99-30264. Standard Instrument Approach Procedures; Miscellaneous Amendments  

  • [Federal Register Volume 64, Number 223 (Friday, November 19, 1999)]
    [Rules and Regulations]
    [Pages 63194-63195]
    From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
    [FR Doc No: 99-30264]
    
    
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    DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
    
    Federal Aviation Administration
    
    14 CFR Part 97
    
    [Docket No. 29839; Amdt. No. 1960]
    
    
    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: 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 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 
    (NFDC) 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 
    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.
    
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    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 12, 1999.
    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. 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, 99.33, 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 December 2, 1999
    
    Philadelphia, PA, Philadelphia Intl, ILS RWY 26, Orig
    Sparta, TN, Upper Cumberland Regional, SDF RWY 4, Amdt 3, Cancelled
    Sparta, TN, Upper Cumberland Regional, ILS RWY 4, Orig
    Giddings, TX, Giddings-Lee County, NDB or GPS RWY 17, Amdt 2
    
    * * * Effective December 30, 1999
    
    Platinum, AK, Platinum, GPS RWY 13, Orig
    St Michael, AK, St Michael, GPS RWY 2, Orig
    St Michael, AK, St Michael, GPS RWY 20, Orig
    Grand Canyon, AZ, Grand Canyon National Park, GPS RWY 3, Orig
    Buena Vista, CO, Central Colorado Regional, GPS RWY 33, Orig
    Gainesville, FL, Gainesville Regional, VOR or GPS-A, Amdt 10A, 
    Cancelled
    Gainesville, FL, Gainesville Regional, VOR/DME RNAV RWY 28, Amdt 5, 
    Cancelled
    Louisville, KY, Louisville Intl-Standiford Field, LOC RWY 29, Orig
    Pittsfield, MA, Pittsfield Muni, LOC RWY 26, Amdt 6
    Pittsfield, MA, Pittsfield Muni, GPS RWY 8, Amdt 1
    Pittsfield, MA, Pittsfield Muni, GPS RWY 26, Orig
    Farmingdale, NY, Republic, NDB RWY 1, Amdt 14
    Farmingdale, NY, Republic, ILS RWY 14, Amdt 7
    Farmingdale, NY, Republic, GPS RWY 1, Orig
    Farmingdale, NY, Republic, GPS RWY 14, Orig
    Farmingdale, NY, Republic, GPS RWY 19, Orig
    Astoria, or, Astoria Regional, GPS RWY 8, Orig
    Allentown, PA, Lehigh Valley International, VOR/DME RWY 24, Orig
    Allentown, PA, Lehigh Valley International, GPS RWY 24, Orig
    York, PA, York, NDB RWY 17, Amdt 6
    York, PA, York, GPS RWY 17, Amdt 1
    York, PA, York, GPS RWY 35, Amdt 2
    Carrizo Springs, TX, Dimmit County, NDB RWY 31, Amdt 3
    Carrizo Springs, TX, Dimmit County, GPS RWY 31, Orig
    Coleman, TX, Coleman Muni, NDB RWY 15, Amdt 2
    Coleman, TX, Coleman Muni, GPS RWY 15, Orig
    Mineral Wells, TX, Mineral Wells, VOR RWY 31, Amdt 10
    Mineral Wells, TX, Mineral Wells, NDB RWY 31, Amdt 2
    Mineral Wells, TX, Mineral Wells, GPS RWY 31, Orig
    Wallops Island, VA, Wallops Flight Facility, VOR/DME or TACAN RWY 10, 
    Amdt 4
    Wallops Island, VA, Wallops Flight Facility, VOR or TACAN or GPS RWY 
    17, Amdt 6
    Madison, WI, Dane County Regional-Truax Field, GPS RWY 21, Orig
    
        The FAA published an Amendment in Docket No. 29814, Amdt. No. 1956 
    to Part 97 of the Federal Aviation Regulations (Vol 64 No. 206 Page 
    57560; dated October 26, 1999), under section 97.33 effective December 
    30, 1999, which is hereby amended as follows:
    
    Brooksville, FL, Hernando County, GPS RWY 2, Orig, should read 
    Brooksville, FL, Hernando County, GPS RWY 3, Orig.
    Brooksville, FL, Hernando County, GPS RWY 20, Amdt 1, should read 
    Brooksville, FL, Hernando County, GPS RWY 21, Amdt 1.
    
        The FAA published an Amendment in Docket No. 29786, Amdt. No. 1954 
    to Part 97 of the Federal Aviation Regulations (Vol 64 No. 206 Pages 
    57563 and 57564, dated October 26, 1999) under section 97.23, 97.27, 
    and 97.29 is hereby amended by rescinding the following FDC NOTAM's for 
    Wilmington, OH, Airborne Airpark:
    
    FDC 9/7495
    FDC 9/7496
    FDC 9/7497
    FDC 9/7498
    FDC 9/7499
    FDC 9/7500
    FDC 9/7501
    FDC 9/7502
    
    [FR Doc. 99-30264 Filed 11-18-99; 8:45 am]
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Document Information

Published:
11/19/1999
Department:
Federal Aviation Administration
Entry Type:
Rule
Action:
Final rule.
Document Number:
99-30264
Dates:
An effective date for each SIAP is specified in the amendatory provisions.
Pages:
63194-63195 (2 pages)
Docket Numbers:
Docket No. 29839, Amdt. No. 1960
PDF File:
99-30264.pdf
CFR: (1)
14 CFR 97.31