[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 214 (Friday, November 5, 1999)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 60388-60390]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-29041]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
14 CFR Part 71
[Airspace Docket No. 99-AWA-10]
RIN 2120-AA66
Proposed Revocation of the El Toro Marine Corps Air Station
(MCAS) Class C Airspace Area, and Revision of the Santa Ana Class C
Airspace Area; California
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM).
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SUMMARY: This notice proposes to revoke the El Toro MCAS, CA, Class C
airspace area and to remove reference to the El Toro MCAS Class C
airspace area in the description of the Santa Ana, CA, Class C airspace
area. The FAA is taking this action due to the closure of the El Toro
MCAS air traffic control (ATC) facilities. This proposal would not
change the dimensions, operating requirements, or flight paths of the
current Santa Ana Class C airspace area.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before December 23, 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-10, 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 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
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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-10.'' 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 also 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 webpage at http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara 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)
267-8783. 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, Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Distribution System, which
describes the application procedure.
Background
Effective July 2, 1999, the United States Marine Corps permanently
terminated ATC service at El Toro MCAS as a result of the Base
Realignment and Closure (BRAC) recommendations and decisions.
Therefore, there is no longer a requirement to retain a Class C
airspace area at El Toro MCAS.
The Proposal
This action proposes to amend 14 CFR part 71 by revoking the El
Toro MCAS Class C airspace area. The proposed removal of the airspace
area is necessary due to the closure of the ATC facilities at El Toro
MCAS. The current Class C airspace area would revert to Class E
controlled airspace. This proposed action also would revise the Santa
Ana Class C airspace area by removing references to El Toro MCAS from
the description. These proposed actions revoke the Class C airspace
designation and revise the description for the Santa Ana Class C
airspace area, but do not change the dimensions, operating
requirements, or flight patterns in the area.
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 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 7400.9G, dated September 1, 1999, and
effective September 16, 1999, which is incorporated by reference in 14
CFR 71.1. The Class C airspace designation listed in this document
would be removed from 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 7400.9G, Airspace Designations and
Reporting Points, dated September 1, 1999, and effective September 16,
1999, is amended as follows:
Paragraph 4000 Subpart C--Class C Airspace.
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AWP CA C El Toro MCAS, CA [Removed]
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AWP CA C Santa Ana, CA [Revised]
John Wayne Airport/Orange County, CA
(lat. 33 deg.40'32'' N., long. 117 deg.52'06'' W.)
That airspace extending upward from the surface to and including
4,400 feet MSL within a 5-mile radius of the John Wayne Airport/
Orange County excluding that airspace east of a line between lat.
33 deg.44'12'' N., long. 117 deg.48'00'' W.; and lat. 33 deg.36'55''
N., long. 117 deg.47'58'' W.; and that airspace extending upward
from 2,500 feet MSL to and including 4,400 feet MSL within a 10-mile
radius of the John Wayne Airport/Orange County, west of a line from
lat. 33 deg.36'55'' N., long. 117 deg.47'58'' W.; to lat.
33 deg.31'09'' N., long. 117 deg.47'56'' W. clockwise to the
175 deg. bearing from John Wayne Airport/Orange County; and that
airspace extending upward from 1,500 feet MSL to and including 4,400
feet MSL within a 10-mile radius of John Wayne Airport/Orange County
from the 175 deg. bearing clockwise to the 201 deg. bearing from
John Wayne Airport/Orange County; and that airspace extending upward
from 3,500 feet MSL to and including 5,400 feet MSL within a 10-mile
radius of John Wayne Airport/Orange County from the 201 deg. bearing
from the airport to the shoreline, excluding that airspace west of a
line from the 351 deg. bearing from John Wayne Airport/Orange County
to the 251 deg. bearing from John Wayne Airport/Orange County; and
that airspace extending upward from 2,500 feet MSL to and including
5,400 feet MSL within a 10-mile radius of John Wayne Airport/Orange
County from the shoreline to the San Diego Freeway (I-405),
excluding that airspace west of a line from the 351 deg. bearing
from John Wayne Airport/Orange County to the 251 deg. bearing from
John Wayne Airport/Orange County; and that airspace extending
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upward from 2,500 feet MSL to and including 4,400 feet MSL within a
10-mile radius of John Wayne Airport/Orange County from the San
Diego Freeway clockwise to the 360 deg. bearing from the John Wayne
Airport/Orange County, excluding that airspace west of a line from
the 351 deg. bearing from John Wayne Airport/Orange County to the
251 deg. bearing from John Wayne Airport/Orange County; and that
airspace extending upward from 2,000 feet MSL to and including 4,400
feet MSL within a 10-mile radius of John Wayne Airport/Orange County
from the 360 deg. bearing from the John Wayne Airport/Orange County
clockwise to a line from lat. 33 deg.49'58'' N., long.
117 deg.48'02'' W.; to lat. 33 deg.44'12'' N., long. 117 deg.48'00''
W. This Class C airspace area is effective during the specific days
and hours of operation of the Orange County Tower and Approach
Control 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 November 1, 1999.
Reginald C. Matthews,
Manager, Airspace and Rules Division.
[FR Doc. 99-29041 Filed 11-4-99; 8:45 am]
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