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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 modifies the route structure in Alaska 

as required to preserve the safe and 

efficient flow of air traffic. 

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 7400.9V, 

Airspace Designations and Reporting 

Points, Dated August 9, 2011, and 

effective September 15, 2011, is 

amended as follows: 

Paragraph 6011 United States Area 

Navigation Routes 

* * * * * 

T–266 RADKY, AK to Annette Island, AK (ANN) [Amended] 

RADKY, AK Fix (Lat. 58°08′00′′ N., long. 134°29′56′′ W.) 

XADZY, AK WP (Lat. 57°01′00′′ N., long. 133°00′00′′ W.) 

VULHO, AK WP (Lat. 56°49′05′′ N., long. 132°49′30′′ W.) 

FOGID, AK WP (Lat. 56°43′31′′ N., long. 132°42′02′′ W.) 

YICAX, AK WP (Lat. 56°39′45′′ N., long. 132°37′00′′ W.) 

NEREE, AK WP (Lat. 56°32′36′′ N., long. 132°30′34′′ W.) 

VAZPU, AK WP (Lat. 56°27′24′′ N., long. 132°25′56′′ W.) 

DOOZI, AK Fix (Lat. 55°37′57′′ N., long. 132°10′29′′ W.) 

Annette Island, AK 

(ANN) 

VOR/DME (Lat. 55°03′37′′ N., long. 131°34′42′′ W.) 

Issued in Washington, DC, on December 

12, 2012. 

Gary A. Norek, 

Manager, Airspace Policy and ATC 

Procedures Group. 

[FR Doc. 2013–01115 Filed 1–18–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

14 CFR Part 71 

[Docket No. FAA–2012–1294; Airspace 

Docket No. 11–ANM–28] 

RIN 2120–AA66 

Proposed Establishment of Area 

Navigation (RNAV) Routes; OR 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking 

(NPRM). 

SUMMARY: This action proposes to 

establish two new low-altitude RNAV 

routes in the state of Oregon, designated 

T–302 and T–304. The routes would 

replace segments of an existing VHF 

Omnidirectional Range (VOR) Federal 

airway that will be removed due to the 

planned decommissioning of the 

Portland, OR, VOR/DME in 2013. This 

action would advance the 

implementation of RNAV and provide 

continued en route navigation guidance 

in the affected airspace. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before March 8, 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–2012–1294 and 

Airspace Docket No. 11–ANM–28 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– 

2012–1294 and Airspace Docket No. 11– 

ANM–28) 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–2012–1294 and 

Airspace Docket No. 11–ANM–28.’’ 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 


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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 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 Western Service Center, Operations 

Support Group, Federal Aviation 

Administration, 1601 Lind Ave. SW., 

Renton, WA 98057. 

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. 

The Proposal 

The FAA is proposing an amendment 

to Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations 

(14 CFR) part 71 to establish two new 

RNAV routes, designated T–302 and T– 

304, in Oregon. The new routes would 

replace segments of a VOR Federal 

airway that will be affected by the 

planned decommissioning of the 

Portland, OR, VOR/DME in 2013. The 

new routes would extend between 

navigation fixes located southeast of the 

Portland, OR, VOR/DME and navigation 

fixes located north of the Deschutes, OR, 

VORTAC. T–302 would extend between 

the existing CUKIS, OR, fix and the 

existing CUPRI, OR, fix. T–304 would 

extend between the existing GLARA, 

OR, fix and the existing HERBS, OR, fix. 

Additional new waypoints would be 

added along the proposed routes 

between the end-point fixes. This action 

would enhance safety and efficiency, 

expand the use of RNAV in the National 

Airspace System, and provide for 

continued en route navigation guidance 

in a portion of Seattle Air Route Traffic 

Control Center’s airspace. 

RNAV routes are published in 

paragraph 6011 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 RNAV routes 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 modifies the route structure as 

required to preserve the safe and 

efficient flow of air traffic within the 

National Airspace System. 

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 6011 United States area 

navigation routes 

* * * * * 

T–302 CUKIS, OR to CUPRI, OR [New] 

CUKIS, OR Fix (45°21′00′′ N., long. 122°21′49′′ W.) 

JJACE, OR WP (45°09′52′′ N., long. 122°03′03′′ W.) 

JJETT, OR WP (44°56′35′′ N., long. 121°40′56′′ W.) 

JERMM, OR WP (44°46′05′′ N., long. 121°27′06′′ W.) 

