Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 110 /Tuesday, June 9, 1998 /Rules and Regulations 31355

ASW LA E5 Grand Chenier, LA [New]

Point In Space Coordinates

(Lat. 29°45′59′′ N., long. 93°00′36′′ W.)

That airspace extending upward from 700

feet above the surface within a 6.5-mile

radius of Grand Chenier, LA.

* * * * *

Issued in Fort Worth, TX, on May 22, 1998.

Albert L. Viselli,

Acting Manager, Air Traffic Division,

Southwest Region.

[FR Doc. 98–15315 Filed 6–8–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Airspace Docket No. 98–ASW–29]

Revision of Class E Airspace; Grand

Isle, LA

AGENCY: Federal Aviation

Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Direct final rule; request for

comments.

SUMMARY: This amendment revises the

Class E airspace at Grand Isle, LA. The

development of two global positioning

system (GPS) standard instrument

approach procedures (SIAP), helicopter

point-in-space approaches, to heliports

in the Grand Isle, 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 24, 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–29, 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, Forth

Worth, TX 76193–0520, telephone 817–

222–5593.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This

amendment to 14 part 71 revises the

Class E airspace at Grand Isle, LA. The

development of two GPS SIAP’s,

helicopter point-in-space approaches, to

heliports in the Grand Isle, 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

Oder 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: ‘‘Comment to Docket

No. 98–ASW–29.’’ 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.
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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 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

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.

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ASW LA E5 Grand Isle, LA [Revised]

Grand Isle Seaplane Base, LA

(lat. 29°15′46′′N., long. 89°57′40′′W.)

Leeville VORTAC

(lat. 29°10′31′′N., long. 90°06′15′′W.)

Grand Isle NDB

(lat. 29°11′31′′N., long. 90°04′30′′W.)

That airspace extending upward from 700

feet above the surface within a 7.0-mile

radius of Grand Isle Seaplane Base and

within 1.5 miles each side of the 052° radial

of the Leeville VORTAC extending from the

7-mile radius to the VORTAC and within 1.9

miles each side of the 054° bearing from the

Grand Isle NDB extending from the 7-mile

radius to the NDB.

* * * * *

Issued in Fort Worth, TX, on May 22, 1998.

Albert L. Viselli,

Acting Manager, Air Traffic Division,

Southwest Region.

[FR Doc. 98–15316 Filed 6–8–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Airspace Docket No. 97–ASO–16]

RIN 2120–AA66

Modification of the Atlantic High

Offshore Airspace Area; Correction

AGENCY: Federal Aviation

Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Final rule; correction.

SUMMARY: This action corrects a final

rule published in the Federal Register

on April 20, 1998 (Airspace Docket No.

97–ASO–16) which extended the

southeast boundary of the Atlantic High

Offshore airspace area. In that rule, the

offshore airspace area’s legal description

contained several inadvertent errors in

the coordinates. This action corrects

those errors.

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 18, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Ellen E. Crum, 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:

Federal Register Document 98–10301,

Airspace Docket No. 97–AS0–16,

published on April 20, 1998 (63 FR

19396), modified the Atlantic High

Offshore Airspace Area by extending the

southeast boundary of the Atlantic High

Offshore Airspace Area to coincide with

the San Juan Combined Center-Radar

Approach Control (CERAP) oceanic area

of control. The legal description

contained in the proposal of this

airspace, as published in the Federal

Register on November 18, 1997 (62 FR

61458), correctly described this

airspace. However, the legal description

in the final rule, as published on April

20, 1998 (63 FR 19396), contained errors

in the coordinates. This action corrects

those errors in the legal description by

deleting the entire description in the

final rule and substituting the correct

description of the airspace area.

Correction to Final Rule

Accordingly, pursuant to the

authority delegated to me, the airspace

designation for the Atlantic High

Offshore Airspace Area, published in

the Federal Register on April 20, 1998

(63 FR 19396); Federal Register

Document 98–10301, and incorporated

by reference in 14 CFR 71.1, is corrected

as follows:

§ 71.1 [Corrected]

On page 19397, in the first column,

near the middle of the page, at the

beginning of the legal description for the

Atlantic High, remove the entire text

and substitute in its place, the following

text:

* * * * *

Atlantic High [Revised]

That airspace extending upward from

18,000 feet MSL to and including FL 600

within the area bounded on the east from

north to south by the Moncton FIR, New

York Oceanic CTA/FIR, and the San Juan

Oceanic CTA/FIR; to the point where the San

Juan Oceanic CTA/FIR boundary turns

southwest at lat. 21°08′00′′ N., long.

67°45′00′′ W., thence from that point

southeast via a straight line to intersect a 100-

mile radius of the Fernando Luis Ribas

Dominicci Airport at lat. 19°47′28′′ N., long.

67°09′37′′ W., thence counter-clockwise via a

100-mile radius of the Fernando Luis Ribas

Dominicci Airport to lat. 18°53′05′′ N., long.

67°47′43′′ W., thence from that point

northwest via a straight line to intersect the

point where the Santo Domingo FIR turns

northwest at lat. 19°39′00′′ N., long.

69°09′00′′ W., thence from that point the area

is bounded on the south from east to west by

the Santo Domingo FIR, Port-Au-Prince CTA/

FIR, and the Havana CTA/FIR; bounded on

the west from south to north by the Houston

Oceanic CTA/FIR, southern boundary of the

Jacksonville Air Route Traffic Control Center

and a line 12 miles offshore and parallel to

the U.S. shoreline.

* * * * *

Issued in Washington, DC, on June 1, 1998.

Reginald C. Matthews,

Acting Program Director for Air Traffic

Airspace Management.

[FR Doc. 98–15144 Filed 6–8–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Navy

32 CFR Part 706

Certifications and Exemptions Under

the International Regulations for

Preventing Collisions at Sea, 1972

Amendment

AGENCY: Department of the Navy, DoD.

ACTION: Final rule.

SUMMARY: The Department of the Navy

is amending its certifications and

exemptions under the International

Regulations for Preventing Collisions at

Sea, 1972 (72 COLREGS), to reflect that

the Deputy Assistant Judge Advocate

General (Admiralty) of the Navy has

determined that USS HARRY S

TRUMAN (CVN 75) is a vessel of the

Navy which, due to its special

construction and purpose, cannot