[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 54 (Monday, March 22, 1999)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 13672-13673]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-6941]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Airspace Docket No. 98-AWP-34]


Revocation of Class E Airspace, Revision of Class D Airspace; 
Torrance, CA

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Direct final rule; delay of effective date.

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SUMMARY: This document gives notice of the delayed effective date of a 
direct final rule which revokes the Class E airspace arrival extensions 
and revises the Class D airspace area for Torrance Municipal Airport, 
CA.

DATES: The direct final rule published in 64 FR 3206 is effective on 
0901 UTC, May 20, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Debra Trindle, Air Traffic Division, 
Airspace Branch, AWP-520.10, Federal Aviation Administration, 15000 
Aviation Boulevard, Lawndale, California 90261; telephone: (301) 725-
6613.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On January 21, 1999, the FAA published in 
the Federal Register a direct final rule; request for comments which 
revokes the Class E airspace arrival extensions and revises the Class D 
airspace area for Torrance Municipal Airport, Torrance, CA. (FR 
Document 99-1355, 64 FR 3206, Airspace Docket No. 98-AWP-34).
    The intended effect of this action is to incorporate the Class E 
airspace arrival extensions (E4) into the Class D airspace area 
associated with Torrance Municipal Airport and lower the ceiling of the 
reconfigured Class D airspace area to 2,400 feet Mean Sea Level (MSL). 
An airspace review and analysis of Torrance has made this action 
necessary. In accordance with FAA Order 7400.2D, Procedures for 
Handling Airspace Matters, if the length of an arrival extension is 
less than 2 miles from the surface area, it shall remain a part of the 
basic surface area. This is the case at Torrance Municipal Airport. The 
existing Class E airspace for Torrance was published and charted in 
error as

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an arrival extension and should be a part of the Class D surface area. 
The revised altitude of 2,400 feet MSL will provide aircraft the 
opportunity to operate over Torrance Class D airspace at 2,500 feet MSL 
and above without having to obtain permission from Torrance Airport 
Traffic Control Tower. This is a commonly used altitude in this area 
for aircraft flying off shore to avoid the Los Angeles Class B airspace 
FAA. Class D airspace areas are published in Paragraph 5000 and Class 
E4 airspace areas are published in Paragraph 6004 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 E airspace 
designation listed in this document would be subsequently removed from 
this order. After careful 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 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 
March 25, 1999.
    No adverse comments were received, and thus this document gives 
notice that this direct final rule will become effective on the revised 
date of May 20, 1999.

    Issued in Los Angeles, California on March 5, 1999.
Ronald J. Popper,
Acting Manager, Air Traffic Division, Western-Pacific Region.
[FR Doc. 99-6941 Filed 3-19-99 8:45 am]
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