Document ID: FAA-2009-1128-0001
Agency: faa
Document Type: Rule
Title: IFR Altitudes; Miscellaneous Amendments
Posted Date: 2009-11-25T05:00Z

[Federal Register: November 25, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 226)]
[Rules and Regulations]               
[Page 61508-61510]
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. 30689; Amdt. No. 483]

 
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, December 17, 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

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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 November 13, 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, December 17, 2009.

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 Points
            [Amendment 484 Effective Date December 17, 2009]
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               From                           To                 MEA
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             Sec.   95.1001 Direct Routes--U.S. Color Routes
          Sec.   95.10 Amber Federal Airway A1 Is Added To Read
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ABBOTSFORD, CA NDB...............  VICTORIA, CA NDB........  28
                                                                      00
    FOR THAT AIRSPACE
     OVER U.S. TERRITORY.
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                   Sec.   95.6001 Victor Routes--U.S.
    Sec.   95.6017 VOR Federal Airway V17 Is Amended To Read in Part
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WACO, TX VORTAC..................  *GAINS, TX FIX..........       **3000
    *4000--MRA
    **2500--MOCA
*GAINS, TX FIX...................  **BRIAN, TX FIX.........         3000
    *4000--MRA
    **5000--MRA
*BRIAN, TX FIX...................  GLEN ROSE, TX VORTAC....         3000
    *5000--MRA
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    Sec.   95.6018 VOR Federal Airway V18 Is Amended To Read in Part
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LASHE, SC FIX....................  NORMS, SC FIX...........        *3000
    *2200--MOCA
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    Sec.   95.6020 VOR Federal Airway V20 Is Amended To Read in Part
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COLUMBUS, GA VORTAC..............  GRANT, GA FIX...........         2800
GRANT, GA FIX....................  SMARR, GA FIX...........        *4000
    *2500--MOCA
    *2500--GNSS MEA
SMARR, GA FIX....................  SINCA, GA FIX...........        *4500
    *2500--MOCA
    *2500--GNSS MEA
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    Sec.   95.6066 VOR Federal Airway V66 Is Amended To Read in Part
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CANER, GA FIX....................  GRANT, GA FIX...........         2800
GRANT, GA FIX....................  SMARR, GA FIX...........        *4000
    *2500--MOCA
    *2500--GNSS MEA
SMARR, GA FIX....................  SINCA, GA FIX...........        *4500
    *2500--MOCA
    *2500--GNSS MEA
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    Sec.   95.6155 VOR Federal Airway V155 Is Amended To Read in Part
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COLUMBUS, GA VORTAC..............  GRANT, GA FIX...........         2800

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GRANT, GA FIX....................  SMARR, GA FIX...........        *4000
    *2500--MOCA
    *2500--GNSS MEA
SMARR, GA FIX....................  SINCA, GA FIX...........        *4500
    *2500--MOCA
    *2500--GNSS MEA
SINCA, GA FIX....................  *BEYLO, GA FIX..........       **5000
    *3000--MRA
    **2400--MOCA
    **2400--GNSS MEA
*BEYLO, GA FIX...................  COLLIERS, SC VORTAC.....       **3000
    *3000--MRA
    **2100--MOCA
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    Sec.   95.6166 VOR Federal Airway V166 Is Amended To Read in Part
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BELAY, MD FIX....................  *BAINS, MD FIX..........         2000
    *6000--MRA
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    Sec.   95.6288 VOR Federal Airway V288 Is Amended To Read in Part
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*CORIN, UT FIX...................  FORT BRIDGER, WY VOR/DME      **16000
    *13000--MRA
    *16000--MCA CORIN, UT FIX, E
     BND
    **11600--MOCA
    **12000--GNSS MEA
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    Sec.   95.6454 VOR Federal Airway V454 Is Amended To Read in Part
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COLUMBUS, GA VORTAC..............  GRANT, GA FIX...........         2800
GRANT, GA FIX....................  SMARR, GA FIX...........        *4000
    *2500--MOCA
    *2500--GNSS MEA
SMARR, GA FIX....................  SINCA, GA FIX...........        *4500
    *2500--MOCA
    *2500--GNSS MEA
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    Sec.   95.6537 VOR Federal Airway V537 Is Amended To Read in Part
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GREENVILLE, FL VORTAC............  MOULTRIE, GA VOR/DME....        *5000
    *1600--MOCA
    *3000--GNSS MEA
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         Sec.   95.6626 VOR Federal Airway V626 Is Added To Read
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MYTON, UT VORTAC.................  YMONT, UT FIX...........       *14000
    *12600--MOCA
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                     From                                         To                        MEA          MAA
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                                            Sec.   95.7001 Jet Routes
                            Sec.   95.7522 Jet Route J522 Is Amended To Read in Part
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U.S. CANADIAN BORDER..........................  ROCHESTER, NY VOR/DME.................        18000        35000
    GNSS REQUIRED ABOVE FL350.
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