Document ID: FAA-2013-0259-0420
Agency: faa
Document Type: Rule
Title: IFR Altitudes: Miscellaneous Amendments
Posted Date: 2014-04-30T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 83 (Wednesday, April 30, 2014)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 24317-24320]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-09904]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 95

[Docket No. 30958; Amdt. No. 513]

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

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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 29, 2014.

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 25, 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, May 29, 2014.

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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.

PART 95--[AMENDED]

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2. Part 95 is amended to read as follows:

                                 Revisions to IFR Altitudes and Changeover Point
                                  [Amendment 513 effective date, May 29, 2014]
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                     FROM                                         TO                        MEA          MAA
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                                     Sec.   95.3000 Low Altitude RNAV Routes
                               Sec.   95.3200 RNAV Route T200 Is Amended To Delete
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FOOTHILLS, GA VORTAC..........................  RICHE, SC FIX.........................         4800         8000
    EASTBOUND EXPECT 5000
    WESTBOUND EXPECT 6000
RICHE, SC FIX.................................  FLORENCE, SC VORTAC...................         2500         8000
    EASTBOUND EXPECT 5000
    WESTBOUND EXPECT 6000
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                                         Sec.   95.3201 RNAV Route T201
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Is Amended by Adding:
    MEVAE, SC WP..............................  TRUEX, SC WP..........................         2200         7000
    TRUEX, SC WP..............................  FEGNO, NC WP..........................         2400         7000
    FEGNO, NC WP..............................  NUROE, NC WP..........................         2700         7000
    NUROE, NC WP..............................  BORTZ, NC WP..........................         3900         7000
Is Amended To Delete:
    COLUMBIA, SC VORTAC.......................  LOCAS, NC FIX.........................         2500         7000
    NORTHBOUND EXPECT 5000
    SOUTHBOUND EXPECT 6000
    LOCAS, NC FIX.............................  JOTTA, NC FIX.........................         4400         7000
    NORTHBOUND EXPECT 5000
    SOUTHBOUND EXPECT 6000
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                                         Sec.   95.3202 RNAV Route T202
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Is Amended by Adding:

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    GURSH, SC WP..............................  AWRYT, SC WP..........................         2400         8000
    AWRYT, SC WP..............................  RICHE, SC FIX.........................         2400         8000
    GANTS, NC FIX.............................  ZADEL, NC WP..........................         2700         8000
Is Amended To Read in Part:
    HUSTN, NC FIX.............................  FEGNO, NC WP..........................         2500         8000
    FEGNO, NC WP..............................  GANTS, NC FIX.........................         2600         8000
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                                         Sec.   95.3203 RNAV Route T203
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Is Amended by Adding:
    ANDYS, SC FIX.............................  AWRYT, SC WP..........................         2400        17500
    AWRYT, SC WP..............................  ROUTH, NC WP..........................         2800        17500
    ROUTH, NC WP..............................  FADOS, NC WP..........................         3400        17500
    FADOS, NC WP..............................  OREAD, NC WP..........................         3500        17500
Is Amended To Delete:
    COLUMBIA, SC VORTAC.......................  LOCKS, SC FIX.........................         2500         7000
    NORTHBOUND EXPECT 6000
    SOUTHBOUND EXPECT 7000
    LOCKS, SC FIX.............................  BARRETTS MOUNTAIN, NC VOR/DME.........         4900         7000
    NORTHBOUND EXPECT 6000
    SOUTHBOUND EXPECT 7000
    BARRETTS MOUNTAIN, NC VOR/DME.............  PULASKI, VA VORTAC....................         6000         7000
    NORTHBOUND EXPECT 6000
    SOUTHBOUND EXPECT 7000
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                                 Sec.   95.3206 RNAV Route T206 Is Added To Read
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ENADE, NC WP..................................  FADOS, NC WP..........................         3000        17500
FADOS, NC WP..................................  GOTHS, NC WP..........................         3400        17500
GOTHS, NC WP..................................  NUROE, NC WP..........................         3400        17500
NUROE, NC WP..................................  ZADEL, NC WP..........................         3000        17500
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                                 Sec.   95.3214 RNAV Route T214 Is Added To Read
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OREAD, NC WP..................................  BORTZ, NC WP..........................         3500        17500
BORTZ, NC WP..................................  THMSN, NC WP..........................         3400        17500
THMSN, NC WP..................................  ZADEL, NC WP..........................         2400        17500
ZADEL, NC WP..................................  ORPEE, NC WP..........................         2700        17500
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               FROM                           TO                 MEA
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                    Sec.   95.6001 VICTOR Routes-U.S.
    Sec.   95.6044 VOR FEDERAL AIRWAY V44 Is Amended To Read in Part
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PAWLING, NY VOR/DME..............  *ATHOS, NY FIX..........         3100
    *8000--MCA ATHOS, NY FIX, N
     BND
GROUP, NY FIX....................  *ALBANY, NY VORTAC......       **6000
    *6000--MCA ALBANY, NY VORTAC,
     S BND
    **2800--GNSS MEA
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    Sec.   95.6123 VOR FEDERAL AIRWAY V123 Is Amended To Read in Part
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CARMEL, NY VOR/DME...............  CASSH, NY FIX...........         3000
CASSH, NY FIX....................  *WIGAN, NY FIX..........         3100
    *8000--MCA WIGAN, NY FIX, N
     BND
GROUP, NY FIX....................  *ALBANY, NY VORTAC......       **6000
    *6000--MCA ALBANY, NY VORTAC,
     S BND
    **2800--GNSS MEA
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    Sec.   95.6157 VOR FEDERAL AIRWAY V157 Is Amended To Read in Part
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KINGSTON, NY VOR/DME.............  *WIGAN, NY FIX..........         3100
    *8000--MCA WIGAN, NY FIX, N
     BND
GROUP, NY FIX....................  *ALBANY, NY VORTAC......       **6000
    *6000--MCA ALBANY, NY VORTAC,
     S BND
    **2800--GNSS MEA
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    Sec.   95.6405 VOR FEDERAL AIRWAY V405 Is Amended To Read in Part
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CARMEL, NY VOR/DME...............  CASSH, NY FIX...........         3000
CASSH, NY FIX....................  PAWLING, NY VOR/DME.....         3100
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    Sec.   95.6468 VOR FEDERAL AIRWAY V468 Is Amended To Read in Part
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*BATTLE GROUND, WA VORTAC........  TROTS, WA FIX...........      **10000
    *5300--MCA BATTLE GROUND, WA
     VORTAC, NE BND
    **7200--MOCA
    **8000--GNSS MEA
*SWANY, WA FIX...................  HITCH, WA FIX...........       **8500
    *11500--MCA SWANY, WA FIX, SW
     BND
    **6800--MOCA
    **7000--GNSS MEA
HITCH, WA FIX....................  YAKIMA, WA VORTAC
                                   SW BND..................        *8500
                                   NE BND..................        *5000
    *4400--MOCA
    *5000--GNSS MEA
GLEED, WA FIX....................  ELLENSBURG, WA VORTAC...         6000
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[FR Doc. 2014-09904 Filed 4-29-14; 8:45 am]
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