Proposed Rule2022-23074
Proposed Establishment of Area Navigation (RNAV) Route T-465; Northcentral United States
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Published
October 31, 2022
Issuing agencies
Transportation DepartmentFederal Aviation Administration
Abstract
This action proposes to establish Area Navigation (RNAV) route T-465 in the northcentral United States. The new RNAV routes would expand the availability of RNAV routing within the National Airspace System (NAS) in support of transitioning it from ground-based to satellite-based navigation.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 209 (Monday, October 31, 2022)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 65546-65547]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-23074]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
14 CFR Part 71
[Docket No. FAA-2202-1260; Airspace Docket No. 22-ACE-9]
RIN 2120-AA66
Proposed Establishment of Area Navigation (RNAV) Route T-465;
Northcentral United States
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM).
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SUMMARY: This action proposes to establish Area Navigation (RNAV) route
T-465 in the northcentral United States. The new RNAV routes would
expand the availability of RNAV routing within the National Airspace
System (NAS) in support of transitioning it from ground-based to
satellite-based navigation.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before December 15, 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-2202-1260; Airspace Docket No. 22-ACE-9 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 expand the availability of RNAV in the
northcentral United States and improve the efficient flow of air
traffic within the NAS by lessening the dependency on ground-based
navigation.
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-2202-1260; Airspace Docket No. 22-ACE-9) 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-2202-1260; Airspace Docket No. 22-ACE-9.'' 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
[[Page 65547]]
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
In 2003, Congress enacted the Vision 100--Century of Aviation
Reauthorization Act (Pub. L. 108-176), which established a joint
planning and development office in the FAA to manage the work related
to the Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen). Today,
NextGen is an ongoing FAA-led modernization of the nation's air
transportation system to make flying safer, more efficient, and more
predictable.
In support of NextGen efforts to improve the safety and efficiency
of the NAS, as well as transition the NAS from a ground-based to a
satellite-based Performance Based Navigation (PBN) system, the FAA is
proposing to establish RNAV route T-465 to provide additional enroute
structure within the NAS. This action would reduce air traffic control
(ATC) sector workload and complexity, reduce pilot-to-controller
communications (requests for direct routings), and increase NAS
capacity and efficiency in the areas of the new RNAV T-route.
Additionally, the proposed T-465 would provide Instrument Flight
Rules (IFR) pilots that are equipped for RNAV additional Air Traffic
Service (ATS) route options for navigating from the Des Moines, IA,
area to the NITZR, MN, waypoint (WP) located near Morristown, MN. The
NITZR WP is also located within the primary arrival corridor used by
the Minneapolis Air Route Traffic Control Center to sequence arrival
air traffic into the Minneapolis Approach Control airspace for arrival
in the Minneapolis terminal area. Visual Flight Rules (VFR) pilots,
equipped with RNAV PBN capabilities, who elect to navigate via ATS
routes, could also take advantage of the proposed T-465.
Lastly, RNAV equipped aircraft using the proposed T-465 would be
able to navigate via a more accurate route than is available with
current published airways and would result in time, fuel, and cost
savings while also facilitate minimizing carbon emissions produced by
each aircraft on the route.
The Proposal
The FAA is proposing an amendment to 14 CFR part 71 by establishing
RNAV route T-465. The proposed new route is described below.
T-465: T-465 is a new RNAV route that would extend between the Des
Moines, IA, VORTAC and the NITZR, MN, WP located near Morristown, MN.
This T-route would provide enroute routing adjacent to VOR Federal
airways V-13 and V-161 between the Des Moines VORTAC and the Mason
City, IA, VHF Omnidirectional Range/Distance Measuring Equipment (VOR/
DME) navigational aid; and enroute routing adjacent to VOR Federal
airways V-13 and V-505 between the Mason City VOR/DME and the NITZR WP.
United States Area Navigation Routes are published in paragraph
6011 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 RNAV route listed in this document would be subsequently published
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 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 6011 United States Area Navigation Routes.
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T-465 Des Moines, IA (DSM) to NITZR, MN [New]
Des Moines, IA (DSM) VORTAC (Lat. 41[deg]26'15.45'' N, long. 093[deg]38'54.81'' W)
RRAZZ, IA WP (Lat. 43[deg]17'00.00'' N, long. 093[deg]33'05.00'' W)
DEMLL, MN WP (Lat. 43[deg]57'55.00'' N, long. 093[deg]29'29.00'' W)
NITZR, MN WP (Lat. 44[deg]11'10.48'' N, long. 093[deg]27'57.86'' W)
Issued in Washington, DC, on October 18, 2022.
Scott M. Rosenbloom,
Manager, Airspace Rules and Regulations.
[FR Doc. 2022-23074 Filed 10-28-22; 8:45 am]
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