[Federal Register: September 2, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 169)]
[Proposed Rules]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
14 CFR Part 71
RIN 2120-AA66
[Docket No. FAA 2003-15562; Airspace Docket No. ASD 03-AGL-10]
Proposed Revision of Federal Airways V-233; Capitol, IL
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.
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SUMMARY: This action proposes to revise Federal Airway 233 (V-233)
northeast of the Capitol, IL, area Very High Frequency Omni-directional
Range/Tactical Air Navigation (VORTAC). The FAA is proposing this
action due to the relocation of the Capitol VORTAC and to enhance the
management of aircraft operations over the Capitol, IL, area.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before October 15, 2003.
ADDRESSES: Send comments on this proposal to the Docket Management
System, U.S. Department of Transportation, Room Plaza 401, 400 Seventh
Street SW., Washington, DC 20590-0001. You must identify docket numbers
FAA-2003-15562/Airspace Docket No. 03-AGL-10, at the beginning of your
comments.
You may also submit comments on the Internet at http://dms.dot.gov.
You may review the public docket containing the proposal, any comments
received, and any final disposition in person in the Dockets Office
between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal
holidays. The Docket Office (telephone 1-800-647-5527) is on the plaza
level of the Department of Transportation NASSIF Building at the above
address.
An informal docket may also be examined during normal business
hours at the office of the Regional Air Traffic Division, Federal
Aviation Administration, O'Hare Lake Office Center, 2300 East Devon
Avenue, Des Plaines, IL 60018.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steve Rohring, Airspace and Rules
Division, ATA-400, Office of Air Traffic Airspace Management, Federal
Aviation Administration, 800 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC
20591; telephone: (202) 267-8783.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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 and be submitted in
triplicate to the address listed above. Commenters wishing the FAA to
acknowledge receipt of their comments on this notice must submit with
those comments a self-addressed, stamped postcard on which the
following statement is made: ``Comments to Docket No. FAA 2003-15562/
Airspace Docket No. 03-AGL-10.'' The postcard will be date/time stamped
and returned to the commenter. All communications received on or before
the specified closing date for comments will be considered before
taking action on the proposed rule. The proposal contained in this
notice 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 closing date for comments. A report summarizing
each substantive public contact with FAA personnel concerned with this
rulemaking will be filed in the docket.
Availability of NPRM's
An electronic copy of this document may be downloaded through the
Internet at http://dms.dot.gov. Recently published rulemaking documents
can also be accessed through the FAA's webpage at http://www.faa.gov or
the Superintendent of Document's webpage at http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara
.
Additionally, any person may obtain a copy of this notice by
submitting a request to the Federal Aviation Administration, Office of
Air Traffic Airspace Management, 800 Independence Avenue, SW.,
Washington, DC 20591, or by calling (202) 267-8783. Communications must
identify both docket numbers for this notice. Persons interested in
being placed on a mailing list for future NPRM's should call the FAA's
Office of Rulemaking, (202) 267-9677, for a copy of Advisory Circular
No. 11-2A, Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Distribution System, which
describes the application procedure.
Background
The FAA is relocating the Capitol VORTAC 3.96 nautical miles to the
southwest of its current location. As a part of that effort, the FAA
plans to realign V-233 northeast of the Capitol VORTAC.
The Proposal
The FAA is proposing to amend part 71 of the Federal Aviation
Regulations (14 CFR part 71) to revise V-233 in the Capitol, IL, area.
Specifically, this action proposes to realign V-233 northeast of the
Capitol VORTAC to reflect the radial change due to the relocation of
the Capitol VORTAC and to enhance the management of aircraft operations
over the Capitol, IL, area.
Federal airways are published in paragraph 6010(a) of FAA Order
7400.9K dated August 30, 2002, and effective September 16, 2002, which
is incorporated by reference in 14 CFR 71.1. The Federal airway listed
in this document would be published subsequently in the Order.
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.
Therefore, this proposed regulation: (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 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.
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, CLASS B, CLASS C, CLASS D, AND
CLASS E AIRSPACE AREAS; AIR TRAFFIC SERVICE ROUTES; AND REPORTING
POINTS
1. The authority citation for part 71 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(g), 40103, 40113, 40120; E.O. 10854, 24
FR 9565, 3 CFR, 1959-1963 Comp., p. 389.
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Sec. 71.1 [Amended]
2. The incorporation by reference in 14 CFR 71.1 of FAA Order
7400.9K, Airspace Designations and Reporting Points, dated August 30,
2002, and effective September 16, 2002, is amended as follows:
Paragraph 6010(a) Domestic VOR Federal Airways
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V-233 [Revised]
From Capitol, IL; INT Capitol 061[deg]T(062[deg]M) and Roberts,
IL, 233[deg] radials; Roberts; Knox, IN; Goshen, IN; Litchfield, MI;
Lansing, MI; INT Mount Pleasant 351[deg] and Gaylord, MI, 207[deg]
radials; Gaylord; to Pellston, MI.
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Issued in Washington, DC on August 22, 2003.
Reginald C. Matthews,
Manager, Airspace and Rules Division.
[FR Doc. 03-22208 Filed 8-29-03; 8:45 am]
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