Notices. Final rule, delay of effective date

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BILLING CODE 4910-13-P DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Aviation Administration 14 CFR Part 71 [Docket No. FAA-2024-1707; Airspace Docket No. 24-ASW-4] RIN 2120-AA66 Amendment of VOR Federal Airways V-68, V-76, V-212, V-222, and V-558, and United States Area Navigation Route T-220 in the Vicinity of Industry, TX AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT. ACTION: Final rule, delay of effective date. SUMMARY: This action delays the effective date of the final rule published in the **Federal Register** on January 16, 2025 amending Very High Frequency Omnidirectional Range

(VOR)Federal Airways V-68, V-212, and V-222, and United States Area Navigation

(RNAV)Route T-220; and revoking VOR Federal Airway V-558. This is the second delay of the original effective date for this final rule published in the **Federal Register** on December 9, 2024. The FAA is delaying the effective date to allow sufficient time for completing the redesign and flight inspection of a Standard Terminal Arrival Route

(STAR)instrument procedure into George Bush Intercontinental/Houston Airport, TX, that failed the initial and follow-up flight inspections. DATES: The effective date of the final rule published on January 16, 2025, (90 FR 4612) is delayed to August 7, 2025. The Director of the Federal Register approved this incorporation by reference action under 1 CFR part 51, subject to the annual revision of FAA Order JO 7400.11 and publication of conforming amendments. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Colby Abbott, Rules and Regulations Group, Policy Directorate, Federal Aviation Administration, 600 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20597; telephone:

(202)267-8783. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background The FAA published a final rule for Docket No. FAA-2024-1707 in the **Federal Register** (89 FR 97510; December 9, 2024), amending VOR Federal Airways V-68, V-212, and V-222, and United States RNAV Route T-220; and revoking VOR Federal Airway V-558 due to the planned decommissioning of the VOR portion of the Industry, TX, VORTAC NAVAID. Amendment of V-76 was removed from the docket action in the final rule. The effective date for that final rule was February 20, 2025. After the final rule was published, two STAR instrument procedures, one into George Bush Intercontinental/Houston Airport and one into San Antonio International Airport, failed required flight inspections. The FAA determined that the required update and flight inspection actions for the two failed STAR instrument procedures could not be completed in time to meet the original planned decommissioning date. As a result, the existing STARs remained in place until the next chart date and on January 16, 2025 (90 FR 4612), the final rule effective date was delayed from February 20, 2025, to April 17, 2025. The two STAR instrument procedures that failed the initial flight inspections were updated and flight inspected a second time in preparation of meeting the April 17, 2025, effective date for amending and revoking the Air Traffic Service

(ATS)routes affected by the planned decommissioning of the Industry, TX, VOR. The STAR into San Antonio International Airport passed the second flight inspection, but the STAR into George Bush Intercontinental/Houston Airport failed the second inspection. Therefore, the existing STARs need to remain in place until the STAR into George Bush Intercontinental/Houston Airport can be redesigned and flight inspected. The FAA expects the required redesign and flight inspection for the STAR into George Bush Intercontinental/Houston Airport to be completed to meet an August 7, 2025, effective date. Therefore, the effective date of this final rule amending VOR Federal Airways V-68, V-212, and V-222, and United States RNAV Route T-220; and revoking VOR Federal Airway V-558 is delayed further to coincide with that date. VOR Federal Airways are published in paragraph 6010(a) and United States Area Navigation Routes are published in paragraph 6011 of FAA Order JO 7400.11, Airspace Designations and Reporting Points, which is incorporated by reference in 14 CFR 71.1 on an annual basis. This document amends the current version of that order, FAA Order JO 7400.11J, dated July 31, 2024, and effective September 15, 2024. FAA Order JO 7400.11J is publicly available online at *www.faa.gov/air_traffic/publications/.* You may also contact the Rules and Regulations Group, Policy Directorate, Federal Aviation Administration, 600 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20597; telephone:

(202)267-8783. FAA Order JO 7400.11J lists Class A, B, C, D, and E airspace areas, air traffic service routes, and reporting points. Good Cause for No Notice and Comment Section 553(b)(3)(B) of Title 5, United States Code, (the Administrative Procedure Act) authorizes agencies to dispense with notice and comment procedures for rules when the agency for “good cause” finds that those procedures are “impracticable, unnecessary, or contrary to the public interest.” Under this section, an agency, upon finding good cause, may issue a final rule without seeking comment prior to the rulemaking. The FAA finds that prior notice and public comment to this final rule is unnecessary due to the brief length of the extension of the effective date and the fact that there is no substantive change to the rule. Delay of Effective Date Accordingly, pursuant to the authority delegated to me, the effective date of the final rule for Airspace Docket 24-ASW-4, as published in the **Federal Register** on December 9, 2024 (89 FR 97510), FR Doc. 2024-28750, and of the final rule, delay of effective date as published in the **Federal Register** on January 16, 2025 (90 FR 4612), FR Doc. 2025-00732, are hereby delayed until August 7, 2025. Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(f); 40103, 40113, 40120; E.O. 10854, 24 FR 9565, 3 CFR, 1959-1963 Comp., P. 389. Issued in Washington, DC, on February 27, 2025. Brian Eric Konie, Manager (A), Rules and Regulations Group. [FR Doc. 2025-03482 Filed 3-4-25; 8:45 am]

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