[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 219 (Tuesday, November 12, 1996)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 57999-58000]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-28898]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
14 CFR Part 97
[Docket No. 28726; Amdt. No. 1761]
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 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 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
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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 involve 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 November 1, 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/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 December 5, 1996
Grants Pass, OR, Grant Pass, GPS-A, Orig
Eagle Butte, SD, Cheyenne Eagle Butte, GPS RWY 31, Amdt 1
Puyallup, WA, Pierce County-Thun Field, GPS RWY 34, Orig
* * * Effective January 2, 1997
Red Bluff, CA, Red Bluff Muni, VOR/DME OR GPS RWY 15, Amdt 6
Red Bluff, CA, Red Bluff Muni, NDB RWY 33, Amdt 2
Red Bluff, CA, Red Bluff Muni, VOR OR GPS RWY 33, Amdt 7
Washington, DC, Washington National, VOR/RWY 15, Amdt 9
Washington, DC, Washington National, VOR/DME OR GPS RWY 15, Amdt 1
Baltimore, MD, Baltimore-Washington Intl, ILS RWY 33L, Amdt 7
Leonardtown, MD, St Marys County, VOR RWY 11, Amdt 4
Leonardtown, MD, St Marys County, VOR OR GPS RWY 29, Amdt 5
Morgantown, WV, Morgantown Muni-Walter L. Bill Hart Field, ILS RWY
18, Amdt 11
* * * Effective January 30, 1997
Selma, AL, Craig Field, NDB OR GPS RWY 33, Amdt 3
Groveland, CA, Pine Mountain Lake, GPS RWY 9, Orig
Groveland, CA, Pine Mountain Lake, GPS RWY 27, Orig
Victorville, CA, Southern California Intl, ILS RWY 17, Amdt 1
Wilmington, DE, New Castle County, GPS RWY 27, Orig
Washington, DC, Washington Dulles Intl, VOR/DME OR TACAN RWY 12,
Amdt 8
Taylorville, IL, Taylorville Muni, GPS RWY 18, Orig
La Porte, IN, La Porte Muni, GPS RWY 2, Orig
Glasgow, KY, Glasgow Muni, GPS RWY 25, Orig
Dexter, ME, Dexter Regional, GPS RWY 34, Orig
Oxford, ME, Osford County Regional, GPS RWY 33, Orig
Baltimore, MD, Baltimore-Washington Intl, VOR OR GPS RWY 28, Amdt 22
Mitchellville, MD, Freeway, VOR RWY 36, Orig
Pittsfield, MA, Pittsfield Muni, GPS RWY 8, Orig
Minneapolis, MN, Crystal, GPS RWY 13L, Orig
Norfolk, NE, Karl Stefan Memorial, GPS RWY 1, Orig
Belmar/Farmingdale, NJ Allaire, VOR OR GPS-A, Amdt 2
Wildwood, NJ, Cape May County, GPS RWY 10, Orig
Wildwood, NJ, Cape May County, VOR/DME RNAV OR GPS RWY 19, Amdt 6
Perkasie, PA, Pennridge, GPS RWY 8, Orig
Perkasie, PA, Pennridge, GPS RWY 26, Orig
Toughkenamon, PA, New Garden, VOR RWY 24, Amdt 7
Houston, TX, Ellington Field, GPS RWY 22, Orig
Note: The FAA published the following procedure in Docket No.
28702, Amdt No. 1757 to Part 97 of the Federal Aviation Regulations
(VOL 61, FR No. 198) Page 53057 dated October 10, 1996 under Section
97.23 effective December 5, 1996 which is hereby amended to read . .
. PROPOSED December 5, 1996:
Ames, IA, Ames Muni, LOC RWY 1, Amdt 1, Cancelled
Ames, IA, Ames Muni, ILS RWY 1, Orig
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