[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 79 (Monday, April 24, 2000)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 21682-21683]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-10011]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Airspace Docket No. 99-AGL-57]


Proposed Realignment of Federal Airways; MI

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.

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SUMMARY: This action proposes to realign five Federal airways in the 
Gwinn, MI, area. This proposal would realign the affected Federal 
airways from the Marquette Very High Frequency Omnidirectional Range/
Distance Measuring Equipment (VOR/DME) to the Gwinn VOR/DME. The FAA is 
proposing this action due to the decommissioning of the Marquette VOR/
DME and the commissioning of the Gwinn VOR/DME, which will be located 
approximately 15 nautical miles (NM) to the southeast of the present 
location of the Marquette Very High Frequency Omnidirectional Range/
Tactical Air Navigation.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before June 16, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Send comments on this proposal in triplicate to: Manager, 
Air Traffic Division, AGL-500, Docket No. 99-AGL-57, Federal Aviation 
Administration, O'Hare Lake Office Center, 2300 East Devon Avenue; Des 
Plaines, IL 60018.
    The official docket may be examined in the Rules Docket, Office of 
the Chief Counsel, Room 916, 800 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, 
DC, weekdays, except Federal holidays, between 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.
    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: Sheri Edgett Baron, 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 the airspace docket number and be 
submitted in triplicate to the address listed above. 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 Airspace Docket No. 99-
AGL-57.'' 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 action may be changed 
in light of comments received. All comments submitted will be available 
for examination in the Rules Docket both before and after the closing 
date for comments. A report summarizing each

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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 using a modem 
and suitable communications software from the FAA regulations section 
of the Fedworld electronic bulletin board service (telephone: 703-321-
3339) or the Government Printing Office's electronic bulletin board 
service (telephone: 202-512-1661).
    Internet users may reach the FAA's web page at http://www.faa.gov 
or the Superintendent of Documents's webpage at http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara for access to recently published rulemaking 
documents.
    Any person may obtain a copy of this Notice of Proposed Rulemaking 
(NPRM) 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 the docket number of this NPRM. 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 will be decommissioning the Marquette VOR/DME and will be 
commissioning the Gwinn VOR/DME. As a result, five Federal airways will 
have to be realigned from the Marquette VOR/DME to the new Gwinn VOR/
DME (which is approximately 15 NM to the southeast of the present 
location of the Marquette VORTAC).

The Proposal

    The FAA is proposing an amendment to part 71 of the Federal 
Aviation Regulations (14 CFR part 71) to realign five Federal airways 
due to the decommissioning of the Marquette VOR/DME, and the 
installation of the Gwinn VOR/DME. The Gwinn VOR/DME will be located 
approximately 15 NM southeast of the present location of the Marquette 
VORTAC. Specifically, V-7, V-133, V-224, V-316, and V-341 would be 
realigned from the Marquette VOR/DME to the Gwinn VOR/DME.
    VOR Federal airways are published in Section 6010(a), of FAA Order 
7400.9G, dated September 1, 1999, and effective September 16, 1999, 
which is incorporated by reference in 14 CFR 71.1. The airways listed 
in this document would be published subsequently in the Order.
    The FAA has determined that this 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 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; AIRWAYS; 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.


Sec. 71.1  [Amended]

    2. The incorporation by reference in 14 CFR 71.1 of Federal 
Aviation Administration Order 7400.9G, Airspace Designations and 
Reporting Points, dated September 1, 1999, and effective September 16, 
1999, is amended as follows:

  Paragraph 6010--VOR Federal Airways

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V-7  [Revised]

    From Dolphin, FL; INT Dolphin 299 deg. and Lee County, FL, 
120 deg. radials; Lee County; Lakeland, FL; Cross City, FL; 
Seminole, FL; Wiregrass, AL; INT Wiregrass 333 deg. and Montgomery, 
AL, 129 deg. radials; Montgomery; Vulcan, AL; Muscle Shoals, AL; 
Graham, TN; Central City, KY; Pocket City, IN; INT Pocket City 
016 deg. and Terre Haute, IN, 191 deg. radials; Terre Haute; Boiler, 
IN; Chicago Heights, IL; INT Chicago Heights 358 deg. and Falls, WI, 
170 deg. radials; Falls; Green Bay, WI; Menominee, MI; to Gwinn, MI. 
The airspace below 2,000 feet MSL outside the United States is 
excluded. The portion outside the United States has no upper limit.
* * * * *

V-133  [Revised]

    From INT Charlotte, NC, 305 deg. and Barretts Mountain, NC, 
197 deg. radials; Barretts Mountain; Charleston, WV; Zanesville, OH; 
Tiverton, OH; Mansfield, OH; INT Mansfield 349 deg. and Detroit, MI, 
141 deg. radials; Detroit; Salem, MI; INT Salem 346 deg. and 
Saginaw, MI, 160 deg. radials; Saginaw; Traverse City, MI; Escanaba, 
MI; Gwinn, MI; Houghton, MI; Thunder Bay, ON, Canada; International 
Falls, MN; to Red Lake, ON, Canada. The airspace within Canada is 
excluded.
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V-224  [Revised]

    From Gwinn, MI; to Schoolcraft County, MI.
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V-316  [Revised]

    From Ironwood, MI; Gwinn, MI; Sault Ste Marie, MI; thence via 
Sault Ste Marie 091 deg. radial to Elliot Lake, ON, Canada, NDB; 
thence to Sudbury, ON, Canada, via the 259 deg. radial to Sudbury. 
The airspace within Canada is excluded.
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V-341  [Revised]

    From Cedar Rapids, IA; Dubuque, IA; Madison, WI; Oshkosh, WI; 
Green Bay, WI; Menominee, MI; Iron Mountain, MI; Gwinn, MI; to 
Houghton, MI.
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    Issued in Washington, DC, on April 14, 2000.
Reginald C. Matthews,
Manager, Airspace and Rules Division.
[FR Doc. 00-10011 Filed 4-21-00; 8:45 am]
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