[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 168 (Tuesday, August 31, 1999)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 47385-47386]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-22609]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Airspace Docket No. 99-AWA-1]
RIN 2120-AA66


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: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: This action revises the legal description of the Riverside 
March AFB, CA, Class C airspace area by replacing references to the 
former active duty AFB with the current civil/military joint-use 
designation of ``March Field.'' Additionally, this action changes the 
legal description to reflect the current operating hours for the Class 
C airspace area which are consistent with the current mission 
requirements of the U.S. Air Force (USAF) Reserve, the U.S. Customs 
Service, and other tenants operating at this airport. The Class C 
airspace area is designated effective during the specific days and 
times of operation of the March Ground Controlled Approach (GCA) 
facility as established in advance by a Notice to Airmen (NOTAM). The 
effective dates and times will thereafter be continuously published in 
the Airport/Facility Directory. This action will not change the actual 
dimensions, configuration, or operating requirements of the Riverside, 
March Field, CA, Class C airspace area.

EFFECTIVE DATE: November 4, 1999.

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:

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 Riverside, March AFB. The Riverside, March 
Field, Class C airspace area remains an essential safety measure in 
support of the ongoing mission requirements of key March Field tenants 
which include the 336th Air Refueling Squadron and the 729th Airlift 
Squadron of the U.S. Air Force Reserve's 452nd Air Mobility Wing, the 
U. S. Customs Service Domestic Air

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Interdiction Center, the 163rd Air Refueling Wing of the California Air 
National Guard, and the March Aero Club.
    On March 25, 1999, the FAA published an NPRM (64 FR 14410) that 
proposed to modify the Riverside, March Field, Class C airspace area. 
Interested parties were invited to participate in this rulemaking 
proceeding by submitting comments on the proposal to the FAA. No 
comments were received. Except for editorial changes, this amendment is 
the same as that proposed in the notice.

The Rule

    This amendment to part 71 of The Federal Aviation Regulations (14 
CFR part 71) revises the legal description of the Riverside, March AFB 
Class C airspace area located at Riverside, CA. The current legal 
description for the Riverside, March AFB Class C airspace area refers 
to an AFB that has been deactivated. This action is a technical 
amendment to the legal description and will not change the actual 
dimensions, configuration, or operating requirements of the Riverside, 
March AFB Class C airspace area.
    The coordinates for this airspace docket are based on North 
American Datum 83. Class C airspace areas 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 area listed in this document will be published 
subsequently in the Order.
    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 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 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 proposed rule, when promulgated, will not have a 
significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities 
under the criteria of the Regulatory Act.

List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 71

    Airspace, Incorporation by reference, Navigation (air).

Adoption of the Amendment

    In consideration of the foregoing, the Federal Aviation 
Administration amends 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 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.


Sec. 71.1  [Amended]

    2. The incorporation by reference in 14 CFR 71.1 of the Federal 
Aviation Administration Order 7400.9F, Airspace Designations and 
Reporting Points, dated September 10, 1998, and effective September 16, 
1998, is amended as follows:

Paragraph 4000  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 August 25, 1999.
Reginald C. Matthews,
Manager, Airspace and Rules Division.
[FR Doc. 99-22609 Filed 8-30-99; 8:45 am]
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