00-865. Standard Instrument Approach Procedures; Miscellaneous Amendments  

  • [Federal Register Volume 65, Number 9 (Thursday, January 13, 2000)]
    [Rules and Regulations]
    [Pages 2025-2026]
    From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
    [FR Doc No: 00-865]
    
    
    
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    DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
    
    Federal Aviation Administration
    
    14 CFR Part 97
    
    [Docket No. 29895; Amdt. No. 1968]
    
    
    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 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: 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 
    Aviations 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 Sec. 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 
    (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 was 
    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 January 7, 2000.
    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:
    
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    Secs. 97.23, 97.25, 97.27, 97.29, 97.31, 97.33, 97.35
    
        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 January 27, 2000
    
    Clovis, NM, Clovis Muni, VOR RWY 22, Amdt 4
    Clovis, NM, Clovis Muni, LOC RWY 4, Amdt 2, CANCELLED
    Clovis, NM, Clovis Muni, NDB RWY 4, Amdt 4
    Clovis, NM, Clovis Muni, ILS RWY 4, Orig
    Clovis, NM, Clovis Muni, GPS RWY 4, Orig
    Clovis, NM, Clovis Muni, GPS RWY 22, Orig
    Clovis, NM, Clovis Muni, GPS RWY 30, Amdt 1
    
    . . . Effective February 24, 2000
    
    Fairbanks, AK, Fairbanks Intl, VOR OR TACAN RWY 19R, Amdt 1
    Kalskag, AK, Kalskag, GPS RWY 6, Orig
    Kalskag, AK, Kalskag, GPS RWY 24, Orig
    San Martin, CA, South Co Airport of Santa Clara Co, GPS RWY 32, Orig
    Georgetown, DE, Sussex County, VOR RWY 4, Amdt 5
    Georgetown, DE, Sussex County, VOR RWY 22, Amdt 6
    Georgetown, DE, Sussex County, VOR/DME RNAV OR GPS RWY 22, Amdt 3A, 
    CANCELLED
    Georgetown, DE, Sussex County, RNAV RWY 4, Orig
    Georgetown, DE, Sussex County, RNAV RWY 22, Orig
    Georgetown, DE, Sussex County, GPS RWY 4, Orig-A, CANCELLED
    Boca Raton, FL, Boca Raton, GPS RWY 5, Amdt 1
    Grangeville, ID, Idaho County, GPS RWY 7, Orig
    Grangeville, ID, Idaho County, GPS RWY 25, Orig
    Belleville, IL, Scott AFB/Midamerica, ILS RWY 32L, Orig
    Baltimore, MD, Baltimore-Washington Intl, VOR/DME-A, Amdt 1
    Baltimore, MD, Baltimore-Washington Intl, VOR/DME RWY 4, Amdt 2
    Baltimore, MD, Baltimore-Washington Intl, VOR OR GPS RWY 10, Amdt 16
    Baltimore, MD, Baltimore-Washington Intl, VOR/DME RWY 15L, Amdt 1
    Baltimore, MD, Baltimore-Washington Intl, VOR/DME RWY 22, Amdt 10
    Baltimore, MD, Baltimore-Washington Intl, VOR OR GPS RWY 28, Amdt 23
    Baltimore, MD, Baltimore-Washington Intl, VOR/DME RWY 33L, Amdt 2
    Ocean City, MD, Ocean City Muni, VOR-A, Amdt 2
    Ocean City, MD, Ocean City Muni, LOC RWY 14, Amdt 2
    Ocean City, MD, Ocean City Muni, RNAV RWY 14, Orig
    Salisbury, MD, Salisbury-Ocean City Wicomico Regional, ILS RWY 32, Amdt 
    6
    Salisbury, MD, Salisbury-Ocean City Wicomico Regional, VOR RWY 5, Amdt 
    9
    Salisbury, MD, Salisbury-Ocean City Wicomico Regional, VOR RWY 23, Amdt 
    9
    Salisbury, MD, Salisbury-Ocean City Wicomico Regional, VOR RWY 32, Amdt 
    9
    Dodge Center, MN, Dodge Center, VOR OR GPS-A, Amdt 3
    New York, NY LaGuardia, LOC RWY 31, Amdt 2
    Ahoskie, NC, Tri-County, VOR/DME OR GPS-A, Amdt 5
    Ahoskie, NC, Tri-County, NDB RWY 1, Amdt 2
    Ahoskie, NC, Tri-County, GPS RWY 1, Orig
    Ahoskie, NC, Tri-County, GPS RWY 19, Orig
    Greenville, NC, Pitt-Greenville, GPS RWY 2, Amdt 1
    Greenville, NC, Pitt-Greenville, GPS RWY 20, Amdt 1
    Lexington, NC, VOR/DME RWY 24, Orig
    Lewisburg, TN, Ellington, GPS RWY 20, Orig
    [FR Doc. 00-865 Filed 1-12-00; 8:45 am]
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Document Information

Published:
01/13/2000
Department:
Federal Aviation Administration
Entry Type:
Rule
Action:
Final rule.
Document Number:
00-865
Dates:
An effective date for each SIAP is specified in the amendatory provisions.
Pages:
2025-2026 (2 pages)
Docket Numbers:
Docket No. 29895, Amdt. No. 1968
PDF File:
00-865.pdf
CFR: (1)
14 CFR 97.31