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FDC date State City Airport FDC No. SIAP

01/05/96 ME ...... Eastport ....................................................... Eastport Muni .............................................. 6/0099 GPS RWY 15

ORIG...

01/02/96 KY ...... Louisville ..................................................... Louisville Intl-Standiford Field ..................... 6/0017 ILS RWY 17

ORIG...

01/04/96 MO ..... St Louis ....................................................... Lambert-St Louis Intl .................................. 6/0072 ILS RWY

30R,

AMDT

6C...

01/04/96 TX ...... Mexia .......................................................... Mexia-Linestone County ............................. 6/0073 GPS RWY

36, ORIG...

01/05/96 AR ...... Springdale ................................................... Springdale Muni .......................................... 6/0098 VOR OR

GPS RWY

18, AMDT

14A...

01/11/96 OK ...... Lawton ........................................................ Lawton Muni ............................................... 6/0289 RADAR 1,

AMDT 3...

01/11/96 VT ...... Lyndonville .................................................. Caledonia County ....................................... 6/0281 NDB RWY 2

AMDT 3...

01/16/95 CO ...... Gunnison ..................................................... Gunnison County ........................................ 6/0400 VOR OR

GPS–A,

AMDT 7A...

01/16/96 AR ...... Brinkley ....................................................... Frank Federer Memorial ............................. 6/0391 NDB OR

GPS–A,

ORIG–A...

01/16/96 CO ...... Gunnison ..................................................... Gunnison County ........................................ 6/0399 ILS RWY 6

AMDT 3...

01/16/96 TX ...... Abilene ........................................................ Abilene Regional ......................................... 6/0394 ILS RWY

35R,

AMDT 5...

01/16/96 TX ...... Abilene ........................................................ Abilene Regional ......................................... 6/0395 NDB OR

GPS RWY

35R,

AMDT 4...

01/17/96 AZ ...... Scottsdale ................................................... Scottsdale ................................................... 6/0420 VOR OR

GPS–A

AMDT 2...

01/17/96 AZ ...... Scottsdale ................................................... Scottsdale ................................................... 6/0421 VOR OR

GPS–C

ORIG...

12/29/95 MS ...... Jackson ....................................................... Hawkins Field ............................................. 5/6937 RNAV OR

GPS RWY

16, AMDT

4...

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BILLING CODE 4910–13–M

14 CFR Part 97

[Docket No. 28441; Amdt. No. 1705]

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

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
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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 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 (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 some SIAP

amendments may require making them

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 19 January

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. 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:

