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J–84 [Amended] 

From Oakland, CA; Linden, CA; Mina, NV; 

Delta, UT; Meeker, CO; to Sidney, NE. From 

Dubuque, IA; to Northbrook, IL. 

* * * * * 

Paragraph 2006 United States Area 

Navigation Routes. 

* * * * * 

Q–42 LEWRP, MO to ZIMMZ, PA [Amended] 

LEWRP, MO WP (Lat. 40°08′06.06′′ N, long. 092°35′30.15′′ W) 

LCOLN, IL WP (Lat. 40°17′37.55′′ N, long. 087°33′25.36′′ W) 

SNKPT, IN WP (Lat. 40°14′13.96′′ N, long. 085°23′39.21′′ W) 

HIDON, OH WP (Lat. 40°10′00.00′′ N, long. 081°37′27.00′′ W) 

BUBAA, OH WP (Lat. 40°10′27.00′′ N, long. 080°58′17.00′′ W) 

PSYKO, PA WP (Lat. 40°08′37.00′′ N, long. 079°09′13.00′′ W) 

BRNAN, PA WP (Lat. 40°08′07.00′′ N, long. 077°50′06.70′′ W) 

HOTEE, PA WP (Lat. 40°20′36.00′′ N, long. 076°29′37.00′′ W) 

SPOTZ, PA WP (Lat. 40°45′55.00′′ N, long. 075°22′59.00′′ W) 

ZIMMZ, PA FIX (Lat. 40°48′11.00′′ N, long. 075°07′25.00′′ W) 

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Paragraph 6010(a) Domestic VOR Federal 

Airways. 

* * * * * 

V–171 [Amended] 

From Lexington, KY; INT Lexington 251° 

and Louisville, KY, 114° radials; Louisville; 

to Terre Haute, IN. From Peotone, IL; INT 

Peotone 281° and Joliet, IL, 173° radials; to 

Joliet. From Nodine, MN; INT Nodine 298° 

and Farmington, MN, 124° radials; 

Farmington; Darwin, MN; Alexandria, MN; 

INT Alexandria 321° and Grand Forks, ND, 

152° radials; to Grand Forks. 

* * * * * 

V–251 [Amended] 

From Adders, IL; to Champaign, IL. 

* * * * * 

Paragraph 6011 United States Area 

Navigation Routes. 

* * * * * 

T–478 RIVRS, IL to BOLRR, IN [New] 

RIVRS, IL WP (Lat. 39°25′21.41′′ N, long. 090°55′56.70′′ W) 

Spinner, IL (SPI) VORTAC (Lat. 39°50′23.04′′ N, long. 089°40′39.85′′ W) 

Champaign, IL (CMI) VORTAC (Lat. 40°02′04.31′′ N, long. 088°16′33.87′′ W) 

SLONI, IL WP (Lat. 40°11′06.39′′ N, long. 087°55′15.88′′ W) 

LCOLN, IL WP (Lat. 40°17′37.55′′ N, long. 087°33′25.36′′ W) 

BOLRR, IN WP (Lat. 40°33′22.03′′ N, long. 087°04′09.55′′ W) 

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Issued in Washington, DC, on October 27, 

2023. 

Karen L. Chiodini, 

Acting Manager, Rules and Regulations 

Group. 

[FR Doc. 2023–24076 Filed 11–2–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

14 CFR Part 71 

[Docket No. FAA–2023–1014; Airspace 

Docket No. 23–ACE–2] 

RIN 2120–AA66 

Amendment of VOR Federal Airways 

V–14 and V–67, and Area Navigation 

Route T–272; Vandalia, IL 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: This action amends Very High 

Frequency Omnidirectional Range 

(VOR) Federal airways V–14 and V–67, 

and United States Area Navigation 

(RNAV) route T–272. The FAA is taking 

this action due to the planned 

decommissioning of the VOR portion of 

the Vandalia, IL (VLA), VOR/Distance 

Measuring Equipment (VOR/DME) 

navigational aid (NAVAID). The 

Vandalia VOR is being decommissioned 

in support of the FAA’s VOR Minimum 

Operational Network (MON) program. 

