Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 191 / Thursday, October 2, 1997 / Rules and Regulations 51597

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 97

[Docket No. 29022; Amdt. No. 1823]

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 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 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 Purchases

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, buy 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

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

aeronautical 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. Standards 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 September

19, 1997.

Louis C. Cusimano,

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:

§§ 97.23, 97.25, 97.27, 97.29, 97.31, 97.33,

97.35 [Amended]

By amending: § 97.23 VOR, VOR/

DME, VOR or TACAN, and VOR/DME
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or TACON; § 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 October 9, 1997

Frankfort, MI, City-County, VOR OR GPS–A,

Amdt 3

* * * Effective November 6, 1997

Auburn, AL, Auburn-Opelika Robert G. Pitts,

GPS RWY 28, Orig

Foley, AL, Foley Muni, GPS RWY 36, Orig

Carlisle, AR, Carlisle Muni, VOR/DME RWY

9, Amdt 2

Carlisle, AR, Carlisle Muni, GPS RWY 9,

Amdt 1

Fayetteville/Springdale/Rogers, AR,

Northwest Arkansas Regional, GPS RWY

16, Orig

Fayetteville/Springdale/Rogers, AR,

Northwest Arkansas Regional, GPS RWY

34, Orig

Forrest City, AR, Forrest City Muni, NDB

RWY 35, Amdt 4

Forrest City, AR, Forrest City Muni, GPS

RWY 35, Orig

Helena/West Helena, AR, ThompsonRobbins, GPS RWY 17, Orig

Helena/West Helena, AR, ThompsonRobbins, GPS RWY 35, Admit 1

Little Rock, AR, Adams Field, ILS RWY 4R,

Amdt 1

Little Rock, AR, Adams Field, ILS RWY 22L,

Amdt 2

Pine Bluff, AR, Grider Field, VOR/DME RWY

35, Amdt 11

Stuttgart, AR, Stuttgart Muni, VOR/DME OR

GPS–A, Amdt 1

Stuttgart, AR, Stuttgart Muni, NDB RWY 18,

Amdt 10

San Diego/E1 Cajon, CA, Gillespie Field, GPS

RWY 17, Orig

Alamsa, CO, San Luis Valley Regional/

Bergman Field, ILS RWY 2, Orig

Alamosa, CO, San Luis Valley Regional/

Bergman Field, GPS RWY 2, Amdt 2

Orlando, FL, Executive, GPS RWY 7, Orig

Orlando, FL, Executive, GPS RWY 25, Orig

Orlando, FL, Orlando Sanford, GPS RWY

27R, Orig

Tallahassee, FL, Tallahassee Regional, GPS

RWY 9, Orig

Tallahssee, FL, Tallahassee Regional, GPS

RWY 27, Orig

Brunswick, GA, Malcolm McKinnon, GPS

RWY 4, Orig

Brunswick, GA, Malcolm McKinnon, GPS

RWY 22, Orig

Brunswick, GA, Malcolm McKinnon, RNAV

OR GPS RWY 22, Amdt 5, CANCELLED

Terre Haute, IN, Hulman Regional, VOR/

DME RWY 5, Amdt 17

Covington/Cincinnati, OH/KY, Cincinnati/

Northern Kentucky Intl, NDB or GPS RWY

9, Amdt 14

Covington/Cincinnati, OH/KY, Cincinnati/

Northern Kentucky Intl, ILS RWY 9, Amdt

16

Covington/Cincinnati, OH/KY, Cincinnati/

Northern Kentucy Intl, ILS RWY 18L,

Amdt 4

Covington/Cincinnati, OH/KY, Cincinnati/

Northern Kentucky Intl, ILS RWY 18R,

Amdt 19

Covington/Cincinnati, OH/KY, Cincinnati/

Northern Kentucky Intl, ILS RWY 36L,

Amdt 38

Covington/Cincinnati, OH/KY, Cincinnati/

Northern Kentucky Intl, ILS RWY 36R,

Amdt 5

Fitchburg, MA, Fitchburg Muni, NDB–A,

Amdt 2

Fitchburg, MA, Fitchburg Muni, NDB RWY

20, Amdt 3

Tewksbury, MA, Tew-Mac, VOR OR GPS

RWY 21, Amdt 7, CANCELLED

Tewksbury, MA, Tew Mac, NDB OR GPS–A,

Amdt 4A, CANCELLED

