82 FR 35918 - Proposed Modification and Revocation of Multiple Air Traffic Service (ATS) Routes; Northcentral United States

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 147 (August 2, 2017)

Page Range		35918-35920
FR Document		2017-16174
This action proposes to amend and remove multiple VHF Omnidirectional Range (VOR) Federal airways in northcentral United States to reflect additional amendments to several Federal airways impacted by the decommissioning of the Tiverton, OH, VOR/Distance Measuring Equipment (VOR/DME) navigation aid. The route changes would be made as part of the FAA's Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) efforts to safely improve the overall efficiency of the National Airspace System (NAS).
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Docket No. FAA-2016-9555; Airspace Docket No. 16-AGL-2]


Proposed Modification and Revocation of Multiple Air Traffic 
Service (ATS) Routes; Northcentral United States

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking (SNPRM).

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SUMMARY: This action proposes to amend and remove multiple VHF 
Omnidirectional Range (VOR) Federal airways in northcentral United 
States to reflect additional amendments to several Federal airways 
impacted by the decommissioning of the Tiverton, OH, VOR/Distance 
Measuring Equipment (VOR/DME) navigation aid. The route changes would 
be made as part of the FAA's Next Generation Air Transportation System 
(NextGen) efforts to safely improve the overall efficiency of the 
National Airspace System (NAS).

DATES: Comments must be received on or before September 18, 2017.

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-2016-9555 and Airspace Docket No. 16-AGL-2 at the beginning of your 
comments. You may also submit comments through the Internet at http://www.regulations.gov. You may review the public docket containing the 
proposal, any comments received, and any final disposition in person in 
the Dockets Office between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday through 
Friday, except Federal holidays. The Docket Office (telephone 1 (800) 
647-5527), is on the ground floor of the building at the above address.
    FAA Order 7400.11A, 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 7400.11A at NARA, call (202) 741-6030, or go 
to http://www.archives.gov/federal_register/code_of_federal-regulations/ibr_locations.html.
    FAA Order 7400.11, Airspace Designations and Reporting Points, is 
published yearly and effective on September 15.

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 modifies the NAS route structure as necessary to 
preserve the safe and efficient flow of air traffic within the NAS.

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-2016-9555 and Airspace Docket No. 16-AGL-2) 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-2016-9555 and Airspace Docket No. 16-AGL-2.'' 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 7400.11A, Airspace 
Designations and Reporting Points, dated August 3, 2016, and effective 
September 15, 2016. FAA Order 7400.11A is publicly available as listed 
in the ADDRESSES section of this document. FAA Order 7400.11A lists 
Class A, B, C, D, and E airspace areas,

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air traffic service routes, and reporting points.

Background

    On February 27, 2017, the FAA published in the Federal Register a 
notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) proposing to amend and remove 
multiple VOR Federal airways in northcentral United States to reflect 
and accommodate route changes being made as part of the FAA's 
Cleveland/Detroit Metroplex Project airspace redesign effort (82 FR 
11859). Interested parties were invited to participate in this 
rulemaking effort by submitting written comments on the proposal. No 
comments were received.
    Subsequent to publication, the FAA initiated a project for 
decommissioning the Tiverton, OH, VOR/DME due to the land-lease for the 
navigation aid expiring September 30, 2018, and not being renewed. With 
the planned decommissioning of the Tiverton VOR/DME occurring, several 
of the Federal airways proposed for amendment in the NPRM are impacted 
and will require additional amendment. Based on the timing of the NPRM 
and the planned Tiverton VOR/DME decommissioning project, and that 
several airways are affected by both actions, the FAA decided to 
incorporate both activities into this airspace docket action. By 
merging the planned Tiverton VOR/DME decommissioning activity with this 
action, additional proposed amendments to V-92, V-133, and V-210 are 
necessary. Additionally, NAV CANADA has amended V-43 within Canada's 
airspace that requires the FAA to adjust the proposed amendment to V-
43. The remaining Federal airways associated with the Tiverton VOR/DME 
(V-443, V-523, and V-525) require no additional proposed amendments 
beyond those proposed in the NPRM.
    Additionally, the FAA reviewed the airway amendments proposed in 
the NPRM and the Cleveland/Detroit Metroplex project redesign and has 
now determined the two activities are in fact independent of each other 
and not connected. The FAA mischaracterized the connection between the 
redesign and the airway changes in the NPRM. The airway amendments 
proposed in the NPRM support the FAA's NextGen efforts to safely 
improve the overall efficiency of the NAS.
    Since several airway amendments proposed in the NPRM require 
further amendment, and the NPRM characterization requires clarification 
that the airway amendments proposed in the NPRM support the FAA's 
NextGen efforts independent from the FAA's Cleveland/Detroit Metroplex 
project activities, the FAA has determined it is necessary to reopen 
the comment period to provide additional opportunity for public 
comment.
    The FAA is undertaking this action in support of its NextGen goal 
to safely improve the overall efficiency of the NAS by increasing 
efficiencies in the enroute structure and areas with complex air 
traffic flows. More specifically, the proposed changes would enhance 
the way aircraft navigate the enroute airspace, improve airport access, 
and make flight routes more efficient by optimizing the operations and 
procedures based on satellite-based navigation.
    Lastly, the FAA plans to continue NextGen modernization efforts of 
the Cleveland and Detroit terminal radar approach control (TRACON) 
airspace areas, at a later date, by working with the facilities to 
establish RNAV T-routes designed to enhance the flow of traffic through 
their busy terminal airspace areas. Any new RNAV T-routes that result 
from that process will be proposed in a separate airspace docket 
action.

