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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 209 / Tuesday, November 2, 2021 / Proposed Rules
the Operations Support Group, Central Service Center, Federal Aviation Administration, 10101 Hillwood Parkway, Fort Worth, TX 76177.

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Availability and Summary of Documents for Incorporation by Reference This document proposes to amend FAA Order JO 7400.11F, Airspace Designations and Reporting Points, dated August 10, 2021, and effective September 15, 2021. FAA Order JO
7400.11F is publicly available as listed in the ADDRESSES section of this document. FAA Order JO 7400.11F lists Class A, B, C, D, and E airspace areas, air traffic service routes, and reporting points.
Background The FAA is planning to decommission the Kokomo, IN, VOR in July 2022. The Kokomo VOR was one of the candidate VORs identified for discontinuance by the FAAs VOR MON
program and listed in the Final policy statement notice, Provision of Navigation Services for the Next Generation Air Transportation System NextGen Transition to PerformanceBased Navigation PBN Plan for Establishing a VOR Minimum Operational Network, published in the Federal Register of July 26, 2016 81 FR
48694, Docket No. FAA20111082.
Although the VOR portion of the Kokomo VORTAC is planned for decommissioning, the co-located Distance Measuring Equipment DME is being retained to support NextGen PBN
flight procedure requirements.
The VOR Federal airways affected by the Kokomo VOR decommissioning are V96, V214, V285, and V305. With the planned decommissioning of the Kokomo VOR, the remaining groundbased NAVAID coverage in the area is insufficient to enable the continuity of the affected airways. As such, proposed modifications to V214, V285, and V
305 would result in the airways being shortened, as well as the proposed revocation of V96 in its entirety. To overcome the proposed modifications and revocation to the affected airways, instrument flight rules IFR traffic could use portions of adjacent VOR
Federal airways, including V11, V38, V51, V55, V97, V192, V210, V
340, and V371, or receive air traffic control ATC radar vectors to fly around or through the affected area.
Additionally, IFR pilots equipped with RNAV capabilities could also navigate point to point using the existing fixes that would remain in place to support continued operations through the affected area. Visual flight rules VFR

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pilots who elect to navigate via the affected ATS routes could also take advantage of the adjacent ATS routes or ATC services listed previously.
Prior to this NPRM, the FAA
published a rule for Docket No. FAA
20210086 in the Federal Register 86
FR 52961; September 24, 2021, amending VOR Federal airway V285
by removing the airway segment between the White Cloud, MI, VOR/
DME and the Traverse City, MI, VOR/
DME. That airway amendment, effective December 2, 2021, is included in this NPRM.
The Proposal The FAA is proposing an amendment to 14 CFR part 71 to amend VOR
Federal airways V214, V285, and V
305, and to remove VOR Federal airway V96 due to the planned decommissioning of the Kokomo, IN, VOR. The proposed VOR Federal airway actions are described below.
V96: V96 currently extends between the Brickyard, IN, VORTAC
and the intersection of the Fort Wayne, IN, VORTAC 071 and Flag City, OH, VORTAC 289 radials TWERP fix. The FAA proposes to remove the airway in its entirety.
V214: V214 currently extends between the Kokomo, IN, VORTAC and the Muncie, IN, VOR/Distance Measuring Equipment VOR/DME;
between the intersection of the Appleton, OH, VORTAC 236 and Zanesville, OH, VOR/DME 274 radials GLOOM fix and the Bellaire, OH, VOR/DME; and between the Martinsburg, WV, VORTAC and the Teterboro, NJ, VOR/DME. The FAA
proposes to remove the airway segment between the Kokomo, IN, VORTAC and the Muncie, IN, VOR/DME. The unaffected portions of the existing airway would remain as charted.
V285: V285 currently extends between the Brickyard, IN, VORTAC
and the White Cloud, MI, VOR/DME.
The FAA proposes to remove the airway segment between the Brickyard, IN, VORTAC and Goshen, IN, VORTAC.
The unaffected portions of the existing airway would remain as charted.
V305: V305 currently extends between the El Dorado, AR, VOR/DME
and the Kokomo, IN, VORTAC. The FAA proposes to remove the airway segment between the Brickyard, IN, VORTAC and Kokomo, IN, VORTAC.
The unaffected portions of the existing airway would remain as charted.
All NAVAID radials listed in the VOR
Federal airway descriptions below are unchanged and stated in True degrees.
VOR Federal airways are published in paragraph 6010a of FAA Order JO

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7400.11F, dated August 10, 2021, and effective September 15, 2021, which is incorporated by reference in 14 CFR
71.1. The VOR Federal airways listed in this document would be published subsequently in FAA JO 7400.11.
FAA Order JO 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 Part 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.
71.1

Amended
2. The incorporation by reference in 14 CFR 71.1 of FAA Order JO 7400.11F, Airspace Designations and Reporting Points, dated August 10, 2021, and

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