[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 107 (Friday, June 2, 2000)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 35275-35278]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-13834]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 97

[Docket No. 30058; Amdt. No. 1994]


Standard Instrument Approach Procedures; Miscellaneous Amendments

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: This amendment establishes, amends, suspends, or revokes 
Standard Instrument Approach Procedures (SIAPs) for operations at 
certain airports. These regulatory actions are needed because of 
changes occurring in the National Airspace System, such as the 
commissioning of new navigational facilities, addition of new 
obstacles, or changes in air traffic requirements. These changes are 
designed to provide safe and efficient use of the navigable airspace 
and to promote safe flight operations under instrument flight rules at 
the affected airports.

DATES: An effective date for each SIAP is specified in the amendatory 
provisions.
    Incorporation by reference-approved by the Director of the Federal 
Register on December 31, 1980, and reapproved as of January 1, 1982.

ADDRESSES: Availability of matter incorporated by reference in the 
amendment is as follows:

For Examination

    1. FAA Rules Docket, FAA Headquarters Building, 800 Independence 
Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20591;
    2. The FAA Regional Office of the region in which affected airport 
is located; or
    3. The Flight Inspection Area Office which originated the SIAP.

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For Purchase

    Individual SIAP copies may be obtained from:
    1. FAA Public Inquiry Center (APA-200), FAA Headquarters Building, 
800 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20591; or
    2. The FAA Regional Office of the region in which the affected 
airport is located.

By Subscription

    Copies of all SIAPs, mailed once every 2 weeks, are for sale by the 
Superintendent of Documents, US Government Printing Office, Washington, 
DC 20402.

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 97 of the Federal 
Aviation Regulations (14 CFR part 97) establishes, amends, suspends, or 
revokes Standard Instrument Approach Procedures (SIAPs). The complete 
regulatory description on each SIAP is contained in the appropriate FAA 
Form 8260 and the National Flight Data Center (FDC)/Permanent (P) 
Notices to Airmen (NOTAM) which are incorporated by reference in the 
amendment under 5 U.S.C. 552(a), 1 CFR part 51, and Sec. 97.20 of the 
Federal Aviation's Regulations (FAR). Materials incorporated by 
reference are available for examination or purchase as stated above.
    The large number of SIAPs, their complex nature, and the need for a 
special format make their verbatim publication in the Federal Register 
expensive and impractical. Further, airmen do not use the regulatory 
text of the SIAPs, but refer to their graphic depiction of charts 
printed by publishers of aeronautical materials. Thus, the advantages 
of incorporation by reference are realized and publication of the 
complete description of each SIAP contained in FAA form documents is 
unnecessary. The provisions of this amendment state the affected CFR 
(and FAR) sections, with the types and effective dates of the SIAPs. 
This amendment also identifies the airport, its location, the procedure 
identification and the amendment number.

The Rule

    This amendment to part 97 of the Federal Aviation Regulations (14 
CFR part 97) establishes, amends, suspends, or revokes SIAPs. For 
safety and timeliness of change considerations, this amendment 
incorporates only specific changes contained in the content of the 
following FDC/P NOTAMs for each SIAP. The SIAP information in some 
previously designated FDC/Temporary (FDC/T) NOTAMs is of such duration 
as to be permanent. With conversion to FDC/P NOTAMs, the respective 
FDC/T NOTAMs have been canceled.
    The FDC/P NOTAMs for the SIAPs contained in this amendment are 
based on the criteria contained in the U.S. Standard for Terminal 
Instrument Procedures (TERPS). In developing these chart changes to 
SIAPs by FDC/P NOTAMs, the TERPS criteria were applied to only these 
specific conditions existing at the affected airports. All SIAP 
amendments in this rule have been previously issued by the FAA in a 
National Flight Data Center (FDC) Notice to Airmen (NOTAM) as an 
emergency action of immediate flight safety relating directly to 
published aeronautical charts. The circumstances which created the need 
for all these SIAP amendments requires making them effective in less 
than 30 days.
    Further, the SIAPs contained in this amendment are based on the 
criteria contained in the TERPS. Because of the close and immediate 
relationship between these SIAPs and safety in air commerce, I find 
that notice and public procedure before adopting these SIAPs are 
impracticable and contrary to the public interest and, where 
applicable, that good cause exists for making these SIAPs 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 for 
the Regulatory Flexibility Act.

List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 97

    Air traffic control, Airports, Navigation (air).