Differences From NPRM

    The legal description to V-2 is revised to reflect the proposed 
amendment.
    The proposed amendment to V-43 is revised to include removing the 
airway segment between the Erie, PA, VORTAC and the Buffalo, NY, VOR/
DME.
    The proposed amendment to V-92 is revised to include removing the 
airway segments between the intersection of the Chicago Heights, IL, 
VORTAC 358[deg] and Chicago O'Hare, IL, VOR/DME 127[deg] radials (BEBEE 
fix) and the Chicago Heights, IL, VORTAC; between the Goshen, IN, 
VORTAC and the intersection of the Goshen, IN, VORTAC 092[deg](T)/
092[deg](M) and Fort Wayne, IN, VORTAC 016[deg](T)/016[deg](M) radials 
(ILTON fix); and between the Tiverton, OH, VOR/DME and the 
Newcomerstown, OH, VOR/DME.
    The proposed amendment to V-133 is revised to include removing the 
airway segment between the Zanesville, OH, VOR/DME and the Tiverton, 
OH, VOR/DME.
    The proposed amendment to V-210 is revised to include removing the 
airway segment between the Rosewood, OH, VORTAC and the Tiverton, OH, 
VOR/DME.

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-43, V-92, 
V-133, and V-210. Those airway amendments are outlined below.
    V-2: The proposed amendment is unchanged, the FAA identified a 
typographical error in the regulatory text of the V-2 description. The 
description inadvertently included ``, 259[deg] radials; Buffalo'' 
after ``From Buffalo, NY'' in describing the airway segment between the 
Buffalo, NY, VOR/DME and the Gardner, MA, VOR/DME. The regulatory text 
for the V-2 airway segment between the Buffalo, NY, VOR/DME and the 
Gardner, MA, VOR/DME is corrected in this SNPRM to read, ``From 
Buffalo, NY; Rochester, NY; Syracuse, NY; Utica, NY; Albany, NY; INT 
Albany 084[deg] and Gardner, MA, 284[deg] radials; to Gardner.''
    V-43: V-43 currently extends between the Appleton, OH, VORTAC and 
the Buffalo, NY, VOR/DME. The FAA proposes to remove the airway segment 
between the Appleton, OH, VORTAC and the Youngstown, OH, VORTAC; and 
between the Erie, PA, VORTAC and the Buffalo, NY, VOR/DME. 
Additionally, this proposal removes the previously proposed addition of 
an exclusion statement for the airspace within Canada. The unaffected 
portion of the existing airway would remain unchanged.
    V-92: V-92 currently extends between the intersection of the 
Chicago Heights, IL, VORTAC 358[deg] and Chicago O'Hare, IL, VOR/DME 
127[deg] radials (BEBEE fix) and the Armel, VA, VOR/DME. The FAA 
proposes to remove the airway segments between the intersection of the 
Chicago Heights, IL, VORTAC 358[deg] and Chicago O'Hare, IL, VOR/DME 
127[deg] radials (BEBEE fix) and the Chicago Heights, IL, VORTAC; and 
between the Goshen, IN, VORTAC and the Newcomerstown, OH, VOR/DME. The 
unaffected portions of the existing airway would remain unchanged.
    V-133: V-133 currently extends between the intersection of the 
Charlotte, NC, VOR/DME 305[deg] and Barretts Mountain, NC, VOR/DME 
197[deg] radials (LINCO fix) and the Mansfield, OH, VORTAC; and between 
the Salem, MI, VORTAC and the Red Lake, ON, Canada, VOR/DME; excluding 
the airspace within Canada. The FAA proposes to remove the airway 
segment between the Zanesville, OH, VOR/DME and the Mansfield, OH, 
VORTAC; and between the Salem, MI, VORTAC and the Saginaw, MI, VOR/DME. 
The unaffected portions of the existing airway and the exclusion 
statement for the airspace within Canada would remain unchanged.
    V-210: V-210 currently extends between the Los Angeles, CA, VORTAC 
and the Okmulgee, OK, VOR/DME; and between the Brickyard, IN, VORTAC 
and the Yardley, PA, VOR/DME. The

