Proposed Rule2022-20660
Proposed Amendment of V-181 and T-400, and Revocation of V-250 and the Yankton, SD, Low Altitude Reporting Point in the Vicinity of Yankton, SD
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Published
September 23, 2022
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Transportation DepartmentFederal Aviation Administration
Abstract
This action proposes to amend VHF Omnidirectional Range (VOR) Federal airway V-181 and Area Navigation (RNAV) route T-400 and revoke VOR Federal airway V-250 and the Yankton, SD, Low Altitude Reporting Point. The FAA is proposing this action due to the planned decommissioning of the VOR portion of the Yankton, SD, VOR/Distance Measuring Equipment (VOR/DME) navigational aid (NAVAID). The Yankton VOR is being decommissioned in support of the FAA's VOR Minimum Operational Network (MON) program.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 184 (Friday, September 23, 2022)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 58041-58043]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-20660]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
14 CFR Part 71
[Docket No. FAA-2022-1115; Airspace Docket No. 22-AGL-10]
RIN 2120-AA66
Proposed Amendment of V-181 and T-400, and Revocation of V-250
and the Yankton, SD, Low Altitude Reporting Point in the Vicinity of
Yankton, SD
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-181 and Area Navigation (RNAV) route T-400 and revoke
VOR Federal airway V-250 and the Yankton, SD, Low Altitude Reporting
Point. The FAA is proposing this action due to the planned
decommissioning of the VOR portion of the Yankton, SD, VOR/Distance
Measuring Equipment (VOR/DME) navigational aid (NAVAID). The Yankton
VOR is being decommissioned in support of the FAA's VOR Minimum
Operational Network (MON) program.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before November 7, 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:
1(800) 647-5527, or (202) 366-9826. You must identify FAA Docket No.
FAA-2022-1115; Airspace Docket No. 22-AGL-10 at the beginning of your
comments. You may also submit comments through the internet at
<a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a>.
FAA Order JO 7400.11G, Airspace Designations and Reporting Points,
and subsequent amendments can be viewed online at <a href="http://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/publications/">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 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-2022-1115 Airspace; Docket No. 22-AGL-10) 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="http://www.regulations.gov">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-2022-1115; Airspace Docket No. 22-AGL-10.'' 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="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a>. Recently published rulemaking
documents can also be accessed through the FAA's web page at
<a href="http://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/publications/airspace_amendments/">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 7400.11G, Airspace
Designations and Reporting Points, dated August 19, 2022, and effective
September 15, 2022. FAA Order JO 7400.11G is publicly available as
listed in the ADDRESSES section of this document. FAA Order JO 7400.11G
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 Yankton, SD, VOR in April
2023. The Yankton 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
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Federal Register of July 26, 2016 (81 FR 48694), Docket No. FAA-2011-
1082.
Although the VOR portion of the Yankton, SD, VOR/DME is planned for
decommissioning, the co-located DME portion of the NAVAID is being
retained to support NextGen PBN flight procedure requirements.
The air traffic service (ATS) routes effected by the Yankton VOR
decommissioning are VOR Federal airways V-181 and V-250, and RNAV route
T-400. With the planned decommissioning of the Yankton VOR, the
remaining ground-based NAVAID coverage in the area is insufficient to
enable the continuity of the affected ATS routes. As such, the proposed
modifications to V-181 would result in a gap being created in the
airway and to T-400 would result in a minor adjustment of the route
with one route point being changed. Additionally, the proposed
modifications to V-250 and to the Yankton low altitude reporting point
would result in the airway and the low altitude reporting point being
revoked.
To overcome the proposed modifications and revocations to the
affected ATS routes and low altitude reporting point, instrument flight
rules (IFR) traffic could use portions of adjacent VOR Federal airways,
including V-80, V-120, V-148, and V-462, or receive air traffic control
(ATC) radar vectors to fly around or through the affected area. Pilots
equipped with RNAV capabilities could also navigate using RNAV routes
T-302, T-348, T-400, and T-405, or point to point using the existing
NAVAIDs and fixes that would remain in place to support continued
operations though 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.
The Proposal
The FAA is proposing to amend 14 CFR part 71 by modifying VOR
Federal airway V-181 and RNAV route T-400, and revoking V-250 and the
Yankton, SD, low altitude reporting point. The ATS route and low
altitude reporting point modifications and revocations are due to the
planned decommissioning of the Yankton, SD, VOR. The proposed ATS route
and low altitude reporting point actions are described below.
V-181: V-181 currently extends between the Kirksville, MO, VOR/
Tactical Air Navigation (VORTAC) and the Grand Forks, ND, VOR/DME. The
FAA proposes to remove the airway segment overlying the Yankton VOR/DME
between the Norfolk, NE, VOR/DME and the Sioux Falls, SD, VORTAC.
Additional changes to other portions of the airway have been proposed
in a separate NPRM. The unaffected portions of the existing airway
would remain as charted.
V-250: V-250 currently extends between the O'Neill, NE, VORTAC and
the Yankton, SD, VOR/DME. The FAA proposes to remove the airway in its
entirety.
T-400: T-400 currently extends between the LLUKY, NE, waypoint (WP)
and the ZOSAG, MN, WP. The FAA proposes to replace the IMUPP, SD, WP
with the FIITS, SD, WP to define the route crossing point between T-400
and T-405. The unaffected portions of the existing route would remain
as charted. The full RNAV T-route description is listed in ``The
Proposed Amendment'' section, below.
Yankton, SD: The FAA proposes to remove the Yankton, SD, low
altitude reporting point as it would no longer be required by ATC due
to the Yankton VOR being decommissioned.
VOR Federal airways are published in paragraph 6010(a), United
States Area Navigation Routes (T-routes) are published in paragraph
6011, and Domestic Low Altitude Reporting Points are published in
paragraph 7001 of FAA Order JO 7400.11G, dated August 19, 2022, and
effective September 15, 2022, which is incorporated by reference in 14
CFR 71.1. The ATS routes and low altitude reporting point listed in
this document would be published subsequently in FAA Order 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 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
7400.11G, Airspace Designations and Reporting Points, dated August 19,
2022, and effective September 15, 2022, is amended as follows:
Paragraph 6010(a). Domestic VOR Federal Airways.
* * * * *
V-181 [Amended]
From Kirksville, MO; Lamoni, IA; Omaha, IA; to Norfolk, NE. From
Sioux Falls, SD; Watertown, SD; 34 miles, 24 miles, 34 MSL, Fargo,
ND; to Grand Forks, ND.
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V-250 [Removed]
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Paragraph 6011 United States Area Navigation Routes.
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T-400 LLUKY, NE to ZOSAG, MN [Amended]
LLUKY, NE WP (Lat. 42[deg]29'20.26'' N, long. 098[deg]38'11.44'' W).
FIITS, SD WP (Lat. 42[deg]55'06.67'' N, long. 097[deg]23'06.12'' W).
DURWN, MN WP (Lat. 43[deg]38'48.91'' N, long. 095[deg]34'55.87'' W).
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MEMCO, MN WP (Lat. 44[deg]13'11.42'' N, long. 093[deg]54'45.23'' W).
ZOSAG, MN WP (Lat. 44[deg]49'30.74'' N, long. 093[deg]26'34.08'' W).
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Paragraph 7001 Domestic Low Altitude Reporting Points.
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Yankton, SD [Removed]
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Issued in Washington, DC, on September 20, 2022.
Eric S. Jennings,
Manager, Airspace Rules and Regulations.
[FR Doc. 2022-20660 Filed 9-22-22; 8:45 am]
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