Issued in Washington, DC, on May 26, 2000.
L. Nicholas Lacey,
Director, Flight Standards Service.

Adoption of the Amendment

    Accordingly, pursuant to the authority delegated to me, part 97 of 
the Federal Aviation Regulations (14 CFR part 97) is amended by 
establishing, amending, suspending, or revoking Standard Instrument 
Approach Procedures, effective at 0901 UTC on the dates specified, as 
follows:

PART 97--STANDARD INSTRUMENT APPROACH PROCEDURES

    1. The authority citation for part 97 is revised to read as 
follows:

    Authority: 49 U.S.C. 40103, 40113, 40120, 44701; 49 U.S.C. 
106(g); and 14 CFR 11.49(b)(2).


    2. Part 97 is amended to read as follows:


Secs. 97.23, 97.25, 97.27, 97.29, 97.31, 97.33 and 97.35  [Amended]

    By amending: Sec. 97.23 VOR, VOR/DME, VOR or TACAN, and VOR/DME or 
TACAN; Sec. 97.25 LOC, LOC/DME, LDA, LDA/DME, SDF, SDF/DME; Sec. 97.27 
NDB, NDB/DME; Sec. 97.29 ILS, ILS/DME, ISMLS, MLS, MLS/DME, MLS/RNAV; 
Sec. 97.31 RADAR SIAPs; Sec. 97.33 RNAV SIAPs; and Sec. 97.35 COPTER, 
SIAPs, identified as follows:

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            FDC date                 State             City               Airport            FDC number                          SIAP
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04/20/00.......................  IA             Ottumwa...........  Ottumwa Industrial  FDC 0/3913            LOC/DME BC RWY 13, AMDT 2B...
04/20/00.......................  VA             Marion/Wytheville.  Mountain Empire...  FDC 0/1361            NDB RWY 26 AMDT 1...
04/20/00.......................  VA             Marion/Wytheville.  Mountain Empire...  FDC 0/1363            GPS RWY 26 ORIG...
05/10/00.......................  GA             Douglas...........  Douglas Muni......  FDC 0/4874            GPS RWY 22, ORIG...
05/10/00.......................  GA             Douglas...........  Douglas Muni......  FDC 0/4875            GPW RWY 4, ORIG...
05/10/00.......................  GA             Douglas...........  Douglas Muni......  FDC 0/4877            LOC RWY 4, AMDT 2A...