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FAA proposes to remove the airway segment between the Rosewood, OH, 
VORTAC and the Revloc, PA, VOR/DME. The unaffected portions of the 
existing airway would remain unchanged.
    The remaining VOR Federal airway amendments and removals proposed 
in the NPRM published in the Federal Register (82 FR 11859, February 
27, 2017) are unchanged.
    All radials in the route descriptions below are unchanged and 
stated in True degrees.
    VOR Federal airways are published in paragraph 6010(a) of FAA Order 
7400.11A, dated August 3, 2016, and effective September 15, 2016, 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.

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

0
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]

0
2. The incorporation by reference in 14 CFR 71.1 of FAA Order 7400.11A, 
Airspace Designations and Reporting Points, dated August 3, 2016 and 
effective September 15, 2016, is amended as follows:

Paragraph 6010(a) Domestic VOR Federal Airways.

* * * * *

V-2 [Amended]

    From Seattle, WA; Ellensburg, WA; Moses Lake, WA; Spokane, WA; 
Mullan Pass, ID; Missoula, MT; Helena, MT; INT Helena 119[deg] and 
Livingston, MT, 322[deg] radials; Livingston; Billings, MT; Miles 
City, MT; 24 miles, 90 miles, 55 MSL, Dickinson, ND; 10 miles, 60 
miles, 38 MSL, Bismarck, ND; 14 miles, 62 miles, 34 MSL, Jamestown, 
ND; Fargo, ND; Alexandria, MN; Gopher, MN; Nodine, MN; Lone Rock, 
WI; Madison, WI; Badger, WI; Muskegon, MI; to Lansing, MI. From 
Buffalo, NY; Rochester, NY; Syracuse, NY; Utica, NY; Albany, NY; INT 
Albany 084[deg] and Gardner, MA, 284[deg] radials; to Gardner.
* * * * *

V-43 [Amended]

    From Youngstown, OH; to Erie, PA.
* * * * *

V-92 [Amended]

    From Chicago Heights, IL; to Goshen, IN. From Newcomerstown, OH; 
Bellaire, OH; INT Bellaire 107[deg] and Grantsville, MD, 285[deg] 
radials; Grantsville; INT Grantsville 124[deg] and Armel, VA, 
292[deg] radials; to Armel.
* * * * *

V-133 [Amended]

    From INT Charlotte, NC, 305[deg] and Barretts Mountain, NC, 
197[deg] radials; Barretts Mountain; Charleston, WV; to Zanesville, 
OH. From Saginaw, MI; Traverse City, MI; Escanaba, MI; Sawyer, MI; 
Houghton, MI; Thunder Bay, ON, Canada; International Falls, MN; to 
Red Lake, ON, Canada. The airspace within Canada is excluded.
* * * * *

V-210 [Amended]

    From Los Angeles, CA, INT Los Angeles 083[deg] and Pomona, CA, 
240[deg] radials; Pomona; INT Daggett, CA, 229[deg] and Hector, CA, 
263[deg] radials; Hector; Goffs, CA; 13 miles, 23 miles 71 MSL, 85 
MSL, Peach Springs, AZ; Grand Canyon, AZ; Tuba City, AZ; 10 miles 90 
MSL, 91 miles 105 MSL, Rattlesnake, NM; Alamosa, CO; INT Alamosa 
074[deg] and Lamar, CO, 250[deg] radials; 40 miles, 51 miles, 65 
MSL, Lamar; 13 miles, 79 miles, 55 MSL, Liberal, KS; INT Liberal 
137[deg] and Will Rogers, OK, 284[deg] radials; Will Rogers; INT 
Will Rogers 113[deg] and Okmulgee, OK, 238[deg] radials; Okmulgee. 
From Brickyard, IN, Muncie, IN; to Rosewood, OH. From Revloc, PA; 
INT Revloc 096[deg] and Harrisburg, PA, 285[deg] radials; 
Harrisburg; Lancaster, PA; INT Lancaster 095[deg] and Yardley, PA, 
255[deg] radials; to Yardley.
* * * * *

