[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 19 (Thursday, January 29, 1998)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 4380-4381]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-2214]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Airspace Docket No. 97-ACE-34]


Revocation, Establishment, and Modification of Class E Airspace 
Areas; Cedar Rapids, IA

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Direct final rule; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: This action revokes the Class E surface area airspace 
designated ``Cedar Rapids Municipal Airport, IA,'' and establishes a 
larger Class E surface airspace area in its place designated ``Cedar 
Rapids, The Eastern Iowa Airport, IA.'' The name of the Cedar Rapids 
Municipal Airport has been changed to the Eastern Iowa Airport. In 
order to rename the Class E surface area, it is necessary to revoke the 
existing airspace designation, and to reestablish the airspace under 
the new designation. This action also increases the size of both the 
Class E surface area, and the Cedar Rapids Class E airspace area 
extending upward from 700 feet above ground level (AGL). The additional 
controlled airspace is necessary to accommodate two new Global 
Positioning System (GPS) standard instrument approach procedures (SIAP) 
which have been established to serve The Eastern Iowa Airport.

DATES: Effective date: 0901 UTC, April 23, 1998.
    Comment date: Comments for inclusion in the Rule Docket must be 
received on or before March 2, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Send comments regarding the rule in triplicate to: Federal 
Aviation (FAA), Manager, Airspace Branch, Air Traffic Division, (ACE-
520), Attention: Rules Docket Number 97-ACE-34, 601 East 12th Street, 
Kansas City MO 64106.
    The official docket may be examined in the Office of the Regional 
Counsel for the Central Region at the same address between 9:00 a.m. 
and 3:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
    An informal docket may also be examined during normal business 
hours in the Air Traffic Division at the same address listed above.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kathy Randolph, Air Traffic Division, Airspace Branch, ACE-520C, 
Federal Aviation Administration, 601 East 12th Street, Kansas City, MO 
64106; telephone: (816) 426-3408.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FAA has developed GPS RWY 13 and GPS RWY 
31 SIAPs to serve The Eastern Iowa Airport, Cedar Rapids, IA. The 
amendment to Class E airspace at Cedar Rapids, IA, will provide 
additional controlled airspace from the surface, and at and above 700 
feet AGL in order to contain the new SIAPs within controlled airspace, 
and thereby facilitate separation of aircraft operating under 
Instrument Flight Rules (IFR). The areas will be depicted on 
appropriate aeronautical charts. Class E airspace areas designated as 
surface area for an airport are published in paragraph 6002, and Class 
E airspace areas extending from 700 feet or more above the surface of 
the earth are published in paragraph 6005 of FAA Order 7400.9E, dated 
September 10, 1997, and effective September 16, 1997, which is 
incorperated by reference in 14 CFR 71.1. The Class E airspace 
designations listed in this document will be published subsequently in 
the Order.

The Direct Final Rule Procedure

    The FAA anticipates that this regulation will not result in adverse 
or negative comment and, therefore, is issuing it as a direct final 
rule. Previous actions of this nature have not been controversial and 
have not resulted in adverse comments or objections. The amendment will 
enhance safety for all flight operations by designating an area the VFR 
pilots may anticipate the presence of IFR aircraft at lower altitudes, 
especially during inclement

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weather conditions. A greater degree of safety is achieved by depicting 
the area on aeronautical charts. Unless a written adverse or negative 
comment, or a written notice of intent to submit an adverse or negative 
comment is received within the comment period, the regulation will 
become effective on the date specified above. After the close of the 
comment period, the FAA will publish a document in the Federal Register 
indicating that no adverse or negative comments were received and 
confirming the date on which the final rule will become effective. If 
the FAA does receive, within the comment period, an adverse or negative 
comment, or written notice of intent to submit such a comment, a 
document withdrawing the direct final rule will be published in the 
Federal Register, and a notice of proposed rulemaking may be published 
with a new comment period.

Comments Invited

    Although this action is in the form of a final rule and was not 
preceded by a notice of proposed rulemaking, comments are invited on 
this rule. Interested persons are invited to comment on this rule by 
submitting such written data, views, or arguments as they may desire. 
Communications should identify the Rules Docket Number and be submitted 
in triplicate to the address specified under the caption ADDRESSES. All 
communications received on or before the closing date for comments will 
be considered, and this rule may be amended or withdrawn in light of 
the comments received. Factual information that supports the 
commenter's ideas and suggestions is extremely helpful in evaluating 
the effectiveness of this action and determining whether additional 
rulemaking action would be needed.
    Comments are specifically invited on the overall regulatory, 
economic, aeronautical, environmental, and energy-related aspects of 
the rule that might suggest a need to modify the rule. All comments 
submitted will be available, both before and after the closing date for 
comments, in the Rules Docket for examination by interested persons. A 
report that summarizes each FAA-public contact concerned with the 
substance of this action will be filed in the Rules Docket.
    Commenters wishing the FAA to acknowledge receipt of their comments 
submitted in responses to this rule must submit a self-addressed, 
stamped postcard on which the following statement is made: ``Comments 
to Docket No. 97-ACE-34.'' The postcard will be date stamped and 
returned to the commenter.

Agency Findings

    The regulations adopted herein will not have substantial direct 
effects on the States, on the relationship between the national 
government and the States, or on the distribution of power and 
responsibilities among the various levels of government. Therefore, in 
accordance with Executive Order 12612, it is determined that this final 
rule does not have sufficient federalism implications to warrant the 
preparation of a Federalism Assessment.
    The FAA has determined that this regulation is noncontroversial and 
unlikely to result in adverse or negative comments. For the reasons 
discussed in the preamble, I certify that this regulation (1) is not a 
``significant regulatory action'' under Executive Order 12866; (2) is 
not a ``significant rule'' under Department of Transportation (DOT) 
Regulatory Policies and Procedures (44 FR 11035, February 26, 1979); 
and (3) will not have a significant economic impact, positive or 
negative, on a substantial number of small entities under the criteria 
of the Regulatory Flexibility Act.

List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 71

    Airspace, Incorporation by reference, Navigation (air).

Adoption of the Amendment

    Accordingly, 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 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 6002  Class E airspace areas designated as a surface area 
for an airport.

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ACE IA E2 Cedar Rapids Municipal Airport, IA  [Removed]

ACE IA E2 Cedar Rapids, The Eastern Iowa Airport, IA  [New]

Cedar Rapids, The Eastern Iowa Airport, IA
    (lat. 41 deg.53'05''N., long. 91 deg.42'39''W.)

    Within a 4.4-mile radius of The Eastern Iowa Airport. This Class 
E airspace area is effective during the specific dates and times 
established in advance by a Notice to Airmen. The effective date and 
time will thereafter be continuously published in the Airport/
Facility Directory.
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Paragraph 6005  Class E airspace areas extending upward from 700 
feet or more above the surface of the earth.

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ACE IA E5 Cedar Rapids, IA.  [Revised]

Cedar Rapids, The Eastern Iowa Airport, IA.
    (lat. 41 deg.53'05''N., long. 91 deg.42'39''W.)
CINDY LOM
    (lat. 41 deg.53'08''N., long 91 deg.48'09''W.)

    That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface 
within a 7.4-mile radius of The Eastern Iowa Airport and within 3 
miles each side of the 269 deg. bearing from the CINDY LOM, 
extending from the 7.4-mile radius to 19.3 miles west of the 
airport.
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    Issued in Kansas City, MO, on December 17, 1997.
Christopher R. Blum,
Acting Manager, Air Traffic Division Central Region.
[FR Doc. 98-2214 Filed 1-28-98; 8:45 am]
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