Proposed Rule2022-07205
Proposed Amendment of VOR Federal Airway V-36; Northcentral United States
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Published
April 6, 2022
Issuing agencies
Transportation DepartmentFederal Aviation Administration
Abstract
This action proposes to amend VHF Omnidirectional Range (VOR) Federal airway V-36 by establishing an airway segment within United States (U.S.) airspace over Lake Superior. The new V-36 airway segment would replace a similar segment that was inadvertently removed in a previous rulemaking action supporting NAV CANADA's Navigational Aid (NAVAID) Modernization Program. This proposed action supports cross border airway connectivity with NAV CANADA's V-36 airway between the Thunder Bay, ON, Canada, VOR/Distance Measuring Equipment (VOR/DME) and the Wawa, ON, Canada, VOR/DME NAVAIDs.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 66 (Wednesday, April 6, 2022)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 19821-19823]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-07205]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
14 CFR Part 71
[Docket No. FAA-2022-0333; Airspace Docket No. 22-AGL-6]
RIN 2120-AA66
Proposed Amendment of VOR Federal Airway V-36; Northcentral
United States
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 airway V-36 by establishing an airway segment within United
States (U.S.) airspace over Lake Superior. The new V-36 airway segment
would replace a similar segment that was inadvertently removed in a
previous rulemaking action supporting NAV CANADA's Navigational Aid
(NAVAID) Modernization Program. This proposed action supports cross
border airway connectivity with NAV CANADA's V-36 airway between the
Thunder Bay, ON, Canada, VOR/Distance Measuring Equipment (VOR/DME) and
the Wawa, ON, Canada, VOR/DME NAVAIDs.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before May 23, 2022.
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:
(800) 647-5527, or (202) 366-9826. You must identify FAA Docket No.
FAA-2022-0333; Airspace Docket No. 22-AGL-6 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.
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 expand the availability of RNAV in the
northcentral United States and improve the efficient flow of air
traffic crossing the U.S./Canada border flying through U.S. and
Canadian airspace.
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-2022-0333; Airspace Docket No. 22-AGL-6) 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 <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-2022-0333; Airspace Docket No. 22-AGL-6.'' The
postcard will be date/time stamped and returned to the commenter.
All communications received on or before the specified comment
closing
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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 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 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
On November 23, 2021, the FAA published a final rule in the Federal
Register for Docket No. FAA-2022-0279 (86 FR 66453; November 23, 2021)
which inadvertently removed the V-36 airway segment in U.S. airspace
between the Thunder Bay, ON, Canada, VOR/DME and the Wawa, ON, Canada,
VOR/DME. As a result, the cross border connectivity of V-36 at the two
U.S./Canada border crossing points for pilots flying between Thunder
Bay, ON, Canada, and Wawa, ON, Canada, in Canadian airspace, then U.S.
airspace, and then Canadian airspace again was lost. Today, V-36
extends from the Thunder Bay VOR/DME to the U.S./Canada border, is
gapped through U.S. airspace to the U.S./Canada border located east of
the first border intersection, and then continues from the U.S./Canada
border to the Wawa VOR/DME, and onward.
This action proposes to modify V-36 to establish the missing V-36
airway segment within U.S. airspace to provide the cross border
connectivity necessary between the Thunder Bay VOR/DME and Wawa VOR/
DME; thus, making that portion of V-36 whole again.
The Proposal
The FAA is proposing an amendment to 14 CFR part 71 to modify V-36
by establishing a segment of the airway within U.S. airspace that was
inadvertently removed in a previous rulemaking action. Additionally,
the modification of V-36 will support cross border connectivity of the
airway between the Thunder Bay VOR/DME and Wawa VOR/DME. The proposed
airway action is described below.
V-36: V-36 currently extends between the Wawa, ON, Canada, VOR/DME
and the Sault Ste. Marie, MI, VOR/DME; and between the Elmira, NY, VOR/
DME and the intersection of the La Guardia, NY, VOR/DME 310[deg] and
Stillwater, NJ, VOR/DME 043[deg] radials (NEION fix). The airspace
within Canada is excluded. The FAA proposes to establish an airway
segment within U.S. airspace that connects to NAV CANADA's V-36 airway
segments between the Thunder Bay, ON, Canada, VOR/DME and the Wawa, ON,
Canada, VOR/DME; providing cross border connectivity for the airway
between the two NAVAIDs. As a result, V-36 would extend between the
Thunder Bay, ON, Canada, VOR/DME and the Sault Ste. Marie, MI, VOR/DME;
and between the Elmira, NY, VOR/DME and the intersection of the La
Guardia, NY, VOR/DME 310[deg] and the Stillwater, NJ, VOR/DME 043[deg]
radials (NEION fix). The airspace within Canada would continue to be
excluded.
The NAVAID radials listed in the VOR Federal airway description
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 20, 2021, and effective September 15, 2021,
which are incorporated by reference in 14 CFR 71.1. The VOR Federal
airway listed in this document would be published subsequently in FAA
Order JO 7400.11.
FAA Order 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 14 CFR 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 effective September 15, 2021, is amended as follows:
Paragraph 6010(a) Domestic VOR Federal Airways.
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V-36 [Amended]
From Thunder Bay, ON, Canada; Wawa, ON, Canada; to Sault Ste.
Marie, MI. From Elmira, NY; INT Elmira 110[deg] and LaGuardia,
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NY, 310[deg] radials; to INT LaGuardia 310[deg] and Stillwater, NJ,
043[deg] radials. The airspace within Canada is excluded.
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Issued in Washington, DC, on April 1, 2022.
Scott M. Rosenbloom,
Manager, Airspace Rules and Regulations.
[FR Doc. 2022-07205 Filed 4-5-22; 8:45 am]
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