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FDC date State City Airport FDC No. SIAP

05/07/98 ...... FL St. Petersburg ................. St. Petersburg-Clearwater Intl .............. 8/2786 ILS Rwy 17L, Amdt 19B...

05/07/98 ...... MS Greenville ........................ Mid Delta Regional ............................... 8/2788 ILS Rwy 18L Amdt 9...

05/07/98 ...... NC Kenansville ...................... Duplin County ....................................... 8/2795 LOC Rwy 22 Orig-A...

05/07/98 ...... NC Kenansville ...................... Duplin County ....................................... 8/2796 NDB or GPS Rwy 22 Amdt 5A...

05/07/98 ...... OH Lorain/Elyria ..................... Lorain County Regional ........................ 8/2783 VOR or GPS–A, Amdt 2...

05/07/98 ...... OH Lorain/Elyria ..................... Lorain County Regional ........................ 8/2785 ILS Rwy 7, Amdt 6...

05/08/98 ...... FL Marco Island .................... Marco Island ......................................... 8/2824 VOR/DME Rwy 17, Amdt 6...

05/08/98 ...... FL Marco Island .................... Marco Island ......................................... 8/2825 GPS Rwy 17, Orig...

05/08/98 ...... FL Marco Island .................... Marco Island ......................................... 8/2832 LOC Rwy 17, Orig...

05/08/98 ...... FL Tallahassee ..................... Tallahassee Regional ........................... 8/2827 VOR or GPS Rwy 18, Amdt 9...

05/08/98 ...... FL Tallahassee ..................... Tallahassee Regional ........................... 8/2828 Radar-1, Amdt 4...

05/08/98 ...... SC Clemson .......................... Clemson-Oconee County ..................... 8/2817 NDB or GPS–A Amdt 5...

05/13/98 ...... IN Bloomington ..................... Bloomington/Monroe County ................ 8/2899 NDB or GPS Rwy 35, Amdt 4A...

[FR Doc. 98–13750 Filed 5–21–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–13–M

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 97

[Docket No. 29227; Admt. No. 1870]

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

(SIAP’s) 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 SIAP’s

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:

Donald P. Pate, Flight Procedure

Standards Branch (AMCAFS–420),

Flight Technologies and Programs

Division, Flight Standards Service,

Federal Aviation Administration, Mike

Monroney Aeronautical Center, 6500

South MacArthur Blvd., Oklahoma City,

OK 73169 (Mail Address: P.O. Box

25082 Oklahoma City, OK 73125)

telephone: (405) 954–4164.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This

amendment to part 97 of the Federal

Aviation Regulations (14 CFR part 97)

establishes, amends, suspends, or

revoke SIAP’s. 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 14 CFR 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 SIAP’s, 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 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

SIAP’s 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

developed using the TERPS criteria can

be flown by aircraft equipped with a

Global Positioning System (GPS) and or

Flight Management System (FMS)

equipment. In consideration of the

above, the applicable SIAP’s will be

altered to include ‘‘or GPS or FMS’’ in

the title without otherwise reviewing or

modifying the procedure. (Once a stand

alone GPS or FMS procedure is

developed, the procedure title will be

altered to remove ‘‘or GPS or FMS’’ from

these non-localizer, non-precision

instrument approach procedure titles.)

The FAA has determined through

extensive analysis that current SIAP’s

intended for use by Area Navigation

(RNAV) eqipped aircraft can be flown

by aircraft utilizing various other types

of navigational equipment. In

consideration of the above, those SIAP’s

currently designated as ‘‘RNAV’’ will be

redesignated as ‘‘VOR/DME RNAV’’
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without otherwise reviewing or

modifying the SIAP’s.

Because of the close and immediate

relationship between these SIAP’s 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 May 15,

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 as follows:

PART 97—STANDARD INSTRUMENT

APPROACH PROCEDURES

1. The authority citation for part 97

continues to read:

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(g), 40103, 40106,

40113–40114, 40120, 44502, 44514, 44701,

44719, 44721–44722.

