Document ID: FAA-2009-0384-0001
Agency: faa
Document Type: Rule
Title: IFR Altitudes; Miscellaneous Amendments
Posted Date: 2009-04-21T04:00Z

[Federal Register: April 21, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 75)]
[Rules and Regulations]               
[Page 18124-18126]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 95

[Docket No. 30662; Amdt. No. 480]

 
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, May 7, 2009.

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 April 14, 2009.
John M. Allen,
Director, Flight Standards Service.

Adoption of the Amendment

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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, May 07, 2009
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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 as follows:

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             Revisions to IFR Altitudes & Changeover Points
               [Amendment 480 effective date May 7, 2009]
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               From                           To                 MEA
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                              Color Routes
          Sec.   95.60 Blue Federal Airway B7 is added to Read
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Cape Newenham, AK NDB/DME........  Oscarville, AK NDB......         4600
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 Sec.   95.1001 Direct Routes--U.S. Atlantic Routes--A555 is Amended to
                              Read in Part
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GRADI, IB FIX....................  Cocbu, IB FIX...........        *2000
    *1300-MOCA
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                   Sec.   95.6001 Victor Routes--U.S.
    Sec.   95.6020 VOR Federal Airway V20 is Amended to Read in Part
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Palacios, TX VORTAC..............  *Magus, TX FIX..........         1800
    *3000-MRA
*Magus, TX FIX...................  Keeds, TX FIX...........         1700
    *3000-MRA
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    Sec.   95.6036 VOR Federal Airway V36 is Amended to Read in Part
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U.S. Canadian Border.............  Buffalo, NY VOR/       *6000
                                    DME.
    *2700-MOCA
    *3000-GNSS MEA
    R-314 Unusable Below
     6000
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    Sec.   95.6084 VOR Federal Airway V84 is Amended to Read in Part
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U.S. Canadian Border.............  Buffalo, NY VOR/       *6000
                                    DME.
    *2400-MOCA
    *3000-GNSS MEA
    R-282 Unusable Below
     6000
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    Sec.   95.6109 VOR Federal Airway V109 is Amended to Read in Part
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Volta, CA FIX....................  Manteca, CA            *3000
                                    VORTAC.
    *3000-GNSS MEA
    R-147 Unusable
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    Sec.   95.6113 VOR Federal Airway V113 is Amended to Read in Part
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Volta, CA FIX....................  Manteca, CA      *3
                                    VORTAC.                          000
    *3000-GNSS MEA
    R-147 Unusable
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    Sec.   95.6132 VOR Federal Airway V132 is Amended to Read in Part
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*Ranso, KS FIX...................  Disks, KS FIX...........      **10000
    *10000-MRA
    **4400-MOCA
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    Sec.   95.6164 VOR Federal Airway V164 is Amended to Read in Part
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U.S. Canadian Border.............  *Bulge, NY FIX..........         3100
    *6000-MCA Bulge, NY FIX, S
     BND
Bulge, NY FIX....................  Buffalo, NY VOR/DME.....        *6000
    *2100-MOCA
    *3000-GNSS MEA
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    Sec.   95.6257 VOR Federal Airway V257 is Amended to Read in Part
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*Banyo, AZ FIX...................  Coyot, AZ FIX...........       **9000
    *6000-MRA
    **8100-MOCA
Coyot, AZ FIX....................  Maier, AZ FIX...........       *10000
    *9000-GNSS MEA
Maier, AZ FIX....................  Drake, AZ VORTAC........        10000
Drake, AZ VORTAC.................  *Bisop, AZ FIX..........      **10000

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    *11000-MRA
    **8400-MOCA
    **9000-GNSS MEA
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    Sec.   95.6298 VOR Federal Airway V298 is Amended to Read in Part
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Dubois, ID VORTAC................  *Sabat, ID FIX..........
                                   W BND...................       **9000
                                   E BND...................      **13000
    *10000-MRA
    *11100-MCA Sabat, ID FIX, E
     BND
    **8100-MOCA
*Sabat, ID FIX...................  Lamon, ID FIX...........
                                   W BND...................      **10000
                                   E BND...................      **13000
    *10000-MRA
    **8100-MOCA
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    Sec.   95.6542 VOR Federal Airway V542 is Amended to Read in Part
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Cambridge, NY VOR/DME............  *Jamma, VT FIX..........         6200
    *5000-MCA Jamma, VT FIX, W
     BND
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    Sec.   95.6585 VOR Federal Airway V585 is Amended to Read in Part
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Volta, CA FIX....................  Manteca, CA      *3
                                    VORTAC.                          000
    *3000-GNSS MEA
    R-147 Unusable
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                     From                                         To                        MEA          MAA
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                                            Sec.   95.7001 Jet Routes
                             Sec.   95.7041 Jet Route J41 is Amended to Read in Part
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St Petersburg, FL VORTAC......................  Seminole, FL VORTAC...................  *2       *45000
                                                                                               5000
    *18000-GNSS MEA
    MEA is established with a gap in
     navigation signal coverage.
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                             Sec.   95.7043 Jet Route J43 is Amended to Read in Part
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St Petersburg, FL VORTAC......................  Seminole, FL VORTAC...................  *2        45000
                                                                                               5000
    *18000-GNSS MEA
    MEA is established with a gap in
     navigation signal coverage.
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                                                                                     Changeover points
                  From                                  To               ---------------------------------------
                                                                            Distance              From
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             Sec.   95.8003 VOR Federal Airway Changeover Points is Amended to Add Changeover Point
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Brooke, VA VORTAC......................  Cape Charles, VA VORTAC........           22  Brooke
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