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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 Sabine Pass, TX.

The development of GPS SIAP’s,

helicopter point-in-space approaches, to

heliports in the Sabine Pass, TX, area

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 the heliports.

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 any 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, 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 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. 98–ASW–28.’’ 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 Procedure (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;

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

1963 Comp., p. 389.

§ 71.1 [Amended]

2. The incorporated 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 Sabine Pass, TX [Revised]

Point in Space Coordinates

(Lat. 29°43′00′′ N., long. 93°54′30′′ W.)

That airspace extending upward from 700

feet above the surface within a 10.0-mile

radius of the point in space in Sabine Pass,

TX, excluding that airspace within the

Beaumont, TX, Class E airspace area.

* * * * *

Issued in Fort Worth, TX, on June 2, 1998.

Albert L. Viselli,

Acting Manager, Air Traffic Division,

Southwest Region.

[FR Doc. 98–15460 Filed 6–9–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–13–M

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Airspace Docket No. 98–ASW–27]

Revision of Class E Airspace; Leeville,

LA

AGENCY: Federal Aviation

Administration (FAA), DOT.
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ACTION: Direct final rule; request for

comments.

SUMMARY: This amendment revises the

Class E airspace at Leeville, LA. The

development of global positioning

system (GPS) standard instrument

approach procedures (SIAP), helicopter

point-in-space approaches, to heliports

in the Leeville, LA, area 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 the heliports.

DATES: Effective 0901 UTC, October 8,

1998.

Comments must be received on or

before July 27, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Send comments on the rule

in triplicate to Manager, Airspace

Branch, Air Traffic Division, Federal

Aviation Administration, Southwest

Region, Docket No. 98–ASW–27, 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 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 revises

the Class E airspace at Leeville, LA. The

development of GPS SIAP, helicopter

point-in-space approaches, to heliports

in the Leeville, LA, area 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

the heliports.

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 any 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, 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 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. 98–ASW–27.’’ 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

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;

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

1963 Comp., p. 389.

§ 7.1 [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
31622 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 111 /Wednesday, June 10, 1998 /Rules and Regulations

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 LA E5 Leeville, LA [Revised]

Point in Space Coordinates

(Lat 29°10′40′′ N.,long. 90°11′30′′ W.)

That airspace extending upward from 700

feet above the surface within an 8.5-mile

radius of the point in space in Leeville, LA,

excluding that airspace within the Grand Isle,

LA Class E airspace area.

* * * * *

Issued in Fort Worth, TX, on June 2, 1998.

Albert L. Viselli,

Acting Manager, Air Traffic Division,

Southwest Region.

[FR Doc. 98–15461 Filed 6–9–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–13–M

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Bureau of Export Administration

15 CFR Part 705

[Docket No. 980508121–8121–01]

RIN 0694–AB58

Effect of Imported Articles on the

National Security

AGENCY: Bureau of Export

Administration, Commerce.

ACTION: Final rule.

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce

is revising its regulation on the ‘‘Effect

of Imported Articles on the National

Security’’ (47 FR 14693, April 6, 1982;

redesignated at 54 FR 601, January 6,

1989; and amended at 54 FR 19355, May

5, 1989 (15 C.F.R. Part 705)) to reflect

amendments to Section 232 of the Trade

Expansion Act of 1962. These

amendments include requirements for

additional action to be taken by the

Secretary of Commerce upon

commencing, conducting, and

completing an investigation, and

reporting the disposition of an

investigation to the Congress. The

amendments also specify action to be

taken by the President in making a

determination to take action to adjust

the imports of the article which is the

subject of the investigation.

EFFECTIVE DATE: This rule is effective

July 10, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Brian H. Nilsson, Section 232

Investigations Program Manager, Office

of Strategic Industries and Economic

Security, Room 3876, U.S. Department

of Commerce, 14th Street and

Constitution Avenue, Washington, D.C.

20230; telephone: (202) 482–3795, FAX:

(202) 482–5650, and E-Mail:

bnilsson@bxa.doc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

Section 232 of the Trade Expansion

Act of 1962, as amended (19 U.S.C.

