[Federal Register: August 12, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 155)]
[Rules and Regulations]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
14 CFR Part 71
[Docket No. FAA-2003-15628; Airspace Docket No. 03-AWP-10]
Modification of Class E Airspace; Waimea-Kohala Airport, HI
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Direct final rule; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: An Area Navigation (RNAV) Global Positioning System (GPS)
Standard Instrument Approach Procedure (SIAP) RNAV (GPS) Runway (RWY)
04/22 SIAP and a VHF Navigation Aid/Distance Measuring Equipment (VOR/
DME) RWY 22/04 SIAP have been developed to serve Waimea-Kohala Airport,
Kamuela, HI. This action expands Class E airspace extending upward from
700 feet or more above the surface at Waimea-Kohala Airport to contain
aircraft executing these approaches. This action provides controlled
airspace for Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) operations.
DATES: This direct final rule is effective on 0901 UTC, October 30,
2003. Comments for inclusion in the Rules Docket must be received on or
before August 29, 2003.
ADDRESSES: Send comments on this rule 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-2003-15628/Airspace Docket No. 03-AWP-10, 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 dispositions in person in the
Docket 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: Debra Trindle, Air Traffic Division,
Airspace Branch, AWP-520, Western-Pacific Region, Federal Aviation
Administration, 15000 Aviation Boulevard, Lawndale, California 90261,
telephone (310) 725-6613.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This amendment to 14 CFR part 71 modifies
the Class E airspace at Waimea-Kohala, HI. An RNAV (GPS) RWY 22/04 SIAP
and a VOR/DME RWY 22/04 SIAP have been developed to serve Waimea-Kohala
Airport, HI. These SIAPs require additional controlled airspace to
contain aircraft executing the new approach procedures. This action
expands Class E airspace to support Instrument Flight Rules (IFR)
operations to Waimea-Kohala Airport, Kamuela, HI. 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 7400.9K dated August
30, 2002, and effective September 16, 2002, 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 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
Although this action is the form of a final rule and was not
preceded by a notice of proposed rulemaking, comments are invited on
this rule. Interested persons are invited to comment on this rule by
submitting such written data, view, or arguments as they may desire.
Communications should identify the Rules Docket number and be submitted
in triplicate to the address specified under the caption ADDRESSES. All
communications received on or before the closing date for comments will
be considered, and this rule may be amended or withdrawn in light of
the comments received. Factual information that supports the
commenter's ideas and suggestions is extremely helpful in evaluating
the effectiveness of this action and determining whether additional
rulemaking action is needed.
Comments are specifically invited on the overall regulatory,
economic, environmental, and energy aspects of the rule that might
suggest a need to modify the rule. All comments submitted will be
available, both before and after the closing date for comments, in the
Rules Docket for examination by interested persons. A report that
summarizes each FAA-public contact concerned with the substance of this
action will be filed in the Rules Docket.
Commenters wishing the FAA to acknowledge receipt of their comments
submitted in response to this rule must submit a self-addressed,
stamped postcard on which the following statement is made: ``Comments
to Docket No. 03-AWP-10.'' The postcard will be date 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, this regulation only involves an established
body of technical regulations that require frequent and routine
amendments to keep operationally current. Therefore, this regulation--
(1) Is not a ``significant regulatory action'' under Executive Order
12866; (20 is not a ``significant rule'' under 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 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:
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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 14 CFR 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 the Federal
Aviation Administration Order 7400.9K, dated August 30, 2002, and
effective September 16, 2002, 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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AWP HI E5 Waimea-Kohala, HI [Revised]
Waimea-Kohala Airport, HI
(Lat. 200[deg]00'05'' N, long. 155[deg]40'05'' W)
Kamuela VOR/DME
(Lat. 19[deg]59'53'' N, long. 155[deg]40'12'' W)
That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface
within a 6.4-mile radius of the Waimea-Kohala Airport and within 2
miles each side of the Kamuela VOR/DME 068[deg] radial, extending
from the 6.4-mile radius 12.6 miles northeast of the Kamuela VOR/DME
and within 2 miles each side of the Kamuela VOR/DME 246[deg]
extending from the 6.4-mile radius to the 13.4 miles southwest of
the Kamuela VOR/DME
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Issued in Los Angeles, California, on July 23, 2003.
Stephen J. Lloyd,
Acting Manager, Air Traffic Division, Western-Pacific Region.
[FR Doc. 03-20406 Filed 8-11-03; 8:45 am]
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