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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 97

Air traffic control, Airports,

Navigation (air).

Issued in Washington, DC on July 25, 1997.

Thomas E. Stuckey,

Acting 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:

§§ 97.23, 97.27, 97.33, 97.35 [Amended]

By amending: § 97.23 VOR, VOR/

DME, VOR or TACAN, and VOR/DME

or TACAN; § 97.27 NDB, NDB/DME;

§ 97.33 RNAV SIAPs; and § 97.35

COPTER SIAPs, identified as follows:

Effective August 14, 1997

Pohnpei, FM, Pohnpei Intl, NDB/DME or

GPS RWY 9, Amdt 4 CANCELLED

Pohnpei, FM, Pohnpei Intl, NDB/DME RWY

9, Amdt 4

Weno Island, FM, Chuck Intl, NDB/DME or

GPS RWY 4, Orig CANCELLED

Weno Island, FM, Chuck Intl, NDB/DME

RWY 4, Orig

Yap, FM, Yap Intl, NDB/DME or GPS RWY

7, Amdt 1 CANCELLED

Yap, FM, Yap Intl, NDB/DME RWY 7, Amdt

1

Marshall, MN, Marshall Muni-Ryan Field,

VOR/DME or GPS RWY 30, Amdt 2

CANCELLED

Marshall, MN, Marshall Muni-Ryan Field,

VOR/DME RWY 30, Amdt 2

Babelthuap Island, PW, Babelthuap/Koror,

NDB or GPS RWY 9, Orig CANCELLED

Babelthuap Island, PW, Babelthuap/Koror,

NDB RWY 9, Orig

Majuro Atoll, RM, Marshall Islands Intl. NDB

or GPS RWY 7, Orig CANCELLED

Majuro Atoll, RM, Marshall Islands Intl. NDB

RWY 7, Orig

Majuro Atoll, RM, Marshall Island Intl. NDB

or GPS RWY 25, Orig CANCELLED

Majuro Atoll, RM, Marshall Island Intl. NDB

RWY 25, Orig

Laurens, SC, Laurens County, NDB or GPS

RWY 8, Amdt 1A CANCELLED

Laurens, SC, Laurens County, NDB RWY 8,

Amdt 1A

Big Piney, WY, Big Piney-Marbleton, VOR or

GPS RWY 31, Amdt 3 CANCELLED

Big Piney, WY, Big Piney-Marbleton, VOR

RWY 31, Amdt 3

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 97

[Docket No. 28981; Amdt. No. 1810]

RIN 2120–AA65

Standard Instrument Approach

Procedures; Miscellaneous

Amendments

AGENCY: Federal Aviation

Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Final rule.

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 the adoption of new

or revised criteria, or because of changes

occurring in the National Airspace

System, such as the commissioning of

new navigational facilities, addition of

new obstacles, or change sin 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 matters

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 the affected airport is

located; or

3. The Flight Inspection Area Office

which originated the SIAP.

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, U.S.

Government Printing Office,

Washington, DC 20402.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Paul J. Best, Flight Procedures

Standards Branch (AFS–420), Technical

Programs Division, Flight Standards

Service, Federal Aviation

Administration, 800 Independence

Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20591;

telephone (202) 267–8277.

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 of each SIAP is

contained in official FAA form

documents which are incorporated by

reference in this amendment under 5

U.S.C. 552(a), 1 CFR part 51, and § 97.20

of the Federal Aviation Regulations

(FAR). The applicable FAA Forms are

identified as FAA Forms 8260–3, 8260–

4, and 8260–5. 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 on 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
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SIAPs. This amendment also identifies

the airport, its location, the procedure

identification and the amendment

number.

The Rule

This amendment to part 97 is effective

upon publication of each separate SIAP

as contained in the transmittal. Some

SIAP amendments may 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

aeronautcial charts. The circumstances

which created the need for some SIAP

amendments may require making them

effective in less than 30 days. For the

remaining SIAPs, an effective date at

least 30 days after publication is

provided.

Further, the SIAPs contained in this

amendment are based on the criteria

contained in the U.S. Standard for

Terminal Instrument Approach

Procedures (TERPS). In developing

these SIAPs, the TERPS criteria were

applied to the conditions existing or

anticipated at the affected airports.

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 some SIAPs effective in less

than 30 days.

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 97

Air traffic control, Airports,

Navigation (air).

Issued in Washington, DC on July 25, 1997.

Thomas E. Stuckey,

Acting 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. 106(g), 40103, 40113,

40120, 44701; and 14 CFR 11.49(b)(2).

