[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 46 (Thursday, March 10, 2005)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 11857-11858]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-4659]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Docket No. FAA-2004-19582; Airspace Docket No. 04-ACE-72]


Establishment of Class E2 Airspace; and Modiciation of Class E5 
Airspace; Newton, IA

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: This rule establishes a Class E surface area at Newton, IA. It 
also modifies the Class E airspace area extending upward from 700 feet 
above the surface at Newton, IA.
    The effect of this rule is to provide appropriate controlled Class 
E airspace for aircraft departing from and executing instrument 
approach procedures to Newton Municipal Airport and to segregate 
aircraft using instrument approach procedures in instrument conditions 
from aircraft operating in visual conditions.

EFFECTIVE DATE: 0901 UTC, May 12, 2005.

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:

History

    On Wednesday, January 19, 2005, the FAA proposed to amend part 71 
of the Federal Aviation Regulations (14 CFR part 71) to establish a 
Class E surface area and to modify other Class E airspace at Newton, IA 
(70 FR 2989). The proposal was to bring Newton, IA airspace areas into 
compliance with FAA directives. Interested parties were invited to 
participate in this rulemaking proceeding by submitting written 
comments on the proposal to the FAA. No comments objecting to the 
proposal were received.

The Rule

    This amendment to 14 CFR part 71 establishes Class E airspace 
designated as a surface area for an airport at Newton, IA. Controlled 
airspace extending upward from the surface of the earth is needed to 
contain aircraft executing instrument approach procedures to Newton 
Municipal Airport. Weather observations will be provided by an 
Automatic Weather Observing/Reporting System (AWOS) and communications 
will be direct with Des Moines Terminal Radar Approach Control 
Facility.
    This rule also revises the Class E airspace area extending upward 
from 700 feet above the surface at Newton, IA. An examination of this 
Class E airspace area for Newton, IA revealed noncompliance with FAA 
directives. This corrects identified discrepancies by decreasing the 
area from a 6.7-mile to a 6.5-mile radius of Newton Municipal Airport, 
decreasing the width of the extension from 2.6 to 1.4 miles each side 
of centerline, modifying the extension centerline and defining airspace 
of appropriate dimensions to protect aircraft departing and executing 
instrument approach procedures to Newton Municipal Airport. The 
airspace area is brought into compliance with FAA Orders 7400.2E, 
Procedures for Handling Airspace Matters, and 8260.19C, Flight 
Procedures and Airspace. Both areas will be depicted on appropriate 
aeronautical charts.
    Class E airspace areas designated as surface areas are published in 
Paragraph 6002 of FAA Order 7400.9M, Airspace Designations and 
Reporting Points, dated August 30, 2004, and effective September 16, 
2004, 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 Order. The 
Class E airspace designations listed in this document will be published 
subsequently in the Order.
    The FAA has determined that this regulation only involves an 
established body of technical regulations for which frequent and 
routine amendments are necessary to keep them operationally current. 
Therefore, this regulation--(1) is not a ``significant regulatory 
action'' under Executive Order 12866; (2) is not a ``significant rule'' 
under DOT Regulatory Policies and Procedures (44 FR 11034; February 26, 
1979); and (3) does not warrant preparation of a Regulatory Evaluation 
as the anticipated impact is so minimal. Since this is a routine matter 
that will only affect air traffic procedures and air navigation, it is 
certified that this rule will not have a significant economic impact on 
a substantial number of small entities under the criteria of the 
Regulatory Flexibility Act.
    This rulemaking is promulgated under the authority described in 
subtitle VII, part A, subpart I, section 40103. Under that section, the 
FAA is charged with prescribing regulations to assign the use of the 
airspace necessary to ensure the safety of aircraft and the efficient 
use of airspace. This regulation is within the scope of that authority 
since it contains aircraft executing instrument approach procedures to 
Newton Municipal Airport.

List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 71

    Airspace, Incorporation by reference, Navigation (air).

Adoption of the Amendment

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In consideration of the foregoing, 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:


[[Page 11858]]


    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 7400.9M, dated August 30, 2004, and effective 
September 16, 2004, is amended as follows:

Paragraph 6002 Class E Airspace Designated as Surface Areas.

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ACE IA E2 Newton, IA

Newton Municipal Airport, IA
    (Lat. 41[deg]40'28'' N., long. 93[deg]01'18'' W.)
Newton VOR/DME
    (Lat. 41[deg]47'02'' N., long. 93[deg]06'32'' W.)

    Within a 4-mile radius of Newton Municipal Airport, and within 
1.3 miles each side of the Newton VOR/DME 150[deg] radial extending 
from the 4-mile radius of the airport to 1.4 miles southeast of the 
VOR/DME.
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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 Newton, IA

Newton Municipal Airport, IA
    (Lat. 41[deg]40'28'' N., long. 93[deg]01'18'' W.)
Newton VOR/DME
    (Lat. 41[deg]47'02'' N., long. 93[deg]06'32'' W.)

    That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface 
within a 6.5-mile radius of Newton Municipal Airport, and within 1.4 
miles each side of the Newton VOR/DME 150[deg] radial extending from 
the 6.5-mile radius of the airport to the VOR/DME.
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    Issued in Kansas City, MO, on March 1, 2005.
Rosalyn R. Ward,
Acting Area Director, Western Flight Services Operations.
[FR Doc. 05-4659 Filed 3-9-05; 8:45 am]
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