4 April 2002
Source: http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/fr-cont.html
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[Federal Register: April 4, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 65)]
[Notices]
[Page 16141-16142]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Office of the Secretary; Availability of the Federal
Radionavigation Plan
AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Transportation Policy,
DOT.
ACTION: Availability of the Federal Radionavigation Plan.
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SUMMARY: The 2001 edition of the Federal Radionavigation Plan (FRP) has
been published and is available for comment. The policies in the 2001
FRP focus on transition to GPS based services as a primary means of
navigation, recognizing the need to maintain backup navigation aids and
provide redundant radionavigation service where required. The 2001 FRP
projects an initial operating capability for the FAA Wide Area
Augmentation System in 2003. The FAA's Local Area Augmentation System
is planned to begin public service in 2006. The 2001 FRP also includes
a revised schedule for phasing down land-based navigation aids. The
phase down of most land-based navigation aids operated by the FAA will
begin in 2010. The FAA does not plan phasing out any Instrument Landing
Systems (ILSs) for Category II and III approaches. The U.S. will
continue operating Loran-C in the short term while the Administration
continues to evaluate the long-term need for the system. Maritime
radiobeacons not used for differential GPS have been phased out. Stand-
alone aeronautical nondirectional beacons (NDBs) will be phased out
starting in 2010. NDBs used as compass locators for ILSs will be phased
out when the underlying ILSs are withdrawn. All comments, concerns, and
suggestions regarding the current policies and plans in the 2001 FRP
will be considered in formulation of the 2003 FRP.
DATES: Comments must be received by December 31, 2002 for consideration
in development of the 2003 FRP.
ADDRESSES: Comments should be forwarded to the Chairman, DOT POS/NAV
Working Group, U.S. Department of Transportation (P-7), Room 10315, 400
Seventh Street, SW, Washington, DC 20590. E-mail:
michael.shaw@ost.dot.gov.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Shaw, Department of
Transportation (P-7), 400 7th Street, SW, Washington, DC, 20590, (202)
366-0353.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Beginning with this edition of the FRP,
Federal radionavigation information previously contained in a single
document will be published in two separate documents, the Federal
Radionavigation Plan and a companion document entitled Federal
Radionavigation Systems (FRS). The FRP includes the introduction,
policies, operating plans, system selection considerations, and R&D
sections and will allow more efficient and responsive updates of policy
and planning information. Sections relating to government roles and
responsibilities, user requirements, and systems descriptions have been
moved to the companion FRS and will be updated as necessary.
Free copies of the 2001 FRP are available on CD ROM from the Volpe
National Transportation System Center, Kendall Square, Cambridge, Mass.
02142. The telephone number there is (617) 494-2908. The 1999 FRP is
also on the Internet World Wide Web at http://www.navcen.uscg.gov/pubs/
frp2001.
Issued in Washington, DC, on March 28, 2002.
Linda L. Lawson,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Transportation Policy.
[FR Doc. 02-8185 Filed 4-3-02; 8:45 am]
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