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(xii) Airbus Service Bulletin A340–27– 

4107, Revision 09, dated March 29, 2016. 

(xiii) Airbus Service Bulletin A340–27– 

4136, including Appendix 01, dated March 

20, 2007. 

(xiv) Airbus Service Bulletin A340–27– 

4136, Revision 01, including Appendix 1, 

dated December 6, 2007. 

(xv) Airbus Service Bulletin A340–27– 

4136, Revision 02, including Appendix 1, 

dated February 24, 2010. 

(xvi) Airbus Service Bulletin A340–27– 

4143, dated February 21, 2012. 

(xvii) Airbus Service Bulletin A340–27– 

5030, Revision 01, including Appendix 1, 

dated November 20, 2009. 

(xviii) Airbus Service Bulletin A340–92– 

4056, Revision 03, dated July 16, 2010. 

(xix) Airbus Service Bulletin A340–92– 

4056, Revision 04, dated December 5, 2013. 

(xx) Airbus Service Bulletin A340–92– 

5008, Revision 07, dated February 8, 2013. 

(4) For service information identified in 

this AD, contact Airbus, Airworthiness 

Office– EIAS, 1 Rond Point Maurice Bellonte, 

31707 Blagnac Cedex, France; telephone: +33 

5 61 93 36 96; fax: +33 5 61 93 44 51; email: 

account.airworth-eas@airbus.com; Internet: 

http://www.airbus.com. 

(5) You may view this service information 

at the FAA, Transport Standards Branch, 

1601 Lind Avenue SW., Renton, WA. For 

information on the availability of this 

material at the FAA, call 425–227–1221. 

(6) You may view this service information 

that is incorporated by reference at the 

National Archives and Records 

Administration (NARA). For information on 

the availability of this material at NARA, call 

202–741–6030, or go to http://

www.archives.gov/federal-register/cfr/ibrlocations.html. 

Issued in Renton, Washington, on 

September 14, 2017. 

Jeffrey E. Duven, 

Director, System Oversight Division, Aircraft 

Certification Service. 

[FR Doc. 2017–20559 Filed 9–26–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

14 CFR Part 71 

[Docket No. FAA–2017–0183; Airspace 

Docket No. 17–ASW–4] 

Amendment of Class E Airspace for 

the Following Louisiana Towns; 

Leesville, LA; and Patterson, LA 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: This action amends Class E 

airspace extending upward from 700 

feet above the surface at Leesville City 

Airport, Leesville, LA, and Harry P. 

Williams Memorial Airport, Patterson, 

LA. Airspace redesign is necessary due 

to the decommissioning of the Leesville 

non-directional radio beacon (NDB), and 

the Patterson radio beacon (RBN), and 

cancellation of NDB and RBN 

approaches, and for the safe 

management of instrument flight rules 

(IFR) operations at these airports. 

Additionally, this action amends the 

geographic coordinates at Harry P. 

Williams Memorial Airport, to coincide 

with the FAA’s aeronautical database. 

DATES: Effective 0901 UTC, December 7, 

2017. The Director of the Federal 

Register approves this incorporation by 

reference action under Title 1, Code of 

Federal Regulations, part 51, subject to 

the annual revision of FAA Order 

7400.11 and publication of conforming 

amendments. 

ADDRESSES: FAA Order 7400.11B, 

Airspace Designations and Reporting 

Points, and subsequent amendments can 

be viewed online at http://www.faa.gov/ 

air_traffic/publications/. For further 

information, you can contact the 

Airspace Policy Group, Federal Aviation 

Administration, 800 Independence 

Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20591; 

telephone: (202) 267–8783. The Order is 

also available for inspection at the 

National Archives and Records 

Administration (NARA). For 

information on the availability of FAA 

Order 7400.11B at NARA, call (202) 

741–6030, or go to http://

www.archives.gov/federal_register/ 

code_of_federal_regulations/ibr_

locations.html. 

FAA Order 7400.11, Airspace 

Designations and Reporting Points, is 

published yearly and effective on 

September 15. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Rebecca Shelby, Federal Aviation 

Administration, Operations Support 

Group, Central Service Center, 10101 

Hillwood Parkway, Fort Worth, TX 

76177; telephone (817) 222–5857. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Authority for This Rulemaking 

The FAA’s authority to issue rules 

regarding aviation safety is found in 

Title 49 of the United States Code. 

