67256 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 218 / Thursday, November 9, 2000 / Rules and Regulations

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

History

On August 11, 2000, the FAA

published in the Federal Register a

direct final rule; request for comments

which revises the Class E airspace at

Washington, MO (65 FR 49192,

Airspace Docket No. 00–ACE–24). An

error in longitude for the Washington

Memorial Airport, MO was corrected in

(65 FR 52811, Airspace Docket No. 00–

ACE–24). After careful review of all

available information related to the

subject presented above, the FAA has

determined that air safety and the

public interest require adoption of the

rule.

The FAA uses the direct final

rulemaking procedure for a noncontroversial rule where the FAA

believes that there will be no adverse

public comment. This direct final rule

advised the pubic that no adverse

comments were anticipated, and that

unless a written adverse comment, or a

written notice of intent to submit such

an adverse comment, were received

within the comment period, the

regulation would become effective on

November 30, 2000. No adverse

comments were received, and thus this

notice confirms that this direct final rule

will become effective on that date.

Issued in Kansas City, MO on October 27,

2000.

Richard L. Day,

Acting Manager, Air Traffic Division, Central

Region.

[FR Doc. 00–28845 Filed 11–8–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–13–M

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Airspace Docket No. 00–ACE–32]

Amendment to Class E Airspace;

Bloomfield, IA

AGENCY: Federal Aviation

Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Direct final rule; request for

comments.

SUMMARY: This action amends the Class

E airspace area at Bloomfield, IA. The

FAA has developed Area Navigation

(RNAV) Runway (RWY) 36, a Standard

Instrument Approach Procedure (SIAP)

to serve Bloomfield Municipal Airport.

Additional controlled airspace

extending upward from 700 feet Above

Ground Level (AGL) is needed to

accommodate this SIAP and for other

Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) operations

at this airport.

The intended effect of this rule is to

provide controlled Class E airspace for

aircraft executing the SIAP and to

segregate aircraft using instrument

approach procedures in instrument

conditions from aircraft operating in

visual conditions.

DATES: This direct final rule is effective

on 0901 UTC, March 22, 2001.

Comments for inclusion in the Rules

Docket must be received on or before

December 27, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Send comments regarding

the rule in triplicate to: Manager,

Operations and Airspace Branch, Air

Traffic Division, ACE–530, DOT

Regional Headquarters Building, Federal

Aviation Administration, Docket

Number 00–ACE–32, 901 Locust,

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,

Operations & Airspace Branch, ACE–

520C, DOT Regional Headquarters

Building, Federal Aviation

Administration, 901 Locust, Kansas

City, MO 64106; telephone: (816) 329–

2525.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FAA

has developed RNAV RWY 36, SIAP to

serve the Bloomfield Municipal Airport,

Bloomfield, IA. The amendment to Class

E airspace at Bloomfield, IA, 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 (IFR). The

amendment at Bloomfield Municipal

Airport, IA, will provide additional

controlled airspace for aircraft operating

under IFR procedures. The area will be

depicted on appropriate aeronautical

charts. Class E airspace areas extending

upward from 700 feet or more above the

surface of the earth 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. 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

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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. 00–ACE–32.’’ The postcard

will be date stamped and returned to the

commenter.

Agency Findings

The regulations adopted herein will

not have a substantial direct effect 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 does not

have federalism implications under

Executive Order 13132.

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 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 7400.9H 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.

* * * * *

ACE IA E5 Bloomfield, IA [Revised]

Bloomfield Municipal Airport, IA

(Lat 40°43′56′′N., long 92°25′42′′W.)

Bloomfield NDB

(Lat 40°44′42′′N., long 92°25′50′′W.)

That airspace extending upward from 700

feet above the surface within a 6.3-mile

radius of Bloomfield Municipal Airport and

within 2.6 miles each side of the 176° bearing

from the Bloomfield NDB extending from the

6.3-mile radius to 7.4 miles south of the

airport.

* * * * *

Issued in Kansas City, MO, on October 30,

2000.

H.J. Lyons, Jr.,

Manager, Air Traffic Division, Central Region.

[FR Doc. 00–28844 Filed 11–8–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–13–M

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Airspace Docket No. 00–AGL–22]

Realignment of Federal Airways; IL

AGENCY: Federal Aviation

Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Final rule.

SUMMARY: This action amends the legal

descriptions of five Federal airways that

align with the Northbrook Very High

Frequency Omnidirectional Range/

Tactical Air navigation (VORTAC). The

FAA is taking this action due to the

decommissioning of the Northbrook

VORTAC and commissioning of the

Northbrook Very High Frequency

Omnidirectional Range/Distance

Measuring Equipment (VOR/DME)

facility. This action also reflects minor

changes to the legal descriptions of five

Federal airways and also makes

editorial corrections to V–217.

EFFECTIVE DATE: 0901 UTC, January 25,

2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bil

Nelson, Airspace and Rules Division,

ATA–400, Office of Air Traffic Airspace

Management, Federal Aviation

Administration, 800 Independence

Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20591;

telephone: (202) 267–8783.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

The Northbrook VOR/DME (formerly

a VORTAC) is essential in supporting

aircraft operations into, out of and above

the Chicago O’Hare, IL, Class B airspace

area. In the interest of aviation safety,

the FAA decommissioned the VORTAC

and commissioned the new VOR/DME

facility. On April 4, 2000, the FAA

published in the National Flight Data

Digest (Issue 070–2) information

pertaining to the Northbrook facility.

The action was charted effective June

15, 2000, however, as a result of this

relocation the legal descriptions of five

Federal airways requires amendment.

The Rule

This amendment to part 71 of the

Federal Aviation Regulations (14 CFR

Part 71) amends the legal descriptions of

five Federal airways, V–24, V–97, V–

100, V–217, and V–228. These airways

align with the Northbrook VOR/DME

and have intersections contained in the

legal descriptions. These intersections

are defined by the Northbrook VOR/

DME and are published on the

appropriate aeronautical charts. These

changes are due to the decommissioning

of the Northbrook VORTAC and

commissioning of the Northbrook VOR/

DME facility located approximately 851

feet south of the VORTAC’s prior

location.

In addition, this action updates V–217

by amending the spelling of

‘‘Winnepeg’’ to ‘‘Winnipeg.’’ The FAA is

taking this action to manage the

navigable airspace and support

navigational requirements in the

vicinity north of Chicago O’Hare

International Airport.

Domestic VOR Federal airways are

published in Section 6010(a) 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 Federal airways listed in this

document will be published

subsequently in the order.

The FAA has determined that this

regulation only involves an established

body of 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 Department of

Transportation (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