[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 149 (Thursday, August 1, 1996)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 40148-40150]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-19221]


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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 Administration (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 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, August 15, 1996:
    1. The authority citation for part 95 continues to read as follows:

    Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(g), 40103, 40106, 40113, 40114, 40120, 
44502, 44514, 44719, 44721.

    2. Part 95 is amended to read as follows:

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                        Revisions to Minimum Enroute IFR Altitudes and Changeover Points                        
                                 [Amendment 397 Effective Date, August 15, 1996]                                
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                                       Sec.  95.1001  Direct Routes--U.S.                                       
                                                                                                                
     Atlantic Routes--B9 is Added to Read                                                                       
                                                                                                                
Marathon, FL NDB..............................  *Deeds, FL Fix.....................................       **2000
    *4000-MRA                                                                                                   
    **1500-MOCA                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                
                            Sec.  95.6099  VOR Federal Airway 99 is Amended to Delete                           
                                                                                                                
Hartford, CT Vortac...........................  *Graym, MA Fix.....................................       **3000
    *4000-MRA                                                                                                   
    **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.................................  Providence, RI Vortac..............................        *2000
    *1500-MOCA                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                
                         Sec.  956175  VOR Federal Airway 175 is Amended to Read in Part                        
                                                                                                                
Madup, IA Fix.................................  *Welte, IA Fix.....................................         5500
    *3900-MRA                                                                                                   
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...................  Tar River, NC Vortac...............................        *4000
    *2000-MOCA                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                
                        Sec.  95.6233  VOR Federal Airway 233 is Amended to Read in Part                        
                                                                                                                
Gaylord, MI VOR/DME...........................  *Dripe, MI Fix.....................................         3100
    *5000-MRA                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                
                              95.6268  VOR Federal Airway 268 is Amended by Adding                              
                                                                                                                
Tonni, MA Fix.................................  *Meshl, ME Fix.....................................         5000
    *5000-MRA                                                                                                   
Meshl, ME Fix.................................  Sappe, ME Fix......................................         3000
Sappe, ME Fix.................................  Augusta, ME VOR/DME................................        *3000
    *1800-MOCA                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                
                                           Is Amended to Read in Part                                           
                                                                                                                
Inndy, RI Fix.................................  *Tonni, MA Fix.....................................         6000
    *6000-MRA                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                
                           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.................................  *Tonni, MA Fix.....................................         6000
    *6000-MRA                                                                                                   
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 Fx................................        18000        45000
Fuzzy, NV Fx............................  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. 96-19221 Filed 7-31-96; 8:45 am]
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