6714 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 30 / Thursday, February 13, 1997 / Rules and Regulations

14 CFR Part 97

[Docket No. 28805; Amdt. No. 1783]

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 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 Form 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.

This amendment to part 97 is effective

upon publication of each separate SIAP

as contained in the transmittal. The

SIAPs 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

developing using the TERPS criteria can

be flown by aircraft equipped with

Global Positioning System (GPS)

equipment. In consideration of the

above, the applicable Standard

Instrument Approach Procedures

(SIAPs) 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, non-precision instrument

approach procedure titles.) 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 February 7,

1997.

Thomas C. Accardi,

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,

44710; 49 U.S.C. 106(g); and 14 CFR

11.49(b)(2).

2. Part 97 is amended to read as

follows:

§§ 97.23, 97.27, 97.33 and 97.35 [Amended]

By amending: § 97.23 VOR, VOR/

DME, VOR or TACAN, and VOR/DME

or TACAN; § 97.27 NDB, NDB/DME;

§ 97.33 RNAV SIAPs; and § 97.35

COPTER SIAPs, identified as follows:

* * * Effective 27 March, 1997

Ambler, AK, Ambler, NDB or GPS RWY 36,

Amdt 1A Cancelled
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Ambler, AK, Ambler, NDB RWY 36, Amdt

1A

Hope, AR, Hope Muni, VOR/DME or GPS

RWY 4, Amdt 6 Cancelled

Hope, AR, Hope Muni, VOR/DME RWY 4,

Amdt 6

Hope, AR, Hope Muni, NDB or GPS RWY 16,

Amdt 3 Cancelled

Hope, AR, Hope Muni, NDB RWY 16, Amdt

3

Monticello, AR, Monticello, Muni, VOR or

GPS–A, Amdt 4A Cancelled

Monticello, AR, Monticello, Muni, VOR–A,

Amdt 4A

Hays, KS, Hays Muni, VOR or GPS RWY 16,

Amdt 3 Cancelled

Hays, KS, Hays Muni, VOR RWY 16, Amdt

3

Jefferson City, MO, Jefferson City Memorial,

NDB or GPS RWY 12, Amdt 1 Cancelled

Jefferson City, MO, Jefferson City Memorial,

NDB RWY 12, Amdt 1

Forsyth, MT, Tillitt Field, NDB or GPS RWY

26, Amdt 2A Cancelled

Forsyth, MT, Tillitt Field, NDB RWY 26,

Amdt 2A

Glasgow, MT, Glasgow Intl, VOR or GPS

RWY 12, Amdt 3 Cancelled

Glasgow, MT, Glasgow Intl, VOR RWY 12,

Amdt 3

Alliance, NE, Alliance Muni, VOR or GPS

RWY 12, Amdt 2B Cancelled

Alliance, NE, Alliance Muni, VOR RWY 12,

Amdt 2B

York, NE, York Muni, NDB or GPS RWY 35,

Amdt 3 Cancelled

York, NE, York Muni, NDB RWY 35, Amdt

3

Las Vegas, NV, McCarran Intl, VOR/DME or

GPS RWY 1R, Orig-A Cancelled

Las Vegas, NV, McCarran Intl, VOR/DME

RWY 1R, Orig-A

Chandler, OK, Chandler Muni, NDB or GPS

RWY 35, Orig Cancelled

Chandler, OK, Chandler Muni, NDB RWY 35,

Orig

Corvallis, OR, Corvallis Muni, NDB or GPS

RWY 17, Amdt 1 Cancelled

Corvallis, OR, Corvallis Muni, NDB RWY 17,

Amdt 1

Providence, RI, Theodore Francis Green

State, VOR/DME or GPS RWY 16, Amdt 4

Cancelled

Providence, RI, Theodore Francis Green

State, VOR/DME RWY 16, Amdt 4

Houston, TX, Ellington Field, VOR/DME or

TACAN or GPS RWY 17R, Amdt 3

Cancelled

Houston, TX, Ellington Field, VOR/DME or

TACAN RWY 17R, Amdt 3

Houston, TX, Ellington Field, VOR/DME or

TACAN or GPS RWY 35L, Amdt 3

Cancelled

Houston, TX, Ellington Field, VOR/DME or

TACAN RWY 35L, Amdt 3

Marfa, TX, Marfa Muni, VOR or GPS RWY

30, Amdt 4 Cancelled

Marfa, TX, Marfa Muni, VOR RWY 30, Amdt

4

[FR Doc. 97–3673 Filed 2–12–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–13–M

Office of the Secretary

14 CFR Parts 217 and 241

[Docket No. OST–96–1049]

RIN 2105–AC34

International Data Submissions by

Large Air Carriers (Form 41 Schedules

T–100, T–100(f), and P–1.2)

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, (DOT).