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

2. Amend 97.23, 97.27, 97.33, and

97.35, as appropriate, by adding,

revising, or removing the following

SIAP’s, effective at 0901 UTC on the

dates specified:

* * * Effective June 18, 1998

Bethel, AK, Bethel, VOR or GPS RWY

18, Amdt 8B CANCELLED

Bethel, AK, Bethel, VOR RWY 18, Amdt

8B

Bethel, AK, Bethel, VOR or GPS RWY

36, Amdt 7A CANCELLED

Bethel, AK, Bethel, VOR RWY 36, Amdt

7A

Kotzebue, AK, Ralph Wien Memorial,

VOR/DME or GPS RWY 8, Amdt 2

CANCELLED

Kotzebue, AK, Ralph Wien Memorial,

VOR/DME RWY 8, Amdt 2

Kotzebue, AK, Ralph Wien Memorial,

VOR/DME 2 or GPS RWY 26, Orig

CANCELLED

Kotzebue, AK, Ralph Wien Memorial,

VOR/DME 2 RWY 8, Orig

McGrath, AK, McGrath, VOR/DME or

TACAN or GPS RWY 16, Orig

CANCELLED

McGrath, AK, McGrath, VOR/DME or

TACAN or RWY 16, Orig

Greenville, AL, Greenville Muni, NDB

or GPS RWY 32, Amdt 4 CANCELLED

Greenville, AL, Greenville Muni, NDB

RWY 32, Amdt 4

Atlanta, GA, Fulton County AirportBrown Field, VOR/DME or GPS RWY

26, Orig CANCELLED

Atlanta, GA, Fulton County AirportBrown Field, VOR/DME RWY 26,

Orig

Delano, CA, Delano Muni, VOR or GPS

RWY 32, Amdt 6 CANCELLED

Delano, CA, Delano Muni, VOR RWY

32, Amdt 6

Milledgeville, GA, Baldwin County,

NDB or GPS RWY 28, Orig

CANCELLED

Milledgeville, GA, Baldwin County,

NDB RWY 28, Orig

Knoxville, IA, Knoxville Muni, NDB or

GPS RWY 15, Amdt 6 CANCELLED

Knoxville, IA, Knoxville Muni, NDB

RWY 15, Amdt 6

Knoxville, IA, Knoxville Muni, NDB or

GPS RWY 33, Amdt 5 CANCELLED

Knoxville, IA, Knoxville Muni, NDB

RWY 33, Amdt 5

Mapleton, IA, Mapleton Muni, NDB or

GPS RWY 20, Amdt 4 CANCELLED

Mapleton, IA, Mapleton Muni, NDB

RWY 20, Amdt 4

Osceola, IA, Osceola Muni, VOR/DME

or GPS RWY 18, Amdt 1 CANCELLED

Osceola, IA, Osceola Muni, VOR/DME

RWY 18, Amdt 1

Vinton, IA, Vinton Veterans Memorial

Airpark, NDB or GPS RWY 27, Amdt

3A

Vinton, IA, Vinton Veterans Memorial

Airpark, NDB RWY 27, Amdt 3A

Portland, IN, Portland Muni, NDB or

GPS RWY 27, Amdt 7 CANCELLED

Portland, IN, Portland Muni, NDB RWY

27, Amdt 7

Frankfort, KY, Capital City, VOR or GPS

RWY 24, Amdt 2 CANCELLED

Frankfort, KY, Capital City, VOR RWY

24, Amdt 2

Louisville, KY, Standiford Field, NDB or

GPS RWY 29, Amdt 19A CANCELLED

Louisville, KY, Standiford Field, NDB

RWY 29, Amdt 19A

Frenchville, ME, Northern Aroostook

Regional, NDB or GPS RWY 32, Amdt

5 CANCELLED

Frenchville, ME, Northern Aroostook

Regional, NDB RWY 32, Amdt 5

Beaver Island, MI, Beaver Island, NDB

RWY 27, Orig CANCELLED

Beaver Island, MI, Beaver Island, NDB

or GPS RWY 27, Orig

Burlington, NC, Burlington-Alamance

Regional, NDB or GPS RWY 6 Amdt

4 CANCELLED

Burlington, NC, Burlington-Alamance

Regional, NDB RWY 6 Amdt 4

Hickory, NC, Hickory Regional, NDB or

