99-7628. Standard Instrument Approach Procedures; Miscellaneous Amendments  

  • [Federal Register Volume 64, Number 59 (Monday, March 29, 1999)]
    [Rules and Regulations]
    [Pages 14826-14828]
    From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
    [FR Doc No: 99-7628]
    
    
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    DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
    
    Federal Aviation Administration
    
    14 CFR Part 97
    
    [Docket No. 29502; Amdt. No. 1922]
    
    
    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 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, 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: (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 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'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)
    
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    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 March 19, 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. 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:
    
    
    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, 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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    02/19/99........  MI           LAKEVIEW..........  LAKEVIEW AIRPORT-             9/1340  VOR/DME RWY 9, ORIG.
                                                        GRIFFITH FIELD.
    03/03/99........  FL           TITUSVILLE........  ARTHUR DUNN AIR PARK...       9/1227  GPS RWY 15 ORIG.
    03/03/99........  FL           TITUSVILLE........  ARTHUR DUNN AIR PARK...       9/1228  GPS RWY 33, ORIG.
    03/04/99........  NY           NEW YORK..........  LA GUARDIA.............       9/1249  ILS RWY 13 ORIG.
    03/04/99........  VA           BRIDGEWATER.......  BRIDGEWATER AIR PARK...       9/1238  NDB OR GPS-A AMDT 4A.
    03/05/99........  FL           MELBOURNE.........  MELBOURNE INTL.........       9/1272  GPS RWY 9L ORIG-A.
    03/05/99........  FL           MELBOURNE.........  MELBOURNE INTL.........       9/1273  GPS RWY 27R ORIG.
    03/05/99........  FL           MELBOURNE.........  MELBOURNE INTL.........       9/1274  NDB OR GPS RWY 9R AMDT
                                                                                              14A.
    03/05/99........  FL           MELBOURNE.........  MELBOURNE INTL.........       9/1275  VOR RWY 9R AMDT 19B.
    03/05/99........  FL           MELBOURNE.........  MELBOURNE INTL.........       9/1276  VOR OR GPS RWY 27L AMDT
                                                                                              11C.
    03/05/99........  FL           MELBOURNE.........  MELBOURNE INTL.........       9/1277  LOC BC RWY 27L AMDT 8D.
    03/05/99........  FL           MELBOURNE.........  MELBOURNE INTL.........       9/1278  ILS RWY 9R AMDT 10B.
    03/05/99........  KS           INDEPENDENCE......  INDEPENDENCE MUNI......       9/1263  GPS RWY 35, ORIG.
    03/05/99........  KS           INDEPENDENCE......  INDEPENDENCE MUNI......       9/1264  ILS RWY 35, ORIG.
    03/05/99........  KS           INDEPENDENCE......  INDEPENDENCE MUNI......       9/1265  NDB RWY 35, ORIG.
    03/05/99........  SD           YANKTON...........  CHAN GURNEY MUNI.......       9/1279  ILS RWY 31, AMDT 3.
    03/05/99........  SD           YANKTON...........  CHAN GURNEY MUNI.......       9/1280  VOR OR GPS RWY 13, AMDT
                                                                                              2.
    03/05/99........  SD           YANKTON...........  CHAN GURNEY MUNI.......       9/1281  VOR RWY 31, AMDT 3.
    03/05/99........  SD           YANKTON...........  CHAN GURNEY MUNI.......       9/1282  NDB OR GPS RWY 31, AMDT
                                                                                              2.
    03/05/99........  VA           LOUISA............  LOUISA COUNTY/FREEMAN         9/1290  NDB OR GPS RWY 27 ORIG-
                                                        FIELD.                                A.
    03/05/99........  VA           LOUISA............  LOUISA COUNTY/FREEMAN         9/1291  LOC RWY 27 ORIG.
                                                        FIELD.
    03/08/99........  IA           DECORAH...........  DECORAH MUNI...........       9/1324  VOR/DME RNAV OR GPS RWY
