Document ID: FAA-2008-0037-0006
Agency: faa
Document Type: Rule
Title: Establishment of Low Altitude Area Navigation Routes (T-Routes); Sacramento and San Francisco, CA
Posted Date: 2008-07-16T04:00Z

[Federal Register: July 16, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 137)]
[Rules and Regulations]               
[Page 40721-40722]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Docket No. FAA-2008-0037; Airspace Docket No. 07-AWP-6]

 
Establishment of Low Altitude Area Navigation Routes (T-Routes); 
Sacramento and San Francisco, CA

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Final rule; delay of effective date.

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SUMMARY: This action delays the effective date for the establishment of 
four low altitude Area Navigation (RNAV) T-routes, designated T-257, T-
259, T-261 and T-263, in the Sacramento and San Francisco, CA, terminal 
areas until September 25, 2008. The FAA is taking this action to allow 
additional time for processing and charting.

DATES: Effective Date: The effective date of 0901 UTC, July 31, 2008, 
is delayed to 0901 UTC, September 25, 2008. The Director of the Federal 
Register approves this incorporation by reference action under 1 CFR 
part 51, subject to the annual revision of FAA Order 7400.9 and 
publication of conforming amendments.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ken McElroy, Airspace and Rules Group,

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Office of System Operations Airspace and AIM, Federal Aviation 
Administration, 800 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20591; 
telephone: (202) 267-8783.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

History

    On May 30, 2008, the FAA published in the Federal Register a final 
rule establishing four low altitude T-routes in the San Francisco 
terminal area (73 FR 31021). This rule was originally scheduled to 
become effective July 31, 2008; however, a need for additional internal 
processing requires a delay in the effective date until September 25, 
2008.

The Rule

    The FAA has determined that this regulation only involves an 
established body of technical regulations for which frequent and 
routine amendments are necessary to keep them operationally current. 
Therefore, this 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 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 establishes RNAV T-Routes at Sacramento and San Francisco, CA.

List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 71

    Airspace, Incorporation by reference, Navigation (air).

Delay of Effective Date

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The effective date of the final rule, Docket FAA-2008-0037; Airspace 
Docket 07-AWP-6, as published in the Federal Register on May 30, 2008 
(73 FR 31021), is hereby delayed until September 25, 2008.

    Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(g), 40103, 40113, 40120; E.O. 10854, 24 
FR 9565, 3 CFR, 1959-1963 Comp., p. 389.
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    Issued in Washington, DC, on July 2, 2008.
Kenneth McElroy,
Acting Manager, Airspace and Rules Group.
[FR Doc. E8-15932 Filed 7-15-08; 8:45 am]

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