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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 14 CFR

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 5000 Class D Airspace

* * * * *

AAL AK D Anchorge, Bryant AHP, AK

[Removed]

* * * * *

AAL AK D Adak, AK [Removed]

* * * * *

Paragraph 6004 Class E airspace areas

designated as an extension to a Class D or

Class E surface area.

* * * * *

AAL AK E4 Adak, AK [Revised]

Adak NAS Airport, AK

(Lat. 51°52′53′′ N. long. 176°38′50′′ W)

Adak NDB

(Lat. 51°55′01′′ N, long. 176°34′01′′ W)

That airspace extending upward from the

surface within 3.8 miles each side of the 053°

bearing from the Adak NDB extending from

the 4.5-mile radius of the Adak NAS to 6.4

miles northeast of the Adak NDB. This Class

E airspace area is effective during the specific

dates and times established in advance by a

Notice to Airmen. The effective date and time

will thereafter be continuously published in

the Supplement Alaska (Airport/Facility

Directory).

* * * * *

Issued in Anchorage, AK, on September 10,

1997.

Willis C. Nelson,

Manager, Air Traffic Division, Alaskan

Region.

[FR Doc. 97–27376 Filed 10–15–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–13–M

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Docket No. 97–ACE–11]

Amendment to Class E Airspace, Lee’s

Summit, MO

AGENCY: Federal Aviation

Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Direct final rule; request for

comments.

SUMMARY: This action amends the Class

E airspace area at Lee’s Summit

Municipal Airport, Lee’s Summit, MO.

The FAA has developed Nondirectional

Radio Beacon (NDB) Runway (RWY) 18

and RWY 36 Standard Instrument

Approach Procedures (SIAP) to serve

the Lee’s Summit Municipal Airport.

The intended effect of this action is to

provide additional controlled airspace

extending upward from 700 feet Above

Ground Level (AGL) to accommodate

these SIAPs, and to provide segregation

of aircraft using instrument approach

procedures in instrument conditions

from aircraft operating in visual weather

conditions at the Lee’s Summit

Municipal Airport.

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–11, 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 NDB SIAPs to RWY 18

and RWY 36 to serve the Lee’s Summit

Municipal Airport, Lee’s Summit, MO.

The amendment to Class E airspace at

Lee’s Summit Municipal Airport, MO, is

necessary to provide additional

controlled airspace at and above 700

feet AGL in order to contain the new

SIAPs 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. 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 depiciting 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 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
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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. 97–ACE–11.’’ The postcard

will be date 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 MO E5 Lee’s Summit, MO [Revised]

Lee’s Summit Municipal Airport, MO.

(Lat. 38°37′35′′ N., long. 94°22′18′′ W.)

Lesumit NDB, MO

(Lat. 38°57′39′′ N., long. 94°22′16′′ W.)

That airspace extending upward from 700

feet above the surface within a 7-mile radius

of Lee’s Summit Municipal Airport.

* * * * *

Issued in Kansas City, MO, on August 29,

1997.

Christopher R. Blum,

Acting Manager, Air Traffic Division, Central

Region.

[FR Doc. 97–27366 Filed 10–15–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–13–M

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Airspace Docket No. 97–AAL–8]

Revision of Class E Airspace;

Ketchikan, AK

AGENCY: Federal Aviation

Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Final rule.

SUMMARY: This action revises the Class

E airspace designated as the surface area

for Ketchikan, AK. The Ketchikan

International Airport’s surface area is

currently effective 24 hours a day and

has a mandatory communication

requirement. The wording in the last

two sentences in the current description

applies to surface areas with less than

24 hours operations. These last two

sentences are deleted. The effect of this

action is to modify the Ketchikan, AK,

surface area description to indicate a

continuous, 24 hour operation.

EFFECTIVE DATE: 0901 Coordinated

Universal Time (UTC), November 17,

1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Robert van Haastert, Operations Branch,

AAL–538, Federal Aviation

Administration, 222 West 7th Avenue,

Box 14, Anchorage, AK 99513–7587;

telephone number: (907) 271–5863;

email: Robert.van.Haastert@faa.dot.gov.

Internet: http://www.alaska.faa.gov/at or

at http://162.58.28.41/at.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

History

On June 11, 1997, a proposal to

amend part 71 of the Federal Aviation

Regulations (14 CFR part 71) to revise

the Class E airspace at Ketchikan, AK,

was published in the Federal Register

(62 FR 31769). The Ketchikan

International Airport’s surface area is

currently effective 24 hours a day and

has a mandatory communication

requirement. The wording in the last

two sentences in the current description

applies to surface areas with less than

24 hours operations. These last two

sentences are deleted to indicate the

continuous operation.

Interested parties were invited to

participate in this rulemaking

proceeding by submitting written

comments on the proposal to the FAA.

No negative comments to the proposal

were received. However, part of the

airspace description was inadvertently

left out from the notice of proposed

rulemaking. This missing part of the

airspace description has been added to

this rule: ‘‘excluding that airspace

beyond 2.5-miles of the Ketchikan

International Airport beginning 1 mile

east of the Ketchikan localizer

northwest course clockwise to the 350°

bearing from the Ketchikan

International Airport.’’ The Federal

Aviation Administration has

determined that these changes are

editorial in nature and will not increase

the scope of this rule. Except for the

non-substantive changes just discussed,

the rule is adopted as written.

The coordinates for this airspace

docket are based on North American

Datum 83. The Class E airspace areas

designated as a surface area for an

airport are published in paragraph 6002

of FAA Order 7400.9E, Airspace

Designations and Reporting Points,

dated September 10, 1997, and effective

September 16, 1997, which is

incorporated by reference in 14 CFR

71.1 (62 FR 52491 October 8, 1997). The