[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 48 (Wednesday, March 12, 2003)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 11736-11738]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-5930]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Docket No. FAA-2003-14549; Airspace Docket No. 03- ACE-17]


Modification of Class D and Class E Airspace; St. Louis, Spirit 
of St. Louis Airport, MO

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION:  Direct final rule; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: This action modifies Class D and Class E airspace at St. 
Louis, Spirit of St. Louis Airport, MO. The National Aeronautical 
Charting Office (NACO) revised the Spirit of St. Louis Airport airport 
reference point effective February 6, 2003. The Class D and Class E 
airspace areas at St. Louis, Spirit of St. Louis Airport, MO are 
defined by the Spirit of St. Louis Airport airport reference point. 
This same data is also used in the legal descriptions for these

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airspace areas. This action modifies the St. Louis, Spirit of St. Louis 
Airport, MO Class D airspace and Class E airspace designated as a 
surface area to reflect the new airport reference point. It also 
incorporates the revised St. Louis Airport airport reference point in 
the Class D airspace and Class E airspace designated as a surface area 
legal descriptions.

DATES: This direct final rule is effective on 0901 UTC, July 10, 2003.
    Comments for inclusion in the Rules Docket must be received on or 
before May 1, 2003.

ADDRESSES: Send comments on this proposal to the Docket Management 
System, U.S. Department of Transportation, Room Plaza 401, 400 Seventh 
Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590-0001. You must identify the docket 
number FAA-2003-14549/Airspace Docket No. 03-ACE-17, at the beginning 
of your comments. You may also submit comments on the Internet at 
http://dms.dot.gov. You may review the public docket containing the 
proposal, any comments received, and any final disposition in person in 
the Dockets Office between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, 
except Federal holidays. The Docket Office (telephone 1-800-647-5527) 
is on the plaza level of the Department of Transportation NASSIF 
Building at the above address.

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: This amendment to 14 CFR 71 modifies the 
Class D airspace and the Class E airspace designated as a surface area 
at St. Louis, Spirit of St. Louis Airport, MO. An extension of a runway 
at Spirit of St. Louis Airport necessitated that the airport reference 
point be recomputed. NACO revised the Spirit of St. Louis Airport 
airport reference point effective February 6, 2003. The Class D and 
Class E airspace areas at St. Louis, Spirit of St. Louis Airport, MO 
are predicated on the Spirit of St. Louis Airport airport reference 
point. The airport reference point is also used in the legal 
descriptions for the Class D airspace and the Class E airspace 
designated as a surface area at St. Louis, Spirit of St. Louis Airport, 
MO. This amendment incorporates the revised Spirit of St. Louis Airport 
airport reference point and brings the legal descriptions of these 
airspace areas into compliance with FAA Order 7400.2E, Procedures for 
Handling Airspace Matters. The areas will be depicted on appropriate 
aeronautical charts. Class D airspace areas are published in Paragraph 
5000 of FAA Order 7400.9K, dated August 30, 2002, and effective 
September 16, 2002, which is incorporated by reference in 14 CFR 71.1. 
Class E airspace designated as surface areas are published in paragraph 
6002 of the same FAA Order. The Class D and 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. 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

    Interested parties are invited to participate in this rulemaking by 
submitting such written data, views, or arguments, as they may desire. 
Comments that provide the factual basis support the views and 
suggestions presented are particularly helpful in developing reasoned 
regulatory decisions on the proposal. Comments are specifically invited 
on the overall regulatory, aeronautical, economic, environmental, and 
energy-related aspects of the proposal. Communications should identify 
both docket numbers 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 Docket No. FAA-2003-14549/Airspace Docket No. 03-ACE-
17.'' The postcard will be date/time stamped and returned to the 
commenter.

Agency Findings

    The regulations adopted herein will not have a substantial direct 
effect 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 it 
is determined that this final rule does not have federalism 
implications under Executive Order 13132.
    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 11034, February 26, 1979); 
and (3) if promulgated, 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 7400.9K, dated August 30, 2002, and 
effective September 16, 2002, is amended as follows:

Paragraph 5000 Class D Airspace.

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ACE MO D St. Louis, Spirit of St. Louis Airport, MO

Spirit of St. Louis Airport, MO
    (Lat. 38[deg]39'44'' N., long. 90[deg]39'07'' W.)

    That airspace extending upward from the surface to and including 
3,000 feet MSL within a 4.3-mile radius of Spirit of St. Louis 
Airport; excluding that airspace within the St. Louis Class B 
airspace area. This Class D

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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 6002 Class E Airspace Designated as Surface Areas.

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ACE MO E2 St. Louis, Spirit of St. Louis Airport, MO

Spirit of St. Louis Airport, MO
    (Lat. 38[deg]39'44'' N., long. 90[deg]39'07'' W.)

    Within a 4.3-mile radius of Spirit of St. Louis 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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    Issued in Kansas City, MO, on February 21, 2003.
Paul J. Sheridan,
Acting Manager, Air Traffic Division, Central Region.
[FR Doc. 03-5930 Filed 3-11-03; 8:45 am]
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