Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 69 / Thursday, April 10, 1997 / Rules and Regulations 17541

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 97

[Docket No. 28883; Amdt. No. 1793]

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 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 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.

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 April 4, 1997.

David R. Harrington,

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).
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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

01/03/97 ... FL Gainesville .............. Gainesville Regional ................................ 7/0043 VOR OR GPS–A, AMDT 10...

01/13/97 ... SC Greer ...................... Greenville-Spartanburg ............................ 7/0261 ILS RWY 21, AMDT 2A...

01/13/97 ... SC Greer ...................... Greenville-Spartanburg ............................ 7/0262 ILS RWY 3, AMDT 20A...

01/13/97 ... SC Greer ...................... Greenville-Spartanburg ............................ 7/0263 NDB OR GPS RWY 3, AMDT 14...

03/05/97 ... MN Minneapolis ............ Minneapolis-St Paul Intl (Wold-Chamberlain).7/1190 ILS RWY 22, AMDT 4A...

THIS CORRECTS TL 97–08.

03/10/97 ... KS Parsons .................. Tri-City ..................................................... 7/1242 NDB OR GPS RWY 35, AMDT 5...

THIS CORRECTS NOTAM IN TL 97–08.

03/19/97 ... MA Nantucket ............... Nantucket Memorial ................................. 7/1465 ILS RWY 24, AMDT 15...

03/19/97 ... MO Mosby ..................... Mosby/Clay County Regional .................. 7/1463 GPS RWY 18, ORIG...

03/20/97 ... AR Dumas .................... Billy Free Muni ......................................... 7/1495 VOR/DME OR GPS RWY 36, AMDT

2A...

03/20/97 ... AR Dumas .................... Billy Free Muni ......................................... 7/1496 NDB RWY 36, ORIG...

03/20/97 ... AR McGehee ................ McGehee Muni ........................................ 7/1494 VOR/DME OR GPS–A, AMDT 2...

03/20/97 ... MO Kansas City ............ Kansas City Downtown ............................ 7/1457 ILS RWY 19, AMDT 20B...

03/20/97 ... NH Lebanon .................. Lebanon Muni .......................................... 7/1489 ILS RWY 18, AMDT 3A...

03/20/97 ... NJ Robbinsville ............ Trenton-Robbinsville ................................ 7/1501 VOR OR GPS RWY 29, AMDT 10...

03/21/97 ... LA Covington ............... Greater St. Tammany .............................. 7/1512 GPS RWY 17, ORIG...

03/21/97 ... LA Welsh ...................... Welsh ....................................................... 7/1515 VOR/DME OR GPS RWY 6, AMDT 3...

03/25/97 ... MA Westfield ................. Barnes Muni ............................................ 7/1557 NDB RWY 20, AMDT 13...

03/25/97 ... MA Westfield ................. Barnes Muni ............................................ 7/1558 VOR OR GPS RWY 20, AMDT 18...

03/25/97 ... MA Westfield ................. Barnes Muni ............................................ 7/1559 VOR OR TACAN OR GPS RWY 2,

AMDT 2...

03/25/97 ... MA Westfield ................. Barnes Muni ............................................ 7/1560 ILS RWY 20, AMDT 3...

03/27/97 ... AL Greensboro ............. Greensboro Muni ..................................... 7/1643 NDB OR GPS RWY 36, ORIG...

03/27/97 ... AR Monticello ............... Monticello Muni/Ellis Field ....................... 7/1647 VOR–A, AMDT 5...

03/27/97 ... AR Monticello ............... Monticello Muni/Ellis ................................ 7/1648 GPS RWY 3 ORIG...

03/27/97 ... KY Campbellsville ........ Taylor County .......................................... 7/1636 GPS RWY 5, ORIG...

03/27/97 ... KY Campbellsville ........ Taylor County .......................................... 7/1638 SDF RWY 23, AMDT 2...

03/27/97 ... KY Campbellsville ........ Taylor County .......................................... 7/1640 NDB OR GPS RWY 23, AMDT 3...

03/27/97 ... KY Campbellsville ........ Taylor County .......................................... 7/1642 VOR/DME OR GPS–A, AMDT 5...

03/27/97 ... OK Clinton .................... Clinton-Sherman ...................................... 7/1665 VOR OR GPS RWY 35L, AMDT 11...

03/27/97 ... TX Carthage ................. Panola Co-Sharpe Field .......................... 7/1672 NDB OR GPS RWY 35, AMDT 1...

03/27/97 ... TX Marfa ...................... Marfa Muni ............................................... 7/1655 VOR RWY 30, AMDT 4...

03/27/97 ... TX Marshall .................. Harrison County ....................................... 7/1669 RNAV RWY 33, AMDT 1A...

03/27/97 ... TX Marshall .................. Harrison County ....................................... 7/1670 GPS RWY 33, ORIG–A...

03/27/97 ... TX Marshall .................. Harrison County ....................................... 7/1671 VOR/DME–A, AMDT 4B...

03/28/97 ... MI Sturgis .................... Kirsch Muni .............................................. 7/1683 NDB RWY 18, AMDT 5...

03/28/97 ... MI Sturgis .................... Kirsch Muni .............................................. 7/1684 NDB RWY 24, AMDT 10...

03/28/97 ... MN South St Paul ......... South St Paul Muni-Richard E. Fleming

Field.

7/1696 NDB OR GPS–B, AMDT 3B...

03/31/97 ... OH Norwalk ................... Norwalk-Huron County ............................ 7/1729 VOR OR GPS–A, AMDT 5...

04/01/97 ... TX Fort Worth .............. Fort Worth Alliance .................................. 7/1765 GPS RWY 34R, ORIG–A...

04/01/97 ... TX Fort Worth .............. Fort Worth Alliance .................................. 7/1766 GPS RWY 16L, ORIG–A...

04/01/97 ... TX Fort Worth .............. Fort Worth Alliance .................................. 7/1768 ILS RWY 34R, AMDT 2A...

[FR Doc. 97–9246 Filed 4–9–97; 8:45 am]

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RIN 3046–AA45

Procedures for Previously Exempt

State and Local Government Employee

Complaints of Employment

Discrimination Under the Government

Employee Rights Act of 1991

AGENCY: Equal Employment

Opportunity Commission.

ACTION: Interim rule.

SUMMARY: Title III of the Civil Rights Act

of 1991, entitled the Government

Employee Rights Act of 1991, extends

the protections against employment

discrimination based on race, color,

religion, sex, national origin, age and

disability to previously exempt state

and local government employees. This

interim rule establishes EEOC

procedures for resolving employment

discrimination complaints filed by those

individuals.

DATES: This rule will become effective

on April 10, 1997. Written comments on

the interim rule must be received on or

before June 9, 1997.