[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 248 (Monday, December 29, 1997)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 67557-67559]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-33756]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
14 CFR Part 97
[Docket No. 29073; Amdt. No. 1839]
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
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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: 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: Ths 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 Regulation (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 aeranuatical 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 consideration, 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 cancelled.
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). The 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 makes them effective in less
then 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 evaluations 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 28, 1997.
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 Standards 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:
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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11/13/97............... LA New roads............. False River Air Park.. 7/7436 Loc Rwy 36, Orig...
11/13/97............... MO Point Lookout......... M. Graham Clark....... 7/7425 GPS Rwy 11 Orig...
11/16/97............... MS Greenwood............. Greenwood-LeFlore..... 7/7443 VOR/DME RNAV Rwy 18, Amdt 6...
11/16/97............... MS Greenwood............. Greenwood-LeFlore..... 7/7444 VOR/DME RNAV or GPS Rwy 36, Amdt 3...
11/17/97............... CA Bakersfield........... Meadows Field......... 7/7540 ILS Rwy 30R Amdt 27...
11/17/97............... CA Bakersfield........... Meadows Field......... 7/7541 NDB Rwy 30R Amdt 6...
11/17/97............... KY Louisville............ Louisville Intl-- 7/7531 ILS Rwy 35, ORIG-B...
Standiford Field.
11/17/97............... KY Louisville............ Louisville Intl-- 7/7535 ILS Rwy 17, ORIG-B...
Standiford Field.
11/18/97............... MI Grand Rapids.......... Kent County Intl...... 7/7557 ILS Rwy 8R, Amdt 5...
11/18/97............... NJ Atlantic City......... Atlantic City Muni/ 7/7565 VOR or GPS-B Amdt 1...
Bader Field.
11/20/97............... AK Klawock............... Klawock............... 7/7621 NDB/DME Rwy 1, Orig...
11/21/97............... NC Edenton............... Northeastern Regional. 7/7654 GPS Rwy 1, Orig...
11/21/97............... NC Elizabeth City........ Elizabeth City Coast 7/7655 VOR/DME or GPS Rwy 19, Amdt 10...
Guard Air Station/
Muni.
11/21/97............... NC Elizabeth City........ Elizabeth City Coast 7/7656 NDB Rwy 10, Orig...
Guard Air Station/
Muni.
11/21/97............... NC Elizabeth City........ Elizabeth City Coast 7/7657 VOR/DME or GPS Rwy 10, Orig...
Guard Air Station/
Muni.
11/21/97............... NC Elizabeth City........ Elizabeth City Coast 7/7658 VOR/DME or GPS Rwy 28, Orig...
Guard Air Station/
Muni.
11/21/97............... NC Elizabeth City........ Elizabeth City Coast 7/7659 VOR/DME or GPS Rwy 1, Amdt 11...
Guard Air Station/
Muni.
11/21/97............... TX Amarillo.............. Amarillo Intl......... 7/7650 ILS Rwy 4, Amdt 21A...
11/24/97............... NE Holdrege.............. Brewster Field........ 7/7697 NDB or GPS Rwy 18, Amdt 6...
11/24/97............... NE Holdrege.............. Brewster Field........ 7/7699 VOR/DME or GPS-A, Amdt 2...
11/24/97............... WV Parkersburg........... Wood County Airport-- 7/7698 ILS Rwy 3 Amdt 11...
Gill Robb Wilson
Field.
11/25/97............... CA Sacramento............ Sacramento Mather..... 7/7744 VOR/DME or GPS Rwy 22L Orig...
11/25/97............... VA Charlottesville....... Charlottesville--Albem 7/7729 ILS Rwy 3 Amdt 12...
arle.
11/25/97............... VA Charlottesville....... Charlottesville--Albem 7/7740 NDB Rwy 3 Amdt 15...
arle.
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[FR Doc. 97-33756 Filed 12-24-97; 8:45 am]
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