Narrative:

Cheyenne military airspace was hot. The denver center overlapping airspace binder has not been updated since 2001. This was reported over a year ago. The report said that 'ZDV's solution has been to advise the workforce that if specific questions exist regarding whether two or more procedures are separated; they can forward those questions to the airspace office and they will be answered.' I had an aircraft approaching gld to land and also 2 aircraft around the same time approaching lbf to land. An aircraft had already been cleared for approach (I believe the type was unspecified) at lxn. Since the overlapping airspace binder is outdated I have no reference as to what approaches at gld were clear of the cheyenne military airspace; nor did I know what approaches at lbf were clear of lxn. I asked the controller in charge to call airspace and ask them. The controller in charge (controller in charge) got hold of airspace and procedures and they were unable to answer my questions. I then asked the controller in charge to call the omic (operations manager in charge) and ask them what I should do. The omic came down to the sector and told me that I could not clear the aircraft for approach at gld. I told the pilot of the aircraft landing gld that I had been instructed that I was not authorized to clear him for approach. Since I anticipated cheyenne remaining hot as it had just recently been activated I explained to the pilot that the information we used to separate approaches was not current (had not been updated) and I could not clear him for an approach at gld while cheyenne was active. I also instructed the two aircraft at lbf that I would have to place them in hold (as I did not have a cancellation of the aircraft on approach at lxn) and the ILS at lbf might overlap the missed approach procedure at lxn. ZDV's solution to forward questions to airspace does not seem to be a time appropriate response to situations developing within minutes on the control room floor. I consider it imperative that the overlapping airspace binder be updated as soon as possible and that we receive direction until that time on what airspace is clear of other airspace especially as regards cheyenne military airspace.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ZDC controller denied an aircraft an approach clearance to GLD because briefing material concerning Restricted Area overlapping airspace issues were not updated.

Narrative: Cheyenne Military Airspace was hot. The Denver Center Overlapping Airspace Binder has not been updated since 2001. This was reported over a year ago. The report said that 'ZDV's solution has been to advise the workforce that if specific questions exist regarding whether two or more procedures are separated; they can forward those questions to the Airspace Office and they will be answered.' I had an aircraft approaching GLD to land and also 2 aircraft around the same time approaching LBF to land. An aircraft had already been cleared for approach (I believe the type was unspecified) at LXN. Since the Overlapping Airspace binder is outdated I have no reference as to what approaches at GLD were clear of the Cheyenne military airspace; nor did I know what approaches at LBF were clear of LXN. I asked the CIC to call Airspace and ask them. The CIC (Controller in Charge) got hold of Airspace and Procedures and they were unable to answer my questions. I then asked the CIC to call the OMIC (Operations Manager in Charge) and ask them what I should do. The OMIC came down to the sector and told me that I could not clear the aircraft for approach at GLD. I told the pilot of the aircraft landing GLD that I had been instructed that I was not authorized to clear him for approach. Since I anticipated Cheyenne remaining HOT as it had just recently been activated I explained to the pilot that the information we used to separate approaches was not current (had not been updated) and I could not clear him for an approach at GLD while Cheyenne was active. I also instructed the two aircraft at LBF that I would have to place them in hold (as I did not have a cancellation of the aircraft on approach at LXN) and the ILS at LBF might overlap the missed approach procedure at LXN. ZDV's solution to forward questions to Airspace does not seem to be a time appropriate response to situations developing within minutes on the control room floor. I consider it imperative that the Overlapping Airspace binder be updated as soon as possible and that we receive direction until that time on what airspace is clear of other airspace especially as regards Cheyenne Military Airspace.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.