[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 164 (Thursday, August 24, 1995)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 43964-43965]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-21015]



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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
14 CFR Part 95

[Docket No. 28305; Amdt. No. 391]


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, September 14, 1995.

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, DC 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 Rule

    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 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 

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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, DC on August 15, 1995.
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 effective at 0901 UTC,

PART 95--[AMENDED]

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

    Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(g), 40103, 40113; 49 U.S.C. 106(g) 
(Revised Pub. L. 97-449, January 12, 1983); 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 391 Effective Date, September 14, 1995]           
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             From                           To                   MEA    
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     Sec.  95.6026 VOR Federal Airway 26 Is Amended To Read in Part     
                                                                        
Huron, SD VORTAC *3200--MOCA.  Obitt, SD FIX...............        *4000
                                                                        
     Sec.  95.6033 VOR Federal Airway 33 Is Amended To Read in Part     
                                                                        
Faged, VA FIX................  Colin, VA FIX...............         4000
                                                                        
     Sec.  95.6181 VOR Federal Airway 181 Is Amended To Read in Part    
                                                                        
Sioux Falls, SD VORTAC *3300-- Obitt, SD FIX...............        *4000
 MOCA.                                                                  
Obitt, SD FIX *3100--MOCA....  Watertown, SD VORTAC........        *4000
                                                                        
     Sec.  95.6220 VOR Federal Airway 220 Is Amended To Read in Part    
                                                                        
Sioux Falls, SD VORTAC *3200-- Watertown, SD VORTAC........        *4000
 MOCA.                                                                  
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         From                   To               MEA            MAA     
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       Sec.  95.7505 Jet Route No. 505 Is Amended To Read in Part       
                                                                        
Seattle, WA VORTAC...  U.S. Canadian Border       #24000  45000         
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 #MEA is established with a gap in navigation signal coverage.          


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               Airway segment                     Changeover points     
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         From                   To             Distance        From     
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    Sec.  95.8005 Jet Routes Changeover Points. Is Amended by Adding    
                                                                        
Seattle, WA VORTAC...  Cranbrook, Canada             108  Seattle.      
                        VOR/DME.                                        
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[FR Doc. 95-21015 Filed 8-23-95; 8:45 am]
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