[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 31 (Tuesday, February 17, 1998)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 7699]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-3567]



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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Airspace Docket No. 97-ASW-13]
RIN 2120-AA66


Realignment of VOR Federal Airway; Dallas/Fort Worth, TX

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Direct final rule; correction; delay of effective date.

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SUMMARY: This action delays the effective date for the realignment of 
Federal Airway 369 (V-369) located in the Dallas/Fort Worth, TX, area 
until April 23, 1998. The original effective date, February 28, 1998, 
was published in error and does not reflect the coordinated date 
established by the FAA's Southwest Region and the Headquarters FAA. 
Additionally, the routing will change slightly (1 deg.) from what was 
published in the direct final rule to include Bilee intersection in the 
legal description. Lastly, this action serves as the confirmation 
document that the direct final rule which realigns V-369 will become 
effective on April 23, 1998.

DATES: The effective date of 0901 UTC, February 26, 1998, for the 
direct final rule published at 62 FR 67553 is delayed until 0901 UTC, 
April 23, 1998. The effective date of the correction in this document 
is 0901 UTC, April 23, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steve Brown, 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: The FAA published this direct final rule 
with a request for comments in the Federal Register on December 29, 
1997 (62 FR 67553). The FAA uses the direct final rulemaking procedure 
for a non-controversial rule where the FAA believes that there will be 
no adverse public comment. This direct final rule advised the public 
that no adverse comments were anticipated, and that unless a written 
adverse comment, or a written notice of intent to submit such an 
adverse comment, were received within the comment period, the 
regulation would become effective. No adverse comments were received, 
and thus this notice confirms that this final rule will become 
effective. The original effective date, published in the December 29, 
1997, Federal Register, was February 28, 1998. However, this effective 
date was published in error and does not reflect the coordinated date 
established by the FAA's Southwest Region and the Headquarters FAA. The 
effective date is April 23, 1998.
    Additionally, the routing will change slightly (1 deg.) between the 
Navasota Very High Frequency Omnidirectional Range/Tactical Air 
Navigation and the Groesbeck Very High Frequency Omnidirectional Range/
Distance Measuring Equipment (VOR/DME). The FAA's Southwest Region 
intended for the legal description to include Bilee intersection to 
keep departure and approach procedures unaffected by the addition of 
the Groesbeck VOR/DME. This change is considered to be extremely minor 
and does not alter the intent of the final rule.
    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 rule 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).

Delay of Effective Date

    The effective date of the direct final rule, Airspace Docket No. 
97-ASW-13, as published in the Federal Register on December 29, 1997, 
(62 FR 67553), is hereby delayed until April 23, 1998.

Correction

    In rule FR Doc. 97-33760 published in the Federal Register on 
December 29, 1997, 62 FR 67553, make the following correction to the V-
369 airspace designation incorporated by reference in 14 CFR 71.1:


Sec. 71.1  [Corrected]

    On page 67554, in the third column, three lines up from the bottom 
of the column, correct ``From Navasota, TX; via Groesbeck, TX; to'' to 
read ``From Navasota, TX; via INT Navasota 342 deg. and Groesbeck, TX, 
161 deg. radials; Groesbeck; to''.

    Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(g), 40103, 40113, 40120; E.O. 10854; 24 
FR 9565, 3 CFR 1959-1963 Comp., p. 389.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on February 6, 1998.
Reginald C. Matthews,
Acting Program Director for Air Traffic Airspace Management.
[FR Doc. 98-3567 Filed 2-13-98; 8:45 am]
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