# Modification of Class E Airspace; Sarasota, FL
**AGENCY:**
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.
**ACTION:**
Direct final rule, confirmation of effective date.
**SUMMARY:**
This action confirms the effective date of a direct final rule published in the *Federal Register* that modifies the Class E airspace at Sarasota/Bradenton International Airport, Sarasota, FL. This rule increases the safety and management of the aircraft operations at Sarasota/Bradenton International Airport.
**DATES:**
*Effective Date:* 0901 UTC, December 17, 2009. 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, Operations Support, 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 a direct final rule with request for comments modifying Class E Airspace at Sarasota/Bradenton International Airport, Sarasota, FL, in the *Federal Register* on September 14, 2009 (74 FR 46898), Docket No. FAA-2009-0652; Airspace Docket 09-ASO-21. 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 December 17, 2009. No adverse comments were received, and thus this notice confirms that effective date.
Issued in College Park, Georgia, on December 17, 2009.
Barry A. Knight,
Acting Manager, Operations Support Group, Eastern Service Center, Air Traffic Organization.