00-29320. Standard Instrument Approach Procedures; Miscellaneous Amendments

AGENCY:

Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION:

Final rule.

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: [phone].

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 § 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 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 NOTAMs 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 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 impractical 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 November 9, 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. 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:

§§ 97.23, 97.25, 97.27, 97.29, 97.31, 97.33, 97.35

[Amended]

By amending: § 97.23 VOR, VOR/DME, VOR or TACAN, and VOR/DME or TACAN; § 97.25 LOC, LOC/DME, LDA, LDA/DME, SDF, SDF/DME; § 97.27 NDB, NDB/DME; § 97.29 ILS, ILS/DME, ISMLS, MLS, MLS/DME, MLS/RNAV; § 97.31 RADAR SIAPS; § 97.33 RNAV SIAPs; and § 97.35 COPTER SIAPs, identified as follows:

* * * Effective Upon Publication

FDC date	State	City	Airport	FDC No.	SIAP
09/21/00	AZ	Kingman	Kingman	FDC 0/1580	VOR/DME Rwy 21 Amdt 6A... This corrects FDC 0/1580 IN TL 00-22.
10/11/00	WI	Mosinee	Central Wisconsin	FDC 0/2658	ILS RWY 8, Amdt 1A...
10/17/00	VA	Suffolk	Suffolk Muni	FDC 0/2868	GPS RWY 7 Orig-A...
10/17/00	WI	Ladysmith	Rusk County	FDC 0/2839	NDB or GPS Rwy 32, Amdt 2A...
10/20/00	VA	Richmond/Ashland	Hanover County Muni	FDC 0/2998	VOR Rwy 16 Orig-D...
10/25/00	WI	Eau Claire	Chippewa Valley Regional	FDC 0/3230	LOC/DME BC Rwy 4, Amdt 8...
10/26/00	IA	Boone	Boone Muni	FDC 0/3295	GPS Rwy 32, Orig...
10/26/00	IA	Boone	Boone Muni	FDC 0/3296	GPS Rwy 14, Amdt 1...
10/26/00	NM	Santa Fe	Sante Fe Muni	FDC 0/3274	VOR/DMR or GPS-A, Amdt 1...
10/26/00	NM	Socorro	Socorro Muni	FDC 0/3273	GPS Rwy 33, Orig-A...
10/26/00	NM	Truth or Consequences	Truth or Consequences Muni	FDC 0/3275	VOR or GPS-A, Amdt 9A...
10/26/00	NV	Las Vegas	McCarran Intl	FDC 0/3308	GPS Rwy 1R Orig-A...
10/27/00	AK	Fort Yukon	Fort Yukon	FDC 0/3362	VOR/DME or TACAN Rwy 21, Amdt 1B... Replaces 0/2899
10/27/00	AZ	Prescott	Ernest A. Love Field	FDC 0/3372	VOR/DME RNAV Rwy 21L Amdt 3...
10/27/00	AZ	Prescott	Ernest A. Love Field	FDC 0/3375	VOR Rwy 12 Amdt 2...
10/27/00	ND	Grand Forks	Grand Forks Intl	FDC 0/3367	ILS Rwy 35L, Amdt 11A... Replaces 0/3225
10/27/00	TX	Conroe	Conroe/Montgomery County	FDC 0/3345	GPS Rwy 32, Orig-B...
10/27/00	TX	Conroe	Conroe/Montgomery County	FDC 0/3346	VOR/DME RNAV Rwy 32, Amdt 1B...
10/27/00	TX	Conroe	Conroe/Montgomery County	FDC 0/3347	NDB Rwy 14, Amdt 1B...
10/27/00	TX	Greenville	Majors	FDC 0/3387	ILS 2 Rwy 17, Amdt 4...
10/27/00	TX	Greenville	Majors	FDC 0/3391	ILS Rwy 17, Amdt 5...
10/27/00	TX	Greenville	Majors	FDC 0/3398	VOR/DME Rwy 17, Orig-A...
10/27/00	VA	Leesburg	Leesburg Executive	FDC 0/3339	GPS Rwy 17 Amdt 1...
