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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 181 / Wednesday, September 22, 2021 / Rules and Regulations Class E airspace designated as an extension to a Class D or Class E surface area, and it modifies the Class E
airspace extending upward from 700
feet above the surface. This action also implements two administrative updates to the Class E2s text header.
DATES: Effective 0901 UTC, December 2, 2021. The Director of the Federal Register approves this incorporation by reference action under 1 CFR part 51, subject to the annual revision of FAA
Order JO 7400.11 and publication of conforming amendments.
ADDRESSES: FAA Order JO 7400.11F, Airspace Designations and Reporting Points, and subsequent amendments can be viewed online at https
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 2678783.
The Order is also available for inspection at the National Archives and Records Administration NARA. For information on the availability of FAA
Order JO 7400.11F at NARA, email fr.inspection@nara.gov or go to https
www.archives.gov/federal-register/cfr/
ibr-locations.html.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Matthew Van Der Wal, Federal Aviation Administration, Western Service Center, Operations Support Group, 2200 S
216th Street, Des Moines, WA 98198;
telephone 206 2313695.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Authority for This Rulemaking The FAAs 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 agencys 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 modifies and removes Class E airspace at Lake Tahoe Airport, South Lake Tahoe, CA, to ensure the safety and management of instrument flight rules IFR operations at the airport.
History The FAA published a notice of proposed rulemaking in the Federal Register 86 FR 31998; June 16, 2021

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for Docket No. FAA20210426 to modify the Class E airspace at Lake Tahoe Airport, South Lake Tahoe, CA.
Interested parties were invited to participate in this rulemaking effort by submitting written comments on the proposal to the FAA. One comment was received.
The comment discussed changes to Class D airspace at Lake Tahoe Airport.
The comment is not germane to this action, because Lake Tahoe Airport does not have a Class D airspace area.
Class E2, E4, and Class E5 airspace designations are published in paragraphs 6002, 6004, and 6005, respectively, of FAA Order JO 7400.11F, dated August 10, 2021, and effective September 15, 2021, 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.
Availability and Summary of Documents for Incorporation by Reference This document amends FAA Order JO
7400.11F, Airspace Designations and Reporting Points, dated August 10, 2021, and effective September 15, 2021, FAA Order JO 7400.11F is publicly available as listed in the ADDRESSES
section of this document. FAA Order JO
7400.11F lists Class A, B, C, D, and E
airspace areas, air traffic service routes, and reporting points.
The Rule This amendment to 14 CFR part 71
modifies the Class E airspace, designated as a surface area, at Lake Tahoe Airport, South Lake Tahoe, CA.
To properly contain IFR aircraft in the terminal environment, the radius of this airspace area should be increased from 4.3 miles to 5 miles.
This action also removes the Class E
airspace designated as an extension to a Class D or Class E surface area. This airspace is no longer needed to contain IFR aircraft descending below 1,000 feet above the surface.
This action also modifies the Class E
airspace extending upward from 700
feet above the surface. This airspace is designed to contain IFR departure to 1,200 feet above the surface and IFR
arrivals descending below 1,500 feet above the surface. To properly contain aircraft conducting the LDA RWY 18
approach, the extension north of the airport is increased from 9.8 miles to 17.5 miles.
This action also implements two administrative updates to the Class E2s text header. On the second line of the text header, the airport name should be updated to Lake Tahoe Airport, to
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match the FAA database. On the third line of the text header, the airports geographic coordinates should be updated to lat. 385338 N, long.
1195944 W, to match the FAA
database.
FAA Order JO 7400.11, Airspace Designations and Reporting Points, is published yearly and effective on September 15.
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 The FAA has determined that this action qualifies for categorical exclusion under the National Environmental Policy Act in accordance with FAA
Order 1050.1F, Environmental Impacts: Policies and Procedures, paragraph 56.5a. This airspace action is not expected to cause any potentially significant environmental impacts, and no extraordinary circumstances exist that warrant the preparation of an environmental assessment.
List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 71
Airspace, Incorporation by reference, Navigation air.
Adoption of the Amendment In consideration of the foregoing, the Federal Aviation Administration amends 14 CFR part 71 as follows:
PART 71DESIGNATION OF CLASS A, B, C, D, AND E AIRSPACE AREAS; AIR
TRAFFIC SERVICE ROUTES; AND
REPORTING POINTS
1. The authority citation for 14 CFR
part 71 continues to read as follows:

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106f, 106g, 40103, 40113, 40120; E.O. 10854, 24 FR 9565, 3 CFR, 19591963 Comp., p. 389.

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