[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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