    Issued in Washington, DC, on July 26, 2017.
Rodger A. Dean, Jr.,
Manager, Airspace Policy Group.
[FR Doc. 2017-16174 Filed 8-1-17; 8:45 am]
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Acting Manager, Engine & Propeller Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20591; www.regulations.gov.
Directorate, Aircraft Certification Service. telephone: (202) 267–8783. The Order is Commenters wishing the FAA to
[FR Doc. 2017–16148 Filed 8–1–17; 8:45 am] also available for inspection at the acknowledge receipt of their comments
BILLING CODE 4910–13–P National Archives and Records on this action must submit with those
Administration (NARA). For comments a self-addressed, stamped
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741–6030, or go to http:// Docket No. FAA–2016–9555 and
Federal Aviation Administration www.archives.gov/federal_register/ Airspace Docket No. 16–AGL–2.’’ The
code_of_federal-regulations/ibr_ postcard will be date/time stamped and
14 CFR Part 71 locations.html. returned to the commenter.
[Docket No. FAA–2016–9555; Airspace FAA Order 7400.11, Airspace All communications received on or
Docket No. 16–AGL–2] Designations and Reporting Points, is before the specified comment closing
published yearly and effective on date will be considered before taking
Proposed Modification and Revocation September 15. action on the proposed rule. The
of Multiple Air Traffic Service (ATS) FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: proposal contained in this action may
Routes; Northcentral United States Colby Abbott, Airspace Policy Group, be changed in light of comments
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Office of Airspace Services, Federal received. All comments submitted will
Administration (FAA), DOT. Aviation Administration, 800 be available for examination in the
ACTION: Supplemental notice of Independence Avenue SW., public docket both before and after the
proposed rulemaking (SNPRM). Washington, DC 20591; telephone: (202) comment closing date. A report
267–8783. summarizing each substantive public
SUMMARY: This action proposes to SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: contact with FAA personnel concerned
amend and remove multiple VHF with this rulemaking will be filed in the
Omnidirectional Range (VOR) Federal Authority for This Rulemaking docket.
airways in northcentral United States to The FAA’s authority to issue rules
reflect additional amendments to Availability of NPRMs
regarding aviation safety is found in
several Federal airways impacted by the Title 49 of the United States Code. An electronic copy of this document
decommissioning of the Tiverton, OH, Subtitle I, Section 106 describes the may be downloaded through the
VOR/Distance Measuring Equipment authority of the FAA Administrator. internet at http://www.regulations.gov.
(VOR/DME) navigation aid. The route Subtitle VII, Aviation Programs, Recently published rulemaking
changes would be made as part of the describes in more detail the scope of the documents can also be accessed through
FAA’s Next Generation Air agency’s authority. This rulemaking is the FAA’s Web page at http://
Transportation System (NextGen) efforts promulgated under the authority www.faa.gov/air_traffic/publications/
to safely improve the overall efficiency described in Subtitle VII, Part A, airspace_amendments/.
of the National Airspace System (NAS). Subpart I, Section 40103. Under that You may review the public docket
DATES: Comments must be received on section, the FAA is charged with containing the proposal, any comments
or before September 18, 2017. prescribing regulations to assign the use received and any final disposition in
ADDRESSES: Send comments on this of the airspace necessary to ensure the person in the Dockets Office (see
proposal to the U.S. Department of safety of aircraft and the efficient use of ADDRESSES section for address and
Transportation, Docket Operations, 1200 airspace. This regulation is within the phone number) between 9:00 a.m. and
New Jersey Avenue SE., West Building scope of that authority as it modifies the 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday,
Ground Floor, Room W12–140, NAS route structure as necessary to except Federal holidays. An informal
Washington, DC 20590; telephone: 1 preserve the safe and efficient flow of docket may also be examined during
(800) 647–5527, or (202) 366–9826. You air traffic within the NAS. normal business hours at the office of
must identify FAA Docket No. FAA– the Operations Support Group, Central
Comments Invited Service Center, Federal Aviation
2016–9555 and Airspace Docket No. 16–
AGL–2 at the beginning of your Interested parties are invited to Administration, 10101 Hillwood Blvd.,
comments. You may also submit participate in this proposed rulemaking Fort Worth, TX 76177.
comments through the Internet at http:// by submitting such written data, views,
Availability and Summary of
www.regulations.gov. You may review or arguments as they may desire.
Documents for Incorporation by
the public docket containing the Comments that provide the factual basis
Reference
proposal, any comments received, and supporting the views and suggestions
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Dockets Office between 9:00 a.m. and developing reasoned regulatory FAA Order 7400.11A, Airspace
5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, decisions on the proposal. Comments Designations and Reporting Points,
except Federal holidays. The Docket are specifically invited on the overall dated August 3, 2016, and effective
Office (telephone 1 (800) 647–5527), is regulatory, aeronautical, economic, September 15, 2016. FAA Order
on the ground floor of the building at environmental, and energy-related 7400.11A is publicly available as listed
the above address. aspects of the proposal. in the ADDRESSES section of this
FAA Order 7400.11A, Airspace Communications should identify both document. FAA Order 7400.11A lists
Designations and Reporting Points, and docket numbers (FAA Docket No. FAA– Class A, B, C, D, and E airspace areas,

