[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 99 (Monday, May 22, 2000)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 32046-32047]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-12820]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Airspace Docket No. 00-ACE-11]


Amendment of Class E Airspace; Kearney, NE

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking

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SUMMARY: This notice proposes to amend the Class E surface area at 
Kearney Municipal Airport, Kearney, NE. The FAA has received a request 
to amend the hours of Class E surface area from part time to full time. 
An increase in Part 121 and other Instrument Flight Rule (IFR) 
operations have made this request necessary. The intended effect of 
this rule is to amend the Class E surface area from part time to full 
time.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before July 10, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Send comments on the proposal in triplicate to: Manager, 
Airspace Branch, Air Traffic Division, ACE-520, DOT Regional 
Headquarters Building, Federal Aviation Administration, Docket Number 
00-ACE-11, 901 Locust, 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 office of the Manager, Airspace Branch, Air Traffic 
Division, at the address list above.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brenda Mumper, Air Traffic Division, 
Airspace Branch, ACE-520A, DOT Regional Headquarters Building, Federal 
Aviation Administration, 901 Locust, Kansas City, MO 64106; telephone: 
(816) 329-2524.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:  

Comments Invited

    Interested parties 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, economic, 
environmental, and energy-related aspects of the

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proposal. Communications should identify the airspace docket number and 
be submitted in triplicate to the address listed above. 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. 00-ACE-11.'' The postcard will be date/time stamped an returned to 
the commenter. All communications received on or before the closing 
date for comments will be considered before taking action on the 
proposed rule. The proposal contained in this notice maybe changed in 
light of comments received. All comments submitted will be available 
for examination in the Rules Docket 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 NPRMs

    Any person may obtain a copy of this Notice of Proposed Rulemaking 
(NPRM) by submitting a request to the Federal Aviation Administration, 
Office of Public Affairs, Attention: Public Inquiry Center, APA-230, 
800 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20591, or by calling (202) 
267-3484. Communications must identify the notice number of this NPRM. 
Persons interested in being placed on a mailing list for future NPRMs 
should also request a copy of Advisory Circular No. 11-2A, which 
describes the procedures.

The Proposal

    The FAA is considering an amendment to 14 CFR part 71 to amend the 
Class E surface area at Kearney Municipal Airport, Kearney, NE. The FAA 
has received a request to amend the Class E surface area from part time 
to full time. The intended effect of this action is to provide 
segregation of aircraft operating under IFR from aircraft operating in 
visual weather conditions. The area would be depicted on appropriate 
aeronautical charts thereby enabling pilots to circumnavigate the area 
or otherwise comply with IFR procedures. Class E airspace areas 
designated as a surface area for an airport are published in paragraph 
6002 of FAA Order 7400.9G, dated September 10, 1999, and effective 
September 16, 1999, which is incorporated by reference in 14 CFR 71.1. 
The Class E airspace designation listed in this document would be 
published subsequently in the 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. 
Therefore, this proposed 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) 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 proposed rule will not 
have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of a small 
entities under the criteria of the Regulatory Flexibility Act.

List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 71

    Airspace, Incorporation by reference, Navigation (air).

The Proposed Amendment

    Accordingly, pursuant to the authority delegated to me, the Federal 
Aviation Administration proposes to amend 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 7400.9G, Airspace Designations and 
Reporting Points, dated September 10, 1999, and effective September 16, 
1999, is amended as follows:

Paragraph 6002  Class E airspace areas designated as a surface area 
for an airport

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ACE NE E2 Kearney, NE [Revised]

Kearney Municipal Airport, NE
    (Lat. 40 deg.43'37"N., long. 99 deg.00'24"W.)
Kearney VOR
    (Lat. 40 deg.43'37"N., long. 99 deg.00'18"W.
    Within a 4.2-mile radius of Kearney Municipal Airport and within 
3.1 miles each side of the 194 deg. radial of the Kearney VOR 
extending from the 4.2-mile radius to 9.2 miles south of the VOR and 
within 3.1 miles each side of the 329 deg. radial of the Kearney VOR 
extending from the 4.2-mile radius to 10 miles northwest of the VOR 
and within 3.1 miles each said of the 360 deg. radial of the Kearney 
VOR extending form the 4.2-mile radius to 10 miles north of the 
airport.
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    Dated: Issued in Kansas City, MO, on May 9, 2000.
Herman J. Lyons, Jr.,
Manager, Air Traffic Division, Central Region.
[FR Doc. 00-12820 Filed 5-19-00; 8:45 am]
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