68 FR 70 pgs. 17730-17733 - IFR Altitudes; Miscellaneous Amendments
Type: RULEVolume: 68Number: 70Pages: 17730 - 17733
Docket number: [Docket No. 30362; Amdt. No. 441]
FR document: [FR Doc. 03-8562 Filed 4-11-03; 8:45 am]
Agency: Transportation Department
Sub Agency: Federal Aviation Administration
Official PDF Version: PDF Version
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
14 CFR Part 95
[Docket No. 30362; Amdt. No. 441]
IFR Altitudes; Miscellaneous Amendments
AGENCY:
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION:
Final rule.
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.
EFFECTIVE DATE:
0901 UTC, May 15, 2003.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Donald P. Pate, 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, D.C. on April 1, 2003.
James J. Ballough,
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 15, 2003.
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]
2. Part 95 is amended to read as follows:
| From | To | MEA | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Color Routes | |||||
| § 95.10Amber Federal Airway 1 Is Amended To Read in Part | |||||
| Hinchinbrook, AK NDB | Campbell Lake, AK NDB | #*9,000 | |||
| *8,000-MOCA | |||||
| #GPS MEA 8000 | |||||
| Color Routes | |||||
| § 95.6Blue Federal Airway 28 Is Amended To Read in Part | |||||
| Nichols, AK NDB | Sitka, AK NDB | #*6,900 | |||
| *6,000-MOCA | |||||
| #GPS MEA 6000 | |||||
| § 95.6001Victor Routes-U.S. | § 95.6026VOR Federal Airway 26 Is Amended To Read in Part | ||||
| Grand Junction, CO VORTAC | Raymn, CO FIX NE BND SW BND | 11,000 10,000 | |||
| § 95.6113VOR Federal Airways 113 Is Amended To Read in Part | |||||
| Boise, ID VORTAC | Salmon, ID VOR/DME | 16,500 | |||
| § 95.6194VOR Federal Airway 194 Is Amended To Read in Part | |||||
| McComb, MS VORTAC | Mizze, MS FIX | *3,000 | |||
| *2,000-MOCA | |||||
| Pauld, MS FIX | Meridian, MS VORTAC | 2,100 | |||
| § 95.6263VOR Federal Airway 263 Is Amended To Read in Part | |||||
| Hugo, CO VORTAC | *Lime, CO FIX | 9,000 | |||
| *9,000-MRA | |||||
| § 95.6311VOR Federal Airway 311 Is Amended To Read in Part | |||||
| Tokee, AK FIX | Flips, AK FIX | ##*9,000 | |||
| *6,000-MOCA | |||||
| #MEA is established with a gap in Navigaton signal Coverage | |||||
| #GPS MEA 6000 | |||||
| § 95.6317VOR Federal Airway 317 Is Amended To Read in Part | |||||
| Gesti, AK FIX | Level Island, AK VOR/DME | #*7,000 | |||
| *5,000-MOCA | |||||
| #GPS MEA 5000 | |||||
| Level Island, AK VOR/DME | Hoods, AK FIX | *9,000 | |||
| *5,900-MOCA | |||||
| Hoods, AK FIX | Sisters Island, AK VORTAC | *7,000 | |||
| *5,000-MOCA | |||||
| Sisters Island, AK VORTAC | Csper, AK FIX | #*7,000 | |||
| *5,000-MOCA | |||||
| #GPS MEA 5000 | |||||
| Csper, AK FIX | *Hapit, AK FIX | #**15,000 | |||
| *15,000-MRA | |||||
| **4,400-MOCA | |||||
| #GPS MEA 8000 | |||||
| § 95.6319VOR Federal Airway 319 Is Amended To Read in Part | |||||
| Yakutat, AK VORTAC | Malas, AK FIX | 2,600 | |||
| Malas, AK FIX | Katat, AK FIX | ##*10,000 | |||
| *5,000-MOCA | |||||
| #MEA is established with a gap in Navigation signal coverage | |||||
| #GPS MEA 9000 | |||||
| Katat, AK FIX | Casel, AK FIX | #*7,000 | |||
