96-15913. Standard Instrument Approach Procedures; Miscellaneous Amendments  

  • [Federal Register Volume 61, Number 121 (Friday, June 21, 1996)]
    [Rules and Regulations]
    [Pages 31827-31828]
    From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
    [FR Doc No: 96-15913]
    
    
    
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    DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
    14 CFR Part 97
    
    [Docket No. 28601; Amdt. No. 1735]
    RIN 2120-AA65
    
    
    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 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 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 
    (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 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 
    Approach 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.
        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 June 14, 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. 106(g), 40103, 40113, 40120, 44701; 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, 97.35  [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 July 18, 1996
    
    Norfolk, VA, Norfolk International, GPS RWY 14, Orig
    
    * * * Effective August 15, 1996
    
    Springerville, AZ, Springerville Babbitt Field, GPS RWY 21, Orig
    Byron, CA, Bryon, GPS RWY 30, Orig
    Groton/New London, CT, Groton-New London, GPS RWY 33, Orig
    Nashville, GA, Berrien County, GPS RWY 9, Orig
    Rome, GA, Richard B. Russell, LOC/DME BC RWY 19, Amdt 1, Cancelled
    Agana, GU, Guam International, VOR-A, Orig
    Agana, GU, Guam International, ILS RWY 6L, Orig
    Agana, GU, Guam International, VOR/DME or TACAN RWY 6L, Orig
    Agana, GU, Guam International, TACAN RWY 24R, Orig
    Agana, GU, Guam International, NDB/DME RWY 24R, Orig
    Russell, KS, Russell Muni, GPS RWY 16, Orig
    Russell, KS, Russell Muni, GPS RWY 34, Orig
    Georgetown, KY, Georgetown Scott County--Marshall Fld, GPS RWY 3, 
    Orig
    Georgetown, KY, Georgetown Scott County--Marshall Fld, GPS RWY 21, 
    Orig
    Lake Providence, LA, Byerley, GPS RWY 17, Orig
    Marksville, LA, Marksville Municipal, GPS RWY 4, Orig
    Eliot, ME, Littlebrook Air Park, VOR OR GPS-A, Amdt 1
    Eilot, ME, Littlebrook Air Park, GPS RWY 30, Orig
    Frederick, MD, Frederick Muni, VOR or GPS-A, Amdt 1
    Leonardtown, MD, St Marys County, GPS RWY 11, Orig
    Fall River, MA, Fall River Muni, NDB or GPS RWY 24, Amdt 8, 
    Cancelled
    Mansfield, MA, Mansfield Muni, GPS RWY 32, Orig
    Mansfield, MA, Mansfield Muni, NDB RWY 32, Amdt 5
    New Bedford, MA, New Bedford Regional, GPS RWY 23, Orig
    Southbridge, MA, Southbridge Muni, VOR/DME-B, Amdt 7
    Southbridge, MA, Southbridge Muni, GPS RWY, 2 Orig
    Butler, MO, Butler Memorial, GPS RWY 18, Orig
    Imperial, NE, Imperial Muni, GPS RWY 31, Orig
    Imperial, NE, Imperial Muni, NDB RWY 31, Amdt 2
    Seward, NE, Seward Municipal, NDB RWY 16, Orig
    Seward, NE, Seward Municipal, NDB RWY 34, Orig
    Blairstown, NJ, Blairstown, GPS RWY 7, Orig
    Calverton, NY, Calverton Naval Weapons Industrial Reserve, VOR/DME 
    or TACAN or GPS-A, Amdt 2, Cancelled
    Calverton, NY, Calverton Naval Weapons Industrial Reserve, VOR/DME 
    or TACAN or GPS RWY 32, Amdt 2, Cancelled
    Williamson/Sodus, NY, Williamson-Sodus, GPS RWY 28, Orig
    Smithfield, NC, Johnston County, LOC/DME RWY 3, Amdt 1
    Portland, OR, Protland Intl, VOR/DME-C, Orig, Cancelled
    Portland, OR, Protland Intl, LORAN RNAV RWY 10R, Orig, Cancelled
    Portland, OR, Protland Intl, LORAN RNAV RWY 28R, Orig, Cancelled
    Philadelphia, PA, Wings Field, VOR/DME RNAV RWY 6, Amdt 4
    Eagle Butte, SD, Cheyenne Eagle Butte, GPS RWY 31, Orig
    Brenham, TX, Brenham Muni, GPS RWY 16, Orig
    Spokane, WA, Felts Field, GPA-A, Orig
    Fairmont, WV, Fairmont Muni, GPS RWY 22, Orig
    Riverton, WY, Riverton Regional, GPS RWY 10, Orig
    Riverton, WY, Riverton Regional, GPS RWY 28, Orig
    
        Note: The FAA published an Amendment in Docket No. 28594, Amdt. 
    No. 1732 to part 97 of the Federal Aviation Regulations (Volume 61, 
    FR No. 111, Page 29016, dated Friday, June 7, 1996) under section 
    97.33 effective June 20, 1996 is hereby rescinded:
    
    Norfolk, VA, Norfolk Intl, GPS RWY 14, Orig
    
    [FR Doc. 96-15913 Filed 6-20-96; 8:45 am]
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Document Information

Published:
06/21/1996
Department:
Transportation Department
Entry Type:
Rule
Action:
Final rule.
Document Number:
96-15913
Dates:
An effective date for each SIAP is specified in the amendatory provisions.
Pages:
31827-31828 (2 pages)
Docket Numbers:
Docket No. 28601, Amdt. No. 1735
RINs:
2120-AA65: Standard Instrument Approach Procedures
RIN Links:
https://www.federalregister.gov/regulations/2120-AA65/standard-instrument-approach-procedures
PDF File:
96-15913.pdf
CFR: (1)
14 CFR 97.31