01-3652. 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.

DATE:

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 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, US 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 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 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 February 2, 2001.

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 and 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/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 number	SIAP
1/17/01	MO	New Madrid	County Memorial	1/0490	VOR/DME RNAV OR GPS Rwy 18, AMDT 1A
1/18/01	LA	Oakdale	Allen Parish	1/0548	NDB Rwy 35, ORIG-B
1/18/01	NE	O'Neill	The O'Neill Muni-John L. Baker Field	1/0504	VOR Rwy 13, AMDT 5A
1/19/01	MS	Meridian	Key Field	1/0580	VOR OR GPS-A, AMDT 15
1/19/01	OK	Enid	Enid Woodring Muni	1/0591	GPS Rwy 17, ORIG
1/19/01	OK	Enid	Enid Woodring Muni	1/0595	ILS Rwy 35 AMDT 4
1/19/01	OK	El Reno	El Reno Muni	1/0605	VOR/DME Rwy 35, AMDT 1A
1/19/01	OK	Tulsa	Tulsa Intl	1/0610	VOR OR TACAN Rwy 26, AMDT 22A
1/19/01	TX	Houston	May	1/0602	VOR/DME OR GPS-A, ORIG-A
1/22/01	AR	Warren	Warren Muni	1/0660	GPS Rwy 21, ORIG-A
1/22/01	OK	Enid	Enid Woodring Muni	1/0640	VOR Rwy 35, AMDT 13
1/22/01	OK	Enid	Enid Woodring Muni	1/0641	VOR Rwy 17, AMDT 12
1/22/01	OK	Enid	Enid Woodring Muni	1/0643	NDB Rwy 35, AMDT 6
1/22/01	OK	Oklahoma City	Sundance Airpark	1/0699	RNAV (GPS) Rwy 35, ORIG
1/22/01	OK	Oklahoma City	Sundance Airpark	1/0701	RNAV (GPS) Rwy 17, ORIG
1/22/01	TX	Monahans	Roy Hurd Memorial	1/0654	VOR/DME Rwy 12, AMDT 1
1/22/01	TX	Monahans	Roy Hurd Memorial	1/0662	GPS Rwy 12, ORIG-A
1/23/01	NC	Southern Pines	Moore County	1/0684	GPS Rwy 23, ORIG-A
1/23/01	NC	Asheville	Asheville Regional	1/0686	NDB OR GPS Rwy 16, AMDT 15A
1/24/01	OK	Norman	University of Oklahoma Westheimer	1/0740	VOR/DME RNAV Rwy 3, ORIG-C
1/24/01	TX	Witchita Falls	Sheppard AFB/Wichita Fall Muni	1/0741	ILS Rwy 33L, AMDT 12C
1/24/01	WI	Medford	Taylor County	1/0719	NDB OR GPS Rwy 33, AMDT 6A
1/25/01	AK	Iliamna	Iliamna	1/0857	NDB OR GPS Rwy 35, ORIG
1/25/01	FL	Lake City	Lake City	1/0783	RNAV(GPS) Rwy 10, ORIG-A
1/25/01	FL	Lake City	Lake City	1/0784	RNAV(GPS) Rwy 28, ORIG-A
1/25/01	FL	Tampa	Vandenburg	1/0816	GPS Rwy 18, AMDT 1B
1/25/01	FL	Tampa	Vandenburg	1/0818	GPS Rwy 23, ORIG-B
1/25/01	LA	Minden	Minden-Webster	1/0750	GPS Rwy 19, ORIG-A
1/25/01	MI	Howell	Livingston County	1/0802	RNAV (GPS) Rwy 13, ORIG
1/25/01	MO	St. Joseph	Rosecrans Memorial	1/0804	LOC BC Rwy 17, AMDT 8C
1/25/01	NM	Santa Fe	Santa Fe Muni	1/0862	ILS Rwy 2, AMDT 5A
1/25/01	OK	Enid	Enid Woodring Muni	1/0858	GPS Rwy 35 ORIG
1/26/01	IN	New Castle	New Castle-Henry County	1/0901	VOR OR GPS Rwy 27 AMDT 9
1/26/01	LA	Homer	Homer Muni	1/0884	GPS Rwy 30, ORIG-A
1/26/01	LA	Homer	Homer Muni	1/0885	NDB OR GPS Rwy 12, AMDT 1A
1/26/01	OH	Lebanon	Lebanon-Warren County	1/0880	RNAV (GPS) Rwy 1, ORIG-A
1/26/01	OH	Lebanon	Lebanon-Warren County	1/0881	RNAV (GPS) Rwy 19, ORIG-A
1/26/01	WI	Madison	Dane County Regional-Truax Field	1/0886	RADAR-1, AMDT 16
1/29/01	AL	Greenville	Greenville Muni	1/0983	GPS Rwy 32, ORIG
1/29/01	AL	Greenville	Greenville Muni	1/0985	GPS Rwy 14, ORIG
1/30/01	CT	Windsor Locks	Bradley Intl	1/0997	VOR OR TACAN Rwy 33 ORIG-A
1/30/01	OR	Prineville	Prineville	1/0995	NDB Rwy 10, ORIG AMDT 15A