[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 169 (Tuesday, September 2, 2003)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 52150-52151]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-22208]



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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

RIN 2120-AA66

[Docket No. FAA 2003-15562; Airspace Docket No. ASD 03-AGL-10]


Proposed Revision of Federal Airways V-233; Capitol, IL

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.

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SUMMARY: This action proposes to revise Federal Airway 233 (V-233) 
northeast of the Capitol, IL, area Very High Frequency Omni-directional 
Range/Tactical Air Navigation (VORTAC). The FAA is proposing this 
action due to the relocation of the Capitol VORTAC and to enhance the 
management of aircraft operations over the Capitol, IL, area.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before October 15, 2003.

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 docket numbers 
FAA-2003-15562/Airspace Docket No. 03-AGL-10, 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 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, O'Hare Lake Office Center, 2300 East Devon 
Avenue, Des Plaines, IL 60018.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steve Rohring, 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 2003-15562/
Airspace Docket No. 03-AGL-10.'' 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 public 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 published rulemaking documents 
can also be accessed through the FAA's webpage at http://www.faa.gov or 
the Superintendent of Document's webpage 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, 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.

Background

    The FAA is relocating the Capitol VORTAC 3.96 nautical miles to the 
southwest of its current location. As a part of that effort, the FAA 
plans to realign V-233 northeast of the Capitol VORTAC.

The Proposal

    The FAA is proposing to amend part 71 of the Federal Aviation 
Regulations (14 CFR part 71) to revise V-233 in the Capitol, IL, area. 
Specifically, this action proposes to realign V-233 northeast of the 
Capitol VORTAC to reflect the radial change due to the relocation of 
the Capitol VORTAC and to enhance the management of aircraft operations 
over the Capitol, IL, area.
    Federal airways are published in paragraph 6010(a) of FAA Order 
7400.9K dated August 30, 2002, and effective September 16, 2002, 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 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 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; AIR TRAFFIC SERVICE 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.

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Sec.  71.1  [Amended]

    2. The incorporation by reference in 14 CFR 71.1 of FAA Order 
7400.9K, Airspace Designations and Reporting Points, dated August 30, 
2002, and effective September 16, 2002, is amended as follows:

Paragraph 6010(a) Domestic VOR Federal Airways
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V-233 [Revised]

    From Capitol, IL; INT Capitol 061[deg]T(062[deg]M) and Roberts, 
IL, 233[deg] radials; Roberts; Knox, IN; Goshen, IN; Litchfield, MI; 
Lansing, MI; INT Mount Pleasant 351[deg] and Gaylord, MI, 207[deg] 
radials; Gaylord; to Pellston, MI.
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    Issued in Washington, DC on August 22, 2003.
Reginald C. Matthews,
Manager, Airspace and Rules Division.
[FR Doc. 03-22208 Filed 8-29-03; 8:45 am]
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