[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 80 (Wednesday, April 24, 1996)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 18064-18065]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-10003]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
14 CFR Part 95
[Docket No. 28526; Amdt. No. 395]
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, April 25, 1996.
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
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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 March 29, 1996.
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 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. 40103, 40113, and; 49 U.S.C. 106(g)
(Revised Pub. L. 97-449, January 12, 1983); and 14 CFR 11.49(b)(2).
2. Part 95 is amended to read as follows:
Revisions to Minimum Enroute IFR Altitudes and Changeover Points
[Amendment 395 Effective Date, April 25, 1996]
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From To MEA
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Sec. 95.6004 VOR Federal Airway 4 Is Amended To Read in Part
Downs, KY FIX *2300-MOCA.......................... Louisville, KY VORTAC............................. *2600
Sec. 95.6007 VOR Federal Airway 7 Is Amended To Read in Part
Menominee, MI VOR/DME *3000-MOCA.................. Marquette, MI VOR/DME............................. *3600
Sec. 95.6133 VOR Federal Airway 133 Is Amended To Read in Part
Uuper, MI FIX *3000-MOCA.......................... Marquette, MI VOR/DME............................. *6000
Sec. 95.6224 VOR Federal Airway 224 Is Amended To Read in Part
Marquette, MI VOR/DME *2800-MOCA.................. Eston, MI FIX..................................... *6000
Sec. 95.6316 VOR Federal Airway 316 Is Amended to Read in Part
Hermy, MI FIX *3100-MOCA.......................... Marquette, MI VOR/DME............................. *3600
Marquette, MI VOR/DME *2800-MOCA.................. Traen, MI FIX..................................... *6000
Sec. 95.6341 VOR Federal Airway 341 Is Amended To Read in Part
Iron Mountain, MI VORTAC *3000-MOCA............... Marquette, MI VOR/DME............................. *3600
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From To MEA MAA
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Sec. 95.7588 Jet Route No. 588 Is Amended To Read in Part
Sault Ste Marie, MI VORTAC.................... U.S. Canadian Border.......................... 25000 45000
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Sec. 95.8003 VOR Federal Airways Changeover Points
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Airway segment Changeover points
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From To Distance From
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V-133 is amended to read in
part:
Escanaba, MI VORTAC...... Marquette, MI 20 Escanaba.
VOR/DME.
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[FR Doc. 96-10003 Filed 4-23-96; 8:45 am]
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