[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 5 (Tuesday, January 8, 2002)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 816-817]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-254]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Airspace Docket No. 00-AGL-23]


Modification of Class E Airspace; Cleveland, OH; Modification of 
Class E Airspace; Medina, OH; and Revocation of Class E Airspace; 
Elyria, OH

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: This action modifies Class E airspace at Cleveland, OH; modify 
Class E airspace at Medina, OH; and removes Class E airspace at Elyria, 
OH. An Instrument Landing System (ILS) Standard Instrument Approach 
Procedure (SIAP) to Runway (Rwy) 28 has been developed for Cleveland-
Hopkins International Airport. Controlled airspace extending upward 
from 700 feet above the surface is needed to contain aircraft executing 
this approach. This action would increase the existing Class E airspace 
for Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport and at the same time 
simplify the extremely complicated existing Class E airspace legal 
description. Redefining the Class E airspace for Cleveland, OH, would 
then include the Class E airspace for Elyria, OH. This action would 
remove the existing Class E airspace for Elyria, OH. Finally, this 
action would modify the Class E airspace legal description for Medina, 
OH.

EFFECTIVE DATE: 0901 UTC, February 21, 2002.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Denis C. Burke, Air Traffic Division, 
Airspace Branch, AGL-520, Federal Aviation Administration, 2300 East 
Devon Avenue, Des Plaines, Illinois 60018, telephone (847) 294-7568.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

History

    On Friday, October 6, 2000, the FAA proposed to amend 14 CFR part 
71 to modify Class E airspace at Cleveland, OH (65 FR 59765). The 
proposal was to modify controlled airspace extending upward from the 
surface to contain Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) operations in 
controlled airspace during portions of the terminal operations and 
while transiting between the enroute and terminal environments. 
Interested parties were invited to participate in this rulemaking 
proceeding by submitting written comments on the proposal to the FAA. 
No comments objecting to the proposal were received. Class E airspace 
areas extending upward from 700 feet or more above the surface of the 
earth are published in paragraph 6005, of FAA Order 7400.9J dated 
August 31, 2001, and effective September 16, 2001, which is 
incorporated by reference in 14 CFR 71.1. The Class E airspace 
designations listed in this document will be published subsequently in 
the Order.

The Rule

    This amendment to 14 CFR part 71 modifies Class E airspace at 
Cleveland and Medina, OH, and removes Class E airspace at Elyria, OH to 
accommodate aircraft executing instrument flight procedures into and 
out of Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport, Medina Municipal 
Airport and Elyria, OH. The area will be depicted on appropriate 
aeronautical charts.
    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 will not have a significant economic impact 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

    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 95665, 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 7400.9J, Airspace Designations and 
Reporting Points, dated August 31, 2001, and effective September 16, 
2001, is amended as follows:
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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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AGL OH E5 Cleveland, OH [Revised]

    That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface 
bounded by a line beginning at lat. 41 deg.25'00" N., long. 
82 deg.23'00" W., to lat. 41 deg.56'00" N., long. 81 deg.22'00" W., 
to lat. 41 deg.48'00" N., long. 81 deg.02'00" W., to lat. 
41 deg.32'00" N., long. 81 deg.03'00" W., to lat. 41 deg.11'00" N., 
long. 81 deg.48'00" W., to lat. 41 deg.11'00" N., long. 
82 deg.21'00" W., thence to the point of beginning.
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AGL OH E5 Medina, OH [Revised]

Medina Municipal Airort
    (lat. 41 deg.07'53" N, long. 81 deg.45'54" W)

    That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface 
within a 6.4-mile radius of the Medina Municipal Airport, excluding 
that airspace within the Cleveland, OH, Class E airspace area.
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AGL OH E5 Elyria, OH [Removed]

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    Issued in Des Plaines, Illinois on December 7, 2001.
Nancy B. Shelton,
Manager, Air Traffic Division, Great Lakes Region.
[FR Doc. 02-254 Filed 1-7-02; 8:45 am]
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