[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 154 (Wednesday, August 11, 2004)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 48766-48767]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-18202]



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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Docket No. FAA-2004-18609; Airspace Docket No. 03-AWP-15]


Establishment of Class E Airspace; California City, CA

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Direct final rule; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: As Area Navigation (RNAV) Global Positioning System (GPS) 
Standard Instrument Approach Procedure (SIAP) RNAV (GPS) Runway (RWY) 6 
and RNAV (GPS) RWY 24 have been developed to serve California City 
Municipal Airport, California City, CA. This action expands Class E 
airspace extending upward from 700 feet or more above the surface at 
California City, CA to contain aircraft executing these RNAV (GPS) 
approaches. This action provides controlled airspace for Instrument 
Flight Rules (IFR) operations.

DATES: This direct final rule is effective on 0901 UTC, November 25, 
2004. Comments for inclusion in the Rules Docket must be received on or 
before August 31, 2004.

ADDRESSES: Send comments on this proposal to the Docket Management 
System, U.S. Department of Transportation, Room Plaza 401, 400 Seventh 
Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590-0001. You must identify the docket 
number FAA-2004-18609/Airspace Docket No. 03-AWP-15, at the beginning 
of your comments. You may also submit comments on the Internet at 
http://dms.dot.gov. You may review the public docket containing the 
proposal, any comments received, and any final dispositions in person 
in the Docket Office between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, 
except Federal holidays. The Docket Office (telephone 1-800-647-5527) 
is on the plaza level of the Department of Transportation NASIF 
Building at the above address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Debra Trindle, Air Traffic Division, 
Airspace Branch, AWP-520, Western-Pacific Region, Federal Aviation 
Administration, 15000 Aviation Boulevard, Lawndale, California 90261. 
telephone (310) 725-6623.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This amendment to 14 CFR part 71 establishes 
a Class E airspace area at California City, CA. An RNAV (GPS) RWY 6 and 
RNAV (GPS) RWY 24 SIAP have been developed to serve California City, 
CA. These SIAPs require additional controlled airspace to contain 
aircraft executing the new approach procedures. This action expands 
Class E airspace to support Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) operations to 
California City, CA. Class E airspace areas extending upward from 700 
feet or more above the surface of the earth are published in Paragraph 
6005 of FAA Order 7400.9L, Airspace Designations and Reporting Points, 
dated September 2, 2003, and effective September 16, 2003, which is 
incorporated by reference in 14 CFR 71.1. The Class E airspace 
designation listed in this document will be published subsequently in 
the Order.

The Direct Final Rule Procedure

    The FAA anticipates that this regulation will not result in adverse 
or negative comment and therefore is issuing it as a direct final rule. 
Previous actions of this nature have not been controversial and have 
not resulted in adverse comments or objections. Unless a written 
adverse or negative comment, or a written notice of intent to submit an 
adverse or negative comment is received within the comment period, the 
regulation will become effective on the date specified above. After the 
close of the comment period, the FAA will publish a document in the 
Federal Register indicating that no adverse or negative comments were 
received and confirming the date on which the final rule will become 
effective. If the FAA does receive, within the comment period, an 
adverse or negative comment, or written notice of intent to submit such 
a comment, a document withdrawing the direct final rule will be 
published in the Federal Register, and a notice of proposed rulemaking 
may be published with a new comment period.

Comments Invited

     Although this action is in the form of a final rule and was not 
preceded by a notice of proposed rulemaking, comments are invited on 
this rule. Interested persons are invited to comment on this rule by 
submitting such written data, views, or arguments as they may desire. 
Communications should identify the Rules Docket number and be submitted 
in triplicate to the address specified under the caption ADDRESSES. All 
communications received on or before the closing date for comments will 
be considered, and this rule may be amended or withdrawn in light of 
the comments received. Factual information that supports the 
commenter's ideas and suggestions is extremely helpful in evaluating 
the effectiveness of this action and determining whether additional 
rulemaking action is needed.
     Comments are specifically invited on the overall regulatory, 
economic, environmental, and energy aspects of the rule that might 
suggest a need to modify the rule. All comments submitted will be 
available, both before and after the closing date for comments, in the 
Rules Docket for examination by interested persons. A report that 
summarizes each FAA-public contact concerned with the substance of this 
action will be filed in the Rules Docket.
     Commenters wishing the FAA to acknowledge receipt of their 
comments submitted in response to this rule must submit a self-
addressed, stamped postcard on which the following statement is made: 
``Comments to Docket No. 03-AWP-15.'' The postcard will be date stamped 
and returned to the commenter.

Agency Findings

     The regulations adopted herein will not have a substantial direct 
effect on the States, on the relationship between the national 
government and the States, or on the distribution of power and 
responsibilities among the various level of government. Therefore, it 
is determined that this final rule does not have federalism 
implications under Executive Order 13132.
     The FAA has determined that his regulation is noncontroversial and 
unlikely to result in adverse or negative comments. For the reasons 
discussed in the preamble, this regulation only involves an established 
body of technical regulations that require frequent and routine 
amendments 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) if promulgated, will not have a significant economic impact, 
positive or negative, on a substantial number of small entities under 
the criteria of the Regulatory Flexibility Act.

List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 71

     Airspace, Incorporation by reference, Navigation (air)

Adoption of the Amendment

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 Accordingly, the Federal Aviation Administration amends 14 CFR part 71 
as follows:

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PART 71--DESIGNATION OF CLASS A, CLASS B, CLASS C, CLASS D, AND 
CLASS E AIRSPACE AREAS; AIRWAYS; ROUTES; AND REPORTING POINTS

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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]

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The incorporation by reference in 14 CFR 71.1 of the Federal Aviation 
Administration Order 7400.9L, dated September 2, 2003, and effective 
September 16, 2003, is amended as follows:

Paragraph 6005 Class E airspace areas extending upward from 700 feet 
or more above the surface of the earth.
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AWP CA E5 California City, CA [New]

California City Municipal Airport, CA

    (Lat. 35[deg]09[min]04'' N. long. 118[deg]01[min]00'' W.)
    That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface 
within a 6.5-mile radius of the California City Municipal Airport, 
excluding the portion within the Edwards AFB, CA, and Mojave, CA, 
Class E airspace areas and excluding that airspace within Restricted 
Area R-2515.
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    Issued in Los Angeles, California, on July 27, 2004.
Leonard A. Mobley,
Manager, Airspace Branch, Western Terminal Operations.
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