2023-25851

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-2023-2097; Airspace Docket No. 23-ANE-7] • RIN 2120-AA66 AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT. ACTION: Final rule. SUMMARY: This action amends Very High Frequency Omnidirectional Range (VOR) Federal airway V-16. This action is necessary to reinstate six route points that were inadvertently omitted in a previous route amendment of VOR Federal Airway V-16 that took effect August 10, 2023. DATES: Effective date 0901 UTC, January 25, 2024. 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 JO 7400.11 and publication of conforming amendments. ADDRESSES: FAA Order JO 7400.11H, Airspace Designations and Reporting Points, and subsequent amendments can be viewed online at www.faa.gov/​air_​traffic/​publications/​. You may also contact the Rules and Regulations Group, Office of Policy, Federal Aviation Administration, 800 ( printed page 82251) Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20591; telephone: (202) 267-8783. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brian Vidis, 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 structure as necessary to preserve the safe and efficient flow of air traffic within the National Airspace System. History The FAA published a NPRM for Docket No. FAA-2022-0901 in the Federal Register (87 FR 43755; July 22, 2022), proposing to amend VOR Federal airway V-16 by removing the route segments between the Richmond, VA (RIC), VOR/Tactical Air Navigation (VORTAC) and the Boston, MA (BOS), VOR/Distance Measuring Equipment (VOR/DME). The FAA then published a final rule for Docket No. FAA-2022-0901 in the Federal Register (88 FR 32638; May 22, 2023) amending V-16. In the final rule, differences from the NPRM were stated that after publication of the NPRM the FAA decided to retain some of the segments of V-16. Specifically, the FAA removed the segments between the Richmond VORTAC, and the Smyrna, DE (ENO), VORTAC; and the segments between the CREAM, NY, Fix, and the Boston VOR/DME. The segment between the Smyrna VORTAC and the CREAM, Fix was retained. The legal description in that final rule only reinstated the first and last points in the segment being retained and inadvertently omitted the six intermediate route points that made up the original route segments. This action reinstates the six route points that o…

Fonte: Federal Register (federalregister.gov). Texto original em inglês. Conteúdo sanitizado por segurança.