[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 15 (Monday, January 25, 1999)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 3664-3665]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-1554]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
14 CFR Part 71
[Airspace Docket No. 98-AGL-49]
Proposed Realignment of Federal Airway; Columbus, NE
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.
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SUMMARY: The FAA proposes to realign Federal Airway 220 (V-220) in the
vicinity of Columbus, NE. The FAA is proposing this action to enhance
the management of air traffic operations and allow for better
utilization of navigable airspace in the Columbus, NE, area.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before March 15, 1999.
ADDRESSES: Send comments on this proposal in triplicate to: Manager,
Air Traffic Division, AGL-500, Docket No. 98-AGL-49, Federal Aviation
Administration, O'Hare Lake Office Center, 2300 East Devon Avenue; Des
Plaines, IL 60018.
The official docket may be examined in the Rules Docket, Office of
the Chief Counsel, Room 916, 800 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington,
DC, weekdays, except Federal holidays, between 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.
An informal docket may also be examined during normal business
hours at the office of the Regional Air Traffic Division, Federal
Aviation Administration, O'Hare Lake Office Center, 2300 East Devon
Avenue; Des Plaines, IL 60018.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sheri Edgett Baron, 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 the airspace docket number 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 Airspace Docket No. 98-
AGL-49.'' 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 Rules 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.
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Availability of NPRM's
Any person may obtain a copy of this Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
(NPRM) by submitting a request to the Federal Aviation Administration,
Office of Air Traffic Airspace Management, 800 Independence Avenue,
SW., Washington, DC 20591, or by calling (202) 267-8783. Communications
must identify the notice number of this NPRM. 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
As the result of a recent airspace review, the FAA has determined
that a segment of V-220, south of Columbus, NE, was not required for
aircraft operations and should be deleted from the National Airspace
System.
The Proposal
The FAA is proposing an amendment to part 71 of the Federal
Aviation Regulations (14 CFR part 71) to terminate V-220 in the
vicinity of Columbus, NE. The FAA is proposing this action to enhance
the management of air traffic operations and allow for better
utilization of the navigable airspace in the Columbus, NE, area.
Domestic VOR Federal airways are published in Section 6010(a) of
FAA Order 7400.9F dated September 10, 1998, and effective September 16,
1998, which is incorporated by reference in 14 CFR 71.1. The Federal
airway listed in this document would be published subsequently in the
Order.
The FAA has determined that this 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 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 the Federal
Aviation Administration Order 7400.9F, Airspace Designations and
Reporting Points, dated September 10, 1998, and effective September 16,
1998, is amended as follows:
Paragraph 6010 VOR Federal Airways
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V-220 [Revised]
From Grand Junction, CO; INT Grand Junction 075 deg. and Rifle, CO,
163 deg. radials; Rifle; Meeker, CO; Hayden, CO; Kremmling, CO; INT
Kremmling 081 deg. and Gill, CO, 234 deg. radials; Gill; Akron, CO;
INT Akron 094 deg. and McCook, NE, 264 deg. radials; McCook; INT
McCook 072 deg. and Grand Island, NE, 241 deg. radials; Kearney, NE;
Hastings, NE; Columbus, NE.
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Issued in Washington, DC, on January 15, 1999.
Reginald C. Matthews,
Acting Program Director for Air Traffic Airspace Management.
[FR Doc. 99-1554 Filed 1-22-99; 8:45 am]
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