DATES: Effective date 0901 UTC, January 

25, 2024. The Director of the Federal 

Register approves this incorporation by 

reference action under 1 CFR part 51, 

subject to the annual revision of FAA 

Order JO 7400.11 and publication of 

conforming amendments. 

ADDRESSES: A copy of the Notice of 

Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), all 

comments received, this final rule, and 

all background material may be viewed 

online at www.regulations.gov using the 

FAA Docket number. Electronic 

retrieval help and guidelines are 

available on the website. It is available 

24 hours each day, 365 days each year. 

FAA Order JO 7400.11H, Airspace 

Designations and Reporting Points, and 

subsequent amendments can be viewed 

online at www.faa.gov/air_traffic/ 

publications/. You may also contact the 

Rules and Regulations Group, Office of 

Policy, Federal Aviation 

Administration, 800 Independence 

Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20591; 

telephone: (202) 267–8783. 

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 modifies the 

Air Traffic Service (ATS) route structure 

as necessary to preserve the safe and 

efficient flow of air traffic within the 

National Airspace System. 

History 

The FAA published a notice of 

proposed rulemaking for Docket No. 

FAA–2023–1014 in the Federal Register 

(88 FR 29580; May 8, 2023), proposing 

to amend VOR Federal airways V–14 

and V–67, and United States RNAV 

route T–272 due to the planned 


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decommissioning of the VOR portion of 

the Vandalia, IL, VOR/DME NAVAID. 

Interested parties were invited to 

participate in this rulemaking effort by 

submitting written comments on the 

proposal. No comments were received. 

Incorporation by Reference 

VOR Federal airways are published in 

paragraph 6010(a) and United States 

Area Navigation Routes (T-routes) are 

published in paragraph 6011 of FAA 

Order JO 7400.11, Airspace 

Designations and Reporting Points, 

which is incorporated by reference in 14 

CFR 71.1 on an annual basis. This 

document amends the current version of 

that order, FAA Order JO 7400.11H, 

dated August 11, 2023, and effective 

September 15, 2023. FAA Order JO 

7400.11H is publicly available as listed 

in the ADDRESSES section of this 

document. This amendment action will 

be published in the next update to FAA 

Order JO 7400.11. 

FAA Order JO 7400.11H lists Class A, 

B, C, D, and E airspace areas, air traffic 

service routes, and reporting points. 

The Rule 

This action amends 14 CFR part 71 by 

amending VOR Federal airways V–14 

and V–67, and United States RNAV 

route T–272 due to the planned 

decommissioning of the VOR portion of 

the Vandalia, IL, VOR/DME. The Air 

Traffic Service (ATS) route actions are 

described below. 

V–14: Prior to this final rule, V–14 

extended between the Chisum, NM, 

VOR/Tactical Air Navigation (VORTAC) 

and the Tulsa, OK, VORTAC; and 

between the Springfield, MO, VORTAC 

and the Flag City, OH, VORTAC. The 

airway segment between the St. Louis, 

MO, VORTAC and the Terre Haute, IN, 

VORTAC is removed. As amended, the 

airway now extends between the 

Chisum VORTAC and the Tulsa 

VORTAC, between the Springfield 

VORTAC and the St. Louis VORTAC, 

and between the Terre Haute VORTAC 

and the Flag City VORTAC. 

V–67: Prior to this final rule, V–67 

extended between the intersection of the 

Centralia, IL, VORTAC 010° and 

Vandalia, IL, VOR/DME 162° radials 

(CORKI Fix) and the Rochester, MN, 

VOR/DME. The airway segment 

between the intersection of the Centralia 

VORTAC 010° and Vandalia VOR/DME 

162° radials (CORKI Fix) and the 

Spinner, IL, VORTAC is removed. As 

amended, the airway now extends 

between the Spinner VORTAC and the 

Rochester VOR/DME. 

T–272: Prior to this final rule, T–272 

extended between the Hallsville, MO, 

VORTAC and the Vandalia, IL, VOR/ 

DME. The Vandalia, IL, VOR/DME route 

point is changed to the TYMME, IL, 

waypoint (WP) which is located 

approximately 60 feet northeast of the 

Vandalia VOR/DME. As amended, the 

route now extends between the 

Hallsville VORTAC and the TYMME 

WP. Additionally, the Hallsville, MO, 

identifier is added to the first line of the 

route description and the geographic 

coordinates of each route point are 

updated to be expressed in degrees, 

minutes, seconds, and hundredths of a 

second. 

