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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Vol. 78, No. 31 

Thursday, February 14, 2013 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

14 CFR Part 71 

[Docket No. FAA–2013–0016; Airspace 

Docket No. 12–ASO–33] 

RIN 2120–AA66 

Proposed Modification and Revocation 

of Air Traffic Service Routes; Jackson, 

MS 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking 

(NPRM). 

SUMMARY: This action proposes to 

modify two jet routes and seven VOR 

Federal airways; and remove two VOR 

Federal airways in the vicinity of 

Jackson, MS. The FAA is proposing this 

action due to the scheduled 

decommissioning of the Jackson, MS, 

VORTAC, and the commissioning of the 

Magnolia, MS, VORTAC navigation 

aids. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before April 1, 2013. 

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–2013–0016 and 

Airspace Docket No. 12–ASO–33 at the 

beginning of your comments. You may 

also submit comments through the 

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

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul 

Gallant, Airspace Policy and ATC 

Procedures 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– 

2013–0016 and Airspace Docket No. 12– 

ASO–33) 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–2013–0016 and 

Airspace Docket No. 12–ASO–33.’’ 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 Eastern Service Center, Federal 

Aviation Administration, Room 210, 

1701 Columbia Ave., College Park, GA 

30337. 

Persons interested in being placed on 

a mailing list for future NPRM’s 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 Jackson, MS, VORTAC will be 

permanently decommissioned in 2013. 

The new Magnolia, MS, VORTAC is 

being constructed on the property of 

Bruce Campbell Field Airport in 

Madison, MS, to replace the Jackson 

VORTAC. The Magnolia VORTAC site is 

approximately 5.5 NM southeast of the 

Jackson VORTAC location. The 

Magnolia VORTAC is scheduled for 

commissioning concurrent with the 

shutdown of the Jackson VORTAC. This 

proposal amends the affected route 

descriptions due to the VORTAC 

changes. 

The Proposal 

The FAA is proposing an amendment 

to Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations 

(14 CFR) part 71 to modify two jet 

routes and seven VOR Federal airways; 

and cancel two VOR Federal airways in 

the vicinity of Jackson, MS. Specifically, 

the following changes are proposed: 

Jet Route J–4 would be amended by 

removing ‘‘Jackson, MS’’ from the 

description and inserting ‘‘Magnolia, 

MS’’ in its place. 

Jet Route J–20 would be amended by 

removing ‘‘Jackson, MS’’ from the 

description and inserting ‘‘Magnolia, 

MS’’ in its place. Also, the J–20 

description in FAA Order 7400.9 

contains an editorial error whereby 

‘‘Montgomery, AL’’ is listed before 

‘‘Meridian, MS’’ instead of following it. 

This action would correct the 

description by moving ‘‘Montgomery, 

AL’’ to follow ‘‘Meridian, MS’’ to match 

its proper geographic position along the 

route. It should be noted that this 

editorial error appears only in the route 

description in Order 7400.9. J–20 is 

correct in the NAS database and on IFR 

Enroute High Altitude chart H–6. 

VOR Federal Airways V–9 and V–11 

would be amended by removing 

‘‘Jackson, MS’’ and inserting ‘‘Magnolia, 

MS’’ and by inserting radial 

intersections using the new Magnolia 

VORTAC. 

VOR Federal Airway V–18 would be 

modified by removing ‘‘Jackson, MS’’ 

and inserting ‘‘Magnolia, MS’’ in its 

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place and by correcting the spelling of 

‘‘Talladega’’ in the route description 

listed in FAA Order 7400.9. 

VOR Federal Airway V–74 would be 

modified so that the last route segment 

proceeds from the Greenville, MS, VOR/ 

DME direct to the new Magnolia 

VORTAC instead of the Jackson 

VORTAC. 

VOR Federal Airway V–245 would 

amended by removing ‘‘Jackson, MS’’ 

and substituting ‘‘Magnolia, MS,’’ in the 

description. 

Currently, V–417 extends from 

Monroe, LA, to Charleston, SC. This 

action would cancel the portion of V– 

417 that lies between Monroe, LA, and 

Meridian, MS. Between those two 

points, V–417 serves as an alternate 

airway to V–18. However, V–18 

provides direct, more efficient routing 

between Monroe and Meridian, while 

V–417 includes two doglegs to the south 

of V–18, resulting in additional flying 

miles between Monroe and Meridian. 

