7672 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 34 / Thursday, February 20, 1997 / Rules and Regulations

Issued in Washington, DC, on January 30,

1997.

William J. Marx,

Acting Program Director for Air Traffic

Airspace Management.

[FR Doc. 97–3236 Filed 2–19–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–13–M

14 CFR Part 71

[Airspace Docket No. 96–ASW–29]

Revocation of Class D Airspace;

Blytheville, AR

AGENCY: Federal Aviation

Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Final rule; request for

comments.

SUMMARY: This action revokes the Class

D airspace at Blytheville, AR. The

decommissioning of the Blytheville,

Arkansas International Airport control

tower removes the need for Class D

airspace extending upward from the

surface to, but not including, 2,800 feet

Mean Sea Level (MSL) within a 4.6-mile

radius of the airport. This action is

intended to revoke the unnecessary

Class D airspace.

DATES: Effective date: 0901 UTC, March

7, 1997.

Comment date: Comments must be

received on or before April 21, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Send comments on the rule

in triplicate to Manager, Operations

Branch, Air Traffic Division, Federal

Aviation Administration Southwest

Region, Docket No. 96–ASW–29, Fort

Worth, TX 76193–0530.

The official docket may be examined

in the Office of the Assistant Chief

Counsel, Federal Aviation

Administration, Southwest Region, 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 Operations

Branch, Air Traffic Division, Federal

Aviation Administration, Southwest

Region, Room 414, Fort Worth, TX.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Donald J. Day, Operations Branch, Air

Traffic Division, Southwest Region,

Federal Aviation Administration, Fort

Worth, TX 76193–0530, telephone 817–

222–5593.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Request for Comments on the Rule

Although this action is a final rule,

which involves the revocation of Class

D airspace at Blytheville, AR, and was

not preceded by notice and public

procedure, comments are invited on the

rule. However, after the review of any

comments and, if the FAA finds that

further changes are appropriate, it will

initiate rulemaking proceedings to

extend the effective date or to amend

the regulation.

Interested parties are invited to

participate in this rulemaking

proceeding by submitting written

comments on the proposal to the FAA.

Comments that provide the factual basis

supporting the views and suggestions

presented are particularly helpful in

evaluating the effects of the rule, and in

determining whether additional

rulemaking is required.

Class D airspace designations are

published in Paragraph 5000 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 D airspace designation

listed in this document will be

published subsequently in the Order.

The Rule

This amendment to part 71 of the

Federal Aviation Regulations (14 CFR

part 71) revokes the Class D airspace,

providing controlled airspace for

terminal instrument operations, located

at Blytheville, Arkansas International

Airport, AR. The current Class D

airspace was supported by a control

tower, which was decommissioned

following the closure of Eaker Air Force

Base, subsequently renamed Blytheville,

Arkansas International Airport.

Since this action merely involves the

revocation of Class D airspace as a result

of closing the airport control tower,

notice and public procedure under 5

U.S.C. 553(b) are unnecessary. Since

there will no longer be a control tower

at Blytheville, Arkansas International

Airport, the Class D airspace must be

removed to avoid confusion on the part

of the pilots flying in the vicinity of the

airport, and to promote the safe and

efficient handling of air traffic in the

area. Therefore, I find that notice and

public procedure under 5 U.S.C. 553 are

unnecessary and good cause exists for

making this amendment effective in less

than thirty days.

The FAA has determined that this

regulation only involves an established

body of technical regulations that need

frequent and routine amendments to

keep them operationally current. It,

therefore—(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

navigation, it is certified that this 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).

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. app. 40103, 40113,

40120; E.O. 10854; 24 FR 9565, 3 CFR, 1959–

1963 Comp., p. 389; 49 U.S.C. 106(g); 14 CFR

11.69.

§ 71.1 [Amended]

2. The incorporation by reference in

14 CFR 71.1 of the 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 5000 Class D airspace areas

designated for an airport.

* * * * *

ASW AR D Blytheville, AR [Removed]

* * * * *

Issued in Fort Worth, TX, on February 12,

1997.

