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Revision A, dated July 30, 2019 (Gulfstream 

CB 231A). Where Gulfstream CB 231A 

specifies contacting Gulfstream for 

procedures if any corrosion is found, you 

must replace the support link in accordance 

with a method approved by the Manager, 

Atlanta ACO Branch, FAA, before further 

flight. For a method to be approved by the 

Manager, Atlanta ACO Branch, as required by 

this paragraph, the Manager’s approval letter 

must specifically refer to this AD. 

(2) Within 24 months after the effective 

date of this AD, revise the airworthiness 

limitations section of your maintenance 

manual or inspection program to incorporate 

the airworthiness limitations specified in 

Table 13: Fuselage Inspection Table, of 

Gulfstream GV Aircraft Maintenance Manual, 

Section 05–10–10, Revision 51, dated 

February 28, 2020. Thereafter, except as 

provided in paragraph (h) of this AD, no 

alternative inspection intervals may be 

approved for the fuselage floor beam and 

wing link FS 465–FS 576. 

(h) Alternative Methods of Compliance 

(AMOCs) 

(1) The Manager, Atlanta ACO Branch, 

FAA, has the authority to approve AMOCs 

for this AD, if requested using the procedures 

found in 14 CFR 39.19. In accordance with 

14 CFR 39.19, send your request to your 

principal inspector or local Flight Standards 

District Office, as appropriate. If sending 

information directly to the manager of the 

certification office, send it to the attention of 

the person identified in paragraph (i)(1) of 

this AD. 

(2) Before using any approved AMOC, 

notify your appropriate principal inspector, 

or lacking a principal inspector, the manager 

of the local flight standards district office/ 

certificate holding district office. 

(3) Except as required by paragraph (g) of 

this AD: For service information that 

contains steps that are labeled as Required 

for Compliance (RC), the following 

provisions apply. 

(i) The steps labeled as RC, including 

substeps under an RC step and any figures 

identified in an RC step, must be done to 

comply with the AD. An AMOC is required 

for any deviations to RC steps, including 

substeps and identified figures. 

(ii) Steps not labeled as RC may be 

deviated from using accepted methods in 

accordance with the operator’s maintenance 

or inspection program without obtaining 

approval of an AMOC, provided the RC steps, 

including substeps and identified figures, can 

still be done as specified, and the airplane 

can be put back in an airworthy condition. 

(i) Related Information 

(1) For more information about this AD, 

contact Ronald ‘‘Ron’’ Wissing, Aviation 

Safety Engineer, Atlanta ACO Branch, FAA, 

1701 Columbia Avenue, College Park, 

Georgia 30337; phone: (404) 474–5552; fax: 

(404) 474–5606; email: ronald.wissing@

faa.gov. 

(2) For service information identified in 

this AD, contact Gulfstream Aerospace 

Corporation, Technical Publications Dept., 

P.O Box 2206, Savannah, GA 31402–2206; 

phone: (800) 810–4853; fax: (912) 965–3520; 

email: pubs@gulfstream.com; internet: 

https://www.gulfstream.com/en/customersupport/. You may view this referenced 

service information at the FAA, 

Airworthiness Products Section, Operational 

Safety Branch, 901 Locust, Kansas City, 

Missouri 64106. For information on the 

availability of this material at the FAA, call 

(816) 329–4148. 

Issued on December 2, 2020. 

Lance T. Gant, 

Director, Compliance & Airworthiness 

Division, Aircraft Certification Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

14 CFR Part 71 

[Docket No. FAA–2020–1103; Airspace 

Docket No. 20–ACE–21] 

RIN 2120–AA66 

Proposed Amendment of V–72, V–132, 

V–190, and V–289, and Revocation of 

V–238 in the Vicinity of Maples, MO 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking 

(NPRM). 

SUMMARY: This action proposes to 

amend VHF Omnidirectional Range 

(VOR) Federal airways V–72, V–132, V– 

190, and V–289; and remove VOR 

Federal airway V–238 in the vicinity of 

Maples, MO. The VOR Federal airway 

modifications are necessary due to the 

planned decommissioning of the VOR 

portion of the Maples, MO, VOR/ 

Tactical Air Navigation (VORTAC) 

navigation aid (NAVAID) which 

provides navigation guidance for 

portions of the affected airways listed 

above. The Maples VOR is being 

decommissioned as part of the FAA’s 

VOR Minimum Operational Network 

(MON) program. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before January 25, 2021. 

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–2020– 

1103; Airspace Docket No. 20–ACE–21 

at the beginning of your comments. You 

may also submit comments through the 

internet at https://www.regulations.gov. 

FAA Order 7400.11E, Airspace 

Designations and Reporting Points, and 

subsequent amendments can be viewed 

online at https://www.faa.gov/air_

traffic/publications/. 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. 

The Order is also available for 

inspection at the National Archives and 

Records Administration (NARA). For 

information on the availability of FAA 

Order 7400.11E at NARA, email: 

fedreg.legal@nara.gov or go to https:// 

www.archives.gov/federal-register/cfr/ 

ibr-locations.html. 

