[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 61 (Monday, March 31, 2003)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 15343-15345]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-7674]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Docket No. FAA-2003-14195; Airspace Docket No. 03-ACE-1]


Modification of Class E Airspace; Fairmont, NE

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Direct final rule; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: This action amends Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations, part 
71 (14 CFR part 71) by revising the Fairmont, NE Class E airspace. It 
increases the size of the Class E airspace area extending upward from 
700 feet above the surface of the earth to accommodate new and amended 
Standard Instrument Approach Procedures (SIAPs) developed for Fairmont 
State Airfield, Fairmont, NE. This action also modifies the Fairmont, 
NE Class E airspace, and its legal description, by incorporating

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the updated Fairmont State Airfield airport reference point.
    The intended effect of this rule is to provide controlled Class E 
airspace for aircraft executing an SIAP and to segregate aircraft using 
instrument approach procedures in instrument conditions from aircraft 
operating in visual conditions.

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-2003-14195/Airspace Docket no. 03-ACE-1, 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 E airspace area extending upward from 700 feet above the surface 
at Fairmont, NE in order to provide a safer Instrument Flight Rules 
(IFR) environment at Fairmont State Airfield, Fairmont, NE. The FAA has 
developed Area navigation (RNAV) Global Positioning System (GPS) Runway 
(RWY) 17, ORIGINAL SIAP; RNAV (GPS RWY 35, ORIGINAL SIAP; 
Nondirectional Radio Beacon (NDB) RWY 17, Amendment 1 SIAP and NDB RWY 
35, Amendment 2 SIAP to serve Fairmont State Airfield, Fairmont, NE. 
Additional controlled airspace extending upward from 700 feet Above 
Ground Level (AGL) is needed to accommodate the SIAPs. This amendment 
also modifies the Fairmont, NE Class E airspace by incorporating the 
current Fairmont State Airfield, NE airport reference point and 
deleting reference to Beklof NDB, NE in the legal description. These 
actions bring the legal description of this airspace area into 
compliance with FAA Order 7400.2E, Procedures for Handling Airspace 
Matters. The area will be depicted on appropriate aeronautical charts. 
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 
7400.9K, dated August 30, 2002, and effective September 16, 2002, 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 command 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 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, 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-2003-14195/Airspace Docket No. 03-ACE-1.'' 
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

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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

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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]

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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 6005 Class E airspace areas extending upward from 700 
feet or more above the surface of the earth.

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ACE NE E5 Fairmont, NE

Fairmont State Airfield, NE
    (Lat 40[deg]35[min]10[sec]N., long. 97[deg]34[min]23[sec]W.)


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    That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface 
within a 7-mile radius of the Fairmont State Airfield, NE
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    Issued in Kansas City, MO on March 11, 2003.
Paul J. Sheridan,
Acting Manager, Air Traffic Division, Central Region.
[FR Doc. 03-7674 Filed 3-28-03; 8:45 am]
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