[Federal Register: September 6, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 171)]
[Rules and Regulations]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
14 CFR Part 71
[Docket No. FAA-2005-21256; Airspace Docket No. 05-AGL-04]
Establishment of Class D Airspace; Eau Claire, WI
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Direct final rule; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: This document establishes Class D airspace at Eau Clair, WI. A
control tower is currently under construction at Chippewa Valley
Regional Airport. Controlled airspace extending upward from the surface
is required when the control tower is operational. This action
establishes a radius of controlled airspace for Eau Clair, WI.
DATES: Effective 0901 UTC, October 27, 2005. Comments must be received
on or before October 10, 2005.
ADDRESSES: Send comments on the 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-2005-21256/Airspace Docket No. 05-AGL-04, 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
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of the Department of Transportation NASSIF Building at the above
address.
An informal docket may also be examined during normal business
hours at FAA Terminal Operations, Central Service Office, 2300 East
Devon Avenue, Des Plaines, Illinois 60018.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steve Davis, FAA Terminal Operations,
Central Service Office, Airspace and Procedures Branch, AGL-530,
Federal Aviation Administration, 2300 East Devon Avenue, Des Plaines,
Illinois 60018, telephone (847) 294-7131, or David Sapadin (847) 294-
7477.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This amendment to 14 CFR part 71 establishes
Class D airspace at Eau Clair, WI, to accommodate aircraft operating
into and out of Chippewa Valley Regional Airport. The area will be
depicted on appropriate aeronautical charts. Class D airspace
designations are published in Paragraph 5000 of FAA Order 7400.9M,
dated August 30, 2004, and effective September 16, 2004, which is
incorporated by reference in 14 CFR Sec. 71.1. The Class D 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.
A substantial number of previous opportunities provided to the public
to comment on substantially identical actions have resulted in
negligible 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 will be published in Federal Register. This document may
withdraw the direct final rule in whole or in part. After considering
the adverse or negative comment, we may publish another direct final
rule or publish a notice of proposed rulemaking with a new comment
period.
Comments Invited
Although this action is in 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, views, or arguments, as they may desire.
Communications should identify the Rules Docket number and be submitted
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. FAA-2005-21256/Airspace Docket No. 05-AGL-04.'' The
postcard will be date stamped and returned to the commenter.
Agency Findings
The regulations adopted herein will not have substantial direct
effects 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 will not have federalism
implications under Executive Order 13132.
Further, the FAA has determined that this regulation is
noncontroversial and unlikely to result in adverse or negative comments
and only involves an established body of technical regulations that
require frequent and routine amendments to keep them operationally
current. Therefore, I certify that this regulation (1) is not a
``significant regulatory action'' under Executive Order 12866; (2) 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. Since this rule involves routine matters that will
only affect air traffic procedures and air navigation, it does not
warrant preparation of a Regulatory Flexibility Analysis because the
anticipated impact is so minimal.
List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 71
Airspace, Incorporation by reference, Navigation (air).
Adoption of the Amendment
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Accordingly, pursuant to the authority delegated to me, 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 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 7400.9M, Airspace Designations and
Reporting Points, dated September 1, 2005, and effective September 16,
2005, is amended as follows:
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Paragraph 5000 Class D Airspace
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AGL WI D Eau Claire, WI [New]
Eau Claire, Chippewa Valley Regional Airport, WI
(Lat. 44[deg]51'57'' N., long. 91[deg]29'03'' W.)
That airspace extending upward from the surface to and including
3,500 feet MSL within a 4.3-mile radius of the Chippewa Valley
regional Airport. This Class D airspace area is effective during the
specific dates and times established in advance by Notice to Airmen.
The effective date and time will thereafter be continuously
published in advance by Notice to Airmen.
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Nancy B. Kort,
Area Director, Central Terminal Operations.
[FR Doc. 05-17571 Filed 9-2-05; 8:45 am]
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