[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 108 (Friday, June 5, 1998)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 30666-30667]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-15054]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
14 CFR Part 71
[Airspace Docket No. 98-AAL-6]
RIN 2120-AA66
Proposed Modification of Colored Federal Airway Amber 4 (A-4) and
Proposed Revocation of Amber 6 (A-6); Alaska
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.
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ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM).
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SUMMARY: This action proposes to modify Colored Federal Airway Amber 4
(A-4) and to revoke Colored Federal Airway Amber 6 (A-6) due to the
decommissioning and subsequent removal of the Umiat Nondirectional
Radio Beacon (NDB), AK, from the National Airspace System (NAS).
DATES: Comments must be received on or before July 6, 1998.
ADDRESSES: Send comments on the proposal in triplicate to: Manager, Air
Traffic Division, AAL-500, Docket No. 98-AAL-6, Federal Aviation
Administration, 222 West 7th Avenue, #14, Anchorage, AK 99533.
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. 98-
AAL-6.'' 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 be filed in the
docket.
Availability of NPRM's
An electronic copy of this document may be downloaded, using a
modem and suitable communications software, 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).
Internet users may reach the Federal Register's web page at http://
www.access.gpo.gov/su__docs for access to recently published rulemaking
documents.
Any person may also obtain a copy of this NPRM 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
the notice number of the NPRM. Persons interested in being placed on a
mailing list for future NPRM's should 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 proposing an amendment to 14 CFR part 71 to modify
Colored Federal Airway A-4 by removing that portion of the airway that
extends beyond the Anaktuvuk, NDB, AK, and revoking Colored Federal
Airway A-6. The FAA is proposing this action due to the decommissioning
and subsequent removal of the Umiak, NDB, AK, from the NAS.
Colored Federal airways are published in paragraph 6009 of FAA
Order 7400.9E dated September 10, 1997, and effective September 16,
1997, which is incorporated by reference in 14 CFR 71.1. The colored
Federal airways listed in this document would be published subsequently
in or removed from the Order.
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 proposed 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, 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--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 7400.9E, Airspace Designations and
Reporting Points, dated September 10, 1997, and effective September 16,
1997, is amended as follows:
Paragraph 6009(c)--Amber Federal Airways
* * * * *
A-4 [Revised]
From Evansville, NDB, AK to Anaktuvuk Pass, NDB, AK.
* * * * *
A-6 [Revoked]
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Issued in Washington, DC, on June 1, 1998.
Reginald C. Matthews,
Acting Program Director for Air Traffic Airspace Management.
[FR Doc. 98-15054 Filed 6-4-98 8:45 am]
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