[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 57 (Thursday, March 25, 1999)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 14410-14412]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-7355]


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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).

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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: [email protected]. 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 filed in 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

    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., p. 389.


Sec. 71.1  [Amended]

    2. 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.
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    Issued in Washington, DC, on March 18, 1999.
Reginald C. Matthews,
Acting Program Director for Air Traffic Airspace Management.
[FR Doc. 99-7355 Filed 3-24-99; 8:45 am]
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