78054 Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 249 / Thursday, December 28, 2006 / Rules and Regulations 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

14 CFR Part 71 

[Docket No. FAA–2006–25941; Airspace 

Docket No. 06–ACE–11] 

Modification of Class E Airspace; 

Creston, IA 

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 71) by modifying the Class E 

airspace area at Creston Municipal 

Airport, IA. An examination of 

controlled airspace for Creston, IA, 

revealed discrepancies in the legal 

description for the Class E airspace area. 

The intended effect of this rule is to 

provide controlled airspace of 

appropriate dimensions to protect 

aircraft executing Standard Instrument 

Approach Procedures (SIAP) to Creston 

Municipal Airport. 

DATES: This direct final rule is effective 

on 0901 UTC, March 15, 2007. The 

Director of the Federal Register 

approves this incorporation by reference 

action under title 1, Code of Federal 

Regulations, part 51, subject to the 

annual revision of FAA Order 7400.9 

and publication of conforming 

amendments. Comments for inclusion 

in the Rules Docket must be received on 

or before December 29, 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–2006–25941/ 

Airspace Docket No. 06–ACE–11, 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: 

Grant Nichols, System Support, DOT 

Regional Headquarters Building, Federal 

Aviation Administration, 901 Locust, 

Kansas City, MO 64106; telephone: 

(816) 329–2522. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

amendment to 14 CFR part 71 modifies 

the Class E airspace area extending 

upward from 700 feet AGL (E5) at 

Creston Municipal Airport, IA. This 

amendment increases the size of the 

current extension to the airspace area 

relative to the airport. This modification 

brings the legal description of the 

Creston Municipal Airport, IA, MO 

Class E5 airspace area into compliance 

with FAA Orders 7400.2F and 

8260.19C. 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 7400.9P, 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 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–2006–25941/Airspace 

Docket No. 06–ACE–11.’’ 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 

Creston Municipal Airport, IA. 

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: 


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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 6005 Class E airspace areas 

extending upward from 700 feet or more 

above the surface of the earth. 

* * * * * 

ACE IA E5 Creston, IA 

Creston Municipal Airport, IA 

(Lat. 41°01′17′′ N., long. 94°21′48′′ W.) 

That airspace extending upward from 700 

feet above the surface within a 6.5-mile 

radius of Creston Municipal Airport, IA and 

within 2.6 miles each side of the 169° bearing 

from the airport extending from the 6.5-mile 

radius to 11 miles south of the airport. 

* * * * * 

Issued in Forth Worth, TX, on December 

11, 2006. 

Donald R. Smith, 

Manager, System Support Group, ATO 

Central Service Area. 

[FR Doc. 06–9826 Filed 12–27–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–M 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

14 CFR Part 97 

[Docket No. 30528; Amdt. No. 3199] 

Standard Instrument Approach 

Procedures; Miscellaneous 

Amendments 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: This amendment amends 

Standard Instrument Approach 

Procedures (SIAPs) for operations at 

certain airports. These regulatory 

actions are needed 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 December 

28, 2006. The compliance date for each 

SIAP 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 December 

28, 2006. 

ADDRESSES: Availability of matter 

incorporated by reference in the 

amendment is as follows: 

For Examination—

1. FAA Rules Docket, FAA 

Headquarters Building, 800 

Independence Ave., SW., Washington, 

DC 20591; 

2. The FAA Regional Office of the 

region in which affected airport is 

located; or 

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 

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, 

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, Code of Federal 

Regulations, Part 97 (14 CFR part 97) 

amends Standard Instrument Approach 

Procedures (SIAPs). The complete 

regulatory description of each SIAP is 

contained in the appropriate FAA Form 

8260, as modified by the National Flight 

Data Center (FDC)/Permanent Notice to 

Airmen (P–NOTAM), which is 

incorporated by reference in the 

amendment under 5 U.S.C. 552(a), 1 

CFR part 51, and § 97.20 of the Code of 

Federal Regulations. Materials 

incorporated by reference are available 

for examination or purchase as stated 

above. 

The large number of SIAPs, 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, but refer to their graphic 

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 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. 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 as amended in the 

transmittal. For safety and timeliness of 

change considerations, this amendment 

incorporates only specific changes 

contained for each SIAP as modified by 

FDC/P–NOTAMs. 

The SIAPs, as modified by FDC P–

NOTAM, and contained in this 

amendment are based on the criteria 

contained in the U.S. Standard for 

Terminal Instrument Procedures 

(TERPS). In developing these chart 

changes to SIAPs, the TERPS criteria 

were applied to only these specific 

conditions existing at the affected 

airports. All SIAP amendments in this 

rule have been previously issued by the 

FAA in an FDC NOTAM as an 

emergency action of immediate flight 

safety relating directly to published 

aeronautical charts. The circumstances 

which created the need for all these 

SIAP amendments requires making 

them effective in less than 30 days. 

Further, the SIAPs contained in this 

amendment are based on the criteria 

contained in TERPS. Because of the 

close and immediate relationship 

between these SIAPs and safety in air 

commerce, I find that notice and public 

procedure before adopting these SIAPs 

are impracticable and contrary to the 

public interest and, where applicable, 

that good cause exists for making these 

SIAPs effective in less than 30 days. 

Conclusion 

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. It, therefore—(1) is not a 

‘‘significant regulatory action’’ under 

Executive Order 12866; (2) is not a 


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