[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 20 (Tuesday, January 30, 1996)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 2906-2908]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-1739]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
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.
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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:
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 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
(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:
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:
* * * 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]
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