[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 146 (Thursday, July 30, 1998)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 40645-40646]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-20346]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
14 CFR Part 71
[Airspace Docket No. 98-ASW-40]
RIN 2120-AA66
Realignment of VOR Federal Airway 369; TX
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Direct final rule; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: This action realigns Federal Airway 369 (V-369) located in the
Dallas/Fort Worth, TX, area. Due to the decommissioning of the Dallas/
Fort Worth Very High Frequency Omnidirectional Range/Tactical Air
Navigation (VORTAC), V-369 will be realigned to the newly commissioned
Maverick Very High Frequency Omnidirectional Range/Distance Measuring
Equipment (VOR/DME), which is located .66 miles west of the former
Dallas/Fort Worth VORTAC. The FAA is taking this action to improve the
management of air traffic operations in the vicinity of the Dallas/Fort
Worth area.
DATES: Effective 0901 UTC, October 8, 1998.
Comment date: Comments for inclusion in the Rules Docket must be
received on or before August 31, 1998.
ADDRESSES: Send comments on the proposal in triplicate to: Manager, Air
Traffic Division, ASW-500, Docket No. 98-ASW-40, Federal Aviation
Administration, 2601 Meacham Boulevard, Fort Worth, TX 76193-0500.
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, Federal
Aviation Administration, 2601 Meacham Boulevard, Fort Worth, TX 76193-
0500.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bil 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:
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.
Due to the decommissioning of the Dallas/Fort Worth VORTAC and the
commissioning of the Maverick VOR/DME there is a need to realign V-369
to the Maverick VOR/DME. Realigning V-369 does not alter the airway
track significantly and will benefit users of the airway. Since
previous rulemaking actions similar to this one have not been
controversial, the FAA does not anticipate any adverse comments on this
regulatory effort. Therefore, 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
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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 specified closing date for
comments will be considered, and this rule may be amended or withdrawn
in light of 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 would be needed.
Comments are specifically invited on the overall regulatory,
aeronautical, economic, environmental, and energy-related aspects of
the rule that might suggest a need to modify the rule. All comments
submitted will be available for examination in the Rules Docket both
before and after the closing date for comments. 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 Airspace Docket No. 98-ASW-40.'' The postcard will be date stamped
and returned to the commenter.
The Rule
This amendment to 14 CFR part 71 realigns V-369 located in the
Dallas/Fort Worth area. Due to the decommissioning of the Dallas/Fort
Worth VORTAC, V-369 is being realigned to the newly commissioned
Maverick VOR/DME, which is located .66 nautical miles west of the
former Dallas/Fort Worth VORTAC. Realigning V-369 will ensure that air
traffic operations are not interrupted by virtue of the decommissioning
of the Dallas/Fort Worth VORTAC and the commissioning of the Maverick
VOR/DME. The effective date of this direct final rule will coincide
with the effective date of the commissioning of the Maverick VOR/DME.
The FAA is taking this action to improve the management of air traffic
operations in the vicinity of Dallas/Fort Worth area.
Domestic VOR Federal Airways are published in paragraph 6010(a) 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
airways listed in this document will be published subsequently in the
Order.
Agency Findings
The regulations adopted herein will not have substantial direct
effects on the States, on the relationship between the national
government and the States, or on the distribution of power and
responsibilities among the various levels of government. Therefore, in
accordance with Executive Order 12612, it is determined that this final
rule does not have sufficient federalism implications to warrant the
preparation of a Federalism Assessment.
The FAA has determined that this regulation is not controversial
and unlikely to result in adverse or negative comments. For the reasons
discussed in the preamble, I certify that 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, when
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).
The Amendment
In consideration of the foregoing, the Federal Aviation
Administration amends 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 6010(a)--Domestic VOR Federal Airways
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V-369 [Revised]
From Navasota, TX; Groesbeck, TX; to Maverick, TX.
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Issued in Washington, DC, on July 23, 1998.
Reginald C. Matthews,
Acting Program Director for Air Traffic Airspace Management.
[FR Doc. 98-20346 Filed 7-29-98; 8:45 am]
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