99-10086. Standard Instrument Approach Procedures; Miscellaneous Amendments  

  • [Federal Register Volume 64, Number 80 (Tuesday, April 27, 1999)]
    [Rules and Regulations]
    [Pages 22549-22550]
    From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
    [FR Doc No: 99-10086]
    
    
    
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    DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
    
    Federal Aviation Administration
    
    14 CFR Part 97
    
    [Docket No. 29543; Amdt. No. 1926]
    
    
    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: Availablity 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 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 91 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.
    
    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 April 16, 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:
        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;
    
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    Sec. 97.31 RADAR SIAPs; Sec. 97.33 RNAV SIAPs; and Sec. 97.35 COPTER 
    SIAPs, identified as follows:
    
    . . . Effective May 20, 1999
    
    Stuart, FL, Witham Field, GPS RWY 12, Orig
    Stuart, FL, Witham Field, GPS RWY 30, Amdt 1
    Clinton, NC, Sampson County, LOC RWY 6, Orig
    
    . . . Effective June 17, 1999
    
    Chicago/Romeoville, IL, Lewis University, VOR RWY 9, Amdt 2
    Mason, TX, Mason County, VOR/DME OR GPS-A, Amdt 3
    Wichita Falls, TX, Tom Danaher Airport, VOR/DME RWY 35, Amdt 1, 
    CANCELLED
    
    . . . Effective July 15, 1999
    
    Eastman, GA, Heart of Georgia Regional, NDB RWY 2, Orig, CANCELLED
    Eastman, GA Heart of Georgia Regional, NDB RWY 2, Orig
    Griffin, GA, Griffin-Spalding County, NDB RWY 32, Orig
    Carmi, IL, Carmi Muni, NDB RWY 36, Amdt 1
    Carmi, IL, Carmi Muni, GPS RWY 36, Orig
    Pontiac, IL, Pontiac Municipal,VOR RWY 24, Amdt 1
    Pontiac, IL, Pontiac Municipal,GPS RWY 24, Orig
    Auburn, IN, De Kalb County, GPS RWY 9, Orig
    Auburn, IN, De Kalb County, GPS RWY 27, Orig
    Spencer, IA, Spencer Muni, GPS RWY 18, Orig
    Spencer, IA, Spencer Muni, GPS RWY 36, Orig
    Lakeview, MI, Lakeview Airport-Griffith Field, GPS RWY 9, Orig
    Lakeview, MI, Lakeview Airport-Griffith Field, GPS RWY 27, Orig
    Ada/Twin Valley, MN, Norman County Ada/Twin Valley, GPS RWY 33, Orig
    Grand Marais, MN, Grand Marais/Cook County, GPS RWY 27 Orig
     Minneapolis, MN, Anoka County-Blaine Airport (Janes Field), GPS RWY 27 
    Orig
    Rochester, MN, Rochester International, VOR OR GPS RWY 2, Amdt 16
    Rochester, MN, Rochester International, NDB OR GPS RWY 31, Amdt 21
    Monett, MO, Monett Muni, VOR/DME RNAV RWY 18, Amdt 1
    Monett, MO, Monett Muni, GPS RWY 18, Orig
    Monett, MO Monett Muni, GPS RWY 36, Amdt 1
    Albuquerque, NM, Albuquerque/Double Eagle II, ILS RWY 22, Amdt 2
    Roswell, NM, Roswell Industrial Air Center, VOR OR GPS-A, Amdt 8, 
    CANCELLED
    Roswell, NM, Roswell Industrial Air Center, VOR-B, Orig
    Roswell, NM, Roswell Industrial Air Center, LOC BC RWY 3, Amdt 9
    Roswell, NM, Roswell Industrial Air Center, GPS-C, Orig
    Plymouth, NC, Plymouth Muni, NDB RWY 3, Amdt 3
    Plymouth, NC, Plymouth Muni, GPS RWY 3, Orig
    Plymouth, NC, Plymouth Muni, GPS RWY 21, Orig
    Oklahoma City, OK, Will Rogers World, NDB RWY 35L, Orig
    Gallatin, TN, Sumner County Regional, GPS RWY 35, Orig
    Galveston, TX, Scholes Field, GPS RWY 13, Orig
    Galveston, TX, Scholes Field, GPS RWY 17, Orig
    Houston, TX, George Bush Intercontinental Arpt/Houston, GPS RWY 8, Orig
    Houston, TX, George Bush Intercontinental Arpt/Houston, GPS RWY 9, Orig
    Houston, TX, George Bush Intercontinental Arpt/Houston, GPS RWY 33R, 
    Orig
    Watertown, WI, Watertown Muni, GPS RWY 29, Orig
    
        The FAA published an Amendment in Docket No. 29520, Amdt. No. 1923 
    to Part 97 of The Federal Aviation Regulations (64 FR 17527, April 12, 
    1999) under Sec. 97.33 effective 20 May 99, which is hereby amended as 
    follows:
    
    Kissimmee, FL, Kissimmee Muni, VOR/DME RNAV or GPS RWY 15, Amdt 5A, 
    CANCELLED
    
    [FR Doc. 99-10086 Filed 4-26-99; 8:45 am]
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Document Information

Published:
04/27/1999
Department:
Federal Aviation Administration
Entry Type:
Rule
Action:
Final rule.
Document Number:
99-10086
Dates:
An effective date for each SIAP is specified in the amendatory provisions.
Pages:
22549-22550 (2 pages)
Docket Numbers:
Docket No. 29543, Amdt. No. 1926
PDF File:
99-10086.pdf
CFR: (1)
14 CFR 97.31