Document ID: FAA-2013-0259-0680
Agency: faa
Document Type: Rule
Title: IFR Altitudes: Miscellaneous Amendments
Posted Date: 2014-12-11T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 238 (Thursday, December 11, 2014)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 73472-73474]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-29074]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 95

[Docket No. 30994; Amdt. No. 517]

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, January 8, 2015.

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 December 5, 2014.
John Duncan,
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, January 8, 2015.

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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:

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            Revisions to IFR Altitudes and Changeover Points
             [Amendment 517 effective date January 8, 2015]
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               From                           To                 MEA
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                    Sec.   95.6001 Victor Routes_U.S.
    Sec.   95.6015 VOR Federal Airway V15 Is Amended To Read in Part
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SATTY, TX FIX....................  WACO, TX VORTAC.........         2400
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    Sec.   95.6029 VOR Federal Airway V29 Is Amended To Read in Part
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SMYRNA, DE VORTAC................  DUPONT, DE VORTAC.......        #1800
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    #DUPONT R-181 UNUSABLE BELOW
     10000 USE SMYRNA R-360
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       Sec.   95.6104 VOR Federal Airway V104 Is Amended To Delete
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U.S. CANADIAN BORDER.............  *MASSENA, NY VORTAC.....        *2100
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    *1600_MOCA
MASSENA, NY VORTAC...............  MALAE, NY FIX...........       #*3500
    *2700_MOCA
    #GNSS MEA ONLY
    MASSENA R-119 UNUSABLE. GNSS
     REQUIRED
MALAE, NY FIX....................  *PLATTSBURGH, NY VORTAC.       **7000
    *4600_MCA PLATTSBURGH, NY
     VORTAC, NW BND
    **6100_MOCA
    **6100_GNSS MEA
PLATTSBURGH, NY VORTAC...........  *BURLINGTON, VT VOR/DME.         2600
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    Sec.   95.6166 VOR Federal Airway V166 Is Amended To Read in Part
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BRIEF, NJ FIX....................  SEA ISLE, NJ VORTAC.....         3000
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    Sec.   95.6210 VOR Federal Airway V210 Is Amended To Read in Part
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WILL ROGERS, OK VORTAC...........  MINGG, OK FIX...........        *4000
    *3100_MOCA
MINGG, OK FIX....................  OKMULGEE, OK VOR/DME....        *4000
    *2600_MOCA
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    Sec.   95.6267 VOR Federal Airway V267 Is Amended To Read in Part
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FORMS, NC FIX....................  *KNITS, TN FIX..........         7500
    *6200_MCA KNITS, TN FIX, S
     BND
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    Sec.   95.6272 VOR Federal Airway V272 Is Amended To Read in Part
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*BRISC, TX FIX...................  SAYRE, OK VORTAC........       **5500
    *7000_MRA
    **4500_MOCA
SERTS, OK FIX....................  LIONS, OK FIX...........        *4500
    *3100_MOCA
    *3700_GNSS MEA
WILL ROGERS, OK VORTAC...........  MINGG, OK FIX...........        *4000
    *3100_MOCA
HOLLE, OK FIX....................  MC ALESTER, OK VORTAC...         3000
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    Sec.   95.6402 VOR Federal Airway V402 Is Amended To Read in Part
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*BRISC, TX FIX...................  MITBEE, OK VORTAC.......       **5500
    *7000_MRA
    **4500_MOCA
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    Sec.   95.6440 VOR Federal Airway V440 Is Amended To Read in Part
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*BRISC, TX FIX...................  SAYRE, OK VORTAC........       **5500
    *7000_MRA
    **4500_MOCA
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    Sec.   95.6491 VOR Federal Airway V491 Is Amended To Read in Part
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RAPID CITY, SD VORTAC............  BFFLO, SD FIX...........         5000
BFFLO, SD FIX....................  HAYNI, ND FIX...........        *9000
    *5000_MOCA

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HAYNI, ND FIX....................  DICKINSON, ND VORTAC....        *5000
    *4500_MOCA
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    Sec.   95.6605 VOR Federal Airway V605 Is Amended To Read in Part
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SPARTANBURG, SC VORTAC...........  *GENOD, NC FIX..........      **15000
    *15000_MRA
    **4600_MOCA
    **5000_GNSS MEA
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                            Airway Segment                                             Changeover
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                 From                                 To                  Distance               From
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                               Sec.   95.8003 VOR Federal Airway Changeover Points
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                                     V166 Is Amended To Add Changeover Point
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WOODSTOWN, NJ VORTAC..................  SEA ISLE, NJ VORTAC...........           28  ...........................
    WOODSTOWN
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                                     V272 Is Amended To Add Changeover Point
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SAYRE, OK VORTAC......................  WILL ROGERS, OK VORTAC........           40  SAYRE
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