[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 80 (Wednesday, April 24, 1996)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 18064-18065]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-10003]



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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
14 CFR Part 95

[Docket No. 28526; Amdt. No. 395]


IFR Altitudes; Miscellaneous Amendments

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Final rule.

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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, April 25, 1996.

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, D.C. 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

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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, D.C. on March 29, 1996.
Thomas C. Accardi,
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 95) 
is amended as follows effective at 0901 UTC,
    1. The authority citation for part 95 continues to read as follows:

    Authority: 49 U.S.C. 40103, 40113, and; 49 U.S.C. 106(g) 
(Revised Pub. L. 97-449, January 12, 1983); and 14 CFR 11.49(b)(2).

    2. Part 95 is amended to read as follows:

                        Revisions to Minimum Enroute IFR Altitudes and Changeover Points                        
                                 [Amendment 395 Effective Date, April 25, 1996]                                 
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                       From                                                 To                             MEA  
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                          Sec.  95.6004 VOR Federal Airway 4 Is Amended To Read in Part                         
                                                                                                                
Downs, KY FIX *2300-MOCA..........................  Louisville, KY VORTAC.............................     *2600
                                                                                                                
                          Sec.  95.6007 VOR Federal Airway 7 Is Amended To Read in Part                         
                                                                                                                
Menominee, MI VOR/DME *3000-MOCA..................  Marquette, MI VOR/DME.............................     *3600
                                                                                                                
                         Sec.  95.6133 VOR Federal Airway 133 Is Amended To Read in Part                        
                                                                                                                
Uuper, MI FIX *3000-MOCA..........................  Marquette, MI VOR/DME.............................     *6000
                                                                                                                
                         Sec.  95.6224 VOR Federal Airway 224 Is Amended To Read in Part                        
                                                                                                                
Marquette, MI VOR/DME *2800-MOCA..................  Eston, MI FIX.....................................     *6000
                                                                                                                
                         Sec.  95.6316 VOR Federal Airway 316 Is Amended to Read in Part                        
                                                                                                                
Hermy, MI FIX *3100-MOCA..........................  Marquette, MI VOR/DME.............................     *3600
                                                                                                                
Marquette, MI VOR/DME *2800-MOCA..................  Traen, MI FIX.....................................     *6000
                                                                                                                
                         Sec.  95.6341 VOR Federal Airway 341 Is Amended To Read in Part                        
                                                                                                                
Iron Mountain, MI VORTAC *3000-MOCA...............  Marquette, MI VOR/DME.............................     *3600
                                                                                                                
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                     From                                             To                          MEA      MAA  
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                           Sec.  95.7588 Jet Route No. 588 Is Amended To Read in Part                           
                                                                                                                
Sault Ste Marie, MI VORTAC....................  U.S. Canadian Border..........................    25000    45000
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           Sec.  95.8003 VOR Federal Airways Changeover Points          
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                Airway segment                      Changeover points   
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             From                     To        Distance       From     
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V-133 is amended to read in                                             
 part:                                                                  
    Escanaba, MI VORTAC......  Marquette, MI          20  Escanaba.     
                                VOR/DME.                                
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[FR Doc. 96-10003 Filed 4-23-96; 8:45 am]
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