Proposed Rule2022-28328
Proposed Amendment of VOR Federal Airways V-50, V-52, V-63, and V-586, and Revocation of V-582 in the Vicinity of Quincy, IL
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Published
December 29, 2022
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Transportation DepartmentFederal Aviation Administration
Abstract
This action proposes to amend VHF Omnidirectional Range (VOR) Federal airways V-50, V-52, V-63, and V-586, and revoke VOR Federal airway V-582. The FAA is proposing this action due to the planned decommissioning of the VOR portion of the Quincy, IL (UIN), VOR/ Tactical Air Navigation (VORTAC) navigational aid (NAVAID). The Quincy 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 249 (Thursday, December 29, 2022)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 80095-80097]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-28328]
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Federal Register / Vol. 87 , No. 249 / Thursday, December 29, 2022 /
Proposed Rules
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
14 CFR Part 71
[Docket No. FAA-2022-1436; Airspace Docket No. 22-ACE-13]
RIN 2120-AA66
Proposed Amendment of VOR Federal Airways V-50, V-52, V-63, and
V-586, and Revocation of V-582 in the Vicinity of Quincy, IL
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-50, V-52, V-63, and V-586, and revoke VOR Federal
airway V-582. The FAA is proposing this action due to the planned
decommissioning of the VOR portion of the Quincy, IL (UIN), VOR/
Tactical Air Navigation (VORTAC) navigational aid (NAVAID). The Quincy
VOR is being decommissioned in support of the FAA's VOR Minimum
Operational Network (MON) program.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before February 13, 2023.
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-2022-1436; Airspace Docket No. 22-ACE-13 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 Air Traffic Service (ATS) route
structure as necessary to preserve the safe and efficient flow of air
traffic within the National Airspace System.
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-2022-1436; Airspace Docket No. 22-ACE-13) 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-2022-1436; Airspace Docket No. 22-ACE-13.'' 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 VOR portion of the Quincy,
IL, VORTAC in June 2023. The
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Quincy 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 Quincy, IL, VORTAC is planned for
decommissioning, the co-located DME portion of the NAVAID is being
retained to support NextGen PBN flight procedure requirements.
The VOR Federal airways effected by the Quincy VOR decommissioning
are VOR Federal airways V-50, V-52, V-63, V-582, and V-586. With the
planned decommissioning of the Quincy 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 the affected
VOR Federal airways would result in creating gaps in three of the
airways (V-50, V-52, and V-63), redefining an airway end point in one
of the airways (V-586), and revoking one of the airways (V-582).
To overcome the proposed modifications to the affected airways,
instrument flight rules (IFR) traffic could use portions of VOR Federal
airways V-4, V-9, V-10, V-67, and V-580 or request air traffic control
(ATC) radar vectors to circumnavigate or fly through the affected area.
Additionally, pilots equipped with Area Navigation (RNAV) capabilities
could also use portions of RNAV routes T-251, T-272, and T-397 or
navigate 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 VOR Federal airways could also take advantage of the adjacent
airways or ATC services listed previously.
The Proposal
The FAA is proposing an amendment to 14 CFR part 71 to amend VOR
Federal airways V-50, V-52, V-63, and V-586, and revoke VOR Federal
airway V-582 due to the planned decommissioning of the VOR portion of
the Quincy, IL, VORTAC. The proposed airway actions are described
below.
V-50: V-50 currently extends between the St Joseph, MO, VORTAC and
the Dayton, OH, VOR/Distance Measuring Equipment (VOR/DME). The FAA
proposes to remove the airway segment overlying the Quincy VORTAC
between the Kirksville, MO, VORTAC and the Spinner, IL, VORTAC. As
amended, the airway would extend between the St Joseph VORTAC and the
Kirksville VORTAC and between the Spinner VORTAC and the Dayton VOR/
DME.
V-52: V-52 currently extends between the Des Moines, IA, VORTAC and
the Pocket City, IN, VORTAC. The FAA proposes to remove the airway
segment overlying the Quincy VORTAC between the Ottumwa, IA, VOR/DME
and the St Louis, MO, VORTAC. As amended, the airway would extend
between the Des Moines VORTAC and the Ottumwa VOR/DME and between the
St Louis VORTAC and the Pocket City VORTAC.
V-63: V-63 currently extends between the Razorback, AR, VORTAC and
the Davenport, IA, VORTAC; between the Janesville, WI, VOR/DME and the
Oshkosh, WI, VORTAC; and between the Rhinelander, WI, VOR/DME and the
Houghton, MI, VOR/DME. The airspace at and above 10,000 feet mean sea
level (MSL) from 5 nautical miles (NM) north to 46 NM north of Quincy,
IL, is excluded when the Howard West Military Operations Area (MOA) is
active. The FAA proposes to remove the airway segment overlying the
Quincy VORTAC between the Hallsville, MO, VORTAC and the Burlington,
IL, VOR/DME. The airspace exclusion language addressing the Howard West
MOA activations would also be removed as the amended airway would no
longer overlap the Howard West MOA. As amended, the airway would extend
between the Razorback VORTAC and the Hallsville VORTAC, between the
Burlington VOR/DME and the Davenport VORTAC, between the Janesville
VOR/DME and the Oshkosh VORTAC, and between the Rhinelander VOR/DME and
the Houghton VOR/DME.
V-582: V-582 currently extends between the St. Louis, MO, VORTAC
and the Quincy, IL, VORTAC. The FAA proposes to remove the airway in
its entirety.
V-586: V-586 currently extends between the Quincy, IL, VORTAC and
the Joliet, IL, VOR/DME. The FAA proposes to remove the airway segment
overlying the Quincy VORTAC between the Quincy, IL, VORTAC and the
Peoria, IL, VORTAC. As amended, the airway would extend between the
Peoria VORTAC and the Joliet VOR/DME.
The NAVAID radials listed in the VOR Federal airway V-52
description below are unchanged and stated in True degrees.
VOR Federal airways are published in paragraph 6010(a) 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
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 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,
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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-50 [Amended]
From St Joseph, MO; to Kirksville, MO. From Spinner, IL; Adders,
IL; Terre Haute, IN; Brickyard, IN; to Dayton, OH.
* * * * *
V-52 [Amended]
From Des Moines, IA; to Ottumwa, IA. From St Louis, MO; Troy,
IL; INT Troy 099[deg] and Pocket City, IN, 311[deg] radials; to
Pocket City.
* * * * *
V-63 [Amended]
From Razorback, AR; Springfield, MO; to Hallsville, MO. From
Burlington, IA; Moline, IL; to Davenport, IA. From Janesville, WI;
Badger, WI; to Oshkosh, WI. From Rhinelander, WI; to Houghton, MI.
* * * * *
V-582 [Removed]
* * * * *
V-586 [Amended]
From Peoria, IL; Pontiac, IL; to Joliet, IL.
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Issued in Washington, DC, on December 23, 2022.
Scott M. Rosenbloom,
Manager, Airspace Rules and Regulations.
[FR Doc. 2022-28328 Filed 12-28-22; 8:45 am]
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