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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
14 CFR Part 95

[Docket No. 27970; Amdt. No. 386]

 

IFR Altitudes; Miscellaneous Amendments

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: This amendment adopts miscellaneous amendments to the required 
IFR (instrument flight rules) altitudes and changeover points for 
certain Federal airways, jet routes, or direct routes for which a 
minimum or maximum en route authorized IFR altitude is prescribed. This 
regulatory action is needed because of changes occurring in the 
National Airspace System. These changes are designed to provide for the 
safe and efficient use of the navigable airspace under instrument 
conditions in the affected areas.

EFFECTIVE DATE: 0901 UTC, December 08, 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul J. Best, Flight Procedures 
Standards Branch (AFS-420), Technical Programs Division, Flight 
Standards Service Federal Aviation Administration, 800 Independence 
Avenue, SW., Washington, D.C. 20591; telephone: (202) 267-8277.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This amendment to part 95 of the Federal 
Aviation Regulations (14 CFR part 95) amends, suspends, or revokes IFR 
altitudes governing the operation of all aircraft in flight over a 
specified route or any portion of that route, as well as the changeover 
points (COPs) for Federal airways, jet routes, or direct routes as 
prescribed in part 95. The specified IFR altitudes, when used in 
conjunction with the prescribed changeover points for those routes, 
ensure navigation aid coverage that is adequate for safe flight 
operations and free of frequency interference. The reasons and 
circumstances that create the need for this amendment involve matters 
of flight safety and operational efficiency in the National Airspace 
System, are related to published aeronautical charts that are essential 
to the user, and provide for the safe and efficient use of the 
navigable airspace. In addition, those various reasons or circumstances 
require making this amendment effective before the next scheduled 
charting and publication date of the flight information to assure its 
timely availability to the user. The effective date of this amendment 
reflects those considerations. In view of the close and immediate 
relationship between these regulatory changes and safety in air 
commerce, I find that notice and public procedure before adopting this 
amendment are unnecessary, impracticable, and contrary to the public 
interest and that good cause exists for making the amendment effective 
in less than 30 days. The FAA has determined that this regulation only 
involves an established body of technical regulations for which 
frequent and routine amendments are necessary to keep them 
operationally current.
    It, therefore--(1) is not a ``significant regulatory action'' under 
Executive Order 12866; (2) is not a ``significant rule'' under DOT 
Regulatory Policies and Procedures (44 FR 11034; February 26, 1979); 
and (3) does not warrant preparation of a regulatory evaluation as the 
anticipated impact is so minimal. For the same reason, the FAA 
certifies that this amendment will not have a significant economic 
impact on a substantial number of small entities under the criteria of 
the Regulatory Flexibility Act.

 List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 95

    Airspace, Navigation (Air).

    Issued in Washington, D.C. on November 16, 1994.
Thomas C. Accardi,
Director, Flight Standards Service.

Adoption of the Amendment

    Accordingly, pursuant to the authority delegated to me by the 
Administrator, part 95 of the Federal Aviation Regulations (14 CFR part 
95) is amended as follows:

PART 95--[AMENDED]

    1. The authority citation for part 95 continues to read as follows:

    Authority: 49 U.S.C. app. 1348, 1354, and 1510; 49 U.S.C. 
106(g); and 14 CFR 11.49(b)(2).

    2. Part 95 is amended to read as follows:

    Revisions to Minimum Enroute IFR Altitudes and Changeover Points    
             Amendment 386 Effective Date, December 8, 1994             
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             From                             To                  MEA   
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          Sec. 95.1001 Direct Routes--U.S. is amended to delete         
                                                                        
Lafayette, LA Vortac..........  Orich, LA Fix................       1600
                                                                        
      Sec. 95.6068 VOR Federal Airway 68 is amended to read in part     
                                                                        
Center Point, TX Vortac.......  San Antonio, TX Vortac.......       4000
San Antonio, TX Vortac........  Marcs, TX Fix................       3100
Marcs, TX Fix *2000-MOCA......  Crays, TX Fix................      *2900
                                                                        
     Sec. 95.6093 VOR Federal Airway 93 is amended to read in part      
                                                                        
Hails, PA Fix.................  *Snowy, PA Fix...............     **4000
*5500-MRA                                                               
**3300--MOCA                                                            
                                                                        
     Sec. 95.6222 VOR Federal Airway 222 is amended to read in part     
                                                                        
Marcs, TX Fix.................  Crays, TX Fix................      *2900
*2000-MOCA                                                              
                                                                        
     Sec. 95.6289 VOR Federal Airway 289 is amended to read in part     
                                                                        
Lufkin, TX Vortac.............  *Pipes, TX Fix...............       2400
*2400-MRA                                                               
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           From                         To                MEA      MAA  
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                     Sec. 95.7132 Jet Route No. 132                     
                                                                        
                            is added to read..........                  
Elmira, NY VOR/DME........  Huguenot, NY Vortac.......    18000    45000
                                                                        
                     Sec. 95.7223 Jet Route No. 223                     
                                                                        
                            is amended to delete......                  
Cords, PA Fix.............  Elmira, NY VOR/DME........    18000    45000
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[FR Doc. 94-29539 Filed 11-30-94; 8:45 am]
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