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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this rule may be amended or withdrawn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

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

Airspace Docket No. 97–ACE–29.’’ 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) 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 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 6002 Class E airspace designated

as surface areas.

* * * * *

ACE NE E2 Alliance, NE [Revised]

Alliance Municipal Airport, NE

(lat. 42°03′12′′ N., long. 102°48′14′′ W.)

Alliance VOR/DME

(lat. 42°03′20′′ N., long. 102°48′16′′ W.)

Alliance NDB

(lat. 42°02′35′′ N., long. 102°47′58′′ W.)

Within a 4.3-mile radius of Alliance

Municipal Airport and within 1.3 miles each

side of the 124° bearing from the Alliance

NDB extending from the 4.3-mile radius to 7

miles southeast of the NDB and within 2.6

miles each side of the 145° radial of the

Alliance VOR/DME extending from the 4.3-

mile radius to 8.7 miles southeast of the

VOR/DME and within 2.6 miles each side of

the 302° radial of the Alliance VOR/DME

extending from the 4.3-mile radius to 5.7

miles northwest of the VOR/DME and within

1.3 miles each side of the 318° bearing from

the Alliance NDB extending from the 4.3-

mile radius to 7 miles northwest of the 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 Airport/Facility Directory.

* * * * *

Paragraph 6005 Class E airspace areas

extending upward from 700 feet or more

above the surface of the earth.

* * * * *

ACE NE E5 Alliance, NE [Revised]

Alliance Municipal Airport, NE

(lat. 42°03′12′′ N., long. 102°48′14′′ W.)

Alliance VOR/DME

(lat. 42°03′20′′ N., long. 102°48′16′′ W.)

Alliance NDB

(lat. 42°02′35′′ N., long. 102°47′58′′ W.)

That airspace extending upward from 700

feet above the surface within a 6.8-mile

radius of the Alliance Municipal Airport and

within 1.3 miles each side of the 124° bearing

from the Alliance NDB extending from the

6.8-mile radius to 7 miles southeast of the

NDB and within 3 miles each side of the 145°

radial of the Alliance VOR/DME extending

from the 6.8-mile radius to 10.5 miles

southeast of the VOR/DME and within 3

miles each side of the 302° radial of the

Alliance VOR/DME extending from the 6.8-

mile radius to 8.7 miles northwest of the

VOR/DME.

* * * * *

Issued in Kansas City, MO, on October 15,

1997.

Donovan D. Schardt,

Acting Manager, Air Traffic Division, Central

Region.

[FR Doc. 97–31700 Filed 12–4–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–13–M

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Airspace Docket No. 97–ASW–21]

Amendment of Class E Airspace; New

Braunfels Municipal, TX

AGENCY: Federal Aviation

Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Direct final rule; request for

comments.

SUMMARY: This amendment modifies the

Class E airspace at San Antonio, TX.

The development of Global Positioning

System (GPS) Standard Instrument

Approach Procedures (SIAP) to runways

(RWY) 13 and 17 and a Very High

Frequency Omnidirectional Range

(VOR)/Distance Measuring Equipment

(DME)–A SIAP at New Braunfels

Municipal Airport, TX, has made this

rule necessary. This action is intended

to provide adequate additional

controlled airspace extending from 700

feet or more above the surface for

Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) operations

at New Braunfels Municipal Airport,

New Braunfels, TX.

DATES: Effective date: 0901 UTC,

February 26, 1998.

Comment date: Comments must be

received on or before January 20, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Send comments on the rule

in triplicate to Manager, Airspace

Branch, Air Traffic Division, Federal

Aviation Administration, Southwest

Region, Docket No. 97–ASW–21, Fort

Worth, TX 76193–0520.

The official docket may be examined

in the Office of the Regional Counsel,

Southwest Region, Federal Aviation
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Administration, 2601 Meacham

Boulevard, Room 663, Fort Worth, TX,

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 at the Airspace Branch, Air

Traffic Division, Federal Aviation

Administration, Southwest Region,

Room 414, Fort Worth, TX.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Donald J. Day, Airspace Branch, Air

Traffic Division, Southwest Region,

Federal Aviation Administration, Fort

Worth, TX 76193–0520, telephone 817–

222–5593.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This

amendment to 14 CFR part 71 amends

the Class E airspace at New Braunfels,

TX. The development of GPS SIAP’s to

RWY 13 and RWY 17 and a VOR/DME–

A SIAP at New Braunfels Municipal

Airport, TX, has made this action

necessary. The intended effect of this

action is to provide additional

controlled airspace extending 700 feet

or more above the surface for aircraft

executing the GPS SIAPs to RWYs 13

and 17 and a VOR/DME–A SIAP at New

Braunfels Municipal Airport, New

Braunfels, TX.

Class E airspace designations 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

opportunities provided to the public to

comment on substantially identical

actions have resulted in negligible

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

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

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 is 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–ASW–21.’’ 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.

