[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 7 (Wednesday, January 10, 1996)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 697-699]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-380]



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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
14 CFR Part 95

[Docket No. 28416; Amdt. No. 393]


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, January 4, 1996.

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 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 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 

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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 December 29, 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,
    1. The authority citation for part 95 continues to read as follows:

    Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(g), 40103, 40113, 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 393 Effective Date, January 4, 1996]                                
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                     From                                                To                              MEA    
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            Sec.  95.1001 Direct Routes-U.S. 95.48 Green Federal Airway 8 is Amended to Read in Part            
                                                                                                                
Campbell Lake, AK NDB.........................  Glennallen, AK NDB.................................        13000
                                                                                                                
                                                 Atlantic Routes                                                
                                                                                                                
    A509                                                                                                        
Epson, OG FIX.................................  Marci, FL FIX......................................         6000
Marci, FL FIX.................................  Dolphin, FL VORTAC.................................         8000
                                                                                                                
                         Sec.  95.6003 VOR Federal Airway 3 is Amended to Read in Part                          
                                                                                                                
Drown, FL FIX.................................   Mnate, FL FIX.....................................         5000
                                                                                                                
                          Sec.  95.6008 VOR Federal Airway 8 is Amended to Read in Part                         
                                                                                                                
Goffs, CA VORTAC..............................  Lynsy, NV FIX......................................         7600
Lynsy, NV FIX.................................  Means, NV FIX......................................         7500
                                                                                                                
                         Sec.  95.6046 VOR Federal Airway 46 is Amended to Read in Part                         
                                                                                                                
Calverton, NY VORTAC..........................  Hampton, NY VORTAC.................................         1900
                                                                                                                
                         Sec.  95.6091 VOR Federal Airway 91 is Amended to Read in Part                         
                                                                                                                
Sardi, NY FIX *1900-MOCA......................  Calverton, NY VORTACT..............................        *2500
                                                                                                                
                        Sec.  95.6113 VOR Federal Airway 113 is Amended to Read in Part                         
                                                                                                                
Boise, ID VORTAC..............................  Pluto, ID FIX......................................             
                                                SW BND.............................................         9700
                                                NE BND.............................................        13000
Pluto, ID FIX.................................  Salmon, ID VOR/DME.................................        15500
                                                                                                                
                        Sec.  95.6234 VOR Federal Airway 234 is Amended to Read in Part                         
                                                                                                                
Anton Chico, NM, VORTAC *7500-MOCA............  Dalhart, TX VORTAC.................................        *8500
                                                                                                                
                        Sec.  95.6328 VOR Federal Airway 328 is Amended to Read in Part                         
                                                                                                                
Kipnuk, AK VOR/DME............................  Acate, AK Fix......................................         2000
Acate, AK FIX *5500-MOCA......................  Brous, AK FIX......................................        *9000
Brous, AK FID.................................  Dillingham, AK VOR/DME.............................             
                                                E BND..............................................         5000
                                                W BND..............................................         9000
                                                                                                                
                                              Is Amended to Delete                                              
                                                                                                                
Perci, AK FIX.................................  Dillingham, AK VOR/DME.............................         5000
                                                                                                                
                         Sec.  95.6514 VOR Federal Airway 514 is Added to Read in Part                          
                                                                                                                
Mission May, CA VORTACT.......................  Ryahh, CA FIX......................................         4000
*Ryahh, CA FIX *6200-MCA Ryahh FIX, E BND.....  Baret, CA FIX......................................  ...........
                                                E BND..............................................         8000
                                                W BND..............................................         5500
Baret, CA FIX.................................  Canno, CA FIX......................................         8000
Canno, CA FIX.................................  Julian, CA VORTAC..................................         8500
Julian, CA VORTAC.............................  Warne, CA FIX......................................             
                                                S BND..............................................         8000
                                                N BND..............................................         9000
Warne, CA FIX *5600-MCA Thermal VORTAC, N BND.  *Thermal, CA VORTAC................................         9000
Thermal, CA VORTAC............................  Twentynine Palms, CA VORTAC........................         7000
*Twentynine Palms, CA VORTAC *7900-MCA          Goffs, CA VORTAC...................................      **10000
 Twentynine Palms VORTAC, NE BND **7400-MOCA.                                                                   
Goffs, CA VORTAC..............................  Boulder City, NV VORTAC............................         7600
                                                                                                                
                        Sec.  95.6533 VOR Federal Airway 533 is Amended to Read in Part                         
                                                                                                                
Lakeland, FL VORTAC *3000-MRA.................  *Cambe, FL FIX.....................................         1700
                                                                                                                
                        Sec.  95.6538 VOR Federal Airway 538 is Amended to Read in Part                         
                                                                                                                
*Twentynine Palms, CA VORTAC *7900-MCA          Goffs, CA VORTAC...................................      **10000
 Twentynine Palms VORTAC, NE BND **7400-MOCA.                                                                   
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                               Sec.  95.8003 VOR Federal Airways Changeover Points                              
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                         Airway segment                                          Changeover points              
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                From                              To                Distance                  From              
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                                        V-113 is Amended to Read in Part                                        
                                                                                                                
Boise, ID VORTAC...................  Salmon, ID VOR/DME.........           45  Biose.                           
Salmon, ID VOR/DME.................  Coppertown, MT VOR/DME.....           60  Salmon.                          
                                                                                                                
                                           V-328 is Amended by Adding                                           
                                                                                                                
Dillingham, AK VOR/DME.............  Kipnuk, AK VOR/DME.........           70  Dillingham.                      
                                                                                                                
                                           V-514 is Amended by Adding                                           
                                                                                                                
Goffs, CA VORTAC...................  Boulder City, NV VORTAC....          #60  Goffs.                           
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#COP measured from EED VORTAC.                                                                                  


[FR Doc. 96-380 Filed 1-9-96; 8:45 am]
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