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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 AD

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 Number 2000–NM–99–AD.’’ The

postcard will be date stamped and

returned to the commenter.

Regulatory Impact

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 an emergency regulation

that must be issued immediately to

correct an unsafe condition in aircraft,

and that it is not a ‘‘significant

regulatory action’’ under Executive

Order 12866. It has been determined

further that this action involves an

emergency regulation under DOT

Regulatory Policies and Procedures (44

FR 11034, February 26, 1979). If it is

determined that this emergency

regulation otherwise would be

significant under DOT Regulatory

Policies and Procedures, a final

regulatory evaluation will be prepared

and placed in the Rules Docket. A copy

of it, if filed, may be obtained from the

Rules Docket at the location provided

under the caption ADDRESSES.

List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 39

Air transportation, Aircraft, Aviation

safety, Incorporation by reference,

Safety.

Adoption of the Amendment

Accordingly, pursuant to the

authority delegated to me by the

Administrator, the Federal Aviation

Administration amends part 39 of the

Federal Aviation Regulations (14 CFR

part 39) as follows:

PART 39—AIRWORTHINESS

DIRECTIVES

1. The authority citation for part 39

continues to read as follows:

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(g), 40113, 44701.

§ 39.13 [Amended]

2. Section 39.13 is amended by

adding the following new airworthiness

directive:

2000–07–51 McDonnell Douglas:

Amendment 39–11713. Docket 2000-

NM–99-AD.

Applicability: All Model 717–200 series

airplanes, certificated in any category.

Note 1: This AD applies to each airplane

identified in the preceding applicability

provision, regardless of whether it has been

modified, altered, or repaired in the area

subject to the requirements of this AD. For

airplanes that have been modified, altered, or

repaired so that the performance of the

requirements of this AD is affected, the

owner/operator must request approval for an

alternative method of compliance in

accordance with paragraph (c) of this AD.

The request should include an assessment of

the effect of the modification, alteration, or

repair on the unsafe condition addressed by

this AD; and, if the unsafe condition has not

been eliminated, the request should include

specific proposed actions to address it.

Compliance: Required as indicated, unless

accomplished previously.

To prevent loss of all altitude information

and subsequent essential navigation data for

continued safe flight and landing,

accomplish the following:

(a) Prior to further flight, coil and stow the

electrical wires between the glareshield

control panel and the Integrated Standby

Instrument System in accordance with

Boeing Alert Service Bulletin 717–34A0002,

dated March 30, 2000.

(b) Prior to further flight, revise the

abnormal procedures of the Procedures

section of the FAA-approved Airplane Flight

Manual (AFM) to include procedures for

identifying and pulling certain circuit

breakers. This must be accomplished by

inserting Boeing Interim Operating Procedure

2–17, dated March 31, 2000, into the AFM.

Alternative Methods of Compliance

(c) An alternative method of compliance or

adjustment of the compliance time that

provides an acceptable level of safety may be

used if approved by the Manager, Los

Angeles Aircraft Certification Office (ACO),

FAA, Transport Airplane Directorate.

Operators shall submit their requests through

an appropriate FAA Principal Maintenance

Inspector, who may add comments and then

send it to the Manager, Los Angeles ACO.

Note 2: Information concerning the

existence of approved alternative methods of

compliance with this AD, if any, may be

obtained from the Los Angeles ACO.

Special Flight Permits

(d) Special flight permits may be issued in

accordance with sections 21.197 and 21.199

of the Federal Aviation Regulations (14 CFR

21.197 and 21.199) to operate the airplane to

a location where the requirements of this AD

can be accomplished.

Incorporation by Reference

(e) The actions shall be done in accordance

with Boeing Alert Service Bulletin 717–

34A0002, dated March 30, 2000; and Boeing

Interim Operating Procedure 2–17, dated

March 31, 2000. This incorporation by

reference was approved by the Director of the

Federal Register in accordance with 5 U.S.C.

552(a) and 1 CFR part 51. Copies may be

obtained from Boeing Commercial Aircraft

Group, Long Beach Division, 3855 Lakewood

Boulevard, Long Beach, California 90846,

Attention: Technical Publications Business

Administration, Dept. C1–L51 (2–60). Copies

may be inspected at the FAA, Transport

Airplane Directorate, 1601 Lind Avenue,

SW., Renton, Washington; or at the FAA,

Transport Airplane Directorate, Los Angeles

Aircraft Certification Office, 3960 Paramount

Boulevard, Lakewood, California; or at the

Office of the Federal Register, 800 North

Capitol Street, NW., suite 700, Washington,

DC.

