Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 21 / Wednesday, January 31, 2001 / Rules and Regulations 8361

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Airspace Docket No. 00–ACE–35]

Amendment to Class E Airspace;

Council Bluffs, IA

AGENCY: Federal Aviation

Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Direct final rule; request for

comments.

SUMMARY: This action amends the Class

E airspace area at Council Bluffs, IA.

The FAA has developed Area

Navigation (RNAV) Runway (RWY) 13

ORIGINAL, a Standard Instrument

Approach Procedure (SIAP) to serve

Council Bluffs 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. This action will also

amend the geographical coordinates of

Eppley Airfield, NE.

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, May 17, 2001.

Comments for inclusion in the Rules

Docket must be received on or before

February 25, 2001.

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–35, 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 13

ORIGINAL, SIAP to serve the Council

Bluffs Municipal Airport, Council

Bluffs, IA. The amendment to Class E

airspace at Council Bluffs, 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 Council Bluffs 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

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–35.’’ 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.

8362 Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 21 / Wednesday, January 31, 2001 / Rules and Regulations

List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 71

Airport, 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 Council Bluffs, IA [Revised]

Eppley Airfield, NE

(Lat. 41°18′10′′N., long. 95°53′39′′W.)

Offutt AFB, NE

(Lat. 41°07′06′′N., long. 95°54′45′′W.)

Council Bluffs Municipal Airport, IA

(Lat. 41°15′34′′ N., Long. 95°45′36′′W.)

That airspace extending upward from 700

feet above the surface within a 6.9-mile

radius of Eppley Airfield, and within 3 miles

each side of the Eppley Airfield Runway 14R

ILS localizer course extending from the 6.9-

mile radius to 12 miles northwest of the

airport and within a 7-mile radius of Offutt

AFB and within 4.3 miles each side of the

Offutt ILS localizer course extending from

the 7-mile radius to 7.4 miles southeast of the

AFB and within a 6.4 mile radius of the

Council Bluffs Municipal Airport.

* * * * *

Issued in Kansas City, MO, December 27,

2000.

Richard L. Day,

Acting Manager, Air Traffic Division, Central

Region.

[FR Doc. 01–1548 Filed 1–30–01; 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, DOT.

ACTION: Direct final rule; confirmation of

effective date.

SUMMARY: This document confirms the

effective date of a direct final rule which

revises Class E airspace at Bloomfield,

IA.

EFFECTIVE DATE: 0901 UTC, March 22,

2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Kathy Randolph, Air Traffic Division,

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

published this direct final rule with a

request for comments in the Federal

Register on November 9, 2000 (65 FR

67256). 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 public 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

March 22, 2001. 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 January 2,

2001.

H. J. Lyons, Jr.,

Manager, Air Traffic Division, Central Region.

[FR Doc. 01–1547 Filed 1–30–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–13–M

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Airspace Docket No. 00–ACE–39]

Amendment to Class E Airspace;

Bassett, NE

AGENCY: Federal Aviation

Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Direct final rule; request for

comments.

SUMMARY: This action amends the Class

E airspace at Bassett, NE. The FAA has

developed Area Navigation (RNAV)

Runway (RWY) 13 ORIGINAL, and

RNAV RWY 31 ORIGINAL Standard

Instrument Approach Procedures (SIAP)

to serve Rock County Airport, Bassett,

NE. Additional controlled airspace

extending upward from 700 feet Above

Ground Level (AGL) is needed to

accommodate the SIAPs and for other

Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) operations

at this airport. This action will also

correct the geographical coordinates of

Rock County Airport, Bassett, NE.

The intended effect of this rule is to

provide controlled Class E airspace for

aircraft executing the SIAPs and to

segregate aircraft using instrumental

approach procedures in instrument

conditions from aircraft operating in

visual conditions.

DATES: This direct final rule is effective

on 0901 UTC, May 17, 2001.

Comments for inclusion in the Rules

Docket must be received on or before

March 15, 2001.

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–39, 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:

Brenda Mumper, Air Traffic Division,

Operations & Airspace Branch, ACE–

520A, DOT Regional Headquarters

Building, Federal Aviation

Administration, 901 Locust, Kansas

City, MO 64106; telephone: (816) 329–

2524.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FAA

has developed RNAV RWY 13

ORIGINAL and RNAV RWY 31

ORIGINAL to serve Rock County

Airport, Bassett, NE. The amendment to

Class E airspace at Bassett, NE, will

provide additional controlled airspace

at and above 700 feet AGL in order to

contain the new SIAPs within

controlled airspace, and thereby

facilitate separation of aircraft operating

under Instrument Flight Rules (IFR).

The area will be depicted on