ACTION: Final rule.

SUMMARY: This rule reduces the period

of confidential treatment of

international nonstop segment and onflight market data from three years to

immediately following the Department’s

determination that the data base is

complete, but no sooner than six

months after the date of the data. It also

requires collection of aircraft capacity

data from foreign air carriers and

rescinds the requirement that Group III

(large U.S.) air carriers specify passenger

enplanements, passengers transported,

and seating capacity by cabin

configuration. At the same time, the

Department defers a final decision on

changes to Schedule P–1.2—Statement

of Operations. The issues pertinent to

that schedule will be addressed in a

supplementary notice of proposed

rulemaking that will be completed soon.

In order to provide the reporting air

carriers with additional time to make

changes to their systems, we have

established a period of several months

between the effective date and

compliance dates.

DATES: Effective date. This rule shall

become effective on March 17, 1997.

Compliance dates: The compliance

date for foreign air carriers to report the

additional capacity data is July 1, 1997.

The compliance date of the new

reduced level of reporting for large U.S.

Group III air carriers is July 1, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John

Harman, Office of Aviation Analysis, or

John Schmidt, Office of Aviation and

International Economics, Office of the

Assistant Secretary for Aviation and

International Affairs, Office of the

Secretary, U.S. Department of

Transportation, 400 Seventh St. SW.,

Washington, DC 20590 at (202) 366–

1059 or 366–5420, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

On February 15, 1996, the Department

of Transportation published a notice of

proposed rulemaking (NPRM) [61 FR

5963] to make the changes summarized

above. We also distributed over 500

copies of the notice to the aviation

community. This rulemaking action was

taken on the Department’s initiative in

order to make data available for

planning and efficient resource

allocation purposes, to ensure the

accuracy of the data that are used by the

Department in administering its

program responsibilities, and to

eliminate collection of data that are no

longer needed for regulatory purposes.

We received comments from five U.S.

air carriers: American Airlines

(American), Federal Express

Corporation (FedEx), Trans World

Airlines (TWA), United Air Lines

(United), and USAir; one foreign air

carrier, Alia—the Royal Jordanian

Airline (Royal Jordanian); the Airports

Council International—North America

(ACI-NA) whose member airports

handle approximately 90% of the

passenger traffic in the United States;

and the Air Line Pilots Association

(ALPA), the bargaining representative of

more than 44,000 pilots of 38 airlines.

Most commenters supported the

rulemaking.

Discussion of Comments

(1) Confidentiality of International T–

100 Data

American, TWA, United, USAir, ACINA, and ALPA strongly supported

reducing the period of confidentiality

from three years to immediately

following the Department’s

determination that the data base is

complete, but no sooner than six

months after the date of the data. In fact,

American said that the data should be

published as soon as the Department

determines that the data base is

complete and that there is little reason

to impose an arbitrary requirement

withholding release for a minimum of

six months. United urged that the rule

provide by its terms that the release date

will be six months after submission and

that any release beyond that date be the

exception and not the rule. While that

carrier appreciated that all data, both

U.S. and foreign carrier, should be

released at the same time and that

database preparation delays may occur,

it would prefer to have a fixed date for

release rather than an open-ended one.

With respect to American’s suggestion,

the Department did not initially propose

to release international T–100 data in

less than six months in deference to

perceived carrier concerns that the data

might be used for day-to-day

competitive purposes and also because

it expected that receipt, edit, and

publication of the data from a large

number of foreign carriers would take

about six months. As regards United’s

view that we specify only a six month

release date, while we fully expect to be

in a position to make the data public