[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 138 (Wednesday, July 17, 1996)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 37206-37208]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-18059]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
14 CFR Part 95

[Docket No. 28621; Amdt. No. 397]


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, August 15, 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 
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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 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 July 5, 1996.
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 397 effective date, August 15, 1996]            
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               From                           To                 MEA    
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                    Sec.  95.1001 Direct Routes--U.S.                   
                                                                        
    B9                                                                  
                    Atlantic Routes is Added to Read                    
                                                                        
Marathon, FL NDB *4000-MRA **1500- *Deeds, FL FIX..........       **2000
 MOCA.                                                                  
                                                                        
        Sec.  95.6099 VOR Federal Airway 99 is Amended to Delete        
                                                                        
Hartford, CT VORTAC *4000-MRA      *Graym, MA FIX..........       **3000
 **2500-MOCA.                                                           
                                                                        
     Sec.  95.6151 VOR Federal Airway 151 is Amended to Read in Part    
                                                                        
Gails, MA FIX....................  Inndy, RI FIX...........         2000
Inndy, RI FIX *1500-MOCA.........  Providence, RI VORTAC...        *2000
                                                                        
     Sec.  95.6175 VOR Federal Airway 175 is Amended to Read in Part    
                                                                        
Madup, IA FIX *3900-MRA..........  *Welte, IA FIX..........         5500
Welte, IA FIX....................  Sioux City, IA VORTAC...         3000
                                                                        
     Sec.  95.6189 VOR Federal Airway 189 is Amended to Read in Part    
                                                                        
Wright Brothers, NC VOR/DME *2000- Tar River, NC VORTAC....        *4000
 MOCA.                                                                  
                                                                        
     Sec.  95.6233 VOR Federal Airway 233 is Amended to Read in Part    
                                                                        
Gaylord, MI VOR/DME *5000-MRA....  *Dripe, MI FIX..........         3100
                                                                        
        Sec.  95.6268 VOR Federal Airway 268 is Amended by Adding       
                                                                        
Tonni, MA FIX *5000-MRA..........  *Meshl, ME FIX..........         5000
Meshl, ME FIX....................  Sappe, ME FIX...........         3000
Sappe, ME FIX *1800-MOCA.........  Augusta, ME VOR/DME.....        *3000
                                                                        
                       Is Amended to Read in Part                       
                                                                        
Inndy, RI FIX *6000-MRA..........  *Tonni, MA FIX..........         6000
                                                                        
        Sec.  95.6451 VOR Federal Airway 451 is Amended to Delete       
                                                                        
Groton, CT VOR...................  Avonn, RI FIX...........         6000
Avonn, RI FIX....................  Inndy, RI FIX...........         2000
Inndy, RI FIX *6000-MRA..........  *Tonni, MA FIX..........         6000
Tonni, MA FIX....................  Seedy, NH FIX...........         5000
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                     From                                         To                        MEA          MAA    
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                               Sec.  95.7062 Jet Route No. 62 is amended to Delete                              
                                                                                                                
Nantucket, MA VORTAC..........................  Saile, MA W/P.........................        18000        45000
                                                                                                                
                               Sec.  95.7086 Jet Route No. 86 is amended by Adding                              
                                                                                                                
Beatty, NV VORTAC.............................  Fuzzy, NV FIX.........................        18000        45000
Fuzzy, NV FIX.................................  Boulder City, NV VORTAC...............        29000        45000
                                                                                                                
                            Sec.  95.7092 Jet Route No. 92 is Amended to Read in Part                           
                                                                                                                
Beatty, NV VORTAC.............................  Boulder City, NV VORTAC...............        24000        45000
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                               Sec.  95.7092 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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                                       J-92                                                                     
                                                                                                                
Beatty, NV VORTAC....................  Boulder City, NV VORTAC......           12  Boulder City.                
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[FR Doc. 96-18059 Filed 7-16-96; 8:45 am]
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