[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 122 (Monday, June 25, 2001)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 33632-33634]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-15901]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 97

[Docket No. 30253; Amdt. No. 2055]


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 
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.

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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, US 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 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 Sec. 97.20 of the 
Federal Aviation's 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 Regulation (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 NOTAMs 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/NOTAMs have been canceled.
    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 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 involved 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 8, 2001.
Nicholas A. Sabatini,
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).


    2. Part 97 is amended to read as follows:
    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/DME, MLS/RNAV; 
Sec. 97.31 RADAR SIAPs; Sec. 97.33 RNAV SIAPs; and Sec. 97.35 COPTER 
SIAPs, Identified as follows:

* * * Effective Upon Publication

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        FDC date               State                 City                   Airport           FDC No.                        Subject
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03/30/01...............  OK                 Guthrie...............  Guthrie Muni..........       1/3082  GPS Rwy 16, Orig.
04/24/01...............  OK                 Altus.................  Altus Muni............       1/3906  GPS Rwy 17, Amdt 1A.
05/17/01...............  NM                 Santa Fe..............  Santa Fe..............       1/4645  GPS Rwy 28, Orig-C.
05/17/01...............  TX                 Harlingen.............  Valley International..       1/4678  RNAV (GPS) Rwy 13, Orig.

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05/23/01...............  TX                 Harlingen.............  Valley International..       1/4905  RNAV (GPS) Rwy 17L, Orig.
05/23/01...............  GA                 Macon.................  Herbert Smart Downtown       1/4929  VOR/DME or GPS-B, Amdt 2A.
05/23/01...............  WI                 Appleton..............  Outagamie County             1/4934  ILS Rwy 3, Amdt 16D.
                                                                     Regional.
05/24/01...............  TX                 Mount Pleasant........  Mount Pleasant Muni...      1/50/04  VOR/DME or GPS-A, Amdt 4.
05/24/01...............  TX                 Waco..................  Waco Regional.........       1/5008  GPS Rwy 1, Orig-A.
05/25/01...............  OH                 Cleveland.............  Burke Lakefront.......       1/5015  ILS Rwy 24R, Orig-B.
05/25/01...............  MT                 Billings..............  Billings Logan Intl...       1/5019  HI-ILS Rwy 10L, Amdt 2.
05/25/01...............  MT                 Billings..............  Billings Logan Intl...       1/5020  HI/VOR/DME or TACAN Rwy 28R, Amdt 2.
05/25/01...............  MT                 Billings..............  Billings Logan Intl...       1/5022  ILS Rwy 10L, Amdt 24.
05/25/01...............  MT                 Billings..............  Billings Logan Intl...       1/5023  VOR or GPS-A, Amdt 1.
05/25/01...............  MT                 Billings..............  Billings Logan Intl...       1/5024  VOR/DME Rwy 28R, Amdt 13.
05/25/01...............  CA                 Los Angeles...........  Los Angeles Intl......       1/5030  VOR or TACAN or GPS Rwy 25L/R, Amdt 15.
05/25/01...............  NJ                 Hammonton.............  Hammonton Muni........       1/5040  VOR-A, Amdt 6.
05/25/01...............  NJ                 Hammonton.............  Hammonton Muni........       1/5041  VOR-B, Amdt 1.
05/25/01...............  IA                 Ankeny................  Ankeny Regional.......       1/5047  NDB-A, Orig-A.
05/25/01...............  IA                 Ankeny................  Ankeny Regional.......       1/5048  VOR/DME Rwy 36, Orig.
05/25/01...............  IA                 Ankeny................  Ankeny Regional.......       1/5049  GPS Rwy 36, Amdt 2.
05/29/01...............  TX                 Waco..................  Waco Regional.........       1/5098  GPS Rwy 14, Orig-A.
05/29/01...............  FL                 Bradenton.............  Bradenton Intl........       1/5123  NDB Rwy 32, Amdt 6A.
05/29/01...............  VA                 Abingdon..............  Virginia Highland.....       1/5132  LOC Rwy 24, Amdt 2.
05/29/01...............  VA                 Abingdon..............  Virginia Highland.....       1/5133  VOR/DME or GPS-B, Amdt 5A.
05/30/01...............  MO                 Kansas City...........  Kansas City Downtown..       1/5167  VOR or GPS Rwy 19, Amdt 18B.
05/30/01...............  MO                 Kansas City...........  Kansas City Downtown..       1/5168  VOR or GPS Rwy 3, Amdt 16A.
05/30/01...............  MO                 Kansas City...........  Kansas City Downtown..       1/5169  VOR or GPS Rwy 21, Amdt 12.
05/30/01...............  WI                 Appleton..............  Outagamie County             1/5170  VOR/DME Rwy 3, Amdt 8C.
                                                                     Regional.
05/30/01...............  CO                 Aspen.................  Aspen-Pitkin County/         1/5177  VOR/DME or GPS-C, Amdt 4C.
                                                                     Sardy Field.
05/30/01...............  IN                 South Bend............  South Bend Regional...       1/5178  VOR or GPS Rwy 18, Amdt 7B.
05/31/01...............  IL                 Chicago...............  Chicago Midway........       1/5239  ILS Rwy 31C, Amdt 5D.
05/31/01...............  MO                 Grain Valley..........  East Kansas City......       1/5252  VOR/DME RNAV Rwy 27, Amdt 2.
05/31/01...............  MI                 Caro..................  Caro Muni.............       1/5256  VOR/DME OR GPS-A, AMDT 4.
06/01/01...............  WY                 Cheyenne..............  Cheyenne..............       1/5312  NDB Rwy 26, Amdt 13A.
06/01/01...............  WY                 Cheyenne..............  Cheyenne..............       1/5313  ILS Rwy 26, Amdt 33.
06/01/01...............  WY                 Cheyenne..............  Cheyenne..............       1/5314  GPS Rwy 26, Orig.
06/01/01...............  MT                 Livingston............  Mission Field.........       1/5321  VOR/DME or GPS-B, Amdt 1A.
06/01/01...............  ME                 Augusta...............  Augusta State.........       1/5328  ILS Rwy 17, Amdt 2A.
06/04/01...............  LA                 Natchitoches..........  Natchitoches Regional.       1/5390  LOC Rwy 34, Amdt 3A.
06/04/01...............  LA                 Natchitoches..........  Nathitoches Regional..       1/5391  NDB or GPS Rwy 34, Amdt 4A.
06/04/01...............  LA                 Winnfield.............  David G. Joyce........       1/5392  GPS Rwy 26, Orig.
06/04/01...............  OK                 Guthrie...............  Guthrie Muni..........       1/5408  NDB Rwy 16, Amdt 5.
06/05/01...............  IL                 Chicago...............  Midway................       1/5444  ILS Rwy 13C, Amdt 40A.
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