Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 239 / Friday, December 12, 1997 / Rules and Regulations 65361

Issued in Washington, DC, on December 2,

1997.

Reginald C. Matthews,

Acting Program Director for Air Traffic

Airspace Management.

[FR Doc. 97–32570 Filed 12–11–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 95

[Docket No. 29079; Amdt. No. 405]

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, November 6,

1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Paul J. Best, Flight Procedures

Standards Branch (AFS–420), Technical

Programs Division, Flight Standards

Service, Federal Aviation

Administration, 800 Independence

Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20591;

telephone: (202) 267–8277.

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. 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 October 10,

1997.

Thomas E. Stuckey,

Acting Director, Flight Standards Service.

Adoption of 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, November 6, 1997.

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 MINIMUM ENROUTE IFR ALTITUDES AND CHANGEOVER POINTS

[Amendment 405 Effective Date, November 6, 1997]

From To MEA

§ 95.1001 Direct Routes-U.S.

§ 95.6009 VOR Federal Airway 9 is Amended to Read in Part

Sidon, MS VORTAC ..................................................................... Marvell, AR VOR/DME ................................................................. 2100

Marvell, AR VOR/DME ................................................................. Gilmore, AR VOR/DME ................................................................ 1900

§ 95.6016 VOR Federal Airway 16 is Amended to Read in Part

Pine Bluff, AR VOR/DME ............................................................. Marvell, AR VOR/DME ................................................................. 1900

Marvell, AR VOR/DME ................................................................. Holly Springs, MS VORTAC ......................................................... 2200

§ 95.6054 VOR Federal Airway 54 is Amended to Read in Part

Little Rock, AR VORTAC .............................................................. Marvell, AR VOR/DME ................................................................. 1900

Marvell, AR VOR/DME ................................................................. Holly Springs, MS VORTAC ......................................................... 2200

§ 95.6116 VOR Federal Airway 116 is Amended to Read in Part

Macon, MO VOR/DME ................................................................. Quincy, IL VORTAC ..................................................................... * 2700
65362 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 239 / Friday, December 12, 1997 / Rules and Regulations

REVISIONS TO MINIMUM ENROUTE IFR ALTITUDES AND CHANGEOVER POINTS—Continued

[Amendment 405 Effective Date, November 6, 1997]

From To MEA

* 2100–MOCA

§ 95.6148 VOR Federal Airway 148 Is Amended to Read in Part

Mayer, MN FIX ............................................................................. Gopher, MN VORTAC .................................................................. * 3000

* 2400–MOCA

§ 95.6397 VOR Federal Airway 397 Is Amended to Read in Part

Greenville, MS VOR/DME ............................................................ Marvell, AR VOR/DME ................................................................. 1900

Is Amended to Delete

Kocha, MS FIX ............................................................................. Walet, MS FIX .............................................................................. * 5000

* 1800–MOCA

Walet, MS FIX .............................................................................. Holly Springs, MS VORTAC ......................................................... * 2500

* 2000–MOCA

§ 95.6436 VOR Federal Airway 436 Is Amended to Read in Part

Barns, OK FIX .............................................................................. Sappa, OK FIX ............................................................................. * 4000

* 2400–MOCA

§ 95.6453 VOR Federal Airway 453 Is Amended to Read in Part

King Salmon, AK VORTAC .......................................................... Dillingham, AK VOR/DME ............................................................ 2100

§ 95.6509 VOR Federal Airway 509 Is Amended to Read in Part

St. Petersburg, FL VORTAC ........................................................ * Crowd, FL FIX ............................................................................ ** 5000

* 5000–MRA

** 2600–MOCA

From To MEA MAA

§ 95.7010 Jet Route No. 10 Is Amended to Read in Part

Twentynine Palms, CA VORTAC ...................................... Hippi, AZ FIX ................................................................... 20000 45000

Hippi, AZ FIX ..................................................................... Drake, AZ VORTAC ......................................................... 18000 45000

§ 95.7074 Jet Route No. 74 Is Amended to Read in Part

Parker, CA VORTAC ......................................................... Nabob, AZ FIX ................................................................. 21000 45000

Nabob, AZ FIX ................................................................... St. Johns, AZ VORTAC ................................................... 18000 45000

§ 95.7086 Jet Route No. 86 Is Amended to Read in Part

Winslow, AZ VORTAC ...................................................... El Paso, TX VORTAC ...................................................... * 27000 45000

* MEA is established with a gap in navigation signal coverage.

§ 95.7231 Jet Route No. 231 Is Amended by Adding

Twentynine Palms, CA VORTAC ...................................... Hippi, AZ FIX ................................................................... 20000 45000

Hippi, AZ FIX ..................................................................... Drake, AZ VORTAC ......................................................... 18000 45000

Drake, AZ VORTAC .......................................................... St. Johns, AZ VORTAC ................................................... 18000 45000

From To

Changeover points

Distance From

§ 95.8003 VOR Federal Airways Changeover Points V–16 Is Amended to Delete

Pine Bluff, AR VOR/DME .................................................. Holly Springs, MS VORTAC ............................................ 35 Pine Bluff.

V–186 is Amended to Read in Part

Van Nuys, CA VOR/DME .................................................. Paradise, CA VORTAC .................................................... 39 Van Nuys.
Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 239 / Friday, December 12, 1997 / Rules and Regulations 65363

[FR Doc. 97–32576 Filed 12–11–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–13–M

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 95

[Docket No. 29078; Amdt. No. 404]

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

11, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Paul J. Best, Flight Procedures

Standards Branch (AFS–420), Technical

Programs Division, Flight Standards

Service, Federal Aviation

Administration, 800 Independence

Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20591;

telephone: (202) 267–8277.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This

amendment to part 95 of the Federal

Aviation Regulations (14 CFR part 95)

amends, suspends, or revokes IRF

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. 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 14,

1997.

Thomas E. Stuckey,

Acting Director, Flight Standards Service.

Adoption of 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, September 11, 1997.

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 MINIMUM ENROUTE IFR ALTITUDES AND CHANGEOVER POINTS

[Amendment 404 Effective Date, September 11, 1997]

From TO MEA

§ 95.1001 Direct Routes—U.S.

Bahama Routes—58V—Is Amended to Read in Part

*Melon, BF FIX ............................................................................. Hankx, BF FIX .............................................................................. **2000

*8000—MRA

**1200—MOCA

Hankx, BF FIX .............................................................................. Barts, BF FIX ................................................................................ *4000

*1200—MOCA

§ 95.6001 VOR Federal Airway 1 Is Amended to Read in Part

Norfolk, VA VORTAC ................................................................... Cape Charles, VA VORTAC ........................................................ *2500

*1800—MOCA

§ 95.6002 VOR Federal Airway 2 Is Amended to Read in Part

Madison, WI VORTAC .................................................................. *Waits, WI FIX .............................................................................. 2800

*4000—MRA

Waits, WI FIX ................................................................................ Badger, WI VORTAC ................................................................... 2800

§ 95.6012 VOR Federal Airway 12 Is Amended to Read in Part

Gage, OK VORTAC ...................................................................... Caron, OK FIX .............................................................................. **5000