Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 200 / Thursday, October 16, 1997 / Rules and Regulations 53747

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. 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, 97.25, 97.27, 97.29, 97.31, 97.33

[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 Upon Publication

FDC date State City Airport FDC No. SIAP

09/18/97 ...... ME Houlton .......................... Houlton Intl ........................................ FDC 7/6173 VOR RWY 5 AMDT 10...

09/18/97 ...... NC Greensboro ................... Greensboro/Piedmont Triad Intl ........ FDC 7/6177 RADAR–1, AMDT 9A...

09/18/97 ...... NC Greensboro ................... Greensboro/Piedmont Triad Intl ........ FDC 7/6178 NDB or GPS RWY 14 AMDT...

09/19/97 ...... NE Ogallala ......................... Searle Field ....................................... FDC 7/6185 VOR or GPS RWY 8, AMDT 4...

09/19/97 ...... NE Ogallala ......................... Searle Field ....................................... FDC 7/6187 VOR or GPS RWY 26, AMDT

4...

09/22/97 ...... SD Sioux Falls ..................... Joe Foss Field ................................... FDC 7/6232 ILS RWY 21 AMDT 8...

09/23/97 ...... IL Belleville ........................ MidAmerica ....................................... FDC 7/6255 ILS RWY 14R, ORIG...

09/23/97 ...... TN/VA Bristol-Johnson-Kingsport.Tri-Cities Regional ............................. FDC 7/6279 ILS RWY 23, AMDT 24A, ILS

RWY 23 (CAT II), AMDT

24A...

09/25/97 ...... NC Raleigh/Durham ............ Raleigh-Durham Intl .......................... FDC 7/6330 RADAR 1 AMDT 7B...

09/26/97 ...... FL Melbourne ..................... Melbourne Intl ................................... FDC 7/6345 ILS RWY 9R, AMDT 10...

[FR Doc. 97–27404 Filed 10–15–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 97

[Docket No. 28969; Amdt. No. 1809]

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 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 of 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 in unnecessary. The
53748 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 200 / Thursday, October 16, 1997 / Rules and Regulations

provisions of this amendment state the

affected CFR (and FAR) sections, with

the types and effective dates of the

SIAPs. This amendments 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.

Futher, 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 July 11, 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, 97.25, 97.27, 97.29, 97.31, 97.33

and 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 Upon Publication

FDC date State City Airport FDC No. SIAP

06/25/97 ...... IN Anderson ......................... Anderson Municipal-Darlington Field ... 7/3868 LOC Rwy 30 Amdt 5...

06/26/97 ...... IL Galesburg ........................ Galesburg Muni .................................... 7/3912 VOR or GPS Rwy 20, Amdt 6...

06/26/97 ...... IL Galesburg ........................ Galesburg Muni .................................... 7/3913 VOR or GPS Rwy 2, Amdt 6...

06/26/97 ...... IL Galesburg ........................ Galesburg Muni .................................... 7/3914 ILS RWY 2, Amdt 9...

06/26/97 ...... OH Wapakoneta .................... Neil Armstrong ...................................... 7/3928 VOR–A Amdt 7A...

06/26/97 ...... OH Wapakoneta .................... Neil Armstrong ...................................... 7/3929 LOC Rwy 26 Amdt 3...

06/26/97 ...... OR Newport ........................... Newport Muni ....................................... 7/3953 ILS Rwy 16 Orig-A...

06/27/97 ...... FM Pohnpei Island ................. Pohnpei Intl ........................................... 7/3998 PTPN). NDB/DME or GPS–A,

Amdt 1...

06/27/97 ...... MI Detroit/Grosse Ile ............ Grossee Ile Muni .................................. 7/3979 NDB or GPS Rwy 4, Amdt 1...

06/27/97 ...... MI Detroit/Grosse Ile ............ Grosse Ile Muni .................................... 7/3980 VOR or GPS–A, Amdt 6...

06/27/97 ...... MI Monroe ............................ Custer ................................................... 7/3981 VOR or GPS Rwy 21, Amdt 1...

06/27/97 ...... MI Monroe ............................ Custer ................................................... 7/3982 VOR or GPS Rwy 3, Amdt 1...

06/27/97 ...... OH Cincinnati ......................... Cincinnati-Blue Ash .............................. 7/3976 NDB Rwy 6, Amdt 1...

06/27/97 ...... OH Cincinnati ......................... Cincinnati-Blue Ash .............................. 7/3977 VOR Rwy 24, Amdt 5...

06/27/97 ...... OH Cincinnati ......................... Cincinnati-Blue Ash .............................. 7/3978 NDB or GPS Rwy 24, Amdt 1...

06/27/97 ...... OH Cincinnati ......................... Cincinnati-Blue Ash .............................. 7/3996 GPS Rwy 6, Amdt 1...

