Document ID: FAA-2020-0651-0002
Agency: faa
Document Type: Proposed Rule
Title: Airspace Designations and Reporting Points: Alaska
Posted Date: 2022-07-25T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 141 (Monday, July 25, 2022)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 44034-44035]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-15808]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Docket No. FAA-2020-0651; Airspace Docket No. 18-AAL-13]
RIN 2120-AA66

Amendment of Air Traffic Services (ATS) Route V-456; Alaska

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM); withdrawal.

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SUMMARY: The FAA is withdrawing the NPRM published in the Federal 
Register on September 4, 2020, proposing to amend VHF Omnidirectional 
Range (VOR) Federal airway V-456 which would serve as an alternative to 
the Colored Federal airway Green-11 (G-11). Subsequent to the NPRM, the 
FAA determined during a flight check inspection that the desired 
altitudes along the proposed route amendment for V-456 did not meet the 
expected criteria and determined that the withdrawal of the proposed 
rule is warranted.

DATES: Effective date 0901 UTC, July 25, 2022, the proposed rule 
published September 4, 2020 (85 FR 55200) is withdrawn.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jesse Acevedo, Rules and Regulations 
Group, Office of Policy, Federal Aviation Administration, 800 
Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20591; telephone: (202) 267-
8783.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

History

    The FAA published a NPRM in the Federal Register for Docket No. 
FAA-2020-0651 (85 FR 55200; September 4, 2020). The NPRM proposed to 
amend the VOR Federal airway V-456 and serve as an alternative to the 
Colored Federal airway G-11. G-11 obtained navigation guidance from the 
Glennallen, AK (GLA), Non-Directional Beacon (NDB) navigation aid 
(NAVAID) which was pending decommissioning. Subsequent to the NPRM, the 
FAA published a Final Rule in the Federal Register (85 FR 59668; 
September 23, 2020) removing G-11. Also subsequent to the NPRM, the FAA 
determined during a flight check inspection that the desired altitudes 
along the proposed route amendment for V-456 did not meet the expected 
criteria. Since the proposed new routing for V-456 offers no advantage 
to the present routing of the airway, the V-456 amendment will no 
longer be pursued.
    Interested parties were invited to participate in this rulemaking 
effort by submitting written comments on the proposal. No comments were 
received.

FAA Conclusions

    The FAA has determined during a flight check inspection that the 
desired altitudes along the proposed route amendment for V-456 did not 
meet the expected criteria. Since the proposed new routing for V-456 
offers no advantage to the present routing of the airway, the V-456 
amendment will no longer be pursued.

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List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 71

    Airspace, Incorporation by reference, Navigation (air).

The Withdrawal

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Accordingly, pursuant to the authority delegated to me, the NPRM 
published in the Federal Register on September 4, 2020 (85 FR 55200), 
FR Doc. 2020-19496, is hereby withdrawn.

    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.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on July 19, 2022.
Scott M. Rosenbloom,
Manager, Airspace Rules and Regulations.
[FR Doc. 2022-15808 Filed 7-22-22; 8:45 am]
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