[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 170 (Wednesday, September 2, 1998)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 46650-46652]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-23663]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 95

[Docket No. 29322; Amdt. No. 411]


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, October 8, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Donald P. Pate, Flight Procedure Standards Branch (AMCAFS-420), Flight 
Technologies and Programs Division, Flight Standards Service, Federal 
Aviation Administration, Mike Monroney Aeronautical Center, 6500 South 
MacArthur Blvd., Oklahoma City, OK 73169 (Mail Address: P.O. Box 25082 
Oklahoma City, OK 73125) telephone: (405) 954-4164.

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 Systems 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 August 28, 1998.
Richard O. Gordon,
Acting 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, 40106, 40113, 40114, 40120, 
44502, 44514, 44719, 44721.

    2. Part 95 is amended to read as follows:

    Revisions to Minimum Enroute IFR Altitudes and Changeover Points    
             [Amendment 411 Effective Date, October 8, 1998]            
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               From                           To                 MEA    
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  Sec.  95.1001  Direct Routes--Sec.  95.626  Blue Federal Airway 26 is 
                        Amended To Read in Part                         
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Yukon River, AK NDB..............  Barter Island, AK NDB...      #*12000
    *10900-MOCA                                                         
#MEA is established with a gap in                                       
 navigation signal coverage.                                            
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     Sec.  95.6006  VOR Federal Airway 6 is Amended To Read in Part     
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Grand Island, NE VORTAC..........  Touhy, NE FIX...........        *4000

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    *3100-MOCA                                                          
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     Sec.  95.6008  VOR Federal Airway 8 is Amended To Read in Part     
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Grand Island, NE VORTAC..........  Touhy, NE FIX...........        *4000
    *3100-MOCA                                                          
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    Sec.  95.6053  VOR Federal Airway 53 is Amended To Read in Part     
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Louisville, KY VORTAC............  Heals, IN FIX...........         3000
Heals, IN FIX....................  *Strep, IN FIX..........       **3000
    *4500-MRA                                                           
    **2300-MOCA                                                         
Strep, IN FIX....................  House, IN FIX...........        *3000
    *2400-MOCA                                                          
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     Sec.  95.6094  VOR Federal Airway 94 is Amended To Read in Part    
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Valer, TN FIX....................  Teach, TN FIX...........        *4000
    *2500-MOCA                                                          
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    Sec.  95.6119  VOR Federal Airway 119 is Amended To Read in Part    
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Clarion, PA VOR/DME..............  Bradford, PA VOR/DME....         4200
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    Sec.  95.6184  VOR Federal Airway 184 is Amended To Read in Part    
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Harrisburg, PA VORTAC............  Delro, PA FIX...........         3000
Delro, PA FIX....................  Modena, PA VORTAC.......         5000
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    Sec.  95.6203  VOR Federal Airway 203 is Amended To Read in Part    
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Albany, NY VORTAC................  Otole, NY FIX...........        *6000
    *2000-MOCA                                                          
Otole, NY FIX....................  Dinny, NY FIX...........       *10000
    *6100-MOCA                                                          
Dinny, NY FIX....................  Saranac Lake, NY VOR/DME         6500
Saranac Lake, NY VOR/DME.........  Massena, NY VORTAC......        *7000
    *4400-MOCA                                                          
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    Sec.  95.6369  VOR Federal Airway 369 is Amended To Read in Part    
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Groesbeck, TX VOR/DME............  Maverick, TX VOR/DME....         3400
    MAA-17500                                                           
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    Sec.  95.6428  VOR Federal Airway 428 is Amended To Read in Part    
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Corta, NY FIX....................  Georgetown, NY VORTAC...        *5000
    *3600-MOCA                                                          
Georgetown, NY VORTAC............  Eaten, NY FIX...........         4000
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       Sec.  95.6465  VOR Federal Airway 465 is Amended by Adding       
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Billings, MT VORTAC..............  Miles City, MT VORTAC...         6000
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    Sec.  95.6474  VOR Federal Airway 474 is Amended To Read in Part    
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Noeno, PA FIX....................  Delro, PA FIX...........         3000
Delro, PA FIX....................  Modena, PA VORTAC.......         5000
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    Sec.  95.6506  VOR Federal Airway 505 is Amended To Read in Part    
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Freed, MN FIX....................  *Almay, MN FIX..........       **4600
    *5000-MRA                                                           
    **2600-MOCA                                                         
Almay, MN FIX....................  Prags, MN FIX...........        *5000
    *2500-MOCA                                                          
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                     From                                         To                        MEA          MAA    
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                          Sec.  95.7146  Jet Route No. 146 is Amended To Read in Part                           
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Allentown, PA VORTAC..........................  Kennedy, NY VOR/DME...................       #18000        45000
    #COP OVERLIES FJC VORTAC                                                                                    
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                                    Airway segment                                          Changeover points   
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                                                                  To                      Distance       From   
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                Sec.  95.8003  VOR Federal Airways Changeover Points V-119 is Amended To Delete                 
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Clarion, PA VOR/DME...........................  Bradford, PA VOR/DME..................          #40      Clarion
    #BFD R-232 UNUSEABLE. USE CIP R-050                                                                         
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                                        V-428 is Amended To Read in Part                                        
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Ithaca, NY VOR/DME............................  Georgetown, NY VORTAC.................           20      Ithaca.
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                   Sec.  95.8005  Jet routes Changeover Points J-42 is Amended To Read in Part                  
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Memphis, TN VORTAC............................  Nashville, TN.........................          119     Memphis.
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[FR Doc. 98-23663 Filed 9-1-98; 8:45 am]
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