IFR altitudes,

[Federal Register: August 30, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 168)]

[Rules and Regulations]

[Page 51469-51471]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 95

[Docket No. 30510; Amdt. No. 463]

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, September 28, 2006.

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 August 23, 2006. 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

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Regulations (14 CFR part 95) is amended as follows effective at 0901 UTC, September 28, 2006. 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 and Changeover Points [Amendment 463 effective date, September 28, 2006]

From

To

MEA

MAA

Sec. 95.1001 Direct Routes--U.S.

Atlantic Routes--AR3

Is amended to read in part:

Carps, FL FIX........... Perie, OA FIX....... 2500 45000

Oldey, SC FIX........... Panal, OA FIX....... 2500 45000

Panal, OA FIX........... Carolina Beach, NC

2500 45000 NDB.

Atlantic Routes--AR4

Is amended to read in part:

Ashly, SC NDB........... Metta, SC FIX....... ......... 9000

Sec. 95.6001 Victor Routes--U.S.

Sec. 95.6027 VOR Federal Airway V27

Is amended to read in part:

*EUGEN, CA FIX.......... **TAILS, CA FIX..... ......... ***6000 *7000-MRA........... **7000-MRA.......... ***3000-MOCA........

Sec. 95.6452 VOR Federal Airway V452

Is amended to read in part:

Bachs, CA FIX........... Halle, NV FIX....... ......... *14000 *10200-MOCA.........

Halle, NV FIX........... Mustang, NV VORTAC.. ......... *11000 *9500-MOCA..........

Sec. 95.6593 Alaska VOR Federal Airway V431

Is amended to delete:

Sisters Island, AK

*Lyric, AK FIX...... **8000 ......... VORTAC. *8000-MRA........... **5800-MOCA......... **5800-GPS MEA......

*Lyric, AK FIX.......... Biorka Island, AK

5000 ......... VORTAC. *8000-MRA...........

Sec. 95.6593 Alaska VOR Federal Airway V593

Is added to read:

Sisters Island, AK

*Lyric, AK FIX...... **8000 ......... VORTAC. *8000-MRA........... **5800-MOCA......... **5800-GPS MEA......

*Lyric, AK FIX.......... Biorka Island, AK

5000 ......... VORTAC. *8000-MRA...........

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