[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 224 (Thursday, November 20, 2003)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 65389-65390]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-29030]


=======================================================================
-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Docket No. FAA-2003-16409; Airspace Docket No. 03-ACE-78]


Modification of Class E Airspace; Sidney, NE

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Direct final rule; request for comments.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

SUMMARY: Sidney Municipal Airport, Sidney, NE, has been renamed Sidney 
Municipal/Lloyd W. Carr Field. This action modifies the Sidney, NE 
Class E airspace areas by replacing ``Sidney Municipal Airport'' in the 
legal descriptions of Sidney, NE Class E airspace areas with ``Sidney 
Municipal/Lloyd W. Carr Field'' and brings the legal description into 
compliance with FAA Orders.

DATES: This direct final rule is effective on 0901 UTC, February 19, 
2004. Comments for inclusion in the Rules Docket must be received on or 
before December 17, 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-2003-16409/Airspace Docket No. 03-ACE-78, 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 
legal description of the Class E airspace designated as a surface area 
and the Class E airspace area extending upward from 700 feet above the 
surface at Sidney, NE. It replaces ``Sidney Municipal Airport,'' the 
former name of the airport, with ``Sidney Municipal/Lloyd W. Carr 
Field,'' the new name of the airport, in the both legal descriptions. 
This action brings the legal descriptions of both Sidney, NE 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 7400.9L, dated September 2, 
2003, and effective September 16, 2003, 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

[[Page 65390]]

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-2003-16409/Airspace Docket No. 03-ACE-
78.'' 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 Subject in 14 CFR Part 71

    Airspace, Incorporation by reference, Navigation (air).

Adoption of the Amendment

0
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

0
2. 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]

0
2. The incorporation by reference in 14 CFR 71.1 of Federal Aviation 
Administration Order 7400.9L, dated September 2, 2003, and effective 
September 16, 2003, is amended as follows:

Paragraph 6002 Class E Airspace Designated as Surface Areas.

* * * * *

ACE NE E2 Sidney, NE

Sidney Municipal/Lloyd W. Carr Field, NE
    (Lat. 41[deg]06'05'' N., long 102[deg]59'07'' W.)
Sidney VORTAC
    (Lat. 41[deg]05'48'' N., long. 102[deg]58'59'' W.)

    Within a 4.1-mile radius of Sidney Municipal/Lloyd W. Carr Field 
and within 1.8 miles each side of the Sidney VORTAC 126[deg] radial 
extending from the 4.1-mile radius of the airport to 7 miles 
southeast of the VORTAC and within 1.8 miles each side of the Sidney 
VORTAC 323[deg] radial extending from the 4.1-mile radius of the 
airport to 7 miles northwest of the VORTAC. This Class E airspace 
area is effective during the specific dates and times established in 
advance by a Notice to Airmen. The effective date and time will 
thereafter be continuously published in the Airport/Facility 
Directory.
* * * * *

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

* * * * *

ACE NE E5 Sidney, NE

Sidney Municipal/Lloyd W. Carr Field, NE
    (Lat. 41[deg]06'05'' N., long. 102[deg]59'07'' W.)
Sidney VORTAC
    (Lat. 41[deg]05'48'' N., long. 102[deg]58'59'' W.)

    That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface 
within a 6.6-mile radius of Sidney Municipal/Lloyd W. Carr Field and 
within 4 miles southwest and 6 miles northeast of the Sidney VORTAC 
126[deg] radial extending from the 6.6-mile radius of the airport to 
10.5 miles southeast of the VORTAC and within 4 miles northeast and 
6 miles southwest of the Sidney VORTAC 323[deg] radial extending 
from the 6.6-mile radius of the airport to 10.5 miles northwest of 
the VORTAC.
* * * * *

    Issued in Kansas City, MO, on November 3, 2003.
Paul J. Sheridan,
Acting Manager, Air Traffic Division, Central Region.
[FR Doc. 03-29030 Filed 11-19-03; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4910-13-M