[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 49 (Wednesday, March 13, 2019)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 9048-9051]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-04535]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
14 CFR Part 71
[Docket No. FAA-2019-0124; Airspace Docket No. 18-ASO-18]
Proposed Establishment and Amendment of Area Navigation (RNAV)
Routes; Southeastern United States
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM).
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SUMMARY: This action proposes to establish 2 new low altitude RNAV
routes T-239, and T-258, and modify 3 existing RNAV routes T-290, T-
292, and T-294 in the southeastern United States. The proposal would
expand the availability of RNAV routing in support of transitioning the
National Airspace System (NAS) from ground-based to satellite-based
navigation.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before April 29, 2019.
ADDRESSES: Send comments on this proposal to the U.S. Department of
Transportation, Docket Operations, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, West
Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, Washington, DC 20590; telephone: 1
(800) 647-5527 or (202) 366-9826. You must identify FAA Docket No. FAA-
2019-0124; Airspace Docket No. 18-ASO-18 at the beginning of your
comments. You may also submit comments through the internet at http://www.regulations.gov.
FAA Order 7400.11C, Airspace Designations and Reporting Points, and
subsequent amendments can be viewed online at http://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/publications/. For further information, you can contact the
Airspace Policy Group, Federal Aviation Administration, 800
Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20591; telephone: (202) 267-
8783. The Order is also available for inspection at the National
Archives and Records Administration (NARA). For information on the
availability of FAA Order 7400.11C at NARA, call (202) 741-6030, or go
to http://www.archives.gov/federal-register/cfr/ibr-locations.html.
FAA Order 7400.11, Airspace Designations and Reporting Points, is
published yearly and effective on September 15.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul Gallant, Airspace Policy Group,
Office of Airspace Services, Federal Aviation Administration, 800
Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20591; telephone: (202) 267-
8783.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Authority for This Rulemaking
The FAA's authority to issue rules regarding aviation safety is
found in Title 49 of the United States Code. Subtitle I, Section 106
describes the authority of the FAA Administrator. Subtitle VII,
Aviation Programs, describes in more detail the scope of the agency's
authority. This rulemaking is promulgated under the authority described
in Subtitle VII, Part A, Subpart I, Section 40103. Under that section,
the FAA is charged with prescribing regulations to assign the use of
the airspace necessary to ensure the safety of aircraft and the
efficient use of airspace. This regulation is within the scope of that
authority as it would expand the availability of RNAV in the eastern
United States to improve the efficiency of the NAS by lessening the
dependency on ground-based navigation.
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-2019-0124; Airspace Docket No. 18-ASO-18 and be submitted in
triplicate to the Docket Management Facility (see ADDRESSES section for
address and phone number). You may also submit comments through the
internet at http://www.regulations.gov.
Commenters wishing the FAA to acknowledge receipt of their comments
on this action must submit with those comments a self-addressed,
stamped postcard on which the following statement is made: ``Comments
to FAA Docket No. FAA-2019-0124; Airspace Docket No. 18-ASO-18.'' The
postcard will be date/time stamped and returned to the commenter.
All communications received on or before the specified comment
closing date will be considered before taking action on the proposed
rule. The proposal contained in this action may be changed in light of
comments received. 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://www.regulations.gov. Recently published rulemaking
documents can also be accessed through the FAA's web page at http://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/publications/airspace_amendments/.
You may review the public docket containing the proposal, any
comments
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received and any final disposition in person in the Dockets Office (see
ADDRESSES section for address and phone number) between 9:00 a.m. and
5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, except federal holidays. An informal
docket may also be examined during normal business hours at the office
of the Eastern Service Center, Federal Aviation Administration, Room
210, 1701 Columbia Ave., College Park, GA, 30337.
Availability and Summary of Documents for Incorporation by Reference
This document proposes to amend FAA Order 7400.11C, Airspace
Designations and Reporting Points, dated August 13, 2018, and effective
September 15, 2018. FAA Order 7400.11C is publicly available as listed
in the ADDRESSES section of this proposed rule. FAA Order 7400.11C
lists Class A, B, C, D, and E airspace areas, air traffic service
routes, and reporting points.
