[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 68 (Monday, April 11, 2005)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 18296-18297]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-7197]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Docket No. FAA-2005-20575; Airspace Docket No. 05-ACE-12]


Modification of Class E Airspace; Washington, KS

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 Washington, KS. A review 
of the Class E airspace area extending upward from 700 feet above 
ground level (AGL) at Washington, KS revealed it is not in compliance 
with established airspace criteria. This airspace area is enlarged and 
its extension modified to conform to FAA Orders. The intended effect of 
this rule is to provide controlled airspace of appropriate dimensions 
to protect aircraft departing from and executing Standard Instrument 
Approach Procedures (SIAPs) to Washington County Memorial Airport. The 
area is modified and enlarged to conform to the criteria in FAA Orders.

DATES: This direct final rule is effective on 0901 UTC, July 7, 2005. 
Comments for inclusion in the Rules Docket must be received on or 
before May 4, 2005.

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-2005-20575/Airspace Docket No. 05-ACE-12, 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 Memper, 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 
Class E airspace area extending upward from 700 feet above the surface 
at Washington, KS. An examination of controlled airspace for 
Washington, KS revealed the Class E airspace area is not in compliance 
with established airspace requirements. In order to comply with 
airspace requirements for diverse departures, as set forth in FAA Order 
7400.2E, Procedures for Handling Airspace Matters, the airspace area is 
expanded from a 6-mile to a 7.3-mile radius of Washington County 
Memorial Airport. To comply with FAA Order 8260.19C, Flight Procedures 
and Airspace, the airspace extension is decreased in width from 4.8 to 
2 miles each side of the 021[deg] bearing from the Morrison 
nondirectional radio beacon (NDB) and in length from 11.7 to 7 miles 
north of the NDB. These modifications provide controlled airspace of 
appropriate dimensions to protect aircraft departing from and executing 
SIAPs to Washington County Memorial Airport and bring the legal 
description of the Washington, KS 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 7400.9M, Airspace Designations 
and Reporting Points, dated August 30, 2004, and effective September 
16, 2004, which is incorporated by reference in 14 CFR 71.1. The Class 
E airspace designation

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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-2005-20575/Airspace Docket No. 05-ACE-
12.'' 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 tha this final rule does not have federalism under 
Executive Order 13132.
    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, when promulgated, 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 
Washington County Memorial Airport.

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 attends 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 7.1 of Federal Aviation 
Administration Order 7400.9M, dated August 30, 2004, and effective 
September 16, 2004, 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 KS E5 Washington, KS

Washington County Memorial Airport, KS
    (Lat. 39[deg]44'01'' N., long. 97[deg]02'52'' W.)
Morrison NDB
    (Lat. 39[deg]45'42'' N., long. 97[deg]02'32'' W.)

    That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface 
within a 7.3-mile radius of Washington County Memorial Airport and 
within 2 miles each side of the 021[deg] bearing from the Morrison 
NDB extending from the 7.3-mile radius of the airport to 7 miles 
north of the NDB.
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    Issued in Kansas City, MO, on March 15, 2005.
Anthony D. Roetzel,
Acting Area Director, Western Flight Services Operations.
[FR Doc. 05-7197 Filed 4-8-05; 8:45 am]
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