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FAA proposes to remove the airway PART 71—DESIGNATION OF CLASS A, KS; INT Liberal 137° and Will Rogers, OK,
segment between the Rosewood, OH, B, C, D, AND E AIRSPACE AREAS; AIR 284° radials; Will Rogers; INT Will Rogers
VORTAC and the Revloc, PA, VOR/ TRAFFIC SERVICE ROUTES; AND 113° and Okmulgee, OK, 238° radials;
Okmulgee. From Brickyard, IN, Muncie, IN;
DME. The unaffected portions of the REPORTING POINTS to Rosewood, OH. From Revloc, PA; INT
existing airway would remain Revloc 096° and Harrisburg, PA, 285° radials;
unchanged. ■ 1. The authority citation for part 71
Harrisburg; Lancaster, PA; INT Lancaster
continues to read as follows: 095° and Yardley, PA, 255° radials; to
The remaining VOR Federal airway
amendments and removals proposed in Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(g), 40103, 40113, Yardley.
40120; E.O. 10854, 24 FR 9565, 3 CFR, 1959– * * * * *
the NPRM published in the Federal 1963 Comp., p. 389.
Register (82 FR 11859, February 27, Issued in Washington, DC, on July 26,
2017) are unchanged. § 71.1 [Amended] 2017.
All radials in the route descriptions ■ 2. The incorporation by reference in Rodger A. Dean, Jr.,
below are unchanged and stated in True 14 CFR 71.1 of FAA Order 7400.11A, Manager, Airspace Policy Group.
degrees. Airspace Designations and Reporting [FR Doc. 2017–16174 Filed 8–1–17; 8:45 am]
Points, dated August 3, 2016 and BILLING CODE 4910–13–P
VOR Federal airways are published in effective September 15, 2016, is
paragraph 6010(a) of FAA Order amended as follows:
7400.11A, dated August 3, 2016, and
Paragraph 6010(a) Domestic VOR Federal DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
effective September 15, 2016, which is
Airways.
incorporated by reference in 14 CFR Federal Aviation Administration
71.1. The VOR Federal airways listed in * * * * *
this document would be subsequently V–2 [Amended] 14 CFR Part 91
published in the Order. From Seattle, WA; Ellensburg, WA; Moses [Docket No. FAA–2015–3304; Notice No. 15–
Lake, WA; Spokane, WA; Mullan Pass, ID;
Regulatory Notices and Analyses 07]
Missoula, MT; Helena, MT; INT Helena 119°
The FAA has determined that this and Livingston, MT, 322° radials; Livingston; RIN 2120–AK66
Billings, MT; Miles City, MT; 24 miles, 90
proposed regulation only involves an miles, 55 MSL, Dickinson, ND; 10 miles, 60
established body of technical Temporary Flight Restrictions in the
miles, 38 MSL, Bismarck, ND; 14 miles, 62 Proximity of Launch and Reentry
regulations for which frequent and miles, 34 MSL, Jamestown, ND; Fargo, ND; Operations; Withdrawal
routine amendments are necessary to Alexandria, MN; Gopher, MN; Nodine, MN;
keep them operationally current. It, Lone Rock, WI; Madison, WI; Badger, WI; AGENCY: Federal Aviation
therefore: (1) Is not a ‘‘significant Muskegon, MI; to Lansing, MI. From Buffalo, Administration (FAA), DOT.
regulatory action’’ under Executive NY; Rochester, NY; Syracuse, NY; Utica, NY;
Albany, NY; INT Albany 084° and Gardner, ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking
Order 12866; (2) is not a ‘‘significant MA, 284° radials; to Gardner. (NPRM); withdrawal.
rule’’ under Department of
* * * * * SUMMARY: The FAA is withdrawing a
Transportation (DOT) Regulatory
Policies and Procedures (44 FR 11034; V–43 [Amended] previously published NPRM that
February 26, 1979); and (3) does not From Youngstown, OH; to Erie, PA. proposed to revise the temporary flight
warrant preparation of a regulatory * * * * * restriction (TFR) provision for space
evaluation as the anticipated impact is flight operations to make the restrictions
so minimal. Since this is a routine V–92 [Amended] applicable to all aircraft including non-
matter that will only affect air traffic From Chicago Heights, IL; to Goshen, IN. U.S. registered aircraft, instead of only
procedures and air navigation, it is From Newcomerstown, OH; Bellaire, OH; U.S. registered aircraft or aircraft flown
INT Bellaire 107° and Grantsville, MD, 285° by pilots using a FAA pilot certificate.
certified that this proposed rule, when radials; Grantsville; INT Grantsville 124° and
promulgated, will not have a significant The NPRM also proposed to amend
Armel, VA, 292° radials; to Armel.
economic impact on a substantial language for consistency with other TFR
* * * * * provisions and commercial space
number of small entities under the
criteria of the Regulatory Flexibility Act. V–133 [Amended] regulations and definitions by replacing
From INT Charlotte, NC, 305° and Barretts ‘‘space flight operations’’ with ‘‘launch,
Environmental Review Mountain, NC, 197° radials; Barretts reentry, or amateur rocket operations.’’
Mountain; Charleston, WV; to Zanesville, The intended effect of the proposed
This proposal will be subject to an OH. From Saginaw, MI; Traverse City, MI; action was to further enhance the safety
environmental analysis in accordance Escanaba, MI; Sawyer, MI; Houghton, MI; in the affected airspace and improve the
with FAA Order 1050.1F, Thunder Bay, ON, Canada; International readability of the TFR requirements.
‘‘Environmental Impacts: Policies and Falls, MN; to Red Lake, ON, Canada. The After further review of this action and
Procedures’’ prior to any FAA final airspace within Canada is excluded.
the changing technology and scope of
regulatory action. * * * * * new flight operations, the FAA
List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 71 V–210 [Amended] determined that a better assessment of
From Los Angeles, CA, INT Los Angeles TFRs in the National Air Space (NAS)
jstallworth on DSKBBY8HB2PROD with PROPOSALS

