[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 98 (Monday, May 20, 1996)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 25139-25141]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-12640]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
14 CFR Part 97
[Docket No. 28565; Amdt. No. 1727]
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 Date 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 Aviations 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
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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 (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 procedures 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 May 3, 1996.
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, 97.35 [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/OME; 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 FEC No. SIAP
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04/18/96... LA Slidell........ Slidell........ 6/2294 NDB RWY 19, AMDT 1...
04/18/96... LA Slidell........ Slidell........ 6/2295 NDB RWY 36, ORIG...
04/18/96... NE Chadron........ Chadron Muni... 6/2285 VOR OR GPS RWY 20, AMDT 6...
04/19/96... MS McComb......... McComb-Pike 6/2335 NDB OR GPS RWY 15, AMDT 4...
County-John E.
Lewis Field.
04/19/96... MS McComb......... McComb-Pike 6/2336 LOC RWY 15, AMDT 6...
County-John E.
Lewis Field.
04/19/96... NE Cozad.......... Codaz Muni..... 6/2329 VOR OR GPS RWY 13, AMDT 1...
04/19/96... NE Fairmont....... Fairmont State 6/2331 NDB OR GPS RWY 35, AMDT 1...
Airfield.
04/19/96... NE Gothenburg..... Quinn Field.... 6/2327 VOR OR GPS-AMDT 1...
04/19/96... NE Gothenburg..... Quinn Field.... 6/2328 NDB OR GPS RWY 32, AMDT 1...
04/19/96... NE Kimball........ Kimball Muni/ 6/2330 NDB OR GPS RWY 28, ORIG...
Robert E Arraj
Field.
04/19/96... NE Lincoln........ Lincoln Muni... 6/2322 ILS RWY 17R, AMDT 6...
04/19/96... NE Lincoln........ Lincoln Muni... 6/2323 ILS RWY 35L, AMDT 11...
04/19/96... NE Lincoln........ Lincoln Muni... 6/2324 VOR OR GPS RWY 17L, AMDT 6...
04/19/96... NE Lincoln........ Lincoln Muni... 6/2325 VOR OR GPS RWY 17R, AMDT 11...
04/19/96... NE Lincoln........ Lincoln Muni... 6/2326 NDB OR GPS RWY 35L, AMDT 8...
04/22/96... KS Topeka......... Forbes Field... 6/2380 VOR/DME OR TACAN OR GPS RWY 21, AMDT
6...
04/22/96... IA Maquoketa...... Maquoketa Muni. 6/2388 RNAV OR GPS RWY 33, ORIG...
04/22/96... IA Maquoketa...... Maquoketa Muni. 6/2390 NDB OR GPS RWY 15, AMDT 2...
04/22/96... IA Marshalltown... Marshalltown 6/2402 VOR OR GPS RWY 30, AMDT 7...
Muni.
04/22/96... KS Topeka......... Forbes Field... 6/2378 ILS RWY 31, AMDT 8...
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04/22/96... KS Topeka......... Forbes Field... 6/2379 VOR/DME OR TACAN RWY 3, AMDT 5...
04/22/96... KS Topeka......... Forbes Field... 6/2383 RNAV RWY 13, AMDT 3...
04/22/96... KS Topeka......... Forbes Field... 6/2384 NDB OR GPS RWY 31, AMDT 7...
04/22/96... KS Topeka......... Forbes Field... 6/2386 NDB OR GPS RWY 13, AMDT 5...
04/22/96... LA Homer.......... Homer Muni..... 6/2403 GPS RWY 30, ORIG...
04/22/96... MO Kansas City.... Kansas City 6/2396 NDB RWY 19, AMDT 16B...
Downtown.
04/22/96... MO Kansas Cith.... Kansas City 6/2399 VOR OR GPS RWY 19, AMDT 18...
Downtown.
04/22/96... MO St Joseph...... Rosecrans 6/2397 NDB OR GPS RWY 35, AMDT 28A...
Memorial.
04/22/96... MO St Joseph...... Rosecrans 6/2398 ILS RWY 34, AMDT 29A...
Memorial.
04/24/96... TN Nashville...... Nashville Intl. 6/2434 ILS RWY 2L AMDT 7...
04/24/96... VA Winchester..... Winchester 6/2447 LOC RWY 32 AMDT 3A...
Regional.
04/25/96... IA Sioux City..... Sioux Gateway.. 6/2503 VOR/DME RNAV RWY 17, ORIG...
04/25/96... MO Point Lookout.. M. Graham Clark 6/2499 VOR/DME RNAV OR GPS RWY 23, AMDT 2...
04/25/96... NM Zuni Pueblo.... Zuni Pueblo/ 6/2481 GSP RWY 7, ORIG...
Black Rock.
04/26/96... MO Kansas City.... Richards-Gebaur 6/2536 ILS 1, RWY 36, AMDT 3...
Memorial.
04/30/96... MD Fredreick...... Frederick Muni. 6/2613 GPS RWY ORIG...
04/01/96... WI Sparti......... Fort McCoy..... 6/2629 NDB OR GPS RWY 29 AMDT 1...
04/26/96... OH Port Clinton... Carl R. Keller 6/2539 GPS RWY 27 ORIG...
Field.
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[FR Doc. 96-12640 Filed 5-17-96; 8:45 am]
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