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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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

14 CFR Part 71 

[Docket No. FAA–2013–0960; Airspace 

Docket No. 13–AGL–17] 

RIN 2120–AA66 

Proposed Modification and Revocation 

of Air Traffic Service (ATS) Routes; 

Northcentral United States 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking 

(NPRM). 

SUMMARY: This action proposes to 

modify three jet routes and four VOR 

Federal airways and to remove three jet 

routes in the northcentral United States. 

The FAA is proposing this action due to 

the scheduled decommissioning of the 

Peck, MI, VHF Omnidirectional Range 

(VOR), which provides navigation 

guidance for portions of the affected 

routes. The Tactical Air Navigation 

(TACAN) facility will remain in service. 

This action would promote the safety 

and efficient management of aircraft 

within the National Airspace System. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before March 31, 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–2013–0960 and 

Airspace Docket No. 13–AGL–17 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– 

2013–0960 and Airspace Docket No. 13– 

AGL–17) 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–2013–0930 and 

Airspace Docket No. 13–AGL–17.’’ 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 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 Peck, MI (ECK), VOR is being 

decommissioned due to signal 

interference impacts to the facility 

created by a power line project that is 

being constructed in the proximity of 

the ECK VOR; however, the collocated 

TACAN facility will remain in service. 

The power line project is a State of 

Michigan initiative to provide 

renewable energy to the State by 2015 

with a plan to construct power line 

towers and route transmission lines 

within 1,400 feet of the ECK VOR 

facility. Modeling impacts of the 

proposed power line construction 

project on the ECK VOR determined that 

the project will cause bearing errors in 

excess of flight check tolerances at 

multiple azimuths around the facility, 

thereby compromising the integrity of 

the existing airways supported by the 

ECK VOR. A determination has been 

made to permanently decommission the 

facility due to the projected signal 

degradation from the planned power 

line nearby. Additionally, the ECK VOR 

is not on the list of VORs planned for 

retention in the VOR Minimum 

Operational Network (MON). As a 

result, the ATS routes that utilize the 

ECK VOR must be amended. 

The affected routes are: jet route J–16, 

J–38, J–94, J–546, J–551, and J–553, and 

VOR Federal airways V–84, V–216, V– 

320, and V–337. With the 

decommissioning of the ECK VOR, 

ground-based navigation aid (NAVAID) 

coverage is insufficient to enable the 

continuity of all the airways. Therefore, 

the proposed modifications to jet routes 

J–16 and J–94, and VOR Federal airways 

V–84 and V–337 would result in a gap 

in the route structures. To overcome the 

gaps created in the route structures, air 

traffic control (ATC) would either 

provide radar vectoring or reroute 

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route structure, as determined 

appropriate. 

This action also proposes to modify 

V–216 further by removing the route 

segment that is charted unusable from 

the Janesville, WI (JVL), VOR to the 

Muskegon, MI (MKG), VHF 

Omnidirectional Range/Tactical Air 

Navigation (VORTAC) facility, as well 

as removing the route segment from 

MKG to the Saginaw, MI (MBS), VOR 

due to low usage and large portions of 

V–216 to the west and east being 

removed. The route segment from JVL to 

MKG has been unusable since 2009 as 

a result of the MKG radial supporting 

V–216 failing flight inspection and the 

FAA being unable to resolve the 

associated MKG VOR radial restrictions. 

The route segment from MKG to MBS is 

also proposed to be removed due to its 

limited use (less than six aircraft per 

day, on average), and being bracketed by 

substantial airway segments to the west 

and east being removed. As mentioned 

previously, ATC would either provide 

radar vectoring or reroute affected 

aircraft using remaining route structure 

to overcome this gap in V–216. 

The Proposal 

The FAA is proposing an amendment 

to Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations 

(14 CFR) part 71 to amend jet routes J– 

16, J–38, and J–94, and VOR Federal 

airways V–84, V–216, V–320, and V– 

337. The FAA also proposes to remove 

jet routes J–546, J–551, and J–553. The 

scheduled decommissioning of the ECK 

VOR facility has made this action 

necessary. The proposed route changes 

are outlined below. 

J–16: J–16 currently extends between 

Battle Ground, WA (BTG) and Boston, 

MA (BOS), excluding the airspace 

within Canada. The FAA would 

eliminate the part of the route between 

Badger, WI (BAE) and London, ON, 

Canada (YXU). The unaffected portions 

of the existing route will remain as 

charted in the two remaining segments. 

