Amendment of Class E Airspace; Camden, AR

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Airspace Docket No. 97-ASW-20]

Amendment of Class E Airspace; Camden, AR

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Direct final rule; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: This amendment modifies the Class E airspace at Camden, AR.

The development of a Nondirectional Radio Beacon (NDB) Standard

Instrument Approach Procedure (SIAP) to runway (RWY) 18 at Harrell

Field has made this rule necessary. This action is intended to provide

adequate additional controlled airspace extending from 700 feet or more

above the surface for Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) operations at

Harrell Field, Camden, AR.

DATES: Effective date: 0901 UTC, February 26, 1998.

Comment date: Comments must be received on or before January 20,

1998.

ADDRESSES: Send comments on the rule in triplicate to Manager, Airspace

Branch, Air Traffic Division, Federal Aviation Administration,

Southwest Region, Docket No. 97-AWS-20, 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 AM and 3:00

PM, 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 amends the

Class E airspace at Camden, AR. The development of the NDB SIAP to RWY

18 at Harrell Field has made this action necessary. The intended effect

of this action is to provide additional controlled airspace extending

700 feet or more above the surface for aircraft executing the NDB RWY

18 SIAP to Harrell Field, Camden, AR.

Class E airspace designations are published in Paragraph 6005 of

FAA Order 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 adverse

or negative comment and therefore is issuing it as a direct final rule.

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-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. 97-ASW-20.'' 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 level 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

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Executive Order 12866; (2) is not a ``significant rule'' under DOT

Regulatory Policies and Procedures (44 FR 11034; February 26, 1979);

and (3) 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

In consideration of the foregoing, the Federal Aviation

Administration amends 14 CFR part 71 as follows:

PART 71--[AMENDED]

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.

Sec. 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 TX E5--Camden, AR [Revised]

Camden, Harrell Field, AR

(Lat. 33 deg.37'22'' N., long. 92 deg.45'49'' W.)

El Dorado VORTAC

(Lat. 33 deg.15'22'' N., long 92 deg.44'38'' W.)

The airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface

within a 7.1-mile radius of Harrell Field and within 1.5 miles each

side of the 357 deg. radial of the El Dorado VORTAC extending from

the 7.1-mile radius to 9.6 miles north of the airport and within 2.5

miles each side of the 013 deg. bearing from Harrell Field extending

from the 7.1-mile radius to 7.6 miles north of the airport.

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Issued in Fort Worth, TX, on November 5, 1997.

Albert L. Viselli,

Acting Manager, Air Traffic Division, Southwest Region.

[FR Doc. 97-31931 Filed 12-4-97; 8:45 am]

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