# Amendment of Air Traffic Services (ATS) Route V-456; Alaska
**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 September 4, 2020, proposing to amend VHF Omnidirectional Range (VOR) Federal airway V-456 which would serve as an alternative to the Colored Federal airway Green-11 (G-11). Subsequent to the NPRM, the FAA determined during a flight check inspection that the desired altitudes along the proposed route amendment for V-456 did not meet the expected criteria and determined that the withdrawal of the proposed rule is warranted.
**DATES:**
Effective date 0901 UTC, July 25, 2022, the proposed rule published September 4, 2020 (85 FR 55200) is withdrawn.
**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**
Jesse Acevedo, Rules and Regulations Group, Office of Policy, 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-2020-0651 (85 FR 55200; September 4, 2020). The NPRM proposed to amend the VOR Federal airway V-456 and serve as an alternative to the Colored Federal airway G-11. G-11 obtained navigation guidance from the Glennallen, AK (GLA), Non-Directional Beacon (NDB) navigation aid (NAVAID) which was pending decommissioning. Subsequent to the NPRM, the FAA published a Final Rule in the *Federal Register* (85 FR 59668; September 23, 2020) removing G-11. Also subsequent to the NPRM, the FAA determined during a flight check inspection that the desired altitudes along the proposed route amendment for V-456 did not meet the expected criteria. Since the proposed new routing for V-456 offers no advantage to the present routing of the airway, the V-456 amendment will no longer be pursued.
Interested parties were invited to participate in this rulemaking effort by submitting written comments on the proposal. No comments were received.
**FAA Conclusions**
The FAA has determined during a flight check inspection that the desired altitudes along the proposed route amendment for V-456 did not meet the expected criteria. Since the proposed new routing for V-456 offers no advantage to the present routing of the airway, the V-456 amendment will no longer be pursued.
**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 September 4, 2020 (85 FR 55200), FR Doc. 2020-19496, 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 July 19, 2022.
Scott M. Rosenbloom,
Manager, Airspace Rules and Regulations.