Proposed Rule2021-23710
Proposed Amendment of VOR Federal Airways V-214, V-285, and V-305, and Revocation of V-96 in the Vicinity of Kokomo, IN
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November 2, 2021
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Abstract
This action proposes to amend VHF Omnidirectional Range (VOR) Federal airways V-214, V-285, and V-305, and revoke V-96. The FAA is proposing this action due to the planned decommissioning of the VOR portion of the Kokomo, IN, VOR/Tactical Air Navigation (VORTAC) navigational aid (NAVAID). The Kokomo VOR is being decommissioned in support of the FAA's VOR Minimum Operational Network (MON) program.
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 209 (Tuesday, November 2, 2021)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 60421-60423]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-23710]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
14 CFR Part 71
[Docket No. FAA-2021-0822; Airspace Docket No. 21-AGL-1]
RIN 2120-AA66
Proposed Amendment of VOR Federal Airways V-214, V-285, and V-
305, and Revocation of V-96 in the Vicinity of Kokomo, IN
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM).
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SUMMARY: This action proposes to amend VHF Omnidirectional Range (VOR)
Federal airways V-214, V-285, and V-305, and revoke V-96. The FAA is
proposing this action due to the planned decommissioning of the VOR
portion of the Kokomo, IN, VOR/Tactical Air Navigation (VORTAC)
navigational aid (NAVAID). The Kokomo VOR is being decommissioned in
support of the FAA's VOR Minimum Operational Network (MON) program.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before December 17, 2021.
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-2021-0822; Airspace Docket No. 21-AGL-1 at the beginning of your
comments. You may also submit comments through the internet at <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>.
FAA Order JO 7400.11F, Airspace Designations and Reporting Points,
and subsequent amendments can be viewed online at <a href="https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/publications/">https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/publications/</a>. For further information, you can contact the
Rules and Regulations Group, Federal Aviation Administration, 800
Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20591; telephone: (202) 267-
8783. FAA JO 7400.11F is also available for inspection at the National
Archives and Records Administration (NARA). For information on the
availability of FAA Order JO 7400.11F at NARA, email:
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Colby Abbott, Rules and Regulations
Group, Office of Policy, 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 National Airspace System (NAS) as
necessary to preserve the safe and efficient flow of air traffic.
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-2021-0822; Airspace Docket No. 21-AGL-1) and be submitted in
triplicate to the Docket Management Facility (see the ADDRESSES section
for address and phone number). You may also submit comments through the
internet at <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>.
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-2021-0822; Airspace Docket No. 21-AGL-1.'' 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 <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>. Recently published rulemaking
documents can also be accessed through the FAA's web page at <a href="https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/publications/airspace_amendments/">https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/publications/airspace_amendments/</a>.
You may review the public docket containing the proposal, any
comments received and any final disposition in person in the Dockets
Office (see the 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
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the Operations Support Group, Central Service Center, Federal Aviation
Administration, 10101 Hillwood Parkway, Fort Worth, TX 76177.
Availability and Summary of Documents for Incorporation by Reference
This document proposes to amend FAA Order JO 7400.11F, Airspace
Designations and Reporting Points, dated August 10, 2021, and effective
September 15, 2021. FAA Order JO 7400.11F is publicly available as
listed in the ADDRESSES section of this document. FAA Order JO 7400.11F
lists Class A, B, C, D, and E airspace areas, air traffic service
routes, and reporting points.
Background
The FAA is planning to decommission the Kokomo, IN, VOR in July
2022. The Kokomo VOR was 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.
Although the VOR portion of the Kokomo VORTAC is planned for
decommissioning, the co-located Distance Measuring Equipment (DME) is
being retained to support NextGen PBN flight procedure requirements.
The VOR Federal airways affected by the Kokomo VOR decommissioning
are V-96, V-214, V-285, and V-305. With the planned decommissioning of
the Kokomo VOR, the remaining ground-based NAVAID coverage in the area
is insufficient to enable the continuity of the affected airways. As
such, proposed modifications to V-214, V-285, and V-305 would result in
the airways being shortened, as well as the proposed revocation of V-96
in its entirety. To overcome the proposed modifications and revocation
to the affected airways, instrument flight rules (IFR) traffic could
use portions of adjacent VOR Federal airways, including V-11, V-38, V-
51, V-55, V-97, V-192, V-210, V-340, and V-371, or receive air traffic
control (ATC) radar vectors to fly around or through the affected area.