J–38: J–38 currently extends between 

Duluth, MN (DLH) and Peck, MI (ECK). 

The FAA would eliminate the part of 

the route between Green Bay, WI (GRB) 

and ECK. The unaffected portion of the 

existing route will remain as charted. 

J–94: J–94 currently extends between 

Oakland, CA (OAK) and Boston, MA 

(BOS), excluding the airspace within 

Canada. The FAA would eliminate the 

part of the route between Flint, MI 

(FNT) and London, ON, Canada (YXU). 

The unaffected portions of the existing 

route will remain as charted in the two 

remaining segments. 

V–84: V–84 currently extends 

between Northbrook, IL (OBK) and 

Syracuse, NY (SYR), excluding the 

airspace within Canada. The FAA 

would eliminate the part of the route 

between Flint, MI (FNT) and London, 

ON, Canada (YXU). The unaffected 

portions of the existing route will 

remain as charted in the two remaining 

segments. 

V–216: V–216 currently extends 

between Lamar, CO (LAA) and Toronto, 

ON, Canada (YYZ), excluding the 

airspace within Canada. The FAA 

would eliminate the part of the route 

between Janesville, WI (JVL) and YYZ. 

The unaffected portions of the existing 

route will remain as charted in the two 

remaining segments. 

V–320: V–320 currently extends 

between Pellston, MI (PLN) and 

Toronto, ON, Canada (YYZ), excluding 

the airspace within Canada. The FAA 

would eliminate the part of the route 

between Saginaw, MI (MBS) and YYZ. 

The unaffected portions of the existing 

route will remain as charted in the two 

remaining segments. 

V–337: V–337 currently extends 

between the intersection of the Briggs, 

OH (BSV), 077° and Youngstown, OH 

(YNG), 177° radials and White Cloud, 

MI (HIC). The FAA would eliminate the 

part of the route between Akron, OH 

(ACO) Saginaw, MI (MBS). The 

unaffected portions of the existing route 

will remain as charted in the two 

remaining segments. 

The navigation aid radials cited in the 

proposed route descriptions, below, are 

unchanged from the existing routes and 

stated relative to True north. 

Jet routes are published in paragraph 

2004 and VOR Federal airways are 

published in paragraph 6010(a), 

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 jet routes and VOR Federal 

airways 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, will 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 2004 Jet Routes 

J–16 [Amended] 

From Battle Ground, WA; Pendleton, OR; 

Whitehall, MT; Billings, MT; Dupree, SD; 

Sioux Falls, SD; Mason City, IA; to Badger, 

WI. From London, ON, Canada; Buffalo, NY; 


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Albany, NY; to Boston, MA; excluding the 

airspace within Canada. 

* * * * * 

J–38 [Amended] 

From Duluth, MN; to Green Bay, WI. 

* * * * * 

J–94 [Amended] 

From Oakland, CA; Manteca, CA; INT 

Manteca 047° and Mustang, NV, 208° radials; 

to Mustang; Lovelock, NV; Battle Mountain, 

NV; Lucin, UT; Rock Springs, WY; 

Scottsbluff, NE; O’Neill, NE; Fort Dodge, IA; 

Dubuque, IA; Northbrook, IL; Pullman, MI; to 

Flint, MI. From London, ON, Canada; 

Buffalo, NY; Albany, NY; to Boston, MA; 

excluding the airspace within Canada. 

* * * * * 

J–546 [Removed] 

* * * * * 

J–551 [Removed] 

* * * * * 

J–553 [Removed] 

* * * * * 

Paragraph 6010 Domestic VOR Federal 

Airways 

V–84 [Amended] 

From Northbrook, IL; Pullman, MI; 

Lansing, MI; to Flint, MI. From London, ON, 

Canada; Buffalo, NY; Geneseo, NY; INT 

Geneseo 091° and Syracuse, NY, 240° radials; 

to Syracuse; excluding the airspace within 

Canada. 

* * * * * 

V–216 [Amended] 

From Lamar, CO; Hill City, KS; Mankato, 

KS; Pawnee City, NE; Lamoni, IA; Ottumwa, 

IA; Iowa City, IA; INT Iowa City 062° and 

Janesville, WI, 240° radials; to Janesville. 

* * * * * 

V–320 [Amended] 

From Pellston, MI; Traverse City, MI; 

Mount Pleasant, MI; to Saginaw, MI. 

