IFR Altitudes; Miscellaneous Amendments

Federal Register: November 25, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 226)

Rules and Regulations

Page 61508-61510

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration 14 CFR Part 95

Docket No. 30689; Amdt. No. 483

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.

DATES: Effective Date: 0901 UTC, December 17, 2009.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Harry Hodges, 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

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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 November 13, 2009.

John M. Allen,

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, December 17, 2009.

PART 95--[Amended] 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 484 Effective Date December 17, 2009

From

To

MEA

Sec. 95.1001 Direct Routes--U.S. Color Routes

Sec. 95.10 Amber Federal Airway A1 Is Added To Read

ABBOTSFORD, CA NDB............... VICTORIA, CA NDB........ 28 00

FOR THAT AIRSPACE

OVER U.S. TERRITORY.

Sec. 95.6001 Victor Routes--U.S.

Sec. 95.6017 VOR Federal Airway V17 Is Amended To Read in Part

WACO, TX VORTAC.................. *GAINS, TX FIX..........

**3000

*4000--MRA

**2500--MOCA

*GAINS, TX FIX................... **BRIAN, TX FIX.........

3000

*4000--MRA

**5000--MRA

*BRIAN, TX FIX................... GLEN ROSE, TX VORTAC....

3000

*5000--MRA

Sec. 95.6018 VOR Federal Airway V18 Is Amended To Read in Part

LASHE, SC FIX.................... NORMS, SC FIX...........

*3000

*2200--MOCA

Sec. 95.6020 VOR Federal Airway V20 Is Amended To Read in Part

COLUMBUS, GA VORTAC.............. GRANT, GA FIX...........

2800

GRANT, GA FIX.................... SMARR, GA FIX...........

*4000

*2500--MOCA

*2500--GNSS MEA

SMARR, GA FIX.................... SINCA, GA FIX...........

*4500

*2500--MOCA

*2500--GNSS MEA

Sec. 95.6066 VOR Federal Airway V66 Is Amended To Read in Part

CANER, GA FIX.................... GRANT, GA FIX...........

2800

GRANT, GA FIX.................... SMARR, GA FIX...........

*4000

*2500--MOCA

*2500--GNSS MEA

SMARR, GA FIX.................... SINCA, GA FIX...........

*4500

*2500--MOCA

*2500--GNSS MEA

Sec. 95.6155 VOR Federal Airway V155 Is Amended To Read in Part

COLUMBUS, GA VORTAC.............. GRANT, GA FIX...........

2800

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GRANT, GA FIX.................... SMARR, GA FIX...........

*4000

*2500--MOCA

*2500--GNSS MEA

SMARR, GA FIX.................... SINCA, GA FIX...........

*4500

*2500--MOCA

*2500--GNSS MEA

SINCA, GA FIX.................... *BEYLO, GA FIX..........

**5000

*3000--MRA

**2400--MOCA

**2400--GNSS MEA

*BEYLO, GA FIX................... COLLIERS, SC VORTAC.....

**3000

*3000--MRA

**2100--MOCA

Sec. 95.6166 VOR Federal Airway V166 Is Amended To Read in Part

BELAY, MD FIX.................... *BAINS, MD FIX..........

2000

*6000--MRA

Sec. 95.6288 VOR Federal Airway V288 Is Amended To Read in Part

*CORIN, UT FIX................... FORT BRIDGER, WY VOR/DME

**16000

*13000--MRA

*16000--MCA CORIN, UT FIX, E

BND

**11600--MOCA

**12000--GNSS MEA

Sec. 95.6454 VOR Federal Airway V454 Is Amended To Read in Part

COLUMBUS, GA VORTAC.............. GRANT, GA FIX...........

2800

GRANT, GA FIX.................... SMARR, GA FIX...........

*4000

*2500--MOCA

*2500--GNSS MEA

SMARR, GA FIX.................... SINCA, GA FIX...........

*4500

*2500--MOCA

*2500--GNSS MEA

Sec. 95.6537 VOR Federal Airway V537 Is Amended To Read in Part

GREENVILLE, FL VORTAC............ MOULTRIE, GA VOR/DME....

*5000

*1600--MOCA

*3000--GNSS MEA

Sec. 95.6626 VOR Federal Airway V626 Is Added To Read

MYTON, UT VORTAC................. YMONT, UT FIX...........

*14000

*12600--MOCA

From

To

MEA

MAA

Sec. 95.7001 Jet Routes

Sec. 95.7522 Jet Route J522 Is Amended To Read in Part

U.S. CANADIAN BORDER.......................... ROCHESTER, NY VOR/DME.................

18000

35000

GNSS REQUIRED ABOVE FL350.

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