[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 45 (Monday, March 8, 2004)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 10610-10611]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-5180]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Docket No. FAA-2004-17143; Airspace Docket No. 04-ACE-9]


Modification of Class E Airspace; Iowa City, IA

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Direct final rule; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: This action amends title 14 Code of Federal Regulations, part 
71 (14 CFR 71) by revising Class E airspace at Iowa City, IA. The 
nondirectional radio beacon (NDB) navigation aid associated with Iowa 
City Municipal Airport has been decommissioned. Standard instrument 
approach procedures (SIAPs) utilizing the NDB are cancelled effective 
April 15, 2004. Controlled airspace extending upward from 700 feet 
Above Ground Level (AGL) that accommodates these SIAPs will no longer 
be needed.
    The intended effect of this rule is to provide appropriate 
controlled Class E airspace for aircraft operating under Instrument 
Flight Rules (IFR) at Iowa City, IA, to delete the Hawkeye NDB and 
coordinates from the Iowa City, IA Class E airspace area legal 
description and to bring the area into compliance with 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 April 14, 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-2004-17143/Airspace Docket No. 04-ACE-9, 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: 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 17 revises the 
Class E airspace at Iowa City, IA. The Hawkeye NDB has been 
decommissioned. NDB Runway (RWY) 30 SIAP and NDB or Global Positioning 
System (GPS)-A SIAP that serve Iowa City Municipal Airport are 
cancelled effective April 15, 2004. Controlled airspace extending 
upward from 700 feet AGL that accommodates these SIAPs will no longer 
be needed. The amendment to Class E airspace at Iowa City, IA provides 
controlled airspace at and above 700 feet AGL to contain the remaining 
SIAPs that serve Iowa City Municipal Airport. The additional Class E 
airspace necessary for the NDB or GPS-A SIAP is revoked. The Hawkeye 
NDB and coordinates, and reference to these, are deleted from the legal 
description of Iowa City, IA Class E5 airspace. These actions bring the 
Iowa City, IA Class E airspace into compliance with FAA Order 7400.2E, 
Procedures for Handling 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 7400.9L, Airspace Designations 
and Reporting Points, 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

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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 proposed 
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-2004-17143/
Airspace Docket No. 04-ACE-9.'' 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 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 Iowa City, IA

    Iowa City Municipal Airport, IA
    (Lat. 41 38[min]21[sec] N., long. 
9132[min]47[sec] W.)
    Iowa City VORTAC
    (Lat. 4131[min]08[sec] N., long. 
9136[min]48[sec] W.)

    That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface 
within a 6.5-mile radius of Iowa City Municipal Airport and within 
1.8 miles each side of the Iowa City VORTAC 024 
radial extending from the 6.5 mile radius of the airport to the 
VORTAC.
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    Issued in Kansas City, MO on February 24, 2004.
Paul J. Sheridan,
Acting Manager, Air Traffic Division, Central Region.
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