# Proposed Establishment and Modification of Area Navigation Routes, Atlantic Coast Route Project; Northeastern United States
**AGENCY:**
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) DOT.
**ACTION:**
Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM); withdrawal.
**SUMMARY:**
The FAA is withdrawing the NPRM published in the *Federal Register* on January 5, 2017, proposing to establish 12 high altitude area navigation (RNAV) routes (Q-routes), and modify one existing Q-route, in support of the Atlantic Coast Route Project (ACRP). The FAA reviewed project scoping and determined that additional planning is warranted to ensure a more efficient implementation and integration with other ongoing program activities, and determined that withdrawal of the proposed rule is warranted.
**DATES:**
Effective as of 0901 UTC, June 22, 2018, the proposed rule published January 5, 2017 (82 FR 1276), is withdrawn.
**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**
Paul Gallant, Airspace Policy Group, Office of Airspace Services, Federal Aviation Administration, 800 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20591; telephone: (202) 267-8783.
**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:**
**History**
The FAA published a NPRM in the *Federal Register* for Docket No. FAA-2016-9556 (82 FR 1276; January 5, 2017). The NPRM proposed 12 new Q-routes (Q-75, Q-97, Q-167, Q-220, Q-411, Q-419, Q-430, Q-437, Q-439, Q-445, Q-450 and Q-479); and existing route Q-480, along the Atlantic Coast, in the northeastern U.S.
Interested parties were invited to participate in this rulemaking effort by submitting written comments on the proposal. No comments were received.
**FAA's Conclusions**
The FAA has reviewed project scoping and determined that additional planning is 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to ensure a more efficient implementation and integration with other ongoing program activities; therefore, the NPRM is withdrawn.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**
Accordingly, pursuant to the authority delegated to me, the NPRM published in the *Federal Register* on January 5, 2017 (82 FR 1276), FR Doc. 2016-31911, is hereby withdrawn.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 June 13, 2018.
Scott J. Gardner,
Acting Manager, Airspace Policy Group.