CUPRI, OR Fix (44°37′04′′ N., long. 121°15′14′′ W.) 

T–304 GLARA, OR to HERBS, OR [New] 

GLARA, OR Fix (45°16′40′′ N., long. 122°36′11′′ W.) 

PUTZZ, OR WP (45°06′14′′ N., long. 122°07′19′′ W.) 

JJETT, OR WP (44°56′35′′ N., long. 121°40′56′′ W.) 

WISSL, OR WP (44°35′49′′ N., long. 121°24′59′′ W.) 

HERBS, OR Fix (44°25′07′′ N., long. 121°16′52′′ W.) 


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Issued in Washington, DC, on December 

12, 2012. 

Gary A. Norek, 

Manager, Airspace Policy and ATC 

Procedures Group. 

[FR Doc. 2013–01067 Filed 1–18–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

14 CFR Part 71 

[Docket No. FAA–2012–1168; Airspace 

Docket No. 07–AWA–3] 

RIN 2120–AA66 

Proposed Modification of the Dallas/ 

Fort Worth Class B Airspace Area; TX 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking 

(NPRM). 

SUMMARY: This action proposes to 

modify the Dallas/Fort Worth, TX, Class 

B airspace area to ensure containment of 

large turbine-powered aircraft flying 

instrument procedures to and from the 

Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport 

(DFW) and Dallas Love Field Airport 

(DAL) within Class B airspace. The FAA 

is proposing these actions to further 

support its national airspace redesign 

goal of optimizing terminal and en route 

airspace areas to enhance safety, 

improving the flow of air traffic, and 

reducing the potential for near midair 

collision in the DFW terminal area. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before March 25, 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–2012–1168 and 

Airspace Docket No. 07–AWA–3 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 ATC 

Procedures Group, AJV–113, 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– 

2012–1168 and Airspace Docket No. 07– 

AWA–3) 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 

Docket Nos. FAA–2012–1168 and 

Airspace Docket No. 07–AWA–3.’’ 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 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 

In 1973, the FAA issued a final rule 

(38 FR 13635) which established the 

Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, Terminal Control 

Area (TCA) around the Dallas-Fort 

Worth Airport, later renamed the Dallas/ 

Fort Worth International Airport (DFW), 

with an effective date of September 30, 

1973. In 1993, the FAA issued the 

Airspace Reclassification final rule (56 

FR 65638), which replaced the term 

‘‘terminal control area’’ with the term 

‘‘Class B airspace area.’’ 

The primary purpose of Class B 

airspace is to reduce the potential for 

midair collisions in the airspace 

surrounding airports with high density 

air traffic operations by providing an 

area in which all aircraft are subject to 

certain operating rules and equipment 

requirements. FAA policy requires that 

Class B airspace areas be designed to 

contain all instrument procedures and 

that air traffic controllers vector aircraft 

to remain within Class B airspace after 

entry. If it becomes necessary to extend 

the flight path outside Class B airspace 

for spacing, controllers must inform the 

aircraft when leaving and re-entering 

Class B airspace. However, in the 

interest of safety, FAA policy dictates 

that such extensions be the exception 

rather than the rule. 

The configuration of the Dallas/Fort 

Worth Class B airspace area has been 

modified five times since being 

established as a TCA, with the last 

modification accomplished in 1996. In 

1978, 1984, and 1986, the FAA issued 

final rules (43 FR 17937, 49 FR 25424, 

and 51 FR 19749) to fully contain large 

turbine-powered aircraft within TCA 

airspace as the aircraft flew instrument 

procedures to and from DFW. In 1992, 

the FAA issued a final rule (57 FR 166) 

that revoked the Airport Radar Service 

Area surrounding DAL and incorporated 

the airport into the surface area of the 

Dallas Fort-Worth TCA. The FAA 

determined the mix of small propeller 

and high performance aircraft at lower 

altitudes around DAL necessitated 

modifying the TCA design to include 

DAL within the TCA in the interest of 

flight safety and that it would result in 

a greater degree of protection for the 

greatest number of people during fight 

in the DFW terminal area. In 1996, the 

FAA issued the last rule (61 FR 47815) 

modifying the Dallas/Fort Worth Class B 

airspace area. That rule raised the upper 

limit of the Class B airspace area to 

11,000 feet mean sea level (MSL), except 

in the northern and southern portions of 

the airspace area, and redefined several 

existing subareas to improve the flow of 

aviation traffic and enhance safety in 

the Class B airspace area while 


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