Subtitle I, Section 106 describes the 

authority of the FAA Administrator. 

Subtitle VII, Aviation Programs, 

describes in more detail the scope of the 

agency’s authority. 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 airspace necessary to ensure the 

safety of aircraft and the efficient use of 

airspace. This regulation is within the 

scope of that authority as it amends 

Class E airspace extending upward from 

700 feet above the surface at Leesville 

City Airport, Leesville, LA and Harry P. 

Williams Memorial Airport, Patterson, 

LA, to support standard instrument 

approach procedures for IFR operations 

at the airport. 

History 

On April 10, 2017, the FAA published 

in the Federal Register (82 FR 17160) 

Docket No. FAA–2017–0183, a notice of 

proposed rulemaking (NPRM) to amend 

Class E airspace extending upward from 

700 feet above the surface at: 

Leesville Airport, Leesville, LA, and 

Harry P. Williams Memorial Airport, 

Patterson, LA, due to the 

decommissioning of the Leesville NBD 

and Patterson RBN. 

Interested parties were invited to 

participate in this rulemaking effort by 

submitting written comments on the 

proposal to the FAA. No comments 

were received. 

Subsequent to publication, the FAA 

realized that it had inadvertently failed 

to include updates to the geographic 

coordinates for Harry P. Williams 

Memorial Airport, to coincide with the 

FAA’s aeronautical database in the 

NPRM. Those geographic coordinates 

are updated in this final rule. 

Class E airspace designations are 

published in paragraph 6005, of FAA 

Order 7400.11B, dated August 3, 2017, 

and effective September 15, 2017, 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. 

Availability and Summary of 

Documents for Incorporation by 

Reference 

This document amends FAA Order 

7400.11B, Airspace Designations and 

Reporting Points, dated August 3, 2017, 

and effective September 15, 2017. FAA 

Order 7400.11B is publicly available as 

listed in the ADDRESSES section of this 

document. FAA Order 7400.11B lists 

Class A, B, C, D, and E airspace areas, 

air traffic service routes, and reporting 

points. 

The Rule 

This amendment to Title 14, Code of 

Federal Regulations (14 CFR) part 71 

modifies Class E airspace extending 

upward from 700 feet above the surface 

at: 

Leesville Airport, Leesville, LA, to 

within a 6.4-mile radius (reduced from 

a 6.5-mile radius) of Leesville Airport, 

and within 3.7 miles each side of the 

360° bearing from the airport (modified 

from 3.6 miles from each side of the 

345° bearing) extending from the 6.4- 


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mile radius (reduced from a 6.5-mile 

radius) to 12.3 miles (increased from 

12.2 miles) north of the airport, and 

removing the segment within 2.5 miles 

each side of the 000° bearing of the 

Leesville NDB extending from the 6.5- 

mile radius to 7.3 miles north of the 

airport; and 

Harry P. Williams Memorial Airport, 

Patterson, LA, by removing the segment 

within 2.5 mile each side of the 233° 

bearing from the Patterson RBN 

extending from the 6.5-mile radius to 

7.5 miles southwest of the airport. 

Additionally, the geographic 

coordinates for Harry P. Williams 

Memorial Airport, are adjusted to 

coincide with the FAA’s aeronautical 

database. 

Airspace reconfiguration is necessary 

due to the decommissioning of the 

Leesville NBD and Patterson RBN, and 

cancellation of the navigation aid 

approaches at these airports. Controlled 

airspace is necessary for the safety and 

management of standard instrument 

approach procedures for IFR operations 

at these airports. 

Class E airspace designations are 

published in paragraph 6005 of FAA 

Order 7400.11B, dated August 3, 2017, 

and effective September 15, 2017, 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. 

Regulatory Notices and Analyses 

The FAA has determined that this 

regulation only involves an established 

body of technical regulations for which 

frequent and routine amendments are 

necessary to keep them operationally 

current, is non-controversial and 

unlikely to result in adverse or negative 

comments. It, therefore: (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) 

does not warrant preparation of a 

regulatory evaluation as the anticipated 

impact is so minimal. Since this is a 

routine matter that only affects air traffic 

procedures and air navigation, it is 

certified that this rule, when 

promulgated, does not have a significant 

economic impact on a substantial 

number of small entities under the 

criteria of the Regulatory Flexibility Act. 