* * * * * 

V–337 [Amended] 

From INT Briggs, OH, 077° and 

Youngstown, OH, 177° radials; to Akron, OH. 

From Saginaw, MI; Mount Pleasant, MI; to 

White Cloud, MI. 

* * * * * 

Issued in Washington, DC, on February 10, 

2014. 

Ellen Crum, 

Acting Manager, Airspace Policy & 

Regulations Group. 

[FR Doc. 2014–03181 Filed 2–12–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Drug Enforcement Administration 

21 CFR Part 1308 

[Docket No. DEA–381] 

Schedules of Controlled Substances: 

Placement of Suvorexant into 

Schedule IV 

AGENCY: Drug Enforcement 

Administration, Department of Justice. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking. 

SUMMARY: The Drug Enforcement 

Administration (DEA) proposes to place 

the substance suvorexant ([(7R)-4-(5- 

chloro-1,3-benzoxazol-2-yl)-7-methyl1,4-diazepan-1-yl][5-methyl-2-(2H-1,2,3- 

triazol-2-yl)phenyl]methanone), 

including its salts, isomers, and salts of 

isomers, into schedule IV of the 

Controlled Substances Act (CSA). This 

proposed scheduling action is pursuant 

to the CSA which requires that such 

actions be made on the record after 

opportunity for a hearing through 

formal rulemaking. If finalized, this 

action would impose the regulatory 

controls and administrative, civil, and 

criminal sanctions applicable to 

schedule IV controlled substances on 

persons who handle (manufacture, 

distribute, dispense, import, export, 

engage in research, conduct 

instructional activities, or possess), or 

propose to handle suvorexant. 

DATES: Interested persons may file 

written comments on this proposal in 

accordance with 21 CFR 1308.43(g). 

Comments must be submitted 

electronically or postmarked on or 

before March 17, 2014. Commenters 

should be aware that the electronic 

Federal Docket Management System 

will not accept comments after midnight 

Eastern Time on the last day of the 

comment period. 

Interested persons, defined as those 

‘‘adversely affected or aggrieved by any 

rule or proposed rule issuable pursuant 

to section 201 of the Act (21 U.S.C. 

811),’’ 21 CFR 1300.01, may file a 

request for hearing or waiver of 

participation pursuant to 21 CFR 

1308.44 and in accordance with 21 CFR 

1316.45, 1316.47, 1316.48, or 1316.49, 

as applicable. Requests for hearing, 

notices of appearance, and waivers of an 

opportunity for a hearing or to 

participate in a hearing must be 

received on or before March 17, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: To ensure proper handling 

of comments, please reference ‘‘Docket 

No. DEA–381’’ on all electronic and 

written correspondence. The DEA 

encourages that all comments be 

submitted electronically through the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal which 

provides the ability to type short 

comments directly into the comment 

field on the Web page or attach a file for 

lengthier comments. Go to 

www.regulations.gov and follow the online instructions at that site for 

submitting comments. An electronic 

copy of this document and 

supplemental information to this 

proposed rule are also available at 

www.regulations.gov for easy reference. 

Paper comments that duplicate 

electronic submissions are not 

necessary. All comments submitted to 

www.regulations.gov will be posted for 

public review and are part of the official 

docket record. Should you, however, 

wish to submit written comments, in 

lieu of electronic comments, they 

should be sent via regular or express 

mail to: Drug Enforcement 

Administration, Attention: DEA Federal 

Register Representative/ODW, 8701 

Morrissette Drive, Springfield, VA 

22152. All requests for a hearing and 

waivers of participation must be sent to: 

Drug Enforcement Administration, 

Attention: Hearing Clerk/LJ, 8701 

Morrissette Drive, Springfield, VA 

22152. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Ruth A. Carter, Office of Diversion 

Control, Drug Enforcement 

Administration; Mailing Address: 8701 

Morrissette Drive, Springfield, VA 

22152, Telephone: (202) 598–6812. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Posting of Public Comments 

Please note that all comments 

received in response to this docket are 

considered part of the public record and 

will be made available for public 

inspection online at 

www.regulations.gov. Such information 

includes personal identifying 

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address, etc.) voluntarily submitted by 

the commenter. 

If you want to submit personal 

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comment, but do not want it to be made 

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phrase ‘‘PERSONAL IDENTIFYING 

INFORMATION’’ in the first paragraph 

of your comment. You must also place 

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