01-17862. 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, Federal Procedure Standards Branch (AMCAFS-420), Flight Technologies and Program 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 Regulation (14 CFR part 97) establishes, amends, suspends, or revokes SIAPs. For safety and timeliness of change consideration, 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 of 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 6, 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
06/08/01	FL	Hollywood	North Perry	1/5584	GPS Rwy 9R, Orig.
06/11/01	CA	Fresno	Fresno Yosemite Intl	1/5712	GPS Rwy 11L, Orig. This corrects NOTAM 1/5712 in TL01-15.
06/19/01	NM	Albuquerque	Albuquerque Intl Sunport	1/5989	ILS Rwy 8, Amdt 5A.
06/19/01	NM	Albuquerque	Albuquerque Intl Sunport	1/5990	VOR or TACAN or GPS Rwy 8, Admt 19A.
06/19/01	TX	Stephenville	Stephenville/Clark Field Muni	1/5996	VOR/DME-A, Orig.
06/20/01	VT	Barre-Montpelier	Edwards F. Knapp State	1/6029	VOR Rwy 35, Admt 3A.
06/20/01	TX	Andrews	Andrews County	1/6033	NDB Rwy 15, Admt 2.
06/20/01	TX	Andrews	Andrews County	1/6034	GPS Rwy 15, Orig-A.
06/20/01	CA	Watsonville	Watsonville Muni	1/6040	VOR/DME or GPS-A, Orig-C.
06/20/01	CA	Salinas	Salinas Muni	1/6041	LOC/DME Rwy 31, Admt 4B.
06/20/01	CA	Salinas	Salinas Muni	1/6042	VOR Rwy 13, Admt 11B.
06/20/01	CA	Monterey	Monterey Peninsula	1/6043	LOC/DME Rwy 28L, Admt 3C.
06/20/01	CA	Santa Ana	John Wayne Airport-Orange County	1/6048	ILS Rwy 19R, Admt 11.
06/21/01	TX	Del Rio	Del Rio Intl	1/6083	LOC Rwy 13, Orig.
06/22/01	NC	Jacksonville	Albert J. Ellis	1/6132	NDB or GPS Rwy 5, Admt 7A.
06/22/01	NC	Jacksonville	Albert J. Ellis	1/6133	ILS Rwy 5, Admt 7B.
06/22/01	TN	Bristol-Johnson-Kingsport	Bristol/Tri Cities Regional	1/6135	NDB or GPS Rwy 23, Admt 18.
06/22/01	TN	Bristol-Johnson-Kingsport	Bristol/Tri Cities Regional	1/6136	ILS (CATS I, II) Rwy 23, Admt 24C.
06/26/01	FL	Miami	Miami Intl	1/6268	ILS Rwy 27R, Admt 14A.
06/26/01	NE	Ainsworth	Ainsworth Muni	1/6279	GPS Rwy 35, Orig.
06/26/01	IL	Chicago	Merrill C. Meigs	1/6280	GPS Rwy 36, Admt 1.
06/27/01	FL	Miami	Miami Intl	1/6320	ILS Rwy 9L, Admt 29.
06/28/01	FL	Ocala	Ocala Regional/Jim Taylor Field	1/6399	RNAV (GPS) Rwy 18, Orig-A
06/28/01	RI	North Kingstown	Quonset State	1/6406	GPS Rwy 34, Admt 1.
06/29/01	IL	Mattoon-Charleston	Coles County Memorial	1/6429	VOR or GPS Rwy 24, Admt 10B.
07/02/01	SC	Pickens	Pickens County	1/6497	NDB or GPS Rwy 5, Orig.
07/02/01	SC	Pickens	Pickens County	1/6498	VOR/DME or GPS-A, Orig-A.
07/02/01	NJ	Teterboro	Teterboro	1/6512	Copter ILS Rwy 6, Admt 1A.
07/03/01	OR	Eugene	Mahlon Sweet Field	1/6546	GPS Rwy 3, Orig-A.
07/03/01	OR	Eugene	Mahlon Sweet Field	1/6547	GPS Rwy 16, Orig-A.
07/03/01	OR	Eugene	Mahlon Sweet Field	1/6549	VOR/DME or TACAN Rwy 35, Admt 4B.
07/03/01	OR	Eugene	Mahlon Sweet Field	1/6550	VOR/DME or TACAN Rwy 3, Admt 3A.
07/03/01	OR	Eugene	Mahlon Sweet Field	1/6551	VOR or GPS-A, Admt 6A.