Westfield, MA, Barnes Muni, ILS RWY 20,

Amdt 4

Westfield, MA, Barnes Muni, VOR OR

TACAN OR GPS RWY 2, Amdt 3

Westfield, MA, Barnes Muni, NDB RWY 20,

Amdt 14

Westfield, MA, Barnes Muni, VOR OR GPS

RWY 20, Amdt 19

Clarksdale, MS, Fletcher Field, NDB OR

GPS–A, Amdt 1

Clarksdale, MS, Fletcher Field, NDB OR GPS

RWY 36, Amdt 8

Greenwood, MS, Greenwood-LeFlore, VOR

OR GPS RWY 5, Amdt 10

Greenwood, MS, Greenwood-LeFlore, ILS

RWY 18, Amdt 5

Indianola, MS, Indianola Muni, VOR/DME

OR GPS–B, Amdt 4

Marks, MS, Selfs, NDB OR GPS RWY 2,

Amdt 4

Marks, MS, Selfs, NDB OR GPS–A, Amdt 2

Reno, NV, Reno/Stead, GPS–B, Orig

Claremont, NH, Claremont Muni, NDB–A,

Amdt 1

West Milford, NJ, Greenwood Lake, VOR OR

GPS–A, Amdt 3, CANCELLED

West Milford, NJ, Greenwood Lake, VOR

RWY 6, Orig

Elmira, NY, Elmira/Corning Regional, NDB

RWY 24, Amdt 14

Elmira, NY, Elmira/Corning Regional, ILS

RWY 6, Amdt 3

Elmira, NY, Elmira/Corning Regional, ILS

RWY 24, Amdt 17

Elmira, NY, Elmira/Corning Regional, GPS

RWY 24, Orig

Devils Lake, ND, VOR OR GPS RWY 13,

Amdt 8, CANCELLED

Devils Lake, ND, VOR OR GPS RWY 31,

Amdt 5, CANCELLED

Devils Lake, ND, VOR RWY 13, Orig

Devils Lake, ND, VOR RWY 31, Orig

Batavia, OH, Clermont County, VOR OR

GPS–B, Amdt 6

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

Amdt 6

State College, PA, University Park, ILS RWY

24, Amdt 7

Wellsboro, PA, Grand Canyon State, VOR OR

GPS–A, Amdt 5

Wellsboro, PA, Grand Canyon State, GPS

RWY 28, Orig

Burlington, VT, Burlington Intl, LORAN

RNAV–A, Orig, CANCELLED

Burlington, VT, Burlington Intl, LORAN

RNAV RWY 15, Orig, CANCELLED

Rutland, VT, Rutland State, GPS RWY 19,

Amdt 2

Note: The following procedure published

effective 6 Nov 97 in Federal Register Vol.

62, No. 163, dated Aug 22, 1997, Docket

28992, Amdt 1813, Pg 44545 is hereby

rescinded:

Wisconsin Rapids, WI, Alexander Field

South Wood County, GPS RWY 20, Orig

* * * Effective January 1, 1998

Texarkana, AR, Texarkana Regional-Webb

Field, VOR OR GPS RWY 13, Amdt 15

Texarkana, AR, Texarkana Regional-Webb

Field, LOC BC RWY 4, Amdt 12

Texarkana, AR, Texarkana Regional-Webb

Field, NDB RWY 22, Amdt 12

Texarkana, AR, Texarkana Regional-Webb

Field, ILS RWY 22, Amdt 15

Texarkana, AR, Texarkana Regional-Webb

Field, GPS RWY 4, Orig

Texarkana, AR, Texarkana Regional-Webb

Field, GPS RWY 22, Orig

Texarkana, AR, Texarkana Regional-Webb

Field, GPS RWY 31, Orig

Flagstaff, AZ, Flagstaff Pulliam, GPS RWY 3,

Orig

Gastonia, NC, Gastonia Muni, NDB RWY 3,

Amdt 8

Gastonia, NC, Gastonia Muni, GPS RWY 3,

Orig

Gastonia, NC, Gastonia Muni, RNAV OR GPS

RWY 3, Amdt 3, CANCELLED

Reidsville, NC, Rockingham County NC

Shiloh, SDF RWY 31, Amdt 3,

CANCELLED

Reidsville, NC, Rockingham County NC

Shiloh, GPS RWY 31, Orig

Reidsville, NC, Rockingham County NC

Shiloh, VOR/DME RNAV RWY 31, Amdt 4,

CANCELLED

Southern Pines, NC, Moore County, GPS

RWY 23, Orig

Southern Pines, NC, Moore County, RNAV

RWY 23, Amdt, CANCELLED

Kutztown, PA, Kutztown, GPS RWY 17, Orig

Luray, VA, Luray Caverns, VOR/DME–B,

Amdt 2

Luray, VA, Luray Caverns, NDB OR GPS–A,

Amdt 5

Luray, VA, Luray Caverns, GPS RWY 22,

Amdt 1

Effective Upon Publication

Eugene, OR, VOR/DME OR TACAN OR GPS

RWY 34, Amdt 3

[FR Doc. 97–26118 Filed 10–1–97; 8:45 am]

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14 CFR Part 97

[Docket No. 29023; Amdt. No. 1824]

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