[Federal Register: January 9, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 5)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 1398-1399]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
14 CFR Part 71
[Docket No. FAA-2005-23424; Airspace Docket No. 05-AEA-23]
RIN 2120-AA66
Proposed Establishment of VOR Federal Airway V-623; NJ and NY
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.
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SUMMARY: This action proposes to establish Very High Frequency
Omnidirectional Range (VOR) Federal Airway V-623 between the Sparta,
NJ, Very High Frequency Omnidirectional Range Tactical Air Navigation
(VORTAC) and the Carmel, NY, Very High Frequency Omnidirectional Range/
Distance Measuring Equipment (VOR/DME). The purpose of the proposed
airway is to enhance the management of air traffic transiting from the
New England area to airports in the Newark, NJ, area.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before February 23, 2006.
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 FAA Docket
No. FAA-2005-23424 and Airspace Docket No. 05-AEA-23, at the beginning
of your comments. You may also submit comments through the Internet at
http://dms.dot.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul Gallant, Airspace and Rules,
Office of System Operations Airspace and AIM, 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 (FAA Docket No.
FAA-2005-23424 and Airspace Docket No. 05-AEA-23) and be submitted in
triplicate to the Docket Management System (see ADDRESSES section for
address and phone number). You may also submit comments through the
Internet at http://dms.dot.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-2005-23424 and Airspace Docket No. 05-AEA-23.''
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 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 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 NPRMs
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 Federal Register's Web page at http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/index.html
.
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
a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. An
informal docket may also be examined during normal business hours at
the office of the Regional Air Traffic Division, Federal Aviation
Administration, 159-30 Rockaway Boulevard, Jamaica, NY 11434-4848.
Persons interested in being placed on a mailing list for future
NPRMs should contact the FAA's Office of Rulemaking, (202) 267-9677,
for a copy of Advisory Circular No. 11-2A, Notice of Proposed
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Rulemaking Distribution System, which describes the application
procedure.
Background
On February 7, 2005, the FAA published in the Federal Register a
final rule establishing V-623 (70 FR 6336). However, navigation aid
signal coverage problems were identified, which could not be resolved,
so the FAA revoked the airway on June 3, 2005 (70 FR 32484).
Subsequently, a segment of the airway was redesigned along a
satisfactory navigation aid radial. Therefore, the FAA is again
proposing to establish V-623.
The Proposal
The FAA is proposing an amendment to Title 14 Code of Federal
Regulations (14 CFR) part 71 to establish V-623 between the Sparta, NJ,
VORTAC and the Carmel, NY, VOR/DME. The proposed airway is needed to
enhance the management of air traffic transiting from the New England
area to airports in the Newark, NJ, area.
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 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.
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
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
7400.9N, Airspace Designations and Reporting Points, dated September 1,
2005, and effective September 15, 2005, is amended as follows:
Paragraph 6010(a)--Domestic VOR Federal Airways
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V-623 [New]
From Sparta, NJ; INT Sparta, NJ 060[deg](M) 047[deg](T) and Carmel
275[deg](M) 263[deg](T) radials; Carmel.
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Issued in Washington, DC, on December 30, 2005.
Edith V. Parish,
Manager, Airspace and Rules.
[FR Doc. E6-69 Filed 1-6-06; 8:45 am]
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