83_FR_61016 83 FR 60788 - Proposed Amendment of Air Traffic Service (ATS) Route T-333; Western United States

83 FR 60788 - Proposed Amendment of Air Traffic Service (ATS) Route T-333; Western United States

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 228 (November 27, 2018)

Page Range60788-60789
FR Document2018-25711

This action proposes to amend Area Navigation (RNAV) Route T- 333 in the western United States. The modification is necessary due to the planned decommissioning of Priest, CA, VOR navigation aid (NAVAID), which provides navigation guidance for portions of affected ATS route V-485. The decommissioning has rendered portions of V-485 unusable and amending T-333 will overcome affected portions of V-485. The Priest, CA, VOR is being decommissioned as part of the FAA's VOR Minimum Operational Network (MON) program.

Federal Register, Volume 83 Issue 228 (Tuesday, November 27, 2018) 
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 228 (Tuesday, November 27, 2018)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 60788-60789]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2018-25711]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Docket No. FAA-2018-0986; Airspace Docket No. 18-AWP-20]
RIN 2120-AA66


Proposed Amendment of Air Traffic Service (ATS) Route T-333; 
Western United States

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM).

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SUMMARY: This action proposes to amend Area Navigation (RNAV) Route T-
333 in the western United States. The modification is necessary due to 
the planned decommissioning of Priest, CA, VOR navigation aid (NAVAID), 
which provides navigation guidance for portions of affected ATS route 
V-485. The decommissioning has rendered portions of V-485 unusable and 
amending T-333 will overcome affected portions of V-485. The Priest, 
CA, VOR is being decommissioned as part of the FAA's VOR Minimum 
Operational Network (MON) program.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before January 11, 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-2018-0986; Airspace Docket No. 18-AWP-20 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 https://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: Kenneth Ready, 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 route structure as necessary to 
preserve the safe and efficient flow of air traffic within the National 
Airspace System.

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-2018-0986; Airspace Docket No. 18-AWP-20) 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-2018-0986; Airspace Docket No. 18-AWP-20.'' 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 Western Service Center, Operations 
Support Group, Federal Aviation Administration, 2200 South 216th St., 
Des Moines, WA 98198.

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 document. FAA Order 7400.11C lists 
Class A, B, C, D, and E airspace areas,

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air traffic service routes, and reporting points.

Background

    The FAA is planning decommissioning activities for the Priest, CA, 
VOR in 2019 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. The ATS route effected by the Clovis 
VOR decommissioning is V-485. RNAV route T-333 is proposed to be 
amended to overcome the gap to V-485.

The Proposal

    The FAA is proposing an amendment to Title 14 Code of Federal 
Regulations (14 CFR) part 71 by modifying RNAV route T-333. The 
proposed route change is outlined below.
    T-333: T-333 currently extends between the KLIDE, CA, FIX and the 
TIPRE, CA, waypoint. The FAA proposes to extend the route to the 
southeast by 130 miles to connect to the Fellows, CA, VOR/DME NAVAID, 
which is the new proposed starting point of the RNAV route. The 
extension is needed for navigation in the low altitude structure as V-
485 is being gapped in a separate rulemaking action due to the 
decommissioning of the Priest, CA, VOR. The amendment will remove the 
KLIDE, CA, FIX due to turn criteria for RNAV procedure development in 
order to rejoin T-333 at the BORED, CA, FIX.
    United States RNAV 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 Route 
listed in this document will 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

T-333 FELLOWS, CA TO TIPRE, CA [AMENDED]
FELLOWS, CA (FLW)                                           VOR/DME                  (Lat. 35[deg]05'35.10'' N, long. 119[deg]51'56.08'' W)
REDDE, CA                                                   FIX                      (Lat. 35[deg]39'35.48'' N, long. 120[deg]17'42.14'' W)
LKHRN, CA                                                   WP                       (Lat. 36[deg]05'59.82'' N, long. 120[deg]45'22.53'' W)
RANCK, CA                                                   FIX                      (Lat. 36[deg]35'29.90'' N, long. 121[deg]06'10.37'' W)
HENCE, CA                                                   FIX                      (Lat. 36[deg]55'28.65'' N, long. 121[deg]25'49.36'' W)
GILRO, CA                                                   FIX                      (Lat. 37[deg]02'46.62'' N, long. 121[deg]34'06.76'' W)
BORED, CA                                                   FIX                      (Lat. 37[deg]18'34.16'' N, long. 121[deg]27'48.06'' W)
SMONE, CA                                                   WP                       (Lat. 37[deg]32'10.45'' N, long. 121[deg]21'30.65'' W)
OOWEN, CA                                                   WP                       (Lat. 37[deg]42'25.17'' N, long. 121[deg]16'29.21'' W)
TIPRE, CA                                                   WP                       (Lat. 38[deg]12'21.00'' N, long. 121[deg]02'09.00'' W)
 

