Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 81 /Tuesday, April 28, 1998 /Rules and Regulations 23213

[FR Doc. 98–11238 Filed 4–27–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 97

[Docket No. 29162; Amdt. No. 1858]

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 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

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 the

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 March 20,

1998.

Tom 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).

2. Part 97 is amended to read as

follows:
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§§ 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 23 April 1998

Crosett, AR, Z M Jack Stell Field, VOR/DME

RNAV RWY 23, Orig-A, CANCELLED

Chicago/Prospect Hgts/Wheeling, IL,

Palwaukee Muni, ILS RWY 16, Orig,

CANCELLED

Chicago/Prospect Hgts/Wheeling, IL,

Palwaukee Muni, ILS RWY 16, Orig

Chicago/Prospect Hgts/Wheeling, IL,

Palwaukee Muni, GPS RWY 16, Orig

Okmulgee, OK, Okmulgee Muni, ILS RWY

17, Amdt 3, CANCELLED

Okmulgee, OK, Okmulgee Muni, ILS RWY

17, Orig

Pittsburgh, PA, Pittsburgh Intl, ILS RWY 10C,

Orig

Pittsburgh, PA, Pittsburgh Intl, ILS RWY 28C,

Orig

Amarillo, TX, Amarillo Intl, GPS RWY 4,

Orig

Amarillo, TX, Amarillo Intl, GPS RWY 22,

Orig

* * * Effective 21 May 1998

Fayetteville, AR, Drake Field, LDA/DME

RWY 34, Amdt 2

Fayetteville, AR, Drake Field, MLS RWY 34,

Amdt 2

Chicago, IL, Chicago Midway, MLS RWY

22L, Orig-A, CANCELLED

Springfield, IL, Capital, ILS RWY 31, Amdt

1

Springfield, IL, Capital, RADAR–1, Amdt 8

Cambridge, NE, Cambridge Muni, GPS RWY

32, Orig

Gallup, NM, Gallup Muni, GPS RWY 6, Orig

Cortland, NY, Cortland County-Chase Field,

GPS RWY 24, Amdt 1

Youngstown, OH, Youngstown Elser Metro,

GPS RWY 28, Orig

Grove, OK, Grove Muni, VOR OR GPS–A,

Amdt 1, CANCELLED

Grove, OK, Grove Muni, VOR/DME–A, Orig

* * * Effective 18 June 1998

Kotzebue, AK, Ralph Wien Memorial, GPS

RWY 8, Orig

Kotzebue, AK, Ralph Wien Memorial, GPS

RWY 26, Orig

Oxnard, CA, Oxnard, GPS RWY 7, Orig

Oxnard, CA, Oxnard, GPS RWY 25, Orig

Visalia, CA, Visalia Muni, GPS RWY 12, Orig

Visalia, CA, Visalia Muni, GPS RWY 30, Orig

Lake In The Hills, IL, Lake In The Hills, GPS

RWY 8, Orig

Huntington, IN, Huntington Muni, GPS RWY

9, Amdt 1

Scott City, KS, Scott City Muni, NDB RWY

35, Amdt 1

Scott City, KS, Scott City Muni, GPS RWY

17, Orig

Scott City, KS, Scott City Muni, GPS RWY

35, Orig

Wichita, KS, Beech Factory, VOR OR GPS–

B, Amdt 2

Wichita, KS, Beech Factory, RNAV OR GPS

RWY 18, Orig, CANCELLED

Wichita, KS, Beech Factory, RNAV OR GPS

RWY 36, Orig, CANCELLED

Wichita, KS, Beech Factory, VOR/DME

RNAV RWY 18, Orig

Wichita, KS, Beech Factory, VOR/DME

RNAV RWY 36, Orig

Wichita, KS, Beech Factory, GPS RWY 18,

Orig

Wichita, KS, Beech Factory, GPS RWY 36,

Orig

Minneapolis, MN, Anoka County-Blaine

Airport (Janes Field), VOR OR GPS RWY

8 Amdt 11

Minneapolis, MN, Anoka County-Blaine

Airport (Janes Field), VOR/DME RWY 26,

Amdt 4

Minneapolis, MN, Anoka County-Blaine

Airport (Janes Field), VOR/DME RNAV OR

GPS RWY 17, Amdt 3

Minneapolis, MN, Anoka County-Blaine

Airport (Janes Field), GPS RWY 35, Orig

Redwood Falls, MN, Redwood Falls Muni,

VOR OR GPS–A, Amdt 4

Redwood Falls, MN, Redwood Falls Muni,

VOR/DME RNAV RWY 30, Amdt 1

Redwood Falls, MN, Redwood Falls Muni,

GPS RWY 30, Orig

Columbus-West Point-Starkville, MS, Golden

Triangle Regional, LOC/DME BC RWY 36,

Amdt 6A, CANCELLED

