[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 178 (Friday, September 17, 2021)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 51844]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-20010]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Docket No. FAA-2017-0461; Airspace Docket No. 17-AEA-5]
RIN 2120-AA66


Proposed Amendment of VOR Federal Airways V-16, V-31, V-93, V-
157, V-213, and V-229 in the Vicinity of Patuxent River, MD

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM); withdrawal.

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SUMMARY: The FAA is withdrawing the NPRM published in the Federal 
Register on July 12, 2017, proposing to amend VHF Omnidirectional Range 
(VOR) Federal airways V-16, V-31, V-93, V-157, V-213, and V-229 near 
Patuxent River, MD, due to the planned decommissioning of the Patuxent 
VOR/Tactical Air Navigation (VORTAC) (PXT), Patuxent River, MD, in 
support of the FAA's VOR Minimum Operational Network (MON) program. 
Subsequent to the NPRM, the PXT VORTAC decommissioning has been delayed 
until a to-be-determined date. The FAA decided that additional planning 
is necessary to ensure a more efficient implementation and integration 
with other ongoing VOR MON program activities, and determined that 
withdrawal of the proposed rule is warranted.

DATES: Effective September 17, 2021, the proposed rule published July 
12, 2017 (82 FR 32149), is withdrawn.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul Gallant, Rules and Regulations 
Group, Office of Policy, Federal Aviation Administration, 800 
Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20591; telephone: (202) 267-
8783.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

History

    The FAA published a notice of proposed rulemaking in the Federal 
Register for Docket No. FAA-2017-0461 (82 FR 32149; July 12, 2017), 
amending VOR Federal airways V-16, V-31, V-93, V-157, V-213, and V-229 
due to the planned decommissioning of the Patuxent VORTAC which 
provides navigation guidance for portions of the affected airways. 
Interested parties were invited to participate in this rulemaking 
effort by submitting written comments on the proposal. One comment was 
received. The commenter recommended that for VOR NAVAIDs that are to be 
decommissioned, and for those airways that are correspondingly removed, 
the FAA should create an Area Navigation (RNAV) waypoint at the 
previous NAVAID location, and convert all fixes and intersections along 
that route to RNAV waypoints.

FAA's Conclusions

    The FAA has reviewed the Patuxent VORTAC decommissioning project 
and determined that additional planning meetings are warranted to 
ensure a more efficient implementation and integration with other 
ongoing program activities; therefore, the NPRM is withdrawn.

List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 71

    Airspace, Incorporation by reference, Navigation (air).

The Withdrawal

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Accordingly, pursuant to the authority delegated to me, the NPRM 
published in the Federal Register on July 12, 2017 (82 FR 32149), FR 
Doc. 2017-14524, is hereby withdrawn.

    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 September 13, 2021.
George Gonzalez,
Acting Manager, Rules and Regulations Group.
[FR Doc. 2021-20010 Filed 9-16-21; 8:45 am]
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