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    Issued in Washington, DC, on November 19, 2018.
Gemechu Gelgelu,
Acting Manager, Airspace Policy Group.
[FR Doc. 2018-25711 Filed 11-26-18; 8:45 am]
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60788 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 228 / Tuesday, November 27, 2018 / Proposed Rules JEKOK, ND WP (Lat. 47°59′31.05″ N, long. 103°27′17.51″ W) FONIA, ND FIX (Lat. 48°15′35.07″ N, long. 103°10′37.54″ W) * * * * * Administration, 800 Independence ADDRESSES section for address and Issued in Washington, DC, on November Avenue SW, Washington, DC, 20591; phone number). You may also submit 19, 2018. telephone: (202) 267–8783. The Order is comments through the internet at http:// Gemechu Gelgelu, also available for inspection at the www.regulations.gov. Acting Manager, Airspace Policy Group. National Archives and Records Commenters wishing the FAA to Administration (NARA). For acknowledge receipt of their comments [FR Doc. 2018–25710 Filed 11–26–18; 8:45 am] information on the availability of FAA on this action must submit with those BILLING CODE 4910–13–P Order 7400.11C at NARA, call (202) comments a self-addressed, stamped 741–6030, or go to https:// postcard on which the following www.archives.gov/federal-register/cfr/ statement is made: ‘‘Comments to FAA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ibr-locations.html. Docket No. FAA–2018–0986; Airspace Federal Aviation Administration FAA Order 7400.11, Airspace Docket No. 18–AWP–20.’’ The postcard Designations and Reporting Points, is will be date/time stamped and returned 14 CFR Part 71 published yearly and effective on to the commenter. September 15. All communications received on or [Docket No. FAA–2018–0986; Airspace FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: before the specified comment closing Docket No. 18–AWP–20] date will be considered before taking Kenneth Ready, Airspace Policy Group, RIN 2120–AA66 Office of Airspace Services, Federal action on the proposed rule. The Aviation Administration, 800 proposal contained in this action may Proposed Amendment of Air Traffic Independence Avenue SW, Washington, be changed in light of comments Service (ATS) Route T–333; Western DC 20591; telephone: (202) 267–8783. received. All comments submitted will United States SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: be available for examination in the AGENCY: Federal Aviation public docket both before and after the Authority for This Rulemaking comment closing date. A report Administration (FAA), DOT. The FAA’s authority to issue rules summarizing each substantive public ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking contact with FAA personnel concerned regarding aviation safety is found in (NPRM). Title 49 of the United States Code. with this rulemaking will be filed in the SUMMARY: This action proposes to Subtitle I, Section 106 describes the docket. amend Area Navigation (RNAV) Route authority of the FAA Administrator. Availability of NPRMs T–333 in the western United States. The Subtitle VII, Aviation Programs, describes in more detail the scope of the An electronic copy of this document modification is necessary due to the agency’s authority. This rulemaking is may be downloaded through the planned decommissioning of Priest, CA, promulgated under the authority internet at http://www.regulations.gov. VOR navigation aid (NAVAID), which described in Subtitle VII, Part A, Recently published rulemaking provides navigation guidance for Subpart I, Section 40103. Under that documents can also be accessed through portions of affected ATS route V–485. section, the FAA is charged with the FAA’s web page at http:// The decommissioning has rendered prescribing regulations to assign the use www.faa.gov/air_traffic/publications/ portions of V–485 unusable and of the airspace necessary to ensure the airspace_amendments/. amending T–333 will overcome affected safety of aircraft and the efficient use of You may review the public docket portions of V–485. The Priest, CA, VOR airspace. This regulation is within the containing the proposal, any comments is being decommissioned as part of the scope of that authority as it would received and any final disposition in FAA’s VOR Minimum Operational modify the route structure as necessary person in the Dockets Office (see Network (MON) program. to preserve the safe and efficient flow of ADDRESSES section for address and DATES: Comments must be received on phone number) between 9:00 a.m. and air traffic within the National Airspace or before January 11, 2019. 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, System. ADDRESSES: Send comments on this except federal holidays. An informal proposal to the U.S. Department of Comments Invited docket may also be examined during Transportation, Docket Operations, 1200 Interested parties are invited to normal business hours at the office of New Jersey Avenue SE, West Building participate in this proposed rulemaking the Western Service Center, Operations Ground Floor, Room W12–140, by submitting such written data, views, Support Group, Federal Aviation Washington, DC 20590; telephone: or arguments as they may desire. Administration, 2200 South 216th St., 1(800) 647–5527, or (202) 366–9826. Comments that provide the factual basis Des Moines, WA 98198. You must identify FAA Docket No. supporting the views and suggestions FAA–2018–0986; Airspace Docket No. Availability and Summary of presented are particularly helpful in 18–AWP–20 at the beginning of your Documents for Incorporation by developing reasoned regulatory comments. You may also submit Reference decisions on the proposal. 