[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 38 (Tuesday, February 26, 2002)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 8743-8744]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-3127]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Docket No. FAA-2001-10980; Airspace Docket No. 01-AWP-21]
RIN 2120-AA66


Proposed Revision of Jet Route 10

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM).

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SUMMARY: This action proposes to revise Jet Route 10 (J-10) between the 
Farmington, NM, Very High Frequency Omnidirectional Radio Range and 
Tactical Air Navigation Aids (VORTAC), and the HIPPI intersection. The 
current J-10 route is aligned from Farmington, NM, via the Drake, AZ, 
VORTAC, to the HIPPI intersection. This proposal realigns J-10 from 
Farmington, NM, to the Flagstaff VORTAC, to the HIPPI intersection. The 
proposed change is part of the FAA's National Airspace Redesign effort 
and is intended to improve the management of aircraft operations in 
Arizona.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before April 12, 2002.

ADDRESSES: Send comments on this proposal to the Docket Management 
System, U.S. Department of Transportation, Room Plaza 401, 400 Seventh 
Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590-0001. You must identify the docket 
number FAA-2001-10980/Airspace Docket No. 01-AWP-21, at the beginning 
of your comments.
    You may also submit comments on the Internet at http://dms.dot.gov. 
You may review the public docket containing the proposal, any comments 
received, and any final disposition in person in the Dockets Office 
between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal 
holidays. The Docket Office (telephone 1-800-647-5527) is on the plaza 
level of the Department of Transportation NASSIF Building at the at the 
above address.
    An informal docket may also be examined during normal business 
hours at the office of the Regional Air Traffic Division, Federal 
Aviation Administration, 15000 Aviation Boulevard, Hawthorne, CA 90261.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ken McElroy, 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 both docket numbers 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 Docket No. FAA-2001-10980/
Airspace Docket No. 01-AWP-21.'' 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 through the 
Internet at http://dms.dot.gov. Recently

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published rulemaking documents can also be accessed through the FAA's 
Web page at http://www.faa.gov or the Superintendent of Document's Web 
page at http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara.
    Additionally, any person may obtain a copy of this notice 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 both docket numbers for this notice. 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.

The Proposal

    The FAA is proposing an amendment to Title 14 Code of Federal 
Regulations (14 CFR) part 71 to revise J-10 between the Farmington, NM, 
VORTAC, and the HIPPI intersection. The current J-10 route is aligned 
from Farmington, NM, via the Drake, AZ, VORTAC, to the HIPPI 
intersection. This proposal realigns J-10 from Farmington, NM, to the 
Flagstaff VORTAC, to the HIPPI intersection. The proposed change is 
part of the FAA's National Airspace Redesign effort and is intended to 
improve the management of aircraft operations in Arizona.
    The FAA has determined that this proposed 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 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 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.
    Jet routes are published in paragraph 2004, of FAA Order 7400.9J 
dated August 31, 2001, and effective September 16, 2001, which is 
incorporated by reference in 14 CFR 71.1. The jet route listed in this 
document would be published subsequently in the order.

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 7400.9J, Airspace Designations and 
Reporting Points, dated August 31, 2001, and effective September 16, 
2001, is amended as follows:

Paragraph 2004-Jet Routes

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J-10 [Revised]

    From Los Angeles, CA; via INT Los Angeles 083 deg. and 
Twentynine Palms, CA, 269 deg. radials; Twentynine Palms; INT of 
Twentynine Palms 075 deg.and Flagstaff 251T (237M), radials; 
Flagstaff, AZ; Farmington, NM, Blue Mesa, CO; Falcon, CO; North 
Platte, NE; Wolbach, NE; Des Moines, IA; to Iowa City, IA.
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    Issued in Washington, DC, on February 1, 2002.
Reginald C. Matthews,
Manager, Airspace and Rules Division.
[FR Doc. 02-3127 Filed 2-25-02; 8:45 am]
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