2022-17409

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: • the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document • the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to • the agency docket number / agency internal file number • the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration • 14 CFR Part 71 • [Docket No. FAA-2022-0624; Airspace Docket No. 22-ACE-3] • RIN 2120-AA66 AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT. ACTION: Final rule. SUMMARY: This action amends the description of Area Navigation (RNAV) route Q-136 by changing the name of the “BAACN”, IA, waypoint (WP) to “DIYAP”. The FAA is taking this action due to a similarly pronounced and sounding Fix (BACNN, MO) located approximately 55 nautical miles (NM) southwest of the BAACN WP which contributes to communications errors resulting from the similar-sounding Fix and WP names in radio communications. In addition, the FAA is making minor editorial changes to the Q-136 route description to standardize the format. DATES: Effective date 0901 UTC, November 3, 2022. The Director of the Federal Register approves this ( printed page 50238) 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. ADDRESSES: FAA Order JO 7400.11F, Airspace Designations and Reporting Points, and subsequent amendments can be viewed online at 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 modifies the route description while retaining the route structure as necessary to preserve the safe and efficient flow of air traffic within the National Airspace System. History In 2019, the FAA published a final rule for Docket No. FAA-2018-0232 in the Federal Register (84 FR 10407; March 21, 2019) that established the BAACN, IA, WP and extended Q-136 to that WP in support of new standard instrument departures (SIDs) and standard terminal arrival routes (STARs) developed for Denver International Airport and surrounding airports. At that time, there was a BACNN, MO, Fix located at the intersection of Jet Routes J-18 and J-25 approximately 55 NM southwest of the new BAACN, IA, WP. The BACCN Fix and the BAACN WP are both verbalized as “bacon” in air to ground communications between air traffic control (ATC) and aircraft flight crews, and the similar-sounding Fix and WP names have contributed, on occasion, to confusion and communication errors betw…

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