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Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 228 / Tuesday, November 27, 2018 / Proposed Rules 60789 air traffic service routes, and reporting gapped in a separate rulemaking action Environmental Review points. due to the decommissioning of the Priest, CA, VOR. The amendment will This proposal will be subject to an Background environmental analysis in accordance remove the KLIDE, CA, FIX due to turn The FAA is planning criteria for RNAV procedure with FAA Order 1050.1F, decommissioning activities for the development in order to rejoin T–333 at ‘‘Environmental Impacts: Policies and Priest, CA, VOR in 2019 as one of the the BORED, CA, FIX. Procedures’’ prior to any FAA final candidate VORs identified for United States RNAV Routes are regulatory action. discontinuance by the FAA’s VOR MON published in paragraph 6011 of FAA List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 71 program and listed in the final policy Order 7400.11C dated August 13, 2018, statement notice, ‘‘Provision of and effective September 15, 2018, which Airspace, Incorporation by reference, Navigation Services for the Next is incorporated by reference in 14 CFR Navigation (air). Generation Air Transportation System 71.1. The RNAV Route listed in this The Proposed Amendment (NextGen) Transition to Performance- document will be subsequently Based Navigation (PBN) (Plan for published in the Order. In consideration of the foregoing, the Establishing a VOR Minimum Regulatory Notices and Analyses Federal Aviation Administration Operational Network),’’ published in the proposes to amend 14 CFR part 71 as Federal Register of July 26, 2016 (81 FR The FAA has determined that this follows: 48694), Docket No. FAA–2011–1082. proposed regulation only involves an The ATS route effected by the Clovis established body of technical PART 71—DESIGNATION OF CLASS A, VOR decommissioning is V–485. RNAV regulations for which frequent and B, C, D, AND E AIRSPACE AREAS; AIR route T–333 is proposed to be amended routine amendments are necessary to TRAFFIC SERVICE ROUTES; AND to overcome the gap to V–485. keep them operationally current. It, REPORTING POINTS therefore: (1) Is not a ‘‘significant The Proposal regulatory action’’ under Executive ■ 1. The authority citation for part 71 The FAA is proposing an amendment Order 12866; (2) is not a ‘‘significant continues to read as follows: to Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations rule’’ under Department of Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 106(g); 40103, (14 CFR) part 71 by modifying RNAV Transportation (DOT) Regulatory 40113, 40120; E.O. 10854, 24 FR 9565, 3 CFR, route T–333. The proposed route change Policies and Procedures (44 FR 11034; 1959–1963 Comp., p. 389. is outlined below. February 26, 1979); and (3) does not T–333: T–333 currently extends warrant preparation of a regulatory § 71.1 [Amended] between the KLIDE, CA, FIX and the evaluation as the anticipated impact is ■ 2. The incorporation by reference in TIPRE, CA, waypoint. The FAA so minimal. Since this is a routine 14 CFR 71.1 of FAA Order 7400.11C, proposes to extend the route to the matter that will only affect air traffic Airspace Designations and Reporting southeast by 130 miles to connect to the procedures and air navigation, it is Points, dated August 13, 2018 and Fellows, CA, VOR/DME NAVAID, certified that this proposed rule, when effective September 15, 2018, is which is the new proposed starting promulgated, will not have a significant amended as follows: point of the RNAV route. The extension economic impact on a substantial is needed for navigation in the low number of small entities under the Paragraph 6011 United States Area altitude structure as V–485 is being criteria of the Regulatory Flexibility Act. Navigation Routes T–333 FELLOWS, CA TO TIPRE, CA [AMENDED] FELLOWS, CA (FLW) VOR/DME (Lat. 35°05′35.10″ N, long. 119°51′56.08″ W) REDDE, CA FIX (Lat. 35°39′35.48″ N, long. 120°17′42.14″ W) LKHRN, CA WP (Lat. 36°05′59.82″ N, long. 120°45′22.53″ W) RANCK, CA FIX (Lat. 36°35′29.90″ N, long. 121°06′10.37″ W) HENCE, CA FIX (Lat. 36°55′28.65″ N, long. 121°25′49.36″ W) GILRO, CA FIX (Lat. 37°02′46.62″ N, long. 121°34′06.76″ W) BORED, CA FIX (Lat. 37°18′34.16″ N, long. 121°27′48.06″ W) SMONE, CA WP (Lat. 37°32′10.45″ N, long. 121°21′30.65″ W) OOWEN, CA WP (Lat. 37°42′25.17″ N, long. 121°16′29.21″ W) TIPRE, CA WP (Lat. 38°12′21.00″ N, long. 121°02′09.00″ W) * * * * * DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Notice of proposed rulemaking ACTION: Issued in Washington, DC, on November (NPRM). Federal Aviation Administration 19, 2018. 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CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionProposed Rules
ActionNotice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM).
DatesComments must be received on or before January 11, 2019.
ContactKenneth Ready, Airspace Policy Group, Office of Airspace Services, Federal Aviation Administration, 800 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20591; telephone: (202) 267- 8783.
FR Citation83 FR 60788 
RIN Number2120-AA66
CFR AssociatedAirspace; Incorporation by Reference and Navigation (Air)
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