[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 234 (Friday, December 5, 1997)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 64271-64272]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-31931]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
14 CFR Part 71
[Airspace Docket No. 97-ASW-20]
Amendment of Class E Airspace; Camden, AR
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Direct final rule; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: This amendment modifies the Class E airspace at Camden, AR.
The development of a Nondirectional Radio Beacon (NDB) Standard
Instrument Approach Procedure (SIAP) to runway (RWY) 18 at Harrell
Field has made this rule necessary. This action is intended to provide
adequate additional controlled airspace extending from 700 feet or more
above the surface for Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) operations at
Harrell Field, Camden, AR.
DATES: Effective date: 0901 UTC, February 26, 1998.
Comment date: Comments must be received on or before January 20,
1998.
ADDRESSES: Send comments on the rule in triplicate to Manager, Airspace
Branch, Air Traffic Division, Federal Aviation Administration,
Southwest Region, Docket No. 97-AWS-20, Fort Worth, TX 76193-0520.
The official docket may be examined in the Office of the Regional
Counsel, Southwest Region, Federal Aviation Administration, 2601
Meacham Boulevard, Room 663, Fort Worth, TX, between 9:00 AM and 3:00
PM, Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. An informal docket
may also be examined during normal business hours at the Airspace
Branch, Air Traffic Division, Federal Aviation Administration,
Southwest Region, Room 414, Fort Worth, TX.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Donald J. Day, Airspace Branch, Air
Traffic Division, Southwest Region, Federal Aviation Administration,
Fort Worth, TX 76193-0520, telephone 817-222-5593.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This amendment to 14 CFR part 71 amends the
Class E airspace at Camden, AR. The development of the NDB SIAP to RWY
18 at Harrell Field has made this action necessary. The intended effect
of this action is to provide additional controlled airspace extending
700 feet or more above the surface for aircraft executing the NDB RWY
18 SIAP to Harrell Field, Camden, AR.
Class E airspace designations are published in Paragraph 6005 of
FAA Order 7400.9E, dated September 10, 1997, and effective September
16, 1997, 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 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 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
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
in triplicate 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-related 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. 97-ASW-20.'' 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 level of government. Therefore, in
accordance with Executive Order 12612, it is determined that this final
rule does not have sufficient federalism implications to warrant the
preparation of a Federalism Assessment.
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
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Executive Order 12866; (2) is not a ``significant rule'' under DOT
Regulatory Policies and Procedures (44 FR 11034; February 26, 1979);
and (3) 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
In consideration of the foregoing, the Federal Aviation
Administration amends 14 CFR part 71 as follows:
PART 71--[AMENDED]
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]
2. The incorporation by reference in 14 CFR 71.1 of the Federal
Aviation Administration Order 7400.9E, Airspace Designations and
Reporting Points, dated September 10, 1997, and effective September 16,
1997, 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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ASW TX E5--Camden, AR [Revised]
Camden, Harrell Field, AR
(Lat. 33 deg.37'22'' N., long. 92 deg.45'49'' W.)
El Dorado VORTAC
(Lat. 33 deg.15'22'' N., long 92 deg.44'38'' W.)
The airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface
within a 7.1-mile radius of Harrell Field and within 1.5 miles each
side of the 357 deg. radial of the El Dorado VORTAC extending from
the 7.1-mile radius to 9.6 miles north of the airport and within 2.5
miles each side of the 013 deg. bearing from Harrell Field extending
from the 7.1-mile radius to 7.6 miles north of the airport.
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Issued in Fort Worth, TX, on November 5, 1997.
Albert L. Viselli,
Acting Manager, Air Traffic Division, Southwest Region.
[FR Doc. 97-31931 Filed 12-4-97; 8:45 am]
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