Airspace, Incorporation by reference, 083° and Pomona, CA, 240° radials; Pomona; is needed to address present day
Navigation (air). INT Daggett, CA, 229° and Hector, CA, 263° operations; therefore, it is withdrawing
radials; Hector; Goffs, CA; 13 miles, 23 miles this NPRM.
The Proposed Amendment 71 MSL, 85 MSL, Peach Springs, AZ; Grand DATES: The FAA is withdrawing the
Canyon, AZ; Tuba City, AZ; 10 miles 90
In consideration of the foregoing, the NPRM published on September 2, 2015
MSL, 91 miles 105 MSL, Rattlesnake, NM;
Federal Aviation Administration Alamosa, CO; INT Alamosa 074° and Lamar, (80 FR 53033) as of August 2, 2017.
proposes to amend 14 CFR part 71 as CO, 250° radials; 40 miles, 51 miles, 65 MSL, FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
follows: Lamar; 13 miles, 79 miles, 55 MSL, Liberal, technical questions concerning this

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Category		Regulatory Information
Collection		Federal Register
sudoc Class		AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106:
Publisher		Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
Section		Proposed Rules
Action		Supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking (SNPRM).
Dates		Comments must be received on or before September 18, 2017.
Contact		Colby Abbott, Airspace Policy Group, Office of Airspace Services, Federal Aviation Administration, 800 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20591; telephone: (202) 267- 8783.
FR Citation		82 FR 35918
CFR Associated		Airspace; Incorporation by Reference and Navigation (air)
82 FR 35918 - Proposed Modification and Revocation of Multiple Air Traffic Service (ATS) Routes; Northcentral United States

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