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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 10 (Thursday, January 16, 2025)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 4612]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-00732]

[[Page 4612]]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Docket No. FAA-2024-1707; Airspace Docket No. 24-ASW-4]
RIN 2120-AA66

Amendment of VOR Federal Airways V-68, V-76, V-212, V-222, and V-
558, and United States Area Navigation Route T-220 in the Vicinity of 
Industry, TX

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Final rule, delay of effective date.

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SUMMARY: This action delays the effective date of a final rule 
published in the Federal Register on December 9, 2024, amending Very 
High Frequency Omnidirectional Range (VOR) Federal Airways V-68, V-212, 
and V-222, and United States Area Navigation (RNAV) Route T-220; and 
revoking VOR Federal Airway V-558. The FAA is delaying the effective 
date to allow sufficient time for completing the update and flight 
inspection of a Standard Terminal Arrival Route (STAR) instrument 
procedure into George Bush Intercontinental/Houston Airport, TX, that 
failed the initial flight inspection and a STAR instrument procedure 
into San Antonio International Airport, TX, that also failed the 
initial flight inspection. The STARs are being amended in support of 
the planned decommissioning of the VOR portion of the Industry, TX 
(IDU), VOR/Tactical Air Navigation (VORTAC).

DATES: The effective date of the final rule published on December 9, 
2024, (89 FR 97510) is delayed from February 20, 2025, to April 17, 
2025. The Director of the Federal Register approved 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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Colby Abbott, Rules and Regulations 
Group, Policy Directorate, Federal Aviation Administration, 600 
Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20597; telephone: (202) 267-
8783.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    The FAA published a final rule in the Federal Register for Docket 
No. FAA-2024-1707 (89 FR 97510; December 9, 2024), amending VOR Federal 
Airways V-68, V-212, and V-222, and United States RNAV Route T-220; and 
revoking VOR Federal Airway V-558 due to the planned decommissioning of 
the VOR portion of the Industry, TX, VORTAC navigational aid. The 
effective date for that final rule is February 20, 2025. After the 
final rule was published, the FAA determined that the required update 
and flight inspection actions for the two failed STAR instrument 
procedures, one into George Bush Intercontinental/Houston Airport and 
one into San Antonio International Airport, would not be completed in 
time to meet the original planned decommissioning date. Therefore, the 
current STARs need to remain in place until the next chart date.
    The FAA expects the required updates and flight inspections for the 
affected STARs into George Bush Intercontinental/Houston Airport and 
into San Antonio International Airport to be completed by April 17, 
2025. Therefore, the rule amending VOR Federal Airways V-68, V-212, and 
V-222, and United States RNAV Route T-220; and revoking VOR Federal 
Airway V-558 is delayed to coincide with that date.
    VOR Federal Airways are published in paragraph 6010(a) and United 
States Area Navigation 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 
7400.11J, dated July 31, 2024, and effective September 15, 2024. FAA 
Order JO 7400.11J is publicly available online at www.faa.gov/air_traffic/publications/. You may also contact the Rules and 
Regulations Group, Policy Directorate, Federal Aviation Administration, 
600 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20597; telephone: (202) 267-
8783.
    FAA Order JO 7400.11J lists Class A, B, C, D, and E airspace areas, 
air traffic service routes, and reporting points.

Good Cause for No Notice and Comment

    Section 553(b)(3)(B) of Title 5, United States Code, (the 
Administrative Procedure Act) authorizes agencies to dispense with 
notice and comment procedures for rules when the agency for ``good 
cause'' finds that those procedures are ``impracticable, unnecessary, 
or contrary to the public interest.'' Under this section, an agency, 
upon finding good cause, may issue a final rule without seeking comment 
prior to the rulemaking. The FAA finds that prior notice and public 
comment to this final rule is unnecessary due to the brief length of 
the extension of the effective date and the fact that there is no 
substantive change to the rule.

Delay of Effective Date

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Accordingly, pursuant to the authority delegated to me, the effective 
date of the final rule for Airspace Docket 24-ASW-4, as published in 
the Federal Register on December 9, 2024 (89 FR 97510), FR Doc. 2024-
28750, is hereby delayed until April 17, 2025.

    Authority:  49 U.S.C. 106(f); 40103, 40113, 40120; E.O. 10854, 
24 FR 9565, 3 CFR, 1959-1963 Comp., P. 389.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on January 8, 2025.
Brian Eric Konie,
Manager (A), Rules and Regulations Group.
[FR Doc. 2025-00732 Filed 1-15-25; 8:45 am]
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