The Proposal
The FAA is proposing an amendment to Title 14 Code of Federal
Regulations (14 CFR) part 71 to establish 2 new low altitude RNAV
routes: T-239 and T-258; and to amend 3 existing routes: T-290, T-292,
and T-294. The FAA is proposing this action in preparation for the
planned decommissioning of the Talladega, AL, VHF Omni-Directional
Range/Distance Measuring Equipment (VOR/DME), the Crimson, AL, VHF
Omni-Directional Range and Tactical Air Navigation System (VORTAC), the
Kewanee, MS, VORTAC, and the Hamilton, AL, VORTAC.
T-239: T-239 is a proposed new route that would extend between the
Pecan, GA, (PZD) VOR/DME (northwest of Albany, GA), northwestward
through the State of Alabama to the GOINS, MS, waypoint (WP) (near the
Holly Springs, MS, (HLI) VORTAC). T-239 would overlie VOR Federal
airway V-159 between the Pecan, GA, VOR/DME and the GOINS, MS, WP.
T-258: T-258 is a proposed new route that would extend between the
MINIM, AL, fix, (24 NM northeast of the Bigbee, MS, (IGB) VORTAC),
eastward across Alabama, to the CANER, GA, fix (approximately 21 NM
northeast of Columbus, GA). T-258 would overlie airway V-245 from the
MINIM, AL, navigation fix eastward to the CRMSN, AL, WP; and it would
overlie airway V-66 from the CRMSN, AL, WP eastward to the CANER, GA,
Fix.
T-290: T-290 is an existing route that extends between the SCAIL,
AL, WP, and the JACET, GA, WP. Under the proposed change, the western
end of the route would begin at the HABJE, MS, Fix (located
approximately 15 NM west of the Meridian, MS (MEI), VORTAC. The route
would then proceed eastward to the Meridian, MS (MEI), VORTAC, through
the KWANE, MS, WP, and the RABEC, AL, WP to the Montgomery, AL (MGM),
VORTAC, and then northeastward to the SCAIL, AL, WP. From the SCAIL,
AL, WP, T-290 would proceed to the JACET, GA, WP as currently charted.
T-290 would overlie VOR Federal airway V-56 between the Meridian, MS
(MEI), VORTAC and the Montgomery, AL (MGM), VORTAC.
T-292: T-292 is an existing route that extends between the RKMRT,
GA, WP, and the JACET, GA, WP. As proposed, the western end of T-292
would begin at the Semmes, AL (SJI), VORTAC. From that point, it would
proceed northward through the BURIN, AL; the HAZEY, AL; the YARBO, AL;
the ANTUH, AL; and the JANES, AL, fixes to the KWANE, MS, WP. The route
would then turn northeastward through the EUTAW, AL, and the MOVIL, AL,
fixes; then through the Brookwood, AL (OKW), VORTAC; the VLKNN, AL, WP;
the HOKES, AL, and the MAYES, AL, fixes; then to the RKMRT, GA, WP,
from which point it would proceed as currently charted to the JACET,
GA, WP. The amended route would overlie a portion of VOR Federal airway
V-417 between the MAYES, AL, WP, and the Vulcan, AL (VUZ), VORTAC; and
would overlie Federal airway V-209 between the Vulcan, AL, VORTAC and
the Semmes, AL, VORTAC.
T-294: T-294 is an existing route that extends between the HEFIN,
AL, fix and the GRANT, GA, fix. This proposal would extend the route
from the HEFIN, AL, Fix, westward to the HABJE, MS, Fix (located 15 NM
west of the Meridian, MS (MEI), VORTAC. The amended route would overlie
VOR Federal airway V-18 between the HABJE, MS, fix and the HEFIN, AL,
fix.
The existing latitude/longitude coordinates in the descriptions of
T-290, T-292, and T-294 would be updated to the hundredths of a second
place to provide greater accuracy.
Full route descriptions of the above routes are listed in ``The
Proposed Amendment'' section, below.
