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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 45 / Wednesday, March 10, 2021 / Proposed Rules Docket No. FAA20111082. Although the VOR portion of the Humboldt VORTAC is planned for decommissioning, the co-located Distance Measuring Equipment DME
and Tactical Air Navigation TACAN
portions of the navigational aid are being retained in support of current and future RNAV procedures and Department of Defense mission requirements.
The ATS routes affected by the Humboldt VOR are J107, J515, and V
181. With the planned decommissioning of the Humboldt VOR, the remaining ground-based navigational aid coverage in the area is insufficient to enable the continuity of these affected routes. As a result, proposed modifications to J107, J515, and V181 would result in airway segments being removed. To overcome the loss of route segments in the ATS routes, instrument flight rules IFR traffic may use adjacent Jet Routes, J36, J140, J562, and J89. Pilots equipped with RNAV capabilities may also file point to point through the affected area using fixes that will remain in place, or receive air traffic control radar vectors; the pilots could also use RNAV Route, Q140, to navigate through or around the affected area.
Visual flight rules VFR pilots who elect to navigate through the affected area may utilize the ATC services previously listed.
Additionally, the proposed new Troute would provide an enroute structure that would overlap the VOR
Federal airway V181 for RNAV capable aircraft. This new T-route proposal would also provide route options in areas of limited or no radar coverage to pilots whose aircraft are RNAV capable.
The new airway will provide positive course guidance to aircraft navigating around areas of heavy aviation activity i.e., Grand Forks and Military Special Use Airspace i.e., Tiger South MOA, Devils Lake East MOA, and Restricted Areas R5403A/B/C/D/E/F.
Furthermore, this proposed new airway would also support the FAAs plan to transition the National Airspace System from a ground-based surveillance and navigation system, to a satellite-based system.
Finally, FAA is proposing to remove the Humboldt, MN Domestic Low Altitude Reporting point. The reporting point is no longer required by air traffic control after the proposed route amendments would be implemented.
The Proposal The FAA is proposing an amendment to 14 CFR part 71 to amend two Jet Routes; amend one VOR Federal Airway; establish one RNAV route; and
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revoke one reporting point. The proposed ATS route and reporting point amendments are described below.
J107: J107 extends between Los Angeles, CA, VORTAC and Sioux Narrows, ON, Canada, VOR/DME. The portion within Canada is excluded. The proposed change would remove the route segments between Dupree, SD, VOR/DME, and Sioux Narrows, ON, Canada, VOR/DME, and remove the exclusionary language. The resulting Jet Route would extend between Los Angeles, CA, VORTAC and Dupree, SD, VOR/DME.
J515: J515 extends between Fargo, ND, VOR/DME and the intersection of the Humboldt, MN, VORTAC 356
radial and US/Canada border; and between Whitehorse, YT, Canada and the Barrow, AK, VOR/DME. The airspace within Canada is excluded. The proposed change would remove the route segment between the Fargo, ND, VOR/DME and the intersection of the Humboldt, MN, VORTAC 356 radial and US/Canada border. As a result, the Jet Route would extend between Whitehorse, YT, Canada, VOR/DME and Barrow, AK, VOR/DME.
V181: V181 extends between Kirksville, MO, VORTAC, and the intersection of the Humboldt, MN, VORTAC, 356 radial and United States/
Canada border. The proposed change would remove the route segment between the Grand Forks, ND, VOR/
DME and the intersection of the Humboldt, MN, VORTAC, 356 radial and United States/Canada border. As a result, the airway would extend between the Kirksville, MO, VORTAC, and the Grand Forks, ND, VOR/DME.
T407: T407 would be a new RNAV
route that extends between the Sioux Falls, SD, VORTAC and the ZOMTA fix, located at the US/Canadian border, 8
miles north of Humboldt, MN, VORTAC. This T-route would provide enroute routing over the current VOR
Federal airway V181 from Sioux Falls, SD, VORTAC north to the United States/
Canadian border.
Humboldt: The Humboldt MN
Domestic Low Altitude Reporting Point would be removed.
All of the navigational aid radials in the Jet Route descriptions below are stated in True degrees.
United States Jet Routes, VOR Federal airways, RNAV T-routes, and Domestic Low Altitude Reporting points are published in paragraphs 2004, 2010a, 6011, and 7001, respectively, of FAA
Order 7400.11E, dated July 21, 2020, and effective September 15, 2020, which are incorporated by reference in 14 CFR
71.1. The airways listed in this document would be subsequently
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updated in the next edition of this Order.
FAA Order 7400.11, Airspace Designations and Reporting Points, is published yearly and effective on September 15.
Regulatory Notices and Analyses The FAA has determined that this proposed regulation only involves an established body of technical regulations for which frequent and routine amendments are necessary to keep them operationally current. It, therefore: 1 Is not a significant regulatory action under Executive Order 12866; 2 is not a significant rule under Department of Transportation 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 proposed rule, when promulgated, will not have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities under the criteria of the Regulatory Flexibility Act.
Environmental Review This proposal will be subject to an environmental analysis in accordance with FAA Order 1050.1F, Environmental Impacts: Policies and Procedures prior to any FAA final regulatory action.
List of Subjects in 14 CFR 71
Airspace, Incorporation by reference, Navigation air.
The Proposed Amendment In consideration of the foregoing, the Federal Aviation Administration proposes to amend 14 CFR part 71 as follows:
PART 71DESIGNATION OF CLASS A, B, C, D, AND E AIRSPACE AREAS; AIR
TRAFFIC SERVICE ROUTES; AND
REPORTING POINTS
1. The authority citation for part 71
continues to read as follows:

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106f, 106g; 40103, 40113, 40120; E.O. 10854, 24 FR 9565, 3 CFR, 19591963 Comp., p. 389.
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2. The incorporation by reference in 14 CFR 71.1 of FAA Order 7400.11E, Airspace Designations and Reporting Points, dated July 21, 2020, and effective September 15, 2020, is amended as follows:

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