The NAVAID radials contained in the 

V–14 description listed below in The 

Amendment section are unchanged and 

stated in degrees True north. 

Regulatory Notices and Analyses 

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 only affects air traffic 

procedures and air navigation, it is 

certified that this rule, when 

promulgated, does not have a significant 

economic impact on a substantial 

number of small entities under the 

criteria of the Regulatory Flexibility Act. 

Environmental Review 

The FAA has determined that this 

action of amending VOR Federal 

airways V–14 and V–67, and United 

States RNAV route T–272, due to the 

planned decommissioning of the VOR 

portion of the Vandalia, IL, VOR/DME 

NAVAID, qualifies for categorical 

exclusion under the National 

Environmental Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 

4321 et seq.) and its implementing 

regulations at 40 CFR part 1500, and in 

accordance with FAA Order 1050.1F, 

Environmental Impacts: Policies and 

Procedures, paragraph 5–6.5a, which 

categorically excludes from further 

environmental impact review 

rulemaking actions that designate or 

modify classes of airspace areas, 

airways, routes, and reporting points 

(see 14 CFR part 71, Designation of 

Class A, B, C, D, and E Airspace Areas; 

Air Traffic Service Routes; and 

Reporting Points); and paragraph 5– 

6.5k, which categorically excludes from 

further environmental impact review 

publication of existing air traffic control 

procedures that do not essentially 

change existing tracks, create new 

tracks, change altitude, or change 

concentration of aircraft on these tracks. 

As such, this action is not expected to 

result in any potentially significant 

environmental impacts. In accordance 

with FAA Order 1050.1F, paragraph 5– 

2 regarding Extraordinary 

Circumstances, the FAA has reviewed 

this action for factors and circumstances 

in which a normally categorically 

excluded action may have a significant 

environmental impact requiring further 

analysis. The FAA has determined that 

no extraordinary circumstances exist 

that warrant preparation of an 

environmental assessment or 

environmental impact study. 

List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 71 

Airspace, Incorporation by reference, 

Navigation (air). 

The Amendment 

In consideration of the foregoing, the 

Federal Aviation Administration 

amends 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 14 CFR 

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 JO 7400.11H, 

Airspace Designations and Reporting 

Points, dated August 11, 2023, and 

effective September 15, 2023, is 

amended as follows: 

Paragraph 6010(a) Domestic VOR Federal 

Airways. 

* * * * * 

V–14 [Amended] 

From Chisum, NM; Lubbock, TX; 

Childress, TX; Hobart, OK; Will Rogers, OK; 

INT Will Rogers 052° and Tulsa, OK, 246° 

radials; to Tulsa. From Springfield, MO; 

Vichy, MO; INT Vichy 067° and St. Louis, 

MO, 225° radials; to St. Louis. From Terre 

Haute, IN; Brickyard, IN; Muncie, IN; to Flag 

City, OH. 

* * * * * 

V–67 [Amended] 

From Spinner, IL; Burlington, IA; Iowa 

City, IA; Cedar Rapids, IA; Waterloo, IA; to 

Rochester, MN. 

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Paragraph 6011 United States Area 

Navigation Routes. 

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T–272 Hallsville, MO (HLV) to TYMME, IL [Amended] 

Hallsville, MO (HLV) VORTAC (lat. 39°06′48.75′′ N, long. 092°07′41.64′′ W) 

TYMME, IL WP (lat. 39°05′38.35′′ N, long. 089°09′43.71′′ W) 

* * * * * 

Issued in Washington, DC, on October 27, 

2023. 

Karen L. Chiodini, 

Acting Manager, Rules and Regulations 

Group. 

[FR Doc. 2023–24077 Filed 11–2–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

14 CFR Part 71 

[Docket No. FAA–2023–0965; Airspace 

Docket No. 23–AGL–8] 

RIN 2120–AA66 

Amendment of VOR Federal Airways 

V–158 and V–172; Polo, IL 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: This action amends Very High 

Frequency Omnidirectional Range 

(VOR) Federal airways V–158 and V– 

172 in the vicinity of Polo, IL. The 

amendments are due to the planned 

decommissioning of the VOR portion of 

the Polo, IL (PLL), VOR/Distance 

Measuring Equipment (VOR/DME) 

navigational aid (NAVAID). The Polo 

VOR is being decommissioned as part of 

the FAA’s VOR Minimum Operational 

Network (MON) program. 

