[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 29 (Thursday, February 12, 1998)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 7063-7064]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-3573]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
14 CFR Part 71
[Airspace Docket No. 97-ASW-26]
Revision of Class E Airspace; Eastland, TX
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Direct final rule; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: This amendment revises the Class E airspace at Eastland, TX.
The development of a Nondirectional Radio Beacon (NDB) Standard
Instrument Approach Procedure (SIAP) and a Global Positioning System
(GPS) SIAP to Runway (RWY) 35 at Eastland Municipal Airport, Eastland,
TX, has made this rule necessary. This action is intended to provide
adequate controlled airspace extending upward from 700 feet or more
above the surface for Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) operations at
Eastland Municipal Airport, Eastland, TX.
DATES: Effective 0901 UTC, April 23, 1998.
Comments must be received on or before March 30, 1998.
ADDRESSES: Send comments on the rule in triplicate to Manager, Airspace
Branch, Air Traffic Division, Federal Aviation Administration,
Southwest Region, Docket No. 97-ASW-26, Fort Worth, TX 76193-0520.
The official docket may be examined in the Office of the Regional
Counsel, Federal Aviation Administration, Southwest Region, 2601
Meacham Boulevard, Room 663, Fort Worth, TX, 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 at the
Airspace Branch, Air Traffic Division, Federal Aviation Administration,
Southwest Region, Room 414, Fort Worth, TX.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Donald J. Day, Airspace Branch, Air Traffic Division, Southwest Region,
Federal Aviation Administration, Fort Worth, TX 76193-0520, telephone
817-222-5593.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This amendment to 14 CFR part 71 revises the
Class E airspace at Eastland, TX. The development of NDB and GPS SIAP's
to RWY 35 at Eastland Municipal Airport, Eastland, TX, has made this
action necessary. The intended effect of this action is to provide
adequate controlled airspace extending upward from 700 feet or more
above the surface for Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) operations at
Eastland Municipal Airport, Eastland, TX.
Class E airspace designations for airspace areas extending upward
from 700 feet or more above the surface are published in Paragraph 6005
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
E airspace designation 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.
A substantial number of previous opportunities provided to the public
to comment on substantially identical actions have resulted in
negligible adverse comments or objections. 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
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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 is needed.
Comments are specifically invited on the overall regulatory,
economic, aeronautical, environmental, and energy 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 concerning 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 response to this rule must submit a self-addressed,
stamped postcard on which the following statement is made: ``Comments
to Docket No. 97-ASW-26.'' 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.
Further, the FAA has determined that this regulation is
noncontroversial and unlikely to result in adverse or negative comments
and only involves an established body of technical regulations that
require frequent and routine amendments to keep them operationally
current. Therefore, I certify that this regulation (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) 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. Since
this rule involves routine matters that will only affect air traffic
procedures and air navigation, it does not warrant preparation of a
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis because the anticipated impact is so
minimal.
List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 71
Airspace, Incorporation by reference, Navigation (air).
Adoption of the Amendment
Accordingly, pursuant to the authority delegated to me, 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 24 CFR 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 6005 Class E airspace areas extending upward from 700
feet or more above the surface of the earth.
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ASW TX E5 Eastland, TX [Revised]
Eastland Municipal Airport, TX
(Lat. 32 deg.24'48''N., long. 98 deg.48'35''W.)
Old Rip RBN
(Lat. 32 deg.22'54''N., long. 98 deg.48'37''W.)
That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface
within a 6.4-mile radius of Eastland Municipal Airport and within 8
miles east and 4 miles west of the 182 deg. bearing from the Old Rip
RBN extending from the 6.4-mile radius to 10.4 miles south of the
airport.
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Issued in Fort Worth, TX, on January 7, 1998.
Albert L. Viselli,
Acting Manager, Air Traffic Division, Southwest Region.
[FR Doc. 98-3573 Filed 2-11-98; 8:45 am]
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