Federal Register, Volume 62 Issue 44 (Thursday, March 6, 1997)

[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 44 (Thursday, March 6, 1997)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 10202-10204]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-5549]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
14 CFR Part 95

[Docket No. 28833; Amdt. No. 401]

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, March 27, 1997.

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 his 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 February 21, 1997.
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, March 27, 1997.
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 401 effective date, March 27, 1997]

From To MEA
Sec. 95.1001 Direct Routes--U.S.
Sec. 95.637 Blue Federal Airway 37 is Amended to Read in Part
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Elephant, AK NDB................. Sparl, AK FIX........... *6000
*5100-MOCA
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Sec. 95.1001 Direct Routes--U.S. is Amended to Delete
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Dallas/Fort Worth, TX Vortax..... Duncan, OK VOR/DME...... *5000
*2600-MOCA
VIA DFW VORTAC 275& SPS VORTAC
140
*3000-MOCA
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Sec. 95.6050 VOR Federal Airway 50 is Amended To Read in Part
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Pawnee City, NE VORTAC........... St. Joseph, MO VORTAC... 4000
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Sec. 95.6069 VOR Federal Airway 69 is amended to read in Part
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Pine Bluff, AR VOR/DME........... Billi, AR FIX........... *2000
Billi, AR FIX *Hille, AR FIX.......... **6000
*6000-MRA
**1500-MOCA
Hille, AR FIX.................... Walnut Ridge, AR VORTAC. *4000
*3000-MOCA
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Sec. 95.6153 VOR Federal Airway 153 is Amended to Read in Part
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Lake Henry, PA VORTAC............ Grows, NY FIX........... *5000
*4200-MOCA
Grows, NY FIX.................... Georgetown, NY VORTAC... *-6000
*3700-MOCA
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Sec. 95.6210 VOR Federal Airway 210 is Amended to Read in Part
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Rolls, OK FIX.................... *Waxey, OK FIX.......... **8400
*4400-MRA
**3500-MOCA
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Sec. 95.6223 VOR Federal Airway 223 is Amended to Read in Part
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Haney, VA FIX.................... *Fluky, VA FIX.......... 2600
*1000-MRA
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Sec. 95.6375 VOR Federal Airway 375 is amended to Read in Part
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Gordonsville, VA VORTAC.......... *Haney, VA FIX.......... 2800
*7000-MRA
Haney, VA FIX.................... Fluky, VA FIX........... 2600
*1000-MRA
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Sec. 95.6488 VOR Federal AIrway 488 is Amended to Read in Part
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Akelt, AK FIX.................... Almot, AK FIX........... *10000
*4000-MOCA
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Sec. 95.6491 VOR Federal Airway 491 is amended to Read in Part
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Rapid City, SD VORTAC............ Dickinson, ND VORTAC.... *8000
*5000-MOCA
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Sec. 95.6507 VOR Federal Airway 507 is Amended to Read in Part
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Waxey, OK FIX.................... Rolls, OK FIX........... *8400
*3500-MOCA
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From To MEA MAA
Sec. 95.7532 Jet Route No. 532 is Amended to Delete
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Humboldt, MN VORTAC........................... U.S. Candian Border................... 18000 45000
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Sec. 95.8003 VOR Federal Airways Changeover Points Airway Segment V-76 Is Amended to Delete
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Changeover points
From To ---------------------------------------
Distance From
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Lubbock, TX VORTAC..................... Big Spring, TX VORTAC.......... 71 Lubbock
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V-81 is Amended to Delete
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Lubbock, TX VORTAC..................... Midland, TX VORTAC............. 71 Lubbock
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[FR Doc. 97-5549 Filed 3-5-97; 8:45 am]
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