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05/10/00.......................  TN             Memphis...........  Memphis Intl......  FDC 0/4868            ILS RWY 27, AMDT 2A...
05/10/00.......................  WA             Ephrata...........  Ephrata Muni......  FDC 0/4898            VOR/DME OR GPS RWY 2, AMDT 3...
05/10/00.......................  WA             Spokane...........  Felts Field.......  FDC 0/4885            VOR OR GPS RWY 3L, AMDT 2A...
05/10/00.......................  WA             Walla Walla.......  Walla Walla         FDC 0/4870            VOR OR GPS RWY 16, AMDT 11...
                                                                     Regional.
05/10/00.......................  WA             Walla Walla.......  Walla Walla         FDC 0/4887            VOR RWY 2, AMDT 10...
                                                                     Regional.
05/11/00.......................  CA             Napa..............  Napa County.......  FDC 0/4818            VOR OR GPS RWY 6, AMDT 11...
05/11/00.......................  CA             Napa..............  Napa County.......  FDC 0/4943            LOC RWY 36L AMDT 2B...
05/11/00.......................  CA             Sacramento........  Sacramento Mather.  FDC 0/4920            VOR OR GPS RWY 4R ORIG-A...
05/11/00.......................  CA             South Lake Tahoe..  Lake Tahoe........  FDC 0/4921            VOR/DME OR GPS-A, AMDT 3...
05/11/00.......................  GUA            Agana.............  Guam Intl.........  FDC 0/4940            GPS RWY 24R ORIG...
05/11/00.......................  MO             New Madrid........  County Memorial...  FDC 0/4969            NDB RWY 18, AMDT 2...
05/11/00.......................  MO             New Madrid........  County Memorial...  FDC 0/4970            VOR/DME RNAV OR GPS RWY 18, AMDT 1...
05/11/00.......................  WA             Ephrata...........  Ephrata Muni......  FDC 0/4926            VOR OR GPS RWY 20, AMDT 18...
05/12/00.......................  CA             Chico.............  Chico.............  FDC 0/4986            GPS RWY 31R ORIG...
05/12/00.......................  GA             Douglas...........  Douglas Muni......  FDC 0/4995            NDB RWY 4, AMDT 2A...
05/12/00.......................  KY             Flemingsburg......  Fleming-Mason.....  FDC 0/5008            NDB RWY 25, ORIG...
05/12/00.......................  WA             Burlington/Mount    Skagit Regional...  FDC 0/4989            GPS RWY 28, ORIG...
                                                 Vernon.
05/12/00.......................  WA             Burlington/Mount    Skagit Regional...  FDC 0/4991            GPS RWY 10, AMDT 1...
                                                 Vernon.
05/12/00.......................  WA             Burlington/Mount    Skagit Regional...  FDC 0/4993            NDB RWY 10, AMDT 3...
                                                 Vernon.
05/15/00.......................  KY             Flemingsburg......  Fleming-Mason.....  FDC 0/5054            VOR/DME OR GPS-A, AMDT 5...
05/15/00.......................  WI             Madison...........  Dane County         FDC 0/5080            ILS RWY 36, AMDT 29B...
                                                                     Regional-Truax
                                                                     Field.
05/16/00.......................  OK             Tulsa.............  Tulsa Intl........  FDC 0/5163            RADAR-1, AMDT 17C...
05/17/00.......................  GA             Camilla...........  Camilla-Mitchell    FDC 0/5234            NDB OR GPS RWY 8, AMDT 1...
                                                                     County.
05/18/00.......................  OH             Columbus..........  Ohio State          FDC 0/5291            GPS RWY 94, ORIG-B...
                                                                     University.
05/18/00.......................  OH             Wooster...........  Wayne County......  FDC 0/5280            VOR RWY 28, ORIG-B...
05/18/00.......................  OH             Wooster...........  Wayne County......  FDC 0/5281            GPS RWY 28, AMDT 1...
05/18/00.......................  OH             Wooster...........  Wayne County......  FDC 0/5282            NDB RWY 28, AMDT 7B...
05/18/00.......................  OH             Wooster...........  Wayne County......  FDC 0/5283            VOR OR GPS RWY 10, ORIG-B...
05/19/00.......................  FL             Orlando...........  Executive.........  FDC 0/5358            GPS RWY 25, ORIG-B...
05/19/00.......................  KS             Garden City.......  Garden City         FDC 0/5354            VOR/DME OR GPS RWY 30, ORIG...
                                                                     Regional.                                THIS REPLACES FDC 0/4496
05/19/00.......................  MO             St Joseph.........  Rosecrans Memorial  FDC 0/5348            VOR OR TACAN RWY 17, AMDT 13...
05/19/00.......................  TX             Abilene...........  Abilene Regional..  FDC 0/5330            ILS RWY 35R, AMDT 6A...
05/19/00.......................  TX             Abilene...........  Abilene Regional..  FDC 0/5331            NDB RWY 35R, AMDT 5B...
05/19/00.......................  TX             Abilene...........  Abilene Regional..  FDC 0/5334            GPS RWY 35R, ORIG-A...
05/22/00.......................  CA             Concord...........  Buchanan Field....  FDC 0/5407            LDA RWY 19R, AMDT 7B...
05/22/00.......................  CA             Concord...........  Buchanan Field....  FDC 0/5408            VOR RWY 19R, AMDT 12B...
05/22/00.......................  MI             Hancock...........  Houghton County     FDC 0/5425            VOR RWY 31, AMDT 14...
                                                                     Memorial.
05/22/00.......................  MI             Hancock...........  Houghton County     FDC 0/5426            VOR OR GPS RWY 25, AMDT 17...
                                                                     Memorial.
05/22/00.......................  MI             Hancock...........  Houghton County     FDC 0/5427            VOR OR GPS RWY 13, AMDT 15...
                                                                     Memorial.
05/23/00.......................  GA             Milledgeville.....  Baldwin County....  FDC 0/5436            GPS RWY 10, ORIG-A...
05/23/00.......................  GA             Milledgeville.....  Baldwin County....  FDC 0/5437            NDB RWY 28, ORIG-A...
05/23/00.......................  GA             Milledgeville.....  Baldwin County....  FDC 0/5439            GPS RWY 28, ORIG-A...
05/24/00.......................  MI             Hancock...........  Houghton County     FDC 0/5488            LOC/DME BC RWY 13, AMDT 11A...
                                                                     Memorial.
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