10/27/00	VA	Leesburg	Leesburg Executive	FDC 0/3342	LOC Rwy 17 Amdt 2...
10/27/00	VA	Leesburg	Leesburg Executive	FDC 0/3343	VOR or GPS-A Amdt 1...
10/27/00	WI	Mosinee	Central Wisconsin	FDC 0/3330	ILS/DME Rwy 35, Orig...
10/30/00	GA	Valdosta	Valdosta Regional	FDC 0/3471	ILS Rwy 35, Amdt 5B...
10/30/00	IL	Chicago/Aurora	Aurora Muni	FDC 0/3465	ILS Rwy 9, Amdt 1B...
10/30/00	NE	Albion	Albion Muni	FDC 0/3484	RNAV Rwy 33, Orig...
10/30/00	NE	Albion	Albion Muni	FDC 0/3485	RNAV Rwy 15, Orig....
10/30/00	TX	Conroe	Conroe/Montgomery County	FDC 0/3470	ILS Rwy 14, Amdt 1C...
10/30/00	TX	Greenville	Majors	FDC 0/3445	NDB or GPS Rwy 35, Amdt 1A...
10/30/00	TX	Sherman/Denison	Grayson County	FDC 0/3441	NDB or GPS Rwy 17L, Amdt 9...
10/31/00	IL	Chicago/Aurora	Aurora Muni	FDC 0/3520	VOR/DME RNAV or GPS Rwy 27, Orig-A...
10/31/00	MO	St Louis	Lambert-St Louis Intl	FDC 0/3540	ILS Rwy 30L, Amdt 11...
10/31/00	SD	Rapid City	Rapid City Regional	FDC 0/3523	RNAV Rwy 32, Orig...
10/31/00	TX	Greenville	Majors	FDC 0/3515	NDB or GPS Rwy 17, Amdt 5A...
10/31/00	WI	Richland Center	Richland	FDC 0/3546	VOR or GPS-A, Amdt 4...
11/2/00	NC	Monroe	Monroe	FDC 0/3665	ILS Rwy 5 Orig-C...
11/2/00	NC	Monroe	Monroe	FDC 0/3666	VOR/DME or GPS-B Amdt 6B...
11/2/00	NC	Monroe	Monroe	FDC 0/3667	VOR or GPS-A Amdt 11B...
11/2/00	NC	Monroe	Monroe	FDC 0/3669	NDB or GPS Rwy 5, Amdt 2B...
11/01/00	AZ	Prescott	Ernest A. Love Field	FDC 0/3570	ILS/DME Rwy 21L Amdt 3...
11/02/00	AR	Ash Flat	Sharp County Regional	FDC 0/3634	NDB Rwy 3, Amdt 1B...
11/02/00	AR	Camden	Harrell Field	FDC 0/3619	VOR/DME or GPS Rwy 36, Amdt 8A...
11/02/00	MO	Kansas City	Kansas City Downtown	FDC 0/3685	ILS Rwy 3, Amdt 1D...
11/02/00	MO	Kansas City	Kansas City Intl	FDC 0/3684	ILS Rwy 9, Amdt 11B...
11/02/00	TX	Kerrville	Kerrville Muni/Louis Scheriner Field	FDC 0/3663	VOR/DME RNAV or GPS Rwy 12, Amdt 2A...
11/02/00	TX	Wichita Falls	Wichita Valley	FDC 0/3638	VOR-B, Amdt 5...
11/02/00	TX	Wichita Falls	Wichita Valley	FDC 0/3639	VOR/DME-C, Amdt 1...
11/03/00	FL	Fort Myers	Southwest Florida Intl	FDC 0/3749	VOR/DME or TACAN Rwy 24, Amdt 1...
11/03/00	LA	New Iberia	Acadiana Regional	FDC 0/3744	VOR or TACAN or GPS Rwy 16, Orig-A...
11/03/00	OH	Tiffin	Seneca County	FDC 0/3752	NDB Rwy 24, Amdt 7...
11/03/00	OR	Medford	Rouge Valley Intl-Medford	FDC 0/3741	ILS Rwy 14, Orig...
11/03/00	TX	Dalhart	Dalhart Muni	FDC 0/3718	VOR Rwy 17, Amdt 12B...
11/06/00	NV	Las Vegas	North Las Vegas	FDC 0/3819	GPS Rwy 12 Orig...
11/07/00	AK	Anchorage	Anchorage Intl	FDC 0/3850	VOR Rwy 6R, Amdt 12B...
11/07/00	AR	Lake Village	Lake Village Muni	FDC 0/3860	GPS Rwy 1, Orig...
11/07/00	FL	Fort Myers	Southwest Florida Intl	FDC 0/3864	RADAR-1 Amdt 5...
11/07/00	TX	Houston	Ellington Field	FDC 0/3834	ILS Rwy 17R, Amdt 4A...
11/07/00	TX	Houston	Ellington Field	FDC 0/3835	GPS Rwy 17R, Orig...