34358 Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 125 / Thursday, June 28, 2001 / Rules and Regulations

Issued in Washington, DC on June 22,

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. 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/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 July 12, 2001

Manistee, MI Manistee County-Blacker, ILS

RWY 27, Orig

Sanford, NC, Sanford-Lee County Regional,

NDB RWY 3, Orig

Sanford, NC, Sanford-Lee County Regional,

NDB OR GPS RWY 3, ORIG-B,

CANCELLED

Sanford, NC, Sanford-Lee County Regional,

ILS RWY 3, Orig

* * * Effective September 6, 2001

St. George, AK, St. George, RNAV (GPS)–B,

Orig

St. George, AK, St. George, RNAV (GPS)–D,

Orig

St. George, AK, St. George, GPS–B, Orig,

CANCELLED

Phoenix, AZ, Phoenix Sky Harbor Intl, RNAV

(GPS) RWY 7R, Orig

Phoenix, AZ, Phoenix Sky Harbor Intl, RNAV

(GPS) RWY 25L, Orig

Walnut Ridge, AR, Walnut Ridge Regional,

RNAV (GPS) RWY 18, Orig

Walnut Ridge, AR, Walnut Ridge Regional,

RNAV (GPS) RWY 22, Orig

Walnut Ridge, AR, Walnut Ridge Regional,

RNAV (GPS) RWY 36, Orig

Walnut Ridge, AR, Walnut Ridge Regional,

GPS RWY 17, Orig, CANCELLED

Walnut Ridge, AR, Walnut Ridge Regional,

GPS RWY 35, Orig, CANCELLED

Winfield/Arkansas City, KS, Strother Field,

ILS RWY 35, Amdt 4

Winfield/Arkansas City, KS, Strother Field,

RNAV RWY 17, Orig

Winfield/Arkansas City, KS, Strother Field,

RNAV RWY 35, Orig

Winfield/Arkansas City, KS, Strother Field,

NDB RWY 35, Amdt 4

Winfield/Arkansas City, KS, Strother Field,

GPS RWY 35, Orig, CANCELLED

Winfield/Arkansas City, KS, Strother Field,

VOR/DME RNAV RWY 35, Amdt 4,

CANCELLED

Angleton/Lake Jackson, TX, Brazoria County,

RNAV (GPS) RWY 17, Orig

Angleton/Lake Jackson, TX, Brazoria County,

RNAV (GPS) RWY 35, Orig

Angleton/Lake Jackson, TX, Brazoria County,

GPS RWY 17, Orig, CANCELLED

Angleton/Lake Jackson, TX, Brazoria County,

GPS RWY 35, Orig, CANCELLED

St. George, UT, George Muni, RNAV (GPS)

RWY 34, Orig

St. George, UT, George Muni, GPS RWY 34,

Orig, CANCELLED

Casper, WY, Natrona County Intl, RNAV

(GPS) Y RWY 3, Orig

Casper, WY, Natrona County Intl, RNAV

(GPS) Z RWY 3, Orig

Casper, WY, Natrona County Intl, RNAV

(GPS) RWY 8, Orig

Casper, WY, Natrona County Intl, RNAV

(GPS) RWY 21, Orig

Casper, WY, Natrona County Intl, RNAV

(GPS) RWY 26, Orig

Casper, WY, Natrona County Intl, GPS RWY

3, Orig, CANCELLED

Casper, WY, Natrona County Intl, GPS RWY

26, Orig, CANCELLED

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 97

[Docket No. 30255; Amdt. No. 2057]

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

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 § 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

Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 125 / Thursday, June 28, 2001 / Rules and Regulations 34359

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 Regulations (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/T

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 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 22,

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:

§§ 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/DME, SDF, SDF/DME;

§ 97.27 NDB, NDB/DME; § 97.29 ILS,

ILS/DME, ISMLS, MLS/DME, MLS/

RNAV; § 97.31 RADAR SIAPs; § 97.33

RNAV SIAPs; and § 97.35 COPTER

SIAPs, Identified as follows:

* * * Effective Upon Publication

FDC date State City Airport FDC No. Subject

04/23/01 ...... NE McCook ........................... McCook Muni ....................................... 1/3829 RNAV (GPS) Rwy 21, Orig

05/17/01 ...... MT Billings ............................. Billings Logan Intl ................................. 1/4643 RNAV (GPS) Rwy 10L, Orig

06/04/01 ...... OK Guthrie ............................. Guthrie Muni ........................................ 1/3082 GPS Rwy 16, Orig

06/04/01 ...... LA Natchitoches .................... Natchitoches Regional ......................... 1/5390 LOC Rwy 34, Amdt 3A

06/04/01 ...... LA Natchitoches .................... Natchitoches 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 ...... WA Pasco .............................. Tri-Cities ............................................... 1/5427 VOR or GPS Rwy 21R, Amdt 4

06/05/01 ...... WA Pasco .............................. Tri-Cities ............................................... 1/5430 ILS Rwy 21R, Amdt 10A

06/06/01 ...... CA Sacramento ..................... Sacramento Mather ............................. 1/5473 ILS Rwy 22L, Amdt 1

06/07/01 ...... NY Sidney ............................. Sidney Muni ......................................... 1/5483 RNAV (GPS) Rwy 25, Orig-A

06/07/01 ...... NY Sidney ............................. Sidney Muni ......................................... 1/5484 VOR Rwy 25, Amdt 2

06/07/01 ...... NY Sidney ............................. Sidney Muni ......................................... 1/5485 RNAV (GPS) Rwy 7, Orig

06/07/01 ...... TX Mc Allen .......................... Mc Allen Miller Intl ............................... 1/5520 VOR Rwy 13, Amdt 15A

06/07/01 ...... CA Chico ............................... Chico Muni ........................................... 1/5524 VOR Rwy 13L, Amdt 9A

06/07/01 ...... CA Chico ............................... Chico Muni ........................................... 1/5525 VOR/DME Rwy 31R, Orig-B

06/07/01 ...... CA Chico ............................... Chico Muni ........................................... 1/5527 VOR/DME Rwy 31L, Amdt 7A

06/08/01 ...... WI Marshfield ........................ Marshfield Muni .................................... 1/5546 SDF Rwy 34, Amdt 6A

06/08/01 ...... FL Florida ............................. Hollwood .............................................. 1/5584 GPS Rwy 9R, Orig

06/11/01 ...... CA Fresno ............................. Fresno Yosemite Intl ............................ 1/5710 GPS Rwy 29R, Orig

06/11/01 ...... CA Fresno ............................. Fresno Yosemite Intl ............................ 1/5711 VOR or TACAN Rwy 11L, Amdt

11A

06/11/01 ...... CA Fresno ............................. Fresno Yosemite Intl ............................ 1/5712 GPS Rwy 11L, Orig

06/12/01 ...... VA Abingdon ......................... Virginia Highland .................................. 1/5739 LOC Rwy 24, Amdt 2

06/14/01 ...... NY White Plains .................... Westchester County ............................. 1/5842 ILS Rwy 16, Amdt 22D

06/18/01 ...... AK Kipnuk ............................. Kipnuk .................................................. 1/5936 GPS Rwy 15, Orig.

34360 Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 125 / Thursday, June 28, 2001 / Rules and Regulations

[FR Doc. 01–16311 Filed 6–27–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–13–M

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 97

[Docket No. 30256; Amdt. No. 2058]

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

revokes 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 references 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.

The Rule

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 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) equipped 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’’

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.

Conclusion

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 22,

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 as follows: