[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 42 (Wednesday, March 5, 2025)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 11217-11218]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-03482]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
14 CFR Part 71
[Docket No. FAA-2024-1707; Airspace Docket No. 24-ASW-4]
RIN 2120-AA66
Amendment of VOR Federal Airways V-68, V-76, V-212, V-222, and V-
558, and United States Area Navigation Route T-220 in the Vicinity of
Industry, TX
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Final rule, delay of effective date.
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SUMMARY: This action delays the effective date of the final rule
published in the Federal Register on January 16, 2025 amending Very
High Frequency Omnidirectional Range (VOR) Federal Airways V-68, V-212,
and V-222, and United States Area Navigation (RNAV) Route T-220; and
revoking VOR Federal Airway V-558. This is the second delay of the
original effective date for this final rule published in the Federal
Register on December 9, 2024. The FAA is delaying the effective date to
allow sufficient time for completing the redesign and flight inspection
of a Standard Terminal Arrival Route (STAR) instrument procedure into
George Bush Intercontinental/Houston Airport, TX, that failed the
initial and follow-up flight inspections.
DATES: The effective date of the final rule published on January 16,
2025, (90 FR 4612) is delayed to August 7, 2025. The Director of the
Federal Register approved this incorporation by reference action under
1 CFR part 51, subject to the annual revision of FAA
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Order JO 7400.11 and publication of conforming amendments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Colby Abbott, Rules and Regulations
Group, Policy Directorate, Federal Aviation Administration, 600
Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20597; telephone: (202) 267-
8783.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The FAA published a final rule for Docket No. FAA-2024-1707 in the
Federal Register (89 FR 97510; December 9, 2024), amending VOR Federal
Airways V-68, V-212, and V-222, and United States RNAV Route T-220; and
revoking VOR Federal Airway V-558 due to the planned decommissioning of
the VOR portion of the Industry, TX, VORTAC NAVAID. Amendment of V-76
was removed from the docket action in the final rule. The effective
date for that final rule was February 20, 2025. After the final rule
was published, two STAR instrument procedures, one into George Bush
Intercontinental/Houston Airport and one into San Antonio International
Airport, failed required flight inspections. The FAA determined that
the required update and flight inspection actions for the two failed
STAR instrument procedures could not be completed in time to meet the
original planned decommissioning date. As a result, the existing STARs
remained in place until the next chart date and on January 16, 2025 (90
FR 4612), the final rule effective date was delayed from February 20,
2025, to April 17, 2025.
The two STAR instrument procedures that failed the initial flight
inspections were updated and flight inspected a second time in
preparation of meeting the April 17, 2025, effective date for amending
and revoking the Air Traffic Service (ATS) routes affected by the
planned decommissioning of the Industry, TX, VOR. The STAR into San
Antonio International Airport passed the second flight inspection, but
the STAR into George Bush Intercontinental/Houston Airport failed the
second inspection. Therefore, the existing STARs need to remain in
place until the STAR into George Bush Intercontinental/Houston Airport
can be redesigned and flight inspected.
The FAA expects the required redesign and flight inspection for the
STAR into George Bush Intercontinental/Houston Airport to be completed
to meet an August 7, 2025, effective date. Therefore, the effective
date of this final rule amending VOR Federal Airways V-68, V-212, and
V-222, and United States RNAV Route T-220; and revoking VOR Federal
Airway V-558 is delayed further to coincide with that date.
VOR Federal Airways are published in paragraph 6010(a) and United
States Area Navigation Routes are published in paragraph 6011 of FAA
Order JO 7400.11, Airspace Designations and Reporting Points, which is
incorporated by reference in 14 CFR 71.1 on an annual basis. This
document amends the current version of that order, FAA Order JO
7400.11J, dated July 31, 2024, and effective September 15, 2024. FAA
Order JO 7400.11J is publicly available online at www.faa.gov/air_traffic/publications/. You may also contact the Rules and
Regulations Group, Policy Directorate, Federal Aviation Administration,
600 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20597; telephone: (202) 267-
8783.
FAA Order JO 7400.11J lists Class A, B, C, D, and E airspace areas,
air traffic service routes, and reporting points.
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 for Airspace Docket 24-ASW-4, as published in
the Federal Register on December 9, 2024 (89 FR 97510), FR Doc. 2024-
28750, and of the final rule, delay of effective date as published in
the Federal Register on January 16, 2025 (90 FR 4612), FR Doc. 2025-
00732, are hereby delayed until August 7, 2025.
Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(f); 40103, 40113, 40120; E.O. 10854, 24
FR 9565, 3 CFR, 1959-1963 Comp., P. 389.
Issued in Washington, DC, on February 27, 2025.
Brian Eric Konie,
Manager (A), Rules and Regulations Group.
[FR Doc. 2025-03482 Filed 3-4-25; 8:45 am]
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