[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 198 (Tuesday, October 13, 2020)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 64377]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-22426]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Docket No. FAA-2019-0815; Airspace Docket No. 19-ASW-8]
RIN 2120-AA66


Revocation, Amendment, and Establishment of Multiple Air Traffic 
Service (ATS) Routes Due to the Decommissioning of the Greene County, 
MS, VOR

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Final rule, delay of effective date.

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SUMMARY: This action changes the effective date of a final rule 
published in the Federal Register on August 20, 2020, removing Jet 
Route J-590, amending VHF Omnidirectional Range (VOR) Federal airways 
V-11 and V-70, and establishing area navigation (RNAV) routes T-362 and 
T-365 due to the planned decommissioning of the VOR portion of the 
Greene County, MS (GCV), VOR/Tactical Air Navigation (VORTAC) 
navigation aid (NAVAID). The FAA is delaying the effective date to 
coincide with the slipped decommissioning date of the Greene County VOR 
to June 17, 2021, and the anticipated completion of flight inspection 
activities associated with related VOR Minimum Operational Network 
(MON) Program projects necessary to adopt the rule amendments.

DATES: The effective date of the final rule published on August 20, 
2020 (85 FR 51329) is delayed until June 17, 2021. The Director of the 
Federal Register approved this incorporation by reference action under 
Title 1 Code of Federal Regulations part 51, subject to the annual 
revision of FAA Order 7400.11 and publication of conforming amendments.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Colby Abbott, Rules and Regulations 
Group, Office of Policy, Federal Aviation Administration, 800 
Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20591; telephone: (202) 267-
8783.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    The FAA published a final rule in the Federal Register for Docket 
No. FAA-2019-0815 (85 FR 51329, August 20, 2020), removing Jet Route J-
590, amending VOR Federal airways V-11 and V-70, and establishing RNAV 
routes T-362 and T-365 due to the planned decommissioning of the VOR 
portion of the Greene County, MS, VORTAC NAVAID. The effective date for 
that final rule is November 5, 2020. Subsequent to the final rule, the 
required flight inspection activities for related VOR MON projects 
supporting the Greene County VOR decommissioning were not able to be 
accomplished in time due to NAVAID outages associated with the related 
VOR MON projects. The FAA anticipates the NAVAID outages will be 
resolved and the required flight inspection activities accomplished by 
June 17, 2021.
    To facilitate the safe and continuous use of existing air traffic 
procedures, and in anticipation the NAVAID outages will be resolved and 
the required flight inspection activities for the related VOR MON 
projects accomplished, the planned decommissioning date for the Greene 
County, MS, VOR has been slipped to June 17, 2021. Therefore, the rule 
removing J-590, amending V-11 and V-70, and establishing T-362 and T-
365 is delayed to coincide with that date.
    Jet routes are published in paragraph 2004, VOR Federal airways are 
published in paragraph 6010(a), and RNAV T-routes are published in 
paragraph 6011 of FAA Order 7400.11E dated July 21, 2020, and effective 
September 15, 2020, which is incorporated by reference in 14 CFR 71.1. 
The ATS routes listed in this document will be subsequently published 
in the Order.
    FAA Order 7400.11, Airspace Designations and Reporting Points, is 
published yearly and effective on September 15.

Good Cause for No Notice and Comment

    Section 553(b)(3)(B) of Title 5, United States Code, (the 
Administrative Procedure Act) authorizes agencies to dispense with 
notice and comment procedures for rules when the agency for ``good 
cause'' finds that those procedures are ``impracticable, unnecessary, 
or contrary to the public interest.'' Under this section, an agency, 
upon finding good cause, may issue a final rule without seeking comment 
prior to the rulemaking. The FAA finds that prior notice and public 
comment to this final rule is unnecessary due to the brief length of 
the extension of the effective date and the fact that there is no 
substantive change to the rule.''

Delay of Effective Date

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Accordingly, pursuant to the authority delegated to me, the effective 
date of the final rule, Airspace Docket 19-ASW-8, as published in the 
Federal Register on August 20, 2020 (85 FR 51329), FR Doc. 2020-18253, 
is hereby delayed until June 17, 2021.

    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.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on October 6, 2020.
Scott M. Rosenbloom,
Acting Manager, Rules and Regulations Group.
[FR Doc. 2020-22426 Filed 10-9-20; 8:45 am]
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