Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 200 / Thursday, October 16, 1997 / Rules and Regulations 53753

New Philadelphia, OH, Harry Clever Field,

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[FR Doc. 97–27497 Filed 10–15–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 97

[Docket No. 29006; Amdt. No. 1818]

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,

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 § 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 FEC/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 August 22,

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:
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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:

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:

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

97.35 [Amended]

* * * Effective Upon Publication

FDC date State City Airport FDC No. SIAP

06/27/97 ...... FM Pohnpei Island .............. Pohnpei Intl ....................................... FDC7/3998 PTPN). NDB/DME or GPS-A,

AMDT 1 ...

08/06/97 ...... DC Washington ................... Washington Dulles Intl ...................... FDC7/5199 ILS/DME RWY 1L AMDT 5 ...

08/08/97 ...... FL Miami ............................. Miami Intl ........................................... FDC7/5269 ILS RWY 9L, AMDT 28 ...

08/11/97 ...... MI Escanaba ...................... Delta County ..................................... FDC7/5362 VOR or GPS RWY 18, AMDT 7

...

08/12/97 ...... NE Norfolk ........................... Karl Stefan Memorial ........................ FDC7/5380 ILS RWY 1, AMDT 4 ...

08/14/97 ...... MT Missoula ........................ Missoula International ....................... FDC7/5442 ILS RWY 11, AMDT 10 ...

08/15/97 ...... MA Hyannis ......................... Barnstable Muni–Boardman/Polando

Field.

FDC7/5451 ILS RWY 24, AMDT 16C ...

08/18/97 ...... IN Greensburg ................... Greensburg-Decatur County ............. FDC7/5523 VOR or GPS–A, AMDT 2 ...

08/18/97 ...... KS Olathe ............................ Johnson County Executive ............... FDC7/5519 NDB or GPS RWY 18, AMDT 3A

...

08/18/97 ...... VA Richmond/Ashland ........ Hanover County Muni ....................... FDC7/5524 VOR RWY 16 ORIG–A ...

08/18/97 ...... VA Richmond/Ashland ........ Hanover County Muni ....................... FDC7/5525 VOR RWY 16 ORIG–A ...

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Corps of Engineers, Department of the

Army

33 CFR Part 334

Danger Zone, Pacific Ocean, Naval Air

Weapons Station, Point Mugu, Ventura

County, CA

AGENCY: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,

DoD.

ACTION: Final rule.

SUMMARY: On July 28, 1997, the Corps

published an interim final rule in the

Federal Register, which established a

danger zone in the waters of the Pacific

Ocean extending 5,000 meters offshore

from the small arms range at the Naval

Air Weapons Station, in Point Mugu,

Ventura County, California. The danger

zone would provide an appropriate and

enforceable zone in which the Navy

may conduct small arms test firing to

qualify military and civilian security

personnel. The comment period for the

interim final rule ended on August 27,

1997. No comments were received.

DATES: Effective July 28, 1997.

ADDRESSES: HQUSACE, CECW–OR,

Washington, DC 20314–1000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.

Tiffany Welch at (805) 641–2935 or Mr.

Ralph Eppard at (202) 761–1783.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant

to its authorities in section 7 of the

Rivers and Harbors Act of 1917 (40 Stat.

266; 33 U.S.C. 1) and Chapter XIX of the

Army Appropriations Act of 1919 (40

Stat. 892; 33 U.S.C. 3), the Corps is

amending the regulations in 33 CFR part

334 by adding a new danger zone

regulation in § 334.1125. On July 28,

1997, the Corps published the new

danger zone regulations in the Federal

Register (62 FR 40278) as an interim

final rule, effective on the date of

publication, with public comments

invited until August 27, 1997. Based on

comments received, the Corps would

take appropriate action which could

include further revision or suspension

of the rules. We received no comments.

List of Subjects in 33 CFR Part 334

Danger zones, Navigation (water),

Transportation.

PART 334—DANGER ZONE AND

RESTRICTED AREA REGULATIONS

Accordingly, the interim final rule

adding 33 CFR 334.1125 on July 28,

1997, (62 FR 40278) is adopted as a final

rule, without change.

Dated: October 7, 1997.

Approved:

Russell L. Fuhrman,

Major General, USA, Director of Civil Works.

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

48 CFR Parts 901, 903, 904, 912, 913,

915, 916, 932, 933, 939, 944 and 970

RIN 1991–AB35

Acquisition Regulation: Acquisition

Streamlining

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Final rule.

SUMMARY: The Department of Energy

(DOE) is amending the Department of

Energy Acquisition Regulation (DEAR)

to supplement the Federal Acquisition

Regulation’s (FAR) implementation of

certain provisions of the Federal

Acquisition Streamlining Act of 1994

and the Clinger-Cohen Act of 1996. In

addition, DOE is amending the DEAR to

eliminate unnecessary and obsolete

coverage and to make certain technical

and conforming amendments, as

appropriate.

DATES: This final rule is effective

November 17, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John

R. Bashista (202) 586–8192 (telephone);

(202) 586–0545 (facsimile);

john.bashista@hq.doe.gov (electronic

mail).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

II. Section-by-Section Analysis

III. Procedural Requirements.

A. Review Under Executive Order 12612.

B. Review Under Executive Order 12866.

C. Review Under Executive Order 12988.

D. Review Under the National

Environmental Policy Act.