AGENCY:
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION:
Direct final rule; request for comments.
SUMMARY:
An examination of controlled airspace for Ottumwa, IA revealed discrepancies in the legal descriptions for the Ottumwa, IA Class E airspace areas. This action corrects the discrepancies by modifying the Ottumwa, IA Class E airspace areas and by incorporating the changes into the Class E airspace legal descriptions.
DATES:
The direct final rule is effective on 0901 UTC, September 4, 2003. Comments for inclusion in the Rules Docket must be received on or before June 10, 2003.
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-2003-14938/Airspace Docket No. 03-ACE-41, 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 part 71 modifies the legal description of the Class E airspace designated as a surface area at Ottumwa, IA. The navigational aid serving Ottumwa Industrial Airport is misidentified as a collocated very high frequency omni-directional radio range and tactical air navigational aid (VORTAC) when it is actually a very high frequency omni-directional range (VOR)/distance measuring equipment (DME) facility. This amendment also modifies Ottumwa, IA Class E airspace area extending upward from 700 feet above the surface and its legal description. It makes the correction listed above to this airspace area, modifies the airport name and corrects an error in the listed location of the navigational aid serving Ottumwa Industrial Airport. This action brings the legal descriptions of both Ottumwa, IA airspace areas into compliance with FAA Order 7400.2E, Procedures for Handling Airspace Matters. The areas will be depicted on appropriate aeronautical charts. Class E airspace designated as surface areas are published in paragraph 6002 of FAA Order 7400.9K, dated August 30, 2002, and effective September 16, 2002, 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 FAA Order. The Class E airspace designations 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-2003-14938/Airspace Docket No. 03-ACE-41.” 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 had 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
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
1. The authority citation for part 71 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(g), 40113, 40120; E.O. 10854, 24 FR 9565, 3 CFR, 1959-1963 Comp., p. 389.
2. The incorporation by reference in 14 CFR 71.1 of Federal Aviation Administration Order 7400.9K, dated August 30, 2002, and effective September 16, 2002, is amended as follows:
Paragraph 6002 Class E Airspace Designated as Surface Areas.
ACE IA E2 Ottumwa, IA
Ottumwa Industrial Airport, IA
(Lat. 41°06′24″ N., long. 92°26′53″ W.)
Ottumwa VOR/DME
(Lat. 41°01′45″ N., long. 92°19′33″ W.)
Within a 4.1-mile radius of Ottumwa Industrial Airport and within 1.8 miles each side of the Ottumwa VOR/DME 309° radial extending from the 4.1-mile radius to the VOR/DME.
Paragraph 6005 Class E airspace areas extending upward from 700 feet or more above the surface of the earth.
ACE IA E5 Ottumwa, IA
Ottumwa Industrial Airport, IA
(Lat. 41°06′24″ N., long. 92°26′53″ W.)
Ottumwa VOR/DME
(Lat. 41°01′45″ N., long. 92°19′33″ W.)
That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface within a 6.6 mile radius of Ottumwa Industrial Airport and within 1.8 miles each side of the Ottumwa VOR/DME 309° radial extending from the 6.6-mile radius to 11.2 miles northwest of the airport and within 2 miles each side of the Ottumwa VOR/DME 129° radial extending from the 6.6-mile radius to 1 mile southeast of the VOR/DME.
Issued in Kansas City, MO, on April 29, 2003.
Paul J. Sheridan,
Acting Manager, Air Traffic Division, Central Region.
[FR Doc. 03-11641 Filed 5-8-03; 8:45 am]
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