(f) This amendment becomes effective on

May 10, 2000, to all persons except those

persons to whom it was made immediately

effective by emergency AD 2000–07–51,

issued on April 1, 2000, which contained the

requirements of this amendment.

Issued in Renton, Washington, on April 27,

2000.

Donald L. Riggin,

Acting Manager, Transport Airplane

Directorate, Aircraft Certification Service.

[FR Doc. 00–11059 Filed 5–4–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Airspace Docket No. 99–ACE–30]

Amendment to Class E Airspace;

Albion, NE

AGENCY: Federal Aviation

Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Direct final rule; request for

comments.

SUMMARY: This action amends the Class

E airspace area at Albion Municipal

Airport, Albion, NE. The FAA has

developed Global Positioning System

(GPS) Runway (RWY) 15 and GPS RWY

33 Standard Instrument Approach

Procedures (SIAPs) to serve Albion

Municipal Airport, NE. Additional

controlled airspace extending upward

from 700 feet Above Ground Level

(AGL) is needed to accommodate these

SIAPs and for Instrument Flight Rules

(IFR) operations at this airport. The

enlarged area will contain the GPS RWY

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15 and GPS RWY 33 SIAPs in controlled

airspace.

In addition, a minor revision to the

Airport Reference Point (ARP) and

Alaby NDB coordinates is included in

this document.

The intended effect of this rule is to

provide controlled Class E airspace for

aircraft executing GPS RWY 15, GPS

RWY 33, revise the ARP and NDB

coordinates and to segregate aircraft

using instrument approach procedures

in instrument conditions from aircraft

operating in visual conditions.

DATES: This direct final rule is effective

on 0901 UTC, August 10, 2000.

Comments for inclusion in the Rules

Docket must be received on or before

June 15, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Send comments regarding

the rule in triplicate to: Manager,

Airspace Branch, Air Traffic Division,

ACE–520, DOT Regional Headquarters

Building, Federal Aviation

Administration, Docket Number 99–

ACE–30, 901 Locust, Kansas City, MO

64106.

The official docket may be examined

in the Office of the Regional Counsel for

the Central Region at the same address

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

in the Air Traffic Division at the same

address listed above.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Brenda Mumper, Air Traffic Division,

Airspace Branch, ACE–520A, DOT

Regional Headquarters Building, Federal

Aviation Administration, 901 Locust,

Kansas City, MO 64106; telephone:

(816) 329–2524.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FAA

has developed GPS RWY 15 and GPS

RWY 33 SIAPs to serve the Albion

Municipal Airport, NE. The amendment

to Class E airspace at Albion, NE, will

provide additional controlled airspace

at and above 700 feet AGL in order to

contain the SIAPs within controlled

airspace, and thereby facilitate

separation of aircraft operating under

Instrument Flight Rules (IFR). The

amendment at Albion Municipal

Airport, NE, will provide additional

controlled airspace for aircraft operating

under IFR. The area will be depicted on

appropriate aeronautical charts. Class E

airspace areas extending upward from

700 feet or more above the surface of the

earth are published in paragraph 6005 of

FAA Order 7400.9G, dated September

10, 1999, and effective September 16,

1999, 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

actions of this nature have not been

controversial and have not resulted in

adverse comments or objections. The

amendment will enhance safety for all

flight operations by designating an area

where VFR pilots may anticipate the

presence of IFR aircraft at lower

altitudes, especially during inclement

weather conditions. A greater degree of

safety is achieved by depicting the area

on aeronautical charts. Unless a written

adverse or negative comment, or a

written notice of intent to submit an

adverse or negative comment is received

with 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 would be 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. 99–ACE–30.’’ The postcard

will be date 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.

List of Subject 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

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Administration Order 7400.9G Airspace

Designations and Reporting Points,

dated September 10, 1999, and effective

September 16, 1999, is amended as

follows:

Paragraph 6005 Class E airspace areas

extending upward from 700 feet or more

above the surface of the earth.

* * * * *

ACE NE E5 Albion, NE [Revised]

Albion Municipal Airport, NE

(Lat. 41°43′43′′N., long. 98°03′21′′W.

Alaby NDB

(Lat. 41°43′47′′N., long. 98°03′10′′W.

