[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 86 (Monday, May 5, 2003)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 23579-23580]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-11029]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Docket No. FAA-2003-14933; Airspace Docket No. 03-ACE-36]


Modification of Class E Airspace; Pratt, KS

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Direct final rule; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: A National Geodetic Survey (NGS) of Pratt Industrial Airport, 
KS redefined the airport reference point effective March 31, 2003. 
Class E controlled airspace at Pratt, KS is defined, in part, by the 
Pratt Industrial Airport airport reference point. This action corrects 
discrepancies between the previous and revised airport reference points 
by modifying the Pratt, KS Class E airspace area and its legal 
description. It incorporates the revised Pratt Industrial Airport 
airport reference point in the Class E airspace legal description and 
brings the airspace area into compliance with FAA Order 7400.2E, 
Procedures for Handling Airspace Matters.

DATES: This direct final rule is effective on 0901 UTC, September 4, 
2003. Comments for inclusion in the Rules Docket must be received on or 
before June 10, 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-2003-14933/Airspace Docket No. 03-ACE-36, 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: Kathy Randolph, Air Traffic Division, 
Airspace Branch, ACE-520C, DOT Regional Headquarters Building, Federal 
Aviation Administration, 901 Locust, Kansas City, MO 64106; telephone: 
(816) 329-2525.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This amendment to 14 CFR 71 modifies the 
Class E airspace area extending upward from 700 feet or more above the 
surface at Pratt, KS. It incorporates the revised Pratt Industrial 
Airport airport reference point into the legal description of this 
airspace area and brings the Class E 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 comment and, therefore, is issuing it as a direct final 
rule. Previous actions of this nature have not been

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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-2003-14933/Airspace Docket No. 03-ACE-
36.'' 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 KS E5 Pratt, KS

Pratt Industrial Airport, KS
    (Lat. 37[deg]42'06'' N., long. 98[deg]44'49'' W.)
Pratt NDB
    (Lat. 37[deg]43'26'' N., long. 98[deg]44'49'' W.)

    That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface 
within a 6.5-mile radius of Pratt Industrial Airport and within 2.6 
miles each side of the 360[deg] bearing from the Pratt NDB extending 
from the 6.5-mile radius to 7 miles north of the airport.
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    Issued in Kansas City, MO, on April 24, 2003.
Paul J. Sheridan,
Acting Manager, Air Traffic Division, Central Region.
[FR Doc. 03-11029 Filed 5-2-03; 8:45 am]
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