Airworthiness directives: IFR altitudes,

[Federal Register: December 18, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 243)]

[Rules and Regulations]

[Page 78916-78919]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 95

[Docket No. 30221; Amdt. No. 426]

IFR Altitudes; Miscellaneous Amendments

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Final rule.

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, January 25, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Donald P. Pate, Flight Procedure Standards Branch (AMCAFS-420), Flight Technologies and Programs Divisions, 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, D.C. on December 12, 2000. L. Nicholas Lacey, Director, Flight Standards Service.

Adoption for 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 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 I.F.R. Altitudes & Changeover Points [Amendment 426 effective date: January 25, 2001]

   From

   To

   MEA

   Color Routes Sec. 95.10 Amber Federal Airway 7 Is Amended To Read in Part

   CAMPBELL LAKE, AK NDB............ MINERAL CREEK, AK NDB...

   12000

   [[Page 78917]]

   Sec. 95.1001 District Routes--U.S. Atlantic Routes--AR001 Is Amended To Read in Part

   TORRY, FL FIX.................... *METTA, SC FIX..........

   25000

   *18000--MRA

   MAA--45000

   Atlantic Routes--AR003 Is Amended To Read in Part

   OLDEY, SC FIX.................... *PANAL, OA FIX..........

   2500

   *18000--MRA

   MAA--45000 PANAL, OA FIX.................... CAROLINA BEACH, NC NDB..

   2500

   MAA--45000

   Atlantic Routes--AR004 Is Amended To Read in Part

   Ashly, SC NDB.................... *METTA, SC FIX..........

   *18000--MRA

   Atlantic Routes--AR007 Is Amended To Read in Part

   ADOOR, FL FIX.................... *MILOE, OA FIX..........

   25000

   *18000--MRA

   MAA--45000 MILOE, OA FIX.................... *PANAL, OA FIX..........

   2500

   *18000--MRA

   MAA--45000 PANAL, OA FIX.................... DIXON, NC NDB/DME.......

   2500

   MAA--45000

   Atlantic Routes--AR014 Is Amended To Read in Part

   *METTA, SC FIX................... DIXON, NC NDB/DME.......

   18000

   MAA--45000

   *18000--MRA

   Sec. 95.6001 Victor Routes--U.S. Sec. 95.6066 VOR Federal Airway 66 Is Amended To Delete

   ABILENE, TX VORTAC............... BOWIE, TX VORTAC........

   3500 BOWIE, TX VORTAC................. BONHAM, TX VORTAC.......

   3700 BONHAM, TX VORTAC................ SULPHUR SPRINGS, TX VOR/

   2500 DME. SULPHUR SPRINGS, TX VOR/DME...... TEXARKANA, AR VORTAC....

   2000

   Sec. 95.6069 VOR Federal Airway 69 Is Amended To Delete

   BELCHER, LA VORTAC............... *COTTA, LA FIX..........

   2000

   *3000--MRA COTTA, LA FIX.................... *GOURD, LA FIX..........

   2000

   *3000--MRA GOURD, LA FIX.................... EL DORADO, AR VORTAC....

   20000

   Sec. 95.6094 VOR Federal Airway 94 Is Amended To Read in Part

   DEMING, NM VORTAC................ *MOLLY, NM FIX.......... **9000

   **1000--MRA

   **7700--MOCA

   Sec. 95.6163 VOR Federal Airway 131 Is Amended To Delete

   MC ALESTER, OK VORTAC............ BASAY, OK FIX...........

   2700 HOFFE, OK FIX.................... OKMULGEE, OK VOR/DME....

   2600

   Sec. 95.6163 VOR Federal Airway 163 Is Amended To Delete

   GLEN ROSE, TX VORTAC............. MILLSAP, TX VORTAC......

   3000 MILLSAP, TX VORTAC............... BOWIE, TX VORTAC........

   *3000

   *2500--MOCA BOWIE, TX VORTAC................. ARDMORE, OK VORTAC......

   3000 ARDMORE, OK VORTAC............... WILL ROGERS, OK VORTAC..

   3000

   [[Page 78918]]

   Sec. 95.6208 VOR Federal Airway 208 Is Amended To Read in Part

   HANKSVILLE, UT VORTAC............ CARBON, UT VOR/DME......

   10000

   Sec. 95.6305 VOR Federal Airway 305 Is Amended To Delete

   BELCHER, LA VORTAC............... *COTTA, LA FIX..........

   2000

   *3000--MOCA COTTA, LA FIX.................... *FOSTE, LA FIX..........

   2000

   *3500--MRA FOSTE, LA FIX.................... EL DORADO, AR, VORTAC...

   2000

   Sec. 95.6358 VOR Federal Airway 358 Is Amended To Read in Part

   SAN ANTONIO, TX VORTAC........... GUADA, TX FIX...........

   *4000

   *2700--MOCA GUADA, TX FIX.................... STONEWALL, TX VORTAC....

   4000

   Sec. 95.6358 VOR Federal Airway 358 Is Amended To Delete

   WACO, TX VORTAC.................. GLEN ROSE, TX VORTAC....

   3000 GLEN ROSE, TX VORTAX............. MILLSAP, TX VORTAC......

   3000 MILLSAP, TX VORTAC............... BOWIE, TX VORTAC........

   *3000

   *2500--MOCA BOWIE, TX VORTAC................. ARDMORE, OK VORTAC......

   3000 ARDMORE, OK VORTAC............... ALEXX, OK FIX...........

   3000 ALEXX, OK FIX.................... CAMAF, CA FIX...........

   3000 CAMAF, CA FIX.................... WILL ROGERS, OK VORTAC..

   3000

   Sec. 95.6382 VOR Federal Airway 382 Is Amended To Delete

   BRYCE CANYON, UT VORTAC.......... *GREEL, UT FIX.......... **16000

   *10000--MAA

   *13300--MOCA GREEL, UT FIX.................... *SAKES, UT FIX.......... **16000

   *1400--MCA SAKES, UT FIX, SW BND

   *13300--MOCA SAKES, UT FIX.................... GRAND JUNCTION, CO

   *11000 VORTAC.

   *9200--MOCA

   Sec. 95.6457 VOR Federal Airway 457 Is Amended To Read

   ILIAMNA, AK NDB/DME.............. *AWOMY, AK FIX.......... **5300 W BND...................

   *5300 E BND...................

   *9000

   *7000--MCA AWOMY FIX

   E BND...................

   *5300--MOCA AWOMY, AK FIX.................... *MOFOF, AK FIX..........

   9000

   *7000--MCA MOFOF FIX

   W BND................... MOFOF, AK FIX.................... KENAI, AK VOR/DME....... W BND...................

   *3000 E BND...................

   *9000

   *2700--MOCA

   Sec. 95.6568 VOR Federal Airway 568 Is Amended To Read in Part

   SAN ANTONIO, TX VORTAC........... GUADA, TX FIX...........

   *4000

   *2700--MOCA GUADA, TX FIX.................... STONEWALL, TX VORTAC....

   4000

   From

   To

   MEA

   MAA

   Sec. 95.7001 Jet Routes Sec. 95.7151 Jet Route No. 151 Is Amended To Read in Part

   VULCAN, AL VORTAC............................. FARMINGTON, MO VORTAC.................

   25000

   41000

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   Changeover points From

   To

   --------------------------------------- Distance

   From

   95.8003 VOR Federal Airway Changeover Points ALASKA V-457 Is Added To Read

   ILAMNA, AK NDB/DME..................... KENAI, AK VOR/DME..............

   47 ILIAMNA

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