# Establishment of Class E Airspace; Rockport, ME
**AGENCY:**
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.
**ACTION:**
Final rule, confirmation of effective date.
**SUMMARY:**
This action confirms the effective date of a direct final rule published in the *Federal Register* (73 FR 9442) that establishes Class E Airspace at Rockport, ME to support a new Area Navigation (RNAV) Global Positioning System (GPS) Special Instrument Approach Procedure (IAP) that has been developed for medical flight operations into the Penobscot Bay Medical Center.
**DATES:**
Effective 0901 UTC, June 5, 2008. 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 7400.9 and publication of conforming amendments.
**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**
Melinda Giddens, System Support Group, Eastern Service Center, Federal Aviation Administration, P.O. Box 20636, Atlanta, Georgia 30320; telephone (404) 305-5610.
**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:**
**Confirmation of Effective Date**
The FAA published this direct final rule with a request for comments in the *Federal Register* on February 21, 2008 (73 FR 9442), Docket No. FAA-2008-0067; Airspace Docket No. 08-ANE-98. The FAA uses the direct final rulemaking procedure for a non-controversial 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 June 5, 2008. No adverse comments were received, and thus this notice confirms that effective date.
Issued in College Park, Georgia, on April 18, 2008.
John D. Haley,
Acting Manager, System Support Group, Eastern Service Center, Air Traffic Organization.