Albert L. Viselli,

Acting Manager, Air Traffic Division,

Southwest Region.

[FR Doc. 97–4211 Filed 2–19–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4913–13–M

14 CFR Part 71

[Airspace Docket No. 97–ASW–01]

Removal of Class D Airspace;

Shreveport Downtown Airport, LA

AGENCY: Federal Aviation

Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Direct final rule; request for

comments.

SUMMARY: This action removes the Class

D airspace at Shreveport Downtown

Airport, LA. The air traffic control tower

at Shreveport Downtown Airport closed

on December 31, 1995, and no longer

provides services to aircraft operating at

this airport. This action is intended to

remove the controlled airspace for

aircraft operating in the vicinity of

Shreveport Downtown Airport, LA.
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DATES: Effective date: 0901 UTC, April

21, 1997.

Comment date: Comments must be

received on or before April 7, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Send comments on the rule

in triplicate to Manager, Operations

Branch, Air Traffic Division, Federal

Aviation Administration, Southwest

Region, Docket No. 97–ASW–01, Fort

Worth, TX 76193–0530. The official

docket may be examined in the Office

of the Assistant Chief Counsel, Federal

Aviation Administration, Southwest

Region, 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

Operations Branch, Air Traffic Division,

Federal Aviation Administration,

Southwest Region, Room 414, Fort

Worth, TX.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Donald J. Day, Operations Branch, Air

Traffic Division, Southwest Region,

Federal Aviation Administration, Fort

Worth, TX 76193–0530, telephone 817–

222–5593.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This

amendment to part 71 of the Federal

Aviation Regulations (14 CFR part 71)

removes the Class D airspace, providing

controlled airspace for airport

operations, located at Shreveport

Downtown Airport, LA. The closing of

the air traffic control tower allows

removal of the Class D airspace

previously required to provide adequate

controlled airspace for aircraft operating

in the vicinity of the airport. This

removal will avoid confusion on the

part of the pilots flying near the airport,

and promote the safe and efficient

handling of air traffic in the area. This

action will remove the Class D airspace

at Shreveport Downtown Airport, LA.

Class D airspace designations are

published in Paragraph 5000 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 D 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. A

substantial number of previous

opportunities provided to the public to

comment on substantially identical

actions have resulted in negligible

adverse comments or objections.

Additionally, removal of this Class D

airspace will result in less restrictive

airspace and reclassifying airspace to a

less restrictive classification usually

results in less adverse comments.

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 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–01.’’ 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) 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. 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

71 continues to read as follows:

Authority: 49 U.S.C. app. 40103, 40113,

40120; E.O. 10854; 24 FR 9565, 3 CFR, 1959–

1963 Comp., p. 389; 49 U.S.C. 106(g); 14 CFR

11.69.

§ 71.1 [Amended]

2. The incorporation by reference in

14 CFR 71.1 of the 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 5000 Class D airspace

designated for an airport.

* * * * *
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ASW LA D Shreveport Downtown Airport,

LA [Removed]

* * * * *

Issued in Fort Worth, TX, on February 12,

1997.

Albert L. Viselli,

Acting Manager, Air Traffic Division,

Southwest Region.

[FR Doc. 97–4210 Filed 2–19–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–13–M

14 CFR Part 71

[Airspace Docket No. 96–ASW–05]

Establishment of Class E Airspace;

Sonora, TX

AGENCY: Federal Aviation

Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Final rule.

SUMMARY: This action establishes the

Class E airspace extending upward from

700 feet above ground level (AGL) at

Canyon Ranch Airport, Sonora, TX. The

development of a Very High Frequency

Omnidirectional Range (VOR)/Distance

Measuring Equipment (DME) Standard

Instrument Approach Procedure (SIAP)

to Runway (RWY) 32 at Canyon Ranch

Airport has made this action necessary.

This action is intended to provide

adequate Class E airspace to contain

instrument flight rule (IFR) operations

for aircraft executing the VOR/DME

SIAP to RWY 32 at Canyon Ranch

Airport, Sonora, TX.

