Airworthiness standards: Special conditions Class C airspace,
[Federal Register: March 25, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 57)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 14410-14412]
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[DOCID:fr25mr99-24]
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
14 CFR Part 71
[Airspace Docket No. 99-AWA-1]
RIN 2120-AA66
Proposed Revision to the Legal Description of the Riverside, March Air Force Base (AFB) Class C Airspace Area; CA
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM).
SUMMARY: The FAA proposes to revise the legal description of the Riverside, CA, March AFB Class C airspace area by replacing references to the former active duty AFB with the current civil/military joint-use designation of ``March Field,'' and to change the operating hours to be consistent with the current mission requirements of the U.S. Air Force (USAF) Reserve, the U.S. Customs Service, and other tenants operating at the airport. Specifically, the Class C airspace area, as proposed, would be designated effective during the specific days and hours of operation of the March Field Ground Controlled Approach (GCA) facility as established in advance by a Notice to Airmen (NOTAM). The effective dates and times would thereafter be continuously published in the Airport/Facility Directory. This proposed action would
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not change the actual dimensions, configuration, or operating requirements of the Riverside, March AFB Class C airspace area.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before May 13, 1999.
ADDRESSES: Send comments on the proposal in triplicate to the Federal Aviation Administration, Office of the Chief Counsel, Attention: Rules Docket, AGC-200, Airspace Docket No. 99-AWA-1, 800 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20591. Comments may also be sent electronically to the following Internet address: nprmcmts@mail.hq.faa.gov. The official docket may be examined in the Rules Docket, Office of the Chief Counsel, Room 916, weekdays, except Federal holidays, between 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.
An informal docket may also be examined during normal business hours at the office of the FAA Western-Pacific Regional Office.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ken McElroy, Airspace and Rules Division, ATA-400, Office of Air Traffic Airspace Management, Federal Aviation Administration, 800 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20591; telephone: (202) 267-8783.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Comments Invited
Interested parties are invited to participate in this proposed rulemaking by submitting such written data, views, or arguments as they may desire. Comments that provide the factual basis supporting the views and suggestions presented are particularly helpful in developing reasoned regulatory decisions on the proposal. Comments are specifically invited on the overall regulatory, aeronautical, economic, environmental, and energy-related aspects of the proposal. Communications should identify the airspace docket number and be submitted in triplicate to the address listed above. Commenters wishing the FAA to acknowledge receipt of their comments on this notice must submit with those comments a self-addressed, stamped postcard on which the following statement is made: ``Comments to Airspace Docket No. 99- AWA-1.'' The postcard will be date/time stamped and returned to the commenter. All communications received on or before the specified closing date for comments will be considered before taking action on the proposed rule. The proposal contained in this notice may be changed in light of comments received. All comments submitted will be available for examination in the Rules Docket both before and after the closing date for comments. A report summarizing each substantive public contact with FAA personnel concerned with this rulemaking will be filedin the docket.
Availability of NPRM's
An electronic copy of this document may be downloaded from the FAA regulations section of the Fedworld electronic bulletin board service (telephone: 703-321-3339) or the Federal Register's electronic bulletin board service (telephone: 202-512-1661), using a modem and suitable communications software.
Internet users may reach the FAA's web page at http://www.faa.gov or the Federal Register's web page at http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/ index.html for access to recently published rulemaking documents.
Any person may obtain a copy of this NPRM by submitting a request to the Federal Aviation Administration, Office of Air Traffic Airspace Management, Attention: Airspace and Rules Division, ATA-400, 800 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20591, or by calling (202) 267-3075. Communications must identify the notice number of this NPRM. Persons interested in being placed on a mailing list for future NPRM's should contact the Federal Aviation Administration, Office of Rulemaking, (202) 267-9677, to request a copy of Advisory Circular No. 11-2A, which describes the application procedure.
Background
On May 7, 1997, the USAF Reserve and the March Joint Powers Authority (JPA) entered into a formal agreement for military-civilian joint-use of the former March Air Force Base. The March Class C airspace area remains an essential safety measure in support of the ongoing mission requirements of key March Field tenants which include the USAF Reserve, the U.S. Customs Service Domestic Air Interdiction Center, the California Air National Guard, and the March Aero Club.
The Proposal
The FAA proposes to amend 14 CFR part 71 by revising the legal description of the Riverside, March AFB Class C airspace area located at Riverside, CA. The current legal description refers to an Air Force base that has been deactivated. Further, the FAA proposes to use the operating hours for the Class C airspace area which are consistent with the current mission requirements of the USAF Reserve, the US Customs Service, and other tenants operating at this airport. It is proposed that the Class C airspace area would be designated effective during the specific days and hours of operation of the March GCA facility as established in advance by NOTAM. The proposed action is a technical amendment to the legal description and would not change the actual dimensions, configuration, or operating requirements of the Riverside, March AFB Class C airspace area.
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. Therefore, this proposed action: (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 will only affect air traffic procedures and air navigation, it is certified that this rule, when promulgated, will not have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities under the criteria of the Regulatory Flexibility Act.
The coordinates for this airspace docket are based on North American Datum 83. Class C airspace designations are published in paragraph 4000 of FAA Order 7400.9F, dated September 10, 1998, and effective September 16, 1998, which is incorporated by reference in 14 CFR 71.1. The Class C airspace designation listed in this document would be published subsequently in the Order.
List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 71
Airspace, Incorporation by reference, Navigation (air).
The Proposed Amendment
In consideration of the foregoing, the Federal Aviation Administration proposes to amend 14 CFR part 71 as follows:
PART 71--DESIGNATION OF CLASS A, CLASS B, CLASS C, CLASS D, AND CLASS E AIRSPACE AREAS; AIRWAYS; ROUTES; AND REPORTING POINTS
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The authority citation for 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]
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The incorporation by reference in 14 CFR 71.1 of the Federal Aviation Administration Order 7400.9F, Airspace
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Designations and Reporting Points, dated September 10, 1998, and effective September 16, 1998, is amended as follows:
Paragraph 4000--Subpart C--Class C Airspace
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AWP CA C Riverside, March Field, CA [Revised]
Riverside, March Field, CA
(Lat. 33 deg.52'50''N., long. 117 deg.15'34'' W.)
That airspace extending upward from the surface to and including 5,500 feet MSL within a 5-mile radius of March Field; and that airspace extending upward from 3,900 feet MSL to and including 5,500 feet MSL within the 10-mile radius of March Field from the centerline of V-16/V-370 east of the airport clockwise to the 216 deg. bearing from the airport and that airspace extending upward from 2,900 feet MSL to but not including 3,900 feet MSL within 2 miles east and 1.5 miles west of the 150 deg. bearing from the airport extending from the 5-mile radius to the 10-mile radius of the airport. This Class C airspace area is effective during the specific days and hours of operation of the March GCA facility as established in advance by a Notice to Airmen. The effective dates and times will thereafter be continuously published in the airport/ Facility Directory. * * * * *
Issued in Washington, DC, on March 18, 1999. Reginald C. Matthews, Acting Program Director for Air Traffic Airspace Management.
[FR Doc. 99-7355Filed3-24-99; 8:45 am]
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