Document ID: FAA-2013-0259-0793
Agency: faa
Document Type: Rule
Title: IFR Altitudes
Posted Date: 2015-04-03T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 64 (Friday, April 3, 2015)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 18084-18087]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-07505]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 95

[Docket No. 31012; Amdt. No. 519]

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, April 30, 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

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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 March 27, 2015.
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, April 30, 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:

Sec. Sec.  95.4000, 95.4024, 95.6001, 95.6070, 95.6071, 95.6114, 
95.6133, 95.6145, 95.6194, 95.6420, 95.6438, 95.6511, 95.6559, 95.6566, 
95.7001, 95.7002, 95.7138, 95.7590, 95.8003  [AMENDED]

                                  Revisions to IFR Altitudes & Changeover Point
                                  [Amendment 519 effective date April 30, 2015]
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                     From                                         To                        MEA          MAA
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                                    Sec.   95.4000 High Altitude RNAV Routes
                            Sec.   95.4024 RNAV Route Q24 is Amended to Read in Part
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Lake Charles, LA Vortac.......................  Fighting Tiger, LA Vortac.............      * 20000        45000
    * 18000--GNSS MEA
    * DME/DME/IRU MEA
Fighting Tiger, LA VORTAC.....................  Irube, MS WP..........................      * 20000        45000
    * 18000--GNSS MEA
    * DME/DME/IRU MEA
Irube, MS WP..................................  Paytn, AL FIX.........................      * 20000        45000
    * 18000--GNSS MEA
    * DME/DME/IRU MEA
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               From                           To                 MEA
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                   Sec.   95.6001 Victor Routes--U.S.
    Sec.   95.6070 VOR Federal Airway V70 is Amended to Read in Part
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Lafayette, LA VORTAC.............  * Rosey, LA FIX.........         2100
    * 5000--MRA
* Rosey, LA FIX..................  Fighting Tiger, LA               2100
                                    VORTAC.
    * 5000--MRA
Fighting Tiger, LA VORTAC........  Picayune, MS VOR/DME....         2000
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    Sec.   95.6071 VOR Federal Airway V71 is Amended to Read in Part
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Fighting Tiger, LA VORTAC........  Wrack, LA FIX...........         2200
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    Sec.   95.6114 VOR Federal Airway V114 is Amended to Read in Part
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* Mikle, LA FIX..................  Fighting Tiger, LA               2000
                                    VORTAC.
    * 3000--MRA
Fighting Tiger, LA VORTAC........  Veils, LA FIX...........         2800
Veils, LA FIX....................  Reserve, LA VOR/DME.....         2000
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    Sec.   95.6133 VOR Federal Airway V133 is Amended to Read in Part
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* Ladin, MI FIX..................  Traverse City, MI VOR/        ** 5000
                                    DME.
    * 5000--MRA
    ** 2800--MOCA
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    Sec.   95.6145 VOR Federal Airway V145 is Amended to Read in Part
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Utica, NY VORTAC.................  Weepy, NY FIX...........       * 3400

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    * 3000--MOCA
Weepy, NY FIX....................  Floor, NY FIX...........       * 3000
    * 2200--MOCA
Floor, NY FIX....................  Watertown, NY VORTAC....       * 3000
    * 2700--MOCA
Watertown, NY VORTAC.............  U.S. Canadian Border....       * 3000
    * 1800--MOCA
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    Sec.   95.6194 VOR Federal Airway V194 is Amended to Read in Part
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Lafayette, LA VORTAC.............  * Rosey, LA FIX.........         2100
    * 5000--MRA
* Rosey, LA FIX..................  Fighting Tiger, LA               2100
                                    VORTAC.
    * 5000--MRA
Fighting Tiger, LA VORTAC........  McComb, MS VORTAC.......         2300
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    Sec.   95.6420 VOR Federal Airway V420 is Amended to Read in Part
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Traverse City, MI VOR/DME........  Gaylord, MI VOR/DME.....        #3000
    #Traverse City R-062 Unusable
     Use Gaylord R-247
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    Sec.   95.6511 VOR Federal Airway V511 is Amended to Read in Part
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Lakeland, FL VORTAC..............  Hallr, FL FIX...........       * 4000
    * 2300--MOCA
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    Sec.   95.6559 VOR Federal Airway V559 is Amended to Read in Part
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Lafayette, LA VORTAC.............  Fighting Tiger, LA               2100
                                    VORTAC.
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    Sec.   95.6566 VOR Federal Airway V566 is Amended to Read in Part
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Veils, LA FIX....................  Reserve, LA VOR/DME.....         2000
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Sec.   95.6438 Alaska VOR Federal Airway V438 is Amended to Read in Part
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* Sures, AK FIX..................  Liber, AK FIX...........    #** 11000
    * 10000--MRA
    ** 8900--MOCA
    #MEA is Established With a
     Gap in Navigation Signal
     Coverage.
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                     From                                         To                        MEA          MAA
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                                            Sec.   95.7001 Jet Routes
                             Sec.   95.7002 Jet Route J2 is Amended to Read in Part
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Lake Charles, LA VORTAC.......................  Fighting Tiger, LA VORTAC.............        18000        45000
Fighting Tiger, LA VORTAC.....................  Semmes, AL VORTAC.....................        18000        45000
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                            Sec.   95.7138 Jet Route J138 is Amended to Read in Part
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Lake Charles, LA VORTAC.......................  Fighting Tiger, LA VORTAC.............        18000        45000
Fighting Tiger, LA VORTAC.....................  Semmes, AL VORTAC.....................        18000        45000
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                            Sec.   95.7590 Jet Route J590 is Amended to Read in Part
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Lake Charles, LA VORTAC.......................  Fighting Tiger, LA VORTAC.............        18000        45000
Fighting Tiger, LA VORTAC.....................  Greene County, MS VORTAC..............        18000        45000
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                                    Airway segment                                          Changeover points
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                     From                                         To                      Distance       From
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                               Sec.   95.8003 VOR Federal Airway Changeover Point
                                   V285 is Amended to Delete Changeover Point
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Manistee, MI VOR/DME..........................  Traverse City, MI VOR/DME.............           29
    Manistee
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