95-21676. Standard Instrument Approach Procedures; Miscellaneous Amendments  

  • [Federal Register Volume 60, Number 169 (Thursday, August 31, 1995)]
    [Rules and Regulations]
    [Pages 45329-45331]
    From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
    [FR Doc No: 95-21676]
    
    
    
    
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    DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
    14 CFR Part 97
    
    [Docket No. 28316; Amdt. No. 1683]
    
    
    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:
    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 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 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 NOTAM 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 cancelled.
        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 Approach 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, 
    
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    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 August 25, 1995.
    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 92 is amended to read as follows:
    Sec. Sec. 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 Upon Publication
    
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      FDC date     State         City             Airport        FDC No.                      SIAP                  
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    07/27/95...  AR        Magnolia........  Magnolia Muni...       5/3672  NDB OR GPS RWY 35, ORIG...              
    08/10/95...  MI        Hancock.........  Houghton County        5/4112  ILS RWY 31 AMDT 12A...                  
                                              Memorial.                                                             
    08/11/95...  CA        Fullerton.......  Fullerton Muni..       5/4141  VOR OR GPS-A, AMDT 6A...                
    08/11/95...  CA        Fullerton.......  Fullerton Muni..       5/4143  LOC RWY 24 AMDT 3A...                   
    08/11/95...  TX        Houston.........  Houston                5/4154  NDB OR GPS RWY 26 AMDT 1...             
                                              Intercontinenta                                                       
                                              l.                                                                    
    08/17/95...  FL        Pensacola.......  Pensacola              5/4301  VOR OR GPS RWY 8 AMDT 3...              
                                              Regional.                                                             
    08/17/95...  MD        Baltimore.......  Baltimore-             5/4289  ILS RWY 15R AMDT 13...                  
                                              Washington Intl.                                                      
    08/17/95...  MD        Baltimore.......  Baltimore-             5/4290  VOR OR GPS RWY 28 AMDT 21C...           
                                              Washington Intl.                                                      
    08/18/95...  CA        Carlsbad........  McClellan-             5/4328  ILS RWY 24 AMDT 7...                    
                                              Palomar.                                                              
    08/18/95...  CT        Windsor Locks...  Bradley Intl....       5/4327  NDB OR GPS RWY 6, AMDT 26...            
    08/18/95...  NH        Manchester......  Manchester......       5/4326  VOR/DME RNAV RWY 6, AMDT 3...           
    08/18/95...  WV        Morgantown......  Morgantown Muni-       5/4322  VOR OR GPS-A AMDT 11...                 
                                              Walter L. Bill                                                        
                                              Hart Field.                                                           
    08/19/95...  OK        Tulsa...........  Tulsa Intl......       5/4348  ILS RWY 18L, AMDT 13...                 
    08/22/95...  IA        Dubuque.........  Dubuque Regional       5/4386  VOR OR GPS RWY 13, AMDT 8...            
    08/23/95...  IA        Muscatine.......  Muscatine Muni..       5/4428  RNAV RWY 23, ORIG...                    
    08/23/95...  IA        Muscatine.......  Muscatine Muni..       5/4430  VOR RWY 23, AMDT 6...                   
    08/23/95...  IA        Muscatine.......  Muscatine Muni..       5/4432  NDB OR GPS RWY 5, AMDT 2...             
    08/23/95...  IN        Evansville......  Evansville             5/4439  ILS RWY 22 AMDT 20...                   
                                              Regional.                                                             
    08/23/95...  IN        Indianapolis....  Indianapolis           5/4437  ILS RWY 32 AMDT 17...                   
                                              Intl.                                                                 
    08/23/95...  IN        Indianapolis....  Mount Comfort...       5/4438  ILS RWY 25 AMDT 2...                    
    08/23/95...  IN        Terre Haute.....  Hulman Regional.       5/4424  ILS RWY 5 AMDT 22...                    
    08/23/95...  MO        Sikeston........  Sikeston               5/4418  VOR OR GPS RWY 20, AMDT 3...            
                                              Memorial Muni.                                                        
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Document Information

Published:
08/31/1995
Department:
Transportation Department
Entry Type:
Rule
Action:
Final rule.
Document Number:
95-21676
Dates:
An effective date for each SIAP is specified in the amendatory provisions.
Pages:
45329-45331 (3 pages)
Docket Numbers:
Docket No. 28316, Amdt. No. 1683
PDF File:
95-21676.pdf
CFR: (2)
14 CFR Sec
14 CFR 97.31