The V–417 segments between Monroe 

and Meridian have been deemed 

obsolete and of little value to the 

National Airspace System (NAS), 

therefore, V–417 would be amended to 

begin at Meridian and proceed along the 

current route to Charleston. 

V–427 would be removed. V–427 

currently extends between Monroe, LA 

and Jackson, MS. Similar to V–417 

(above) V–427 also serves as an alternate 

airway to V–18, but to the north side of 

V–18. Since V–18 provides a direct and 

more efficient route between Monroe, 

LA, and the Jackson, MS/Magnolia, MS, 

area, the FAA has determined that V– 

427 is obsolete and of little value to the 

NAS. 

V–555 currently extends between 

Picayune, MS, and Sidon, MS, and 

serves as an alternate route to the east 

of V–9, between McComb, MS, and 

Sidon. Since V–9 provides direct, more 

efficient routing between McComb and 

Sidon, the FAA is proposing to modify 

V–555 by removing the segment 

between McComb and Sidon, which has 

been determined to be of minimal value 

to the NAS. As a result, the modified V– 

555 would only extend between 

Picayune and McComb. 

V–557 currently extends between 

McComb, MS and Sidon, MS and is an 

alternate route to the west of V–9. 

However, V–9 provides direct, more 

efficient routing between those points; 

therefore, the FAA has determined that 

V–557 is of minimal value to the NAS, 

and would be removed. 

The full descriptions of the proposed 

amended routes are listed in ‘‘The 

Proposed Amendment’’ section, below. 

Where new navigation aid radials are 

established in a description, both True 

and Magnetic degrees are shown. 

Otherwise, only True degrees are stated. 

Jet routes are published in paragraph 

2004, and VOR Federal airways are 

published in paragraph 6010, 

respectively, of FAA Order 7400.9W 

dated August 8, 2012, and effective 

September 15, 2012, 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 will 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 

required to preserve the safe and 

efficient flow of air traffic in the vicinity 

of Jackson, MS. 

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 7400.9W, 

Airspace Designations and Reporting 

Points, Dated August 8, 2012 and 

effective September 15, 2012, is 

amended as follows: 

Paragraph 2004 Jet routes. 

* * * * * 

J–4 [Amended] 

From Los Angeles, CA, via INT Los 

Angeles 083° and Twentynine Palms, CA, 

269° radials; Twentynine Palms; Parker, CA; 

Buckeye, AZ; San Simon, AZ; Newman, TX; 

Wink, TX; Abilene, TX; Ranger, TX; Belcher, 

LA; Magnolia, MS; Meridian, MS; 

Montgomery, AL; INT Montgomery 051° and 

Colliers, SC, 268° radials; Colliers; Columbia, 

SC; Florence, SC; to Wilmington, NC. 

J–20 [Amended] 

From Seattle, WA, via Yakima, WA; 

Pendleton, OR; Donnelly, ID; Pocatello, ID; 

Rock Springs, WY; Falcon, CO; Hugo, CO; 

Lamar, CO; Liberal, KS; INT Liberal 137° and 

Will Rogers, OK, 284° radials; Will Rogers; 

Belcher, LA; Magnolia, MS; Meridian, MS; 

Montgomery, AL; Seminole, FL; INT 

Seminole 129° and Orlando, FL, 306° radials; 

to Orlando. 

* * * * * 

Paragraph 6010 Domestic VOR Federal 

airways. 

V–9 [Amended] 

From Leeville, LA; McComb, MS; INT 

McComb 004°T/001°M and Magnolia, MS 

194°T/195°M radials; Magnolia; Sidon, MS; 

Marvell, AR; Gilmore, AR; Malden, MO; 

Farmington, MO; St. Louis, MO; Spinner, IL; 

Pontiac, IL; INT Pontiac, IL 343° and 

Rockford, IL, 169° radials; Rockford; 

Janesville, WI; Madison, WI; Oshkosh, WI; 

Green Bay, WI; Iron Mountain, MI; to 

Houghton, MI. 

V–11 [Amended] 

From Brookley, AL; Greene County, MS; 

INT Greene County 315°T/310°M and 

Magnolia, MS 133°T/134°M radials; 

Magnolia; Sidon, MS; Holly Springs, MS; 

Dyersburg, TN; Cunningham, KY; Pocket 

City, IN; Brickyard, IN; Marion, IN; Fort 

Wayne, IN; to INT Fort Wayne 038° and 

Carleton, MI, 262° radials. 

