[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 84 (Thursday, May 1, 1997)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 23654-23655]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-11366]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
14 CFR Part 71
[Airspace Docket No. 96-ASW-35]
Revision of Class E Airspace; Killeen, TX
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Direct final rule; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: This action revises the Class E airspace at Robert Gray Army
Airfield, Killeen, TX. A new Global Positioning System (GPS) Standard
Instrument Approach Procedure (SIAP) to Runway (RWY) 33 and a new Very
High Frequency Omnidirectional Range (VOR)/Distance Measuring Equipment
(DME) SIAP to RWY 15 have made this rule necessary. This action is
intended to provide adequate Class E airspace to contain Instrument
Flight Rule (IFR) operations for aircraft executing the GPS SIAP to RWY
33 and the VOR/DME SIAP to RWY 15 at Robert Gray Army Airfield,
Killeen, TX.
DATES: Effective: 0901 UTC, September 11, 1997; Comment Date: Comments
must be received on or before June 16, 1997.
ADDRESSES: Send comments on the rule in triplicate to Manager, Airspace
Branch, Air Traffic Division, Federal Aviation Administration,
Southwest Region, Docket No. 96-ASW-35, Fort Worth, TX 76193-0530.
The official docket may be examined in the Office of the Assistant
Chief Counsel, Federal Aviation Administration, Southwest Region, 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 76193-0530, telephone 817-222-5593.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
This amendment to part 71 of the Federal Aviation Regulations (14
CFR part 71) revises the Class E airspace to providing sufficient
controlled airspace for IFR operations at Robert Gray Army Airfield,
Killeen, TX. A new Global Positioning System (GPS) Standard Instrument
Approach Procedure (SIAP) to Runway (RWY) 33 and a new Very High
Frequency Ombidirectional Range (VOR)/Distance Measuring Equipment
(DME) SIAP to RWY 15 have made this rule necessary. This revision will
avoid confusion on the part of the pilots flying near the airport, and
promote the safe and efficient handling of air traffic in the area.
This action will revise the Class E airspace at Robert Gray Army
Airfield, Killeen, TX.
Class E airspace designations are published in Paragraph 6005 of
FAA Order 7400.9D, dated September 4, 1996, and effective September 16,
1996, which is incorporated by reference in 14
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CFR Sec. 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.
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 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 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. 96-ASW-35.'' 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 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
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. app. 40103, 40113, 40120; E.O. 10854; 24 FR
9565, 3 CFR, 1959-1963 Comp., p. 389; 49 U.S.C. 106(g); 14 CFR
11.69.
Sec. 71.1 [Amended]
2. The incorporation by reference in 14 CFR 71.1 of the Federal
Aviation Administration Order 7400.9D, Airspace Designations and
Reporting Points, dated September 4, 1996, and effective September 16,
1996, 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 Killeen, TX [Revised]
Robert Gray Army Airfield (AAF), TX
(lat. 31 deg.03'54''N., long. 97 deg.49'40''W.)
Hood Army Airfield (AAF), TX
(lat. 31 deg.08'16''N., long. 97 deg.42'51''W.)
Gray VOR/DME
(lat. 31 deg.01'58''N., long. 97 deg.48'50''W.)
Killeen Municipal Airport, TX
(lat. 31 deg.05'09''N., long. 97 deg.41'11''W.)
Iresh NDB
(lat. 31 deg.01'27''N., long. 97 deg.42'29''W.)
That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface
within a 7.6-mile radius of Robert Gray AAF and within a 6.3-mile
radius of Hood AAF and within 1.8 miles each side of the 037 deg.
and 217 deg. radials of the Gray VOR/DME extending from the 7.6-mile
radius to 14.6 miles southwest of the airfield and within a 6.5-mile
radius of Killeen Municipal Airport and within 2.1 miles each side
of the 197 deg. bearing from the Iresh NDB extending from the 6.5-
mile radius to 10.1 miles south of the airport, and within 1.7 miles
each side of the 064 deg. and 244 deg. radials of the Gray VOR/DME
extending from the 7.6-mile radius to 13.9 miles west of the
airport, and within 2.0 miles each side of the 150 deg. bearing from
Robert Gray AAF extending from the 7.6-mile radius to 11.6 miles
southeast of the airfield, and within 2.0 miles each side of the
339 deg. bearing from Robert Gray AAF extending from the 7.6-mile
radius to 10.3 miles northwest of the airfield.
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Issued in Fort Worth, TX, on April 22, 1997.
Albert L. Viselli,
Acting Manager, Air Traffic Division, Southwest Region.
[FR Doc. 97-11366 Filed 4-30-97; 8:45 am]
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