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That airspace extending upward from 700 

feet above the surface within a 6.0-mile 

radius of Bethel Regional Airport, ME. 

Issued in College Park, GA on December 

21, 2006. 

Mark D. Ward, 

Manager, System Support Group, AJO–2E2, 

Eastern Service Center. 

[FR Doc. 07–32 Filed 1–10–07; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

14 CFR Part 71 

[Docket No. FAA–2006–25942; Airspace 

Docket No. 06–ACE–12] 

Modification of Class E Airspace; 

Thedford, NE 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Direct final rule; request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: This action amends Title 14 

Code of Federal Regulations, part 71 (14 

CFR part 71) by modifying Class E 

airspace at Thedford, Thomas County 

Airport, NE. Standard Instrument 

Approach Procedures have been 

developed for Thedford, Thomas 

County Airport, NE. Additional 

controlled airspace extending upward 

from 700 feet or more above the surface 

of the earth is needed to contain aircraft 

executing these approaches. This action 

increases the area of the existing 

controlled airspace for Thedford, NE. 

DATES: This direct final rule is effective 

on 0901 UTC, May 10, 2007. Comments 

for inclusion in the Rules Docket must 

be received on or before February 1, 

2007. The Director of the Federal 

Register approves this incorporation by 

reference action under 1 CFR part 51, 

subject to the annual revision of FAA 

Order 7400.9 and publication of 

conforming amendments. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments on this 

proposal to the Docket Management 

System, U.S. Department of 

Transportation, Room Plaza 401, 400 

Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 

20590–0001. You must identify the 

docket number FAA–2006–25942/ 

Airspace Docket No. 06–ACE–12, at the 

beginning of your comments. You may 

also submit comments on the Internet at 

http://dms.dot.gov. You may review the 

public docket containing the proposal, 

any comments received, and any final 

disposition in person in the Dockets 

Office between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., 

Monday through Friday, except Federal 

holidays. The Docket Office (telephone 

1–800–647–5527) is on the plaza level 

of the Department of Transportation 

NASSIF Building at the above address. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Grant Nichols, System Support, DOT 

Regional Headquarters Building, Federal 

Aviation Administration, 901 Locust, 

Kansas City, MO 64106; telephone: 

(816) 329–2522. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

amendment to 14 CFR part 71 modifies 

the Class E airspace area extending 

upward from 700 feet AGL (E5) at 

Thedford, Thomas County Airport, NE. 

The radius of the Class E airspace area 

extending upward from 700 feet above 

the surface of the earth is expanded 

from within a 6.4-mile radius to within 

a 7.7-mile radius of the airport. This 

modification brings the legal description 

of the Thedford, Thomas County 

Airport, NE Class E5 airspace area into 

compliance with FAA Orders 7400.2F 

and 8260.19C. 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 7400.9P, Airspace Designations 

and Reporting Points, dated September 

1, 2006, and effective September 15, 

2006, which is incorporated by 

reference in 14 CFR 71.1 The Class E 

airspace designations listed in this 

document would 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. 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 

Interested parties are invited to 

participate in this rulemaking by 

submitting such written data, views, or 

arguments, as they may desire. 

Comments that provide the factual basis 

supporting the views and suggestions 

presented are particularly helpful in 

developing reasoned regulatory 

decisions on the proposal. Comments 

are specifically invited on the overall 

regulatory, aeronautical, economic, 

environmental, and energy-related 

aspects of the proposal. 

Communications should identify both 

docket numbers and be submitted in 

triplicate to the address listed above. 

Commenters wishing the FAA to 

acknowledge receipt of their comments 

on this notice must submit with those 

comments a self-addressed, stamped 

postcard on which the following 

statement is made: ‘‘Comments to 

Docket No. FAA–2006–25942/Airspace 

Docket No. 06–ACE–12.’’ The postcard 

will be date/time 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 

regulator 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. 

This rulemaking is promulgated 

under the authority described in 

Subtitle VII, Part A, Subpart I, Section 

40103. Under that section, the FAA is 

charged with prescribing regulations to 

assign the use of the airspace necessary 

to ensure the safety of aircraft and the 

efficient use of airspace. This regulation 

is within the scope of that authority 

since it contains aircraft executing 

instrument approach procedures to 

Thedford, Thomas County Airport, NE. 

List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 71 

Airspace, Incorporation by reference, 

Navigation (air). 


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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 7400.9P, dated 

September 1, 2006, and effective 

September 15, 2006, is amended as 

follows: 

Paragraph 6005 Class E airspace areas 

extending upward from 700 feet or more 

above the surface of the earth. 

