2025-03482

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-2024-1707; Airspace Docket No. 24-ASW-4] • RIN 2120-AA66 AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT. ACTION: Final rule, delay of effective date. SUMMARY: This action delays the effective date of the final rule published in the Federal Register on January 16, 2025 amending Very High Frequency Omnidirectional Range (VOR) Federal Airways V-68, V-212, and V-222, and United States Area Navigation (RNAV) Route T-220; and revoking VOR Federal Airway V-558. This is the second delay of the original effective date for this final rule published in the Federal Register on December 9, 2024. The FAA is delaying the effective date to allow sufficient time for completing the redesign and flight inspection of a Standard Terminal Arrival Route (STAR) instrument procedure into George Bush Intercontinental/Houston Airport, TX, that failed the initial and follow-up flight inspections. DATES: The effective date of the final rule published on January 16, 2025, (90 FR 4612) is delayed to August 7, 2025. The Director of the Federal Register approved this incorporation by reference action under 1 CFR part 51, subject to the annual revision of FAA ( printed page 11218) Order JO 7400.11 and publication of conforming amendments. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Colby Abbott, Rules and Regulations Group, Policy Directorate, Federal Aviation Administration, 600 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20597; telephone: (202) 267-8783. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background The FAA published a final rule for Docket No. FAA-2024-1707 in the Federal Register (89 FR 97510; December 9, 2024), amending VOR Federal Airways V-68, V-212, and V-222, and United States RNAV Route T-220; and revoking VOR Federal Airway V-558 due to the planned decommissioning of the VOR portion of the Industry, TX, VORTAC NAVAID. Amendment of V-76 was removed from the docket action in the final rule. The effective date for that final rule was February 20, 2025. After the final rule was published, two STAR instrument procedures, one into George Bush Intercontinental/Houston Airport and one into San Antonio International Airport, failed required flight inspections. The FAA determined that the required update and flight inspection actions for the two failed STAR instrument procedures could not be completed in time to meet the original planned decommissioning date. As a result, the existing STARs remained in place until the next chart date and on January 16, 2025 (90 FR 4612), the final rule effective date was delayed from February 20, 2025, to April 17, 2025. The two STAR instrument procedures that failed the initial flight inspections were updated and flight inspected a second time in preparation of meeting the April 17, 2025, effective date for amending and revoking the Air Traffic Service (ATS) routes affected by the planned decommissioning of the Industry, TX, VOR. The STAR into San Antonio International Airport passed the second flight inspection, but the STAR into George Bush Intercontinental/Houston Airport failed the second inspection. Therefore, the existing STARs need to remain in place until the STAR into George Bush Intercontinental/Houston Airport can be redesigned and flight inspected. The FA…

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