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aspects of the rule might suggest a need

to modify the rule. All comments

submitted will be available, both before

and after the closing date for comments,

in the rules docket for examination by

interested persons. A report that

summarizes each FAA-public contact

concerned with the substance of this

action will be filed in the rules docket.

Commenters wishing the FAA to

acknowledge receipt of their comments

submitted in response to this rule must

submit a self-addressed, stamped

postcard on which the following

statement is made: ‘‘Comments to

Docket No. 97–ACE–12.’’ The postcard

will be date stamped and returned to the

commenter.

Agency Finds

The regulations adopted herein will

not have substantial direct effects on the

States, on the relationship between the

national government and the States, or

on the distribution of power and

responsibilities among the various

levels of government. Therefore, in

accordance with Executive Order 12612,

it is determined that this final rule does

not have sufficient federalism

implications to warrant the preparation

of a Federalism Assessment.

The FAA has determined that this

regulation is noncontroversial and

unlikely to result in adverse or negative

comments. For the reasons discussed in

the preamble, I certify that this

regulation (1) is not a ‘‘significant

regulatory action’’ under Executive

Order 12866; (2) is not a ‘‘significant

rule’’ under Department of

Transportation (DOT) Regulatory

Policies and Procedures (44 FR 11034,

February 26, 1979); and (3) if

promulgated, will not have a significant

economic impact, positive or negative,

on a substantial number of small entities

under the criteria of the Regulatory

Flexibility Act.

List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 71

Airspace, Incorporation by reference,

Navigation (air).

Adoption of the Amendment

Accordingly, the Federal Aviation

Administration amends part 71 of the

Federal Aviation Regulations (14 CFR

part 71) as follows:

PART 71—DESIGNATION OF CLASS A,

CLASS B, CLASS C, CLASS D, AND

CLASS E AIRSPACE AREAS;

AIRWAYS; ROUTES; AND REPORTING

POINTS

1. The authority citation for part 71

continues to read as follows:

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(g), 40103, 40113,

40120; E.O. 10854, 24 FR 9565, 3 CFR, 1959–

1963 Com., p. 389.

§ 71.1 [Amended]

2. The incorporation by reference in

14 CFR 71.1 of Federal Aviation

Administration Order 7400.9E, Airspace

Designations and Reporting Points,

dated September 10, 1997, and effective

September 16, 1997, is amended as

follows:

Paragraph 6005 Class E airspace areas

extending upward from 700 feet or more

above the surface of the earth.

* * * * *

ACE KS E5 Topeka, Philip Billard Municipal

Airport, KS [Revised]

Philip Billard Municipal Airport, KS

(lat. 39°04′07′′N., long. 95°37′21′′W.)

Topeka VORTAC

(lat. 39°08′14′′N., long. 95°32′57′′W.)

BILOY LOM

(lat. 39°07′13′′N., long. 95°41′14′′W.)

That airspace extending upward from 700

feet above the surface within a 6.5-mile

radius of Philip Billard Municipal Airport

and within 3.4 miles each side of the 025°

radial of the Topeka VORTAC extending

from the 6.5-mile radius to 5.6 miles

northeast of the VORTAC and within 4 miles

southwest and 7 miles northeast of the Philip

Billard Municipal Airport ILS localizer

course extending from 15 miles southeast of

the airport to 12 miles northwest of BILOY

LOM.

* * * * *

Issued in Kansas City, MO, on August 29,

1997.

Christopher R. Blum,

Acting Manager, Air Traffic Division, Central

Region.

[FR Doc. 97–27382 Filed 10–15–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 97

[Docket No. 29035; Amdt. No. 1826]

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 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.
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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

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. 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 October 3,

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:

