71 FR 92 pgs. 27602-27604 - IFR Altitudes; Miscellaneous Amendments
Type: RULEVolume: 71Number: 92Pages: 27602 - 27604
Docket number: [Docket No. 30495; Amdt. No. 461]
FR document: [FR Doc. 06-4477 Filed 5-11-06; 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. 30495; Amdt. No. 461]
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.
DATES:
Effective Date: 0901 UTC, June 8, 2006.
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, DC on May 9, 2006.
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, February 16, 2006.
PART 95-[AMENDED]
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.
2. Part 95 is amended to read as follows:
| From | To | MEA |
|---|---|---|
| § 95.1001Direct Routes-U.S. | ||
| Color Routes | ||
| § 95.4Green Federal Airway G7 Is Amended To Delete | ||
| Norton Bay, AK NDB | Bishop, AK NDB | 5800 |
| Bishop, AK NDB | Birch, AK LF INT | 5800 |
| * 5000-MOCA | ||
| Birch, AK LF INT | Nenas AK LF INT | 4100 |
| Nenas, AK LF INT | Chena, AK NDB | 4100 |
| § 95.4Green Federal Airway G7 Is Amended To Read In Part | ||
| Gambell, AK NDB/DME | Fort Davis, AK NDB | 3000 |
| § 95.20Red Federal Airway R4 Is Added To Read | ||
| Bear Creek, AK NDB | Chena, AK NDB | 5000 |
| § 95.2Red Federal Airway R50 Is Amended To Delete | ||
| Anvik, AK NDB/DME | Bishop, AK NDB | 4800 |
| Bishop, AK NDB | Bear Creek, AK NDB | 6000 |
| Bear Creek, AK NDB | Chena, AK NDB | 5000 |
| § 95.60Blue Federal Airway B4 Is Amended To Delete | ||
| Bishop, AK NDB | Utopia Creek, AK NDB | *7000 |
| * 5900-MOCA | ||
| § 95.60Blue Federal Airway B12 Is Amended To Delete | ||
| Takotna River, AK NDB | Bishop, AK NDB | * 6000 |
| * 5500-MOCA | ||
| Bishop, AK NDB | Hotham, AK NDB | * 6000 |
| * 5300-MOCA | ||
| From | To | MEA | MAA |
|---|---|---|---|
| § 95.4000High Altitude RNAV Routes | |||
| § 95.4210RNAV Route T210 Is Added To Read | |||
| Taylor, FL VORTAC | Brado, FL FIX | 1900 | 9000 |
| From/To | Total distance | Changeover distance | Point from | Track angle | MEA | MAA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| § 95.5000Ground-Based High Altitude RNAV Routes | ||||||
| J804R | ||||||
| Anchorage, AK VOR/DME | 61.2 | 18000 | 45000 | |||
| Nowel, AK | 130/310 to Nowel | |||||
| Nowel, AK | 94.0 | 18000 | 45000 | |||
| Middleton Island, AK VOR/DME | 132/312 to Middleton Island | |||||
| Middleton Island, AK VOR/DME | 170.9 | 121.0 | Middleton Island | 121/301 to Cop | 24000 | 45000 |
| Snout, AK | 121/301 to Snout | |||||
| Snout, AK | 196.9 | 65.0 | Snout | 125/305 to Cop | 24000 | 45000 |
| Eeden, AK | 125/305 to Eeden | |||||
| Eeden, AK | 153.9 | 112.0 | Eeden | 130/310 to Cop | 24000 | 45000 |
| Fried, AK | 130/310 to Fried | |||||
| From | To | MEA |
|---|---|---|
| § 95.6001Victor Routes-U.S. | ||
| § 95.6190VOR Federal Airway V190 Is Amended To Read in Part | ||
| Peaks, AZ FIX | Teddi, AZ FIX | |
| NE BND | 13000 | |
| SW BND | 10000 | |
| Teddi, AZ FIX | * Salts, AZ FIX | ** 13000 |
| * 14000-MRA | ||
| ** 9700-MOCA | ||
| From | Airway Segment | To | Changeover Points | Distance | From |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| § 95.8003VOR Federal Airway Changeover Points | |||||
| § 95.803VOR Is Amended To Modify Changeover Point | |||||
| Phoenix, AZ VORTAC | St Johns, AZ VORTAC | 67 | Phoenix. | ||
[FR Doc. 06-4477 Filed 5-11-06; 8:45 am]
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