01-13795. Standard Instrument Approach Procedures; Miscellaneous Amendments

AGENCY:

Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION:

Final rule.

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:

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: [phone].

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 § 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 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 25, 2001.

Nicholas A. Sabatini,

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:

§§ 97.23, 97.25, 97.27, 97.29, 97.31, 97.33, 97.35

[Amended]

By amending: § 97.23 VOR, VOR/DME, VOR or TACAN, and VOR/DME or TACAN; § 97.25 LOC, LOC/DME, LDA, LDA/DME, SDF, SDF/DME; § 97.27 NDB, NDB/DME; § 97.29 ILS, ILS/DME, ISMLS, MLS/DME, MLS/RNAV; § 97.31 RADAR SIAPs; § 97.33 RNAV SIAPs; and § 97.35 COPTER SIAPs, Identified as follows: * * * Effective Upon Publication

FDC date	State	City	Airport	FDC No.	Subject
04/30/01	TX	Dallas-Fort Worth	Dallas-Fort Worth Intl	1/4048	ILS Rwy 36L, Amdt 6A
05/09/01	NY	Westhampton Beach	The Francis S. Gabreski	1/4326	Copter ILS Rwy 24, Amdt 1A
05/09/01	TX	Cleveland	Cleveland Muni	1/4368	GPS 16, Orig
05/09/01	NY	White Plains	Westchester County	1/4389	Copter ILS/DME 162, Orig-A
05/10/01	NC	Maxton	Laurinburg-Maxton	1/4434	NDB or GPS Rwy 5, Orig-A
05/15/01	MI	Romeo	Romeo State	1/4534	GPS Rwy 36, Orig
05/15/01	MI	Romeo	Romeo State	1/4535	VOR/DME or GPS-A, Amdt 7
05/15/01	MI	Coldwater	Branch County Memorial	1/4541	VOR Rwy 6, Amdt 4A
05/15/01	MI	Lansing	Capital City	1/4549	VOR or GPS Rwy 24, Amdt 8A
05/15/01	MI	Lansing	Capital City	1/4550	Radar-1, Amdt 14
05/15/01	OK	Tulsa	Tulsa Intl	1/4571	HI-NDB or ILS Rwy 18L, Amdt 4
05/15/01	VA	Saluda	Hummel Field	1/4589	GPS Rwy 36, Orig (This replaces FDC 1/4589 in TL 01-12)
05/16/01	CA	Oakland	Metropolitan Oakland Intl	1/4602	NDB Rwy 27R, Amdt 5 (This replaces FDC 1/2278 in TL 01-12)
05/16/01	AK	Koliganek	Koliganek	1/4612	GPS Rwy 27, Orig-A
05/16/01	AK	Koliganek	Koliganek	1/4613	GPS Rwy 9, Orig-A
05/17/01	NY	Elmira	Elmira/Corning Regional	1/4631	RNAV (GPS) Rwy 28, Orig
05/17/01	OH	Cleveland	Cleveland-Hopkins Intl	1/4632	ILS Rwy 5R (CAT I, II, III), Amdt 16
05/17/01	OH	Cleveland	Cleveland-Hopkins Intl	1/4633	NDB or GPS Rwy 5R, Amdt 5A
05/17/01	OH	Cleveland	Cleveland-Hopkins Intl	1/4634	ILS Rwy 23L, Amdt 17A
05/17/01	OH	Cleveland	Cleveland-Hopkins Intl	1/4635	NDB or GPS Rwy 23L, Amdt 1A
05/17/01	NM	Albuquerque	Albuquerque Intl Sunport	1/4654	ILS Rwy 3, Orig-B
05/17/01	AZ	Phoenix	Williams Gateway	1/4663	VOR or TACAN Rwy 30C, Amdt 1A
05/17/01	AZ	Phoenix	Williams Gateway	1/4664	ILS Rwy 30C, Amdt 2
05/17/01	MI	Ionia	Ionia County	1/4666	RNAV (GPS) Rwy 27, Orig
05/17/01	MI	Coldwater	Branch County Memorial	1/4669	RNAV (GPS) Rwy 6, Orig-A
05/17/01	TX	Harlingen	Valley International	1/4680	NDB or GPS Rwy 17R, Amdt 11A
05/17/01	TX	Waco	Waco Regional	1/4689	GPS Rwy 19, Orig-A
05/17/01	TX	Waco	Waco Regional	1/4690	GPS Rwy 1, Orig-A
05/17/01	OK	Ardmore	Ardmore Downtown Executive	1/4699	GPS Rwy 17, Orig
05/18/01	MN	Minneapolis	Minneapolis-St Paul Intl (Wold-Chamberlain)	1/4734	Copter ILS Rwy 30R, Orig
05/18/01	MN	Minneapolis	Minneapolis-St Paul Intl (Wold-Chamberlain)	1/4735	ILS Rwy 30R, Amdt 10A
05/18/01	MN	Minneapolis	Minneapolis-St Paul Intl (Wold-Chamberlain)	1/4736	ILS PRM Rwy 30R, Amdt 5A
05/21/01	NM	Albuquerque	Albuquerque Intl Sunport	1/4813	NDB or GPS Rwy 35, Amdt 7A
05/22/01	CA	San Jose	San Jose Intl	1/4869	LOC/DME Rwy 30L, Amdt 11
05/22/01	CA	San Jose	San Jose Intl	1/4870	NDB/DME Rwy 30L, Amdt 5
05/22/01	CA	San Jose	San Jose Intl	1/4871	VOR Rwy 12R, Amdt 3
05/22/01	CA	San Jose	San Jose Intl	1/4872	GPS Rwy 12R, Orig
05/22/01	CA	San Jose	San Jose Intl	1/4873	VOR/DME Rwy 30L, Amdt 1
05/23/01	NY	New York	Laguardia	1/4943	Copter ILS/DME Rwy 22, Amdt 1