1862) (the Act) authorizes investigations

to determine the effects on the national

security of imports of articles which are

the subject of a request for an

investigation. The implementing

regulation, ‘‘Effect of Imported Articles

on the National Security’’ (47 FR 14693,

April 6, 1982; redesignated at 54 FR

601, January 6, 1989; and amended at 54

FR 19355, May 5, 1989 (15 C.F.R. Part

705)), prescribes procedures to be

followed by the Department of

Commerce (the Department) to

commence and conduct such

investigations. Because of amendments

in 1988 to Section 232 of the Act, this

regulation must be revised to set forth

requirements for additional action to be

taken by the Secretary of Commerce

upon commencing, conducting, and

completing an investigation, and

reporting the disposition of the

investigations to the Congress. The

amendments also specify action to be

taken by the President in making

determinations to take action to adjust

the imports of the article which is the

subject of the investigation.

Changes to the regulation with

reference to the applicable sections of

the Act include the following:

1. Section 705.3 (Commencing an

investigation) is revised to require the

Secretary of Commerce to provide

immediate notice to the Secretary of

Defense of any investigation initiated

under the regulation [Section

232(b)(1)(B) of the Act; 19 U.S.C.

1862(b)(1)(B)].

2. Section 705.7(d) (Conduct of an

investigation) is revised to require

consultation by the Secretary of

Commerce with the Secretary of Defense

regarding the methodology and policy

questions raised in an investigation,

and, upon the request of the Secretary

of Commerce, to require the Secretary of

Defense to provide an assessment of the

defense requirements of the article being

investigated [Section 232(b)(2) of the

Act; 19 U.S.C. 1862(b)(2)].

3. Section 705.10 (Report of an

investigation and recommendation) is

revised to simplify the organization of

the report of an investigation, to reduce

the time from one year to 270 days for

the Department to conduct an

investigation and report to the

President, and to provide for

publication in the Federal Register of an

Executive Summary of the report and

availability to the public of the full

report [Section 232(b)(3); 19 U.S.C.

1862(b)(3)].

4. A new section 705.11

(Determination by the President and

adjustment of imports) is added to

include in the regulation the

requirements imposed upon the

President under Section 232(c) of the

Act [19 U.S.C. 1862(c)]. Upon

submission of the report of an

investigation by the Secretary of

Commerce in which the Department has

found that an article is being imported

into the U.S. in such quantities or under

such circumstances as to threaten to

impair the national security, the

President must take certain action

within a specified period of time as set

forth in the Act.

5. A new section 705.12 (Disposition

of an investigation and report to the

Congress) is also added to require

reports to the Congress pertaining to the

disposition of each request, application,

or motion for an investigation and the

operation of the Act’s provisions

[Section 232(e); 19 U.S.C. 1862(e)].

6. Finally, in sections 705.5(a)

(Request or application for an

investigation), 705.7(b) (Conduct of an

investigation), and 705.8(b)(6) (Public

hearings), technical revisions are made

to update the references to the Office of

Industrial Resource Administration and

the room number of the Bureau of

Export Administration Freedom of

Information Records Inspection Facility.

Rulemaking Requirements

The Department has made certain

determinations with respect to the

following rulemaking requirements:

1. Classification under E.O. 12866:

The revision of this regulation (15 CFR

Part 705) has been determined to be

‘‘not significant’’ for purposes of

Executive Order 12866.

2. Administrative Procedure Act and

Regulatory Flexibility Act: Because this

rule pertains to agency procedures and

the rulemaking procedures of the

Administrative Procedure Act (5 U.S.C.

553(b)(A)) or any other are not

applicable, this rule is not subject to the

analytical requirements of Section 3(a)

of the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5

U.S.C. 601–612).

3. Paperwork Reduction Act: This rule

does not contain a collection of

information for purposes of the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980 (44

U.S.C. 3501–3520).

4. Executive Order 12612: This

proposed rule does not contain policies

with Federalism implications sufficient

to warrant preparation of a Federalism

assessment under E.O. 12612.