[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 176 (Thursday, September 11, 1997)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 47780-47781]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-24100]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Airspace Docket No. 97-AGL-37]


Proposed Modification of the Legal Description of Class E 
Airspace; Aberdeen, SD

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.

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SUMMARY: This notice proposes to modify the legal description of Class 
E airspace at Aberdeen, SD. The current legal description indicates 
less than continuous times of operation for the Class E airspace for 
Aberdeen Regional Airport. Actual times of operation for the airspace 
are continuous. The legal description must reflect the actual times of 
operation. This proposal would accurately reflect the times of 
operation for the Class E airspace at Aberdeen, SD.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before October 27, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Send comments on the proposal in triplicate to: Federal 
Aviation Administration, Office of the Assistant Chief Counsel, AGL-7, 
Rules

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Docket No. 97-AGL-37, 2300 East Devon Avenue, Des Plaines, Illinois 
60018.
    The official docket may be examined in the Office of the Assistant 
Chief Counsel, Federal Aviation Administration, 2300 East Devon Avenue, 
Des Plaines, Illinois. An informal docket may also be examined during 
normal business hours at the Air Traffic Division, Operations Branch, 
Federal Aviation Administration, 2300 East Devon Avenue, Des Plaines, 
Illinois.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michelle M. Behm, Air Traffic 
Division, Airspace Branch, AGL-520, Federal Aviation Administration, 
2300 East Devon Avenue, Des Plaines, Illinois 60018, telephone (847) 
294-7568.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Comments Invited

    Interested parties are invited to participate in this proposed 
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 the airspace docket number 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 Airspace Docket No. 97-
AGL-37.'' The postcard will be date/time stamped and returned to the 
commenter. All communications received on or before the specified 
closing date for comments will be considered before taking action on 
the proposed rule. The proposal contained in this notice may be changed 
in light of comments received. All comments submitted will be available 
for examination in the Rules Docket, FAA, Great Lakes Region, Office of 
the Assistant Chief Counsel, 2300 East Devon Avenue, Des Plaines, 
Illinois, both before and after the closing date for comments. A report 
summarizing each substantive public contact with FAA personnel 
concerned with this rulemaking will be filed in the docket.

Availability of NPRM's

    Any person may obtain a copy of the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking 
(NPRM) by submitting a request to the Federal Aviation Administration, 
Office of Public Affairs, Attention: Public Inquiry Center, APA-230, 
800 Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington, DC 20591, or by calling 
(202) 267-3484. Communications must identify the notice number of this 
NPRM. Persons interested in being placed on a mailing list for future 
NPRM's should also request a copy of Advisory Circular No. 11-2A, which 
describes the application procedure.

The Proposal

    The FAA is considering an amendment to part 71 of the Federal 
Aviation Regulations (14 CFR part 71) to modify the legal description 
of the Class E airspace at Aberdeen, SD, by removing the statement 
which indicates less than continuous times of operation for the 
airspace. The legal description no longer reflects the actual times of 
operation, which are continuous. This action would correct the legal 
description for Class E airspace at Aberdeen, SD. Class E airspace 
designations for airspace areas designated as a surface area for an 
airport are published in paragraph 6002 of FAA Order, 7400.9D, dated 
September 4, 1996, and effective September 16, 1996, which is 
incorporated by reference in 14 CFR 71.1. The Class E airspace 
designation listed in this document would be published subsequently in 
the Order.
    The FAA has determined that this proposed regulation only involves 
an established body of technical regulations for which frequent and 
routine amendments are necessary to keep them operationally current. 
Therefore this proposed 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 routine matter that will only affect air traffic procedures 
and air aviation, it is certified that this proposed 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

    Airspace, Incorporation by reference, Navigation (air).

The Proposed Amendment

    Accordingly, pursuant to the authority delegated to me, the Federal 
Aviation Administration proposes to amend part 71 of the Federal 
Aviation Regulations (14 CFR part 71) as follows:

PART 71--[AMENDED]

    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.


Sec. 71.1  [Amended]

    2. The incorporation by reference in 14 CFR 71.1 of Federal 
Aviation Administration Order 7400.9D, Airspace Designations and 
Reporting Points, dated September 4, 1996, and effective September 16, 
1996, is amended as follows:

Paragraph 6002  Class E airspace areas designated as a surface area 
for an airport.

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AGL SD E2  Aberdeen, SD [Revised]

Aberdeen Regional Airport, SD
    (Lat. 45 deg.26'56'' N, long. 98 deg.25'19'' W)
Aberdeen VOR/DME
    (Lat. 45 deg.25'02'' N, long. 98 deg.22'07'' W)

    Within a 4.2-mile radius of Aberdeen Regional Airport, and 
within 2.6 miles each side of the Aberdeen VOR/DME 131 deg. radial, 
extending from the 4.2-mile radius to 7 miles southeast of the VOR/
DME, and within 1.7 miles each side of the Aberdeen VOR/DME 312 deg. 
radial, extending from the 4.2-mile radius to 7.8 miles northwest of 
the VOR/DME.
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    Issued in Des Plaines, Illinois, on August 26, 1997.
Maureen Woods,
Manager, Air Traffic Division.
[FR Doc. 97-24100 Filed 9-10-97; 8:45 am]
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