DATES: Effective date 0901 UTC, January 

25, 2024. The Director of the Federal 

Register approves this incorporation by 

reference action under 1 CFR part 51, 

subject to the annual revision of FAA 

Order JO 7400.11 and publication of 

conforming amendments. 

ADDRESSES: A copy of the Notice of 

Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), all 

comments received, this final rule, and 

all background material may be viewed 

online at www.regulations.gov using the 

FAA Docket number. Electronic 

retrieval help and guidelines are 

available on the website. It is available 

24 hours each day, 365 days each year. 

FAA Order JO 7400.11H, Airspace 

Designations and Reporting Points, and 

subsequent amendments can be viewed 

online at www.faa.gov/air_traffic/ 

publications/. You may also contact the 

Rules and Regulations Group, Office of 

Policy, Federal Aviation 

Administration, 800 Independence 

Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20591; 

telephone: (202) 267–8783. 

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 modifies the 

Air Traffic Service (ATS) route structure 

as necessary to preserve the safe and 

efficient flow of air traffic within the 

National Airspace System (NAS). 

History 

The FAA published a notice of 

proposed rulemaking for Docket No. 

FAA–2023–0965 in the Federal Register 

(88 FR 23595; April 18, 2023), 

proposing to amend VOR Federal 

airways V–158 and V–172 due to the 

planned decommissioning of the VOR 

portion of the Polo, IL, VOR/DME 

NAVAID. Interested parties were invited 

to participate in this rulemaking effort 

by submitting written comments on the 

proposal. One comment was received. 

The commenter stated the FAA 

should keep the Polo VOR and 

associated VOR Federal airways, V–158 

and V–172, because decommissioning 

them represented an aeronautical 

navigation challenge to instrument 

flight rules (IFR) aircraft not yet 

equipped with an IFR suitable global 

positioning system (GPS) and as a 

backup to GPS navigation, since there is 

a lack of other suitable VOR 

navigational aids in the area. 

The VOR MON is designed to enable 

aircraft, having lost Global Navigation 

Satellite System (GNSS) service, to 

revert to conventional navigation 

procedures and enable aircraft to 

proceed to a MON airport where an 

Instrument Landing System (ILS) or 

VOR approach procedure can be flown 

without the necessity of GPS. 

In December 2011, the FAA published 

a notice of proposed policy and request 

for comments in the Federal Register 

(76 FR 77939). The notice addressed the 

FAA’s proposed strategy for reducing 

the current VOR network to a Minimum 

Operational Network (MON) in support 

of transitioning the NAS to 

performance-based navigation (PBN) as 

part of the Next Generation Air 

Transportation System (NextGen). The 

FAA announced that, as part of a NAS 

Efficient Streamlined Services Initiative, 

the number of VORs would be reduced 

while more efficient Area Navigation 

(RNAV) routes and procedures would be 

implemented throughout the NAS. The 

notice stated that the FAA, with 

assistance of a work group, would 

develop a candidate list of VORs for 

discontinuance using relevant 

operational, safety, cost, and economic 

criteria. 

In response to comments received to 

the notice of proposed policy, the FAA 

published a disposition of comments 

notice in the Federal Register (77 FR 

50420; August 21, 2012), stating it 

would develop an initial VOR MON 

discontinuance plan which would be 

made publicly available. As a result, the 

FAA convened a working group for 

developing the objective criteria to be 

used to help identify those VORs that 

would remain operational. 

Stakeholders, aviation industry, and 

military services provided further input 

to the FAA for consideration in 

developing the criteria to select VORs 

that needed to be retained as a part of 

the MON. With this collective input, the 

FAA developed the criteria to determine 

which VORs would be retained. The 

VORs not meeting these criteria were 

considered discontinuance candidates. 

As referenced in the NPRM, the FAA 

published its VOR MON final policy 

statement in the Federal Register (81 FR 

48694; July 26, 2016). In that notice, the 


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