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V–18 [Amended] 

From Guthrie, TX, via INT Guthrie 156° 

and Millsap, TX, 274° radials; Millsap; Glen 

Rose, TX; Cedar Creek, TX; Quitman, TX; 

Belcher, LA; Monroe, LA; Magnolia, MS; 

Meridian, MS; Crimson, AL; Vulcan, AL; 

Talladega, AL; Atlanta, GA; Colliers, SC; 

Charleston, SC. 

V–74 [Amended] 

From Garden City, KS; Dodge City, KS; 

Anthony, KS; Pioneer, OK; Tulsa, OK; Fort 

Smith, AR; 6 miles, 7 miles wide (4 miles 

north and 3 miles south of centerline) Little 

Rock, AR; Pine Bluff, AR; Greenville, MS; 

Magnolia, MS. 

V–245 [Amended] 

From Alexandria, LA, via Natchez, MS; 

Magnolia, MS; Bigbee, MS; INT Bigbee 082° 

and Crimson, AL, 304° radials; to Crimson. 

V–417 [Amended] 

From Meridian, MS, via Crimson, AL; 

Vulcan, AL; Rome, GA; INT Rome 060° and 

Electric City, SC, 274° radials; INT Electric 

City 274° and Athens, GA, 340° radials; 

Athens; Colliers, SC; Allendale, SC; to 

Charleston, SC. 

V–427 [Removed] 

V–555 [Amended] 

From Picayune, MS; to McComb, MS. 

V–557 [Removed] 

Issued in Washington, DC, on February 6, 

2013. 

Gary A. Norek, 

Manager, Airspace Policy & ATC Procedures 

Group. 

[FR Doc. 2013–03464 Filed 2–13–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

14 CFR Part 71 

[Docket No. FAA–2013–0081; Airspace 

Docket No. 12–AEA–5] 

RIN 2120–AA66 

Proposed Establishment of Area 

Navigation (RNAV) Routes; 

Washington, DC 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking 

(NPRM). 

SUMMARY: This action proposes to 

establish five new RNAV routes in 

support of the Washington, DC, 

Optimization of Airspace and 

Procedures in a Metroplex (OAPM) 

project. The proposed routes would 

increase efficiency and allow easier 

transition into the high altitude 

structure for departures from the 

Washington, DC Metropolitan area 

airports. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before April 1, 2013. 

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–2013–0081 and 

Airspace Docket No. 12–AEA–5 at the 

beginning of your comments. You may 

also submit comments through the 

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

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul 

Gallant, Airspace Policy and ATC 

Procedures 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– 

2013–0081 and Airspace Docket No. 12– 

AEA–5) 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–2013–0081 and 

Airspace Docket No. 12–AEA–5.’’ 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 

public docket both before and after the 

closing date for comments. 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 Eastern Service Center, Federal 

Aviation Administration, Room 210, 

1701 Columbia Ave., College Park, GA 

30337. 

Persons interested in being placed on 

a mailing list for future NPRM’s 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. 

The Proposal 

The FAA is proposing an amendment 

to Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations 

(14 CFR) part 71 to establish three high 

altitude RNAV routes, designated Q–68, 

Q–72 and Q–80; and two low altitude 

RNAV routes, designated T–291 and T– 

295, in the Washington, DC area. The 

proposed Q-routes would facilitate the 

divergence of aircraft departures from 

the Washington, DC, Metropolitan area 

airports, produce shorter routings and 

allow easier transition into the high 

altitude route structure. The Q-routes 

are intended to be one-way routes going 

westward and would serve primarily as 

feeders and alternate dispersion routes 

for aircraft departing the DC Metro area 

to the west. The proposed T-routes are 

expected to reduce ATC complexity and 

provide shorter routes of flight in some 

cases. 

The following routes are proposed. 

Q–68 would extend between the 

Charleston, WV, VHF omnidirectional 

range tactical air navigation (VORTAC) 

aid and the OTTTO, VA, waypoint 

(WP). Q–72 would extend between the 

HACKS, WV, intersection and the 

RAMAY, VA, WP. It would provide an 

alternate route for jet route J–149 via a 

direct routing to the HACKS 

intersection, thus reducing miles flown 

for RNAV-equipped aircraft. Q–80 

would extend between the FAREV, KY, 

WP and the OTTTO, VA, WP to serve 

aircraft headed to the southwest. 

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