64150 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 233 / Thursday, December 4, 1997 / Rules and Regulations

(Lat. 38°53′32′′N, long. 90°03′23′′W)

That airspace extending upward from 700

feet above the surface within a 7.1-mile

radius of the Lambert-St. Louis International

Airport and within 4 miles southeast and 7

miles northwest of the Lambert-St. Louis

International Airport Runway 24 ILS

localizer course extending from the airport to

10.5 miles northeast of the ZUMAY LOM and

within 4 miles southwest and 7.9 miles

northeast of the Lambert-St. Louis Airport

Runway 12R ILS Localizer course extending

from the airport to 10.5 miles northwest of

the OBLIO LOM and within 4 miles

southwest and 7.9 miles northeast of the

Lambert-St. Louis Airport Runway 30L ILS

localizer southeast course extending from the

airport to 8.7 miles southeast of the airport

and within a 6.8-mile radius of Spirit of St.

Louis Airport and within 2.6 miles each side

of the 098° radial of the Foristell VORTAC

extending from the 6.8-mile radius area to 8.3

miles west of the airport and within a 6.4-

mile radius of St. Charles County Smartt

Airport, and within a 6.9-mile radius of St.

Louis Regional Airport, and within 4 miles

each side of the 014° bearing from the Civic

Memorial NDB extending from the 6.9-mile

radius to 7 miles north of the airport and

within 4.4 miles each side of the 190° radial

of the St. Louis VORTAC extending from 2

miles south of the VORTAC to 22.1 miles

south of the VORTAC.

* * * * *

Issued in Kansas City, MO, on October 17,

1997.

Herman J. Lyons,

Manager, Air Traffic Division, Central Region.

[FR Doc. 97–31704 Filed 12–3–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–13–M

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Docket No. 97–ACE–23]

Amendment to Class E Airspace;

Crete, NE

AGENCY: Federal Aviation

Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Direct final rule; request for

comments.

SUMMARY: This action amends the Class

E airspace area at Crete Municipal

Airport, Crete, NE. A review of the

airspace for Crete 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 area has been

enlarged to conform to the criteria of

FAA Order 7400.2D. This amendment to

the Class E airspace at Crete, NE,

excludes the Class E airspace within the

Lincoln and Seward, NE, airspace. The

intended effect of this rule is to provide

controlled Class E airspace in

accordance with FAA Order 7400.2D,

and exclude the Class E airspace at

Crete, NE, from Class E airspace at

Lincoln and Seward, NE.

DATES: Effective date: 0901 UTC, April

23, 1998.

Comment date: Comments must be

received on or before January 25, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Send comments regarding

the rule in triplicate to: Manager,

Airspace Branch, Air Traffic Division,

ACE–520, Federal Aviation

Administration, Docket Number 97–

ACE–23, 601 East 12th St., Kansas City,

MO 64106.

The official docket may be examined

in the Office of the Regional 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 Crete Municipal

Airport indicates it does not meet the

criteria for 700 feet AGL Class E

airspace as required in FAA Order

7400.2D. The criteria in FAA Order

7400.2D for an aircraft to reach 1200 feet

AGL 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. The amendment to

Class E airspace at Crete, NE, will meet

the criteria of FAA Order 7400.2D,

provide additional controlled airspace

at and above 700 feet AGL, and thereby

facilitate separation of aircraft operating

under 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 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 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
Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 233 / Thursday, December 4, 1997 / Rules and Regulations 64151

Docket No. 97–ACE–23.’’ 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 6005 Class E airspace areas

extending upward from 700 feet or more

above the surface of the earth

* * * * *

ACE NE E5 Crete, NE [Revised]

Crete Municipal Airport, NE

(Lat. 40°37′07′′ N., long. 96°55′32′′ W.)

Crete NDB

(Lat. 40°37′27′′ N., long. 96°55′39′′ W.)

Lincoln VORTAC

(Lat. 40°55′26′′ N., long. 96°44′31′′ W.)

That airspace extending upward from 700

feet above the surface within a 6.4-mile

radius of the Crete Municipal Airport and

within 2.6 miles each side of the 016° bearing

from the Crete NDB extending from the 6.4-

mile radius to 7.4 miles north of the airport

and within 2.6 miles each side of the 172°

bearing from the Crete 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

205° radial of the Lincoln VORTAC

extending from the 6.4-mile radius to 7.9

miles southwest of the airport, excluding that

airspace within the Lincoln, NE, Class E5

airspace and the Seward, NE, Class E5

airspace.

* * * * *

Issued in Kansas City, MO, on October 17,

1997.

Herman J. Lyons,

Manager, Air Traffic Division, Central Region.

[FR Doc. 97–31703 Filed 12–3–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–13–M

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Airspace Docket No. 97–ACE–26]

Amendment to Class E Airspace;

Atchison, KS

AGENCY: Federal Aviation

Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Direct final rule; request for

comments.

SUMMARY: This action amends the Class

E airspace area at Amelia Earhart

Airport, Atchison, KS. A review of the

airspace for Amelia Earhart 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 FAA has developed

a VHF Omnidirectional Range/Distance

Measuring Equipment (VOR/DME)

Runway (RWY) 16 Standard Instrument

Approach Procedure (SIAP) to serve the

Amelia Earhart Airport. Additional

controlled airspace 700 feet AGL is

needed to accommodate this SIAP and

comply with the criteria of FAA Order

7400.2D. The enlarged area will contain

the new VOR/DME RWY 16 SIAP in

controlled airspace and comply with the

requirements of FAA Order 7400.2D.

The intended effect of this rule is to

provide Class E airspace for instrument

operations and comply with the criteria

of FAA Order 7400.2D.

DATES: Effective date: 0901 UTC, April

23, 1998.

Comment date: Comments must be

received on or before January 26, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Send comments regarding

the rule in triplicate to: Manager,

Airspace Branch, Air Traffic Division,

ACE–520, Federal Aviation

Administration, Airspace Docket

Number 97–ACE–26, 601 East 12th

Street, Kansas City, MO 64106.

The official docket may be examined

in the Office of the Regional 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 VOR/DME RWY 16

SIAP to serve the Amelia Earhart

Airport, Atchison, KS. The amendment

to Class E airspace at Atchison, KS, 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. The

amendment will comply with the

criteria of FAA Order 7400.2D. 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