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]

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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
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REVISIONS TO MINIMUM ENROUTE IFR ALTITUDES AND CHANGEOVER POINTS—Continued

[Amendment 404 Effective Date, September 11, 1997]

From TO MEA

*5000—MRA

**3700—MOCA

§ 95.6020 VOR Federal Airway 20 Is Amended to Read in Part

South Boston, VA VORTAC ......................................................... *Nutts, VA FIX .............................................................................. **3000

*9000—MRA

**2000—MOCA

Nutts, VA FIX ................................................................................ Melia, VA FIX ............................................................................... *3000

*2400—MOCA

§ 95.6023 VOR Federal Airway 23 Is Amended to Read in Part

Paine, WA VOR/DME ................................................................... Egret, WA FIX .............................................................................. 4500

Egret, WA FIX ............................................................................... Acord, WA FIX .............................................................................. 3500

Acord, WA FIX .............................................................................. Bellingham, WA VORTAC ............................................................ *3000

*2200—MOCA

§ 95.6056 VOR Federal Airway 56 Is Amended to Read in Part

Columbia, GA VORTAC ............................................................... Talbo, GA FIX ............................................................................... 2500

§ 95.6130 VOR Federal Airway 130 Is Amended to Read in Part

Albany, NY VORTAC .................................................................... Stela, MA FIX ............................................................................... *6000

*3800—MOCA

Stela, MA FIX ............................................................................... Bradley, CT VORTAC .................................................................. 3800

§ 95.6139 VOR Federal Airway 139 Is Amended to Read in Part

Sunns, NC FIX .............................................................................. Norfolk, VA VORTAC ................................................................... *2000

*1600—MOCA

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

*1800—MOCA

§ 95.6190 VOR Federal Airway 190 Is Amended to Read in Part

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

*5000—MRA

**3700—MOCA

§ 95.6205 VOR Federal Airway 205 Is Amended to Read in Part

Weets, NY FIX .............................................................................. Stuby, CT FIX ............................................................................... 8500

Stuby, CT FIX ............................................................................... Bradley, CT VORTAC .................................................................. 3500

Bradley, CT VORTAC ................................................................... Darth, CT FIX ............................................................................... *3000

*2200—MOCA

§ 95.6341 VOR Federal Airway 341 Is Amended to Read in Part

Dubuque, IA VORTAC .................................................................. *Baulk, WI FIX .............................................................................. 3600

*4000—MRA

Baulk, WI FIX ................................................................................ Madison, WI VORTAC ................................................................. 3600

§ 95.6405 VOR Federal Airway 405 Is Amended to Read in Part

Veers, CT FIX ............................................................................... Bradley, CT VORTAC .................................................................. 3500

Bradley, CT VORTAC ................................................................... Providence, RI VORTAC .............................................................. *3000

*2200—MOCA

§ 95.6413 VOR Federal Airway 413 Is Amended to Read in Part

Ironwood, MI VORTAC ................................................................. Russh, WI FIX .............................................................................. 8000

Russh, WI FIX .............................................................................. Eau Claire, WI VORTAC .............................................................. *6000

*2900—MOCA

Eau Claire, WI VORTAC .............................................................. Bitlr, WI FIX .................................................................................. *3500

*2300—MOCA

§ 95.6419 VOR Federal Airway 419 Is Amended to Read in Part

Bradley, CT VORTAC ................................................................... Boston, MA VORTAC ................................................................... *3000
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REVISIONS TO MINIMUM ENROUTE IFR ALTITUDES AND CHANGEOVER POINTS—Continued

[Amendment 404 Effective Date, September 11, 1997]

From TO MEA

*2500—MOCA

§ 95.6505 VOR Federal Airway 505 Is Amended to Read in Part

Gopher, MN VORTAC .................................................................. Siren, WI VOR/DME ..................................................................... 3000

§ 95.6547 VOR Federal Airway 547 Is Amended to Read in Part

Cheyenne, WY VORTAC ............................................................. Douglas, WY VOR/DME ............................................................... 9000

From To

Changeover

Points From

Distance

95.8003 VOR Federal Airways Changeover Points Airway Segment V–23 Is Amended To Delete

Paine, WA VOR/DME ........................................................ Bellingham, WA VORTAC ............................................... 14 Paine.

