97-26118. Standard Instrument Approach Procedures; Miscellaneous Amendments  

  • [Federal Register Volume 62, Number 191 (Thursday, October 2, 1997)]
    [Rules and Regulations]
    [Pages 51597-51598]
    From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
    [FR Doc No: 97-26118]
    
    
    
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    DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
    
    Federal Aviation Administration
    
    14 CFR Part 97
    
    [Docket No. 29022; Amdt. No. 1823]
    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 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 Purchases
    
        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 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, buy 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. Standards 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 September 19, 1997.
    Louis C. Cusimano,
    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. 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
    
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    or TACON; 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 October 9, 1997
    
    Frankfort, MI, City-County, VOR OR GPS-A, Amdt 3
    
    * * * Effective November 6, 1997
    
    Auburn, AL, Auburn-Opelika Robert G. Pitts, GPS RWY 28, Orig
    Foley, AL, Foley Muni, GPS RWY 36, Orig
    Carlisle, AR, Carlisle Muni, VOR/DME RWY 9, Amdt 2
    Carlisle, AR, Carlisle Muni, GPS RWY 9, Amdt 1
    Fayetteville/Springdale/Rogers, AR, Northwest Arkansas Regional, GPS 
    RWY 16, Orig
    Fayetteville/Springdale/Rogers, AR, Northwest Arkansas Regional, GPS 
    RWY 34, Orig
    Forrest City, AR, Forrest City Muni, NDB RWY 35, Amdt 4
    Forrest City, AR, Forrest City Muni, GPS RWY 35, Orig
    Helena/West Helena, AR, Thompson-Robbins, GPS RWY 17, Orig
    Helena/West Helena, AR, Thompson-Robbins, GPS RWY 35, Admit 1
    Little Rock, AR, Adams Field, ILS RWY 4R, Amdt 1
    Little Rock, AR, Adams Field, ILS RWY 22L, Amdt 2
    Pine Bluff, AR, Grider Field, VOR/DME RWY 35, Amdt 11
    Stuttgart, AR, Stuttgart Muni, VOR/DME OR GPS-A, Amdt 1
    Stuttgart, AR, Stuttgart Muni, NDB RWY 18, Amdt 10
    San Diego/E1 Cajon, CA, Gillespie Field, GPS RWY 17, Orig
    Alamsa, CO, San Luis Valley Regional/Bergman Field, ILS RWY 2, Orig
    Alamosa, CO, San Luis Valley Regional/Bergman Field, GPS RWY 2, Amdt 
    2
    Orlando, FL, Executive, GPS RWY 7, Orig
    Orlando, FL, Executive, GPS RWY 25, Orig
    Orlando, FL, Orlando Sanford, GPS RWY 27R, Orig
    Tallahassee, FL, Tallahassee Regional, GPS RWY 9, Orig
    Tallahssee, FL, Tallahassee Regional, GPS RWY 27, Orig
    Brunswick, GA, Malcolm McKinnon, GPS RWY 4, Orig
    Brunswick, GA, Malcolm McKinnon, GPS RWY 22, Orig
    Brunswick, GA, Malcolm McKinnon, RNAV OR GPS RWY 22, Amdt 5, 
    CANCELLED
    Terre Haute, IN, Hulman Regional, VOR/DME RWY 5, Amdt 17
    Covington/Cincinnati, OH/KY, Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky Intl, NDB 
    or GPS RWY 9, Amdt 14
    Covington/Cincinnati, OH/KY, Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky Intl, ILS 
    RWY 9, Amdt 16
    Covington/Cincinnati, OH/KY, Cincinnati/Northern Kentucy Intl, ILS 
    RWY 18L, Amdt 4
    Covington/Cincinnati, OH/KY, Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky Intl, ILS 
    RWY 18R, Amdt 19
    Covington/Cincinnati, OH/KY, Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky Intl, ILS 
    RWY 36L, Amdt 38
    Covington/Cincinnati, OH/KY, Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky Intl, ILS 
    RWY 36R, Amdt 5
    Fitchburg, MA, Fitchburg Muni, NDB-A, Amdt 2
    Fitchburg, MA, Fitchburg Muni, NDB RWY 20, Amdt 3
    Tewksbury, MA, Tew-Mac, VOR OR GPS RWY 21, Amdt 7, CANCELLED
    Tewksbury, MA, Tew Mac, NDB OR GPS-A, Amdt 4A, CANCELLED
    Westfield, MA, Barnes Muni, ILS RWY 20, Amdt 4
    Westfield, MA, Barnes Muni, VOR OR TACAN OR GPS RWY 2, Amdt 3
    Westfield, MA, Barnes Muni, NDB RWY 20, Amdt 14
    Westfield, MA, Barnes Muni, VOR OR GPS RWY 20, Amdt 19
    Clarksdale, MS, Fletcher Field, NDB OR GPS-A, Amdt 1
    Clarksdale, MS, Fletcher Field, NDB OR GPS RWY 36, Amdt 8
    Greenwood, MS, Greenwood-LeFlore, VOR OR GPS RWY 5, Amdt 10
    Greenwood, MS, Greenwood-LeFlore, ILS RWY 18, Amdt 5
    Indianola, MS, Indianola Muni, VOR/DME OR GPS-B, Amdt 4
    Marks, MS, Selfs, NDB OR GPS RWY 2, Amdt 4
    Marks, MS, Selfs, NDB OR GPS-A, Amdt 2
    Reno, NV, Reno/Stead, GPS-B, Orig
    Claremont, NH, Claremont Muni, NDB-A, Amdt 1
    West Milford, NJ, Greenwood Lake, VOR OR GPS-A, Amdt 3, CANCELLED
    West Milford, NJ, Greenwood Lake, VOR RWY 6, Orig
    Elmira, NY, Elmira/Corning Regional, NDB RWY 24, Amdt 14
    Elmira, NY, Elmira/Corning Regional, ILS RWY 6, Amdt 3
    Elmira, NY, Elmira/Corning Regional, ILS RWY 24, Amdt 17
    Elmira, NY, Elmira/Corning Regional, GPS RWY 24, Orig
    Devils Lake, ND, VOR OR GPS RWY 13, Amdt 8, CANCELLED
    Devils Lake, ND, VOR OR GPS RWY 31, Amdt 5, CANCELLED
    Devils Lake, ND, VOR RWY 13, Orig
    Devils Lake, ND, VOR RWY 31, Orig
    Batavia, OH, Clermont County, VOR OR GPS-B, Amdt 6
    Philipsburg, PA, Mid-State, NDB RWY 16, Amdt 6
    State College, PA, University Park, ILS RWY 24, Amdt 7
    Wellsboro, PA, Grand Canyon State, VOR OR GPS-A, Amdt 5
    Wellsboro, PA, Grand Canyon State, GPS RWY 28, Orig
    Burlington, VT, Burlington Intl, LORAN RNAV-A, Orig, CANCELLED
    Burlington, VT, Burlington Intl, LORAN RNAV RWY 15, Orig, CANCELLED
    Rutland, VT, Rutland State, GPS RWY 19, Amdt 2
    