EFFECTIVE DATE: 0901 UTC, May 22,

1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Donald J. Day, Operations Branch, Air

Traffic Division, Southwest Region,

Federal Aviation Administration, Fort

Worth, TX 76193–0530, telephone 817–

222–5593.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

History

On June 19, 1996, a proposal to

amend part 71 of the Federal Aviation

Regulations (14 CFR part 71) to establish

Class E airspace at Canyon Ranch

Airport, Sonora, TX, was published in

the Federal Register (61 FR 31066). A

VOR/DME SIAP to RWY 32 developed

for Canyon Ranch Airport, Sonora, TX,

requires the establishment of Class E

airspace at this airport. The proposal

was to establish the controlled airspace

extending upward from 700 feet AGL to

contain IFR operations in controlled

airspace during portions of the terminal

operation and while transitioning

between the enroute and terminal

environments.

Interested parties were invited to

participate in this rulemaking

proceeding by submitting written

comments on the proposal to the FAA.

No comments to the proposal were

received. However, the proposal was

published with an incorrect coordinate

for the location of the Canyon Ranch

Airport, Sonora, TX. The correct

coordinates for the airport should have

been (Lat. 30°16′09′′ N, long. 100°27′03′′

W). The description of the Class E

airspace in this rule has been revised to

reflect this change. The FAA has

determined that this change will not

increase the scope of this rule.

Therefore, except for the nonsubstantive, editorial changes to correct

the airport coordinates, the rule is

adopted as proposed.

The coordinates for this airspace

docket are based on North American

Datum 83. Class E airspace designations

for airspace areas extending upward

from 700 feet or more AGL are

published in Paragraph 6005 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 will be

published subsequently in the Order.

The Rule

This amendment to part 71 of the

Federal Aviation Regulations (14 CFR

part 71) establishes the Class E airspace

located at Canyon Ranch Airport,

Sonora, TX, to provide controlled

airspace extending upward from 700

feet AGL for aircraft executing the VOR/

DME SIAP to RWY 32.

The FAA has determined that this

regulation only involves an established

body of technical regulations that need

frequent and routine amendments to

keep them operationally current. It,

therefore—(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

navigation, it is certified that this 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).

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. 40103, 40113, 40120;

E.O. 10854; 24 FR 9565, 3 CFR, 1959–1963

Comp., p. 389; 49 U.S.C. 106(g); 14 CFR

11.69.

§ 71.1 [Amended]

2. The incorporation by reference in

14 CFR 71.1 of the 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 6005 Class E Airspace areas

extending upward from 700 feet or more

above the surface of the earth.

* * * * *

ASW TX E5 Sonora Canyon Ranch, TX

[New]

Sonora, Canyon Ranch Airport, TX

(Lat. 30°16′09′′ N., long. 100°27′03′′ W.)

Rocksprings VOR

(Lat. 30°00′53′′ N., long. 100°17′59′′ W.)

That airspace extending upward from 700

feet above the surface within a 6.6-mile

radius of Canyon Ranch Airport, and within

1.8 miles each side of the 333° bearing from

the Rocksprings VOR extending from the 6.6-

mile radius to 7.6 miles southeast of the

airport, excluding that airspace which

overlies the Rocksprings Four Square Ranch

Airport Class E area.

* * * * *

Issued in Fort Worth, TX, on February 12,

1997.

Albert L. Viselli,

Acting Manager, Air Traffic Division,

Southwest Region.

[FR Doc. 97–4209 Filed 2–19–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–13–M

14 CFR Parts 91, 119, 121 and 135

[Docket No. 28577, Special Federal Aviation

Regulation (SFAR) No. 78]

RIN 2120–AG11

Special Flight Rules in the Vicinity of

the Rocky Mountain National Park;

Correction

AGENCY: Federal Aviation

Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Final rule; correction.

SUMMARY: This document contains a

correction to the final rule published in

the Federal Register (62 FR 1192) on

January 8, 1997. The final rule

establishes temporary Special Federal

Aviation Regulations (SFAR) at Rocky

Mountain National Park (RMNP) to

preserve the natural enjoyment of

visitors to RMNP by preventing any