06/30/97 ...... NC Raleigh/Durham ............... Raleigh-Durham Intl .............................. 7/4040 VOR Rwy 23L Amdt 14B...

06/30/97 ...... NC Raleigh/Durham ............... Raleigh-Durham Intl .............................. 7/4041 NDB or GPS Rwy 23L Amdt 4...

06/30/97 ...... NC Raleigh/Durham ............... Raleigh-Durham Intl .............................. 7/4043 ILS Rwy 23L Amdt 5D...

07/01/97 ...... NY Stormville ......................... Stormville .............................................. 7/4064 VOR or GPS–A Amdt 4...

07/01/97 ...... WI Milwaukee ........................ General Mitchell Intl .............................. 7/4060 Radar-1, Amdt 23...

07/01/97 ...... WI Milwaukee ........................ General Mitchell Intl .............................. 7/4061 NDB or GPS Rwy 7R, Amdt 10...

07/02/97 ...... MN Windom ........................... Windom Muni ........................................ 7/4088 NDB or GPS Rwy 17, Amdt 4A...

07/03/97 ...... OH Wapakoneta .................... Neil Armsrong ....................................... 7/4162 VOR/DME RNAV Rwy 26 Amdt

5A...

07/07/97 ...... OK Tulsa ................................ Tulsa Intl ............................................... 7/4134 ILS Rwy 36R, Amdt 28A...

07/07/97 ...... OK Tulsa ................................ Tulsa Intl ............................................... 7/4136 HI–NDB or IIS Rwy 18L, Amdt

4...
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FDC date State City Airport FDC No. SIAP

07/07/97 ...... OK Tulsa ................................ Tulsa Intl ............................................... 7/4138 HI–VOR/DME or TACAN Rwy

26...

07/07/97 ...... OK Tulsa ................................ Tulsa Intl ............................................... 7/4143 ILS Rwy 18R, Amdt 6...

07/07/97 ...... OK Tulsa ................................ Tulsa Intl ............................................... 7/4145 NDB or GPS Rwy 18L, Amdt

10...

07/07/97 ...... OK Tulsa ................................ Tulsa Intl ............................................... 7/4151 NDB or GPS Rwy 36R, Amdt

19...

07/07/97 ...... OK Tulsa ................................ Tulsa Intl ............................................... 7/4153 ILS Rwy 18L, Amdt 13A...

07/07/97 ...... OK Tulsa ................................ Tulsa Intl ............................................... 7/4259 VOR or TACAN or GPS Rwy 26,

Amdt 22...

07/07/97 ...... OK Tulsa ................................ Tulsa Intl ............................................... 7/4260 VOR/DME or TACAN or GPS

Rwy 8, Amdt 3A...

07/07/97 ...... OK Tulsa ................................ Tulsa Intl ............................................... 7/4261 HI–NDB or ILS Rwy 36R...

07/08/97 ...... IL Peoria .............................. Greater Peoria Regional ....................... 7/4271 ILS Rwy 13 Amdt 6A...

07/08/97 ...... TX Denton ............................. Denton Muni ......................................... 7/4269 NDB or GPS Rwy 17, Amdt 6...

07/08/97 ...... TX Denton ............................. Denton Muni ......................................... 7/4270 ILS Rwy 17, Amdt 6...

[FR Doc. 97–27500 Filed 10–15–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 97

[Docket No. 29007; Amdt. No. 1819]

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

(SIAP’s) 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 SIAP’s

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 SIAP’s. 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 14 CFR 97.20 of the

Federal Aviation Regulations (FAR).

The applicable FAA Forms are

identified as FAA Form 8260–5.

Materials incorporated by reference are

available for available for examination

or purchase as stated above.

The large number of SIAP’s, 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 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.

This amendment to part 97 is effective

upon publication of each separate SIAP

as contained in the transmittal. The

SIAP’s contained in this amendment are

based on the criteria contained in the

United States 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.

The FAA has determined through

testing that current non-localizer type,

non-precision instrument approaches

developed using the TERPS criteria can

be flown by aircraft equipped with

Global Positioning System (GPS)

equipment. In consideration of the

above, the applicable SIAP’s will be

altered to include ‘‘or GPS’’ in the title

without otherwise reviewing or

modifying the procedure. (Once a stand

alone GPS procedure is developed, the

procedure title will be altered to remove

‘‘or GPS’’ from these non-localizer, nonprecision instrument approach

procedure titles.)

The FAA has determined through

extensive analysis that current SIAP’s

intended for use by Area Navigation

(RNAV) equipped aircraft can be flown

by aircraft utilizing various other types

of navigational equipment. In

consideration of the above, those SIAP’s