* * * * * 

ACE NE E5 Thedford, NE 

Thedford, Thomas County Airport, NE 

(Lat 41°57′44′′ N., long. 100°34′08′′ W.) 

That airspace extending upward from 700 

feet above the surface within a 7.7-mile 

radius of Thomas County Airport. 

* * * * * 

Issued in Fort Worth, TX, on December 26, 

2006. 

Donald R. Smith, 

Manager, System Support Group, ATO 

Central Service Area. 

[FR Doc. 07–48 Filed 1–10–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–M 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

14 CFR Part 71 

[Docket No. FAA–2006–25945; Airspace 

Docket No. 06–ACE–15] 

Modification of Class E Airspace; 

Alliance, NE 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Direct final rule; request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: This action amends Title 14 

Code of Federal Regulations, part 71 (14 

CFR 71) by modifying Class E airspace 

at Alliance Municipal Airport, NE. 

Standard Instrument Approach 

Procedures have been developed for 

Alliance Municipal Airport, NE. 

Additional controlled airspace 

extending upward from the surface and 

upward from 700 feet above the surface 

of the earth is needed to contain aircraft 

executing these approaches. This action 

increases the area of the existing 

controlled airspace for Alliance 

Municipal Airport, NE. 

DATES: This direct final rule is effective 

on 0901 UTC, May 10, 2007. Comments 

for inclusion in the Rules Docket must 

be received on or before February 1, 

2007. The Director of the Federal 

Register approves this incorporation by 

reference action under 1 CFR part 51, 

subject to the annual revision of FAA 

Order 7400.9 and publication of 

conforming amendments. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments on this 

proposal to the Docket Management 

System, U.S. Department of 

Transportation, Room Plaza 401, 400 

Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 

20590–0001. You must identify the 

docket number FAA–2006–25945/ 

Airspace Docket No. 06–ACE–15, at the 

beginning of your comments. You may 

also submit comments on the Internet at 

http://dms.dot.gov. You may review the 

public docket containing the proposal, 

any comments received, and any final 

disposition in person in the Dockets 

Office between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., 

Monday through Friday, except Federal 

holidays. The Docket Office (telephone 

1–800–647–5527) is on the plaza level 

of the Department of Transportation 

NASSIF Building at the above address. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Grant Nichols, System Support, DOT 

Regional Headquarters Building, Federal 

Aviation Administration, 901 Locust, 

Kansas City, MO 64106; telephone: 

(816) 329–2522. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

amendment to 14 CFR 71 modifies the 

Class E airspace areas at Alliance 

Municipal Airport, NE. The radius of 

the Class E surface area is expanded 

from within a 4.3-radius to 5.3-radius of 

the airport. The radius of the Class E 

airspace area extending upward from 

700 feet or more above the surface of the 

earth is expanded from within a 6.8- 

mile radius to within a 7.8-mile radius 

of the airport. This modification brings 

the legal description of the Alliance 

Municipal Airport, NE Class E5 airspace 

areas into compliance with FAA Orders 

7400.2F and 8260.19C. Class E surface 

areas are published in Paragraph 6002 of 

FAA Order 7400.9P, Airspace 

Designations and Reporting Points, 

dated September 1, 2006, and effective 

September 15, 2006, which is 

incorporated by reference in 14 CFR 

71.1. Class E airspace areas extending 

upward from 700 feet or more above the 

surface of the earth are published in 

Paragraph 6005 of the same order. The 

Class E airspace designations listed in 

this document would 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. Unless 

a written adverse or negative comment 

or a written notice of intent to submit 

an adverse or negative comments 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 

Interested parties are invited to 

participate in this rulemaking by 

submitting such written data, views, or 

arguments, as they may desire. 

Comments that provide the factual basis 

supporting the views and suggestions 

presented are particularly helpful in 

developing reasoned regulatory 

decisions on the proposal. Comments 

are specifically invited on the overall 

regulatory, aeronautical, economic, 

environmental, and energy-related 

aspects of the proposal. 

Communications should identify both 

docket numbers and be submitted in 

triplicate to the address listed above. 

Commenters wishing the FAA to 

acknowledge receipt of their comments 

on this notice must submit with those 

comments a self-addressed, stamped 

postcard on which the following 

statement is made: ‘‘Comments to 

Docket No. FAA–2006–25945/Airspace 

Docket No. 06–ACE–15.’’ The postcard 

will be date/time 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 


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