                                                                                              29, AMDT 3.
    03/08/99........  IA           DECORAH...........  DECORAH MUNI...........       9/1325  NDB RWY 29, ORIG.
    03/08/99........  IA           DECORAH...........  DECORAH MUNI...........       9/1326  VOR RWY 29, AMDT 3.
    03/08/99........  IA           ESTHERVILLE.......  ESTHERVILLE MUNI.......       9/1327  VOR OR GPS RWY 16, AMDT
                                                                                              4A.
    03/08/99........  IA           ESTHERVILLE.......  ESTHERVILLE MUNI.......       9/1328  NDB OR GPS RWY 34, ORIG-
                                                                                              A.
    03/08/99........  IA           ESTHERVILLE.......  ESTHERVILLE MUNI.......       9/1329  VOR RWY 34, AMDT 6A.
    03/08/99........  VA           FREDERICKSBURG....  SHANNON................       9/1332  NDB RWY 24 AMDT 2.
    03/09/99........  IA           FORT DODGE........  FORT DODGE REGIONAL....       9/1354  VOR/DME RNAV OR GPS RWY
                                                                                              24, AMDT 5A.
    03/09/99........  IA           FORT DODGE........  FORT DODGE REGIONAL....       9/1356  NDB RWY 6, AMDT 6.
    03/09/99........  IA           FORT DODGE........  FORT DODGE REGIONAL....       9/1357  VOR/DME RNAV OR GPS RWY
                                                                                              6, AMDT 6.
    03/09/99........  IA           FORT DODGE........  FORT DODGE REGIONAL....       9/1358  VOR/DME OR GPS RWY 30,
                                                                                              AMDT 9.
    03/09/99........  IA           FORT DODGE........  FORT DODGE REGIONAL....       9/1359  ILS RWY 6, AMDT 6A.
    03/09/99........  IA           FORT DODGE........  FORT DODGE REGIONAL....       9/1360  VOR OR GPS RWY 12, AMDT
                                                                                              14.
    03/09/99........  SC           CLEMSON...........  CLEMSON-OCONEE COUNTY         9/1349  NDB OR GPS-A, AMDT 5A.
                                                        REGIONAL.
    03/09/99........  SC           CLEMSON...........  CLEMSON-OCONEE COUNTY         9/1350  GPS RWY 7, ORIG.
                                                        REGIONAL.
    03/10/99........  ND           GRAND FORKS.......  GRAND FORKS INTL.......       9/1383  LOC BC RWY 17R, AMDT
                                                                                              12.
    03/10/99........  ND           MINOT.............  MINOT INTL.............       9/1381  LOC BC RWY 13, AMDT 6.
    03/10/99........  OH           PORTSMOUTH........  GREATER PORTSMOUTH            9/1400  GPS RWY 36, AMDT 1.
                                                        REGIONAL.
    03/10/99........  OH           PORTSMOUTH........  GREATER PORTSMOUTH            9/1401  VOR/DME RNAV OR GPS RWY
                                                        REGIONAL.                             18, AMDT 6.
    03/11/99........  OH           BARNESVILLE.......  BARNESVILLE-BRADFIELD..       9/1437  VOR/DME RWY 27, ORIG.
    03/12/99........  CA           BAKERSFIELD.......  MEADOWS FIELD..........       9/1465  ILS RWY 30R AMDT 27B.
    03/12/99........  MT           WOLF POINT........  L.M. CLAYTON...........       9/1461  NDB OR GPS RWY 29, AMDT
                                                                                              2.
    03/16/99........  NC           SOUTHERN PINES....  MOORE COUNTY...........       9/1578  GPS RWY 23, ORIG.
    
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    03/16/99........  TN           MEMPHIS...........  MEMPHIS INTL...........       9/1541  ILS RWY 36R (CAT I, II,
                                                                                              III) AMDT 1A.
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Document Information

Published:
03/29/1999
Department:
Federal Aviation Administration
Entry Type:
Rule
Action:
Final rule.
Document Number:
99-7628
Dates:
An effective date for each SIAP is specified in the amendatory provisions.
Pages:
14826-14828 (3 pages)
Docket Numbers:
Docket No. 29502, Amdt. No. 1922
PDF File:
99-7628.pdf
CFR: (1)
14 CFR 97.31