99-12948. Standard Instrument Approach Procedures; Miscellaneous Amendments  

  • [Federal Register Volume 64, Number 98 (Friday, May 21, 1999)]
    [Rules and Regulations]
    [Pages 27663-27664]
    From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
    [FR Doc No: 99-12948]
    
    
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    DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
    
    Federal Aviation Administration
    
    14 CFR Part 97
    
    [Docket No. 29570; Amdt. No. 1930]
    
    
    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: Availability 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 Subscripton--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 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 97 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
    
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    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 14, 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 1.49(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 June 17, 1999
    
    Bradford, PA, Bradford Regional, NDB RWY 32, Amdt 13, CANCELLED
    Pittsburgh, PA, Pittsburgh International, ILS RWY 10C, Orig, 
    CANCELLED
    Pittsburgh, PA, Pittsburgh International, ILS RWY 28C, Orig, 
    CANCELLED
    Suffolk, VA, Suffolk Muni, NDB RWY 7, Amdt 1B, CANCELLED
    Ravenswood, WV, Jackson County, VOR/DME RWY 4, Amdt 2A, CANCELLED
    
    * * * Effective July 15, 1999
    
    Barter Island, AK, Barter Island LRRS, NDB RWY 6, Orig
    Barter Island, AK, Barter Island LRRS, GPS RWY 6, Orig
    Barter Island, AK, Barter Island LRRS, GPS RWY 24, Orig
    Chico, CA, Chico Muni, GPS RWY 13L, Orig
    Chico, CA, Chico Muni, GPS RWY 31R, Orig
    Marysville, CA, Yuba County, GPS RWY 14, Orig
    Marysville, CA, Yuba County, GPS RWY 32, Orig
    San Francisco, CA, San Francisco Intl, GPS RWY 19L, Orig
    Santa Rosa, CA, Sonoma County, GPS RWY 14, Orig
    Santa Rosa, CA, Sonoma County, GPS RWY 32, Orig
    Danbury, CT, Danbury Muni, LOC RWY 8, Amdt 3
    Danbury, CT, Danbury Muni, VOR/DME RNAV RWY 8, Amdt 5
    Danbury, CT, Danbury Muni, VOR/DME RNAV OR GPS RWY 26, Amdt 6
    Danbury, CT, Danbury Muni, VOR OR GPS-A, Amdt 9
    Danbury, CT, Danbury Muni, GPS RWY 8, Amdt 1
    Groton/New London, CT, Groton-New London, VOR OR GPS RWY 5, Amdt 7
    Groton/New London, CT, Groton-New London, VOR OR GPS RWY 23, Amdt 9
    Groton/New London, CT, Groton-New London, GPS RWY 33, Amdt 1
    Laurel, DE, Laurel, VOR/DME OR GPS RWY 32, Orig, CANCELLED
    Laurel, DE, Laurel, GPS-A, Orig
    El Dorado, KS, Capt Jack Thomas/El Dorado, NDB RWY 4, Amdt 3
    El Dorado, KS, Capt Jack Thomas/El Dorado, GPS RWY 4, Orig
    El Dorado, KS, Capt Jack Thomas/El Dorado, GPS RWY 15, Orig
    El Dorado, KS, Capt Jack Thomas/El Dorado, GPS RWY 22, Orig
    El Dorado, KS, Capt Jack Thomas/El Dorado, GPS RWY 33, Orig
    Newton, KS, Newton-City-County, NDB RWY 17, Amdt 4
    Newton, KS, Newton-City-County, ILS RWY 17, Amdt 3
    Newton, KS, Newton-City-County, VOR/DME-A, Amdt 1
    Newton, KS, Newton-City-County, VOR/DME RNAV RWY 17, Amdt 2
    Newton, KS, Newton-City-County, VOR/DME RNAV RWY 35, Amdt 2
    Newton, KS, Newton-City-County, GPS RWY 17, Orig
    Newton, KS, Newton-City-County, GPS RWY 35, Orig
    Ithaca, NY, Tompkins County, VOR OR GPS RWY 14, Amdt 13
    Burlington, NC, Burlington-Alamance Regional, VOR/DME-A, Amdt 1
    Burlington, NC, Burlington-Alamance Regional, LOC RWY 6, Amdt 2
    Burlington, NC, Burlington-Alamance Regional, NDB RWY 6, Amdt 1
    Burlington, NC, Burlington-Alamance Regional, GPS RWY 6, Amdt 1
    Burlington, NC, Burlington-Alamance Regional, GPS RWY 24, Amdt 1
    Lumberton, NC, Lumberton Muni, GPS RWY 5, Orig
    Lumberton, NC, Lumberton Muni, GPS RWY 13, Orig
    Fremont, OH, Sandusky County Regional, GPS RWY 6, Orig
    Fremont, OH, Sandusky County Regional, GPS RWY 24, Orig
    Guymon, OK, Guymon Muni, GPS RWY 18, Orig
    Ponca City, OK, Ponca City Muni, GPS RWY 17, Orig
    Seminole, OK, Seminole Muni, GPS RWY 16, Orig
    Stillwater, OK, Stillwater Muni, GPS RWY 17, Orig
    Stillwater, OK, Stillwater Muni, GPS RWY 35, Orig
    Tulsa, OK, Tulsa Intl, GPS RWY 36L, Orig
    Langhorne, PA, Buehl Field, VOR OR GPS-A, Orig, CANCELLED
    Fayetteville, TN, Fayetteville Muni, GPS RWY 2, Orig
    Fayetteville, TN, Fayetteville Muni, GPS RWY 20, Orig
    Newport, VT, Newport State, NDB-A, Amdt 3
    Newport, VT, Newport State, GPS RWY 36, Orig
    Winchester, VA, Winchester Regional, VOR/DME OR GPS-A, Amdt 4
    Winchester, VA, Winchester Regional, NDB OR GPS-B, Amdt 1
    Winchester, VA, Winchester Regional, ILS RWY 32, Amdt 1
    Winchester, VA, Winchester Regional, GPS RWY 14, Orig
    Milton, WV, Ona Airpark, VOR-A, Amdt 2
    Milton, WV, Ona Airpark, GPS RWY 7, Orig
    Morgantown, WV, Morgantown Muni-Walter L. Bill Hart Field, GPS RWY 
    18, Orig
    [FR Doc. 99-12948 Filed 5-20-99; 8:45 am]
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Document Information

Published:
05/21/1999
Department:
Federal Aviation Administration
Entry Type:
Rule
Action:
Final rule.
Document Number:
99-12948
Dates:
An effective date for each SIAP is specified in the amendatory provisions.
Pages:
27663-27664 (2 pages)
Docket Numbers:
Docket No. 29570, Amdt. No. 1930
PDF File:
99-12948.pdf
CFR: (1)
14 CFR 97.31