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radius of the Chignik Airport and that 

airspace extending upward from 1,200 feet 

above the surface within a 72.8-mile radius 

of the Chignik Airport, excluding that 

airspace more than 12 nautical miles from 

the shoreline. 

* * * * * 

Issued in Anchorage, AK, on January 13, 

2006. 

Anthony M. Wylie, 

Manager, Safety, Area Flight Service 

Operations. 

[FR Doc. 06–729 Filed 1–25–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

14 CFR Part 71 

[Docket No. FAA–2006–23545; Airspace 

Docket No. 06–ACE–1] 

Modification of Class E Airspace; 

Gothenburg, Quinn Field, NE 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Direct final rule; request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: This action modifies the Class 

E airspace at Gothenburg Quinn Field, 

NE. The FAA has developed Area 

Navigation (RNAV) Global Positioning 

System (GPS) Standard Instrument 

Approach Procedures (SIAP) to 

Runways (RWY) 3 and 21 at 

Gothenburg, Quinn Field, NE. 

Additional controlled airspace 

extending upward from 700 feet Above 

Ground Level (AGL) is needed to 

accommodate the SIAPs. 

The intended effect of this rule is to 

provide controlled Class E airspace for 

aircraft executing the SIAPs 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, June 8, 2006. Comments 

for inclusion in the Rules Docket must 

be received on or before March 1, 2006. 

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–2006–23545/ 

Airspace Docket No. 06–ACE–1, 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 

1–800–647–5527) is on the plaza level 

of the Department of Transportation 

NASSIF Building at the above address. 

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: This 

amendment to 14 CFR part 71 modifies 

the Class E airspace beginning at 700 

feet above the surface at Gothenburg, 

Quinn Field, NE to contain Instrument 

Flight Rule (IFR) operations in 

controlled airspace. The area will be 

depicted on appropriate aeronautical 

charts. Class E airspace areas are 

published in Paragraph 6005 of FAA 

Order 7400.9N, Airspace Designation 

and Reporting Points, dated September 

1, 2005, and effective September 16, 

2005, which is incorporated by 

reference in 14 CFR 71.1. The Class E 

airspace designations 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. 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–2006–23545/Airspace 

Docket No. 06–ACE–1.’’ 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 

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 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 rule’’ under DOT 

Regulatory Policies and Procedures (44 

FR 11034; February 26, 2579); and (3) 

does not warrant preparation of a 

Regulatory Evaluation as the anticipated 

impact is so minimal. Since this is a 

routine matter that will only affect air 

traffic procedures and air navigation, it 

is certified that this rule, when 

promulgated, will not have a significant 

economic impact 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 

Gothenburg, Quinn Field, NE. 

List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 71 

Airspace, Incorporation by reference, 

Navigation (air). 


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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, 25 FR 9565, 3 CFR, 2559–

2563 Comp., p. 389. 

§ 71.1 [Amended] 

■ 2. The incorporation by reference in 

14 CFR 71.1 of Federal Aviation 

Administration Order 7400.9N, dated 

September 1, 2005, and effective 

September 16, 2005, 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 Gothenburg, NE 

Gothenburg, Quinn Field, NE 

(Lat. 40°55′35′′ N., long. 100°08′54′′ W.) 

That airspace extending upward from 700 

feet above the surface within an 8.4-mile 

radius of Quinn Field and within 4 miles 

each side of the 030° bearing from the airport 

extending from the 8.4-mile radius to 11.1 

miles northeast of the airport, and within 4 

miles each side of the 218° bearing from the 

airport extending from the 8.4-mile radius to 

10.5 miles southwest of the airport. 

* * * * * 

Issued in Kansas City, MO, on January 10, 

2006. 

Paul J. Sheridan, 

Area Director, Western Flight Services 

Operations. 

[FR Doc. 06–725 Filed 1–25–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–M 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

14 CFR Part 97 

[Docket No. 30475; Amdt. No. 3150] 

Standard Instrument Approach 

Procedures, Weather Takeoff 

Minimums; Miscellaneous 

Amendments 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: This amendment establishes, 

amends, suspends, or revokes Standard 

Instrument Approach Procedures 

(SIAPs) and/or Weather Takeoff 

Minimums for operations at certain 

airports. These regulatory actions are 

needed because of the adoption of new 

or revised criteria, or because of changes 

occurring in the National Airspace 

System, such as the commissioning of 

new navigational facilities, addition of 

new obstacles, or changes in air traffic 

requirements. These changes are 

designed to provide safe and efficient 

use of the navigable airspace and to 

promote safe flight operations under 

instrument flight rules at the affected 

airports. 

