[Federal Register: April 3, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 64)]
[Rules and Regulations]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
14 CFR Part 71
[Docket No. FAA-2003-14657; Airspace Docket No. 03-ACE-26]
Modification of Class E Airspace; St. Louis, MO
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Direct final rule; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: An examination of controlled airspace for St. Louis, MO has
revealed discrepancies in the Spirit of St. Louis Airport airport
reference point used in the legal description for the St. Louis, MO
Class E airspace. This action corrects the discrepancies by modifying
the St. Louis, MO Class E airspace area. It also incorporates the
revised Spirit of St. Louis Airport airport reference point in the St.
Louis, MO Class E airspace legal description.
DATES: This direct final rule is effective on 0901 UTC, July 10, 2003.
Comments for inclusion in the Rules Docket must be received on or
before May 15, 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-2003-14657/Airspace Docket No. 03-ACE-26, 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 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: This amendment to 14 CFR 71 modifies the
Class E airspace area extending upward from 700 feet above the surface
of the earth at St. Louis, MO. It also brings the legal descriptions of
this airspace area into compliance with FAA Order 7400.2E, Procedures
for Handling Airspace Matters. The 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 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 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
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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-2003-14657/Airspace Docket No. 03-ACE-
26.'' 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 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
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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
AviationAdministration 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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ACE MO E5 St. Louis, MO
Lambert-St. Louis International Airport, MO
(Lat. 38[deg]44'52'' N., long. 90[deg]21'36'' W.)
Spirit of St. Louis Airport, MO
(Lat. 38[deg]39'44'' N., long. 90[deg]39'07'' W.)
St. Louis Regional Airport, Alton, IL
(Lat. 38[deg]53'25'' N., long. 90[deg]02'46'' W.)
St. Charles County Smartt Airport, St. Charles, MO
(Lat. 38[deg]55'47'' N., long. 90[deg]25'48'' W.)
St. Louis VORTAC
(Lat. 38[deg]51'39'' N., long. 90[deg]28'57'' W.)
Foristell VORTAC
(Lat. 38[deg]41'40'' N., long. 90[deg]58'17'' W.)
ZUMAY LOM
(Lat. 38[deg]47'17'' N., long. 90[deg]16'44'' W.)
OBLIO LOM
(Lat. 38[deg]48'01'' N., long. 90[deg]28'29'' W.)
Civic Memorial NDB
(Lat. 38[deg]53'32'' N., long. 90[deg]03'23'' W.)
That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface
within a 7.1-mile radius of the Lambert-St. Louis International
Airport and within 4 miles southeast and 7 miles northwest of the
Lambert-St. Louis International Airport Runway 24 ILS localizer
course extending from the airport to 10.5 miles northeast of the
ZUMAY LOM and within 4 miles southwest and 7.9 miles northeast of
the Lambert-St. Louis International Airport Runway 12R ILS localizer
course extending from the airport to 10.5 miles northwest of the
OBLIO LOM and within 4 miles southwest and 7.9 miles northeast of
the Lambert-St. Louis International Airport Runway 30L ILS localizer
course extending from the airport to 8.7 miles southeast of the
airport and within a 6.8 mile radius of Spirit of St. Louis Airport
and within 2.6 miles each side of the 098[deg] radial of the
Foristell VORTAC extending from the 6.8-mile radius of Spirit of St.
Louis Airport to 8.3 miles west of the airport and within a 6.4-mile
radius of St. Charles County Smartt Airport and within a 6.9-mile
radius of St. Louis Regional Airport and within 4 miles each side of
the 014[deg] bearing from the Civic Memorial NDB extending from the
6.9 mile radius of the St. Louis Regional Airport to 7 miles north
of the airport and within 4.4 miles each side of the 190[deg] radial
of the St. Louis VORTAC extending from 2 miles south of the VORTAC
to 22.1 miles south of the VORTAC.
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Issued in Kansas City, MO, on March 21, 2003.
Herman J. Lyons, Jr.,
Manager, Air Traffic Division, Central Region.
[FR Doc. 03-8126 Filed 4-2-03; 8:45 am]
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