Revision of Class D and Establishment of Class E Airspace; Yuma MCAS-Yuma International Airport, AZ; Correction

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Airspace Docket No. 98-AWP-14]

Revision of Class D and Establishment of Class E Airspace; Yuma

MCAS-Yuma International Airport, AZ; Correction

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Direct final rule; confirmation of effective date and

correction.

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SUMMARY: This document confirms the effective date of a direct final

rule which amends the Class D airspace area operating times and

establishes a Class E airspace surface area at Yuma MCAS-Yuma

International Airport, AZ; and corrects the Class E airspace legal

description, as published in the direct final rule.

DATES: The direct final rule published in 63 FR 30125 is effective on

0901 UTC, August 13, 1998. This correction is effective on August 13,

1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Debra Trindle, Air Traffic Division, Airspace Branch, AWP-520.10,

Federal Aviation Administration, 15000 Aviation Boulevard, Lawndale,

California 90261; telephone: (310) 725-6613.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June 3, 1998, the FAA published in the

Federal Register a direct final rule; request for comments which

amended the operating times of the Class D airspace area and

established a Class E airspace surface area at Yuma MCAS-Yuma

International Airport, Yuma, AZ. (FR Document 98-14757, 63 FR 30125,

Airspace Docket No. 98-AWP-14). An error was subsequently discovered in

the legal description of the Class E airspace surface area. The Class E

surface area description specifies an altitude stratum from the surface

up to and including 2,700 feet MSL. Defined altitudes are not a

required or appropriate definition for Class E airspace surface areas

in accordance with FAA Order 7400.2D, Procedures for Handling Airspace

Matters and FAA Order 7400.9E, Airspace Designations and Reporting

Points. After careful review of all available information related to

the subject present above, the FAA has determined that air safety and

the public interest require adoption of the rule. The FAA has

determined that this correction will not change the meaning of the

action nor add any additional burden on the public beyond that already

published. This action corrects the error and confirms the effective

date of the direct final rule.

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 August 13, 1998. No adverse comments were received,

and thus this document confirms that this direct final rule will become

effective on that date.

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Correction

In rule FR Doc. 98-14757 published in the Federal Register on June

3, 1998, 63 FR 30125, make the following correction to the Yuma MCAS-

Yuma International Airport, Yuma, AZ, Class E airspace designation

incorporated by reference in 14 CFR 71.1:

Sec. 71.1 [Corrected]

AWP AZ E2 Yuma MCAS-Yuma International Airport, AZ [Corrected]

On page 30126, in the third column, under Yuma MCAS-Yuma

International Airport, AZ correct ``That airspace extending upward from

the surface to and including 2,700 feet MSL within a 5.2-mile radius of

Yuma MCAS/Yuma International Airport'' to read ``That airspace within a

5.2-mile radius of Yuma MCAS/Yuma International Airport.''

Issued in Los Angeles, California on July 7, 1998.

Sherry Avery,

Acting Assistant Manager, Air Traffic Division, Western Pacific Region.

[FR Doc. 98-19097 Filed 7-16-98; 8:45 am]

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