[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 5 (Wednesday, January 8, 1997)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 1063-1064]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-394]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
14 CFR Part 71

[Airspace Docket No. 96-AWP-34]


Proposed Revision of Class D and Class E Airspace; Los Angeles, 
CA

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.

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SUMMARY: This notice proposes to revise Class D and Class E airspace 
areas at Los Angeles, CA. This action is a reduction of the surface 
areas for the Los Angeles Hawthorne Municipal Airport, CA. A review of 
airspace classification and air traffic procedures has made this action 
necessary. The intended effect of this proposal is to reduce the 
complexity of the air traffic procedures and reduce the number of 
facilities controlling traffic within this area.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before February 26, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Send comments on the proposal in triplicate to: Federal 
Aviation Administration, Attn: Manager, Operations Branch, AWP-530, 
Docket No. 96-AWP-34, Air Traffic Division, P.O. Box 92007, Worldway 
Postal Center, Los Angeles, California 90009.
    The official docket may be examined in the Office of the Assistant 
Chief Counsel, Western Pacific Region, Federal Aviation Administration, 
Room 6007, 15000 Aviation Boulevard, Lawndale, California 90261.
    An informal docket may also be examined during normal business at 
the Office of the Manager, Operations Branch, Air Traffic Division at 
the above address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: William Buck, Airspace Specialist, 
Operations Branch, AWP-530, Air Traffic Division, Western-Pacific 
Region, Federal Aviation Administration, 15000 Aviation Boulevard, 
Lawndale, California 90261, telephone (310) 725-6556.

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 as 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 the comments a self-addressed, stamped postcard on which 
the following statement is made: ``Comments to Airspace Docket No. 96-
AWP-14.'' 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 Operations Branch, Air Traffic Division, at 
15000 Aviation Boulevard, Lawndale, California 90261, 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 filed in the docket.

Availability of NPRM

    Any person may obtain a copy of this Notice of Proposed Rulemaking 
(NPRM) by submitting a request to the Federal Aviation Administration, 
Operations Branch, P.O. Box 92007, Worldway Postal Center, Los Angeles, 
CA 90009. Communications must identify the notice number of this NPRM. 
Persons interested in being placed on a mailing list for future NPRM's 
should also request a copy of Advisory Circular No. 11-2A, which 
describes the application procedures.

The Proposal

    The FAA is considering an amendment to part 71 of the Federal 
Aviation Regulations (14 CFR part 71) to revise Class D and Class E 
airspace areas at Los Angeles Hawthorne Municipal Airport, CA. During 
airspace reclassification, the Hawthorne Airport Traffic Area (ATA) and 
the Los Angeles ATA were combined to form the Hawthorne Class D 
airspace. A review of airspace classification and air traffic 
procedures has made this action necessary. The intended effect of this 
proposal is to reduce the complexity of the air traffic procedures and 
reduce the number of facilities controlling traffic within this area. 
Class D airspace areas are published in Paragraph 5000 and Class E 
airspace designations for airspace areas designated as an extention to 
a Class D or Class E surface area are published in Paragraph 6004 of 
FAA Order 7400.9D dated September 4, 1996, and effective September 16, 
1996, which is incorporated by reference in 14 CFR 71.1. The Class D 
and Class E airspace designation listed in this document would be 
published subsequently in this 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. 
Therefore, this proposed regulation--(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 10034; 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 proposed rule would not 
have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small 
entities under the criteria of the Regulatory Flexibility Act.

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List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 71

    Airspace, Incorporation by reference, Navigation (air).

The Proposed Amendment

    Accordingly, pursuant to the authority delegated to me, the Federal 
Aviation Administration proposes to amend part 71 of the Federal 
Aviation Regulations (14 CFR part 71) as follows:

PART 71--[AMENDED]

    1. The authority citation for 14 CFR 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; 14 CFR 11.69.


Sec. 71.1  [Amended]

    2. The incorporation by reference in 14 CFR 71.1 of the Federal 
Aviation Administration Order 7400.9D, Airspace Designations and 
Reporting Points, dated September 4, 1996, and effective September 16, 
1996, is amended as follows:

Paragraph 5000  Class D airspace.

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Los Angeles Hawthorne Municipal Airport, CA
    (Lat. 33 deg.55'22''N, long. 118 deg.20'06''W)

Los Angeles VORTAC
    (Lat. 33 deg.55'59''N, long. 118 deg.25'55''W)

    That airspace extending upward from the surface to and including 
2,500 feet MSL within a 2.6-mile radius of the Hawthorne Municipal 
Airport and within 1.8 miles each side of the Los Angeles VORTAC 
096 deg. radial, extending from the 2.8-mile radius to 8.8 miles 
east of the Los Angeles VORTAC and within 1.8 miles each side of the 
Hawthorne Municipal Airport Localizer east course extending from the 
2.6-mile radius to the Harbor Freeway, excluding the Los Angeles, 
CA, Class B airspace area. This Class D airspace area is effective 
during the specific dates and times established in advance by a 
Notice to Airmen. The effective date and time will thereafter be 
continuously published in the Airport/Facility Directory.
* * * * *

Paragraph 6004  Class E airspace areas designated as an extension 
to a Class D or Class E surface area.

* * * * *
Los Angeles Hawthorne Municipal Airport, CA
    (Lat. 33 deg.55'22''N, long. 118 deg.20'06''W)

    That airspace extending upward from the surface within 1.8 miles 
each side of the Hawthorne Municipal Airport Localizer east course 
extending from the Harbor Freeway to 5.8 miles east of the Hawthorne 
Municipal Airport and within 1.8 miles each side of the 224 deg. 
bearing from the Hawthorne Municipal Airport, extending from the 
2.6-mile radius of the Hawthorne Municipal Airport to 4.0 miles west 
of the Hawthorne Municipal Airport. This Class E airspace area is 
effective during the specific dates and times established in advance 
by a Notice to Airmen. The effective date and time will thereafter 
be continuously published in the Airport/Facility Directory.
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    Issued in Los Angeles, California, on December 23, 1996.
George D. Williams,
Manager, Air Traffic Division, Western-Pacific Region.
[FR Doc. 97-394 Filed 1-7-97; 8:45 am]
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