[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 65 (Thursday, April 4, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16141-16142]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-8185]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION


Office of the Secretary; Availability of the Federal 
Radionavigation Plan

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Transportation Policy, 
DOT.

ACTION: Availability of the Federal Radionavigation Plan.

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SUMMARY: The 2001 edition of the Federal Radionavigation Plan (FRP) has 
been published and is available for comment. The policies in the 2001 
FRP focus on transition to GPS based services as a primary means of 
navigation, recognizing the need to maintain backup navigation aids and 
provide redundant radionavigation service where required. The 2001 FRP 
projects an initial operating capability for the FAA Wide Area 
Augmentation System in 2003. The FAA's Local Area Augmentation System 
is planned to begin public service in 2006. The 2001 FRP also includes 
a revised schedule for phasing down land-based navigation aids. The 
phase down of most land-based navigation aids operated by the FAA will 
begin in 2010. The FAA does not plan phasing out any Instrument Landing 
Systems (ILSs) for Category II and III approaches. The U.S. will 
continue operating Loran-C in the short term while the Administration 
continues to evaluate the long-term need for the system. Maritime 
radiobeacons not used for differential GPS have been phased out. Stand-
alone aeronautical nondirectional beacons (NDBs) will be phased out 
starting in 2010. NDBs used as compass locators for ILSs will be phased 
out when the underlying ILSs are withdrawn. All comments, concerns, and 
suggestions regarding the current policies and plans in the 2001 FRP 
will be considered in formulation of the 2003 FRP.

DATES: Comments must be received by December 31, 2002 for consideration 
in development of the 2003 FRP.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be forwarded to the Chairman, DOT POS/NAV 
Working Group, U.S. Department of Transportation (P-7), Room 10315, 400 
Seventh Street, SW, Washington, DC 20590. E-mail: 
[email protected].

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Shaw, Department of 
Transportation (P-7), 400 7th Street, SW, Washington, DC, 20590, (202) 
366-0353.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Beginning with this edition of the FRP, 
Federal radionavigation information previously contained in a single 
document will be published in two separate documents, the Federal 
Radionavigation Plan and a companion document entitled Federal 
Radionavigation Systems (FRS). The FRP includes the introduction, 
policies, operating plans, system selection considerations, and R&D 
sections and will allow more efficient and responsive updates of policy 
and planning information. Sections relating to government roles and 
responsibilities, user requirements, and systems descriptions have been 
moved to the companion FRS and will be updated as necessary.
    Free copies of the 2001 FRP are available on CD ROM from the Volpe 
National Transportation System Center, Kendall Square, Cambridge, Mass. 
02142. The telephone number there is (617) 494-2908. The 1999 FRP is 
also on the Internet World Wide Web at http://www.navcen.uscg.gov/pubs/frp2001.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on March 28, 2002.
Linda L. Lawson,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Transportation Policy.
[FR Doc. 02-8185 Filed 4-3-02; 8:45 am]
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