Further, the FAA has determined that

this regulation is noncontroversial and

unlikely to result in adverse or negative

comments and only involves an

established body of technical

regulations that require frequent and

routine amendments to keep them

operationally current. Therefore, I

certify that this 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)

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. Since this rule involves

routine matters that will only affect air

traffic procedures and air navigation, it

does not warrant preparation of a

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis because

the anticipated impact is so minimal.

List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 71

Airspace, Incorporation by reference,

Navigation (air).

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 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 the 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.

* * * * *

ASW TX E5—San Antonio, TX [Revised]

San Antonio International Airport, TX

(Lat. 29°32′01′′ N., long. 98°28′11′′ W.)

New Braunfels Municipal, TX

(Lat. 29°42′11′′ N., long. 98°02′28′′ W.)

San Antonio VORTAC

(Lat. 29°38′39′′ N., long. 98°27′41′′ W.)

Randolph VOR

(Lat. 29°38′39′′ N., long. 98°17′06′′ W.)

Stinson VOR

(Lat. 29°15′30′′ N., long. 98°26′37′′ W.)

Castroville Municipal, TX

(Lat. 29°20′33′′ N., long. 98°51′04′′ W.)

Castroville RBN

(Lat. 29°20′46′′ N., long. 98°50′57′′ W.)

That airspace extending upward from 700

feet above the surface within a 20-mile radius

of San Antonio International Airport and

within 6.9-mile radius of New Braunfels

Municipal Airport and within 1.6 miles each

side of the 080° radial of the San Antonio

VORTAC extending from the 6.9-mile radius

to 11.2 miles east of the New Braunfels

Municipal Airport and within 4 miles each

side of the 316° bearing from New Braunfels
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Municipal Airport extending from the 6.9-

mile radius to 9.7 miles north of the airport

and within 3 miles each side of the 331°

bearing from New Braunfels Municipal

Airport extending from the 6.9-mile radius to

9.7 miles northwest of the airport and within

4 miles each side of the 080° radial of the San

Antonio VORTAC extending from the 6.9-

mile radius to 9.7 miles east of the New

Braunfels Municipal Airport and within 8

miles east and 4 miles west of the 144° radial

of the Randolph VOR extending from the 20-

mile radius to 20.6 miles southeast of the

VOR and within 8 miles east and 4 miles

west of the 152° radial of the Stinson VOR

extending from the 20-mile radius to 16 miles

south of the VOR and within a 6.5-mile

radius of Castroville Municipal Airport and

within 8 miles west and 4 miles east of the

170° bearing from the Castroville RBN

extending from the RBN to 16 miles south of

the RBN.

* * * * *

Issued in Fort Worth, TX, on November 5,

1997.

Albert L. Viselli,

Acting Manager, Air Traffic Division,

Southwest Region.

[FR Doc. 97–31930 Filed 12–4–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–13–M

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Airspace Docket No. 97–ASW–20]

Amendment of Class E Airspace;

Camden, AR

AGENCY: Federal Aviation

Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Direct final rule; request for

comments.

SUMMARY: This amendment modifies the

Class E airspace at Camden, AR. The

development of a Nondirectional Radio

Beacon (NDB) Standard Instrument

Approach Procedure (SIAP) to runway

(RWY) 18 at Harrell Field has made this

rule necessary. This action is intended

to provide adequate additional

controlled airspace extending from 700

feet or more above the surface for

Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) operations

at Harrell Field, Camden, AR.

DATES: Effective date: 0901 UTC,

February 26, 1998.

Comment date: Comments must be

received on or before January 20, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Send comments on the rule

in triplicate to Manager, Airspace

Branch, Air Traffic Division, Federal

Aviation Administration, Southwest

Region, Docket No. 97–AWS–20, Fort

Worth, TX 76193–0520.

The official docket may be examined

in the Office of the Regional Counsel,

Southwest Region, Federal Aviation

Administration, 2601 Meacham

Boulevard, Room 663, Fort Worth, TX,

between 9:00 AM and 3:00 PM, Monday

through Friday, except Federal holidays.

An informal docket may also be

examined during normal business hours

at the Airspace Branch, Air Traffic

Division, Federal Aviation

Administration, Southwest Region,

Room 414, Fort Worth, TX.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Donald J. Day, Airspace Branch, Air

Traffic Division, Southwest Region,

Federal Aviation Administration, Fort

Worth, TX 76193–0520, telephone 817–

222–5593.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This

amendment to 14 CFR part 71 amends

the Class E airspace at Camden, AR. The

development of the NDB SIAP to RWY

18 at Harrell Field has made this action

necessary. The intended effect of this

action is to provide additional

controlled airspace extending 700 feet

or more above the surface for aircraft

executing the NDB RWY 18 SIAP to

Harrell Field, Camden, AR.

Class E airspace designations 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

opportunities provided to the public to

comment on substantially identical

actions have resulted in negligible

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

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

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 is 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–ASW–20.’’ 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 level

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.

Further, the FAA has determined that

this regulation is noncontroversial and

unlikely to result in adverse or negative

comments and only involves an

established body of technical

regulations that require frequent and

routine amendments to keep them

operationally current. Therefore, I

certify that this regulation (1) is not a

‘‘significant regulatory action’’ under