[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 190 (Tuesday, October 1, 2019)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 52049-52051]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-21194]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
14 CFR Part 71
[Docket No. FAA-2019-0688; Airspace Docket No. 18-AGL-25]
RIN 2120-AA66
Proposed Amendment of VOR Federal Airways V-11 and V-275 in the
Vicinity of Bryan, OH, and Defiance, OH, Respectively
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM).
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SUMMARY: This action proposes to amend VHF Omnidirectional Range (VOR)
Federal airways V-11 by redefining the EDGEE fix in the vicinity of
Bryan, OH, and V-275 by redefining the KLOEE fix in the vicinity of
Defiance, OH. These modifications are necessary due to the planned
decommissioning of the VOR portion of the Waterville, OH (VWV), VOR/
Distance Measuring Equipment (VOR/DME) navigation aid (NAVAID), which
provides navigation guidance for portions of the affected air traffic
service (ATS) routes. The Waterville VOR is being decommissioned as
part of the FAA's VOR Minimum Operational Network (MON) program.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before November 15, 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-2019-0688; Airspace Docket No. 18-AGL-25 at the beginning of your
comments. You may also submit comments through the internet at http://www.regulations.gov. FAA Order 7400.11D, 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 7400.11D at NARA, email:
[email protected] or go to https://www.archives.gov/federal-register/cfr/ibr-locations.html.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Colby Abbott, 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 modify the National Airspace System as necessary
to preserve the safe and efficient flow of air traffic.
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-2019-0688; Airspace Docket No. 18-AGL-25) and be submitted in
triplicate to the Docket Management Facility (see
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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-2019-0688; Airspace Docket No. 18-AGL-25.'' 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. All comments submitted will be available for
examination in the public docket both before and after the comment
closing date. A report summarizing each substantive public contact with
FAA personnel concerned with this rulemaking will be filed in the
docket.
Availability of NPRMs
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 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 Operations Support Group, Central
Service Center, Federal Aviation Administration, 10101 Hillwood Blvd.,
Fort Worth, TX 76177.
Availability and Summary of Documents for Incorporation by Reference
This document proposes to amend FAA Order 7400.11D, Airspace
Designations and Reporting Points, dated August 8, 2019, and effective
September 15, 2019. FAA Order 7400.11D is publicly available as listed
in the ADDRESSES section of this document. FAA Order 7400.11D lists
Class A, B, C, D, and E airspace areas, air traffic service routes, and
reporting points.
Background
The FAA is planning decommissioning activities for the VOR portion
of the Waterville, OH (VWV), VOR/DME in May 2020, as one of the
candidate VORs identified for discontinuance by the FAA's VOR MON
program and listed in the final policy statement notice, ``Provision of
Navigation Services for the Next Generation Air Transportation System
(NextGen) Transition to Performance-Based Navigation (PBN) (Plan for
Establishing a VOR Minimum Operational Network),'' published in the
Federal Register of July 26, 2016 (81 FR 48694), Docket No. FAA-2011-
1082. Although the VOR portion of the Waterville, OH, VOR/DME NAVAID is
planned for decommissioning, the DME portion is being retained. The
only ATS route dependencies to the Waterville VOR are VOR Federal
airways V-11 and V-275.
With the planned decommissioning of the Waterville VOR, the FAA has
determined it prudent to retain V-11 and V-275, and to simply redefine
the component NAVAID radials that make up the EDGEE fix on V-11 and the
KLOEE fix on V-275. By redefining the intersecting NAVAID radials that
make up the fixes, instrument flight rules traffic and visual flight
rules pilots who elect to navigate via the airways will be able to
continue to use V-11 and V-275 as charted.
Additionally, the Cincinnati VOR/Tactical Air Navigation (VORTAC)
NAVAID listed in the V-275 description is actually located in
Covington, Kentucky. As such, the state abbreviation for the NAVAID
listed in the description should reflect the abbreviation ``KY''
instead of ``OH''. This editorial correction to the V-275 description
is also included in this proposed action.
The Proposal
The FAA is proposing an amendment to Title 14 Code of Federal
Regulations (14 CFR) part 71 to modify VOR Federal airways V-11 and V-
275. The planned decommissioning of the Waterville, OH, VOR has made
this action necessary. The proposed VOR Federal airway changes are
outlined below.
V-11: V-11 currently extends between the Brookley, AL, VORTAC and
the intersection of the Fort Wayne, IN, VORTAC 038[deg] and Waterville,
OH, VOR/DME 273[deg] radials (EDGEE fix). The FAA proposes to amend the
EDGEE fix in the airway description to describe it as the intersection
of the existing Fort Wayne VORTAC 038[deg] radial and the Flag City,
OH, VORTAC 308[deg](T)/310[deg](M) radial. The unaffected portions of
the existing airway would remain as charted.
V-275: V-275 currently extends between the Cincinnati, KY, VORTAC
and the intersection of the Dayton, OH, VOR/DME 007[deg] and the
Waterville, OH, VOR/DME 246[deg] radials (KLOEE fix). The FAA proposes
to amend the KLOEE fix in the airway description to describe it as the
intersection of the existing Dayton, OH, VOR/DME 007[deg] radial and
the Flag City, OH, VORTAC 313[deg](T)/315[deg](M) radial. Additionally,
an editorial correction is included to change the state abbreviation
for the Cincinnati VORTAC listed in the description from ``OH'' to
``KY''. The unaffected portions of the existing airway would remain as
charted.
All radials in the route descriptions below that are unchanged are
stated in True degrees. Radials that are stated in True (T) and
Magnetic (M) degrees are new computations based on available NAVAIDS.
VOR Federal airways are published in paragraph 6010(a) of FAA Order
7400.11D dated August 8, 2019, and effective September 15, 2019, which
is incorporated by reference in 14 CFR 71.1. The VOR Federal airways
listed in this document would be subsequently published in the Order.
FAA Order 7400.11, Airspace Designations and Reporting Points, is
published yearly and effective on September 15.
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
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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 7400.11D,
Airspace Designations and Reporting Points, dated August 8, 2019 and
effective September 15, 2019, is amended as follows:
Paragraph 6010(a) Domestic VOR Federal Airways.
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V-11 [Amended]
From Brookley, AL; Greene County, MS; INT Greene County 315[deg]
and Magnolia, MS, 133[deg] radials; Magnolia; Sidon, MS; Holly
Springs, MS; Dyersburg, TN; Cunningham, KY; Pocket City, IN;
Brickyard, IN; Marion, IN; Fort Wayne, IN; to INT Fort Wayne
038[deg] and Flag City, OH, 308[deg](T)/310[deg](M) radials.
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V-275 [Amended]
From Cincinnati, KY; INT Cincinnati 006[deg] and Dayton, OH,
207[deg] radials; Dayton; to INT Dayton 007[deg] and Flag City, OH,
313[deg](T)/315[deg](M) radials.
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Issued in Washington, DC, on September 25, 2019.
Rodger A. Dean Jr.,
Manager, Airspace Policy Group.
[FR Doc. 2019-21194 Filed 9-30-19; 8:45 am]
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