70532 Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 215 / Thursday, November 5, 2020 / Proposed Rules DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Order 7400.11E at NARA, email: All communications received on or [email protected] or go to https:// before the specified comment closing Federal Aviation Administration www.archives.gov/federal-register/cfr/ date will be considered before taking ibr-locations.html. action on the proposed rule. The 14 CFR Part 71 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: proposal contained in this action may [Docket No. FAA–2020–0944; Airspace Colby Abbott, Rules and Regulations be changed in light of comments Docket No. 20–AGL–26] Group, Office of Policy, Federal received. All comments submitted will Aviation Administration, 800 be available for examination in the RIN 2120–AA66 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, public docket both before and after the comment closing date. A report Proposed Amendment of V–67, V–190, DC 20591; telephone: (202) 267–8783. summarizing each substantive public SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: and V–429; Establishment of T–312; contact with FAA personnel concerned and Revocation of V–125 and V–335 in Authority for This Rulemaking with this rulemaking will be filed in the the Vicinity of Marion, IL The FAA’s authority to issue rules docket. AGENCY: Federal Aviation regarding aviation safety is found in Availability of NPRMs Administration (FAA), DOT. Title 49 of the United States Code. An electronic copy of this document ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking Subtitle I, Section 106 describes the may be downloaded through the (NPRM). authority of the FAA Administrator. internet at https://www.regulations.gov. Subtitle VII, Aviation Programs, SUMMARY: Recently published rulemaking This action proposes to describes in more detail the scope of the amend VHF Omnidirectional Range documents can also be accessed through agency’s authority. This rulemaking is the FAA’s web page at https:// (VOR) Federal airways V–67, V–190, promulgated under the authority and V–429; establish Area Navigation www.faa.gov/air_traffic/publications/ described in Subtitle VII, Part A, airspace_amendments/. (RNAV) route T–312; and remove VOR Subpart I, Section 40103. Under that Federal airways V–125 and V–335 in the You may review the public docket section, the FAA is charged with containing the proposal, any comments vicinity of Marion, IL. The Air Traffic prescribing regulations to assign the use Service (ATS) route modifications are received and any final disposition in of the airspace necessary to ensure the person in the Dockets Office (see necessary due to the planned safety of aircraft and the efficient use of decommissioning of the VOR portion of ADDRESSES section for address and airspace. This regulation is within the phone number) between 9:00 a.m. and the Marion, IL, VOR/Distance scope of that authority as it would Measuring Equipment (VOR/DME) 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, modify the route structure as necessary except federal holidays. An informal navigation aid (NAVAID). With the to preserve the safe and efficient flow of exception of the RNAV route T–312 docket may also be examined during air traffic within the National Airspace normal business hours at the office of proposed to be established, the Marion System (NAS). VOR/DME NAVAID provides navigation the Operations Support Group, Central guidance for portions of the affected air Comments Invited Service Center, Federal Aviation traffic service (ATS) routes. The VOR is Administration, 10101 Hillwood Interested parties are invited to Parkway, Fort Worth, TX 76177. being decommissioned as part of the participate in this proposed rulemaking FAA’s VOR Minimum Operational by submitting such written data, views, Availability and Summary of Network (MON) program. or arguments as they may desire. Documents for Incorporation by DATES: Comments must be received on Comments that provide the factual basis Reference or before December 21, 2020. supporting the views and suggestions This document proposes to amend ADDRESSES: Send comments on this presented are particularly helpful in FAA Order 7400.11E, Airspace proposal to the U.S. Department of developing reasoned regulatory Designations and Reporting Points, Transportation, Docket Operations, 1200 decisions on the proposal. Comments dated July 21, 2020, and effective New Jersey Avenue SE, West Building are specifically invited on the overall September 15, 2020. FAA Order Ground Floor, Room W12–140, regulatory, aeronautical, economic, 7400.11E is publicly available as listed Washington, DC 20590; telephone: (800) environmental, and energy-related in the ADDRESSES section of this 647–5527, or (202) 366–9826. You must aspects of the proposal. document. FAA Order 7400.11E lists identify FAA Docket No. FAA–2020– Communications should identify both Class A, B, C, D, and E airspace areas, 0944; Airspace Docket No. 20–AGL–26 docket numbers (FAA Docket No. FAA– air traffic service routes, and reporting at the beginning of