| *5,000-MOCA | |||||
| *GPS MEA 5000 | |||||
| Casel, AK FIX | EYAKS, AK FIX | *5,000 | |||
| *2,600-MOCA | |||||
| Johnstone Point, AK VORTAC | Peppi, AK FIX | 5,000 | |||
| Wiler, AK FIX | *Anchorage, AK VOR/DME | #**10,000 | |||
| *5,000-MCA Anchorage VOR/DME | |||||
| **7,000-MOCA | |||||
| #GPS MEA 7000 | |||||
| § 95.6320VOR Federal Airway 320 Is Amended To Read in Part | |||||
| Nelli, AK FIX | Nowell, AK FIX | *10,000 | |||
| *6,500-moca | |||||
| Nowell, AK FIX | Hoper, AK FIX | #*10,000 | |||
| *8,500-MOCA | |||||
| #GPS MEA 8,500 | |||||
| Hoper, AK FIX | Anchorage, AK VOR/DME | #7,000 | |||
| *6,000-MOCA | |||||
| #GPS MEA 6,000 | |||||
| § 95.6428VOR Federal Airway 428 Is Amended To Read in Part | |||||
| Biorka Island, AK VORTAC | Sisters Island, AK VORTAC | #*7,000 | |||
| *6,000-MOCA | |||||
| #GPS MEA 6000 | |||||
| Sisters Island, AK VORTAC | Haines, AK NDB | ##*10,000 | |||
| *8,500-MOCA | |||||
| #GPS MEA 8500 | |||||
| #MEA is established with a gap in Navigation signal coverage | |||||
| Haines, AK NDB | Whitehorse, CA VOR/DME | #*10,000 | |||
| *9,500-MOCA | |||||
| #GPS MEA 9500 | |||||
| § 95.6430VOR Federal Airway 430 Is Amended To Read in Part | |||||
| Havre, MT VOR/DME | Glasgow, MT VOR/DME | *6,500 | |||
| *5,500-MOCA | |||||
| Glasgow, MT VOR/DME | Williston, ND VORTAC | *6,000 | |||
| *5,000-MOCA | |||||
| § 95.6431VOR Federal Airway 431 Is Amended To Read in Part | |||||
| Sisters Island, AK VORTAC | *Lyric, AK FIX | #**8,000 | |||
| *8,000-MRA | |||||
| **5,800-MOCA | |||||
| #GPS MEA 5800 | |||||
| § 95.6440VOR Federal Airway 440 Is Amended To Read in Part | |||||
| Sandspit, CA VORTAC | Mocha, AK FIX | ###*8,000 | |||
| *4,600-MOCA | |||||
| #For that Airspace over U.S. Territory | |||||
| #MEA is established with a gap in Navigation signal coverage | |||||
| #GPS MEA 4600 | |||||
| Mocha, AK FIX | Latch, AK FIX | ##*12,000 | |||
| *4,000-MOCA | |||||
| #MEA is established with a gap in Navigation signal coverage | |||||
| #GPS MEA 8000 | |||||
| Salis, AK FIX | *Hapit, AK FIX | ##*9,000 | |||
| *15,000-MRA | |||||
| **2,000-MOCA | |||||
| #MEA is established with a gap in Navigation signal coverage | |||||
| #GPS MEA 8000 | |||||
| Hapit, AK FIX | Centa, AK FIX | ##*9,000 | |||
| *2,000-MOCA | |||||
| #MEA is established with a gap in Navigation signal coverage | |||||
| #GPS MEA 8000 | |||||
| Centa, AK FIX | Yakutat, AK VORTAC | #*3,000 | |||
| *2,000-MOCA | |||||
| #GPS MEA 2000 | |||||
| Ocult, AK FIX | Middleton Island, AK VOR/DME | #*8,000 | |||
| *2,000-MOCA | |||||
| #GPS MEA 7000 | |||||
| Middleton Island, AK VOR/DME | Hoper, AK FIX | #*10,000 | |||
| *8,500-MOCA | |||||
| #GPS MEA 8500 | |||||
| Hoper, AK FIX | Anchorage, AK VOR/DME | #*7,000 | |||
| *6,000-MOCA | |||||
| #GPS MEA 6000 | |||||
| § 95.6473VOR Federal Airway 473 Is Amended To Read in Part | |||||
| Level Island, AK VOR/DME | Flips, AK FIX | #*7,000 | |||
| *6,000-MOCA | |||||
| #GPS MEA 6000 | |||||
| § 95.6543VOR Federal Airway 543 Is Amended To Read in Part | |||||
| Pauld, MS FIX | Meridian, MS VORTAC | 2,100 | |||
[FR Doc. 03-8562 Filed 4-11-03; 8:45 am]
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