[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 14 (Monday, January 22, 2024)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 3881-3882]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-01043]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
14 CFR Part 71
[Docket No. FAA-2023-1325; Airspace Docket No. 23-AGL-17]
RIN 2120-AA66
Amendment of VOR Federal Airway V-36 and Establishment of RNAV
Route T-675; Northcentral United States
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Final rule, delay of effective date.
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SUMMARY: This action delays the effective date of a final rule
published in the Federal Register on October 19, 2023, amending Very
High Frequency Omnidirectional Range (VOR) Federal Airway V-36 and
establishing Canadian Area Navigation (RNAV) Route T-675 in the
northcentral United States (U.S.) airspace. The FAA is delaying the
effective date to allow sufficient time for completion of the required
flight inspection of the route.
DATES: The effective date of the final rule published on September 22,
2023 (88 FR 65311), with an effective date of November 30, 2023,
delayed on October 19, 2023 (88 FR 71990) to March 21, 2024, is delayed
to May 16, 2024. The Director of the Federal Register approved 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.
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:
Background
The FAA published a final rule in the Federal Register for Docket
No. FAA-2023-1325 on September 22, 2023 (88 FR 65311), effective
November 30, 2023, amending VOR Federal Airway V-36 and establishing
Canadian RNAV Route T-675 in the northcentral U.S. airspace. On October
19, 2023 (88 FR 71990), the FAA delayed the effective date for that
final rule to March 21, 2024. After the October 19, 2023, final rule
was published, the FAA determined that the required flight inspection
for the establishment, certification, and publication of T-675 was not
completed due to adverse weather conditions.
The FAA expects the required flight inspection for Canadian RNAV
Route T-675 will be completed by May 16, 2024; therefore, the rule
amending VOR Federal Airway V-36 and establishing Canadian RNAV Route
T-675 within US airspace is delayed to coincide with that date.
Incorporation by Reference
VOR Federal airways are published in paragraph 6010(a) and Canadian
Area Navigation routes (T-routes) are published in paragraph 6013 of
FAA Order JO 7400.11, Airspace Designations and Reporting Points, which
is incorporated by reference in 14 CFR 71.1 on an annual basis. This
document amends the current version of that order, FAA Order JO
7400.11H, dated August 11, 2023, and effective September 15, 2023. FAA
Order JO 7400.11H is publicly available online at www.faa.gov/air_traffic/publications/. You may also contact the Rules and
Regulations Group, Office of Policy, Federal Aviation Administration,
800 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20591; telephone: (202) 267-
8783.
FAA Order JO 7400.11H lists Class A, B, C, D, and E airspace areas,
air traffic service routes, and reporting points.
Good Cause for No Notice and Comment
Section 553(b)(3)(B) of Title 5, United States Code, (the
Administrative Procedure Act) authorizes agencies to dispense with
notice and comment procedures for rules when the agency for ``good
cause'' finds that those procedures are ``impracticable, unnecessary,
or contrary to the public interest.'' Under this section, an agency,
upon finding good cause, may issue a final rule without seeking comment
prior to the rulemaking. The FAA finds that prior notice and public
comment to this final rule is unnecessary due to the brief length of
the extension of the
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effective date and the fact that there is no substantive change to the
rule.
Delay of Effective Date
Accordingly, pursuant to the authority delegated to me, the
effective date of the final rule, Airspace Docket 23-AGL-17, published
in the Federal Register on September 22, 2023 (88 FR 65311), FR Doc.
2023-20449, with an effective date of November 30, 2023, delayed on
October 19, 2023 (88 FR 71990), FR Doc. 2023-22993, to March 21, 2024,
is hereby delayed until May 16, 2024.
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 January 16, 2024.
Frank Lias,
Manager, Airspace and Rules Group.
[FR Doc. 2024-01043 Filed 1-19-24; 8:45 am]
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