[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 237 (Wednesday, December 10, 1997)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 65012-65013]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-32353]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Airspace Docket No. 97-AGL-40]
RIN 2120-AA66


Revision to Chicago Midway Airport Class C Airspace Area; 
Illinois

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: This action amends the legal description of the Chicago Midway 
Airport Class C airspace area. Currently, the legal description uses 
the Runway 31L localizer course to define the southeast boundary of 
Chicago Midway's Class C airspace outer ring (that area between 5 and 
10 nautical miles [NM]). Since the legal description was published, the 
Chicago Midway Airport added another runway to the outside of Runway 
31L, making the old Runway 31L the new Runway 31C. To keep the Class C 
airspace area boundaries unchanged, a correction to the legal 
description must be made. This action will make the necessary 
correction by changing ``Chicago Midway 31L localizer course'' to read 
``Chicago Midway 31C localizer course.''

EFFECTIVE DATE: 0901 UTC, February 26, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steve Brown, Airspace and Rules 
Division, ATA-400, Office of Air Traffic Airspace Management, Federal 
Aviation Administration, 800 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 
20591; telephone: (202) 267-8783.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

The Rule

    This action amends 14 CFR part 71 by changing the legal description 
of the Chicago Midway Airport Class C airspace area. Currently, the 
legal description uses the Runway 31L localizer course to define the 
southeast boundary of the Chicago Midway Class C airspace outer ring 
(that area between 5 and 10 NM). Since the description was published, 
Chicago Midway Airport added another runway to the outside of Runway 
31L, making the old Runway 31L the new Runway 31C. To keep the Class C 
airspace area boundaries unchanged, a correction to the legal 
description must be made. This action will make the necessary 
correction by changing ``Chicago Midway 31L localizer course'' to read 
``Chicago Midway 31C localizer course.''
    Since this action merely involves changes in the legal description 
of the Chicago Midway Class C airspace area and does not involve a 
change in the dimensions or operating requirements of that airspace, 
notice and public procedure under 5 U.S.C. 553(b) are unnecessary.
    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.

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    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 
economic impact on a substantial number of small entities under the 
criteria of the Regulatory Flexibility Act.
    Class C airspace areas are published in paragraph 4000 of FAA Order 
7400.9E, dated September 10, 1997, and effective September 16, 1997, 
which is incorporated by reference in 14 CFR 71.1. The Class C airspace 
area listed in this document will be published subsequently in the 
Order.

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 71--DESIGNATION OF CLASS A, CLASS B, CLASS C, CLASS D, AND 
CLASS E AIRSPACE AREAS; AIRWAYS; ROUTES; AND REPORTING POINTS

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

    Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(g), 40103, 40113, 40120; E.O. 10854, 24 
FR 9565, 3 CFR, 1959-1963 Comp., p. 389.


Sec. 71.1  [Amended]

    2. The incorporation by reference in 14 CFR 71.1 of the Federal 
Aviation Administration Order 7400.9E, Airspace Designations and 
Reporting Points, dated September 10, 1997, and effective September 16, 
1997, is amended as follows:

Paragraph 4000--Subpart C--Class C Airspace

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AGL IL C  Chicago Midway Airport, IL [Revised]

Chicago Midway Airport, IL
Chicago Midway Airport, IL
    (lat. 41 deg.47'10''N., long. 87 deg.45'08''W.)
Chicago O'Hare VOR/DME
    (lat. 41 deg.59'16''N., long. 87 deg.54'18''W.)

    That airspace within a 5-mile radius of the Chicago Midway 
Airport extending upward from the surface to 3,600 feet MSL; and 
that airspace within a 10-mile radius of the airport beginning at a 
line 2 miles northeast of and parallel to the Chicago Midway Runway 
31C localizer course clockwise to where the 10.5-mile arc of the 
Chicago O'Hare VOR/DME intersects the 10-mile radius of the airport, 
thence via the Chicago O'Hare VOR/DME 10.5-mile arc, extending 
upward from 1,900 feet MSL to 3,600 feet MSL. This Class C airspace 
area excludes any airspace contained in the Chicago, IL, Class B 
airspace area.
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    Issued in Washington, DC, on December 2, 1997.
Reginald C. Matthews,
Acting Program Director for Air Traffic Airspace Management.
[FR Doc. 97-32353 Filed 12-9-97; 8:45 am]
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