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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

14 CFR Part 71 

[Docket No. FAA–2022–0617; Airspace 

Docket No. 22–ASW–4] 

RIN 2120–AA66 

Proposed Amendment of VOR Federal 

Airway V–573 and Area Navigation 

(RNAV) Route T–398 in the Vicinity of 

Sulphur Springs, TX 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking 

(NPRM). 

SUMMARY: This action proposes to 

amend VHF Omnidirectional Range 

(VOR) Federal airway V–573 and Area 

Navigation (RNAV) route T–398. The 

FAA is proposing this action due to the 

planned decommissioning of the VOR 

portion of the Sulphur Springs, TX 

(SLR), VOR/Distance Measuring 

Equipment (VOR/DME) navigational aid 

(NAVAID). The Sulphur Springs VOR is 

being decommissioned in support of the 

FAA’s VOR Minimum Operational 

Network (MON) program. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before July 8, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments on this 

proposal to the U.S. Department of 

Transportation, Docket Operations, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE, West Building 

Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 

Washington, DC 20590; telephone: 

1(800) 647–5527, or (202) 366–9826. 

You must identify FAA Docket No. 

FAA–2022–0617; Airspace Docket No. 

22–ASW–4 at the beginning of your 

comments. You may also submit 

comments through the internet at 

https://www.regulations.gov. 

FAA Order JO 7400.11F, Airspace 

Designations and Reporting Points, and 

subsequent amendments can be viewed 

online at https://www.faa.gov/air_

traffic/publications/. For further 

information, you can contact the Rules 

and Regulations Group, 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 would 

modify the National Airspace System 

(NAS) as necessary to preserve the safe 

and efficient flow of air traffic. 

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– 

2022–0617; Airspace Docket No. 22– 

ASW–4) 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 

https://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–2022–0617; Airspace 

Docket No. 22–ASW–4.’’ 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 https://www.regulations.gov. 

Recently published rulemaking 

documents can also be accessed through 

the FAA’s web page at https://

www.faa.gov/air_traffic/publications/ 

airspace_amendments/. 

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 Operations Support Group, Central 

Service Center, Federal Aviation 

Administration, 10101 Hillwood 

Parkway, Fort Worth, TX 76177. 

Availability and Summary of 

Documents for Incorporation by 

Reference 

This document proposes to amend 

FAA Order JO 7400.11F, Airspace 

Designations and Reporting Points, 

dated August 10, 2021, and effective 

September 15, 2021. FAA Order JO 

7400.11F is publicly available as listed 

in the ADDRESSES section of this 

document. FAA Order JO 7400.11F lists 

Class A, B, C, D, and E airspace areas, 


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air traffic service routes, and reporting 

points. 

Background 

The FAA is planning to 

decommission the Sulphur Springs, TX, 

VOR in February 2023. The Sulphur 

Springs VOR was one of the candidate 

VORs identified for discontinuance by 

the FAA’s VOR MON program and 

listed in the Final policy statement 

notice, ‘‘Provision of Navigation 

Services for the Next Generation Air 

Transportation System (NextGen) 

Transition to Performance-Based 

Navigation (PBN) (Plan for Establishing 

a VOR Minimum Operational 

Network),’’ published in the Federal 

Register of July 26, 2016 (81 FR 48694), 

Docket No. FAA–2011–1082. 

Although the VOR portion of the 

Sulphur Springs VOR/DME is planned 

for decommissioning, the co-located 

DME portion of the NAVAID is being 

retained to support NextGen PBN flight 

procedure requirements. 

The ATS routes affected by the 

Sulphur Springs VOR decommissioning 

are VOR Federal airway V–573 and 

RNAV route T–398. The V–573 airway 

is affected directly with the Sulphur 

Springs VOR being included in the 

route description. However, the T–398 

route is a mitigation to address the 

proposed loss of the V–573 airway 

segment affected by the planned 

Sulphur Springs VOR decommissioning. 

With the planned decommissioning of 

the Sulphur Springs VOR, the remaining 

ground-based NAVAID coverage in the 

area is insufficient to enable the 

continuity of V–573. As such, 

modifications to the airway would 

result in creating a gap in the airway. 

To overcome the airway gap in V–573, 

instrument flight rules (IFR) traffic 

could use portions of adjacent VOR 

Federal airways V–16, V–124, and V– 

278 to circumnavigate the affected area, 

or receive air traffic control (ATC) radar 

vectors to fly through the affected area. 

Additionally, IFR pilots equipped with 

RNAV capabilities could file and 

navigate point to point using the 

existing fixes that would remain in 

place, or could use the T–398 route 

extension proposed in this action, to 

support continued operations though 

the affected area. Visual flight rules 

(VFR) pilots who elect to navigate via 

the affected ATS routes could also take 

advantage of the adjacent ATS routes or 

ATC services listed previously. 

