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long. 109°20′30′′ W.; to lat. 37°52′18′′ N., 

long. 108°58′58′′ W.; to Dove Creek VOR 

(DVC); to Cortez VOR (CEZ); to lat. 36°48′30′′

N., long. 108°03′30′′ W.; to lat. 36°41′30′′ N., 

long. 108°09′15′′ W.; to lat. 36°55′30′′ N., 

long. 109°16′15′′ W.; to lat. 36°26′45′′ N., 

long. 109°36′30′′ W.; to lat. 36°27′30′′ N., 

long. 109°46′45′′ W.; thence to point of origin; 

excluding that airspace within Federal 

Airways airspace area and previously 

established Class E airspace 700 feet above 

the surface of the earth.

* * * * *

Issued in Seattle, Washington, on January 

22, 2004. 

Raul C. Trevin ̃ o, 

Acting Manager, Air Traffic Division, 

Northwest Mountain Region.

[FR Doc. 04–2194 Filed 2–2–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–M

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration 

14 CFR Part 71 

[Docket No. FAA–2003–16676; 

Airspace Docket No. 03–ASO–16] 

RIN 2120–AA66 

Proposed Revision of VOR Federal 

Airway V–537

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking, 

(NPRM). 

SUMMARY: This action proposes to 

modify Very High Frequency 

Omnidirectional Range (VOR) Federal 

airway V–537 by changing the 

origination point of the airway from the 

Vero Beach, FL, Very High Frequency 

Omnidirectional Range/Tactical Air 

Navigation (VORTAC) to the Palm 

Beach, FL, VORTAC. The proposed 

modification would extend V–537 by 

incorporating a route segment that air 

traffic control (ATC) frequently assigns 

to aircraft arriving the Palm Beach, FL, 

terminal area. The proposed change 

would enhance the management of 

aircraft in the Palm Beach, FL, area.

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before March 19, 2004.

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 FAA 

Docket No. FAA–2003–16676 and 

Airspace Docket No. 03–ASO–16, at the 

beginning of your comments. You may 

also submit comments on the Internet at 

http://dms.dot.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul 

Gallant, 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 (FAA Docket No. FAA–

2003–16676 and Airspace Docket No. 

03–ASO–16) and be submitted in 

triplicate to the Docket Management 

System (see ADDRESSES section for 

address and phone number). You may 

also submit comments through the 

Internet at http://dms.dot.gov.

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–2003–16676 and 

Airspace Docket No. 03–ASO–16.’’ 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 Web 

page at http://www.faa.gov or the 

Federal Register’s Web page at http://

www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/index.html.

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 a.m. and 5 

p.m., Monday through Friday, except 

Federal holidays. An informal docket 

may also be examined during normal 

business hours at the office of the 

Regional Air Traffic Division, Federal 

Aviation Administration, Southern 

Region Headquarters, 1701 Columbia 

Avenue, College Park, Georgia 30337. 

Persons interested in being placed on 

a mailing list for future NPRM’s should 

contact 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. 

The Proposal 

The FAA is proposing an amendment 

to title 14, Code of Federal Regulations 

(14 CFR) part 71 (part 71) to modify 

Federal airway V–537, by changing the 

origination point of the airway from the 

Vero Beach VORTAC to the Palm Beach 

VORTAC. The revision would 

incorporate the airway routing that is 

currently used by ATC when directing 

aircraft to Palm Beach, FL. Currently, 

Miami Air Route Traffic Control Center 

issues a clearance to aircraft destined for 

the Palm Beach terminal area by 

directing aircraft to proceed via the Vero 

Beach VORTAC, then along V–295 to 

STOOP intersection, then via V–492 to 

the Palm Beach VORTAC. The proposed 

modification would incorporate this 

routing as an extension to V–537. 

Extending V–537 as described above 

would significantly reduce pilotcontroller communications, alleviate 

radio frequency congestion, reduce the 

potential for pilot readback errors, and 

enhance the management of aircraft 

operations in the Vero Beach-Palm 

Beach area. 

Domestic VOR Federal airways are 

published in paragraph 6010(a) of FAA 

Order 7400.9L, dated September 2, 

2003, and effective September 16, 2003, 

which is incorporated by reference in 14 

CFR 71.1. The VOR 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 

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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.

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 

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.

§ 71.1 [Amended] 

2. The incorporation by reference in 

14 CFR 71.1 of FAA Order 7400.9L, 

Airspace Designations and Reporting 

Points, dated September 2, 2003, and 

effective September 16, 2003, is 

amended as follows:

Paragraph 6010(a) Domestic VOR Federal 

Airways

* * * * *

V–537 [Revised] 

From Palm Beach, FL; INT Palm Beach 

356° and Vero Beach, FL, 143° radials; Vero 

Beach; INT Vero Beach 318° and Orlando. 

FL, 140° radials; INT Orlando 40° and 

Melbourne, FL 298° radials; INT Melbourne 

298° and Ocala, FL 145° radials; Ocala; 

Gators, FL; Greenville, FL; Moultrie, GA; to 

Macon, GA.

* * * * *

Issued in Washington, DC, on January 16, 

2004. 

Reginald C. Matthews, 

Manager, Airspace and Rules Division.

[FR Doc. 04–2179 Filed 2–2–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration 

14 CFR Part 73 

Docket No. FAA–2003–16531; Airspace 

Docket No. 96–ASO–10 

RIN 2120–AA66 

Proposed Modification and Revocation 

of Restricted Areas 3007A, B, C, D, and 

E; Townsend, GA

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Supplemental notice of 

proposed rulemaking (SNPRM). 

SUMMARY: This action proposes to 

reconfigure the existing restricted area 

(R–3007) over the Townsend Range, GA, 

by reducing the lateral size and raising 

the vertical limits of the area. 

Additionally, this action proposes to 

change the using agency of the area, and 

increase the time of designation. The 

FAA is proposing this action to better 

accommodate Department of Defense 

(DOD) training requirements and enable 

more efficient use of the airspace. This 

action supplements a previously 

published document.

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before March 19, 2004.

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 FAA 

Docket No. FAA–2003–16531, and 

Airspace Docket No. 96–ASO–10, at the 

beginning of your comments. You may 

also submit comments on the Internet at 

http://dms.dot.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul 

Gallant, 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 (FAA Docket No. FAA–

2003–16531, and Airspace Docket No. 

96–ASO–10) and be submitted in 

triplicate to the Docket Management 

System (see ADDRESSES section for 

address and phone number). You may 

also submit comments through the 

Internet at http://dms.dot.gov. 

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 FAA 

Docket No. FAA–2003–16531, and 

Airspace Docket No. 96–ASO–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 Notice of Proposed 

Rulemaking (NPRM) 

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 Web 

page at http://www.faa.gov, or the 

Federal Register’s Web page at http://

www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/index.html. 

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 a.m. and 5 

p.m., Monday through Friday, except 

Federal holidays. An informal docket 

may also be examined during normal 

business hours at the office of the 

Regional Air Traffic Division, Federal 

Aviation Administration, Southern 

Region Headquarters, 1701 Columbia 

Avenue, College Park, GA 30337. 

Persons interested in being placed on 

a mailing list for future NPRM’s should 

call the FAA’s Office of Rulemaking, 

(202) 367–9677, for a copy of Advisory 

Circular No. 11–2A, Notice of Proposed 

Rulemaking Distribution System, which 

describes the application procedure. 

Background 

On December 5, 1996, the FAA 

published an NPRM to modify the