[Federal Register: January 30, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 20)]
[Proposed Rules]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
14 CFR Part 71
[Docket No. FAA-2002-14010; Airspace Docket No. 02-AAL-09]
RIN 2120-AA66
Proposed Modification and Revocation of Federal Airways; AK
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM).
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SUMMARY: This notice proposes to revoke two Very High Frequency
Omnidirectional Range (VOR) Federal airways, Victor 307 and 362 (V-307
and V-362); and revise Victor 317 (V-317) and Colored Federal Airway
Amber 15 (A-15) in Alaska. The FAA is proposing this action due to the
decommissioning of the McInnes Nondirectional Radio Beacon (NDB),
Canada.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before March 17, 2003.
ADDRESSES: Send comments on this proposal to the Docket Management
System, U.S. Department of Transportation, Room Plaza 401, 400 Seventh
Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590-0001. You must identify the docket
number FAA-2002-14010/Airspace Docket No. 02-AAL-9, at the beginning of
your comments.
You may also submit comments on the Internet at http://dms.dot.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 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal
holidays. The Docket Office (telephone 1-800-647-5527) is on the plaza
level of the
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Department of Transportation NASSIF Building at the above address.
An informal docket may also be examined during normal business
hours at the office of the Regional Air Traffic Division, Federal
Aviation Administration, 222 West 7th Avenue, 14, Anchorage,
AK 99533.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ken McElroy, Airspace and Rules
Division, ATA-400, Office of Air Traffic Airspace Management, Federal
Aviation Administration, 800 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC
20591; telephone: (202) 267-8783.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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 and be submitted in
triplicate to the address listed above. Commenters wishing the FAA to
acknowledge receipt of their comments on this notice must submit with
those comments a self-addressed, stamped postcard on which the
following statement is made: ``Comments to Docket No. FAA-2002-14010/
Airspace Docket No. 02-AAL-09.'' The postcard will be date/time stamped
and returned to the commenter. All communications received on or before
the specified closing date for comments will be considered before
taking action on the proposed rule. The proposal contained in this
notice 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 closing date for comments. A report summarizing
each substantive public contact with FAA personnel concerned with this
rulemaking will be filed in the docket.
Availability of NPRM's
An electronic copy of this document may be downloaded through the
Internet at http://dms.dot.gov. Recently published rulemaking documents
can also be accessed through the FAA's web page at http://www.faa.gov
or the Superintendent of Document's web page at http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara
.
Additionally, any person may obtain a copy of this notice by
submitting a request to the Federal Aviation Administration, Office of
Air Traffic Airspace Management, ATA-400, 800 Independence Avenue, SW.,
Washington, DC 20591, or by calling (202) 267-8783. Communications must
identify both docket numbers for this notice. Persons interested in
being placed on a mailing list for future NPRM's should call the FAA's
Office of Rulemaking, (202) 267-9677, for a copy of Advisory Circular
No. 11-2A, Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Distribution System, which
describes the application procedure.
Background
In November 2002, the FAA was notified by NAV Canada that the
continued operation of the Canadian Coast Guard's McInnes Island NDB
was in jeopardy and that action was needed to reconfigure airways using
the McInnes NDB.
The Proposal
The FAA is proposing to amend Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations
(14 CFR) part 71 (part 71) that inpart revokes two VOR Federal Airways
(V-307 and V362); and modifies VOR Federal Airway V-317, and Colored
Federal Airway A-15, in Alaska. The FAA is proposing this action in
preparation for the decommissioning of the McInnes Nondirectional Radio
Beacon (NDB), Canada.
Colored Federal airways and Alaska VOR Federal airways are
published in paragraphs 6009(copyright) and paragraph 6010(b),
respectively, of FAA Order 7400.9K dated August 30, 2002, and effective
September 16, 2002, which is incorporated by reference in 14 CFR
Section 71.1. The colored Federal airway and Alaskan VOR Federal
airways listed in this document would be published subsequently in the
order.
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.
Therefore, this proposed regulation: (1) Is not a ``significant
regulatory action'' under Executive Order 12866; (2) is not a
``significant rule'' under 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 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.
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, CLASS B, CLASS C, CLASS D, AND
CLASS E AIRSPACE AREAS; AIRWAYS; ROUTES; AND REPORTING POINTS
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]
2. The incorporation by reference in 14 CFR 71.1 of FAA Order
7400.9K, Airspace Designations and Reporting Points, dated August 30,
2002, and effective September 16, 2002, is amended as follows:
Paragraph 6010(b) Alaskan VOR Federal Airways
* * * * *
V-307 [Revoke]
* * * * *
V-362 [Revoke]
* * * * *
V-317 [Revised]
From Vancouver, BC, Canada via Comox, BC, Canada; Port Hardy,
BC, Canada; Sandspit, BC, Canada; Annette Island, AK; Level Island,
AK; Sisters Island, AK; to INT Sisters Island 272[deg] and Yakutat,
AK, 139[deg] radials. The airspace within Canada is excluded.
* * * * *
Paragraph 6009(c)--Amber Federal Airways
* * * * *
A-15 [Revised]
From Port Hardy, BC, Canada, NDB, via Nichols, AK, NDB; Sumner
Strait, AK, NDB; Coghlan Island, AK, NDB; Haines, AK, NDB; Burwash,
YT, Canada, NDB; Nabesna, AK, NDB; to Delta Junction, AK, NDB. From
Chena, AK, NDB via Chandalar Lake, AK, NDB; Put River, AK, NDB. The
airspace within Canada is excluded.
* * * * *
Issued in Washington, DC, January 23, 2003.
Reginald C. Matthews,
Manager, Airspace and Rules Division.
[FR Doc. 03-2190 Filed 1-29-03; 8:45 am]
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