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Adoption of the Amendment

In consideration of the foregoing, the

Federal Aviation Administration

amends 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; EO 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 7400.9E, Airspace

Designations and Reporting Points,

dated September 10, 1997, and effective

September 16, 1997, is amended as

follows:

Paragraph 6005 Class E airspace areas

extending upward from 700 feet or more

above the surface of the earth.

* * * * *

AEA PA AEA E5 Zelienople, PA [New]

Zelienople Airport, PA

(Lat. 40°48′06′′ N., long. 80°09′38′′ W.)

That airspace extending upward from 700

feet above the surface within a 6-mile radius

of Zelienople Airport, excluding the portions

that coincide with the Butler, PA, and Beaver

Falls, PA, Class E airspace areas.

* * * * *

Issued in Jamaica, New York, on

September 5, 1997.

Franklin D. Hatfield,

Manager, Air Traffic Division, Eastern Region.

[FR Doc. 97–27365 Filed 10–16–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–13–M

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Docket No. 97–ACE–7]

Amendment to Class E Airspace;

Belleville, KS

AGENCY: Federal Aviation

Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Direct final rule; request for

comments.

SUMMARY: This action amends the Class

E airspace are at Belleville Municipal

Airport, Belleville, KS. A review of the

airspace for Belleville Municipal

Airport indicates it does not meet the

criteria for 700 feet Above Ground Level

(AGL) Class E airspace as required in

FAA Order 7400.2D. The distance

required for an aircraft to reach 1200

feet Mean Sea Level (MSL) is based on

a standard climb gradient of 200 feet per

mile, plus the distance from the Airport

Reference Point (ARP) to the end of the

outermost runway. Any fractional part

of a mile is converted to the next higher

tenth of a mile increment. The area has

been enlarged to conform to the criteria

of FAA Order 7400.2D. The intended

effect of this rule is to provide

controlled Class E airspace for aircraft

executing instrument approaches and to

conform to the requirements of FAA

Order 7400.2D.

DATES: Effective date: 0901 UTC,

February 26, 1998. Comment date:

Comments must be received on or

before December 1, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Send comments regarding

the rule in triplicate to: Manager,

Airspace Branch, Air Traffic Division,

ACE–520, Federal Aviation

Administration, Docket Number 97–

ACE–7, 601 East 12th St., Kansas City,

MO 64106.

The official docket may be examined

in the Office of the Assistant Chief

Counsel for the Central Region at the

same address between 9:00 a.m. and

3:00 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:

Kathy Randolph, Air Traffic Division,

Airspace Branch, ACE–520C, Federal

Aviation Administration, 601 East 12th

Street, Kansas City, Missouri 64106:

telephone: (816) 426–3408.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A review

of the airspace for Belleville Municipal

Airport indicates it does not meet the

criteria for 700 feet AGL Class E

airspace as required in FAA Order

7400.2D. The distance required for an

aircraft to reach 1200 feet MSL is based

on a standard climb gradient of 200 feet

per mile plus the distance from the ARP

to the end of the outermost runway. Any

fractional part of a mile is converted to

the next higher tenth of a mile. The

amendment of Class E airspace at

Belleville, KS, will provide additional

controlled airspace to segregate aircraft

operating under Instrument Flight Rules

(IFR). The area will be depicted on

appropriate aeronautical charts. Class E

airspace areas extending from 700 feet

or more above the surface of the earth

are published in paragraph 6005 of FAA

Order 7400.9E, dated September 10,

1997, and effective September 16, 1997,

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

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

Although this action is in the form of

a final rule and was not preceded by a

notice of proposed rulemaking,

comments are invited to 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
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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 or which the following

statement is made: ‘‘Comments to

Docket No. 97–ACE–7.’’ The postcard

will be dated stamped and returned to

the commenter.

Agency Findings

The regulations adopted herein will

not have substantial direct effects 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, in

accordance with Executive Order 12612,

it is determined that this final rule does

not have sufficient federalism

implications to warrant the preparation

of a Federalism Assessment.