That airspace extending upward from 700

feet above the surface within a 6.5-mile

radius of Albion Municipal Airport and

within 2.6 miles each side of the 159° bearing

from the Alaby NDB extending from the 6.5-

mile radius to 7 miles southeast of the

airport.

* * * * *

Issued in Kansas City, MO, on April 21,

2000.

Richard L. Day,

Acting Manager, Air Traffic Division, Central

Region.

[FR Doc. 00–11317 Filed 5–4–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–13–M

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Airspace Docket No. 00–ACE–6]

Establishment of Class E Airspace;

Salem, MO

AGENCY: Federal Aviation

Administration [FAA], DOT.

ACTION: Final rule.

SUMMARY: This action establishes Class

E airspace area at Salem, MO. Area

Navigation (RNAV) Runway (RWY) 17,

RNAV RWY 35 and Omnidirectional

Range (VOR)–A Standard Instrument

Approach Procedures (SIAPs) have been

developed to serve Salem Memorial

Airport, Salem, MO. Controlled airspace

extending upward from 700 feet Above

Ground Level (AGL) is needed to

accommodate aircraft executing these

SIAPs. This action establishes

controlled airspace at Salem, MO for

aircraft executing the SIAPs at the

Salem Memorial Airport.

EFFECTIVE DATE: 0901 UTC August 10,

2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Brenda Mumper, Air Traffic Division,

Airspace Branch, ACE–520A, DOT

Regional Headquarters Building, Federal

Aviation Administration, 901 Locust,

Kansas City, MO 64106; telephone:

(816) 329–2524.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

History

On March 10, 2000, the FAA

proposed to amend part 71 of Title 14

of the Federal Regulations (14 CFR part

71) by establishing Class E airspace area

at Salem, MO (65 FR 12957). The

proposed action will provide controlled

airspace to accommodate aircraft

executing the RNAV RWY 17, RNAV

RWY 35 and VOR–A SIAPs.

Interested parties were invited to

participate in this rulemaking

proceeding by submitting written

comments on the proposal to the FAA.

No comments objecting to the proposal

were received. Class E airspace areas

extending upward from 700 feet or more

above the surface of the earth are

published in paragraph 6005 of FAA

Order 7400.9G, dated September 10,

1999, and effective September 16, 1999,

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 Rule

This amendment to part 71 of Title 14

of the Federal Regulations (14 CFR part

71) establishes Class E airspace area at

Salem, MO, by providing controlled

airspace for aircraft executing the RNAV

RWY 17, RNAV RWY 35 and VOR–A

SIAPs. The area will be depicted on

appropriated aeronautical charts.

The FAA has determined that this

regulation only involves an established

body of technical regulations for which

frequent and routine amendments are

necessary to keep them operationally

current. Therefore, 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)

does not warrant preparation of a

Regulatory Evaluation as the anticipated

impact is so minimal. Since this is a

routing matter that will only affect air

traffic procedures and air navigation, it

is certified that this rule will not have

a significant economic impact on a

substantial number of small entities

under the criteria of the Regulatory

Flexibility Act.

List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 71

Aviation, 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—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 7400.9G, Airspace

Designations and Reporting Points,

dated September 10, 2000, and effective

September 16, 2000, is amended as

follows:

Paragraph 6005 Class E airspace areas

extending upward from 700 feet or more

above the surface of the earth.

* * * * *

ACE MO E5 Salem, MO [New]

Salem Memorial Airport, MO

(Lat. 37°36′55′′N., long. 91°36′16′′W.)

Maples VORTAC

(Lat. 37°35′27′′N., long. 91°47′19′′W.)

That airspace extending upward from 700

feet above the surface within a 6.3-mile

radius of Salem Memorial Airport, and

within 1.1 miles each side of the Maples

VORTAC 080° radial extending from the 6.3-

mile radius of the Salem Memorial Airport to

.2 miles east of the Maples VORTAC.

* * * * *

Issued in Kansas City, MO on April 25,

2000.

Richard L. Day,

Acting Manager, Air Traffic Division, Central

Region.

[FR Doc. 00–11318 Filed 5–4–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–13–M

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 121

[Docket Nos. 27065, 25148 and 26620;

Amdt. No. 121–276]

RIN 2120–AG74

Antidrug and Alcohol Misuse

Prevention Programs for Personnel

Engaged in Specified Aviation

Activities; Correction

AGENCY: Federal Aviation

Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Final rule, technical

amendment; correction.

SUMMARY: This document contains a

correction to the final rule, published in