[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 98 (Monday, May 20, 1996)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 25139-25141]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-12640]



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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
14 CFR Part 97

[Docket No. 28565; Amdt. No. 1727]


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.

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, 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 on each SIAP is contained in the appropriate FAA 
Form 8260 and the National Flight Date 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 Aviations 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 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

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following FDC/P NOTAM 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 cancelled.
    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 Approach 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 procedures 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 May 3, 1996.
Thomas C. Accardi,
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:


Secs. 97.23, 97.25, 97.27, 97.29, 97.31, 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/OME; 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 Upon Publication.

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  FDC date      State          City           Airport        FEC No.                      SIAP                  
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04/18/96...  LA          Slidell........  Slidell........       6/2294  NDB RWY 19, AMDT 1...                   
04/18/96...  LA          Slidell........  Slidell........       6/2295  NDB RWY 36, ORIG...                     
04/18/96...  NE          Chadron........  Chadron Muni...       6/2285  VOR OR GPS RWY 20, AMDT 6...            
04/19/96...  MS          McComb.........  McComb-Pike           6/2335  NDB OR GPS RWY 15, AMDT 4...            
                                           County-John E.                                                       
                                           Lewis Field.                                                         
04/19/96...  MS          McComb.........  McComb-Pike           6/2336  LOC RWY 15, AMDT 6...                   
                                           County-John E.                                                       
                                           Lewis Field.                                                         
04/19/96...  NE          Cozad..........  Codaz Muni.....       6/2329  VOR OR GPS RWY 13, AMDT 1...            
04/19/96...  NE          Fairmont.......  Fairmont State        6/2331  NDB OR GPS RWY 35, AMDT 1...            
                                           Airfield.                                                            
04/19/96...  NE          Gothenburg.....  Quinn Field....       6/2327  VOR OR GPS-AMDT 1...                    
04/19/96...  NE          Gothenburg.....  Quinn Field....       6/2328  NDB OR GPS RWY 32, AMDT 1...            
04/19/96...  NE          Kimball........  Kimball Muni/         6/2330  NDB OR GPS RWY 28, ORIG...              
                                           Robert E Arraj                                                       
                                           Field.                                                               
04/19/96...  NE          Lincoln........  Lincoln Muni...       6/2322  ILS RWY 17R, AMDT 6...                  
04/19/96...  NE          Lincoln........  Lincoln Muni...       6/2323  ILS RWY 35L, AMDT 11...                 
04/19/96...  NE          Lincoln........  Lincoln Muni...       6/2324  VOR OR GPS RWY 17L, AMDT 6...           
04/19/96...  NE          Lincoln........  Lincoln Muni...       6/2325  VOR OR GPS RWY 17R, AMDT 11...          
04/19/96...  NE          Lincoln........  Lincoln Muni...       6/2326  NDB OR GPS RWY 35L, AMDT 8...           
04/22/96...  KS          Topeka.........  Forbes Field...       6/2380  VOR/DME OR TACAN OR GPS RWY 21, AMDT    
                                                                         6...                                   
04/22/96...  IA          Maquoketa......  Maquoketa Muni.       6/2388  RNAV OR GPS RWY 33, ORIG...             
04/22/96...  IA          Maquoketa......  Maquoketa Muni.       6/2390  NDB OR GPS RWY 15, AMDT 2...            
04/22/96...  IA          Marshalltown...  Marshalltown          6/2402  VOR OR GPS RWY 30, AMDT 7...            
                                           Muni.                                                                
04/22/96...  KS          Topeka.........  Forbes Field...       6/2378  ILS RWY 31, AMDT 8...                   

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04/22/96...  KS          Topeka.........  Forbes Field...       6/2379  VOR/DME OR TACAN RWY 3, AMDT 5...       
04/22/96...  KS          Topeka.........  Forbes Field...       6/2383  RNAV RWY 13, AMDT 3...                  
04/22/96...  KS          Topeka.........  Forbes Field...       6/2384  NDB OR GPS RWY 31, AMDT 7...            
04/22/96...  KS          Topeka.........  Forbes Field...       6/2386  NDB OR GPS RWY 13, AMDT 5...            
04/22/96...  LA          Homer..........  Homer Muni.....       6/2403  GPS RWY 30, ORIG...                     
04/22/96...  MO          Kansas City....  Kansas City           6/2396  NDB RWY 19, AMDT 16B...                 
                                           Downtown.                                                            
04/22/96...  MO          Kansas Cith....  Kansas City           6/2399  VOR OR GPS RWY 19, AMDT 18...           
                                           Downtown.                                                            
04/22/96...  MO          St Joseph......  Rosecrans             6/2397  NDB OR GPS RWY 35, AMDT 28A...          
                                           Memorial.                                                            
04/22/96...  MO          St Joseph......  Rosecrans             6/2398  ILS RWY 34, AMDT 29A...                 
                                           Memorial.                                                            
04/24/96...  TN          Nashville......  Nashville Intl.       6/2434  ILS RWY 2L AMDT 7...                    
04/24/96...  VA          Winchester.....  Winchester            6/2447  LOC RWY 32 AMDT 3A...                   
                                           Regional.                                                            
04/25/96...  IA          Sioux City.....  Sioux Gateway..       6/2503  VOR/DME RNAV RWY 17, ORIG...            
04/25/96...  MO          Point Lookout..  M. Graham Clark       6/2499  VOR/DME RNAV OR GPS RWY 23, AMDT 2...   
04/25/96...  NM          Zuni Pueblo....  Zuni Pueblo/          6/2481  GSP RWY 7, ORIG...                      
                                           Black Rock.                                                          
04/26/96...  MO          Kansas City....  Richards-Gebaur       6/2536  ILS 1, RWY 36, AMDT 3...                
                                           Memorial.                                                            
04/30/96...  MD          Fredreick......  Frederick Muni.       6/2613  GPS RWY ORIG...                         
04/01/96...  WI          Sparti.........  Fort McCoy.....       6/2629  NDB OR GPS RWY 29 AMDT 1...             
04/26/96...  OH          Port Clinton...  Carl R. Keller        6/2539  GPS RWY 27 ORIG...                      
                                           Field.                                                               
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