[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 229 (Friday, November 28, 2003)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 66701-66702]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-29451]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Docket No. FAA-2003-16496; Airspace Docket No. 03-ACE-80]


Modification of Class E Airspace; Mapleton, IA

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION:  Direct final rule; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: Mapleton Municipal Airport has been renamed James G. Whiting 
Memorial Field. A review of controlled airspace for Mapleton, IA 
indicates it does not comply with the criteria for 700 feet Above 
Ground Level (AGL) airspace required for diverse departures.
    This action replaces ``Mapleton Municipal Airport'' in the legal 
description of Mapleton, IA Class E airspace area with ``James G. 
Whiting Memorial Field.'' It also enlarges the area to provide adequate 
protection for diverse departures 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 31, 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-2003-16496/Airspace Docket No. 03-ACE-80, at the beginning of your 
comments. You may also submit comments on the

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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 above the surface 
at Mapleton, IA. It replaces ``Mapleton Municipal Airport,'' the former 
name of the airport, with ``James G. Whiting Memorial field,'' the new 
name of the airport, in the legal description. A review of controlled 
airspace at Mapleton, IA indicates 700 feet Above Ground Level (AGL) 
airspace required for diverse departures, as specified in FAA Order 
7400.2E, Procedures for Handling Airspace Matters, for James G. Whiting 
Memorial Field does not comply with the Order. The criteria in FAA 
Order 7400.2E for an aircraft to reach 1200 feet AGL is based on a 
standard climb gradient of 200 feet per mile plus the distance from the 
Airport Reference Point (ARP) to the end of the outermost runway. Any 
fractional part of a mile is converted to the next higher tenth of a 
mile. The area is enlarged to conform to the criteria in FAA Order 
7400.2E. This action also modifies the northeast extension of the 
Mapleton, IA Class E airspace area by defining it with the 030[deg] 
bearing from the Mapleton NDB versus the current 032[deg] bearing. It 
brings the legal description of this airspace area into compliance with 
FAA Order 7400.2E. 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 7400.9L, dated September 2, 2003, and effective 
September 16, 2003, 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 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-2003-16496/Airspace Docket No. 03-ACE-
80.'' The postcard will be date/time stamped and retuned 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 determine 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 Procedure (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 7400.9L, dated September 2, 2003, and effective 
September 16, 2003, 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 IA E5 Mapleton, IA

Mapleton, James G. Whiting Memorial Field, IA
    (Lat. 42[deg]10'42'' N., long. 95[deg]47'37'' W.).
Maplelon NDB
    (Lat. 42[deg]10'50'' N., long. 95[deg]47'41'' W.)

    That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface 
within a 6.3-mile radius of James G. Whiting Memorial Field; and 
within 3.1 miles each side of the 030[deg] bearing from the Mapleton 
NDB extending from the 6.3-mile radius to 10 miles northeast of the 
airport.
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    Issued in Kansas City, MO, on November 14, 2003.
Paul J. Sheridan,
Acting Manager, Air Traffic Division, Central Region.
[FR Doc. 03-29451 Filed 11-26-03; 8:45 am]
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