IFR Altitudes; Miscellaneous Amendments

Federal Register: March 10, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 46)

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration 14 CFR Part 95

Docket No. 30713; Amdt. No. 486

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, April 8, 2010.

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 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 March 5, 2010.

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, April 8, 2010.

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 486 final effective date: April 08, 2010

From

To

MEA

Sec. 95.0040 Colored Federal Airways

Sec. 95.50 Green Federal Airway G10 Is Amended To Read in Part

Cape Newenham, AK NDB............ St Paul Island, AK NDB/ 40

DME.

00

HF Comms Required

Below 8000

St Paul Island, AK............... BILBE, AK FIX...........

3000

NDB/DME

Bilbe, AK FIX.................... Elfee, AK NDB...........

*6000

*3800--MOCA

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From

To

MEA

MAA

Sec. 95.3000 Low Altitude RNAV Routes

Sec. 95.3227 RNAV Route T227 Is Amended To Read in Part

Fairbanks, AK VORTAC.......................... Pesge, AK FIX.........................

5500

17500

Pesge, AK FIX................................. Fipsu, AK FIX.........................

8400

17500

Fipsu, AK FIX................................. Cugob, AK FIX.........................

11000

17500

*7000--MCA CUGOB, AK FIX, S BND

Cugob, AK FIX................................. Siklv, AK FIX.........................

4500

17500

Siklv, AK FIX................................. Deadhorse, AK VOR/DME.................

2200

17500

From

To

MEA

Sec. 95.6001 Victor Routes--U.S.

Sec. 95.6016 VOR Federal Airway V16 Is Amended To Read in Part

Flat Rock, VA VORTAC............. Richmond, VA VORTAC.....

2600

Sec. 95.6051 VOR Federal Airway V51 Is Amended To Read in Part

Alma, GA VORTAC......... Dublin, GA

*3000

VORTAC.

*1700--MOCA

*2000--GNSS MEA

Alma R-345 Unusable, USE

Dublin R-170.

Sec. 95.6104 VOR Federal Airway V104 Is Amended To Read in Part

Berlin, NH VOR/DME............... Ansyn, ME FIX...........

6500

Ansyn, ME FIX.................... Bangor, ME VORTAC.......

4000

Sec. 95.6195 VOR Federal Airway V195 Is Amended To Read in Part

Williams, CA VORTAC.............. Red Bluff, CA VORTAC....

*3000

*1700--MOCA

Sec. 95.6212 VOR Federal Airway V212 Is Amended To Read in Part

Navasota, TX VORTAC.............. Oscer, TX FIX...........

3000

Oscer, TX FIX.................... Lufkin, TX VORTAC.......

*4000

*1900--MOCA

Sec. 95.6260 VOR Federal Airway V260 Is Amended To Read in Part

Flat Rock, VA VORTAC............. Richmond, VA VORTAC.....

2600

Sec. 95.6483 VOR Federal Airway V483 Is Amended To Read in Part

Syracuse, NY VORTAC.............. *Lysan, NY FIX..........

2300

*3000--MRA

Sec. 95.6626 VOR Federal Airway V626 Is Amended To Read in Part

Myton, UT VORTAC................. Ymont, UT FIX...........

*15000

*12600--MOCA

*12600--GNSS MEA

Airway segment

Changeover points

From

To

Distance

From

Sec. 95.8003 VOR Federal Airway Changeover Points

Jacks Creek, TN VOR/DME....................... Shelbyville, TN VOR/DME...............

50 Jacks Creek

FR Doc. 2010-4845 Filed 3-9-10; 8:45 am

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