Environmental Review 

The FAA has determined that this 

action qualifies for categorical exclusion 

under the National Environmental 

Policy Act in accordance with FAA 

Order 1050.1F, ‘‘Environmental 

Impacts: Policies and Procedures,’’ 

paragraph 5–6.5.a. This airspace action 

is not expected to cause any potentially 

significant environmental impacts, and 

no extraordinary circumstances exist 

that warrant preparation of an 

environmental assessment. 

Lists of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 71 

Airspace, Incorporation by reference, 

Navigation (air). 

Adoption of the Amendment 

In consideration of the foregoing, the 

Federal Aviation Administration 

amends 14 CFR part 71 as follows: 

PART 71—DESIGNATION OF CLASS A, 

B, C, D, AND E AIRSPACE AREAS; AIR 

TRAFFIC SERVICE ROUTES; AND 

REPORTING POINTS 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 71 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 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 FAA Order 7400.11B, 

Airspace Designations and Reporting 

Points, dated August 3, 2017, and 

effective September 15, 2017, 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 Leesville, LA [Amended] 

Leesville Airport, LA 

(Lat. 31°10′06′′ N., long. 93°20′33′′ W.). 

That airspace extending upward from 700 

feet above the surface within a 6.4-mile 

radius of Leesville Airport, and within 3.7 

miles each side of the 360° bearing from the 

airport extending from the 6.4-mile radius to 

12.3 miles north of the airport, excluding that 

airspace within the Fort Polk, LA, Class D 

airspace area, and excluding that airspace 

within restricted area R–3803A. 

* * * * * 

ASW LA E5 Patterson, LA [Amended] 

Patterson, Harry P. Williams Memorial 

Airport, LA 

(Lat. 29°42′34′′ N., long. 91°20′20′′ W.) 

That airspace extending upward from 700 

feet above the surface within a 6.5-mile 

radius of Harry P. Williams Memorial 

Airport. 

Issued in Fort Worth, Texas, on September 

19, 2017. 

Walter Tweedy, 

Acting Manager, Operations Support Group, 

ATO Central Service Center. 

[FR Doc. 2017–20591 Filed 9–26–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

14 CFR Part 71 

[Docket No. FAA–2016–9481; Airspace 

Docket No. 16–ASW–18] 

Amendment of Class E Airspace; 

Midland, TX and Establishment of 

Class E Airspace; Odessa, TX and 

Midland, TX 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: This action modifies Class E 

airspace extending upward from 700 

feet above the surface at Midland 

International Air and Space Port Airport 

(formerly Midland International 

Airport), Midland, TX, due to the 

closing of Mabee Ranch Airport, 

decommissioning of the Mabee nondirectional radio beacon (NDB), and 

cancellation of NDB approaches at 

Mabee Ranch Airport. Additionally, this 

action establishes Class E airspace 

extending upward from 700 feet above 

the surface at Odessa AirportSchlemeyer Field, Odessa, TX and 

Midland Airpark, Midland, TX, to 

accommodate special instrument 

approach procedures developed at these 

airports to enhance the safety and 

management of standard instrument 

approach procedures for instrument 

flight rules (IFR) operations. Also, an 

editorial change is made to the Class E 

surface area airspace legal description 

replacing Airport/Facility Directory 

with the term Chart Supplement. In 

addition, the airport name is changed to 

Midland International Air and Space 

Port Airport to coincide with the FAA’s 

aeronautical database. 

DATES: Effective 0901 UTC, December 7, 

2017. The Director of the Federal 

Register approves this incorporation by 

reference action under Title 1, Code of 

Federal Regulations, part 51, subject to 

the annual revision of FAA Order 

7400.11 and publication of conforming 

amendments. 

ADDRESSES: FAA Order 7400.11B, 

Airspace Designations and Reporting 

Points, and subsequent amendments can 

be viewed online at http://www.faa.gov/ 

air_traffic/publications/. For further 

information, you can contact the 

Airspace Policy Group, Federal Aviation 

Administration, 800 Independence 

Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20591; 

telephone: (202) 267–8783. The Order is 

also available for inspection at the 

National Archives and Records 

Administration (NARA). For 

information on the availability of FAA 


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