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The Rule

This amendment to Part 71 of the

Federal Aviation Regulations (14 CFR

part 71) amends Class D and Class E4

airspace at Gainesville, FL.

The FAA has determined that this

regulation only involves an established

body ot technical regulations for which

frequent and routine amendments are

necessary 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—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; EO 10854, 24 FR 9565, 3 CFR, 1959–

1963 Comp., p. 389; 14 CFR 11.69.

§ 71.1 [AMENDED]

2. The incorporation by reference in

14 CFR 71.1 of Federal Aviation

Administration Order 7400.9H,

Airspace Designations and Reporting

Points, dated September 1, 2000, and

effective September 16, 2000, is

amended as follows:

* * * * *

Paragraph 5000 Class D Airspace.

* * * * *

ASO FL D Gainesville, FL [Revised]

Gainesville Regional Airport, FL

(Lat. 29°41′24′′ N, long. 82°16′18′′ W)

That airspace extending upward from the

surface to and including 2,700 feet MSL

within a 4.3-mile radius of the Gainesville

Regional Airport. This Class D airspace area

is effective during the specific days and times

established in advance by a Notice to

Airmen. The effective days and times will

thereafter be continuously published in the

Airport/Facility Directory.

* * * * *

Paragraph 6004 Class E4 Airspace Areas

Designated as an Extension to a Class D

Airspace Area

* * * * *

ASO FL E4 Gainesville, FL [Revised]

Gainesville Regional Airport, FL

(Lat. 29°41′24′′ N, long. 82°16′18′′ W)

Gators VORTAC

(Lat. 29°34′20′′ N, long. 82°21′45′′ W)

That airspace extending upward from the

surface within 2.4 miles each side of the

Gators VORTAC 041° radial, extending from

the 4.3-mile radius of Gainesville Regional

Airport to 7 miles northeast of the VORTAC.

This Class E4 airspace area is effective during

the specific days and times established in

advance by a Notice to Airmen. The effective

days and times will thereafter be

continuously published in the Airport/

Facility Directory.

* * * * *

Issued in College Park, Georgia, on

November 1, 2000.

Wade T. Carpenter,

Acting Manager, Air Traffic Division,

Southern Region.

[FR Doc. 00–28989 Filed 11–9–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–13–M

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Airspace Docket No. 2000–ASW–19]

Revision of Class E Airspace; Atlanta,

TX

AGENCY: Federal Aviation

Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Direct final rule; request for

comments.

SUMMARY: This amendment revises the

Class E airspace at Atlanta, TX. The

development of an Area Navigation

(RNAV) Standard Instrument Approach

Procedure (SIAP), at Hall Miller

Municipal Airport, Atlanta, TX, has

made this rule necessary. This action is

intended to provide adequate controlled

airspace extending upward from 700

feet or more above the surface for

Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) operations

to Hall Miller Municipal Airport,

Atlanta, TX.

DATES: Effective 0901 UTC, March 22,

2001. Comments must be received on or

before December 28, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Send comments on the rule

in triplicate to Manager, Airspace

Branch, Air Traffic Division, Federal

Aviation Administration, Southwest

Region, Docket No. 2000–ASW–19, 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 a.m. and 3 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 revises

the Class E airspace at Atlanta, TX. The

development of a RNAV SIAP, at Hall

Miller Municipal Airport, Atlanta, TX,

has made this rule necessary. This

action is intended to provide adequate

controlled airspace extending upward

from 700 feet or more above the surface

for IFR operations to Hall Miller

Municipal Airport, Atlanta, TX.

Class E airspace designations are

published in Paragraph 6005 of FAA

Order 7400.9H, dated September 1,

2000, and effective September 16, 2000,

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. A

substantial number of 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, or adverse or negative comment,

or written notice of intent to submit

such a comment, a document

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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 aspects of

the rule that might suggest a need to

modify the rule. All comments 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. 2000–ASW–19.’’ 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, it is

determined that this final rule will not

have federalism implications under

Executive Order 13132.

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

Accordingly, pursuant to the

authority delegated to me, 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; AIRWAY;

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 the Federal Aviation

Administration Order 7400.9H,

Airspace Designations and Reporting

Points, dated September 1, 2000, and

effective September 16, 2000, 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 Atlanta, TX [Revised]

Atlanta, Hall Miller Municipal Airport, TX

(Lat. 33°06′06′′ N., long. 94°11′43′′ W.)

Atlanta NDB

(Lat. 33°06′13′′ N., long. 94°11′26′′ W.)

That airspace extending upward from 700

feet above the surface within a 6.5-mile

radius of Hall Miller Municipal Airport and

within 2.5 miles each side of the 237° bearing

of the Atlanta NDB extending from the 6.5-

mile radius to 7.2 miles southwest of the

airport.

* * * * *

Issued in Fort Worth, TX, on November 2,

2000.

Robert N. Stevens,

Acting Manager, Air Traffic Division,

Southwest Region.

[FR Doc. 00–28992 Filed 11–9–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–13–M

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Airspace Docket No. 00–ASO–38]

Amendment of Class E3 Airspace;

Tallahassee, FL, and Class E4

Airspace; Dothan, AL; Vero Beach, FL;

Athens, GA; Columbus Lawson AAF,

GA; Meridian/Key Field, MS; Meridian

NAS–McCain Field, MS; and Florence,

SC

AGENCY: Federal Aviation

Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Final rule.

SUMMARY: This action amends Class E3

airspace at Tallahassee, FL, and Class E4

airspace at Dothan, AL; Vero Beach, FL;

Athens, GA; Columbus Lawson AAF,

GA; Meridian/Key Field, MS; and

Florence, SC, from continuous to part

time, as the air traffic control towers at

these locations are now part time.

EFFECTIVE DATE: 0901 UTC, January 25,

2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Nancy B. Shelton, Manager, Airspace

Branch, Air Traffic Division, Federal

Aviation Administration, P.O. Box

20636, Atlanta, GA 30320; telephone

(404) 305–5586.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

History

The air traffic control towers at

Tallahassee Regional Airport, FL;

Dothan Regional Airport, AL; Vero

Beach Municipal Airport, FL; Athens/

Ben Epps Airport, GA; Columbus

Lawson AAF, GA; Meridian/Key Field,

MS; and Florence, SC, no longer operate

continuously. Therefore, the Class E3

airspace at Tallahassee, FL, and the

Class E4 airspace at Dothan, AL; Vero

Beach, FL; Athens, GA; Columbus

Lawson AAF, GA; Meridian/Key Field,

MS; and Florence, SC, must be amended

from continuous to part time. This rule

will become effective on the date

specified in the EFFECTIVE DATE section.

Since this action eliminates the impact

of controlled airspace on users of the

airspace in the vicinity of the Airports

during the hours the control towers are

closed, notice and public procedure

under 5 U.S.C. 553(b) are unnecessary.