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beginning. 

Issued in Seattle, Washington, on 

December 11, 2013. 

Christopher Ramirez, 

Acting Manager, Operations Support Group, 

Western Service Center. 

[FR Doc. 2013–30691 Filed 12–24–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

14 CFR Part 71 

[Docket No. FAA–2013–0990; Airspace 

Docket No. 13–AGL–8] 

RIN 2120–AA66 

Proposed Modification and 

Establishment of Air Traffic Service 

(ATS) Routes in the Vicinity of 

Huntingburg, IN 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking 

(NPRM). 

SUMMARY: This action proposes to 

modify a VOR Federal airway (V–243) 

and establish an area navigation (RNAV) 

route (T–325) in the vicinity of 

Huntingburg, IN. The FAA is proposing 

this action due to the scheduled 

decommissioning of the Huntingburg, 

IN (HNB), VHF Omnidirectional Range 

(VOR)/Distance Measuring Equipment 

(DME) facility that provides navigation 

guidance for a portion of V–243. This 

action would enhance the safety and 

efficient management of aircraft within 

the National Airspace System (NAS). 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before February 10, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments on this 

proposal to the U.S. Department of 

Transportation, Docket Operations, M– 

30, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., West 

Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 

Washington, DC 20590–0001; telephone: 

(202) 366–9826. You must identify FAA 

Docket No. FAA–2013–0990 and 

Airspace Docket No. 13–AGL–8 at the 

beginning of your comments. You may 

also submit comments through the 

Internet at http://www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Colby Abbott, Airspace Policy and 

Regulations Group, Office of Airspace 

Services, 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– 

2013–0990 and Airspace Docket No. 13– 

AGL–8) 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 

http://www.regulations.gov. 

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–2013–0990 and 

Airspace Docket No. 13–AGL–8.’’ 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 NPRM’s 

An electronic copy of this document 

may be downloaded through the 

Internet at http://www.regulations.gov. 

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 Central Service Center, Operations 

Support Group, Federal Aviation 

Administration, 2601 Meacham Blvd., 

Fort Worth, TX 76137. 

Persons interested in being placed on 

a mailing list for future NPRMs 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. 

Background 

The Huntingburg, IN, (HNB) VOR/

DME facility is currently out of service. 

As a result, aircraft that file V–243 are 

being vectored between the Bowling 

Green, KY (BWG), VOR Tactical Air 

Navigation (VORTAC) and the Terre 

Haute, IN (TTH), VORTAC. In response 

to the proponent responsible for the 

HNB VOR/DME requesting the FAA 

decommission of the facility, the FAA 

conducted the required non-rulemaking 

study and public notice circularization 

actions to propose decommissioning the 

facility. As a result, a determination was 

made to permanently decommission the 

HNB VOR/DME due to maintenance 

issues associated with keeping the 

facility operational. Additionally, the 

HNB VOR/DME is not on the list of 

VORs planned for retention in the VOR 

Minimum Operational Network (MON). 

Therefore, the ATS routes, fixes, and 

procedures that utilize the HNB VOR/

DME must be amended. With the 

decommissioning of the HNB VOR/

DME, the ground-based navigation aid 

(NAVAID) coverage is insufficient to 

ensure the continuity of V–243. The 

proposed modification to V–243 would 

result in the segment between BWG and 

TTH being cancelled, but the remaining 

segments supported by other NAVAIDs 

being retained. To cover the cancelled 

segment of V–243, an RNAV route, T– 

325, would be established between 

BWG and TTH. 

The Proposal 

The FAA is proposing an amendment 

to Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations 

(14 CFR) part 71 to amend VOR Federal 

airway V–243 and establish RNAV route 

T–325. The scheduled decommissioning 

of the HNB VOR/DME facility has made 

this action necessary. The proposed 

route modification and establishment 

actions are outlined below. 

