[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 97 (Thursday, May 18, 2000)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 31504-31505]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-11491]


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Proposed Rules
                                                Federal Register
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This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER contains notices to the public of 
the proposed issuance of rules and regulations. The purpose of these 
notices is to give interested persons an opportunity to participate in 
the rule making prior to the adoption of the final rules.

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Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 97 / Thursday May 18, 2000 / Proposed 
Rules

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Airspace Docket No. 00-AEA-01]


Proposed Cancellation of Federal Airway: V-162 HAR-MRB

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking

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SUMMARY: This notice proposes to cancel Federal Airway 162 (V-162) 
between Harrisburg, PA (HAR) and Martinsburg, WV (MRB). The FAA is 
proposing this action due to restrictions on the HAR VOR. The airway 
would be deleted from aeronautical charts.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before June 19, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Send comments on the proposal in triplicate to: Manager, 
Airspace Branch, AEA-520, Docket NO. 00-AEA-01, F.A.A. Eastern Region, 
Federal Building #111, John F. Kennedy Int'l Airport, Jamaica, NY 
11430.
    The official docket may be examined in the Office of the Regional 
Counsel, AEA-7, F.A.A. Eastern Region, Federal Building #111, John F. 
Kennedy International Airport, Jamaica, New York 11430.
    An informal docket may also be examined during normal business 
hours in the Airspace Branch, AEA-520, F.A.A. Eastern Region, Federal 
Building #111 John F. Kennedy International Airport, Jamaica, NY 11430.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Francis T. Jordan, Jr., Airspace 
Specialist, Airspace Branch, AEA-520 F.A.A. Eastern Region, Federal 
Building #111, John F. Kennedy International Airport, Jamaica, New York 
11430; telephone: (718) 553-4521.

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, 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 notice must 
submit with those comments a self-addressed, stamped postcard on which 
the following state is made: ``Comments to Airspace Docket No. 00-AEA-
01.'' The postcard will be date/time stamped and returned to the 
commenter. All communications received on or before the 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 Rules Docket both before and after the closing date 
for comments. A report summarizing each substantive public contact with 
the FAA personnel concerned with this rulemaking will be filed in the 
docket.

Availability of NPRMs

    Any person may obtain a copy of this Notice of Proposed Rulemaking 
(NPRM) by submitting a request to the Office of the Regional Counsel, 
AEA-7, F.A.A. Eastern Region, Federal Building #111, John F. Kennedy 
International Airport, Jamaica, NY 11430. Communications must identify 
the notice number of this NPRM. Persons interested in being placed on a 
mailing list for future NPRMs should also request a copy of Advisory 
Circular No. 11-2A, which describes the application procedure.

The Proposal

    The FAA is considering an amendment to Part 71 of the Federal 
Aviation Regulations (14 CFR Part 71) to cancel V-162 between HAR VOR, 
PA and MRB VOR, WV. The FAA is proposing this action due to 
restrictions on the HAR VOR resulting from a flight check. The FAA is 
proposing this action to enhance the safety of air traffic operations. 
Domestic VOR airways are published in Paragraph 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 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 
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 action would not have 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--[AMENDED]

    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 proposed to be amended as follows:
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Paragraph 6011  VOR Federal; Airways

    V-162 cancelled between Harrisburg, PA (HAR) and Martinsburg, WV 
(MRB)
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    Issued in Jamaica, New York, on April 19, 2000.
Franklin D. Hatfield,
Manager, Air Traffic Division, Eastern Region.
[FR Doc. 00-11491 Filed 5-17-00; 8:45 am]
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