United States Area Navigation Routes are published in paragraph
6011 of FAA Order 7400.11C, dated August 13, 2018, and effective
September 15, 2018, which is incorporated by reference in 14 CFR 71.1.
The RNAV routes listed in this document would be subsequently published
in the Order.
Regulatory Notices and Analyses
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.
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 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.
Environmental Review
This proposal will be subject to an environmental analysis in
accordance with FAA Order 1050.1F, ``Environmental Impacts: Policies
and Procedures'' prior to any FAA final regulatory action.
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
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1. The authority citation for part 71 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 106(g); 40103, 40113, 40120; E.O.
10854, 24 FR 9565, 3 CFR, 1959-1963 Comp., p. 389.
Sec. 71.1 [Amended]
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2. The incorporation by reference in 14 CFR 71.1 of FAA Order 7400.11C,
Airspace Designations and Reporting Points, dated August 13, 2018, and
effective September 15, 2018, is amended as follows:
Paragraph 6011 United States Area Navigation Routes
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T-239 Pecan, GA (PZD) to GOINS, MS [New]
Pecan, GA (PZD) VOR/DME (Lat. 31[deg]39'18.74'' N, long. 084[deg]17'35.16'' W)
SHANY, GA Fix (Lat. 31[deg]45'05.09'' N, long. 084[deg]33'49.37'' W)
AYUVO, GA Fix (Lat. 31[deg]45'50.73'' N, long. 084[deg]35'58.47'' W)
SAWES, GA Fix (Lat. 31[deg]50'59.68'' N, long. 084[deg]50'36.02'' W)
AXOSE, GA Fix (Lat. 31[deg]53'13.32'' N, long. 084[deg]56'57.43'' W)
Eufaula, AL (EUF) VORTAC (Lat. 31[deg]57'00.90'' N, long. 085[deg]07'49.73'' W)
MILER, AL Fix (Lat. 32[deg]12'57.74'' N, long. 085[deg]23'50.35'' W)
Tuskegee, AL (TGE) VOR/DME (Lat. 32[deg]29'05.53'' N, long. 085[deg]40'09.55'' W)
KENTT, AL Fix (Lat. 32[deg]36'42.77'' N, long. 085[deg]47'57.33'' W)
SEMAN, AL Fix (Lat. 32[deg]46'20.97'' N, long. 085[deg]57'49.44'' W)
NIXBY, AL Fix (Lat. 32[deg]55'34.52'' N, long. 086[deg]07'19.96'' W)
FAYEZ, AL Fix (Lat. 33[deg]00'38.93'' N, long. 086[deg]12'34.80'' W)
KYLEE, AL Fix (Lat. 33[deg]09'41.04'' N, long. 086[deg]21'57.72'' W)
ADZIN, AL Fix (Lat. 33[deg]10'36.99'' N, long. 086[deg]22'56.20'' W)
HANDE, AL Fix (Lat. 33[deg]18'44.40'' N, long. 086[deg]31'24.44'' W)
VLKNN, AL WP (Lat. 33[deg]40'12.49'' N, long. 086[deg]53'59.42'' W)
NEGEE, AL Fix (Lat. 33[deg]48'12.56'' N, long. 087[deg]10'36.89'' W)
CORES, AL Fix (Lat. 33[deg]50'07.18'' N, long. 087[deg]14'36.71'' W)
