Document ID: FAA-2013-0259-2154
Agency: faa
Document Type: Rule
Title: Instrument Flight Rules Altitudes
Posted Date: 2018-02-28T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 40 (Wednesday, February 28, 2018)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 8606-8609]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-04082]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 95

[Docket No. 31183; Amdt. No. 538]

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.

DATES: Effective Date: 0901 UTC, March 29, 2018.

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

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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 February 23, 2018.
John S. Duncan,
Executive 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, March 29, 2018.

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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.

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2. Part 95 is amended to read as follows:

                                  Revisions to IFR Altitudes & Changeover Point
                                  [Amendment 538 effective date March 29, 2018]
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                     From                                         To                        MEA          MAA
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                                     Sec.   95.3000 Low Altitude RNAV Routes
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                            Sec.   95.3259 RNAV Route T259 Is Amended To Read in Part
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WEXIM, CA WP..................................  NIKOL, CA FIX.........................        14600        17500
    *12200--MCA NIKOL, CA FIX, W BND
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               From                           To                 MEA
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                       95.6001 Victor Routes--U.S
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        95.6025 VOR Federal Airway V25 Is Amended To Read in Part
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OCTAD, OR FIX....................  DESCHUTES, OR VORTAC....
                                   N BND...................       * 7000
                                   S BND...................      * 12000
    * 7000--GNSS MEA
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    Sec.   95.6027 VOR Federal Airway V27 Is Amended To Read in Part
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NEWPORT, OR VORTAC...............  CUTEL, OR FIX
                                   S BND...................         3300
                                   N BND...................         8000
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    Sec.   95.6045 VOR Federal Airway V45 Is Amended To Read in Part
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BLUEFIELD, WV VOR/DME............  CHARLESTON, WV VOR/DME..       * 6000
    *5500--MOCA
CHARLESTON, WV VOR/DME...........  HENDERSON, WV VORTAC....         3100
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    Sec.   95.6140 VOR Federal Airway V140 Is Amended To Read in Part
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STACY, VA FIX....................  * KENYA, WV FIX
                                   W BND...................         5000
                                   E BND...................         5400
    * 13000--MRA
* KENYA, WV FIX..................  ** BLUEFIELD, WV VOR/DME         5400
    * 13000--MRA
    ** 7000--MCA BLUEFIELD, WV
     VOR/DME, E BND
BLUEFIELD, WV VOR/DME............  SOFTY, WV FIX...........       * 7000
    * 5600--MOCA

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SOFTY, WV FIX....................  CASTE, VA FIX...........         #000
    #UNUSABLE
CASTE, VA FIX....................  MONTEBELLO, VA VOR/DME..         6000
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    Sec.   95.6177 VOR Federal Airway V177 Is Amended To Read in Part
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JOLIET, IL VORTAC................  NUELG, IL FIX...........         2700
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       Sec.   95.6244 VOR Federal Airway V244 Is Amended To Delete
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ALTAM, CA FIX....................  BYRON, CA WP
                                   W BND...................         4500
                                   E BND...................         3500
BYRON, CA WP.....................  MANTECA, CA VOR/DME.....         2000
MANTECA, CA VOR/DME..............  WRAPS, CA FIX
                                   E BND...................         3000
                                   W BND...................         2000
WRAPS, CA FIX....................  * DUCKE, CA WP..........         8000
    * 12000--MCA DUCKE, CA WP, E
     BND
DUCKE, CA WP.....................  * NIKOL, CA FIX.........        15100
    * 13000--MCA NIKOL, CA FIX, W
     BND
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                           Is Amended To Read
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ALTAM, CA FIX....................  HAIRE, CA FIX...........         4500
HAIRE, CA FIX....................  * LINDEN, CA VOR/DME....      ** 3000
    * 3300--MCA LINDEN, CA VOR/
     DME, E BND
    * 2100--MOCA
LINDEN, CA VOR/DME...............  * MERPH, CA FIX.........
                                   W BND...................         6400
                                   E BND...................        15300
    * 9800--MCA MERPH, CA FIX, E
     BND
MERPH, CA FIX....................  * NIKOL, CA FIX.........        15300
    * 13100--MCA NIKOL, CA FIX, W
     BND
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    Sec.   95.6325 VOR Federal Airway V325 Is Amended To Read in Part
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COLUMBIA, SC VORTAC..............  BLANE, SC FIX...........       * 8000
    * 2200--MOCA
BLANE, SC FIX....................  VESTO, GA FIX...........            #
    #UNUSABLE
VESTO, GA FIX....................  ATHENS, GA VOR/DME......         2500
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    Sec.   95.6495 VOR Federal Airway V495 Is Amended To Read in Part
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ALDER, WA FIX....................  * TOUTL, WA FIX.........      ** 9000
    * 9000--MCA TOUTL, WA FIX, N
     BND
    ** 6800--MOCA
    ** 7000--GNSS MEA
TOUTL, WA FIX....................  BATTLE GROUND, WA VORTAC
                                   N BND...................      ** 9000
                                   S BND...................      ** 5300
    ** 5300--GNSS MEA
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    Sec.   95.6519 VOR Federal Airway V519 Is Amended To Read in Part
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*TELOC, VA FIX...................  BLUEFIELD, WV VOR/DME
                                   NE BND..................         6100
                                   SW BND..................         6900
    * 13000--MRA
BLUEFIELD, WV VOR/DME............  BECKLEY, WV VORTAC......      #* 9000
    * 5900--MOCA
    * 5900--GNSS MEA
    #BECKLEY R-193 UNUSABLE USE
     BLUEFIELD R-010
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                            Airway segment                                          Changeover points
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                 From                                 To                    From               Distance
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                               Sec.   95.8003 VOR Federal Airway Changeover Point
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                                   V244 Is Amended To Delete Changeover Point
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MANTECA, CA VOR/DME...................  COALDALE, NV VORTAC...........  ...........  96
    MANTECA
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