* * * February 1, 1996 * * *

Farmingdale, NY, Republic, NDB or GPS

RWY 1, Amdt 13

Farmingdale, NY, Republic, ILS RWY 14,

Amdt 6

Mesquite, TX, Phil L. Hudson Muni, LOC

RWY 17, Amdt 3, CANCELLED

Mesquite, TX, Mesquite Metro, ILS RWY 17,

Orig

* * * February 29, 1996 * * *

Gadsden, AL, Gadsden Muni, GPS RWY 24,

Orig

Flagstaff, AZ, Flagstaff Pulliam, GPS RWY

21, Orig

Page, AZ, Page Muni, GPS RWY 15, Orig

Longmont, CO, Vance Brand, GPS RWY 29,

Orig

Indianapolis, IN, Indianapolis Intl, VOR OR

GPS RWY 14, Amdt 25

Indianapolis, IN, Indianapolis Intl, ILS RWY

14, Amdt 4

Indianapolis, IN, Indianapolis Intl, Radar-1,

Amdt 31

Bowling Green, KY, Bowling Green-Warren

County Regional, VOR OR GPS RWY 3,

Amdt 14

Bowling Green, KY, Bowling Green-Warren

County Regional, VOR/DME OR GPS RWY

21, Amdt 7

Bowling Green, KY, Bowling Green-Warren

County Regional, NDB RWY 3, Orig

Bowling Green, KY, Bowling Green-Warren

County Regional, ILS RWY 3, Orig

Farmington, MO, Farmington Regional, GPS

RWY 2, Orig

Albemarle, NC, Stanly County, NDB OR GPS

RWY 4, AMDT 3, CANCELLED

Albemarle, NC, Stanly County, NDB OR GPS

RWY 22, Orig, CANCELLED

Albemarle, NC, Stanly County, LOC RWY 22,

Orig

Albemarle, NC, Stanly County, NDB RWY 22,

Orig

Winnemucca, NV, Winnemucca Muni, GPS

RWY 14, Orig

Winnemucca, NV, Winnemucca Muni, GPS

RWY 32, Orig

Britton, SD, Britton Muni, NDB OR GPS RWY

13, Amdt 3, CANCELLED

Britton, SD, Britton Muni, NDB OR GPS RWY

13, Orig

Renton, WA, Renton Muni, GPS RWY 15,

Orig

* * * April 25, 1996 * * *

Boca Raton, FL, Boca Raton, GPS RWY 5,

Orig

Harrisburg, IL, Harrisburg-Raleigh, GPS RWY

24, Orig

Clinton, IA, Clinton Muni, GPS RWY 14, Orig

Clinton, IA, Clinton Muni, GPS RWY 21, Orig

Clinton, IA, Clinton Muni, GPS RWY 32, Orig

Lafayette, LA, Lafayette Regional, GPS RWY

29, Orig

Tallulah/Vicksburg, LA, Vicksburg Tallulah

Rgnl, GPS RWY 18, Orig

Greenville, MI, Greenville Muni, GPS RWY

27, Orig

Ludington, MI, Mason County, GPS RWY 25,

Orig

Monett, MO, Monett Muni, GPS RWY 36,

Orig

The FAA published an Amendment

in Docket No. 28390, Amdt. No. 1695 to
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Part 97 of the Federal Aviation

Regulations (VOL 60 FR No. 239 Page

63905, dated Wednesday, December 13,

1995) under Section 97.25 effective

February 29, 1996 which is hereby

rescinded: Blacksburg, VA, Virginia

Tech, LOC RWY 12, Amdt 4.

[FR Doc. 96–1739 Filed 1–29–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–13–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Customs Service

19 CFR Parts 10, 113, 141, 144 and 181

[T.D. 96–14]

RIN 1515–AB87

North American Free Trade Agreement

(NAFTA)—Implementation of DutyDeferral Program Provisions

AGENCY: Customs Service, Treasury.

ACTION: Interim regulations; solicitation

of comments.

SUMMARY: In response to comments

received on the final rule implementing

NAFTA, this document sets forth

interim regulations establishing

procedural and other requirements that

apply to the collection, waiver and

reduction of duties under the dutydeferral program provisions of the North

American Free Trade Agreement. The

document prescribes the documentary

and other requirements that must be

followed when merchandise is

withdrawn from a U.S. duty-deferral

program either for exportation to

another NAFTA country or for entry

into a duty-deferral program of another

NAFTA country, the procedures that

must be followed in filing a claim for a

waiver or reduction of duties collected

on such merchandise, and the

procedures for finalization of duty

collections and duty waiver or

reduction claims.

DATES: Interim rule effective January 1,

1996; comments must be submitted by

April 1, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Written comments

(preferably in triplicate) may be

addressed to the Regulations Branch,

U.S. Customs Service, Franklin Court,

1301 Constitution Avenue, N.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20229. Comments

submitted may be inspected at the

Regulations Branch, Office of

Regulations and Rulings, Franklin

Court, 1099 14th Street, NW., Suite

4000, Washington, DC.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Angela Downey, Office of Field

