07-2310. Modification of Class E Airspace; Manhattan, KS

AGENCY:

Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION:

Direct final rule; request for comments.

SUMMARY:

This action amends Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations, part 71 (14 CFR part 71) by modifying the legal description of Class D airspace and Class E airspace at Manhattan Municipal Airport, KS. The establishment of adjacent Class D airspace at Fort Riley, Marshall Army Airfield, KS requires this modification. The intended effect of this rule is to provide controlled airspace of appropriate dimensions to protect aircraft operating in these areas.

DATES:

This direct final rule is effective on 0901 UTC, July 5, 2007. Comments for inclusion in the Rules Docket must be received on or before April 30, 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.

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-2007-27677/Airspace Docket No. 07-ACE-2, 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 [phone]) is on the plaza level of the Department of Transportation NASSIF Building at the above address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Grant Nichols, System Support, DOT Regional Headquarters Building, Federal Aviation Administration, 901 Locust, Kansas City, MO 64106; telephone: [phone].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

This amendment to 14 CFR part 71 modifies the legal description of Class D airspace and Class E airspace at Manhattan Municipal Airport, KS. The establishment of adjacent Class D airspace at Fort Riley, Marshall Army Airfield, KS requires this modification. A reference excluding the Class D airspace at Fort Riley, Marshal Army Airfield, KS is added to those legal descriptions. This modification brings the legal description of the Manhattan Municipal Airport, KS Class D airspace and Class E airspace into compliance with FAA Orders 7400.2F and 8260.19C. Class D airspace areas are published in Paragraph 5000 of FAA Order 7400.9P, Airspace Designations and Reporting Points, dated September 1, 2006, and effective September 15, 2006, which is incorporated by reference in 14 CFR 71.1. Class E airspace designated as surface areas are published in Paragraph 6002 of the same order. The airspace designations listed in this document would 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 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 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

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-2007-27677/Airspace Docket No. 07-ACE-2.” 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 is noncontroversial and unlikely to result in adverse or negative comments. For the reasons discussed in the preamble, I certify that this regulation (1) is not a “significant regulatory action” under Executive Order 12866; (2) is not a “significant rule” under Department of Transportation (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.

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 Manhattan Municipal Airport, KS.

List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 71

• Airspace
• Incorporation by reference
• Navigation (air)

Adoption of the Amendment

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

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.

§ 71.1

[Amended]

2. The incorporation by reference in 14 CFR 71.1 of Federal Aviation Administration Order 7400.9P, dated September 1, 2006, and effective September 15, 2006, is amended as follows:

Paragraph 5000 Class D Airspace.

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ACE KS D Manhattan, KS

Manhattan Municipal Airport, KS

(Lat. 39°08′27″ N, long. 96°40′15″ W.)

Manhattan VOR/DME

(Lat. 39°08′44″ N, long. 96°40′07″ W.)

McDowell Creek NDB

(Lat. 39°07′03″ N, long. 96°37′46″ W.)

That airspace extending upward from the surface to and including 3,600 feet MSL within a 4.2-mile radius of Manhattan Municipal Airport, excluding that airspace within the Fort Riley, Marshall Army Airfield, KS Class D airspace and Class E airspace areas and excluding that airspace within Restricted Area R-3602B. This Class D airspace area is effective during the specific dates and times established in advanced by a Notice to Airmen. The effective date and time will thereafter be continuously published in the Airport/Facility Directory.

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Paragraph 6003 Class E Airspace Designated as Surface Areas.

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ACE KS E2 Manhattan, KS

Manhattan Municipal Airport, KS

(Lat. 39°08′27″ N., long. 96° 40′15″ W.)

Within a 4.2-mile radius of Manhattan Municipal Airport, excluding that airspace within the Fort Riley, Marshall Army Airfield, Class D airspace and Class E airspace areas and excluding that airspace within Restricted Area R-37602B.

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Issued in Fort Worth, TX, on April 2, 2007.

Donald R. Smith,

Manager, System Support Group, ATO Central Service Area.