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 route structure as necessary 

to preserve the safe and efficient flow of 

air traffic within the National Airspace 

System (NAS). 

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– 

2020–1103; Airspace Docket No. 20– 

ACE–21) 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 

https://www.regulations.gov. 


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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–2020–1103; Airspace 

Docket No. 20–ACE–21.’’ 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 https://www.regulations.gov. 

Recently published rulemaking 

documents can also be accessed through 

the FAA’s web page at https:// 

www.faa.gov/air_traffic/publications/ 

airspace_amendments/. 

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 7400.11E, Airspace 

Designations and Reporting Points, 

dated July 21, 2020, and effective 

September 15, 2020. FAA Order 

7400.11E is publicly available as listed 

in the ADDRESSES section of this 

document. FAA Order 7400.11E 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 

Maples, MO, VORTAC in August 2021. 

The Maples, MO, VOR is a candidate 

VOR 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 

Maples VORTAC is planned for 

decommissioning, the co-located DME 

portion of the NAVAID is being 

retained. 

The existing Air Traffic Service (ATS) 

route dependencies to the Maples, MO, 

VORTAC NAVAID are VOR Federal 

airways V–72, V–132, V–190, V–238, 

and V–289. With the planned 

decommissioning of the VOR portion of 

the Maples VORTAC, the remaining 

ground-based NAVAID coverage in the 

area is insufficient to enable the 

continuity of V–72, V–190, and V–238. 

As such, proposed modifications to 

these affected airways would result in a 

gap in two of the airways (V–72 and V– 

190) and removing the third airway 

completely (V–238). However, the 

remaining ground-based NAVAID 

coverage in the area is sufficient to 

retaining two of the airways (V–132 and 

V- 289) as they are charted today by 

redefining the affected airway points in 

each of the airways. 

To overcome the gaps created in V– 

72 and V–190, and the loss of V–238, 

instrument flight rules (IFR) traffic 

could use adjacent ATS routes, 

including VOR Federal airways V–14, 

V–88, V–132, V–175, V–178, and V–289, 

or request air traffic control (ATC) radar 

vectors to fly through or circumnavigate 

the affected area. Additionally, IFR 

pilots equipped with RNAV PBN 

capabilities could also navigate point to 

point using the existing fixes that will 

remain in place to support continued 

operations though the affected area. 

Visual flight rules (VFR) pilots who 

elect to navigate via the airways through 

the affected area could also take 

advantage of the adjacent VOR Federal 

airways or ATC services listed 

previously. 

To retain V–132 as charted, the FAA 

is proposing to redefine the airway 

point defined by the intersection of the 

Forney, MO, VOR 086° and Maples, 

MO, VORTAC 052° radials (LENOX fix) 

by using the existing Forney, MO, VOR 

086° radial and replacing the Maples, 

MO, radial with a new Vichy, MO, 

VOR/Distance Measuring Equipment 

(VOR/DME) 156°(T)/150°(M) radial. As 

a result, the V–132 airway would 

remain unchanged and as currently 

charted. 

To retain V–289 as charted, the FAA 

is proposing to redefine the airway 

point defined by the intersection of the 

Maples, MO, VORTAC 236° and Vichy, 

MO, VOR/DME 204° radials (GOBEY 

fix) by replacing the Maples, MO, 

VORTAC radial with a new Dogwood, 

MO, VORTAC 058°(T)/057°(M) radial 

and using the existing Vichy, MO, VOR/ 

DME 204° radial. As a result, the V–289 

airway would remain unchanged and as 

currently charted. 

The Proposal 

The FAA is proposing an amendment 

to Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations 

(14 CFR) part 71 by modifying VOR 

Federal airways V–72, V–132, V–190, 

and V–289, and removing V–238 in its 

entirety. The planned decommissioning 

of the VOR portion of the Maples, MO, 

VORTAC has made this action 

necessary. 

The proposed VOR Federal airway 

changes are outlined below. 

V–72: V–72 currently extends 

between the Razorback, AR, VORTAC 

and the Bible Grove, IL, VORTAC. The 

FAA proposes to remove the airway 

segment overlying the Maples, MO, 

VORTAC between the Dogwood, MO, 

VORTAC and the Farmington, MO, 

VORTAC. The unaffected portions of 

the existing airway would remain as 

charted. 

V–132: V–132 currently extends 

between the Medicine Bow, WY, VOR/ 

DME and the intersection of the Forney, 

MO, VOR 086° and Maples, MO, 

VORTAC 052° radials (LENOX fix). The 

airway excludes that portion within 

restricted areas R–4501A, R–4501B, R– 

4501C and R–4501D during their time of 

activation. The FAA proposes to 

redefine the LENOX fix as the 

intersection of the existing Forney, MO, 

VOR 086° radial and new Vichy, MO, 

VOR/DME 156°(T)/150°(M) radial. The 

existing airway would remain as charted 

and the exclusion language would 

remain unchanged. 

V–190: V–190 currently extends 

between the Phoenix, AZ, VORTAC and 

the Pocket City, IN, VORTAC. The FAA 

proposes to remove the airway segment 

overlying the Maples, MO, VORTAC 

between the Springfield, MO, VORTAC 

and the Farmington, MO, VORTAC. 

