[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 42 (Tuesday, March 4, 1997)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 9681-9683]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-5290]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
14 CFR Part 97
[Docket No. 28818; Amdt. No. 1785]
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 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: 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 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 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). 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
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(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 21, 1997.
Thomas C. Accardi,
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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02/06/97............. IA Vinton.............. Vinton Veterans FDC 7/0730 NDB OR GPS RWY 27, AMDT 3...
Memorial Airpark.
02/07/97............. AK Wrangell............ Wrangell............ FDC 7/0736 LDA/DME-D AMDT 6A...
02/07/97............. AK Wrangell............ Wrangell............ FDC 7/0737 LDA/DME-C AMDT 7A...
02/07/97............. CO Grand Junction...... Grand Junction/ FDC 7/0769 VOR OR GPS RWY 11, AMDT 1...
Walker Field.
02/07/97............. IA Des Moines.......... Des Moines Intl..... FDC 7/0760 NDB OR GPS RWY 31R, AMDT 18...
02/07/97............. MO Kansas City......... Richards-Gebaur FDC 7/0756 GPS RWY 1 ORIG...
Memorial.
02/07/97............. MO Kansas City......... Richards-Gebaur FDC 7/0757 ILS RWY 1 AMDT 4A...
Memorial.
02/10/97............. GA Waycross............ Waycross-Ware County FDC 7/0797 ILS RWY 18 ORIG-A...
Correction to TL97-05
02/12/97............. PA Washington.......... Washington County... FDC 7/0831 GPS RWY 9 ORIG...
02/13/97............. AL Mobile.............. Mobile Regional..... FDC 7/0866 NDB OR GPS RWY 14 AMDT 2...
02/13/97............. MN Eveleth............. Eveleth-Virginia FDC 7/0857 GPS RWY 27 AMDT 1...
Muni.
02/13/97............. NC Erwin............... Harnett County...... FDC 7/0848 GPS RWY 4 ORIG...
02/13/97............. WI Green Bay........... Austin Straubel Intl FDC 7/0850 ILS RWY 36 AMDT 6...
02/13/97............. WI Green Bay........... Austin Straubel Intl FDC 7/0851 VOR/DME OR TACAN OR GPS RWY 36 AMDT 7...
02/17/97............. MN Eveleth............. Eveleth-Virginia FDC 7/0881 VOR RWY 27 AMDT 11...
Muni.
02/17/97............. NC Hickory............. Hickory Regional.... FDC 7/0871 ILS RWY 24 AMDT 6B...
02/18/97............. TX Athens.............. Athens Muni......... FDC 7/0919 NDB RWY 35, AMDT 4...
02/18/97............. TX Gilmer.............. Gilmer-Upshur County FDC 7/0908 VOR/DME-A, AMDT 1...
02/18/97............. TX Gladewater.......... Gladewater Muni..... FDC 7/0918 VOR/DME OR GPS RWY 13, AMDT 2...
02/18/97............. TX Henderson........... Rusk County......... FDC 7/0915 VOR/DME OR GPS-A, AMDT 3...
02/18/97............. TX Henderson........... Rusk County......... FDC 7/0916 GPS RWY 16, ORIG...
02/18/97............. TX Henderson........... Rusk County......... FDC 7/0917 NDB-B, ORIG...
02/18/97............. TX Marshall............ Harrison County..... FDC 7/0912 GPS RWY 33, ORIG...
02/18/97............. TX Marshall............ Harrison County..... FDC 7/0913 VOR/DME-A, AMDT 4A...
02/18/97............. TX Marshall............ Harrison County..... FDC 7/0914 RNAV RWY 33, AMDT 1...
02/18/97............. TX Mineola-Quitman..... Mineola-Quitman..... FDC 7/0909 VOR/DME OR GPS-B, AMDT 1...
02/18/97............. TX Mineola-Quitman..... Mineola-Quitman..... FDC 7/0933 RNAV OR GPS RWY 18, AMDT 1...
02/18/97............. TX Mineola............. Mineola Wisener FDC 7/0907 VOR/DME-A, AMDT 3A...
Field.
02/18/97............. TX Tyler............... Tyler Pounds Field.. FDC 7/0920 GPS RWY 31, ORIG...
02/18/97............. TX Tyler............... Tyler Pounds Field.. FDC 7/0921 VOR/DME OR GPS RWY 4, AMDT 3...
02/18/97............. TX Tyler............... Tyler Pounds Field.. FDC 7/0924 VOR/DME OR GPS RWY, AMDT 3...
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02/18/97............. TX Tyler............... Tyler Pounds Field.. FDC 7/0926 NDB OR GPS RWY 13, AMDT 17...
02/18/97............. TX Tyler............... Tyler Pounds Field.. FDC 7/0927 ILS RWY 13, AMDT 20...
02/18/97............. TX Winnsboro........... Winnsboro Muni...... FDC 7/0911 VOR-A, AMDT 4...
02/19/97............. NC Wilson.............. Wilson Industrial FDC 7/0956 NDB OR GPS RWY 21 AMDT 1...
Air Center.
02/19/97............. NH Portsmouth.......... Pease Intl Tradeport FDC 7/0953 VOR OR TACAN OR GPS RWY 34 ORIG...
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[FR Doc. 97-5290 Filed 3-3-97; 8:45 am]
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