Document ID: FAA-2013-0259-1393
Agency: faa
Document Type: Rule
Title: Instrument Flight Rules Altitudes; Miscellaneous Amendments
Posted Date: 2016-10-14T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 199 (Friday, October 14, 2016)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 70931-70933]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-24889]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 95

[Docket No. 31102; Amdt. No. 529]

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 0901 UTC, November 10, 2016.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas J Nichols, 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

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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 October 7, 2016.
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, November 10, 2016.

PART 95--[AMENDED]

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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 529 effective date November 10, 2016]
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               From                           To                 MEA
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                    Sec.   95.6001 Victor Routes-U.S.
    Sec.   95.6021 VOR Federal Airway V21 Is Amended To Read in Part
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CUT BANK, MT.....................  VORTAC U.S. CANADIAN             6300
                                    BORDER.
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    Sec.   95.6023 VOR Federal Airway V23 Is Amended To Read in Part
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LINDEN, CA.......................  VOR/DME SACRAMENTO, CA           2300
                                    VORTAC.
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    Sec.   95.6025 VOR Federal Airway V25 Is Amended To Read in Part
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YAKIMA, WA.......................  VORTAC * ELLENSBURG, WA          5900
                                    VOR/DME.
    * 6800--MCA                    ELLENSBURG, WA VOR/DME,
                                    N BND
ELLENSBURG, WA...................  VOR/DME * WENATCHEE, WA          8900
                                    VOR/DME.
    * 7400--MCA                    WENATCHEE, WA VOR/DME, S
                                    BND
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    Sec.   95.6028 VOR Federal Airway V28 Is Amended To Read in Part
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HAIRE, CA........................  FIX LINDEN, CA VOR/DME..       * 3000
    * 2100--MOCA
LINDEN, CA.......................  VORTAC * KATSO, CA FIX           5000
    * 12400--MCA                   KATSO, CA FIX, NE BND
KATSO, CA........................  FIX * SPOOK, CA FIX          ** 13000
    * 15000--MCA                   SPOOK, CA FIX, N BND
    ** 12100--MOCA
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    Sec.   95.6048 VOR Federal Airway V48 Is Amended To Read in Part
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BURLINGTON, IA...................  VOR/DME PEORIA, IL               2500
                                    VORTAC.
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    Sec.   95.6071 VOR Federal Airway V71 Is Amended To Read in Part
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MONROE, LA.......................  VORTAC EL DORADO, AR VOR/        2200
                                    DME.
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    Sec.   95.6108 VOR Federal Airway V108 Is Amended To Read in Part
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OAKEY, CA........................  FIX LINDEN, CA VOR/DME..         2300
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    Sec.   95.6113 VOR Federal Airway V113 Is Amended To Read in Part
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LINDEN, CA.......................  VOR/DME * KATSO, CA FIX.         5000
    * 12400--MCA                   KATSO, CA FIX, NE BND
KATSO, CA........................  FIX SPOOK, CA FIX.......      * 13000
    * 12100--MOCA
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    Sec.   95.6120 VOR Federal Airway V120 Is Amended To Read in Part
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MASON CITY, IA...................  VORTAC * AREDA, IA FIX..         3000
    * 4500--MRA
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    Sec.   95.6212 VOR Federal Airway V212 Is Amended To Read in Part
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INDUSTRY, TX.....................  VORTAC NAVASOTA, TX VOR/         2200
                                    DME.
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    Sec.   95.6295 VOR Federal Airway V295 Is Amended To Read in Part
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VIRGINIA KEY, FL.................  VOR/DME STOOP, FL FIX...       * 5000
    * 2000--MOCA
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    Sec.   95.6336 VOR Federal Airway V336 Is Amended To Read in Part
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ELLENSBURG, WA...................  VOR/DME * QUINT, WA FIX.         7100
    * 6500--MCA                    QUINT, WA FIX, SW BND
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    Sec.   95.6365 VOR Federal Airway V365 Is Amended To Read in Part
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CHOTE, MT........................  FIX CUT BANK, MT VORTAC.         7000
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    Sec.   95.6459 VOR Federal Airway V459 Is Amended To Read in Part
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FRIANT, CA.......................  VORTAC BAGBY, CA FIX....       * 8500
    * 6600--MOCA
BAGBY, CA........................  FIX LINDEN, CA VOR/DME..         7000
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    Sec.   95.6485 VOR Federal Airway V485 Is Amended To Read in Part
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FELLOWS, CA......................  VOR/DME * REDDE, CA FIX.      ** 7000
    * 7000--MCA                    REDDE, CA FIX, SE BND
    ** 6100--MOCA
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