[Federal Register: August 21, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 162)]
[Rules and Regulations]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
14 CFR Part 71
[Docket No. FAA-2003-15727; Airspace Docket No. 03-ACE-69]
Modification of Class E Airspace; Corning, IA
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Direct final rule; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: This action modifies the Class E airspace area at Corning, IA.
A review of controlled airspace for Corning Municipal Airport indicates
it does not comply with the criteria for 700 feet Above Ground Level
(AGL) airspace required for diverse departures as specified in FAA
Order 7400.2E. A discrepancy in the airspace extension was also
detected. The area is modified and enlarged to conform to the criteria
in FAA Order 7400.2E.
DATES: This direct final rule is effective on 0901 UTC, December 25,
2003. Comments for inclusion in the Rules Docket must be received on or
before October 7, 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-2003-15727/Airspace Docket No. 03-ACE-69, 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 rule, 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 Municipal Headquarters Building, Federal
Aviation Administration, 901 Locust, Kansas City, MO 64106; telephone
(816) 329-2525.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This amendment to 14 CFR 71 modifies the
Class E airspace area extending upward from 700 feet above the surface
of the earth at Corning, IA. An examination of controlled airspace for
Corning Municipal Airport reveals it does not meet the criteria for 700
AGL airspace required for diverse departures as specified in FAA Order
7400.2E, Procedures for Handling Airspace Matters. The criteria in FAA
Order 7400.2E for an aircraft to reach 1200 feet AGL is based on a
standard climb gradient of 200 feet per mile plus the distance from the
Airport Reference Point (ARP) to the end of the outermost runway. Any
fractional part of a mile is converted to the next higher tenth of a
mile. This amendment also modifies the extension to the Corning, IA
Class E airspace by defining it with the 009[deg] bearing from the
Corning nondirectional radio beacon (NDB) versus the current 010[deg]
bearing. This amendment brings
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the legal description of the Corning, IA Class E airspace area into
compliance with FAA Order 7400.2E. 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 7400.9K, 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 anticiipates 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 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-2003-15727/
Airspace Docket No. 03-ACE-69.'' 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 regualtion (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 7400.9K, dated August 30, 2002, and effective
September 16, 2002, is amended as follows:
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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 Corning IA
Corning Municipal Airport, IA
(Lat. 40[deg]59'39''N, long. 94[deg]45'18'' W)
Corning NDB
(Lat. 40[deg]59'47''N, long. 94[deg]45'25'' W)
That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface
within a 6.3-mile radius of Corning Municipal Airport and within 2.6
miles each side of the 009[deg] bearing from the Corning NDB
extending from the 6.3-mile radius to 7 miles north of the airport.
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Issued in Kansas City, MO, on August 11, 2003.
Herman J. Lyons, Jr.
Manager, Air Traffic Division, Central Region.
[FR Doc. 03-21461 Filed 8-20-03; 8:45 am]
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