[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 87 (Thursday, May 6, 1999)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 24283-24284]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-11391]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
14 CFR Part 97
[Docket No. 29558; Amdt. No. 1929]
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) does not warrant preparation of a regulatory evaluation as the
anticipated
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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 30 April 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, 97.3 [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
DIAPs, identified as follows:
* * * effective upon publication
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FDC date State City Airport FDC No. SIAP
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04/14/99............... AL Evergreen............. Middleton Field....... FDC 9/2496 VOR/DME or GPS RWY 9 Amdt 2...
04/14/99............... PA Monongahela........... Monongahela/Rostraver. FDC 9/2482 GPS RWY 25 Orig...
04/15/99............... ME Greenville............ Greenville Muni....... FDC 9/2513 NDB or GPS RWY 14 Amdt 4A...
04/15/99............... ME Greenville............ Greenville Seaplane FDC 9/2517 NDB or GPS-A Amdt 4B...
Base.
04/16/99............... KY Flemingsburg.......... Fleming-Mason......... FDC 9/2556 LOC RWY 25 Orig...
04/16/99............... KY Glasgow............... Glasgow Muni.......... FDC 9/2569 SDF RWY 7 Amdt 9...
04/16/99............... KY Louisville............ Louisville Intl- FDC 9/2536 ILS RWY 35R (CAT I, II, III), Amdt 2...
Standiford Field.
04/16/99............... MA Nantucket............. Nantucket Memorial.... FDC 9/2545 NDB RWY 24 Amdt 11...
04/16/99............... MA Nantucket............. Nantucket Memorial.... FDC 9/2546 ILS RWY 24 Amdt 15A...
04/16/99............... MA Nantucket............. Nantucket Memorial.... FDC 9/2547 VOR or GPS RWY 24 Amdt 13...
04/16/99............... MA Nantucket............. Nantucket Memorial.... FDC 9/2548 GPS RWY 33 Orig...
04/19/99............... ND Grand Forks........... Grand Forks Intl...... FDC 9/2605 LOC BC RWY 17R, Amdt 12A...
04/19/99............... ND Grand Forks........... Grand Forks Intl...... FDC 9/2606 VOR or GPS RWY 17R, Amdt 5...
04/19/99............... ND Grand Forks........... Grand Forks Intl...... FDC 9/2608 ILS RWY 35L, Amdt 11...
04/19/99............... ND Grand Forks........... Grand Forks Intl...... FDC 9/2610 GPS RWY 26, Orig...
04/19/99............... NJ Teterboro............. Teterboro............. FDC 9/2599 GPS RWY 24 Orig...
04/21/99............... MA Boston................ General Edward FDC 9/2666 ILS RWY 15R Orig-A...
Lawrence Logan Intl.
04/21/99............... MA Marshfield............ Marshfield............ FDC 9/2667 NDB RWY 6 Amdt 4...
04/21/99............... ND Grand Forks........... Grand Forks Intl...... FDC 9/2619 VOR or SPS RWY 35L, Amdt 6...
04/21/99............... NM Socorro............... Socorro Muni.......... FDC 9/2655 GPS RWY 33, Orig...
04/21/99............... NM Socorro............... Socorro Muni.......... FDC 9/2656 NDB-B, Orig...
04/21/99............... NM Socorro............... Socorro Muni.......... FDC 9/2657 VOR/DME or GPS-A, Orig...
04/22/99............... MA Marshfield............ Marshfield............ FDC 9/2698 GPS RWY 6 Orig...
04/22/99............... MO Bowling Green......... Bowling Green Muni.... FDC 9/2687 VOR/DME or GPS-A, Amdt 1A...
04/22/99............... VA Portsmouth............ Hampton Roads......... FDC 9/2700 NDB or GPS RWY 2, Amdt 6A...
04/27/99............... GA Statesboro............ Statesboro Muni....... FDC 9/2776 LOC RWY 32, Amdt 4A...
04/27/99............... PA Allentown............. LeHigh Valley Intl.... FDC 9/2804 ILS RWY 6 Amdt 21...
04/27/99............... PA Harrisburg............ Capital City.......... FDC 9/2805 ILS RWY 8 Amdt 10B...
04/27/99............... PA Harrisburg............ Harrisburg Intl....... FDC 9/2806 ILS RWY 13 Orig...
04/27/99............... UT Cedar City............ Cedar City Regional... FDC 9/2800 VOR RWY 20, Amdt 5...
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[FR Doc. 99-11391 Filed 5-5-99; 8:45 am]
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