"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote
Right. The operational altitude is really MVA, which is not available
to you.

Why would the MVA not be available to him?

Because AFAIK the MVA charts are not published anywhere pilots can get
them. I've seen some individual uncontrolled copies floating around,
but these are not really reliable because they have no expiration date
and changes are not NOTAM'd.

Michael