[Federal Register: September 19, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 182)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 54802-54803]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
14 CFR Part 95
[Docket No. 30389; Amdt. No. 444]
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.
EFFECTIVE DATE: 0901 UTC, October 30, 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 September 15, 2003.
James J. Ballough,
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,
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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 444 Effective Date October 30, 2003]
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From To MEA
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Sec. 95.6013 VOR Federal Airway 13 is amended to Read in Part
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McAllen, TX VOR/DME.............. Manny, TX FIX........... *5000
*1600--MOCA
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Sec. 95.6017 VOR Federal Airway 17 is amended to Read in Part
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Brownsville, TX Vortac........... Harlingen, TX VOR/DME... 1600
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Harlingen, TX VOR/DME............ McAllen, TX VOR/DME..... 2400
McAllen, TX VOR/DME.............. Fator, TX INT........... *2500
*1700--MOCA
Fator, TX FIX.................... *Nelee, TX FIX.......... **4000
*5500--MRA
**2400--MOCA
Nelee, TX FIX.................... Laredo, TX VORTAC....... 2500
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Sec. 95.6033 VOR Federal Airway 33 is Amended to Read in Part
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Bradford, PA VOR/DME............. Vairs, NY FIX........... *1
0,000
*4,800--MOCA
Vairs, NY FIX.................... Buffalo, NY VOR/DME..... *5
,000
*4,000--MOCA
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BFD R-006 Unusable, Use BUF R-187
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Sec. 95.6407 VOR Federal Airway 407 is Amended to Read in Part
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Brownsvile, TX VORTAC............ Harlingen, TX VOR/DME...
Harlingen, TX VOR/DME............ Jimie, TX INT........... 1700
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From To MEA MAA
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Sec. 95.7001 Jet Routes
Sec. 95.7231 Jet Route No. 231 is Amended to Read in Part
Twentynine Palms, CA VORTAC Hippi, AZ FIX......................... 23000 4000
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