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Vol. 65, No. 78

Friday, April 21, 2000

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Airspace Docket No. 2000–ASW–12]

Revision of Class E Airspace; Carrizo

Springs, Glass Ranch, TX

AGENCY: Federal Aviation

Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Direct final rule; request for

comments.

SUMMARY: This amendment revises the

Class E airspace at Carrizo Springs,

Glass Ranch, TX. The development of a

Global Positioning System (GPS)

Standard Instrument Approach

Procedure (SIAP), at Indio-Faith

Airport, Carrizo Springs, 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 Indio-Faith Airport, Carrizo Springs,

TX.

DATES: Effective 0901 UTC, August 10,

2000.

Comments must be received on or

before June 5, 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–12,

Forth 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, Forth 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 Carrizo Springs,

Glass Ranch, TX. The development of a

GPS SIAP, at Indio-Faith Airport,

Carrizo Springs, 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

Indio-Faith Airport, Carrizo Springs,

TX.

Class E airspace designations are

published in Paragraph 6005 of FAA

Order 7400.9G, dated September 1,

1999, and effective September 16, 1999,

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, 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. 2000–ASW–12.’’ 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

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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.

§ 71.1 [Amended)

2. The incorporation by reference in

14 CFR 71.1 of the Federal Aviation

Administration Order 7400.9G,

Airspace Designations and Reporting

Points, dated September 1, 1999, and

effective September 16, 1999, 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 Carrizo Springs, Glass Ranch

Airport, TX [Revised]

Carrizo Springs, Glass Ranch Airport, TX

(Lat. 28°15′46′′ N., long. 100°09′01′′ W.)

Carrizo Springs, Indio-Faith Airport, TX

(Lat. 28°15′46′′ N., long. 100°09′44′′ W.)

That airspace extending upward from 700

feet above the surface within a 6.5-mile

radius of Glass Ranch Airport, excluding that

airspace within Restricted Area R–6316 and

within a 6.5-mile radius of Indio-Faith

Airport, excluding that airspace within

Mexico.

* * * * *

Issued in Fort Worth, TX, on April 12,

2000.

Robert N. Stevens,

Acting Manager, Air Traffic Division,

Southwest Region.

[FR Doc. 00–9838 Filed 4–20–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–13–M

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Airspace Docket No. 2000–ASW–11]

Revocation of Class E Airspace,

Freeport, TX

AGENCY: Federal Aviation

Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Direct final rule; request for

comments.

SUMMARY: This amendment revokes the

Class E Airspace at Freeport, TX. The

cancellation of VHF Omnidirectional

Range/Distance Measuring Equipment

(VOR/DME) Special Instrument

Approach Procedures to heliports in the

Freeport, TX area has prompted this

action. The intended effect of this action

is to relinquish control over airspace

that is no longer needed for aircraft

operating in the vicinity of Freeport, TX.

DATES: Effective 0901 UTC, August 10,

2000. Comments must be received on or

before June 5, 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–11, 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 revokes

the Class E Airspace at Freeport, TX.

The cancellation of VOR/DME Special

Instrument Approach Procedures to

heliports in the Freeport, TX area has

promoted this action. The intended

effect of this action is to relinquish

control over airspace that is no longer

needed for aircraft operating in the

vicinity of Freeport, TX.

Class E airspace designations are

published in Paragraph 6005 of FAA

Order 7400.9G, dated September 1,

1999, and effective September 167,

1999, which is incorporated by

reference in 14 CFR 71.1. The Class E

airspace designations 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

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