[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 135 (Tuesday, July 15, 2003)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 41692-41693]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-17765]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Docket No. FAA-2003-15455; Airspace Docket No. 03-ACE-53]


Modification of Class E Airspace; Sioux Center, IA

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Direct final rule; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: This action modifies Class E airspace at Sioux Center, IA. An 
examination of controlled airspace for Sioux Center, IA revealed 
discrepancies in the Sioux Center Municipal Airport airport reference 
point used in the legal description for the Sioux Center, IA Class E 
airspace area. This action corrects the discrepancies by modifying the 
Sioux Center, IA Class E airspace area. It also incorporates the 
revised Sioux Center Municipal Airport airport reference point in the 
Class E airspace legal description.

DATES: This direct final rule is effective on 0901 UTC, October 30, 
2003. Comments for inclusion in the Rules Docket must be received on or 
before August 21, 2003.

ADDRESSES: Send comments on its 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-2003-15455/Airspace Docket No. 03-ACE-53, 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

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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 Municipal 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 above the surface 
of the earth at Sioux Center, IA. An examination of controlled airspace 
for Sioux Center, IA revealed discrepancies in the Sioux Center 
Municipal Airport airport reference point, computation of required 
controlled airspace and appropriate application of magnetic variation. 
This amendment incorporates the revised Sioux Center Municipal Airport 
airport reference point, redefines Class E airspace around Sioux Center 
Municipal Airport at the 6.5-mile radius versus the 6-mile radius, 
applies the appropriate magnetic variation to the Class E airspace 
extension and brings the legal description of the Sioux Center, IA 
Class E airspace area into compliance with FAA Order 7400.2E, 
Procedures for Handling Airspace Matters. This area will be depicted on 
appropriate aeronautical charts. Class E airspace areas extending 
upward from 700 feet or more above the surface on 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 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 comment on this notice must submit with those comments a self-
addressed, stamped postcard on which the following statement is made: 
``Comments to Docket No. FA-2003-15455/Airspace Docket No. 03-ACE-53.'' 
The postcard will be date/time stamped and returned to the commenter.

Agency Findings

    The regulation 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, 2003, and effective 
September 16, 2002, 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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ACE IA E5 Sioux Center, IA.

Sioux Center Municipal Airport, IA
    (Lat. 43[deg]08'04'' N., long. 96[deg]11'15'' W.)
Sioux Center NDB,
    (Lat. 43[deg]07'59'' N., long. 96[deg]11'23'' W.)

    That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface 
within a 6.5-mile radius of Sioux Center Municipal Airport and 
within 2.6 miles each side of the 005[deg] bearing from the Sioux 
Center NDB extending from the 6.5-mile radius to 7.4 miles north of 
the airport.
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    Issued in Kansas City, MO, on June 30, 2003.
Herman J. Lyons, Jr.,
Manager, Air Traffic Division, Central Region.
[FR Doc. 03-17765 Filed 7-14-03; 8:45 am]
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