[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 226 (Wednesday, November 22, 2000)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 70302-70303]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-29907]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Airspace Docket No. 00-AWA-2]
RIN 2120-AA66


Revision to the Legal Description of the Shaw Air Force Base 
Class C Airspace Area; SC

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: This action revises the legal description of the Shaw Air 
Force Base (AFB), SC, Class C airspace area by changing the hours of 
area operation to be consistent with current operational requirements. 
This action designates the Class C airspace area to be effective during 
the specific days and hours of operation of the Shaw AFB Airport 
Traffic Control Tower (ATCT) as established in advance by a Notice to 
Airmen (NOTAM). The effective days and times will thereafter be 
continuously published in the Airport/Facility Directory. Additionally, 
the coordinates for the Sumter Municipal Airport, as published in the 
notice of proposed rulemaking for this action, were inadvertently 
listed in error. This action corrects the coordinates for the airport 
listed in the legal description for the Shaw AFB, SC, Class C airspace 
area. This action does not change the actual dimensions, configuration, 
or operating requirements of the Shaw AFB Class C airspace area.

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 25, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Terry 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:

Background

    On April 25, 2000, the FAA proposed to revise the published 
effective times for the Shaw AFB Class C airspace area (65 FR 24136). 
Because the Shaw AFB ATCT has reduced its hours of operation, it is 
necessary to revise the Class C airspace effective times to coincide 
with the times that Class C air traffic control services are available.
    Interested parties were invited to participate in this rulemaking 
proceeding by submitting comments on the proposal to the FAA. No 
comments objecting to the proposal were received. However, an error was 
discovered in coordinates for Sumter Municipal Airport as published in 
the legal description. Except for the correction to those coordinates, 
this amendment is the same as that proposed in the notice.

The Rule

    This action amends 14 CFR part 71 by revising the legal description 
of the Shaw AFB Class C airspace area located at Shaw AFB, SC. This 
action revises the hours of operation for the Class C airspace area to 
align them with current airfield operations. The Shaw AFB Class C 
airspace area is designated effective during the specific days and 
hours of operation of the Shaw AFB ATCT as established in advance by 
NOTAM. This action is a technical amendment to the legal description 
and does not change the actual dimensions, configuration, or operating 
requirements of the Shaw AFB Class C airspace area. During the times 
that Shaw ATCT is not operational, the airspace reverts to Class E 
airspace since one of the requirements for Class C airspace is an 
operational ATCT. The radar approach control operating hours remain 
unchanged. Jacksonville Center assumes the airspace when Shaw radar 
approach control closes. In addition, this amendment corrects the 
coordinates, as published in the notice of proposed rulemaking for this 
action, for the Sumter Municipal Airport, which were inadvertently 
listed in error in the legal description for the Shaw AFB, SC, Class C 
airspace area.
    The coordinates for this airspace docket are based on North 
American Datum 83. Class C airspace areas are published in paragraph 
4000 of FAA Order 7400.9H, dated September 1, 2000, and effective 
September 16, 2000, 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.
    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. 
Therefore, 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) 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

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number of small entities under the criteria of the Regulatory Act.

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 14 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 7400.9H, Airspace Designations and 
Reporting Points, dated September 1, 2000, and effective September 16, 
2000, is amended as follows:

Paragraph 4000  Subpart C--Class C Airspace

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Shaw AFB, SC [Revised]

Shaw AFB, SC
    (Lat. 33 deg.58'23" N., long. 80 deg.28'22" W.)
Sumter Municipal Airport
    (Lat. 33 deg.59'45" N., long. 80 deg.21'41" W.)

    That airspace extending upward from the surface to and including 
4,200 feet MSL within a 5-mile radius of the Shaw AFB, excluding 
that airspace below 1,500 feet MSL within a 2-mile radius of the 
Sumter Municipal Airport; and that airspace extending upward from 
1,500 feet MSL to and including 4,200 feet MSL within a 10-mile 
radius of Shaw AFB; excluding that airspace contained within 
Restricted Area R-6002 when it is in use. This Class C 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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    Issued in Washington, DC, on November 15, 2000.
Reginald C. Matthews,
Manager, Airspace and Rules Division.
[FR Doc. 00-29907 Filed 11-21-00; 8:45 am]
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