[Federal Register: October 5, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 193)]
[Rules and Regulations]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
14 CFR Part 71
[Docket No. FAA-2006-24448; Airspace Docket No. 06-AGL-02]
Establishment of Class E Airspace; Mineral Point, WI
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Direct final rule; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: This document establishes Class E airspace at Mineral Point,
WI. A request has been made for a new area of Class E airspace
extending upward from the surface, due to traffic volume. This action
would establish a radius of class E airspace for Iowa County Airport.
DATES: Effective 0901 UTC, January 18, 2007. The Director of the
Federal Register approves this incorporation by reference action under
1 CFR Part 51, subject to the annual revision of FAA Order 7400.9 and
publication of conforming amendments. Comments must be received on or
before November 25, 2006.
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-2006-24448/Airspace Docket No. 06-AGL-02, 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.
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.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This amendment to 14 CFR part 71 establishes
Class E airspace at Mineral Point, WI, to accommodate aircraft
operating into and out of Iowa County Airport. The area will be
depicted on appropriate aeronautical charts. Class E airspace areas
extending upward from the surface of the earth are published in
paragraph 6002, of FAA Order 7400.9P dated September 1, 2006, and
effective September 15, 2006, airspace which is incorporated by
reference in 14 CFR 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 the 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 person 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
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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-2006-24448/Airspace Docket No. 06-AGL-02.'' 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, 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
follow:
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 7400.9P, Airspace Designations and
Reporting Points, dated September 1, 2006, and effective September 15,
2006 is amended as follows:
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Paragraph 6002 Class E airspace designated as surface areas.
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AGL WI E2 Mineral Point, WI [New]
Mineral Point, Iowa County Airport, WI
(Lat. 42[deg]53'13'' N., long. 90[deg]14'10'' W.)
Mineral Point, NDB
(Lat 42[deg]53'17'' N., long. 90[deg]13'35'' W.
That airspace extending upward from the surface within a 7.2-
mile radius of the Iowa County Airport and within 2.6 miles each
side of the 029[deg] bearing from the Mineral Point NDB extending
from the 7.2-mile radius to 7.4 miles northeast of the airport.
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Issued in Fort Worth, Texas, on September 22, 2006.
Walter Tweedy,
Acting Manager, System Support Group, ATO Central Service Area.
[FR Doc. 06-8495 Filed 10-4-06; 8:45 am]
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