[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 191 (Thursday, October 2, 1997)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 51598-51600]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-26119]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

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.

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SUMMARY: This amendment establishes, amends, suspends, or revokes 
Standard

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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.

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:
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 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 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 NOTAM 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 cancelled.
    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 Approach 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 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. 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, 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;

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Sec. 97.33 RNAV SIAPs; and Sec. 97.35 COPTER SIAPs, identified as 
follows:

* * * Effective Upon Publication

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        FDC date               State                 City                   Airport           FDC No.                          SIAP                     
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09/03/97...............  CA                 Half Moon Bay.........  Half Moon Bay.........       7/5874  GPS Rwy 30 Orig...                             
09/04/97...............  AR                 Little Rock...........  Adams Field...........       7/5881  Radar-1, Amdt 15...                            
09/04/97...............  OK                 El Reno...............  El Reno Muni Air Park.       7/5888  NDB Rwy 35, Amdt 3...                          
09/04/97...............  TX                 Fort Worth............  Fort Worth Alliance...       7/5889  ILS Rwy 16L, Amdt 3...                         
09/05/97...............  MD                 Cumberland............  Greater Cumberland           7/5903  LOC-A, Amdt 3A...                              
                                                                     Regional.                                                                          
09/05/97...............  OH                 Wilmington............  Airborne Airpark......       7/5902  ILS Rwy 22R Amdt 4A...                         
09/05/97...............  OK                 Guthrie...............  Guthrie Muni..........       7/5897  NDB or GPS Rwy 16, Amdt 4...                   
09/05/97...............  WI                 Manitowish Waters.....  Manitowish Waters.....       7/5899  GPS Rwy 32 Orig...                             
09/10/97...............  MA                 Worcester.............  Worcester Regional....       7/5972  ILS Rwy 11 Amdt 21...                          
09/10/97...............  MA                 Worcester.............  Worcester Regional....       7/5973  NDB or GPS Rwy 11 Amdt 20...                   
09/10/97...............  ME                 Greenville............  Greenville Seaplane          7/5970  NDB or GPS-A Amdt 4...                         
                                                                     Base.                                                                              
09/10/97...............  NY                 Penn Yan..............  Penn Yan..............       7/5980  GPS Rwy 1 Orig...                              
09/10/97...............  NY                 Penn Yan..............  Penn Yan..............       7/5981  GPS Rwy 19 Orig...                             
09/11/97...............  AK                 Deadhorse.............  Deadhorse.............       7/6012  NDB or GPS-A, Amdt 2...                        
09/11/97...............  AK                 Deadhorse.............  Deadhorse.............       7/6013  VOR Rwy 4, Amdt 3...                           
09/11/97...............  AK                 Deadhorse.............  Deadhorse.............       7/6015  VOR Rwy 22, Amdt 5...                          
09/11/97...............  CA                 Los Angeles...........  Los Angeles Intl......       7/6002  ILS Rwy 25R Amdt 11...                         
09/11/97...............  CA                 Los Angeles...........  Los Angeles Intl......       7/6003  ILS Rwy 25L Amdt 7...                          
09/11/97...............  CA                 Los Angeles...........  Los Angeles Intl......       7/6045  ILS Rwy 25L/CAT II/, Amdt 7...                 
09/11/97...............  CA                 Los Angeles...........  Los Angeles Intl......       7/6046  ILS Rwy 25L/CAT III/Amdt 7...                  
09/11/97...............  CA                 Ramona................  Ramona................       7/6040  VOR/DME or GPS-A Amdt 1...                     
09/11/97...............  MN                 Minneapolis...........  Minneapolis-St Paul          7/6019  ILS PRM Rwy 29L (Simultaneous Close Parallel), 
                                                                     Intl (Wold-                          Orig...                                       
                                                                     Chamberlain).                                                                      
09/11/97...............  MN                 Minneapolis...........  Minneapolis-St Paul          7/6024  ILS PRM Rwy 29R (Simultaneous Close Parallel), 
                                                                     Intl (Wold-                          Orig...                                       
                                                                     Chamberlain).                                                                      
09/11/97...............  PA                 Coatesville...........  Chester County G.O.          7/6044  ILS Rwy 29 Amdt 6...                           
                                                                     Carlson.                                                                           
09/11/97...............  TX                 Conroe................  Conroe/Montgomery            7/6037  ILS Rwy 14, Amdt 1...                          
                                                                     County.                                                                            
09/12/97...............  AR                 El Dorado.............  South Arkansas               7/6059  VOR Rwy 22, Amdt 13B...                        
                                                                     Regional at Goodwin                                                                
                                                                     Field.                                                                             
09/12/97...............  AR                 El Dorado.............  South Arkansas               7/6060  GPS Rwy 22, Orig...                            
                                                                     Regional at Goodwin                                                                
                                                                     Field.                                                                             
09/15/97...............  OR                 Eugene................  Mahlon Sweet Field....       7/6116  NDB or GPS Rwy 16, Amdt 29...                  
09/16/97...............  NM                 Grants................  Grants-Milan Muni.....       7/6123  GPS Rwy 31, Orig...                            
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[FR Doc. 97-26119 Filed 10-1-97; 8:45 am]
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