07-2569. Amendment of Class E Airspace; Middlesboro, KY; Correction

AGENCY:

Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION:

Correcting amendment.

SUMMARY:

This document contains a correction to the final rule (FAA-2007-27262; 07-ASO-1), which was published in the Federal Register of May 8, 2007, (72 FR 25963), amending Class E airspace at Middlesboro, KY. This action corrects an error in the legal description for the Class E5 airspace at Middlesboro, KY.

DATES:

Effective Date: Effective 0901 UTC, July 5, 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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mark D. Ward, Manager, System Support Group, Eastern Service Center, Federal Aviation Administration, P.O. Box 20636, Atlanta, Georgia 30320; telephone [phone].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

Federal Register Document 07-2248, Docket No. FAA-2007-27262; 07-ASO-1, published on May 8, 2007, (72 FR 25963), amended Class E5 airspace at Middlesboro, KY. An error was discovered in the legal description describing the Class E5 airspace area. The word Airport was omitted from the legal description. This action corrects that error. Class E airspace designations for airspace areas extending upward from 700 feet or more above the surface of the earth are published in Paragraph 6005 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. The Class E airspace designation listed in this document will be published subsequently in the Order.

Need for Correction

As published, the final rule contains an error in the legal description of the Class E5 airspace area. Accordingly, pursuant to the authority delegated to me, the legal description for the Class E5 airspace area at Middlesboro, KY, incorporated by reference at § 71.1, 14 CFR 71.1, and published in the Federal Register on May 8, 2007, at (72 FR 27262), is corrected by making the following correcting amendment.

List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 71

• Airspace
• Incorporation by reference
• Navigation (air)

In consideration of the foregoing, the Federal Aviation Administration corrects the adopted amendment, 14 CFR part 71, by making the following correcting amendment:

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

[Corrected]

2. The incorporation by reference in 14 CFR 71.1 of Federal Aviation Administration Order 7400.9P, Airspace Designations and Reporting Points, dated September 1, 2006, and effective September 15, 2006, 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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ASO KY E5 Middlesboro, KY [Corrected]

Middlesboro—Bell County Airport, KY

(Lat. 36°36′38″ N., long. 83°44′15″ W.)

That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface within a 6.3-mile radius of the Middlesboro-Bell County Airport.

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Issued in College Park, Georgia, on February 13, 2007.

Mark D. Ward,

Group Manager, System Support Group, Eastern Service Center.

Editorial Note:

This document was received at the Office of the Federal Register on Friday, May 18, 2007.