00-17788. 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, 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: [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 July 7, 2000.

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:

§§ 97.23, 97.25, 97.27, 97.29, 97.31, 97.33 and 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, 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	FDC number	SIAP
06/01/00	IL	Champaign/Urbana	University of Illinois-Willard	FDC 0/5785	GPS RWY 19 ORIG... CORRECTED
06/22/00	CA	Oakland	Metropolitan Oakland Intl	FDC 0/6866	ILS RWY 29 (CAT I, II, III) AMDT 23A...
06/22/00	CA	Watsonville	Watsonville Muni	FDC 0/6865	LOC RWY 2 AMDT 2B...ADD...
06/22/00	TX	Morristown	Moore-Murrell	FDC 0/6851	NDB OR GPS RWY 5, AMDT 4...
06/23/00	CA	San Martin	South County Arpt of Santa Clara County	FDC 0/6892	GPS RWY 32 ORIG...
06/23/00	OH	Columbus	Port Columbus Intl	FDC 0/6907	ILS RWY 28L, AMDT 27A...
06/23/00	TN	Morristown	Moore-Murrell	FDC 0/6885	NDB OR GPS RWY 5, AMDT 4...
06/26/00	GA	Lawrenceville	Gwinnett County-Briscoe Field	FDC 0/6960	GPS-A, ORIG...
06/26/00	IL	Chicago	Chicago-O'Hare Intl	FDC 0/6979	ILS RWY 14R THIS REPLACES 0/6419
06/26/00	IL	Peoria	Greater Peoria Regional	FDC 0/6987	VOR/DME OR TACAN RWY 31, AMDT 8A... THIS REPLACES 0/5950
06/26/00	NE	Beatrice	Beatrice Muni	FDC 0/6993	VOR RWY 35, ADMT 6A...
06/27/00	IL	Carbondale-Murphysboro	Southern Illinois	FDC 0/7037	ILS RWY 18L AMDT 12B...
06/27/00	LA	Lafayette	Lafayette Regional	FDC 0/7041	ILS RWY 22L, AMDT 4...
06/27/00	TX	Sherman/Denison	Grayson County	FDC 0/7026	VOR/DME RNAV RWY 35R, ORIG...
06/28/00	MO	Ft. Leonard Wood	Waynesville Regional Arpt at Forney Field	FDC 0/7107	VOR RWY 32, ORIG A...
06/28/00	WA	Pullman-Moscow	Pullman-Moscow Regional	FDC 0/7104	VOR/DME OR GPS-A ORIG...
06/28/00	WY	Gillette	Gillette-Campbell Co	FDC 0/7118	NDB RWY 34 ORIG-B...
06/28/00	WY	Gillette	Gillette-Campbell Co	FDC 0/7119	VOR OR GPS RWY 16, AMDT 6B...
06/28/00	WY	Gillette	Gillette-Campbell Co	FDC 0/7120	VOR/DME OR GPS RWY 34, ORIG-B...
06/29/00	MO	Neosho	Neosho Hugh Robinson	FDC 0/7170	VOR/DME RNAV OR GPS RWY 19, AMDT 6A...
06/29/00	MO	Neosho	Neosho Hugh Robinson	FDC 0/7171	VOR OR GPS-A, AMDT 6A...
06/29/00	UT	Salt Lake City	Salt Lake City Intl	FDC 0/7146	ILS RWY 35, AMDT 1B...
06/30/00	GA	Lawrenceville	Gwinnett County-Briscoe Field	FDC 0/7192	VOR/DME OR GPS RWY 7, AMDT 1A...
06/30/00	MO	Lee's Summit	Lee's Summit Muni	FDC 7/7205	VOR-A ORIG...
06/30/00	OK	Oklahoma City	Wiley Post	FDC 0/7188	VOR RWY 35R, AMDT 3...
06/30/00	SD	Huron	Huron Regional	FDC 0/7195	LOC/DME BC RWY 30, AMDT 11A...
07/03/00	MO	Kaiser Lake Ozark	Lee C. Fine Memorial	FDC 0/7285	VOR OR GPS RWY 3, AMDT 5...
07/03/00	MO	Kaiser Lake Ozark	Lee C. Fine Memorial	FDC 0/7286	LOC/DME RWY 21, AMDT 1A...
07/30/00	MO	Kaiser Lake Ozark	Lee C. Fine Memorial	FDC 0/7289	GPS RWY 21, ORIG-A...