[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 68 (Monday, April 11, 2005)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 18299-18301]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-7211]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 95

[Docket No. 30442; Amdt. No. 454]


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, May 12, 2005.

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, DC on April 5, 2005.
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, May 12, 2005.

PART 95--[AMENDED]

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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 454, effective date, May 12, 2005]
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              From                          To                  MEA
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             Sec.   95.1001 Direct Routes--U.S. Color Routes
    Sec.   95.516 Green Federal Airway G16 Is Amended to Read in Part
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Put River, AK NDB..............  Barter Island, AK NDB..            2000
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                    From                                      To                        MEA             MAA
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                                    Sec.   95.4000 High Altitude RNAV Routes
                             Sec.   95.4001 RNAV Route Q1 Is Amended to Read in Part
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Elmaa, WA FIX..............................  Point Reyes, CA VORTAC.............      *           45000
                                                                                           24000
    * 18000-GNSS MEA                         Los Angeles, CA VORTAC.............  *2600           45000
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     DME/DME/IRU RNAV MEA
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                             Sec.   95.4003 RNAV Route Q3 Is Amended to Read in Part
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Fepot, WA FIX..............................  Point Reyes, CA VORTAC.............      *           45000
                                                                                           24000

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    * 18000-GNSS MEA
     DME/DME/IRU RNAV MEA
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                             Sec.   95.4005 RNAV Route Q5 Is Amended to Read in Part
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Harob, WA FIX..............................  Stikm, CA FIX......................      *           45000
                                                                                           26000
    * 18000-GNSS MEA
     DME/DME/IRU RNAV MEA
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                             Sec.   95.4007 RNAV Route Q7 Is Amended to Read in Part
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Jinmo, WA FIX..............................  Avenal, CA VORTAC..................      *           45000
                                                                                           24000
    * 18000-GNSS MEA
     DME/DME/IRU RNAV MEA
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                             Sec.   95.4009 RNAV Route Q9 Is Amended to Read in Part
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Summa, WA FIX..............................  Derbb, CA FIX......................      *           45000
                                                                                           24000
    * 18000-GNSS MEA
     DME/DME/IRU RNAV MEA
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                            Sec.   95.4011 RNAV Route Q11 Is Amended to Read in Part
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Paage, WA FIX..............................  Los Angeles, CA VORTAC.............      *           45000
                                                                                           26000
    * 18000-GNSS MEA
     DME/DME/IRU RNAV MEA
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              From                          To                  MEA
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                   Sec.   95.6001 Victor Routes--U.S.
    Sec.   95.6118 VOR Federal Airway V118 Is Amended to Read in Part
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Laramie, WY VORTAC.............  * Sense, WY FIX........           11000
    * 9900-MCA SENSE, WY FIX, W
     BND
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    Sec.   95.6161 VOR Federal Airway V161 Is Amended to Read in Part
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Tulsa, OK VORTAC...............  Novel, OK FIX..........            3000
Novel, OK FIX..................  Oswego, KS VORTAC......            2800
Oswego, KS VORTAC..............  Nally, KS FIX..........          * 3000
    * 2400-MOCA
Nally, KS FIX..................  Butler, MO VORTAC......          * 3000
    * 2500-MOCA
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    Sec.   95.6466 VOR Federal Airway V466 Is Amended to Read in Part
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Glade Spring, VA VOR/DME.......  * Dorff, VA FIX........            6600
    * 7000-MRA
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                                 Airway segment                                            Change points
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                    From                                      To                     Distance          From
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                               Sec.   95.8003 VOR Federal Airway Changeover Points
                                    V16 Is Amended to Delete Changeover Point
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Pulaski, VA VORTAC.........................  Roanoke, VA VORTAC.................              10         Pulaski
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                                    V45 Is Amended to Delete Changeover Point
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Pulaski, VA VORTAC.........................  Bluefield, WV VORTAC...............              10         Pulaski
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                                   V466 Is Amended to Delete Changeover Point
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Glade Spring, VA VOR/DME...................  Pulaski, VA VORTAC.................              58    Glade Spring
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                                    V59 Is Amended to Delete Changeover Point
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Pulaski, VA VORTAC.........................  Beckley, WV VORTAC.................              10         Pulaski
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