[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 170 (Wednesday, September 2, 1998)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 46650-46652]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-23663]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
14 CFR Part 95
[Docket No. 29322; Amdt. No. 411]
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, October 8, 1998.
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 Systems 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 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 August 28, 1998.
Richard O. Gordon,
Acting 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:
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 Minimum Enroute IFR Altitudes and Changeover Points
[Amendment 411 Effective Date, October 8, 1998]
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From To MEA
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Sec. 95.1001 Direct Routes--Sec. 95.626 Blue Federal Airway 26 is
Amended To Read in Part
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Yukon River, AK NDB.............. Barter Island, AK NDB... #*12000
*10900-MOCA
#MEA is established with a gap in
navigation signal coverage.
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Sec. 95.6006 VOR Federal Airway 6 is Amended To Read in Part
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Grand Island, NE VORTAC.......... Touhy, NE FIX........... *4000
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*3100-MOCA
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Sec. 95.6008 VOR Federal Airway 8 is Amended To Read in Part
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Grand Island, NE VORTAC.......... Touhy, NE FIX........... *4000
*3100-MOCA
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Sec. 95.6053 VOR Federal Airway 53 is Amended To Read in Part
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Louisville, KY VORTAC............ Heals, IN FIX........... 3000
Heals, IN FIX.................... *Strep, IN FIX.......... **3000
*4500-MRA
**2300-MOCA
Strep, IN FIX.................... House, IN FIX........... *3000
*2400-MOCA
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Sec. 95.6094 VOR Federal Airway 94 is Amended To Read in Part
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Valer, TN FIX.................... Teach, TN FIX........... *4000
*2500-MOCA
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Sec. 95.6119 VOR Federal Airway 119 is Amended To Read in Part
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Clarion, PA VOR/DME.............. Bradford, PA VOR/DME.... 4200
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Sec. 95.6184 VOR Federal Airway 184 is Amended To Read in Part
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Harrisburg, PA VORTAC............ Delro, PA FIX........... 3000
Delro, PA FIX.................... Modena, PA VORTAC....... 5000
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Sec. 95.6203 VOR Federal Airway 203 is Amended To Read in Part
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Albany, NY VORTAC................ Otole, NY FIX........... *6000
*2000-MOCA
Otole, NY FIX.................... Dinny, NY FIX........... *10000
*6100-MOCA
Dinny, NY FIX.................... Saranac Lake, NY VOR/DME 6500
Saranac Lake, NY VOR/DME......... Massena, NY VORTAC...... *7000
*4400-MOCA
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Sec. 95.6369 VOR Federal Airway 369 is Amended To Read in Part
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Groesbeck, TX VOR/DME............ Maverick, TX VOR/DME.... 3400
MAA-17500
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Sec. 95.6428 VOR Federal Airway 428 is Amended To Read in Part
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Corta, NY FIX.................... Georgetown, NY VORTAC... *5000
*3600-MOCA
Georgetown, NY VORTAC............ Eaten, NY FIX........... 4000
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Sec. 95.6465 VOR Federal Airway 465 is Amended by Adding
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Billings, MT VORTAC.............. Miles City, MT VORTAC... 6000
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Sec. 95.6474 VOR Federal Airway 474 is Amended To Read in Part
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Noeno, PA FIX.................... Delro, PA FIX........... 3000
Delro, PA FIX.................... Modena, PA VORTAC....... 5000
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Sec. 95.6506 VOR Federal Airway 505 is Amended To Read in Part
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Freed, MN FIX.................... *Almay, MN FIX.......... **4600
*5000-MRA
**2600-MOCA
Almay, MN FIX.................... Prags, MN FIX........... *5000
*2500-MOCA
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From To MEA MAA
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Sec. 95.7146 Jet Route No. 146 is Amended To Read in Part
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Allentown, PA VORTAC.......................... Kennedy, NY VOR/DME................... #18000 45000
#COP OVERLIES FJC VORTAC
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Airway segment Changeover points
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To Distance From
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Sec. 95.8003 VOR Federal Airways Changeover Points V-119 is Amended To Delete
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Clarion, PA VOR/DME........................... Bradford, PA VOR/DME.................. #40 Clarion
#BFD R-232 UNUSEABLE. USE CIP R-050
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V-428 is Amended To Read in Part
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Ithaca, NY VOR/DME............................ Georgetown, NY VORTAC................. 20 Ithaca.
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Sec. 95.8005 Jet routes Changeover Points J-42 is Amended To Read in Part
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Memphis, TN VORTAC............................ Nashville, TN......................... 119 Memphis.
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[FR Doc. 98-23663 Filed 9-1-98; 8:45 am]
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