V–186 Is Amended to Read in Part

Van Nuys, CA VOR/DME .................................................. Paradise, CA VORTAC .................................................... 13 Van Nuys.

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

40 CFR Part 180

[OPP–300594; FRL–5760–9]

RIN 2070–AB78

Imidacloprid; Tolerance Extension for

Emergency Exemptions

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Final rule.

SUMMARY: This rule extends a timelimited tolerance for residues of the

insecticide imidacloprid and its

metabolites in or on beet and turnip

roots at 0.3 part per million (ppm) beet

and turnip tops at 3.5 ppm for an

additional 1-year period, to November

29, 1998. This action is in response to

EPA’s granting of an emergency

exemption under section 18 of the

Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and

Rodenticide Act authorizing use of the

pesticide on table beets and turnip

greens. Section 408(l)(6) of the Federal

Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act requires

EPA to establish a time-limited

tolerance or exemption from the

requirement for a tolerance for pesticide

chemical residues in food that will

result from the use of a pesticide under

an emergency exemption granted by

EPA under section 18 of FIFRA.

EFFECTIVE DATE: This regulation

becomes effective December 12, 1997.

Objections and requests for hearings

must be received by EPA, on or before

February 10, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Written objections and

hearing requests, identified by the

docket control number, [OPP–300447],

must be submitted to: Hearing Clerk

(1900), Environmental Protection

Agency, Rm. M3708, 401 M St., SW.,

Washington, DC 20460. Fees

accompanying objections and hearing

requests shall be labeled ‘‘Tolerance

Petition Fees’’ and forwarded to: EPA

Headquarters Accounting Operations

Branch, OPP (Tolerance Fees), P.O. Box

360277M, Pittsburgh, PA 15251. A copy

of any objections and hearing requests

filed with the Hearing Clerk identified

by the docket control number, [OPP–

300594], must also be submitted to:

Public Information and Records

Integrity Branch, Information Resources

and Services Division (7502C), Office of

Pesticide Programs, Environmental

Protection Agency, 401 M St., SW.,

Washington, DC 20460. In person, bring

a copy of objections and hearing

requests to Rm. 1132, Crystal Mall #2,

1921 Jefferson Davis Hwy., Arlington,

VA.

A copy of objections and hearing

requests filed with the Hearing Clerk

may also be submitted electronically by

sending electronic mail (e-mail) to: oppdocket@epamail.epa.gov. Follow the

instructions in Unit II. of this preamble.

No Confidential Business Information

(CBI) should be submitted through email.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: By

mail: Andrew Ertman, Registration

Division (7505C), Office of Pesticide

Programs, Environmental Protection

Agency, 401 M St., SW., Washington,

DC 20460. Office location, telephone

number, and e-mail address: Crystal

Mall #2, 1921 Jefferson Davis Hwy.,

Arlington, VA 22202, (703)–308–9367;

e-mail:

ertman.andrew@epamail.epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA

issued a final rule, published in the

Federal Register of November 29, 1996

(61 FR 60622) (FRL–5575–1), which

announced that on its own initiative

and under section 408(e) of the Federal

Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA),

21 U.S.C. 346a(e) and (l)(6), it

established a time-limited tolerance for

the residues of imidacloprid and its

metabolites in or on beet and turnip

roots at 0.3 ppm and beet and turnip

tops at 3.5 ppm, with an expiration date

of November 29, 1997. EPA established

the tolerance because section 408(l)(6)

of the FFDCA requires EPA to establish

a time-limited tolerance or exemption

from the requirement for a tolerance for

pesticide chemical residues in food that

will result from the use of a pesticide

under an emergency exemption granted

by EPA under section 18 of FIFRA. Such

tolerances can be established without

providing notice or period for public

comment.

EPA received a request to extend the

use of imidacloprid on table beets and

turnip greens for this year growing

season due to the lack of acceptable

control with currently registered

products and the loss of the insecticide

Phosdrin. Under moderate to severe

infestation conditions, the aphids are

expected to cause serious reductions