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[Federal Register: May 2, 1994]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
14 CFR Part 71

[Airspace Docket No. 94-ACE-13]

 

Proposed Removal of Class E Airspace; Higginsville, MO, 
Higginsville Industrial Municipal Airport

agency: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

action: Notice of proposed rulemaking.

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summary: This notice proposes to remove Class E airspace at 
Higginsville, Missouri. The only standard instrument approach procedure 
(SIAP) for the Higginsville Industrial Municipal Airport was cancelled 
on September 19, 1991. The reason for this cancellation was the 
Higginsville Very High Frequency Omnidirectional Range (VOR) was 
permanently out of service, and this was the navigation aid upon which 
the SIAP was based.

dates: Comments must be received on or before June 1, 1994.

addresses: Send comments on the proposal in triplicate to: Manager, 
System Management Branch, ACE-530, Federal Aviation Administration, 
Docket No. 94-ACE-13, 601 East 12th Street, Kansas City, Missouri 
64106.
    The official docket may be examined in the Office of the Assistant 
Chief Counsel for the Central Regional Office at the address shown 
above, between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal 
holidays.
    An informal docket may also be examined during normal business 
hours in the Office of the Manager, System Management Branch, Air 
Traffic Division, at the address shown above.

for further information contact: Dale L. Carnine, Airspace Specialist, 
System Management Branch, ACE-530b, Federal Aviation Administration, 
601 East 12th Street, Kansas City, Missouri 64106; telephone number: 
(816) 426-3408.

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 the airspace docket number and be 
submitted in triplicate to the address listed under the caption 
ADDRESSES. 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 Airspace Docket No. 94-ACE-13.'' 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 System 
Management Branch, Air Traffic Division, at 601 East 12th Street, 
Kansas City, Missouri, 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 NPRM's

    Any person may obtain a copy of this Notice of Proposed Rulemaking 
(NPRM) by submitting a request to the Federal Aviation Administration, 
System Management Branch, Air Traffic Division, 601 East 12th Street, 
Kansas City, Missouri 64106. Communications must identify the notice 
number of this NPRM. Persons interested in being placed on a mailing 
list for future NPRM's should also request a copy of Advisory Circular 
No. 11-2A which describes the application procedure.

The Proposal

    The FAA is considering an amendment to part 71 of the Federal 
Aviation Regulations (14 CFR part 71) to remove Class E airspace at 
Higginsville, Missouri. The only SIAP for the airport was cancelled on 
September 19, 1991. The approach was based on the Higginsville VOR 
which has been out of service for several years. A previous proposal to 
remove the airspace was published in the Federal Register on May 24, 
1991, as Airspace Docket 91-ACE-21 (56 FR 23820). The proposal was 
cancelled because of a plan to restore the VOR to normal operation. 
This plan never materialized. Therefore, the FAA is proposing to remove 
the Class E airspace at Higginsville, Missouri. Class E airspace areas 
extending from 700 feet AGL for airports are published in Paragraph 
6005 of FAA Order 7400.9A, dated June 17, 1993, and effective September 
16, 1993, which is incorporated by reference in 14 CFR 71.1 (58 FR 
36298; July 6, 1993). The Class E airspace designation for 
Higginsville, Missouri, listed in this document would be removed from 
this 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 
impact on a substantial number of small entities under the criteria of 
the Regulatory Flexibility Act.

List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 71

    Airspace, Incorporated 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--[AMENDED]

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

    Authority: 49 U.S.C. app. 1348(a), 1354(a), 1510; E.O. 10854, 24 
FR 9565, 3 CFR, 1959-1963 Comp., p. 389; 49 U.S.C. 106(g); 14 CFR 
11.69.


Sec. 71.1  [Amended]

    2. The incorporation by reference in 14 CFR 71.1 of the Federal 
Aviation Administration Order 7400.9A, Airspace Designations and 
Reporting Points, dated June 17, 1993, and effective September 16, 
1993, 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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ACE MO E2 Higginsville, MO [Removed]
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    Issued in Kansas City, Missouri, on April 13, 1994.
Clarence E. Newbern,
Manager, Air Traffic Division, Central Region.
[FR Doc. 94-10384 Filed 4-29-94; 8:45 am]
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