95-21015. IFR Altitudes; Miscellaneous Amendments  

  • [Federal Register Volume 60, Number 164 (Thursday, August 24, 1995)]
    [Rules and Regulations]
    [Pages 43964-43965]
    From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
    [FR Doc No: 95-21015]
    
    
    
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    DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
    14 CFR Part 95
    
    [Docket No. 28305; Amdt. No. 391]
    
    
    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, September 14, 1995.
    
    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, DC 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 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 
    
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    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 August 15, 1995.
    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 part 
    95) is amended as follows effective at 0901 UTC,
    
    PART 95--[AMENDED]
    
        1. The authority citation for part 95 is revised to read as 
    follows:
    
        Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(g), 40103, 40113; 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 391 Effective Date, September 14, 1995]           
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                 From                           To                   MEA    
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         Sec.  95.6026 VOR Federal Airway 26 Is Amended To Read in Part     
                                                                            
    Huron, SD VORTAC *3200--MOCA.  Obitt, SD FIX...............        *4000
                                                                            
         Sec.  95.6033 VOR Federal Airway 33 Is Amended To Read in Part     
                                                                            
    Faged, VA FIX................  Colin, VA FIX...............         4000
                                                                            
         Sec.  95.6181 VOR Federal Airway 181 Is Amended To Read in Part    
                                                                            
    Sioux Falls, SD VORTAC *3300-- Obitt, SD FIX...............        *4000
     MOCA.                                                                  
    Obitt, SD FIX *3100--MOCA....  Watertown, SD VORTAC........        *4000
                                                                            
         Sec.  95.6220 VOR Federal Airway 220 Is Amended To Read in Part    
                                                                            
    Sioux Falls, SD VORTAC *3200-- Watertown, SD VORTAC........        *4000
     MOCA.                                                                  
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             From                   To               MEA            MAA     
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           Sec.  95.7505 Jet Route No. 505 Is Amended To Read in Part       
                                                                            
    Seattle, WA VORTAC...  U.S. Canadian Border       #24000  45000         
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     #MEA is established with a gap in navigation signal coverage.          
    
    
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                   Airway segment                     Changeover points     
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             From                   To             Distance        From     
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        Sec.  95.8005 Jet Routes Changeover Points. Is Amended by Adding    
                                                                            
    Seattle, WA VORTAC...  Cranbrook, Canada             108  Seattle.      
                            VOR/DME.                                        
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    [FR Doc. 95-21015 Filed 8-23-95; 8:45 am]
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Document Information

Published:
08/24/1995
Department:
Transportation Department
Entry Type:
Rule
Action:
Final rule.
Document Number:
95-21015
Dates:
0901 UTC, September 14, 1995.
Pages:
43964-43965 (2 pages)
Docket Numbers:
Docket No. 28305, Amdt. No. 391
PDF File:
95-21015.pdf
CFR: (6)
14 CFR 95.6026
14 CFR 95.6033
14 CFR 95.6181
14 CFR 95.6220
14 CFR 95.7505
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