V–243: V–243 currently extends 

between Craig, FL (CRG) and TTH. The 

route segment between BWG and TTH 

would be cancelled. A new RNAV route, 

T–325, is proposed, as described below, 

to replace the cancelled Federal airway 

route segment, thereby furthering the 


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transition to an RNAV route structure in 

support of the NextGen initiative. 

T–325: This proposed new route 

would extend between BWG and TTH to 

replace the cancelled Federal airway 

route segment of V–243 between BWG 

and TTH described above. The proposed 

routing of T–325 between BWG and the 

APALO, IN, waypoint (WP), and 

between the new BUNKA, IN, WP and 

TTH, are exact overlays of the route 

segments of V–243 proposed for 

cancellation. 

The navigation aid radials cited in the 

proposed VOR Federal airway route 

description, below, are stated relative to 

True north. 

Domestic VOR Federal airways are 

published in paragraph 6010(a) and low 

altitude RNAV routes (T) are published 

in paragraph 6011, respectively, of FAA 

Order 7400.9X dated August 7, 2013, 

and effective September 15, 2013, which 

is incorporated by reference in 14 CFR 

71.1. The VOR Federal airway and low 

altitude RNAV route listed in this 

document would be subsequently 

published 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 would only affect air traffic 

procedures and air navigation, it is 

certified that this proposed rule, when 

promulgated, would not have a 

significant economic impact on a 

substantial number of small entities 

under the criteria of the Regulatory 

Flexibility Act. 

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 

NAS. 

Environmental Review 

This proposal will be subject to an 

environmental analysis in accordance 

with FAA Order 1050.1E, 

‘‘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(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 7400.9X, 

Airspace Designations and Reporting 

Points, dated August 7, 2013 and 

effective September 15, 2013, is 

amended as follows: 

Paragraph 6010 VOR Federal Airways 

* * * * * 

V–243 [Amended] 

From Craig, FL; Waycross, GA; Vienna, GA; 

LaGrange, GA; INT LaGrange 342° and 

Choo Choo, GA, 189° radials; Choo Choo; 

to Bowling Green, KY. 

* * * * * 

Paragraph 6011 United States Area 

Navigation Routes 

* * * * * 

T–325 Bowling Green, KY to Terre Haute, IN [New] 

Bowling Green, KY 

(BWG) 

VORTAC (Lat. 36°55′43′′ N., long. 086°26′36′′ W.) 

RENRO, KY WP (Lat. 37°28′51′′ N., long. 086°39′19′′ W.) 

LOONE, KY WP (Lat. 37°44′14′′ N., long. 086°45′18′′ W.) 

APALO, IN WP (Lat. 38°00′21′′ N., long. 086°51′35′′ W.) 

BUNKA, IN WP (Lat. 39°04′57′′ N., long. 087°09′07′′ W.) 

Terre Haute, IN 

(TTH) 

VORTAC (Lat. 39°29′20′′ N., long. 087°14′56′′ W.) 

* * * * * 

Issued in Washington, DC, on December 

18, 2013. 

Gary A. Norek, 

Manager, Airspace Policy & Regulations 

Group. 

[FR Doc. 2013–30698 Filed 12–24–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

14 CFR Part 71 

[Docket No. FAA–2013–0952; Airspace 

Docket No. 13–AGL–18] 

RIN 2120–AA66 

Proposed Modification of Area 

Navigation (RNAV) Route T–265, IL 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking 

(NPRM). 

SUMMARY: This action proposes to 

modify RNAV route T–265 in support of 

the O’Hare Modernization Project 

(OMP)/Chicago Airspace Project (CAP). 

This proposed action would insert a 

dogleg and re-align T–265 slightly to the 

west to provide appropriate lateral 

spacing from a new Rockford Airport 

Traffic Control Tower (RFD) and 

Chicago Terminal Radar Approach 

Control (C90) airspace boundary and to 

maintain the efficiency and safety of 

aircraft transitioning around the Chicago 

Class B airspace area. 


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