As noted above, the FAA proposes to 

extend RNAV route T–398 between the 

RRORY, TX, waypoint (WP) being 

established near the Bonham, TX, VOR/ 

Tactical Air Navigation (VORTAC) and 

the existing SLOTH, TX, WP located 

near the Texarkana, AR, VORTAC. The 

proposed T–398 route extension would 

overlay the V–573 airway segment 

between the Bonham VORTAC and the 

Texarkana VORTAC and, in part, 

mitigate the proposed removal of the V– 

573 airway segment between those 

NAVAIDs. The new T-route extension 

would provide airspace users equipped 

with RNAV capabilities an enroute 

structure between the Bonham, TX, area 

eastward to the Pinehurst, NC, area. 

Further, the extended T–398 route 

would support the FAA’s NextGen 

efforts to modernize the NAS navigation 

system from a ground-based system to a 

satellite-based system. 

The Proposal 

The FAA is proposing an amendment 

to 14 CFR part 71 to amend VOR 

Federal airway V–573 and RNAV route 

T–398 due to the planned 

decommissioning of the VOR portion of 

the Sulphur Springs, TX (SLR), VOR/ 

DME. The proposed ATS route actions 

are described below. 

V–573: V–573 currently extends 

between the Will Rogers, OK, VORTAC 

and the Little Rock, AR, VORTAC. The 

FAA proposes to remove the airway 

segment overlying the Sulphur Springs 

VOR/DME between the Bonham, TX, 

VORTAC and the Texarkana, AR, 

VORTAC. The unaffected portions of 

the existing airway would remain as 

charted. 

T–398: T–398 currently extends 

between the SLOTH, TX, WP, and the 

GMINI, NC, WP. The FAA proposes to 

extend the route further westward 

between the RRORY, TX, WP being 

established near the Bonham, TX, 

VORTAC and the SLOTH, TX, WP. The 

added RNAV route segment would 

overlay the V–573 airway segment 

proposed for removal between the 

Bonham, TX, VORTAC and Texarkana, 

AR, VORTAC noted above. The full 

route legal description is listed in ‘‘The 

Proposed Amendment’’ section, below. 

The unaffected portions of the existing 

route would remain as charted. 

All NAVAID radials listed in the VOR 

Federal airway description below are 

unchanged and stated in True degrees. 

VOR Federal airways are published in 

paragraph 6010(a) and RNAV T-routes 

are published in paragraph 6011 of FAA 

Order JO 7400.11F, dated August 10, 

2021, and effective September 15, 2021, 

which is incorporated by reference in 14 

CFR 71.1. The ATS routes listed in this 

document would be published 

subsequently in FAA Order JO 7400.11. 

FAA Order JO 7400.11, Airspace 

Designations and Reporting Points, is 

published yearly and effective on 

September 15. 

Regulatory Notices and Analyses 

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. It, 

therefore: (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. 

Environmental Review 

This proposal will be subject to an 

environmental analysis in accordance 

with FAA Order 1050.1F, 

‘‘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 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 7400.11F, 

Airspace Designations and Reporting 

Points, dated August 10, 2021, and 

effective September 15, 2021, is 

amended as follows: 

Paragraph 6010(a) Domestic VOR Federal 

Airways. 

* * * * * 

V–573 [Amended] 

From Will Rogers, OK; INT Will Rogers 

195° and Ardmore, OK, 327° radials; 

Ardmore; to Bonham, TX. From Texarkana, 


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AR; INT Texarkana 037° and Hot Springs, AR, 225° radials; Hot Springs; to Little Rock, 

AR. 

* * * * * 

Paragraph 6011 United States Area 

Navigation Routes. 

* * * * * 

T–398 RRORY, TX TO GMINI, NC [AMENDED] 

RRORY, TX WP (Lat. 33°32′14.95′′ N, long. 096°14′03.45′′ W) 

MERIC, TX WP (Lat. 33°11′54.97′′ N, long. 095°32′32.66′′ W) 

SLOTH, TX WP (Lat. 33°30′49.99′′ N, long. 094°04′24.38′′ W) 

MUFRE, AR FIX (Lat. 34°05′31.32′′ N, long. 093°10′43.80′′ W) 

LITTR, AR WP (Lat. 34°40′39.90′′ N, long. 092°10′49.26′′ W) 

EMEEY, AR WP (Lat. 34°34′30.29′′ N, long. 090°40′27.14′′ W) 

GOINS, MS WP (Lat. 34°46′12.64′′ N, long. 089°29′46.81′′ W) 

HAGIE, AL WP (Lat. 34°42′25.87′′ N, long. 087°29′29.76′′ W) 

FILUN, AL WP (Lat. 34°47′50.14′′ N, long. 086°38′01.14′′ W) 

JILIS, GA WP (Lat. 34°57′23.98′′ N, long. 085°08′03.46′′ W) 

CRAND, GA FIX (Lat. 34°57′28.88′′ N, long. 084°51′20.59′′ W) 

BALNN, GA WP (Lat. 34°56′34.20′′ N, long. 083°54′56.42′′ W) 

