[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 37 (Wednesday, February 25, 2004)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 8556-8558]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-4186]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Docket No. FAA-2004-16984; Airspace Docket No. 04-ACE-2]


Modification of Class E Airspace; Clinton, MO

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Direct final rule; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: This action modifies the Class E airspace area at Clinton, MO. 
A review of controlled airspace for Clinton Memorial Airport revealed 
it does not comply with the criteria for 700 feet Above Ground Level 
(AGL) airspace required for diverse departures. The review also 
identied discrepancies in the legal description for the Clinton, MO 
Class E airspace area. The area is modified and enlarged to conform to 
the criteria in FAA Orders.

DATES: This direct final rule is effective on 0901 UTC, June 10, 2004. 
Comments for inclusion in the Rules Docket must be received on or 
before March 20, 2004.

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-2004-16984/Airspace Docket No. 04-ACE-2, at the beginning of 
your comments. You may also submit comments on the Internet at http://dms.dot.gov. You may review the

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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 Municipal 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 
Class E airspace area extending upward from 700 feet above the surface 
at Clinton, MO. An examination of controlled airspace for Clinton 
Memorial Airport revealed it does not meet the criteria for 700 feet 
AGL airspace required for diverse departures as specified in FAA Order 
7400.2E, Procedures for Handling Airspace Matters. The criteria in FAA 
order 7400.2E for an aircraft to reach 1200 feet AGE 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 review also identified that the Clinton, MO Class E airspace 
area legal description was not in compliance with FAA Order 8260.19C, 
Flight Procedures and Airspace. The Class E airspace area extensions 
should be defined in relation to the Golden Valley nondirectional radio 
beacon (NDB). This amendment expands the airspace area from a 6-mile 
radius to a 6.4-mile radius of Clinton Memorial Airport, adds the 
Golden Valley NDB to the legal description, defines the Class E 
airspace area extensions as they relate to the NDB and brings the legal 
description of the Clinton, MO Class E airspace area into compliance 
with FAA Orders 7400.2E and 8260.19C. This 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 anticipiates 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-2004-16984/Airspace Docket No. 04-ACE-2.'' 
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 critera 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:

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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 MO E5 Clinton, MO

Clinton Memorial Airport, MO
    (Lat. 3821'24[sec] N., long. 
9341[min]03[sec] W.)
Golden Valley NDB
    (Lat. 3821[min]31[sec] N., long. 
9341[min]05'' W.)

    The airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface 
within a 6.4-mile radius of Clinton Memorial Airport and within 2.6 
miles each side of the 054 bearing from the Golden 
Valley NDB extending from the 6.4-mile radius of the airport to 7 
miles northeast of the NDB and within 2.6 miles each side of the 
217 bearing from the Golden Valley NDB extending from 
the 6.4-mile radius of the airport to 7 miles southwest of the NDB.
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    Issued in Kansas City, MO, on February 10, 2004.
Paul J. Sheridan,
Acting Manager, Air Traffic Division, Central Region.
[FR Doc. 04-4186 Filed 2-24-04; 8:45 am]
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