DATES: This rule is effective January 26, 

2006. The compliance date for each 

SIAP and/or Weather Takeoff 

Minimums is specified in the 

amendatory provisions. 

The incorporation by reference of 

certain publications listed in the 

regulations is approved by the Director 

of the Federal Register as of January 26, 

2006. 

ADDRESSES: Availability of matters 

incorporated by reference in the 

amendment is as follows: 

For Examination: 

1. FAA Rules Docket, FAA 

Headquarters Building, 800 

Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20591; 

2. The FAA Regional Office of the 

region in which the affected airport is 

located; 

3. The National Flight Procedures 

Office, 6500 South MacArthur Blvd., 

Oklahoma City, OK 73169 or, 

4. The National Archives and Records 

Administration (NARA). For 

information on the availability of this 

material at NARA, call 202–741–6030, 

or go to: http://www.archives.gov/ 

federal_register/ 

code_of_federal_regulations/ 

ibr_locations.html. 

For Purchase: Individual SIAP and 

Weather Takeoff Minimums copies may 

be obtained from: 

1. FAA Public Inquiry Center (APA–

200), FAA Headquarters Building, 800 

Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20591; or 

2. The FAA Regional Office of the 

region in which the affected airport is 

located. 

By Subscription: Copies of all SIAPs 

and Weather Takeoff Minimums mailed 

once every 2 weeks, are for sale by the 

Superintendent of Documents, U.S. 

Government Printing Office, 

Washington, DC 20402. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Donald P. Pate, Flight Procedure 

Standards Branch (AFS–420), Flight 

Technologies and Programs Division, 

Flight Standards Service, Federal 

Aviation Administration, Mike 

Monroney Aeronautical Center, 6500 

South MacArthur Blvd. Oklahoma City, 

OK. 73169 (Mail Address: P.O. Box 

25082 Oklahoma City, OK. 73125) 

telephone: (405) 954–4164. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

amendment to Title 14 of the Code of 

Federal Regulations, part 97 (14 CFR 

part 97), establishes, amends, suspends, 

or revokes SIAPs and/or Weather 

Takeoff Minimums. The complete 

regulatory description of each SIAP 

and/or Weather Takeoff Minimums is 

contained in official FAA form 

documents which are incorporated by 

reference in this amendment under 5 

U.S.C. 552(a), 1 CFR part 51, and 14 

CFR part 97.20. The applicable FAA 

Forms are identified as FAA Forms 

8260–3, 8260–4, 8260–5 and 8260–15A. 

Materials incorporated by reference are 

available for examination or purchase as 

stated above. 

The large number of SIAPs and/or 

Weather Takeoff Minimums, their 

complex nature, and the need for a 

special format make their verbatim 

publication in the Federal Register 

expensive and impractical. Further, 

airmen do not use the regulatory text of 

the SIAPs and/or Weather Takeoff 

Minimums but refer to their depiction 

on charts printed by publishers of 

aeronautical materials. Thus, the 

advantages of incorporation by reference 

are realized and publication of the 

complete description of each SIAP and/ 

or Weather Takeoff Minimums 

contained in FAA form documents is 

unnecessary. The provisions of this 

amendment state the affected CFR 

sections, with the types and effective 

dates of the SIAPs and/or Weather 

Takeoff Minimums. This amendment 

also identifies the airport, its location, 

the procedure identification and the 

amendment number. 

The Rule 

This amendment to 14 CFR part 97 is 

effective upon publication of each 

separate SIAP and/or Weather Takeoff 

Minimums as contained in the 

transmittal. Some SIAP and/or Weather 

Takeoff Minimums amendments may 

have been previously issued by the FAA 

in a Flight Data Center (FDC) Notice to 

Airmen (NOTAM) as an emergency 

action of immediate flight safety relating 

directly to published aeronautical 

charts. The circumstances which 

created the need for some SIAP, and/or 

Weather Takeoff Minimums 

amendments may require making them 

effective in less than 30 days. For the 

remaining SIAPs and/or Weather 


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