Meridian, MS, Key Field, RNAV OR GPS

RWY 19, Amdt 3, CANCELLED

Meridian, MS, Key Field, GPS RWY 1, Orig

Meridian, MS, Key Field, GPS RWY 19, Orig

Millersburg, OH, Holmes County, GPS RWY

27, Orig

Millington, TN, Millington Muni, GPS RWY

22, Orig

Baraboo, WI, Baraboo Wisconsin Dells, GPS

RWY 1, Orig

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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Customs Service

19 CFR Parts 101 and 122

[T.D. 98–35]

Customs Service Field Organization;

Establishment of Sanford Port of Entry

AGENCY: Customs Service; Treasury.

ACTION: Final rule.

SUMMARY: This document confirms that

May 1, 1998, is the effective date for the

establishment of a Customs port of entry

at Orlando-Sanford Airport in Sanford,

Florida. Orlando-Sanford Airport’s

designation as a user fee airport will

terminate on the same date.

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 1, 1998 is the

effective date for amendment of

§§ 101.3(b)(1) and 122.15(b), Customs

Regulations, published in the Federal

Register (62 FR 37131) on July 11, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Harry Denning, Office of Field

Operations (202) 927–0196.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

On July 11, 1997, Customs published

a document in the Federal Register (62

FR 37131) T.D. 97–64 which amended

§ 101.3(b), Customs Regulations (19 CFR

101.3(b)), to establish a new port of

entry at Orlando-Sanford Airport in

Sanford, Florida, and amended

§ 122.15(b), Customs Regulations (19

CFR 122.15(b)) to remove the Sanford

Regional Airport from the list of user fee

airports. Customs set forth in that

document the justification for

redesignating the airport facility from its

user fee status to that of a port of entry

and designated November 10, 1997, as

the effective date.

For reasons set forth in a document

(T.D. 97–88) published in the Federal

Register (62 FR 60164) on November 7,

1997, Customs delayed the effective

date for establishment of the new port

of entry and the termination of the

airport’s user fee status until May 1,

1998, and solicited comments regarding

the delayed effective date. In that

document, Customs stated that if

comments submitted demonstrated

sufficient grounds for not delaying the

effective date until May 1, 1998,

Customs would issue another

document. The comment period expired

on December 8, 1997.

Discussion of Comments

Six comments were received in

response to the document delaying the

effective date until May 1, 1998, four

opposing the delay and two in favor of

extending the delay until July 1, 1998.

The four comments opposing the

delay emanate from the State of Maine

and were submitted by members of the

Maine congressional delegation and by

attorneys on behalf of Bangor

International Airport. These comments

essentially contend that Bangor

International Airport is being harmed by

the delay because flights would clear at

Bangor but for the market distortion

caused by Sanford being permitted to

operate longer as a user fee airport not

subject to the passenger fee that is

assessed at ports of entry.

The two comments urging further

delay beyond May 1, 1998, in the

establishment of a port of entry at

Orlando-Sanford Airport come from that

airport and from attorneys on its behalf.

The comments argue that the delay does

not impose an unwarranted competitive

burden on port of entry airports such as

Bangor International Airport.