[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 127 (Thursday, July 2, 1998)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 36170-36171]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-17631]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 97

[Docket No. 29260; Amdt. No. 1875]
RIN 2120-AA65


Standard Instrument Approach Procedures; Miscellaneous Amendments

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Final rule.

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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: 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 Sec. 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 them effective in less than 30 days. For the

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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 June 26, 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:


Secs. 97.23, 97.25, 97.27, 97.29, 97.31, 97.33, 97.35  [Amended]

    By amending: Sec. 97.23 VOR, VOR/DME, VOR or TACAN, and VOR/DME or 
TACAN; Sec. 97.25 LOC, LOC/DME, LDA, LDA/DME, SDF, SDF/DME; Sec. 97.27 
NDB, NDB/DME; Sec. 97.29 ILS, ILS/DME, ISMLS, MLS, MLS/DME, MLS/RNAV; 
Sec. 97.31 RADAR SIAPs; Sec. 97.33 RNAV SIAPs; and Sec. 97.35 COPTER 
SIAPs, identified as follows:

* * * Effective 16 July 1998

Louisville, KY, Louisville Intl-Standiford Field, GPS RWY 17R, Orig
Louisville, KY, Louisville Intl-Standiford Field, GPS RWY 35L, Orig
Louisville, KY, Louisville Intl-Standiford Field, ILS RWY 17L, Amdt 
1
Louisville, KY, Louisville Intl-Standiford Field, ILS RWY 35R, Amdt 
1
Detroit, MI, Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County, ILS RWY 3R, Amdt 13

* * * Effective 13 August 1998

Kenai, AK, Kenai Muni, VOR RWY 19, Amdt 16
Kenai, AK, Kenai Muni, ILS RWY 19, Amdt 6
Kenai, AK, Kenai Muni, GPS RWY 1, Orig
Kenai, AK, Kenai Muni, GPS RWY 19, Orig
Fort Huachuca/Sierra Vista, AZ, Libby AAF-Sierra Vista Muni, GPS RWY 
8, Orig
Wilmington, DE, New Castle County, VOR/DME RNAV RWY 9, Orig, 
CANCELLED
Marianna, FL, Marianna Muni, GPS RWY 18, Orig
Goshen, IN, Goshen Muni, GPS RWY 9, Amdt 1
Goshen, IN, Goshen Muni, VOR RWY 9, Amdt 12
Goshen, IN, Goshen Muni, VOR OR GPS RWY 27, Amdt 6
Goshen, IN, Goshen Muni, ILS/DME RWY 27, Amdt 1, CANCELLED
Goshen, IN, Goshen Muni, ILS RWY 27, Orig
Baltimore, MD, Baltimore-Washington Intl, ILS RWY 10, Admt 17
Boston, MA, General Edward Lawrence Logan Intl, GPS RWY 4R, Orig
Boston, MA, General Edward Lawrence Logan Intl, VOR/DME RNAV RWY 4R, 
Amdt 1
Cortland, NY, Cortland County-Chase Field, GPS RWY 6, Orig
Burlington, NC, Burlington-Alamance Regional, LOC RWY 6, Amdt 1
Charlotte, NC, Charlotte/Douglas Intl, VOR/DME RWY 18R, Amdt 6, 
CANCELLED
Charlotte, NC, Charlotte/Douglas Intl, VOR RWY 36R, Amdt 5A, 
CANCELLED
Wadesboro, NC, Anson County, VOR/DME OR GPS-A, Amdt 1, CANCELLED
Lancaster, OH, Fairfield County, VOR OR GPS-A, Amdt 10
Lancaster, OH, Fairfield County, LOC RWY 28, Amdt 1
Lancaster, OH, Fairfield County, NDB OR GPS RWY 28, Amdt 8
Lancaster, OH, Fairfield County, VOR/DME RNAV OR GPS RWY 10, Amdt 10
Bradford, PA, Bradford Regional ILS RWY 32, Amdt 10
Florence, SC, Florence Regional, GPS RWY 1, Orig
Florence, SC, Florence Regional, GPS RWY 9, Orig
Florence, SC, Florence Regional, GPS RWY 19, Orig
Hohenwald, TN, John A. Baker Field, NDB RWY 2, Orig
Price, UT, Carbon County, GPS RWY 36, Orig

* * * Effective 8 OCT 1998

Hot Springs, AR, Memorial Field, VOR RWY 5, Amdt 16
Hot Springs, AR, Memorial Field, ZAPLE VOR RWY 5, Amdt 4
Hot Springs, AR, Memorial Field, NDB RWY 5, Amdt 7
Hot Springs, AR, Memorial Field, ILS RWY 5, Amdt 14
Hot Springs, AR, Memorial Field, GPS RWY 5, Orig
Indianapolis, IN, Indianapolis Downtown Heliport, COPTER GPS 291, 
Orig

*** Effective Upon Publication

Bentonville, AR, Bentonville Muni/Louise M Thadden Field, GPS RWY 
18, Amdt 1
Bentonville, AR, Bentonville Muni/Louise M Thadden Field, GPS RWY 
36, Amdt 1

[FR Doc. 98-17631 Filed 7-1-98; 8:45 am]
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