BURGG, SC WP (Lat. 35°02′00.55′′ N, long. 081°55′36.86′′ W) 

GAFFE, SC FIX (Lat. 35°05′38.90′′ N, long. 081°33′23.92′′ W) 

CRLNA, NC WP (Lat. 35°12′49.48′′ N, long. 080°56′57.32′′ W) 

LOCAS, NC FIX (Lat. 35°12′05.18′′ N, long. 080°26′44.89′′ W) 

RELPY, NC FIX (Lat. 35°12′45.70′′ N, long. 079°47′28.76′′ W) 

GMINI, NC WP (Lat. 35°12′23.01′′ N, long. 079°34′01.98′′ W) 

* * * * * 

Issued in Washington, DC, on May 18, 

2022. 

Scott M. Rosenbloom, 

Manager, Airspace Rules and Regulations. 

[FR Doc. 2022–11013 Filed 5–23–22; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

14 CFR Part 147 

[Docket No. FAA–2015–3901; Notice No. 15– 

10 and Notice No. 19–02] 

RIN 2120–AK48 

Aviation Maintenance Technician 

Schools; Withdrawal 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), Transportation 

(DOT). 

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking 

and supplemental notice of proposed 

rulemaking; withdrawal. 

SUMMARY: The FAA is withdrawing a 

previously published notice of proposed 

rulemaking (NPRM) that would have 

modernized and reorganized the 

required curriculum subjects for 

certificated Aviation Maintenance 

Technician Schools (AMTS), relocated 

course content items from the 

appendices into each school’s 

operations specifications, and updated 

curriculum requirements to meet 

current industry needs. The FAA is also 

withdrawing the subsequently 

published supplemental notice of 

proposed rulemaking (SNPRM) that 

would have expanded the scope of the 

NPRM to allow competency-based 

training and satellite training locations 

and replaced the national passing norms 

specified in the quality of instruction 

requirements with a standard pass rate. 

The FAA is withdrawing these 

regulatory actions because they have 

been superseded by the Aircraft 

Certification, Safety, and Accountability 

Act. 

DATES: The NPRM published on October 

2, 2015 (80 FR 59674), is withdrawn as 

of May 24, 2022. The SNPRM published 

on April 16, 2019 (84 FR 15533), is 

withdrawn as of May 24, 2022. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

technical questions concerning this 

action, contact Tanya Glines, Aircraft 

Maintenance Division, Federal Aviation 

Administration, 800 Independence 

Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20591; 

telephone (202) 380–5896; email 

Tanya.Glines@faa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On October 2, 2015, the FAA 

published an NPRM (Notice No. 15–10) 

to modernize the curriculum 

requirements for certificated AMTSs. 

The FAA proposed to revise the 

required curriculum subjects listed in 

the appendices of part 147 and to 

relocate the course content items from 

the part 147 appendices to each school’s 

operations specifications. The FAA 

proposed these revisions because the 

existing curriculum requirements are 

outdated, do not meet current industry 

needs, and could be changed only 

through notice and comment 

rulemaking. These amendments would 

have ensured that AMTS students 

receive up-to-date foundational training 

to meet the demands of the aviation 

industry. The comment period for the 

NPRM was originally scheduled to close 

on December 31, 2015, but was 

subsequently extended to February 1, 

2016 (80 FR 72404). 

On April 16, 2019, the FAA published 

an SNPRM (Notice No. 19–02), 

expanding the scope of the NPRM to 

propose the allowance of competencybased training and satellite training 

locations and to replace the national 

passing norms specified in the quality of 

instruction requirements with a 

standard pass rate. The FAA proposed 

these revisions based on public 

comments received on the NPRM. The 

comment period for the SNPRM closed 

on June 17, 2019. 

Reason for Withdrawal 

The FAA is withdrawing the NPRM 

(Notice No. 15–10) and SNPRM (Notice 

No. 19–02) due to Section 135 of the 

Aircraft Certification, Safety, and 

Accountability Act, Public Law 116– 

260, which was enacted on December 

27, 2020 (the ‘‘Act’’). Section 135, 

Promoting Aviation Regulations for 

Technical Training, requires the FAA to 

issue interim final regulations in 

accordance with the requirements of 

Section 135. Additionally, Section 135 

provides that current part 147 and any 

regulations issued under section 624 of 

the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 

(Pub. L. 115–254) shall have no force or 

effect on or after the effective date of the 

interim final regulations. The proposed 

requirements contained in the NPRM 

(Notice No. 15–10) and SNPRM (Notice 

No. 19–02) would have significantly 

exceeded the scope of the statutory 

mandate. Accordingly, to comply with 

Section 135, the FAA is withdrawing 

the NPRM (Notice No. 15–10) and 

SNPRM (Notice No. 19–02). Instead of 

finalizing these proposals, the FAA 

published an interim final rule 

concurrently with this notice of 

withdrawal that establishes 

requirements for certificated AMTSs in 

accordance with Section 135 of the Act. 


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