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an FAA Principal Maintenance Inspector,

who may concur or comment and then send

it to the Manager, Rotorcraft Standards Staff.

Note 2: Information concerning the

existence of approved alternative methods of

compliance with this AD, if any, may be

obtained from the Rotorcraft Standards Staff.

(d) Special flight permits may be issued in

accordance with sections 21.197 and 21.199

of the Federal Aviation Regulations (14 CFR

21.197 and 21.199) to operate the helicopter

to a location where the requirements of this

AD can be accomplished.

(e) The inspections and replacement, if

necessary, shall be done in accordance with

Eurocopter France Service Bulletin 05.00.34,

Revision 3, dated November 14, 1996. This

incorporation by reference was approved by

the Director of the Federal Register in

accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552(a) and 1 CFR

part 51. Copies may be obtained from

American Eurocopter Corporation, 2701

Forum Drive, Grand Prairie, Texas 75053–

4005, telephone (972) 641–3460, fax (972)

641–3527. Copies may be inspected at the

FAA, Office of the Regional Counsel,

Southwest Region, 2601 Meacham Blvd.,

Room 663, Fort Worth, Texas; or at the Office

of the Federal Register, 800 North Capitol

Street, NW., suite 700, Washington, DC.

(f) This amendment becomes effective on

June 11, 1998.

Note 3: The subject of this AD is addressed

in Direction Generale De L’Aviation Civile

(France) AD 92–185–033(B)R4 dated

December 4, 1996.

Issued in Fort Worth, Texas, on April 30,

1998.

Eric Bries,

Acting Manager, Rotorcraft Directorate,

Aircraft Certification Service.

[FR Doc. 98–12114 Filed 5–6–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 97

[Docket No. 29214; Amdt. No. 1866]

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, and

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 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
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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 May 1, 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:

§§ 97.23, 97.25, 97.27, 97.29, 97.31, 97.33,

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/DMA, 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 June 18, 1998

Anchorage, AK, Anchorage Intl,

RADAR–1, Amdt 9A, CANCELLED

McGrath, AK, McGrath, GPS RWY 16,

Orig

Albertville, AL, The Albertville MuniThomas J Brumlik Fld, GPS RWY 5,

Orig

Greenville, AL, Greenville Muni, GPS

RWY 14, Orig

Greenville, AL, Greenville Muni, GPS

RWY 32, Orig

McCall, ID, McCall, GPS RWY 34, Orig

McCall, ID, McCall, NDB RWY 34, Orig

McCall, ID, McCall, NDB OR GPS–A,

Orig, CANCELLED

Osceola, IA, Osceola Muni, GPS RWY

18, Orig

Osceola, IA, Osceola Muni, GPS RWY

36, Orig

Vinton, IA, Vinton Veterans Meml Arpk,

NDB RWY 27, Amdt 4

Vinton, IA, Vinton Veterans Meml Arpk,

GPS RWY 9 Orig

Vinton, IA, Vinton Veterans Meml Arpk,

GPS RWY 27, Orig

Atchison, KS, Amelia Earhart, VOR/

DME OR GPS–A, Amdt 3,

CANCELLED

Atchison, KS, Amelia Earhart, VOR/

DME RNAV OR GPS RWY 16, Amdt

4

Atchison, KS, Amelia Earhart, VOR/

DME RWY 16, Orig

Hagerstown, MD Washington County

Regional, ILS RWY 27, Amdt 8

Newberry, MI, Luce County, VOR OR

GPS RWY 11, Amdt 11

Newberry, MI, Luce County, VOR OR

GPS RWY 29, Amdt 11

Minneapolis, MN, Minneapolis-St. Paul

Intl/Wold Chamberlain, ILS PRM

RWY 12L, (Simultaneous Close

Parallel), Amdt 2

Minneapolis, MN, Minneapolis-St. Paul

Intl/Wold Chamberlain, ILS PRM

RWY 12R, (Simultaneous Close

Parallel), Amdt 2

Minneapolis, MN, Minneapolis-St. Paul

Intl/Wold Chamberlain, ILS PRM

RWY 30L, (Simultaneous Close

Parallel), Amdt 3

Minneapolis, MN, Minneapolis-St. Paul

Intl/Wold Chamberlain, ILS PRM

RWY 30R, (Simultaneous Close

Parallel), Amdt 3

Perryville, MO, Perryville Muni, VOR/

DME RNAV OR GPS RWY 20, Amdt

3

Burwell, NE, Cram Field, NDB RWY 15,

Orig

Burwell, NE, Cram Field, NDB OR GPS

RWY 15, Amdt 4, CANCELLED

Burwell, NE, Cram Field, GPS RWY 33,

Orig

Batavia, NY, Genesee County, VOR/

DME OR GPS–A, Amdt 5

Batavia, NY, Genesee County, ILS RWY

28, Amdt 4

Fulton, NY, Oswego County, GPS RWY

24, Orig

Palmyra, NY, Palmyra Airpark, VOR OR

GPS–A, Amdt 1

Philadelphia, PA, Northeast

Philadelphia, GPS RWY 15, Orig

Philadelphia, PA, Northeast

Philadelphia, GPS RWY 33, Orig

Pittsburgh, PA, Pittsburgh Intl, ILS RWY

10L, Amdt 23

Providence, RI, Theodore Francis Green

State, ILS RWY 5, Amdt 16

Providence, RI, Theodore Francis Green

State, ILS RWY 23, Amdt 4

Fort Worth, TX, Fort Worth Meacham

Intl, NDB OR GPS RWY 34R, Amdt 6,

CANCELLED

Fort Worth, TX, Fort Worth Meacham

Intl, GPS RWY 34R, Orig

Fort Atkinson, WI, Fort Atkinson, GPS

RWY 3, Orig

Ravenswood, WV, Jackson County, GPS

RWY 4, Orig

Ravenswood, WV, Jackson County, GPS

RWY 22, Orig

* * * Effective AUGUST 13, 1998

Helena/West Helena, AR, ThompsonRobbins, NDB RWY 17, Amdt 5

[FR Doc. 98–12135 Filed 5–6–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–13–M

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 97

[Docket No. 29215; Amdt. No. 1867]

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