[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 197 (Tuesday, October 13, 1998)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 54573-54575]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-27362]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
14 CFR Part 97
[Docket No. 29358; Amdt. No. 1894]
RIN 2120-AA65
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:
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 on each SIAP is contained in the appropriate FAA
Form 8260 and the National Flight Data 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 Aviation's 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
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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
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 canceled.
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 procedure 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 October 2, 1998.
Richard O. Gordon,
Acting 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, 97.33, 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 Upon Publication
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FDC Date State City Airport FDC No. SIAP
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09/16/98....... IL Belleville....... Scott AFB/ FDC 8/6603 GPS RWY 14R, ORIG...
Midamerica.
09/16/98....... IL Belleville....... Scott AFB/ FDC 8/6615 ILS RWY 14R, ORIG-B...
Midamerica.
09/16/98....... NC Wilmington....... Wilmington Intl. FDC 8/6621 ILS RWY 35 AMDT 20A...
09/16/98....... NC Wilmington....... Wilmington Intl. FDC 8/6622 LOC BC RWY 17 AMDT 6A...
09/16/98....... NC Wilmington....... Wilmington Intl. FDC 8/6623 NDB OR GPS RWY 35 AMDT
16B...
09/16/98....... NC Wilmington....... Wilmington Intl. FDC 8/6624 RADAR-1 AMDT 6A...
09/21/98....... MN Minneapolis...... Crystal......... FDC 8/6722 GPS RWY 13L, ORIG-A...
09/23/98....... FL Pensacola........ Pensacola FDC 8/6760 NDB OR GPS RWY 17, ORIG-
Regional. A...
09/24/98....... FL Pensacola........ Pensacola FDC 8/6783 ILS RWY 17, AMDT 13D...
Regional.
09/24/98....... FL Pensacola........ Pensacola FDC 8/6784 NDB OR GPS RWY 35, AMDT
Regional. 16...
09/25/98....... FL Jacksonville..... Jacksonville FDC 8/6811 NDB RWY 13 ORIG-A...
Intl.
09/25/98....... MS Columbus-West Golden Triangle FDC 8/6817 VOR OR GPS-D, AMDT 5...
Point-Starkville. Regional.
09/25/98....... MS Columbus-West Golden Triangle FDC 8/6818 ILS RWY 18, AMDT 6A...
Point-Starkville. Regional.
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09/25/98....... MS Columbus-West Golden Triangle FDC 8/6827 VOR/DME OR GPS-E, AMDT 5...
Point-Starkville. Regional.
09/28/98....... RI Providence....... Theodore Francis FDC 8/6858 ILS RWY 5, AMDT 16, ILS RWY
Green State. 5 (CAT II), AMDT 16...
09/28/98....... RI Providence....... Theodore Francis FDC 8/6862 VOR RWY 5, AMDT 13...
Green State.
09/28/98....... RI Providence....... Theodore Francis FDC 8/6864 NDB RWY 5, AMDT 15...
Green State.
09/28/98....... RI Providence....... Theodore Francis FDC 8/6866 VOR/DME or GPS RWY 23, AMDT
Green State. 6A...
09/29/98....... MI Alma............. Gratiot FDC 8/6906 SDF RWY 9, AMDT 7...
Community.
09/29/98....... MS Gulfport......... Gulfport-Biloxi FDC 8/6883 NDB RWY 14, AMDT 11...
Regional.
09/29/98....... MS Gulfport......... Gulfport-Biloxi FDC 8/6885 VOR RWY 14, AMDT 21...
Regional.
09/29/98....... MS Gulfport......... Gulfport-Biloxi FDC 8/6886 VOR/DME OR TACAN OR GPS RWY
Regional. 32, AMDT 2...
09/29/98....... MS Gulfport......... Gulfport-Biloxi FDC 8/6887 VOR/DME OR TACAN OR GPS RWY
Regional. 14, AMDT 2...
09/29/98....... MS Gulfport......... Gulfport-Biloxi FDC 8/6888 ILS RWY 32, AMDT 3...
Regional.
09/29/98....... MS Gulfport......... Gulfport-Biloxi FDC 8/6889 ILS RWY 14, AMDT 13...
Regional.
09/29/98....... MS Gulfport......... Gulfport-Biloxi FDC 8/6892 VOR RWY 32, AMDT 20...
Regional.
09/29/98....... SC Loris............ Twin City....... FDC 8/6899 VOR/DME-A, AMDT 2...
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