        Note: The following procedure published effective 6 Nov 97 in 
    Federal Register Vol. 62, No. 163, dated Aug 22, 1997, Docket 28992, 
    Amdt 1813, Pg 44545 is hereby rescinded:
    
    Wisconsin Rapids, WI, Alexander Field South Wood County, GPS RWY 20, 
    Orig
    
    * * * Effective January 1, 1998
    
    Texarkana, AR, Texarkana Regional-Webb Field, VOR OR GPS RWY 13, 
    Amdt 15
    Texarkana, AR, Texarkana Regional-Webb Field, LOC BC RWY 4, Amdt 12
    Texarkana, AR, Texarkana Regional-Webb Field, NDB RWY 22, Amdt 12
    Texarkana, AR, Texarkana Regional-Webb Field, ILS RWY 22, Amdt 15
    Texarkana, AR, Texarkana Regional-Webb Field, GPS RWY 4, Orig
    Texarkana, AR, Texarkana Regional-Webb Field, GPS RWY 22, Orig
    Texarkana, AR, Texarkana Regional-Webb Field, GPS RWY 31, Orig
    Flagstaff, AZ, Flagstaff Pulliam, GPS RWY 3, Orig
    Gastonia, NC, Gastonia Muni, NDB RWY 3, Amdt 8
    Gastonia, NC, Gastonia Muni, GPS RWY 3, Orig
    Gastonia, NC, Gastonia Muni, RNAV OR GPS RWY 3, Amdt 3, CANCELLED
    Reidsville, NC, Rockingham County NC Shiloh, SDF RWY 31, Amdt 3, 
    CANCELLED
    Reidsville, NC, Rockingham County NC Shiloh, GPS RWY 31, Orig
    Reidsville, NC, Rockingham County NC Shiloh, VOR/DME RNAV RWY 31, 
    Amdt 4, CANCELLED
    Southern Pines, NC, Moore County, GPS RWY 23, Orig
    Southern Pines, NC, Moore County, RNAV RWY 23, Amdt, CANCELLED
    Kutztown, PA, Kutztown, GPS RWY 17, Orig
    Luray, VA, Luray Caverns, VOR/DME-B, Amdt 2
    Luray, VA, Luray Caverns, NDB OR GPS-A, Amdt 5
    Luray, VA, Luray Caverns, GPS RWY 22, Amdt 1
    
    Effective Upon Publication
    
    Eugene, OR, VOR/DME OR TACAN OR GPS RWY 34, Amdt 3
    
    [FR Doc. 97-26118 Filed 10-1-97; 8:45 am]
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Document Information

Published:
10/02/1997
Department:
Federal Aviation Administration
Entry Type:
Rule
Action:
Final rule.
Document Number:
97-26118
Dates:
An effective date for each SIAP is specified in the amendatory provisions.
Pages:
51597-51598 (2 pages)
Docket Numbers:
Docket No. 29022, Amdt. No. 1823
RINs:
2120-AA65: Standard Instrument Approach Procedures
RIN Links:
https://www.federalregister.gov/regulations/2120-AA65/standard-instrument-approach-procedures
PDF File:
97-26118.pdf
CFR: (1)
14 CFR 97.27