Realignment of VOR Federal Airway; Dallas/Fort Worth, TX

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Airspace Docket No. 97-ASW-13]

RIN 2120-AA66

Realignment of VOR Federal Airway; Dallas/Fort Worth, TX

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Direct final rule; correction; delay of effective date.

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SUMMARY: This action delays the effective date for the realignment of

Federal Airway 369 (V-369) located in the Dallas/Fort Worth, TX, area

until April 23, 1998. The original effective date, February 28, 1998,

was published in error and does not reflect the coordinated date

established by the FAA's Southwest Region and the Headquarters FAA.

Additionally, the routing will change slightly (1 deg.) from what was

published in the direct final rule to include Bilee intersection in the

legal description. Lastly, this action serves as the confirmation

document that the direct final rule which realigns V-369 will become

effective on April 23, 1998.

DATES: The effective date of 0901 UTC, February 26, 1998, for the

direct final rule published at 62 FR 67553 is delayed until 0901 UTC,

April 23, 1998. The effective date of the correction in this document

is 0901 UTC, April 23, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steve Brown, Airspace and Rules

Division, ATA-400, Office of Air Traffic Airspace Management, Federal

Aviation Administration, 800 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC

20591; telephone: (202) 267-8783.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FAA published this direct final rule

with a request for comments in the Federal Register on December 29,

1997 (62 FR 67553). The FAA uses the direct final rulemaking procedure

for a non-controversial rule where the FAA believes that there will be

no adverse public comment. This direct final rule advised the public

that no adverse comments were anticipated, and that unless a written

adverse comment, or a written notice of intent to submit such an

adverse comment, were received within the comment period, the

regulation would become effective. No adverse comments were received,

and thus this notice confirms that this final rule will become

effective. The original effective date, published in the December 29,

1997, Federal Register, was February 28, 1998. However, this effective

date was published in error and does not reflect the coordinated date

established by the FAA's Southwest Region and the Headquarters FAA. The

effective date is April 23, 1998.

Additionally, the routing will change slightly (1 deg.) between the

Navasota Very High Frequency Omnidirectional Range/Tactical Air

Navigation and the Groesbeck Very High Frequency Omnidirectional Range/

Distance Measuring Equipment (VOR/DME). The FAA's Southwest Region

intended for the legal description to include Bilee intersection to

keep departure and approach procedures unaffected by the addition of

the Groesbeck VOR/DME. This change is considered to be extremely minor

and does not alter the intent of the final 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 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 will not have a significant economic impact,

positive or negative, on a substantial number of small entities under

the criteria of the Regulatory Flexibility Act.

List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 71

Airspace, Incorporation by reference, Navigation (air).

Delay of Effective Date

The effective date of the direct final rule, Airspace Docket No.

97-ASW-13, as published in the Federal Register on December 29, 1997,

(62 FR 67553), is hereby delayed until April 23, 1998.

Correction

In rule FR Doc. 97-33760 published in the Federal Register on

December 29, 1997, 62 FR 67553, make the following correction to the V-

369 airspace designation incorporated by reference in 14 CFR 71.1:

Sec. 71.1 [Corrected]

On page 67554, in the third column, three lines up from the bottom

of the column, correct ``From Navasota, TX; via Groesbeck, TX; to'' to

read ``From Navasota, TX; via INT Navasota 342 deg. and Groesbeck, TX,

161 deg. radials; Groesbeck; to''.

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(g), 40103, 40113, 40120; E.O. 10854; 24

FR 9565, 3 CFR 1959-1963 Comp., p. 389.

Issued in Washington, DC, on February 6, 1998.

Reginald C. Matthews,

Acting Program Director for Air Traffic Airspace Management.

[FR Doc. 98-3567 Filed 2-13-98; 8:45 am]

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