[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 230 (Monday, December 1, 1997)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 63447-63449]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-31358]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 97

[Docket No. 29063; Amdt. No. 1835]
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 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 Sec. 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, 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

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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 November 14, 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).


Secs. 97.23, 97.25, 97.27, 97.31, 97.33, 97.35  [Amended]

    2. Part 97 is amended to read as follows:
    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; Sec. 97.33 RNAV SIAPs; and Sec. 97.35 COPTER 
SIAPs, identified as follows:

* * * Effective December 4, 1997

Miami, FL, Miami Intl, ILS RWY 27R, Amdt 13
Grand Rapids, MI, Kent County Intl, ILS RWY 35, Orig
St Louis, MO, Lambert-St Louis Intl, LOC BC RWY 6, Amdt 2B, CANCELLED
Billings, MT, Billings Logan Intl, ILS RWY 28R, Orig
Savannah, TN, Savannah-Hardin County, SDF RWY 19, Amdt 4
Savannah, TN, Savannah-Hardin County, NDB RWY 19, Orig
Burlington, VT, Burlington, Intl, ILS/DME RWY 33, Orig
Winchester, VA, Winchester Regional, LOC RWY 32, Amdt 4, CANCELLED
Winchester, VA, Winchester Regional, ILS RWY 32, Orig

* * * Effective January 1, 1998

Chandler, AZ, Chandler, Muni, VOR RWY 4L, Amdt 6
Chandler, AZ, Chandler, Muni, GPS RWY 4L, Orig
Half Moon Bay, CA, Half Moon Bay, GPS RWY 12, Orig
San Carlos, CA, San Carlos, GPS RWY 30, Orig
Steamboat Springs, CO, Steamboat Springs/Bob Adams Field, GPS-E, Orig
Bartow, FL, Bartow Muni, GPS RWY 9L, Amdt 1
Bartow, FL, Bartow Muni, GPS RWY 27R, Orig
Winter Haven, FL, Winter Haven's Gilbert, GPS RWY 4, Orig
Audubon, IA, Audubon County, NDB RWY 32, Amdt 5
Audubon, IA, Audubon County, GPS RWY 32, Orig
Marshalltown, IA, Marshalltown Muni, VOR RWY 12, Amdt 7A, CANCELLED
Marshalltown, IA, Marshalltown Muni, VOR GPS RWY 30, Amdt 7A, CANCELLED
Pella, IA, Pella Muni, NDB OR GPS RWY 34, Amdt 7
Pella, IA, Pella Muni, GPS RWY 16, Orig
Detroit, MI, Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County, ILS RWY 27L, Amdt 1
Eveleth, MN, Eveleth-Virginia Muni, VOR/DME RNAV RWY 27, Amdt 3
Manchester, NH, Manchester, ILS RWY 35, Amdt 18
New York, NY, La Guardia, VOR/DME or GPS-H Amdt 1
Syracuse, NY Syracuse Hancock Intl, VOR OR TACAN RWY 32, Orig
Syracuse, NY Syracuse Hancock Intl, VOR/DME OR TCAN RWY 32, Amdt 1 
CANCELLED
Syracuse, NY Syracuse Hancock Intl, NDB RWY 28, Amdt 28
Syracuse, NY Syracuse Hancock Intl, ILS RWY 10, Amdt 9
Syracuse, NY Syracuse Hancock Intl, ILS RWY 28, Amdt 32
Socorro, NM, Socorro Muni, NDB-A, Orig
Socorro, NM, Socorro Muni, NDB OR GPS RWY 15, Orig, CANCELLED
Currituck, NC, Currituck County, VOR/DME-A, Orig
Currituck, NC, Currituck County, GPS RWY 4, Orig
East Liverpool, OH, Columbiana County, VOR RWY 25, Amdt 4
East Liverpool, OH, Columbiana County, GPS RWY 25, Orig
Philadelphia, PA, Philadelphia International, RNAV OR GPS RWY 35, Amdt 
3A, CANCELLED
Philadelphia, PA, Philadelphia International, GPS RWY 27L, Orig
Philadelphia, PA, Philadelphia International, GPS RWY 35, Orig
York, PA, York, NDB RWY 17, Amdt 5
York, PA, York, GPS RWY 17, Orig
York, PA, York, GPS RWY 35, Amdt 1
Zelienople, PA, Zelienople Muni, GPS RWY 17, Orig
Zelienople, PA, Zelienople Muni, GPS RWY 35, Orig
Galax/Hillsville, VA, Twin County, VOR/DME OR GPS RWY 18, Amdt 4, 
CANCELLED
Hot Springs, VA, Ingall Field, ILS RWY 24, Amdt 2
Charleston, WV, Yeager, ISL RWY 23, Amdt 28
Point Pleasant, WV, Mason County, VOR/DME OR GPS-A, Amdt 4, CANCELLED
Point Pleasant, WV, Mason County, GPS RWY 25, Orig

    Note: The FAA published the following procedure in Docket No. 
29035, Amdt No. 1826 to Part 97 of the Federal Aviation Regulations 
(VOL 62, FR No. 200, Page 53745, dated Thursday, October 16, 1997) 
under Section 97.33 effective January 1, 1998, which should read as 
follows:


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    London, OH, Madison County, GPS RWY 8, Orig

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