[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 108 (Tuesday, June 5, 2001)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 30057-30059]
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[FR Doc No: 01-14107]



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[[Page 30057]]



DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 95

[Docket No. 30251; Amdt. No. 429]


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, July 12, 2001.

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 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.

Conclusion

    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 May 30, 2001.
Nicholas A. Sabatini,
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, July 12, 2001:

PART 95--[AMENDED]

    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 IFR Altitudes and Changeover Points
              [Amendment 429 effective date: July 12, 2001]
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               From                           To                 MEA
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         Sec.  95.1001  Direct Routes--U.S. is Amended by Adding
                          Atlantic Routes--A315
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HODGY, BS FIX....................  *AMBIS, BS FIX..........         7000
    *16500--MRA
AMBIS, BS FIX....................  DUNNO, BS FIX...........         7000
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                         Amended To Read in Part
                          Atlantic Routes--A555
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NASSAU, BS VOR/DME...............  LEPAS, BS FIX...........         3000
LEPAS, BS FIX....................  BOSAR, BS FIX...........         3000
BOSAR, BS FIX....................  GEROT, OA FIX...........         3000
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                          Bahama Routes--7 LIMA
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NASSAU, BS NDB...................  HIROC, BS FIX...........        *2000
    * 1500--MOCA
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      Sec.  95.6001  Victor Routes--U.S. is Amended to Read in Part
                  Sec.  95.6011  VOR Federal Airway 11
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GREENE COUNTY, MS VORTAC.........  *SOSOE, MS FIX..........       **3000
    *4000--MRA
    *1800--MOCA
SOSOE, MS FIX....................  *RAKIN, MS FIX..........       **3000
    * 3000--MRA
    ** 2400--MOCA
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                  Sec.  95.6013  VOR Federal Airway 13
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MC ALLEN, TX VOR/DME.............  HARLINGEN, TX VOR/DME...         2000
HARLINGEN, TX VOR/DME............  ASCOT, TX FIX...........        *5000
    *1500--MOCA
DES MOINES, IA VORTAC............  *ANKEN, IA FIX..........         2700
    *3500--MCA ANKEN FIX N BND
ANKEN, IA FIX....................  NEVAD, IA FIX...........         4000
NEVAD, IA FIX....................  ALOCK, IA FIX...........       * 3300
    *2700--MOAC
ALOCK, IA FIX....................  MASON CITY, IA VORTAC...         3000
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                  Sec.  95.6017  VOR Federal Airway 17
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BROWNSVILLE, TX VORTAC...........  HARLINGEN, TX VOR/DME...        *8000
    * 2000--MOCA
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                  Sec.  95.6070  VOR Federal Airway 70
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BROWNSVILLE, TX VORTAC...........  *RAYMO, TX FIX..........         1600
    *5000--MRA
RAYMO, TX FIX....................  JIMIE, TX FIX...........        *4000
    * 1500--MOCA
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                  Sec.  95.6135  VOR Federal Airway 135
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BEATTY, NV VORTAC................  TEZUM, NV FIX...........       *11000
    * 9600--MOCA
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                  Sec.  95.6161  VOR Federal Airway 161
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DES MOINES, IA VORTAC............  *ANKEN, IA FIX..........         2700
    *3500--MCA ANKEN FIX N BND
ANKEN, IA FIX....................  NEVAD, IA FIX...........         4000
NEVAD, IA FIX....................  ALOCK, IA FIX...........        *3300
    *2700--MOCA
ALOCK, IA FIX....................  MASON CITY, IA VORTAC...         3000
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                  Sec.  95.6163  VOR Federal Airway 163
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MANNY, TX FIX....................  ASCOT, TX FIX...........        *5000
    *1500--MOCA
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                  Sec.  95.6222  VOR Federal Airway 222
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EATON, MS VORTAC.................  PICAN, MS FIX...........         2300
PICAN MS FIX.....................  MONROEVILLE, AL VORTAC..         2000
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                  Sec.  95.6257  VOR Federal Airway 257
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GRAND CANYON, AZ VOR/DME.........  *DOZIT, AZ FIX..........     ** 14500
    *14500--MCA DOZIT FIX S BND
    **11200--MOCA
DOZIT, AZ FIX....................  JALMA, AZ FIX...........       *14500
    *11200--MOCA
JALMA, AZ FIX....................  KACIR, AZ FIX...........       *13000
    * 11000--MOCA
KACIR, AZ FIX....................  BRYCE CANYON, UT VORTAC.        11600
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                  Sec.  95.6271  VOR Federal Airway 271
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MUSKEGON, MI VORTAC..............  WELKO, MI FIX...........        *3000
    *2400--MOCA
WELKO, MI FIX....................  MANISTEE, MI VOR/DME....        *4000
    *2100--MOCA                    ........................
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                  Sec.  95.6285  VOR Federal Airway 285
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WHITE CLOUD, MI VORTAC...........  MANISTEE, MI VOR/DME....        *4000
    *2400--MOCA                    ........................
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                  Sec.  95.6465  VOR Federal Airway 465
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LUNDI, ID FIX....................  JACKSON HOLE, WY VOR/DME       *15000
    *129000--MOCA


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                                                                                    Changeover Points
                  From                                 To               ----------------------------------------
                                                                           Distance              From
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                               Sec.  95.8003  VOR Federal Airway Changeover Points
                                   V-135 Is Amended by Adding Changeover Point
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Airway Segment:
BEATTY, NV VORTAC......................  TONOPAH, NV VORTAC............           34  BEATTY
    #COP 53 NM FROM AND UTILIZES
     COALDALE, NV VORTAC ON THE 129 M
     RAD
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                                   V-257 Is Amended To Modify Changeover Point
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GRAND CANYON, AZ VOR/DME...............  BRYCE CANYON, UT VORTAC.......           36  GRAND CANYON
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