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 Subjects in 14 CFR Part 71

Airspace, Incorporation by reference,

Navigation (air).

Adoption of the Amendment

Accordingly, the Federal Aviation

Administration amends part 71 of the

Federal Aviation Regulations (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 7400.9E, Airspace

Designations and Reporting Points,

dated September 10, 1997, and effective

September 16, 1997, is amended as

follows:

Paragraph 6005 Class E airspace areas

extending upward from 700 feet or more

above the surface of the earth

* * * * *

ACE KS E5 Belleville, KS [Revised]

Belleville Municipal Airport, KS.

(Lat. 39°49′04′′ N., long. 97°39′35′′ W.)

Republican NDB

(Lat. 39°548′48′′ N. long. 97°39′30′′ W.)

That airspace extending upward from 700

feet above the surface within a 6.4-mile

radius of the Belleville Municipal Airport

and within 2.6 miles each side of the 195°

bearing from Republican NDB extending

from the 6.4-mile radius to 7.4 miles south

of the airport and within 2.6 miles each side

of the 356° bearing from the Republican NDB

extending from the 6.4-Mile radius to 7.4

miles north of the airport.

* * * * *

Issued in Kansas City, MO, on August 29,

1997.

Christopher R. Blum,

Acting Manager, Air Traffic Division, Central

Region.

[FR Doc. 97–27363 Filed 10–16–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–13–M

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Docket No. 97–ACE–10]

Amendment to Class E Airspace,

Kansas City, Richards-Gebaur Airport,

MO

AGENCY: Federal Aviation

Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Direct final rule; request for

comments.

SUMMARY: This action amends the Class

E airspace area at Richards-Gebaur

Airport, Kansas City, MO. The FAA has

developed a Nondirectional Radio

Beacon (NDB) Runway (RWY) 1

Standard Instrument Approach

Procedure (SIAP) to serve the RichardsGebaur Airport. The intended effect of

this action is to provide additional

controlled airspace extending upward

from 700 feet Above Ground Level

(AGL) to accommodate this SIAP, and to

provide segregation of aircraft using

instrument approach procedures in

instrument conditions from other

aircraft operating in visual weather

conditions at this airport. The enlarged

area will contain the new NDB RWY 1

SIAP in controlled airspace. A minor

correction has been made to the Airport

Reference Point (ARP) geographic

coordinates of the Richard-Gebaur

Airport and is reflected in this

document.

DATES: Effective date: 0901 UTC,

February 26, 1998. Comment date:

Comments must be received on or

before November 15, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Send comments regarding

the rule in triplicate to: Manager,

Airspace Branch, Air Traffic Division,

ACE–520, Federal Aviation

Administration, Docket Number 97–

ACE–10, 601 East 12th St. Kansas City,

MO 64106.

The official docket may be examined

in the Office of the Assistant Chief

Counsel for the Central Region at the

same address between 9:00 a.m. and

3:00 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:

Kathy Randolph, Air Traffic Division,

Airspace Branch, ACE–520C, Federal

Aviation Administration, 601 East 12th

Street, Kansas City, MO 64106;

telephone: (816) 426–3408.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FAA

has developed a NDB RWY 1 SIAP at

Richards-Gebaur Airport, Kansas City,

MO. The amendment to Class E airspace

at Richards-Gebaur Airport, MO, will

provide additional controlled airspace

at and above 700 feet AGL in order to

contain the new SIAP within controlled

airspace, and thereby facilitate

separation of aircraft operating under

instrument flight rules (IFR). The area

will be depicted on appropriate

aeronautical charts. Class E airspace

areas extending from 700 feet or more

above the surface of the earth are

published in paragraph 6005 of FAA

Order 7400.9E, dated September 10,

1997, and effective September 16, 1997,

which is incorporated by reference in 14

CFR 71.1. A minor correction has been

made to ARP geographic coordinates for

the Richards-Gebaur Airport and is

reflected in this docket. The ARP

geographic coordinates and 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