[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 22 (Tuesday, February 3, 2004)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 5098-5099]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-2179]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Docket No. FAA-2003-16676; Airspace Docket No. 03-ASO-16]

RIN 2120-AA66


Proposed Revision of VOR Federal Airway V-537

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking, (NPRM).

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SUMMARY: This action proposes to modify Very High Frequency 
Omnidirectional Range (VOR) Federal airway V-537 by changing the 
origination point of the airway from the Vero Beach, FL, Very High 
Frequency Omnidirectional Range/Tactical Air Navigation (VORTAC) to the 
Palm Beach, FL, VORTAC. The proposed modification would extend V-537 by 
incorporating a route segment that air traffic control (ATC) frequently 
assigns to aircraft arriving the Palm Beach, FL, terminal area. The 
proposed change would enhance the management of aircraft in the Palm 
Beach, FL, area.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before March 19, 2004.

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 FAA Docket 
No. FAA-2003-16676 and Airspace Docket No. 03-ASO-16, at the beginning 
of your comments. You may also submit comments on the Internet at 
http://dms.dot.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul Gallant, 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 (FAA Docket 
No.FAA-2003-16676 and Airspace Docket No. 03-ASO-16) and be submitted 
in triplicate to the Docket Management System (see ADDRESSES section 
for address and phone number). You may also submit comments through the 
Internet at http://dms.dot.gov.
    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-2003-16676 and Airspace Docket No. 03-ASO-16.'' 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 Web page at http://www.faa.gov 
or the Federal Register's Web page at http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/index.html.
    You may review the public docket containing the proposal; any 
comments received; and any final disposition in person in the Dockets 
Office (see ADDRESSES section for address and phone number) between 9 
a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. An 
informal docket may also be examined during normal business hours at 
the office of the Regional Air Traffic Division, Federal Aviation 
Administration, Southern RegionHeadquarters, 1701 Columbia Avenue, 
College Park, Georgia 30337.
    Persons interested in being placed on a mailing list for future 
NPRM's should contact 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 (part 71) to modify Federal airway V-537, 
by changing the origination point of the airway from the Vero Beach 
VORTAC to the Palm Beach VORTAC. The revision would incorporate the 
airway routing that is currently used by ATC when directing aircraft to 
Palm Beach, FL. Currently, Miami Air Route Traffic Control Center 
issues a clearance to aircraft destined for the Palm Beach terminal 
area by directing aircraft to proceed via the Vero Beach VORTAC, then 
along V-295 to STOOP intersection, then via V-492 to the Palm Beach 
VORTAC. The proposed modification would incorporate this routing as an 
extension to V-537. Extending V-537 as described above would 
significantly reduce pilot-controller communications, alleviate radio 
frequency congestion, reduce the potential for pilot readback errors, 
and enhance the management of aircraft operations in the Vero Beach-
Palm Beach area.
    Domestic VOR Federal airways are published in paragraph 6010(a) of 
FAA Order 7400.9L, dated September 2, 2003, and effective September 16, 
2003, which is incorporated by reference in 14 CFR 71.1. The VOR 
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

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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.

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, B, C, D, AND 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.

Sec. 71.1  [Amended]

    2. The incorporation by reference in 14 CFR 71.1 of FAA Order 
7400.9L, Airspace Designations and Reporting Points, dated September 2, 
2003, and effective September 16, 2003, is amended as follows:

Paragraph 6010(a) Domestic VOR Federal Airways

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V-537 [Revised]

    From Palm Beach, FL; INT Palm Beach 356 and Vero 
Beach, FL, 143 radials; Vero Beach; INT Vero Beach 
318 and Orlando. FL, 140 radials; INT 
Orlando 40 and Melbourne, FL 298 
radials; INT Melbourne 298 and Ocala, FL 
145 radials; Ocala; Gators, FL; Greenville, FL; 
Moultrie, GA; to Macon, GA.
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    Issued in Washington, DC, on January 16, 2004.
Reginald C. Matthews,
Manager, Airspace and Rules Division.
[FR Doc. 04-2179 Filed 2-2-04; 8:45 am]
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