Additional changes to other portions of 

the airway have been proposed in a 

separate NPRM. The unaffected portions 

of the existing airway would remain as 

charted. 

V–238: V–238 currently extends 

between the Maples, MO, VORTAC and 

the Troy, IL, VORTAC. The FAA 


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proposes to remove the airway in its 

entirety. 

V–289: V–289 currently extends 

between the Beaumont, TX, VORTAC 

and the Vichy, MO, VOR/DME. The 

FAA proposes to remove the airway 

point defined by the intersection of the 

Dogwood, MO, VORTAC 058° and 

Maples, MO, VORTAC 236° radials 

(MUPIE fix) and redefine the airway 

point defined by the intersection of the 

Maples, MO, VORTAC 236° and Vichy, 

MO, VOR/DME 204° radials (GOBEY 

fix) as the intersection of the new 

Dogwood, MO, VORTAC 058°(T)/ 

057°(M) radial and existing Vichy, MO, 

VOR/DME 204° radial. The existing 

airway would remain as charted. 

All radials in the VOR Federal airway 

descriptions below that do not reflect 

True (T)/Magnetic (M) degree radial 

information are unchanged and stated in 

True degrees. 

VOR Federal airways are published in 

paragraph 6010(a) of FAA Order 

7400.11E dated July 21, 2020, and 

effective September 15, 2020, which is 

incorporated by reference in 14 CFR 

71.1. The ATS routes listed in this 

document would be subsequently 

published in the Order. 

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 

■ 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. 

§ 71.1 [Amended] 

■ 2. The incorporation by reference in 

14 CFR 71.1 of FAA Order 7400.11E, 

Airspace Designations and Reporting 

Points, dated July 21, 2020, and 

effective September 15, 2020, is 

amended as follows: 

Paragraph 6010(a) Domestic VOR Federal 

Airways. 

* * * * * 

V–72 [Amended] 

From Razorback, AR; to Dogwood, MO. 

From Farmington, MO; Centralia, IL; to Bible 

Grove, IL. 

* * * * * 

V–132 [Amended] 

From Medicine Bow, WY; INT Medicine 

Bow 106° and Cheyenne, WY, 330° radials; 

Cheyenne; Akron, CO; 17 miles, 49 miles, 59 

MSL, Goodland, KS; 50 miles, 97 miles, 65 

MSL, Hutchinson, KS; INT Hutchinson 078° 

and Chanute, KS, 293° radials; Chanute; INT 

Chanute 100° and Springfield, MO, 276° 

radials; Springfield; INT Springfield 058° and 

Forney, MO, 266° radials; Forney; INT 

Forney 086° and Vichy, MO, 156°(T)/150°(M) 

radials, excluding that portion within R– 

4501A, R–4501B, R–4501C, and R–4501D 

during their time of activation. 

* * * * * 

V–190 [Amended] 

From Phoenix, AZ; St. Johns, AZ; 

Albuquerque, NM; Fort Union, NM; Dalhart, 

TX; Mitbee, OK; INT Mitbee 059° and 

Pioneer, OK, 280° radials; Pioneer; INT 

Pioneer 094° and Bartlesville, OK, 256° 

radials; Bartlesville; INT Bartlesville 075° 

and Oswego, KS, 233° radials; Oswego; INT 

Oswego 085° and Springfield, MO, 261° 

radials; to Springfield. From Farmington, 

MO; Marion, IL; to Pocket City, IN. 

* * * * * 

V–238 [Removed] 

* * * * * 

V–289 [Amended] 

From Beaumont, TX; INT Beaumont 323° 

and Lufkin, TX, 161° radials; Lufkin; Gregg 

County, TX; Texarkana, AR; Fort Smith, AR; 

Harrison, AR; Dogwood, MO; INT Dogwood 

058°(T)/057°(M) and Vichy, MO, 204° 

radials; to Vichy. 

* * * * * 

Issued in Washington, DC, on December 7, 

2020. 

George Gonzalez, 

Acting Manager, Rules and Regulations 

Group. 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

14 CFR Part 71 

[Docket No. FAA–2020–1081; Airspace 

Docket No. 20–AEA–19] 

RIN 2120–AA66 

Proposed Establishment of Area 

Navigation (RNAV) Route Q–437; 

Northeastern United States 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking 

(NPRM). 

SUMMARY: This action proposes to 

establish Area Navigation (RNAV) route 

Q–437 in the northeastern United States 

in support of the Northeast Corridor 

Atlantic Coast Route Project (NEC ACR) 

for improve efficiency of the National 

Airspace System (NAS) while reducing 

the dependency on ground based 

navigational systems. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before January 25, 2021. 

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–2020–1081; Airspace Docket No. 

20–AEA–19 at the beginning of your 

comments. You may also submit 

comments through the internet at 

https://www.regulations.gov. 

FAA Order 7400.11E, Airspace 

Designations and Reporting Points, and 

subsequent amendments can be viewed 

online at https://www.faa.gov/air_

traffic/publications/. 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. 

The Order is also available for 

inspection at the National Archives and 


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