[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 145 (Tuesday, July 29, 2003)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 44452-44453]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-19158]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Docket No. FAA-2003-15458; Airspace Docket No. 03-ACE-56]


Modification of Class E Airspace; Webster City, 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 Webster City, IA 
revealed discrepancies in the Webster City Municipal Airport airport 
reference point and in the location of the Webster City nondirectional 
radio beacon (NDB), both used in the legal description for the Webster 
City, IA Class E airspace. A discrepancy in the Webster City NDB 
bearing of the Class E airspace extension was also discovered. This 
action corrects the discrepancies by modifying the Webster City, IA 
Class E airspace and by incorporating the current Webster City 
Municipal Airport airport reference point and the current location of 
the Webster City NDB in the Class E airspace legal description.

EFFECTIVE DATE: 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 28, 2003.

ADDRESSES: Send comments on this rule 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-2003-15458/Airspace Docket No. 03-ACE-56, 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 rule, 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 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 
at Webster City, IA. It incorporates the current airport reference 
point for Webster City Municipal Airport and the current location of 
the Webster City NDB. It corrects the bearing from the Webster City NDB 
of the Class E airspace extension and brings the legal description of 
this airspace area into compliance with FAA Order 7400.2E, Procedures 
for Handing 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 controversial and 
have not resulted in adverse comments or objections. Unless

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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-2003-15458/Airspace Docket No. 03-ACE-
56.'' 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 
``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 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:
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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 Webster City, IA

Webster City Municipal Airport, IA
    (Lat, 42[deg]26'12''N., long. 93[deg]52'08''W.)
Webster City NDB
    (Lat, 42[deg]26'29''N., long. 93[deg]52'09''W.)

    That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface 
within a 6.4-mile radius of Webster City Municipal Airport and 
within 2.6 miles each side of the 153[deg] bearing from the Webster 
City NDB extending from the 6.4-mile radius to 7.4 miles southeast 
of the airport

    Issued in Kansas City, MO, on July 15, 2003.
Paul J. Sheridan,
Acting Manager, Air Traffic Division, Central Region.
[FR Doc. 03-19158 Filed 7-28-03; 8:45 am]
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