GPS RWY 24, Amdt 4C CANCELLED

Hickory, NC, Hickory Regional, NDB

RWY 24, Amdt 4C

Kenansville, NC, Duplin County, NDB

or GPS RWY 22, Amdt 5A

CANCELLED

Kenansville, NC, Duplin County, NDB

RWY 22, Amdt 5A

Ainsworth, NE, Ainsworth Muni, VOR

or GPS RWY 35, Amdt 3A

CANCELLED

Ainsworth, NE, Ainsworth Muni, VOR

RWY 35, Amdt 3A

Aurora, NE, Aurora, Muni, NDB or GPS

RWY 16, Amdt 2 CANCELLED

Aurora, NE, Aurora, Muni, NDB RWY

16, Amdt 2

Gordon, NE, Gordon Muni, NDB or GPS

RWY 22, Amdt 2 CANCELLED

Gordon, NE, Gordon Muni, NDB RWY

22, Amdt 2

Kimball, NE, Kimball Muni/Robert E.

Arraj Field, NDB or GPS RWY 28,

Orig-A CANCELLED

Kimball, NE, Kimball Muni/Robert E.

Arraj Field, NDB RWY 28, Orig-A

Grove, OK, Grove Muni, VOR/DME

RNAV or GPS RWY 36, Amdt 2

CANCELLED

Grove, OK, Grove Muni, VOR/DME

RNAV RWY 36, Amdt 2

Philadelphia, PA, Northeast

Philadelphia, VOR/DME RNAV or

GPS RWY 15, Amdt 2 CANCELLED

Philadelphia, PA, Northeast

Philadelphia, VOR/DME RNAV RWY

15, Amdt 2

Philadelphia, PA, Northeast

Philadelphia, VOR/DME RNAV or

GPS RWY 33, Amdt 4 CANCELLED

Philadelphia, PA, Northeast

Philadelphia, VOR/DME RNAV RWY

33, Amdt 4

Lubbock, TX, Lubbock Intl, VOR/DME

RNAV or GPS RWY 8, Amdt 2

CANCELLED

Lubbock, TX, Lubbock Intl, VOR/DME

RNAV RWY 8, Amdt 2

Lubbock, TX, Lubbock Intl, NDB or GPS

RWY 17R, Amdt 15 CANCELLED

Lubbock, TX, Lubbock Intl, NDB RWY

17R, Amdt 15

Lubbock, TX, Lubbock Intl, NDB or GPS

RWY 26, Amdt 2 CANCELLED

Lubbock, TX, Lubbock Intl, NDB RWY

26, Amdt 2
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Racine, WI, John H Batten Field, VOR/

DME RNAV RWY 22, Amdt 3

CANCELLED

Racine, WI, John H Batten Field, VOR/

DME RNAV or GPS RWY 22, Amdt 3

Racine, WI, John H Batten Field, NDB

RWY 4, Amdt 3A CANCELLED

Racine, WI, John H Batten Field, NDB or

GPS RWY 4, Amdt 3A

Ravenswood, WV. Jackson County,

VOR/DME or GPS RWY 3, Amdt 2A

CANCELLED

Ravenswood, WV. Jackson County,

VOR/DME RWY 4, Orig

[FR Doc. 98–13747 Filed 5–21–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–13–M

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 97

[Docket No. 29225; Amdt. No. 1868]

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

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:

Donald P. Pate, Flight Procedure

Standards Branch (AMCAFS–420),

Flight Technologies and Programs

Division, Flight Standards Service,

Federal Aviation Administration, Mike

Monroney Aeronautical Center, 6500

South MacArthur Blvd. Oklahoma City,

OK. 73169 (Mail Address: P.O. Box

25082 Oklahoma City, OK. 73125)

telephone: (405) 954–4164.

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 (NFDC)

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

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 May 15,

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