[Federal Register: August 2, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 147)]
[Proposed Rules]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
14 CFR Part 71
[Docket No. FAA 2005-21523; Airspace Docket No. 05-AWP-7]
Proposed Establishment of Class E3 Airspace; Riverside March
Field, CA
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.
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SUMMARY: This notice proposes to establish Class E3 airspace at
Riverside March Field, CA. Class E3 airspace is necessary to contain
and protect circling maneuvers for Category E aircraft executing these
maneuvers in conjunction with Standard Instrument Approach Procedures
(SIAPs) at the airport. This action would establish Class E3 airspace
extending upward from the surface to, but not including, the base of
the overlying Class C airspace area.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before September 1, 2005.
ADDRESSES: Send comments on this proposal to the Docket Management
System, U.S. Department of Transportation, Room Plaza 401, 400 Seventh
Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590-0001. You must identify the docket
number FAA-2005-21523/Airspace Docket No. 05-AWP-7, at the beginning of
your comments. You may also submit comments on the Internet at http://dms.dot.gov.
You may review the public docket containing the proposal,
any comments received, and any final disposition in person in the
Dockets Office between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except
Federal holidays. The Docket office (telephone 1-800-647-5527) is on
the plaza level of the Department of Transportation NASSIF Building at
the above address.
An informal docket may also be examined during normal business
hours at the office of the Area Director, Terminal Operations, Western
Service Area, Federal Aviation Administration, Room 2010, 15000
Aviation Boulevard, Lawndale, California, 90261.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Debra Trindle, Airspace Specialist,
Western Terminal Service Area, Federal Aviation Administration, 15000
Aviation Boulevard, Lawndale, California; telephone (310) 725-6613.
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 both docket numbers 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 Docket No. FAA-2005-21523/
Airspace Docket No. 05-AWP-7.'' The postcard will be date/time stamped
and returned to the commenter. All communications received 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 the comments received. A report summarizing each
substantive public contact with FAA personnel concerned with this
rulemaking will be filed in the docket.
Availability of NPRMs
An electronic copy of this document may be downloaded through the
Internet at http://dms.dot.gov Recently published rulemaking documents can also be accessed through the FAA's Web page at http://www.faa.gov.
or the
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Superintendent of Document's Web page at http://www/access/gpo.gov/nara.
Additionally, any person may obtain a copy of this notice by
submitting a request to the Federal Aviation Administration, Office of
Air Traffic Airspace Management, ATA-400, 800 Independence Avenue SW.,
Washington, DC 20591, or by calling (202) 267-8783. Communications must
identify both docket numbers for this notice. Persons interested in
being placed on a mailing list for future NPRM's should contact the
FAA's Office of Rulemaking, (202) 267-9677, to request a copy of
Advisory Circular No. 11-2A, Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Distribution
System, which describes the application procedure.
The Proposal
The FAA is considering an amendment to part 71 of the Federal
Aviation Regulations (14 CFR part 71) to establish a Class E3 arrival
extension at Riverside March Field, CA. Class E3 airspace areas are
designated as arrival extensions to a Class C surface area. Class E
arrival extensions are primarily designated to provide additional
controlled airspace ancillary to a surface area to protect instrument
operations for the primary airport, without imposing additional
communications burdens on airspace users. This action is necessary at
Riverside March Field to provide controlled airspace for Category E
aircraft conducting circling maneuvers in conjunction with published
SIAPs. Generally, Category E aircraft are very large and/or high
performance. These aircraft require additional airspace when conducting
circling maneuvers.
Class E3 airspace areas designated as an extension are published in
Paragraph 6000 of FAA Order 7400.9M, dated August 30, 2004, and
effective September 16, 2004, which is incorporated by reference in 14
CFR 71.1. The Class E3 airspace designation listed in this document
would be published subsequently in the Order.
The FAA has determined that this proposed regulation only involves
an established body of technical regulations for which frequent and
routine amendments are necessary to keep them operationally current.
It, therefore, (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 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.
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 proposed 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
1. 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., 389.
Sec. 71.1 [Amended]
2. The incorporation by reference in 14 CFR 71.1 of Federal
Aviation Administration Order 7400.9M, Airspace Designations and
Reporting Points, dated August 30, 2004, and effective September 16,
2004, is amended as follows:
Paragraph 6000 Class E3 airspace designated as an extension.
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AWP CA E3 Riverside March Field, CA [NEW]
Riverside March Field, CA
(Lat. 33[deg]52'50'' N, long. 117[deg]15'34'' W)
That airspace extending upward from the surface between the 5
mile radius and 7 mile radius of Riverside March Field and between a
line 2 miles east of 150[deg] bearing from the airport clockwise to
the 216[deg] bearing from the airport.
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Issued in Los Angeles, California, on July 11, 2005.
Stephen J. Lloyd,
Acting Area Director, Terminal Operations, Western Service Area.
[FR Doc. 05-15180 Filed 8-1-05; 8:45 am]
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