Operations (202–927–1082).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

On September 6, 1995, Customs

published in the Federal Register (60

FR 46334) a document which adopted,

as a final rule, interim regulations

implementing the Customs-related

provisions of the North American Free

Trade Agreement (NAFTA) which was

adopted by the United States with the

enactment of the North American Free

Trade Agreement Implementation Act

(the ‘‘Act’’), Public Law 103–182, 107

Stat. 2057. The majority of the NAFTA

implementing regulations are set forth

in Part 181 of the Customs Regulations

(19 CFR Part 181) which includes, in

Subpart E, regulations implementing the

NAFTA drawback (including dutydeferral) provisions of Article 303 of the

NAFTA and section 203 of the Act

which apply to goods imported into the

United States and then subsequently

exported from the United States to

Canada on or after January 1, 1996, or

to Mexico on or after January 1, 2001.

Within Subpart E of Part 181, § 181.53

specifically addresses the provisions

concerning the collection, and waiver or

reduction, of duty on goods imported

into the United States pursuant to a

duty-deferral program (that is, imported

into a manipulation warehouse,

manufacturing warehouse, smelting or

refining warehouse or foreign trade

zone, or imported under a temporary

importation bond) and subsequently

exported, or used as a material in the

production of another good that is

exported, to Canada or Mexico.

Paragraph (a)(1) defines the term ‘‘dutydeferral program’’ for purposes of the

section. Paragraph (a)(2) provides that

the exported good shall be treated as if

it had been entered or withdrawn for

consumption and thus subject to duty.

Paragraph (a)(3) states that Customs

shall waive or reduce, in accordance

with paragraphs (b) through (f), the

duties paid or owed under paragraph

(a)(2) provided that evidence of

exportation and satisfactory evidence of

duties paid in Canada or Mexico are

submitted within 60 calendar days of

the date of exportation. Paragraphs (b)

through (f) set forth the duty assessment

and waiver or reduction rules with

reference to each type of duty-deferral

program, and each of these paragraphs

provides that the duty shall be waived

or reduced in an amount that does not

exceed the lesser of the total amount of

duty payable under the section or the

total amount of customs duties paid to

Canada or Mexico.

In the discussion of public comments

submitted on the interim NAFTA

implementing regulations, the

September 6, 1995, final rule document

noted that a number of commenters

raised questions regarding the

procedures, including documentary

requirements, that would apply for

purposes of the collection and waiver or

reduction of duty under § 181.53. In

responding to these comments, Customs

agreed that the regulations should

specifically address such procedural

issues. Customs further stated that it

would be preferable to address these

issues in a separate Federal Register

document, with a view to having

appropriate regulations in place on

January 1, 1996, when the Subpart E

regulations go into effect (that is, with

regard to goods exported to or entered

into a duty-deferral program in Canada).

The regulatory amendments set forth in

this document are intended to

accomplish that purpose.

Discussion of Amendments

Section 10.31

In § 10.31, which concerns temporary

importations under bond, paragraph (h)

is amended by adding at the end a new

sentence regarding merchandise

imported under subheading 9813.00.05,

HTSUS, that is exported to Canada or

Mexico, because the entry and bond

requirements under amended § 181.53

may apply to such merchandise.

Section 113.62

In § 113.62, which sets forth the basic

importation and entry bond conditions,

paragraphs (a) and (b) are amended by

the addition of references to the

withdrawal of merchandise from a dutydeferral program either for exportation

to Canada or Mexico or for entry into a

duty-deferral program in Canada or

Mexico because such transactions will

involve the filing of an entry under

amended § 181.53 as discussed below.

Paragraph (a) concerns the agreement to

pay duties, taxes and fees, and

paragraph (b) concerns the agreement to

make or complete entry.

Section 141.0a

The definition of ‘‘entry’’ in paragraph

(a) and the definition of ‘‘entered for

consumption’’ in paragraph (f) have

been expanded by the addition of a

sentence at the end referring to

documentation required under amended

§ 181.53 as discussed below.

Section 141.68

A new paragraph (i) has been added

to § 141.68 (time of entry) regarding

merchandise covered by the entry

procedures contained in amended

§ 181.53 as discussed below.