[Federal Register: March 10, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 46)]
[Rules and Regulations]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
14 CFR Part 71
[Docket No. FAA-2005-20064; Airspace Docket No. 05-ACE-6]
Modification of Class E Airspace; Mountain Grove, MO.
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Direct final rule; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: This action amends Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations, part
71 (14
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CFR part 71) by revising Class E airspace at Mountain Grove, MO. A
review of the Class E airspace area extending upward from 700 feet
above ground level (AGL) at Mountain Grove, MO revealed it is not in
compliance with established airspace criteria. This airspace area is
enlarged and modified to conform to FAA Orders. 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 Mountain Grove Memorial Airport. This
rule also amends the Mountain Grove Memorial Airport reference point
(ARP) in the legal description to reflect current data. The area is
modified and enlarged to conform to the criteria in FAA Orders.
DATES: This direct final rule is effective on 0901 UTC, July 7, 2005.
Comments for inclusion in the Rules Docket must be received on or
before April 18, 2005.
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-2005-20064/Airspace Docket No. 05-ACE-6, 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 part 71 modifies
the Class E airspace area extending upward from 700 feet above the
surface at Mountain Grove, MO. An examination of controlled airspace
for Mountain Grove, MO revealed the Class E airspace area does not
comply with airspace requirements for diverse departures from Mountain
Grove Memorial Airport as set forth 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, taking into consideration rising
terrain, is based on a standard climb gradient of 200 feet per mile
plus the distance from the airport reference point 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 expands the airspace area
from a 6-mile to a 6.8-mile radius of Mountain Grove Memorial Airport
and corrects the Mountain Grove Memorial Airport ARP in the legal
description. These modifications provide controlled airspace of
appropriate dimensions to protect aircraft departing from and executing
SIAPs to Mountain Grove Memorial Airport and bring the legal
description of the Mountain Grove, MO Class E airspace area into
compliance with FAA Orders 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 7400.9M, Airspace Designations
and Reporting Points, dated August 30, 2004, and effective September
16, 2004, 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
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
regulations 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, an 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-2005-20064/Airspace Docket No. 05-ACE-6.''
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 only involves an
established body of technical regulations for which frequent and
routine amendments are necessary to keep them operationally current.
Therefore, 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) does not warrant preparation of a Regulatory Evaluation
as the anticipated impact is so minimal. Since this is a routine matter
that will only affect air traffic procedures and air navigation, it is
certified that this rule, when promulgated, will not have a significant
economic impact on a substantial number of small entities under the
criteria of the Regulatory Flexibility Act.
This rulemaking is promulgated under the authority described in
subtitle VII, part A, subpart I, section 40103. Under that section, the
FAA is charged with prescribing regulations to assign the use of the
airspace necessary to ensure the safety of aircraft and the efficient
use of airspace. This regulation is within the scope of that authority
since it contains aircraft executing instrument approach procedures to
Mountain Grove Memorial Airport.
List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 71
Airspace, Incorporation by reference, Navigation (air).
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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 7400.9M, dated August 30, 2004, and effective
September 16, 2004, 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 Mountain Grove, MO
Mountain Grove Memorial Airport, MO
(Lat. 37[deg]07'15'' N., long. 92[deg]18'40'' W.)
That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface
within a 6.8-mile radius of Mountain Grove Memorial Airport.
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Issued in Kansas City, MO, on February 22, 2005.
Anthony D. Roetzel,
Acting Area Director, Western Flight Services Operations.
[FR Doc. 05-4658 Filed 3-9-05; 8:45 am]
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