your comments. You 2020–0944; Airspace Docket No. 20– points. may also submit comments through the AGL–26) and be submitted in triplicate internet at https://www.regulations.gov. to the Docket Management Facility (see Background FAA Order 7400.11E, Airspace ADDRESSES section for address and The FAA is planning Designations and Reporting Points, and phone number). You may also submit decommissioning activities for the VOR subsequent amendments can be viewed comments through the internet at portion of the Marion, IL, VOR/DME in online at https://www.faa.gov/air_ https://www.regulations.gov. June 2021. The VOR portion of the traffic/publications/. For further Commenters wishing the FAA to Marion, IL, VOR/DME is a candidate information, you can contact the Rules acknowledge receipt of their comments VOR identified for discontinuance by and Regulations Group, Federal on this action must submit with those the FAA’s VOR MON program and Aviation Administration, 800 comments a self-addressed, stamped listed in the final policy statement, Independence Avenue SW, Washington, postcard on which the following ‘‘Provision of Navigation Services for DC 20591; telephone: (202) 267–8783. statement is made: ‘‘Comments to FAA the Next Generation Air Transportation The Order is also available for Docket No. FAA–2020–0944; Airspace System (NextGen) Transition to inspection at the National Archives and Docket No. 20–AGL–26.’’ The postcard Performance-Based Navigation (PBN) Records Administration (NARA). For will be date/time stamped and returned (Plan for Establishing a VOR Minimum information on the availability of FAA to the commenter. Operational Network),’’ published in the VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:49 Nov 04, 2020 Jkt 253001 PO 00000 Frm 00031 Fmt 4702 Sfmt 4702 E:\FR\FM\05NOP1.SGM 05NOP1 khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with PROPOSALS Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 215 / Thursday, November 5, 2020 / Proposed Rules 70533 Federal Register of July 26, 2016 (81 FR 429; establishing RNAV route T–312; airway segment proposed to be removed 48694), Docket No. FAA–2011–1082. and removing VOR Federal airways V– between the Farmington, MO, VORTAC Although the VOR portion of the 125 and V–335. The planned and the Pocket City, IN, VORTAC and Marion VOR/DME is planned for decommissioning of the VOR portion of provide RNAV routing capability from decommissioning, the co-located DME the Marion, IL, VOR/DME has made this the Hill City, KS, area eastward to the portion of the NAVAID is being action necessary. Pocket City, IN, area. retained. The proposed VOR Federal airway All NAVAID radials in the VOR The existing ATS route dependencies changes are outlined below. Federal airway descriptions below are to the Marion, IL, VOR/DME NAVAID V–67: V–67 currently extends unchanged and stated in True degrees. are VOR Federal airways V–67, V–125, between the Choo Choo, TN, VOR/ V–190, V–335, and V–429. VOR Federal airways are published in Tactical Air Navigation (VORTAC) and paragraph 6010(a) and United States With the planned decommissioning of the Shelbyville, TN, VOR/DME; and the VOR portion of the Marion, IL, VOR/ RNAV T-routes are published in between the Cunningham, KY, VOR/ paragraph 6011 of FAA Order 7400.11E DME, the remaining ground-based DME and the Rochester, MN, VOR/ NAVAID coverage in the area is dated July 21, 2020, and effective DME. The FAA proposes to remove the September 15, 2020, which is insufficient to enable the continuity of airway segment overlying the Marion, the affected VOR Federal airways. As incorporated by reference in 14 CFR IL, VOR/DME between the Cunningham, 71.1. The ATS routes listed in this such, proposed modifications to the KY, VOR/DME and the Centralia, IL, affected VOR Federal airways would document would be subsequently VORTAC due to the Marion VOR being published in the Order. result in an increased gap in one of the decommissioned; and between the airways (V–67), the removal of the Centralia, IL, VORTAC and the FAA Order 7400.11, Airspace affected airway segment at the end of an intersection of the Centralia, IL, Designations and Reporting Points, is airway and at the beginning of an VORTAC 010° and Vandalia, IL, VOR/ published yearly and effective on airway (V–190 and V–429, respectively), DME 162° radials (CORKI fix) due to V– September 15. and the removal of the remaining 313 overlaying the same airway Regulatory Notices and Analyses airways (V–125 and V–335). segment. The unaffected portions of the To overcome the loss of an ATS route, existing airway would remain as The FAA has determined that this the increased gap in another route, and charted. proposed regulation only involves an the loss of route segments at the V–125: V–125 currently extends established body of technical beginning and end of the other ATS between the intersection of the regulations for which frequent and routes, instrument flight rules (IFR) Farmington, MO, VORTAC 046° and routine amendments are necessary to traffic could use adjacent ATS routes, Marion, IL, VOR/DME 282° radials keep them operationally current.