[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 224 (Thursday, November 20, 2003)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 65390-65392]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-29025]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 95

[Docket No. 30397; Amdt. No. 445 ]


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, December 25, 2003.

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

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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, DC, on November 14, 2003.
James J. Ballough,
Director, Flight Standards Service.

Adoption of the Amendment

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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.
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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.


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2. Part 95 is amended to read as follows:

            Revisions to IFR Altitudes and Changeover Points
            [Amendment 445 Effective Date December 25, 2003]
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               From                           To                 MEA
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     Sec.   95.6058 VOR Federal Airway 58 is Amended to Read in Part
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Kingston, NY VOR/DME.............  Hartford, CT VOR/DME....        3,200
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    Sec.   95.6167 VOR Federal Airway 167 is Amended to Read in Part
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Hancock, NY VOR/DME..............  Helon, NY FIX...........        4,100
Helon, NY FIX....................  Kingston, NY VOR/DME....        4,000
Kingston, NY VOR/DME.............  Hartford, CT VOR/DME....        3,200
Jewit, CT FIX....................  Providence, RI VORTAC...      * 2,500
    * 2,000-MOCA
Providence, RI VORTAC............  Peake, MA FIX...........      * 2,500
    * 1,800-MOCA
Peake, MA FIX....................  Marconi, MA VOR/DME.....      * 3,000
    * 1,600-MOCA
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    Sec.   95.6454 VOR Federal Airway 454 is Amended to Read in Part
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Banbi, AL FIX....................  Columbus, GA VORTAC.....      * 2,400
    * 2,000-MOCA
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   Sec.   95.8003 VOR Federal Airway Changeover Points--Airway Segment


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                                                                                     Changeover points
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                                                                            Distance              From
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                                   V-506 is Amended to Modify Changeover Point
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King Salmon, AK VORTAC.................  Bethel AK VORTAC...............          102  King Salmon
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