[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 147 (Tuesday, August 2, 2005)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 44300-44301]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-15180]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Docket No. FAA 2005-21523; Airspace Docket No. 05-AWP-7]


Proposed Establishment of Class E3 Airspace; Riverside March 
Field, CA

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.

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SUMMARY: This notice proposes to establish Class E3 airspace at 
Riverside March Field, CA. Class E3 airspace is necessary to contain 
and protect circling maneuvers for Category E aircraft executing these 
maneuvers in conjunction with Standard Instrument Approach Procedures 
(SIAPs) at the airport. This action would establish Class E3 airspace 
extending upward from the surface to, but not including, the base of 
the overlying Class C airspace area.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before September 1, 2005.

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-2005-21523/Airspace Docket No. 05-AWP-7, 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 disposition in person in the 
Dockets 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 NASSIF Building at 
the above address.
    An informal docket may also be examined during normal business 
hours at the office of the Area Director, Terminal Operations, Western 
Service Area, Federal Aviation Administration, Room 2010, 15000 
Aviation Boulevard, Lawndale, California, 90261.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Debra Trindle, Airspace Specialist, 
Western Terminal Service Area, Federal Aviation Administration, 15000 
Aviation Boulevard, Lawndale, California; telephone (310) 725-6613.

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 both docket numbers 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 Docket No. FAA-2005-21523/
Airspace Docket No. 05-AWP-7.'' The postcard will be date/time stamped 
and returned to the commenter. All communications received 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 the comments received. A report summarizing each 
substantive public contact with FAA personnel concerned with this 
rulemaking will be filed in the docket.

Availability of NPRMs

    An electronic copy of this document may be downloaded through the 
Internet at http://dms.dot.gov. Recently published rulemaking documents 
can also be accessed through the FAA's Web page at http://www.faa.gov. 
or the

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Superintendent of Document's Web page at http://www/access/gpo.gov/nara. Additionally, any person may obtain a copy of this notice by 
submitting a request to the Federal Aviation Administration, Office of 
Air Traffic Airspace Management, ATA-400, 800 Independence Avenue SW., 
Washington, DC 20591, or by calling (202) 267-8783. Communications must 
identify both docket numbers for this notice. Persons interested in 
being placed on a mailing list for future NPRM's should contact the 
FAA's 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.

The Proposal

    The FAA is considering an amendment to part 71 of the Federal 
Aviation Regulations (14 CFR part 71) to establish a Class E3 arrival 
extension at Riverside March Field, CA. Class E3 airspace areas are 
designated as arrival extensions to a Class C surface area. Class E 
arrival extensions are primarily designated to provide additional 
controlled airspace ancillary to a surface area to protect instrument 
operations for the primary airport, without imposing additional 
communications burdens on airspace users. This action is necessary at 
Riverside March Field to provide controlled airspace for Category E 
aircraft conducting circling maneuvers in conjunction with published 
SIAPs. Generally, Category E aircraft are very large and/or high 
performance. These aircraft require additional airspace when conducting 
circling maneuvers.
    Class E3 airspace areas designated as an extension are published in 
Paragraph 6000 of FAA Order 7400.9M, dated August 30, 2004, and 
effective September 16, 2004, which is incorporated by reference in 14 
CFR 71.1. The Class E3 airspace designation listed in this document 
would be published subsequently in the Order.
    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. 
It, therefore, (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 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.

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 proposed 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., 389.


Sec.  71.1  [Amended]

    2. The incorporation by reference in 14 CFR 71.1 of Federal 
Aviation Administration Order 7400.9M, Airspace Designations and 
Reporting Points, dated August 30, 2004, and effective September 16, 
2004, is amended as follows:

Paragraph 6000 Class E3 airspace designated as an extension.

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AWP CA E3 Riverside March Field, CA [NEW]

Riverside March Field, CA
    (Lat. 33[deg]52'50'' N, long. 117[deg]15'34'' W)
    That airspace extending upward from the surface between the 5 
mile radius and 7 mile radius of Riverside March Field and between a 
line 2 miles east of 150[deg] bearing from the airport clockwise to 
the 216[deg] bearing from the airport.
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    Issued in Los Angeles, California, on July 11, 2005.
Stephen J. Lloyd,
Acting Area Director, Terminal Operations, Western Service Area.
[FR Doc. 05-15180 Filed 8-1-05; 8:45 am]
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