Additionally, IFR pilots equipped with RNAV capabilities could also
navigate point to point using the existing fixes that would remain in
place to support continued operations through the affected area. Visual
flight rules (VFR) pilots who elect to navigate via the affected ATS
routes could also take advantage of the adjacent ATS routes or ATC
services listed previously.
Prior to this NPRM, the FAA published a rule for Docket No. FAA-
2021-0086 in the Federal Register (86 FR 52961; September 24, 2021),
amending VOR Federal airway V-285 by removing the airway segment
between the White Cloud, MI, VOR/DME and the Traverse City, MI, VOR/
DME. That airway amendment, effective December 2, 2021, is included in
this NPRM.
The Proposal
The FAA is proposing an amendment to 14 CFR part 71 to amend VOR
Federal airways V-214, V-285, and V-305, and to remove VOR Federal
airway V-96 due to the planned decommissioning of the Kokomo, IN, VOR.
The proposed VOR Federal airway actions are described below.
V-96: V-96 currently extends between the Brickyard, IN, VORTAC and
the intersection of the Fort Wayne, IN, VORTAC 071[deg] and Flag City,
OH, VORTAC 289[deg] radials (TWERP fix). The FAA proposes to remove the
airway in its entirety.
V-214: V-214 currently extends between the Kokomo, IN, VORTAC and
the Muncie, IN, VOR/Distance Measuring Equipment (VOR/DME); between the
intersection of the Appleton, OH, VORTAC 236[deg] and Zanesville, OH,
VOR/DME 274[deg] radials (GLOOM fix) and the Bellaire, OH, VOR/DME; and
between the Martinsburg, WV, VORTAC and the Teterboro, NJ, VOR/DME. The
FAA proposes to remove the airway segment between the Kokomo, IN,
VORTAC and the Muncie, IN, VOR/DME. The unaffected portions of the
existing airway would remain as charted.
V-285: V-285 currently extends between the Brickyard, IN, VORTAC
and the White Cloud, MI, VOR/DME. The FAA proposes to remove the airway
segment between the Brickyard, IN, VORTAC and Goshen, IN, VORTAC. The
unaffected portions of the existing airway would remain as charted.
V-305: V-305 currently extends between the El Dorado, AR, VOR/DME
and the Kokomo, IN, VORTAC. The FAA proposes to remove the airway
segment between the Brickyard, IN, VORTAC and Kokomo, IN, VORTAC. The
unaffected portions of the existing airway would remain as charted.
All NAVAID radials listed in the VOR Federal airway descriptions
below are unchanged and stated in True degrees.
VOR Federal airways are published in paragraph 6010(a) of FAA Order
JO 7400.11F, dated August 10, 2021, and effective September 15, 2021,
which is incorporated by reference in 14 CFR 71.1. The VOR Federal
airways listed in this document would be published subsequently in FAA
JO 7400.11.
FAA Order JO 7400.11, Airspace Designations and Reporting Points,
is published yearly and effective on September 15.
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 JO
7400.11F, Airspace Designations and Reporting Points, dated August 10,
2021, and
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effective September 15, 2021, is amended as follows:
Paragraph 6010(a) Domestic VOR Federal Airways.
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V-96 [Removed]
* * * * *
V-214 [Amended]
From INT Appleton, OH, 236[deg] and Zanesville, OH, 274[deg]
radials; Zanesville; to Bellaire, OH. From Martinsburg, WV; INT
Martinsburg 094[deg] and Baltimore, MD, 300[deg] radials; Baltimore;
INT Baltimore 093[deg] and Dupont, DE, 223[deg] radials; Dupont;
Yardley, PA; to Teterboro, NJ.
* * * * *
V-285 [Amended]
From Goshen, IN; INT Goshen 038[deg] and Kalamazoo, MI, 191[deg]
radials; Kalamazoo; INT Kalamazoo 014[deg] and Victory, MI, 167[deg]
radials; Victory; to White Cloud, MI.
* * * * *
V-305 [Amended]
From El Dorado, AR; Little Rock, AR; Walnut Ridge, AR; Malden,
MO; Cunningham, KY; Pocket City, IN; INT Pocket City 046[deg] and
Hoosier, IN, 205[deg] radials; Hoosier; INT Hoosier 025[deg] and
Brickyard, IN, 185[deg] radials; to Brickyard.
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Issued in Washington, DC, on October 26, 2021.
Michael R. Beckles,
Acting Manager, Rules and Regulations Group.
[FR Doc. 2021-23710 Filed 11-1-21; 8:45 am]
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