route airspace areas to reduce aircraft 71.1. The Class B airspace designations VerDate Mar<15>2010 16:05 Sep 20, 2010 Jkt 220001 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 4700 Sfmt 4700 E:\FR\FM\21SER1.SGM 21SER1 hsrobinson on DSK69SOYB1PROD with RULES Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 182 / Tuesday, September 21, 2010 / Rules and Regulations 57377 listed in this document will be and in the vicinity of ORD for all users length of finals will extend to 25–30 NM subsequently published in the Order. of the airspace. routinely, as is the case today during Sixty-six commenters, including the west flow operations. Discussion of Comments Aircraft Owners and Pilot Association The described scenario addresses Six commenters expressed general and multiple Soaring Clubs in the area, triple simultaneous Instrument Landing opposition to the proposal stating they requested that the floor of Area F be System approaches. When runway 10R thought it was unnecessary. raised to 5,000 feet mean sea level opens and becomes operational, the The FAA does not agree. As stated in (MSL). situation will become compounded as the NPRM, the current Chicago Class B The FAA has determined it is not the Chicago TRACON begins conducting airspace area was established in 1993. possible to raise the floor of Area F from ‘‘quad’’ operations. The procedures for Since then, ORD has experienced a 4,000 feet MSL to 5,000 feet MSL. controlling quad approaches are in the significant increase in the number of Aircraft conducting triple simultaneous early planning stages. aircraft operations and a substantial approaches at ORD cannot be assigned Sixty commenters stated that a floor change in the fleet mix, with no change the same altitude during turn-on to the of 4,000 feet MSL for Area F would to the airspace configuration. The City final approach course; they must be adversely affect safety. The safety of Chicago has completed airport assigned an altitude that differs by at factors cited included ill effects due to infrastructure projects in recent years least 1,000 feet from the altitude of the compression, decreased possibility of that enable simultaneous instrument other two aircraft conducting safe landing during in-flight approaches to three parallel runways simultaneous approaches. emergencies, inability to avoid the Class that run west to east. Ongoing planned Specifically, when conducting triple B airspace, and inability for gliders to runway construction projects for the simultaneous instrument approaches maintain sufficient altitude during near future include building three during an east flow, aircraft will be departure and arrival. additional parallel runways running turned onto and established on final The FAA acknowledges that some west to east; transforming the approach courses at 4,000 feet MSL for compression will occur. Non- operational flow of ORD to a West/East runway 9L (the northern most runway), participating VFR general aviation and flow with six parallel runways when 7,000 feet MSL or above for runway 9R glider aircraft will have their choice of completed. (the center runway), and 5,000 feet MSL flying either above or below the Class B FAA guidance requires air traffic and 6,000 feet MSL for runway 10 (the airspace, or circumnavigating it five to controllers to vector IFR arrival aircraft southernmost runway currently). When ten NM further west to remain clear to remain within Class B airspace once runway 10C becomes operational, it will should they decide not to contact they’ve entered it.

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