§§ 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

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 November 6, 1997

Crescent City, CA, Jack McNamara Field, ILS/

DME RWY 11, Amdt 7

Miami, FL, Miami Intl, GPS RWY 9R, Orig

Miami, FL, Miami Intl, GPS RWY 27R, Orig

Miami, FL, Miami Intl, VOR/DME RNAV OR

GPS RWY 27R, ORIG–A, CANCELLED

St. Joseph, MO, Rosecrans Memorial, VOR

OR TACAN RWY 17, Amdt 13

St. Joseph, MO, Rosecrans Memorial, LOC BC

RWY 17, Amdt 8

St. Joseph, MO, Rosecrans Memorial, ILS

RWY 35, Amdt 30

Omaha, NE, Eppley Airfield, ILS RWY 14R,

Amdt 1

Salisbury, NC, Rowan County, NDB OR GPS–

B, Amdt 10, CANCELLED

Southern Pines, NC, Moore County, LOC

RWY 5, Amdt 5, CANCELLED

Southern Pines, NC, Moore County, ILS RWY

5, Orig

Conway, SC, Conway-Horry County, NDB

RWY 4, Amdt 2

Conway, SC, Conway-Horry County, NDB OR

GPS–A, Amdt 2

Clarendon, TX, Clarendon Muni, NDB OR

GPS RWY 1, Amdt 2, CANCELLED

Fort Worth, TX, Fort Worth Meacham Intl,

ILS RWY 34R, Amdt 1

Salt Lake City, UT, Salt Lake City Intl, ILS/

DME RWY 16L, Amdt 10

* * * Effective December 4, 1997

Knox, Inc, Starke County, VOR OR GPS RWY

18, Amdt 1

Rockland, ME, Knox County Regional, ILS

RWY 13, Amdt 1

Davison, MI, Athelone Williams Memorial,

VOR OR GPS RWY 8, Amdt 3

Excelsior Springs, MO, Excelsior Springs

Memorial, VOR OR GPS RWY 19, Amdt 1

Lexington, NE, Jim Kelly Field, VOR OR GPS

RWY 14, Amdt 3

Lexington, NE, Jim Kelly Field, NDB RWY

14, Amdt 2

Lexington, NE, Jim Kelly Field, GPS RWY 32,

Orig

Janesville, WI, Rock County, VOR OR GPS

RWY 4, Amdt 26

Janesville, WI, Rock County, VOR/DME RWY

22, Orig

Janesville, WI, Rock County, ILS RWY 4,

Amdt 11

Milwaukee, WI, Lawrence J. Timmerman,

VOR OR GPS RWY 4L, Amdt 8

Milwaukee, WI, Lawrence J. Timmerman,

VOR OR GPS RWY 15L, Amdt 13

Milwaukee, WI, Lawrence J. Timmerman,

LOC RWY 15L, Amdt 5

* * * Effective January 1, 1998

Deadhorse, AK, Deadhorse, GPS RWY 4, Orig

Deadhorse, AK, Deadhorse, GPS RWY 22,

Orig

Clinton, IA, Clinton Muni, VOR OR GPS

RWY 3, Amdt 14

Clinton, IA, Clinton Muni, VOR/DME RWY

21, Amdt 9

Clinton, IA, Clinton Muni, NDB RWY 3,

Amdt 6

Clinton, IA, Clinton Muni, NDB RWY 14,

Amdt 4

Clinton, IA, Clinton Muni, ILS RWY 3, Amdt

4

Clinton, IA, Clinton Muni, GPS RWY 14,

Amdt 1

Clinton, IA, Clinton Muni, GPS RWY 21,

Amdt 1

Clinton, IA, Clinton Muni, GPS RWY 32,

Amdt 1

Eagle Grove, IA, Eagle Grove Muni, GPS

RWY 31, Orig

Rensselaer, IN, Jasper County, GPS RWY 18,

Orig

Winchester, IN, Randolph County, GPS RWY

25, Orig

Brainerd, MN, Brainerd-Crow Wing Co

Regional, GPS RWY 5, Orig

Chapel Hill, NC, Horace Williams, GPS RWY

9, Orig

Waxhaw, NC, Jaars-Townsend, GPS RWY 4,

Orig

Waxhaw, NC, Jaars-Townsend, GPS RWY 22,

Orig

Waxhaw, NC, Jaars-Townsend, RNAV RWY

4, Amdt 2, CANCELLED

Cincinnati, OH, Cincinnati-Blue Ash, GPS

RWY 24, Orig

London, OH, Madison County, GPS RWY 8,

Orig

Portsmouth, OH, Greater Portsmouth

Regional, GPS RWY 36, Amdt 1
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Portsmouth, OH, Greater Portsmouth

Regional, VOR/DME RNAV OR GPS RWY

18, Amdt 6

Aurora, OR, Aurora State, GPS RWY 17,

Amdt 1

Aurora, OR, Aurora State, GPS RWY 35,

Amdt 1

Anderson, SC, Anderson County, GPS RWY

23, Orig

Anderson, SC, Anderson County, RNAV OR

GPS RWY 23, Amdt 5A, CANCELLED

Cheraw, SC, Cheraw Muni/Lynch Bellinger

Field, GPS RWY 25, Orig

Florence, SC, Florence Regional, GPS RWY

27, Orig

Florence, SC, Florence Regional, RNAV OR

GPS RWY 27, Amdt 2, CANCELLED

Shelton, WA, Sanderson Field, GPS RWY 5,

Orig

Shelton, WA, Sanderson Field, GPS RWY 23,

Orig

[FR Doc. 97–27403 Filed 10–15–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–13–M

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 97

[Docket No. 29036; Amdt. No. 1827]

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 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,

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 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 § 97.20 of the Federal

Aviations 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 one of such

duration as to 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.

Standards 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 the 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.