[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 84 (Thursday, May 1, 1997)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 23644-23646]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-11373]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
14 CFR Part 71
[Airspace Docket No. 97-ASW-02]
Revision of Class D Airspace; Little Rock, AFB, AR
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Direct final rule; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: This action revises the Class D airspace at Little Rock Air
Force Base (AFB), AR. The development of a Precision Approach Radar
(PAR) and a Tactical Air Navigation (TACAN) Standard Instrument
Approach
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Procedure (SIAP) to Runway (RWY) 07 at the airport has made this rule
necessary. This action is intended to provide adequate Class D airspace
for aircraft operating under Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) and
executing the PAR or TACAN SIAP at Little Rock AFB, AR.
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. 97-ASW-02, 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 a.m. and 3 p.m.,
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 D airspace,
providing controlled airspace for airport operations at Little Rock
AFB, AR. The development of amended PAR and TACAN SIAP's to RWY 07
requires revision of the Class D airspace to provide adequate
controlled airspace for aircraft operating in the vicinity of the
airport. 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 D airspace
at Little Rock AFB, AR.
Class D airspace designations are published in Paragraph 5000 of
FAA Order 7400.9D, dated September 4, 1996, and effective September 16,
1996, 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 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. 97-ASW-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, 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
(33 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:
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Paragraph 5000 Class D airspace designated for an airport.
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ASW AR D Little Rock AFB, AR [Revised]
Little Rock AFB, AR
(Lat. 34 deg.54'59'' N., long. 92 deg.08'47'' W.)
Jacksonville TACAN
(Lat. 34 deg.55'05'' N., long 92 deg.09'27'' W.)
That airspace extending upward from the surface to and including
2,800 feet MSL within a 5-mile radius of Little Rock AFB and within
1 mile each side of the 251 deg. bearing from the airport extending
from the 5-mile radius to 5.5 miles west of the airport and within
1.7 miles each side of the 229 deg. radial of the Jacksonville TACAN
extending from the 5-mile radius to 5.5 miles southwest of the
airport excluding that airspace within the Little Rock, Adams Field,
AR, Class C airspace area.
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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. 97-11373 Filed 4-30-97; 8:45 am]
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