SMA ISSUED CLRNC USING VOR THAT HAS BEEN OTS FOR 5 YRS.

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USING ENRTE AND APCH PLATES ENRTE TO MANTEO; NC (MQI); ON V189; ABOUT 20 NM W; COULD NOT IDENT RBX VOR. I HAD RECEIVED A BRIEFING AND FILED VIA V189 WHICH INCLUDES RBX VOR. NEITHER BRIEFING NOR COMMERCIAL NOTAMS; INCLUDED A NOTAM OF RBX BEING OTS. (CURRENT ENRTE 30 UNITED STATES LOW AND APCH PLATE 13-1 MANTEO; NC; VOR RWY 16 CONTAIN INCLUSION OF RBX VOR AND FREQ 111.6 AND MORSE CODE IDENT.) CONTACTED ATC AND THEY CONFIRMED THAT RBX VOR WAS OTS. CLRED FOR NDB APCH AND LANDED SAFELY. LCL PLTS AT MQI CONFIRMED THAT RBX HAD BEEN OTS FOR YRS -- SO LONG THAT NO CURRENT NOTAM EXISTED. I NOTED LATER THAT GOV CHARTS HAVE THE RBX FREQ AND IDENT BLOCKED OUT. I ADVISED COMMERCIAL CHART MAKER OF ERROR UPON RETURN. RBX VOR SHOULD BE DELETED FROM CURRENT ENRTE AND APCH PLATES IF; INDEED; OTS. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: ZDC PROCS SPECIALIST STATED THE RBX VOR HAS BEEN OTS FOR ABOUT 5 YRS AND HAS BEEN NOTAMED. CTR PROCS HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTED TO PRECLUDE WHAT HAPPENED TO THE RPTR.