[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 247 (Thursday, December 24, 1998)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 71217]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-34167]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Airspace Docket No. 98-AWP-22]


Establishment of Class E Airspace; Metropolitan Oakland 
International Airport, California; Correction

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Direct final rule; confirmation of effective date and 
correction.

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SUMMARY: This document confirms the effective date of a direct final 
rule which establishes a Class E airspace area consisting of airspace 
extending upward from the surface designated as an extension to the 
Class C surface area at Metropolitan Oakland International Airport, 
California. This document also corrects the airspace legal description 
that was published incorrectly in the direct final rule; request for 
comments. Two airspace reference points, the Oakland VORTAC and the I-
OAK Localizer, have been incorporated into the legal description to 
identify the airspace dimensions. This correction is editorial in 
nature and does not affect the substance of the airspace action.

DATES: The direct final rule published in 63 FR 58629 is effective at 
0901 UTC, January 28, 1999. The correction is also effective on January 
28, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jeri Carson, Air Traffic Division, Airspace Specialist, AWP-520.11, 
Federal Aviation Administration, Western-Pacific Region, 15000 Aviation 
Boulevard, Lawndale, California 90261; telephone (310) 725-6611.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On November 2, 1998, the FAA published in 
the Federal Register a direct final rule; request for comments which 
established a Class E airspace area consisting of airspace extending 
upward from the surface designated as an extension to the Class C 
surface area at Metropolitan Oakland International Airport, California. 
(FR Document 98-29299, 63 FR 58629, Airspace Docket No. 98-AWP-22). An 
error was subsequently discovered in the publication of the docket. The 
docket failed to cite two necessary geographic reference points in the 
airspace legal description. The error was an inadvertent omission, and 
the correction included in this document has no substantive effect on 
the airspace action. After review of all available information related 
to the subject presented above, the FAA has determined that air safety 
and the public interest require adoption of the rule. The FAA has 
determined that the correction will not change the meaning of the 
action, nor will it add any burden on the public beyond that already 
published. This action corrects the error and confirms the effective 
date of the direct final rule.
    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. The 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 January 28, 1999. No adverse comments were 
received; therefore this document confirms that the direct final rule 
will become effective on January 28, 1999.

Correction

    In rule FR Doc. 98-29299 published in the Federal Register on 
November 2, 1998, 63 FR 58629, on page 58630, in the middle column, 
make the following correction to the airspace description:

Paragraph 6003  Class E Airspace Areas Designated as an Extension

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AWPCA E3  Oakland, CA [New]

Metropolitan Oakland International Airport, CA
    (Lat. 37 deg.43'17'' N., long. 122 deg.13'15'' W.)
I-OAK Localizer
    (Lat. 37 deg.43'54'' N., long. 122 deg.13'34'' W.)
Oakland VORTAC
    (Lat. 37 deg.43'33'' N., long. 122 deg.13'25'' W.)

    That airspace extending upward from the surface within 2.7 miles 
each side of the I-OAK Localizer east course extending from the 5-
mile radius of the airport to 8.5 miles east of the Oakland VORTAC, 
excluding that airspace within the Hayward, CA Class D airspace area 
when it is effective.
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    Issued in Los Angeles, California on December 11, 1998.
John G. Clancy,
Manager, Air Traffic Division, Western-Pacific Region.
[FR Doc. 98-34167 Filed 12-23-98; 8:45 am]
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