IFR altitudes,
[Federal Register: June 10, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 111)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 34522-34526]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
14 CFR Part 95
[Docket No. 30371; Amdt. No. 442]
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, July 10, 2003.
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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 June 5, 2003. James J. Ballough, Director, Flight Standards Service.
Adoption of the Amendment
0 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, July 10, 2003. 0 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.
0 2. Part 95 is amended to read as follows:
Revisions to IFR Altitudes & Changeover Points [Amendment 442, Effective date, July 10, 2003]
From
To
MEA
MAA
Sec. 95.5000 High Altitude RNAV Routes Sec. 95.5001 RNAV Route No. Q1 is added to read
ELMAA, WA FIX................ POINT REYES, CA 18
45000 VORTAC.
000
GNSS REQUIRED
DME/DME RNAV NA
Sec. 95.5003 RNAV Route No. Q3 is added to read
FEPOT, WA WP................. POINT REYES, CA 18
45000 VORTAC.
000
GNSS REQUIRED
DME/DME RNAV NA
Sec. 95.5005 RNAV Route No. Q5 is added to read
HAROB, WA WP................. STIKM CA WP.... 18
45000 000
GNSS REQUIRED
DME/DME RNAV NA
Sec. 95.5007 RNAV Route No. Q7 is added to read
JINMO, WA WP................. AVENAL, CA 18
45000 VORTAC.
000
GNSS REQUIRED
DME/DME RNAV NA
Sec. 95.5009 RNAV Route No. Q9 is added to read
SUMMA, WA FIX................ DERBB, CA FIX.. 18
45000 000
GNSS REQUIRED
DME/DME RNAV NA
Sec. 95.5011 RNAV Route No. Q11 is added to read
PAAGE, WA WP................. LOS ANGELES, CA 18
45000 VORTAC.
000
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GNSS REQUIRED
DME/DME RNAV NA
Sec. 95.5013 RNAV Route No. Q13 is added to read
PAWLI, OR WP................. LIDAT, NV FIX.. 18
45000 000
GNSS REQUIRED
DME/DME RNAV NA
Sec. 95.5501 RNAV Route No. Q501 is added to read
SOBME, SD WP................. GOPHER, MN 18
45000 VORTAC.
000
GNSS REQUIRED
DME/DME RNAV NA GOPHER, MN VORTAC............ VIXIS, CANADA 18
45000 FIX.
000
GNSS REQUIRED
DME/DME RNAV NA
Excludes the Portion within Canada
Sec. 95.5502 RNAV Route No. Q502 is added to read
SOBME, SD WP................. GOPHER, MN 18
45000 VORTAC.
000
GNSS REQUIRED
DME/DME RNAV NA GOPHER, MN VORTAC............ KENPA, CANADA 18
45000 FIX.
000
GNSS REQUIRED
DME/DME RNAV NA
Excludes the Portion within Canada
Sec. 95.5504 RNAV Route No. Q504 is added to read
HEMDI, SD WP................. NOTAP, CANADA 18
45000 WP.
000
GNSS REQUIRED
DME/DME RNAV NA
Excludes the Portion within Canada
Sec. 95.5505 RNAV Route No. Q505 is added to read
HEMDI, SD WP................. OMAGA, CANADA 18
45000 FIX.
000
GNSS REQUIRED
DME/DME RNAV NA
Excludes the Portion within Canada
From
To
MEA
Sec. 95.6001 Victor Routes--U.S. Sec. 95.6003 VOR Federal Airway 3 Is Amended To Read in Part
Brunswick, GA VORTAC............. *Broun, GA FIX.......... **3,000
*11,000--MRA
**2,200--MOCA Broun, GA FIX.................... *Harps, GA FIX.......... **3,000
*3,800--MRA
**2,200--MOCA Harps, GA FIX.................... Keler, GA FIX........... *3,000
*2,200--MOCA Keler, GA FIX.................... Savannah, GA VORTAC..... *3,000
*1,900--MOCA
Sec. 95.6033 VOR Federal Airway 33 is Amended To Read in Part
Bradford, PA VOR/DME............. Vairs, NY FIX........... *10,000
*4800--MOCA Vairs, NY FIX.................... Buffalo, NY VOR/DME..... *5,000
*4000--MOCA
Sec. 95.6037 VOR Federal Airway 37 is Amended To Read in Part
Brunswick, GA VORTAC............. *Broun, GA FIX.......... **3,000
*11,000--MRA
**2,200--MOCA Broun, GA FIX.................... *Harps, GA FIX.......... **3,000
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*3,800--MRA
**2,200--MOCA Harps, GA FIX.................... Keler, GA FIX........... *3,000
*2,200--MOCA Keler, GA FIX.................... Savannah, GA VORTAC..... *3,000
*1,900--MOCA Savannah, GA VORTAC.............. Allendale, SC VOR....... *4,000
*1,500--MOCA
Sec. 95.6154 VOR Federal Airway 154 is Amended To Read in Part
Ocone, GA FIX.................... Savannah, GA VORTAC..... *3,000
*1,800--MOCA
Sec. 95.6185 VOR Federal Airway 185 is Amended To Read in Part
Savannah, GA VORTAC.............. *Spong, GA FIX.......... **3,000
*5,000--MRA
**2,200--MOCA Spong, GA FIX.................... Colliers, SC VORTAC..... *3,000
*2,200--MOCA
Sec. 95.6298 VOR Federal Airway 298 is Amended To Read in Part
Chang, WY FIX.................... Gillette, WY VOR/DME....
7,200
Sec. 95.6437 VOR Federal Airway 437 is Amended To Read in Part
Ormond Beach, FL VORTAC.......... *Jetso, FL FIX.......... **3,000
*3,500--MRA
**1,300--MOCA Jetso, FL FIX.................... Hotar, FL FIX........... *5,000
*1,200--MOCA Hotar, FL FIX.................... Stary, GA FIX........... *8,000
*1,200--MOCA Stary, GA FIX.................... Savannah, GA VORTAC..... *3,000
*1,900--MOCA
Sec. 95.6441 VOR Federal Airway 441 is Amended To Read in Part
Stary, GA FIX.................... Savannah, GA VORTAC..... *3,000
*1,900--MOCA
Sec. 95.6578 VOR Federal Airway 578 is Amended To Read in Part
Alma, GA VORTAC.................. Savannah, GA VORTAC..... *6,000
*2,600--MOCA
From
To
MEA
MAA
Sec. 95.7001 Jet Routes Sec. 95.7002 Jet Route No. 2 Is Amended To Read in Part
Lake Charles, LA VORTAC...... Baton Rouge, LA 18,000 45,000 VORTAC. Baton Rouge, LA VORTAC....... Semmes, LA
18,000 45,000 VORTAC.
Sec. 95.7138 Jet Route No. 138 Is Amended To Read in Part
Lake Charles, LA VORTAC...... Baton Rouge, LA 18,000 45,000 VORTAC. Baton Rouge, LA VORTAC....... Semmes, LA
18,000 45,000 VORTAC.
Sec. 95.7590 Jet Route No. 590 Is Amended To Read in Part
Lake Charles, LA VORTAC...... Baton Rouge, LA 18,000 45,000 VORTAC. Baton Rouge, LA VORTAC....... Greene County,
18,000 45,000 MS VORTAC.
Airway Segment
Changeover Points
From
To
Distance
From
Sec. 95.8003 VOR Federal Airway Changeover Points Is Amended To Delete Changeover Point V-437
Ormond Beach FL, VORTAC................ Savannah, GA VORTAC...........
80 Ormond Beach.
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