[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 209 (Wednesday, October 29, 1997)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 56073]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-28609]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Airspace Docket No. 97-ANM-02]


Amendment of Class E Airspace; Alamosa, CO

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Final rule; correction.

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SUMMARY: On October 20, 1997, the FAA published in the Federal Register 
a final rule which revised Class E airspace at Alamosa, CO. The final 
rule inadvertently listed November 19, 1997, as the effective date. The 
FAA intended the effective date to be November 6, 1997. This document 
corrects the effective date.

DATES: This document is effective on October 29, 1997.
    The effective date of FR Doc. 97-27364 is changed from 0901 UTC, 
November 19, 1997, to 0901 UTC, November 6, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Ted Melland, ANM-520.1, Federal Aviation Administration, Docket No. 97-
ANM-02, 1601 Lind Avenue S.W., Renton, WA, 98055-4056; telephone: (425) 
227-2536.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On October 20, 1997, the FAA published in 
the Federal Register a final rule which revised Class E airspace at 
Alamosa, CO (FR Doc. 97-27364; 62 FR 54379). The FAA intended the final 
rule to be effective November 6, 1997; however, due to an 
administrative error, the final rule was not published sufficiently in 
advance of the intended effective date to meet the 30-day notice 
general requirement of the Administrative Procedures Act (APA), 5 
U.S.C. 553(a). Consequently, the effective date of the rule was altered 
to indicate a date 30 days after the date of publication.
    The October 20, 1997, final rule revised Class E airspace at 
Alamosa, CO, in part by expanding that portion of the airspace area 
which extends upward from 1,200 feet above ground level (AGL); this 
revision will appear on, and therefore must coincide with, instrument 
flight rules (IFR) aeronautical charts scheduled to become effective 
November 6, 1997. Any delay in the effective date of the revisions to 
the Alamosa, CO, Class E airspace beyond November 6, 1997, will cause 
the affected IFR aeronautical charts to be in error during the period 
of the delay and may lead to pilot confusion and a hazard to air 
navigation.
    In consideration of the foregoing, the FAA finds that good cause 
exists, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553(d), for making FR Doc. 97-27364 
effective in less than 30 days from its date of publication in the 
Federal Register.

The Correction

    In rule FR Doc. 97-27364 published on October 20, 1997 (62 FR 
54379), make the following correction. On page 54379, in the second 
column, revise the effective date of the rule to 0901 UTC, November 6, 
1997.

    Dated: October 21, 1997.
Glenn A. Adams III,
Assistant Manager, Air Traffic Division, Northwest Mountain Region.
[FR Doc. 97-28609 Filed 10-28-97; 8:45 am]
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