2. Part 97 is amended to read as

follows:

By amending: § 97.23 VOR, VOR/

DME, VOR or TACAN, and VOR/DME

or TACAN; § 97.25 LOC, LOC/DME,

LDA, LDA/DME, SDF, SDF/DME;

§ 97.27 NDB, NDB/DME; § 97.29 ILS,

ILS/DME,ISMLS, MLS, MLS/DME,

MLS/RNAV; § 97.31 RADAR SIAPs;

§ 97.33 RNAV SIAPs; and § 97.35

COPTER SIAPs, identified as follows:

* * * Effective August 14, 1997

Birmingham, AL, Birmingham Intl, LOC

RWY 23, AMDT 5, Cancelled

Birmingham, AL, Birmingham Intl, LOC

RWY 18, Orig

Birmingham, AL, Birmingham Intl, ILS RWY

23, Orig

* * * Effective September 11, 1997

Wrangell, AK, Wrangell, GPS–A, Orig

Murrieta/Temecula, CA, French Valley, GPS

RWY 18, Orig

Monte Vista, CO, Monte Vista Muni, GPS

RWY 20, Orig

Oxford, CT, Waterbury-Oxford, ILS RWY 36,

Amdt 11

Windsor Locks, CT, Bradley Intl, VOR OR

TACAN RWY 6, Orig

Windsor Locks, CT, Bradley Intl, VOR OR

TACAN RWY 15, Amdt 2

Windsor Locks, CT, Bradley Intl, VOR OR

TACAN RWY 24, Orig

Windsor Locks, CT, Bradley Intl, VOR OR

TACAN RWY 33, Orig

Windsor Locks, CT, Bradley Intl, NDB or GPS

RWY 6, Amdt 28

Windsor Locks, CT, Bradley Intl, COPTER

ILS 058, Amdt 2

Windsor Locks, CT, Bradley Intl, ILS RWY 6,

Amdt 34

Windsor Locks, CT, Bradley Intl, ILS RWY

24, Amdt 8

Windsor Locks, CT, Bradley Intl, ILS RWY

33, Amdt 7

Windsor Locks, CT, Bradley Intl, GPS RWY

15, Amdt 3

Marco Island, FL, Marco Island, LOC RWY

17, Orig

Brunswick, GA, Glynco Jetport, VOR/DME

OR GPS–B, Amdt 7

Brunswick, GA, Glynco Jetport, NDB OR GPS

RWY 7, Amdt 10

Brunswick, GA, Glynco Jetport, ILS RWY 7,

Amdt 8

Bangor, ME, Bangor Intl, ILS RWY 15, Amdt

5

Baltimore, MD, Baltimore-Washington Intl,

ILS RWY 10, Amdt 16

Jefferson City, MO, Jefferson City Meml, NDB

RWY 12, Amdt 2

Jefferson City, MO, Jefferson City Meml, NDB

RWY 30, Orig

Jefferson City, MO, Jefferson City Meml, ILS

RWY 30, Amdt 4

Grants NM, Grants-Milan Muni, GPS RWY

31, Orig

Olean, NY, Chattaraugus County-Olean, NDB

RWY 22, Amdt 12

Grand Forks, ND, Grand Forks Intl, VOR OR

GPS RWY 17R, Amdt 5

Grand Forks, ND, Grand Forks Intl, VOR OR

GPS RWY 35L, Amdt 6

Grand Forks, ND, Grand Forks Intl, LOC BC

RWY 17R, Amdt 11

Grand Forks, ND, Grand Forks Intl, ILS RWY

35L, Amdt 10

Philipsburg, PA, Mid-State, VOR RWY 24,

Amdt 15

Philipsburg, PA, Mid-State, ILS RWY 16,

Amdt 6

Canadian, TX, Hemphill County, GPS RWY

4, Orig

Canadian, TX, Hemphill County, GPS RWY

22, Orig

Pennington Gap, VA, Lee County, NDB or

GPS–A, Amdt 2, Cancelled

* * * Effective November 6, 1997

Silver Bay, MN, Silver Bay Muni, GPS RWY

25, Orig

Note: The FAA published the following

procedure in Docket No. 28942, Amdt No.

1803 to Part 97 of the Federal Aviation

Regulations (Vol 62, No. 121, page 33993,

dated Tuesday, June 24, 1997) under Section

97.33 effective September 11, 1997, which is

hereby rescinded:

San Martin, CA, South County Arpt of Santa

Clara County, GPS RWY 32, Orig

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RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD

20 CFR Part 340

RIN 3220–AB32

Recovery of Benefits

AGENCY: Railroad Retirement Board.

ACTION: Interim final rule.

SUMMARY: The Railroad Retirement

Board (Board) hereby amends part 340

of its regulations to reflect its authority

to compromise debts provided that the

amount recoverable does not exceed

$100,000 exclusive of interest. This

amendment would conform the Board’s

regulations to present law.

DATES: Effective Date: This regulation

will be effective August 1, 1997.

Comment Date: Comments due on or

before September 30, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Comments may be mailed to

the Secretary to the Board, Railroad

Retirement Board, 844 North Rush

Street, Chicago, Illinois 60611.