[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 90 (Friday, May 9, 2003)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 24872-24874]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-11641]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Docket No. FAA-2003-14938; Airspace Docket No. 03-ACE-41]


Modification of Class E Airspace; Ottumwa, IA

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Direct final rule; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: An examination of controlled airspace for Ottumwa, IA revealed 
discrepancies in the legal descriptions for the Ottumwa, IA Class E 
airspace areas. This action corrects the discrepancies by modifying the 
Ottumwa, IA Class E airspace areas and by incorporating the changes 
into the Class E airspace legal descriptions.

DATES: The 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

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docket number FAA-2003-14938/Airspace Docket No. 03-ACE-41, 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 part 71 modifies 
the legal description of the Class E airspace designated as a surface 
area at Ottumwa, IA. The navigational aid serving Ottumwa Industrial 
Airport is misidentified as a collocated very high frequency omni-
directional radio range and tactical air navigational aid (VORTAC) when 
it is actually a very high frequency omni-directional range (VOR)/
distance measuring equipment (DME) facility. This amendment also 
modifies Ottumwa, IA Class E airspace area extending upward from 700 
feet above the surface and its legal description. It makes the 
correction listed above to this airspace area, modifies the airport 
name and corrects an error in the listed location of the navigational 
aid serving Ottumwa Industrial Airport. This action brings the legal 
descriptions of both Ottumwa, IA airspace areas into compliance with 
FAA Order 7400.2E, Procedures for Handling Airspace Matters. The areas 
will be depicted on appropriate aeronautical charts. Class E airspace 
designated as surface areas are published in paragraph 6002 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 
areas extending upward from 700 feet or more above the surface of the 
earth are published in paragraph 6005 of the same FAA Order. The 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 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-2003-14938/Airspace Docket No. 03-ACE-
41.'' 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 had 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), 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 6002 Class E Airspace Designated as Surface Areas.

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ACE IA E2 Ottumwa, IA

Ottumwa Industrial Airport, IA
(Lat. 41[deg]06'24'' N., long. 92[deg]26'53'' W.)
Ottumwa VOR/DME
(Lat. 41[deg]01'45'' N., long. 92[deg]19'33'' W.)

    Within a 4.1-mile radius of Ottumwa Industrial Airport and 
within 1.8 miles each side of the Ottumwa VOR/DME 309[deg] radial 
extending from the 4.1-mile radius to the VOR/DME.
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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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ACE IA E5 Ottumwa, IA

Ottumwa Industrial Airport, IA
(Lat. 41[deg]06'24'' N., long. 92[deg]26'53'' W.)
Ottumwa VOR/DME
(Lat. 41[deg]01'45'' N., long. 92[deg]19'33'' W.)

    That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface 
within a 6.6 mile radius of Ottumwa Industrial Airport and within 
1.8 miles each side of the Ottumwa VOR/DME 309[deg] radial extending 
from the 6.6-mile radius to 11.2 miles northwest of the

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airport and within 2 miles each side of the Ottumwa VOR/DME 129[deg] 
radial extending from the 6.6-mile radius to 1 mile southeast of the 
VOR/DME.
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    Issued in Kansas City, MO, on April 29, 2003.
Paul J. Sheridan,
Acting Manager, Air Traffic Division, Central Region.
[FR Doc. 03-11641 Filed 5-8-03; 8:45 am]
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