CHOOK, AL Fix (Lat. 33[deg]56'04.62'' N, long. 087[deg]27'21.41'' W)
EXIST, AL Fix (Lat. 33[deg]59'37.53'' N, long. 087[deg]34'53.35'' W)
FOGUM, AL Fix (Lat. 34[deg]06'25.32'' N, long. 087[deg]49'24.16'' W)
SWIKI, AL WP (Lat. 34[deg]11'55.87'' N, long. 088[deg]00'42.44'' W)
GANTT, MS WP (Lat. 34[deg]26'42.26'' N, long. 088[deg]38'57.39'' W)
ZATEL, MS Fix (Lat. 34[deg]27'49.78'' N, long. 088[deg]41'30.76'' W)
ICAVY, MS Fix (Lat. 34[deg]29'51.00'' N, long. 088[deg]47'03.66'' W)
GOINS, MS WP (Lat. 34[deg]46'12.64'' N, long. 089[deg]29'46.81'' W)
T-258 MINIM, AL to CANER, GA [New]
MINIM, AL Fix (Lat. 33[deg]32'31.14'' N, long. 088[deg]02'23.62'' W)
CAYAP, AL Fix (Lat. 33[deg]19'27.01'' N, long. 087[deg]39'08.35'' W)
CRMSN, AL WP (Lat. 33[deg]15'31.80'' N, long. 087[deg]32'12.70'' W)
ZIVMU, AL Fix (Lat. 33[deg]14'58.61'' N, long. 087[deg]23'53.53'' W)
Brookwood, AL (OKW) VORTAC (Lat. 33[deg]14'16.31'' N, long. 087[deg]14'59.52'' W)
HEENA, AL Fix (Lat. 33[deg]12'24.62'' N, long. 086[deg]52'15.28'' W)
KYLEE, AL Fix (Lat. 33[deg]09'41.04'' N, long. 086[deg]21'57.72'' W)
CAMPP, AL Fix (Lat. 33[deg]06'10.39'' N, long. 085[deg]44'51.08'' W)
Lagrange, GA (LGC) VORTAC (Lat. 33[deg]02'56.83'' N, long. 085[deg]12'22.40'' W)
LANGA, GA Fix (Lat. 32[deg]55'34.17'' N, long. 084[deg]56'59.00'' W)
CANER, GA Fix (Lat. 32[deg]45'21.48'' N, long. 084[deg]35'51.42'' W)
T-290 HABJE, MS to JACET, GA [Amended]
HABJE, MS Fix (Lat. 32[deg]23'32.11'' N, long. 089[deg]05'56.57'' W)
Meridian, MS (MEI) VORTAC (Lat. 32[deg]22'42.38'' N, long. 088[deg]48'15.36'' W)
KWANE, MS WP (Lat. 32[deg]22'00.47'' N, long. 088[deg]27'29.43'' W)
RABEC, AL WP (Lat. 32[deg]16'11.64'' N, long. 086[deg]58'01.67'' W)
Montgomery, AL (MGM) VORTAC (Lat. 32[deg]13'20.21'' N, long. 086[deg]19'11.02'' W)
SCAIL, AL WP (Lat. 33[deg]02'01.32'' N, long. 085[deg]39'31.56'' W)
BBAIT, GA WP (Lat. 33[deg]07'14.23'' N, long. 084[deg]46'13.19'' W)
BBASS, GA WP (Lat. 33[deg]11'32.70'' N, long. 083[deg]59'21.10'' W)
BBOAT, GA WP (Lat. 33[deg]16'50.57'' N, long. 083[deg]28'10.00'' W)
BOBBR, GA WP (Lat. 33[deg]19'57.07'' N, long. 083[deg]08'19.47'' W)
JACET, GA WP (Lat. 33[deg]29'41.42'' N, long. 082[deg]06'27.81'' W)
T-292 Semmes, AL (SJI) to JACET, GA [Amended]
Semmes, AL (SJI) VORTAC (Lat. 30[deg]43'33.53'' N, long. 088[deg]21'33.46'' W)
BURIN, AL Fix (Lat. 30[deg]58'43.51'' N, long. 088[deg]22'47.31'' W)
HAZEY, AL Fix (Lat. 31[deg]15'33.23'' N, long. 088[deg]24'09.75'' W)
YARBO, AL Fix (Lat. 31[deg]26'30.60'' N, long. 088[deg]25'03.67'' W)
ANTUH, AL Fix (Lat. 31[deg]33'10.56'' N, long. 088[deg]25'36.47'' W)
JANES, AL Fix (Lat. 31[deg]45'57.15'' N, long. 088[deg]26'06.08'' W)
