[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 15 (Monday, January 25, 1999)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 3664-3665]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-1554]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Airspace Docket No. 98-AGL-49]


Proposed Realignment of Federal Airway; Columbus, NE

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.

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SUMMARY: The FAA proposes to realign Federal Airway 220 (V-220) in the 
vicinity of Columbus, NE. The FAA is proposing this action to enhance 
the management of air traffic operations and allow for better 
utilization of navigable airspace in the Columbus, NE, area.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before March 15, 1999.

ADDRESSES: Send comments on this proposal in triplicate to: Manager, 
Air Traffic Division, AGL-500, Docket No. 98-AGL-49, Federal Aviation 
Administration, O'Hare Lake Office Center, 2300 East Devon Avenue; Des 
Plaines, IL 60018.
    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, O'Hare Lake Office Center, 2300 East Devon 
Avenue; Des Plaines, IL 60018.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sheri Edgett Baron, 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-
AGL-49.'' 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.

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Availability of NPRM's

    Any person may obtain a copy of this Notice of Proposed Rulemaking 
(NPRM) 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 NPRM. 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, which 
describes the application procedure.

Background

    As the result of a recent airspace review, the FAA has determined 
that a segment of V-220, south of Columbus, NE, was not required for 
aircraft operations and should be deleted from the National Airspace 
System.

The Proposal

    The FAA is proposing an amendment to part 71 of the Federal 
Aviation Regulations (14 CFR part 71) to terminate V-220 in the 
vicinity of Columbus, NE. The FAA is proposing this action to enhance 
the management of air traffic operations and allow for better 
utilization of the navigable airspace in the Columbus, NE, area.
    Domestic VOR Federal airways are published in Section 6010(a) of 
FAA Order 7400.9F dated September 10, 1998, and effective September 16, 
1998, which is incorporated by reference in 14 CFR 71.1. The Federal 
airway listed in this document would be published subsequently in 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. 
It, therefore--(1) is not a ``significant regulatory action'' under 
Executive Order 12866; (2) is not a ``significant rule'' under 
Department of Transportation (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 7400.9F, Airspace Designations and 
Reporting Points, dated September 10, 1998, and effective September 16, 
1998, is amended as follows:

Paragraph 6010  VOR Federal Airways

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V-220  [Revised]

From Grand Junction, CO; INT Grand Junction 075 deg. and Rifle, CO, 
163 deg. radials; Rifle; Meeker, CO; Hayden, CO; Kremmling, CO; INT 
Kremmling 081 deg. and Gill, CO, 234 deg. radials; Gill; Akron, CO; 
INT Akron 094 deg. and McCook, NE, 264 deg. radials; McCook; INT 
McCook 072 deg. and Grand Island, NE, 241 deg. radials; Kearney, NE; 
Hastings, NE; Columbus, NE.
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    Issued in Washington, DC, on January 15, 1999.
Reginald C. Matthews,
Acting Program Director for Air Traffic Airspace Management.
[FR Doc. 99-1554 Filed 1-22-99; 8:45 am]
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