[Federal Register: March 12, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 49)]
[Rules and Regulations]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
14 CFR Part 71
[Docket No. FAA-2004-17145; Airspace Docket No. 04-ACE-11]
Modification of Class E Airspace; Des Moines, IA
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Direct final rule; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: Area Navigation (RNAV) Global Positioning System (GPS)
Standard Instrument Approach Procedures (SIAPs) have been developed to
serve Des Moines International Airport, Des Moines, IA. Also, several
existing SIAPs serving Des Moines International Airport have been
amended. The Des Moines International Airport airport reference point
(ARP) has been redefined.
The intended effect of this rule is to provide controlled airspace
of appropriate dimensions to protect aircraft executing SIAPs to Des
Moines International Airport. It also corrects discrepancies in the
legal descriptions of the Des Moines, Class E airspace area and brings
the airspace area and legal description 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 15, 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-2004-17145/Airspace Docket No. 04-ACE-11, 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
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Aviation Administration, 901 Locust, Kansas City, MO 64106; telephone:
(816) 329-2525.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This amendment to 14 CFR part 71 modifies
the Class E airspace area extending upward from 700 feet above the
surface at Des Moines, IA. RNAV (GPS) RWY 5, ORIGINAL SIAP; RNAV (GPS)
RWY 13, ORIGINAL SIAP; RNAV (GPS) RWY 23, ORIGINAL SIAP; RNAV (GPS) RWY
31, ORIGINAL SIAP; very high frequency omni-directional radio range
(VOR)/distance measuring equipment (DME) RWY 23, ORIGINAL SIAP;
instrument landing system (ILS) or localizer (LOC) RWY 31, AMENDMENT 22
SIAP; ILS or LOC RWY 13, AMENDMENT 13 SIAP; and nondirectional radio
beacon (NDB) RWY 31, AMENDMENT 20 SIAP have been developed to serve Des
Moines International Airport. VOR or GPS RWY 23, AMENDMENT 2A will be
cancelled when the above SIAPs become effective. The Des Moines
International Airport ARP has been redefined. This action modifies the
dimensions of the Des Moines, IA Class E airspace area to accommodate
the SIAPs serving the airport. The radius of the airspace area is
increased from 6.9 to 7 miles, the northwest and northeast extensions
are revoked, the width of the southeast extension is increased from 3
to 4 miles each side of the RWY 31 localizer course and a southwest
extension is created 4 miles each side of the RWY 5 localizer course
extending from the 7-mile radius to 12.3 miles southwest of the
airport. This action also incorporates the revised ARP and brings the
airspace area and its legal description 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, Airspace
Designations and Reporting Points, 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, and
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-2004-17145/Airspace Docket No. 04-ACE-
11.'' 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 Aviation
Administration Order 7400.9L, dated September 2, 2003, and effective
September 16, 2003, 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 1A E5 Des Moines, IA
Des Moines International Airport, IA
(Lat. 41[deg]32'03'' N., long. 93[deg]39'45'' W.)
Des Moines Runway 31 Localizer
(Lat. 41[deg]32'50'' N., long. 93[deg]40'36'' W.)
Des Moines Runway 5 Localizer
(Lat. 41[deg]32'24'' N., long. 93[deg]38'48'' W.)
FOREM LOM
(Lat. 41[deg]28'56'' N., long. 93[deg]34'51'' W.)
That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface
within a 7-mile radius of Des Moines International Airport and
within 4 miles each side of the Des Moines Runway 31 Localizer
course extending from the 7-mile radius of the airport to 10 miles
southeast of FOREM LOM and within 4 miles each side of the Des
Moines Runway 5 Localizer course extending from the 7-mile radius to
12.3 miles southwest of the airport.
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Issued in Kansas City, MO, on March 2, 2004.
David W. Hope,
Acting Manager, Air Traffic Division, Central Region.
[FR Doc. 04-5687 Filed 3-11-04; 8:45 am]
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