KWANE, MS WP (Lat. 32[deg]22'00.47'' N, long. 088[deg]27'29.43'' W)
EUTAW, AL Fix (Lat. 32[deg]49'03.81'' N, long. 087[deg]50'20.52'' W)
MOVIL, AL Fix (Lat. 33[deg]01'24.91'' N, long. 087[deg]33'09.96'' W)
Brookwood, AL (OKW) VORTAC (Lat. 33[deg]14'16.31'' N, long. 087[deg]14'59.52'' W)
VLKNN, AL WP (Lat. 33[deg]40'12.49'' N, long. 086[deg]53'59.42'' W)
HOKES, AL Fix (Lat. 33[deg]55'30.08'' N, long. 085[deg]50'33.20'' W)
MAYES, AL Fix (Lat. 33[deg]58'20.32'' N, long. 085[deg]49'15.34'' W)
RKMRT, GA WP (Lat. 34[deg]03'36.73'' N, long. 085[deg]15'02.63'' W)
POLLL, GA WP (Lat. 34[deg]08'57.26'' N, long. 084[deg]46'49.54'' W)
CCATT, GA WP (Lat. 34[deg]16'14.97'' N, long. 084[deg]09'05.36'' W)
REELL, GA WP (Lat. 34[deg]01'32.51'' N, long. 083[deg]31'44.10'' W)
TRREE, GA WP (Lat. 33[deg]47'14.78'' N, long. 082[deg]55'30.22'' W)
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JACET, GA WP (Lat. 33[deg]29'41.42'' N, long. 082[deg]06'27.81'' W)
T-294 HABJE, MS to GRANT, GA [Amended]
HABJE, MS Fix (Lat. 32[deg]23'32.11'' N, long. 089[deg]05'56.57'' W)
Meridian, MS (MEI) VORTAC (Lat. 32[deg]22'42.38'' N, long. 088[deg]48'15.36'' W)
NOSRY, MS Fix (Lat. 32[deg]29'06.87'' N, long. 088[deg]39'10.26'' W)
BOYDD, AL Fix (Lat. 32[deg]41'52.58'' N, long. 088[deg]20'57.71'' W)
ALICE, AL Fix (Lat. 32[deg]59'03.95'' N, long. 087[deg]56'12.06'' W)
CRMSN, AL WP (Lat. 33[deg]15'31.80'' N, long. 087[deg]32'12.70'' W)
SITES, AL Fix (Lat. 33[deg]24'28.11'' N, long. 087[deg]18'27.10'' W)
OAKGO, AL Fix (Lat. 33[deg]27'13.10'' N, long. 087[deg]14'11.79'' W)
WUNET, AL Fix (Lat. 33[deg]31'40.47'' N, long. 087[deg]07'17.21'' W)
VLKNN, AL WP (Lat. 33[deg]40'12.49'' N, long. 086[deg]53'59.42'' W)
TRUST, AL Fix (Lat. 33[deg]38'21.99'' N, long. 086[deg]36'58.83'' W)
JOTAV, AL Fix (Lat. 33[deg]36'18.25'' N, long. 086[deg]18'24.59'' W)
NOPVE, AL Fix (Lat. 33[deg]35'27.30'' N, long. 086[deg]10'51.81'' W)
DEGAA, AL WP (Lat. 33[deg]34'30.58'' N, long. 086[deg]02'32.96'' W)
KOCEY, AL Fix (Lat. 33[deg]35'20.40'' N, long. 085[deg]41'02.32'' W)
LAYIN, AL Fix (Lat. 33[deg]35'38.39'' N, long. 085[deg]32'50.84'' W)
HEFIN, AL Fix (Lat. 33[deg]35'54.75'' N, long. 085[deg]25'10.57'' W)
BBAIT, GA WP (Lat. 33[deg]07'14.23'' N, long. 084[deg]46'13.19'' W)
JMPPR, GA WP (Lat. 32[deg]57'42.02'' N, long. 084[deg]33'18.56'' W)
GRANT, GA Fix (Lat. 32[deg]49'44.96'' N, long. 084[deg]22'36.39'' W)
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Issued in Washington, DC, on March 6, 2019.
Scott M. Rosenbloom,
Acting Manager, Airspace Policy Group.
[FR Doc. 2019-04535 Filed 3-12-19; 8:45 am]
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