[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 105 (Monday, June 2, 1997)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 29679-29680]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-14319]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Airspace Docket No. 95-AWP-6]


Proposed Realignment of VOR Federal Airway V-485; San Jose, CA

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking (SNPRM).

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SUMMARY: On July 18, 1995, the FAA proposed to alter VOR Federal Airway 
V-485 (V-485) from the Priest, CA, Very High Frequency Omnidirectional 
Range/Tactical Air Navigation (VORTAC) to the San Jose, CA, Very High 
Frequency Omnidirectional Range/Distance Measuring Equipment (VOR/DME). 
In the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), a portion of the legal 
description for V-485 was inadvertently omitted. The intended effect of 
this SNPRM is to correct the legal description.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before July 11, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Send comments on the proposal in triplicate to: Manager, Air 
Traffic Division, AWP-500, Docket No. 95-AWP-6, Federal Aviation 
Administration, P.O. Box 92007, Worldway Postal Center, Los Angeles, CA 
90009.
    The official docket may be examined in the Rules Docket, Office of 
the Chief Counsel, Room 916, 800 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, 
DC, 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 Regional Air Traffic Division.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: William C. Nelson, 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. 95-
AWP-6.'' The postcard will be date/time stamped and returned to the

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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

    Any person may obtain a copy of this SNPRM by submitting a request 
to the Federal Aviation Administration, Office of Air Traffic Airspace 
Management, 800 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20591, or by 
calling (202) 267-8783. Communications must identify the notice number 
of this SNPRM. Persons interested in being placed on a mailing list for 
future NPRM's should call the FAA's Office of Rulemaking, (202) 267-
9677, for a copy of Advisory Circular No. 11-2A, Notice of Proposed 
Rulemaking Distribution System, that describes the application 
procedure.

Background

    On July 18, 1995, the FAA proposed to alter V-485 from the Priest, 
CA, VORTAC to the San Jose, CA, VOR/DME (60 FR 36751).
    This proposed action would collocate V-485 with the San Jose VOR/
DME Runway 30L instrument landing system approach and utilize the San 
Jose VOR/DME instead of the Sausalito VORTAC.
    However, the NPRM as published, incorrectly described V-485 by 
inadvertently omitting an intersection from the legal description of 
the airway.
    The intended effect of this SNPRM is to correct the description of 
V-485.

The Proposal

    The FAA is proposing an amendment to part 71 of the Federal 
Aviation Regulations (14 CFR part 71) to alter V-485 from Priest, CA, 
VORTAC to the San Jose, CA, VOR/DME. This action supplements the notice 
published on July 18, 1995 (60 FR 36751), by inserting the radials 
identifying the intersection in the description of V-485.
    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. 
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 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 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 proposes to amend 14 CFR part 71 as follows:

PART 71--[AMENDED]

    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; 14 CFR 11.69.


Sec. 71.1  [Amended]

    2. The incorporation by reference in 14 CFR 71.1 of Federal 
Aviation Administration Order 7400.9D, Airspace Designations and 
Reporting Points, dated September 4, 1996, and effective September 16, 
1996, is amended as follows:

Paragraph 6010(a)--Domestic VOR Federal Airways

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V-485  [Revised]

    From Ventura, CA, via Fellows, CA; Priest, CA; INT Priest 
322 deg.T(306 deg.M) and San Jose 137 deg.T(121 deg.M) radials; San 
Jose, CA. The airspace within W-289, the airspace within R-2519 more 
than 3-statute miles W of the airway centerline and the airspace 
within R-2519 below 5,000 feet MSL is excluded.
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    Issued in Washington, DC, on May 22, 1997.
Reginald C. Matthews,
Acting Program Director for Air Traffic, Airspace Management.
[FR Doc. 97-14319 Filed 5-30-97; 8:45 am]
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