Amendment of Federal Airways; Alaska

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration 14 CFR Part 71 [Docket No. FAA-2011-0010; Airspace Docket No. 11-AAL-1] AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT. ACTION: Final rule; technical amendment. SUMMARY: This action removes two modified VHF Omnidirectional Range (VOR) Federal airways, V-320 and V-440, from a final rule published in the Federal Register of April 28, 2011. That rule amended 29 Air Traffic Service (ATS) routes in Alaska affected by the relocation of the Anchorage VOR navigation aid. The FAA is taking this action as a result of these VOR Federal airways not passing flight inspections to retain existing minimum enroute altitude (MEA) requirements in the vicinity of Anchorage, AK. DATES: Effective date 0901 UTC October 20, 2011. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Colby Abbott, Airspace, Regulations and ATC Procedures Group, Office of Mission Support Services, Federal Aviation Administration, 800 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20591; telephone: (202) 267-8783. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: History Federal Register Docket No. FAA-2011-0010, Airspace Docket No. 11-AAL-1 published on April 28, 2011 ( 76 FR 23687 ), amends all Federal Airways ( printed page 65107) affected by the relocation of the Anchorage VOR navigation aid. The FAA subsequently delayed the effective date from June 30, 2011, until further notice ( 76 FR 35097 ; June 16, 2011). The FAA has determined that V-320 and V-440 do not have satisfactory signal reception cove…