[Federal Register: February 25, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 37)]
[Rules and Regulations]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
14 CFR Part 71
[Docket No. FAA-2004-16986; Airspace Docket No. 04-ACE-4]
Modification of Class E Airspace; Parsons, KS
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Direct final rule; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The Tri-City Airport airport reference point (ARP) has been
redefined. This action requires modifications to Parsons, KS controlled
airspace in order to provide appropriate airspace for diverse
departures at Tri-City Airport. An examination of controlled airspace
for Parsons, KS revealed discrepancies in the legal description for the
Parsons, KS Class E airspace area. 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 Tri-City Airport. The radius of the Class E area
is decreased, discrepancies in the legal descriptions of Parsons, KS
Class E airspace area are corrected and the airspace area and its legal
descriptions are brought into compliance with FAA Orders.
DATES: This direct final rule is effective on 0901 UTC, June 10, 2004.
Comments for inclusion in the Rules Docket must be received on or
before April 2, 2004.
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-2004-16986/Airspace Docket No. 04-ACE-4, 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 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
at Parsons, KS. The Tri-City Airport ARP has been redefined. The
Parsons, KS Class E airspace area must be decreased from a 6.6-mile
radius of Tri-City Airport to a 6.5-mile radius in order to comply with
the criteria for 700 feet Above Ground Level (AGL) airspace required
for diverse departures. An examination of controlled airspace for
Parsons, KS revealed discrepancies in the legal description for the
Parsons, KS Class E airspace area. Extensions to the Class E airspace
area are incorrectly defined. This amendment redefines current
extensions to the airspace area relative to the Parsons nondirectional
radio beacon (NDB) and describes the centerline of the south extension
as the 172 bearing from the NDB versus the current
174 bearing. It also establishes a northwest extension
to protect aircraft executing the very high frequency omni-directional
range (VOR)--A SIAP to Tri-City Airport and brings the legal
description of the Parsons, KS Class E 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 7400.9L,
dated September 2, 2003, and effective September 16, 2003, 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
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-2004-16986/Airspace Docket No. 04-ACE-4.''
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
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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 7400.9L, dated September 2, 2003, and effective
September 16, 2003, 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 KS E5 Parsons, KS
Parsons, Tri-City Airport, KS
(Lat. 3719'48'' N., long.
9530'22'' W.)
Parsons NDB
(Lat. 3720'17'' N., long.
9530'31'' W.)
Oswego VORTAC
(Lat. 3709'27'' N., long.
9512'13'' W.)
That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface
within a 6.5-mile radius of Tri-City Airport and within 2.6 miles
each side of the 009 bearing from the Parsons NDB
extending from the 6.5-mile radius of the airport to 7 miles north
of the NDB and within 2.6 miles each side of the 172
bearing from the NDB extending from the 6.5-mile radius of the
airport to 7 miles south of the NDB and within 4 miles each side of
the Oswego VORTAC 306 radial extending from the 6.5-
mile radius of the airport to 10.9 miles northwest of the airport.
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Issued in Kansas City, MO, on February 10, 2004.
Paul J. Sheridan,
Acting Manager, Air Traffic Division, Central Region.
[FR Doc. 04-4188 Filed 2-24-04; 8:45 am]
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