[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 38 (Monday, February 26, 2001)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 11534-11535]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-4682]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 97

[Docket No. 30232; Amdt. No. 2037]


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 inwhich 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 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,

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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 douments 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 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 
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.

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 February 16, 2001.
L. Nicholas Lacey,
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 March 22, 2001

Columbus, OH, Port Columbus Intl, NDB RWY 10L, Amdt 8B
Columbus, OH, Port Columbus Intl, NDB RWY 10R, Amdt 7B
Columbus, OH, Port Columbus Intl, NDB RWY 28L, Amdt 13B
Columbus, OH, Port Columbus Intl, ILS RWY 28R, Amdt 2
Columbus, OH, Port Columbus Intl, RNAV (GPS) RWY 10L, Orig
Columbus, OH, Port Columbus Intl, RNAV (GPS) RWY 10R, Orig
Columbus, OH, Port Columbus Intl, RNAV (GPS) RWY 28L, Orig
Columbus, OH, Port Columbus Intl, RNAV (GPS) RWY 28R, Orig
Del Rio, TX, Del Rio Intl, NDB RWY 13, Amdt 3 (CANCELLED)
Del Rio, TX, Del Rio Intl, LOC RWY 13, Amdt 4 (CANCELLED)
Del Rio, TX, Del Rio Intl, NDB RWY 13, Orig
Del Rio, TX, Del Rio Intl, LOC RWY 13, Orig
Houston, TX, William P. Hobby, GPS RWY 4, Orig, CANCELLED
Houston, TX, William P. Hobby, GPS RWY 12R, Orig, CANCELLED
Houston, TX, William P. Hobby, GPS RWY 17, Orig, CANCELLED
Houston, TX, William P. Hobby, GPS RWY 22, Orig, CANCELLED
Houston, TX, William P. Hobby, GPS RWY 30L, Orig, CANCELLED
Houston, TX, William P. Hobby, GPS RWY 35, Orig, CANCELLED
Houston, TX, William P. Hobby, RNAV (GPS) RWY 4, Orig
Houston, TX, William P. Hobby, RNAV (GPS) RWY 12R, Orig
Houston, TX, William P. Hobby, RNAV (GPS) RWY 17, Orig
Houston, TX, William P. Hobby, RNAV (GPS) RWY 22, Orig
Houston, TX, William P. Hobby, RNAV (GPS) RWY 30L, Orig
Houston, TX, William P. Hobby, RNAV (GPS) RWY 35, Orig

* * * Effective April 19, 2001

New Madrid, MO, County Memorial, NDB RWY 18, Amdt 3
Del Rio, TX, Del Rio Intl, VOR/DME OR GPS-B, Amdt 4 (CANCELLED)
Del Rio, TX, Del Rio Intl, VOR OR GPS-A, Amdt 11 (CANCELLED)
Del Rio, TX, Del Rio Intl, VOR/DME-B, Orig
Del Rio, TX, Del Rio Intl, VOR-A, Orig

* * * Effective May 17, 2001

Paducah, KY, Barkley Regional, VOR OR GPS RWY 4, Amdt 17
Paducah, KY, Barkley Regional, VOR/DME RWY 22, Amdt 5
Paducah, KY, Barkley Regional, NDB OR GPS RWY 22, Amdt 3
Paducah, KY, Barkley Regional, ILS RWY 4, Amdt 8
Aurora, MO, Aurora Memorial Muni, VOR/DME-A, Amdt 4
Beatrice, NE, Beatrice Muni, VOR RWY 35, Amdt 7
Austin, TX, Austin-Bergstrom Intl, GPW RWY 17R, Amdt 1B
Austin, TX, Austin-Bergstrom Intl, GPW RWY 35L, Amdt 1B
Austin, TX, Austin-Bergstrom Intl, GPW RWY 35R, Orig-B
Duchesne, UT, Duchesne Muni, VOR/DME-A, Orig
Duchesne, UT, Duchesne Muni, VOR/DME OR GPS RWY 25, Amdt 1, 
(CANCELLED)
Jackson, WY, Jackson Hole, ILS RWY 18, Amdt 7


    Note: The FAA published an amendment in Docket No. 30229, Amdt. 
No. 2035 to Part 97 of the Federal Aviation Regulations (Federal 
Register Vol. 66, No. 30, Page 9916 dated February 13, 2001) under 
Section 97.27 effective March 22, 2001 which is hereby amended as 
follows:


Ames, IA, Ames Muni, NDB OR GPS RWY 1, Amdt 1B should read:
Ames, IA, Ames Muni, NDB RWY 1, Amdt 1B

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