02-16389. 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 SIAP,s 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 June 21, 2002.

James J. Ballough,

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
02/12/02	PA	Allentown	Lehigh Valley Intl	2/1187	ILS RWY 6, Amdt 21A.
05/29/02	IL	Bloomington/ Normal	Central IL Reg Arpt at Bloomington-Normal	2/4658	LOC BC RWY 11, Amdt 8A replaces version in TL 02-14.
06/05/02	CA	Oakland	Metropolitan Oakland Intl	2/5031	VOR or GPS RWY 9R, Amdt 7C.
06/06/02	OH	Cleveland	Cuyahoga County	2/5087	NDB or GPS RWY Amdt 8B.
06/06/02	OH	Cleveland	Cuyahoga County	2/5088	ILS RWY 23, Amdt 13A.
06/06/02	OH	Cleveland	Cuyahoga County	2/5089	LOC BC RWY 5, Amdt 10B.
06/07/02	CA	Los Banos	Los Banos Muni	2/5150	VOR/DME or GPS RWY 14, Amdt 4.
06/10/02	TX	Cotulla	La Salle County	2/5254	VOR or GPS-A, Amdt 11A.
06/10/02	TX	Devine	Devine Muni	2/5258	NDB or GPS RWY 35, Amdt 2.
06/10/02	NJ	Woodbine	Woodbine Numi	2/5265	GPS RWY 19, Orig.
06/10/02	NJ	Woodbine	Woodbine Numi	2/5266	GPS RWY 1, Orig-A.
06/10/02	NJ	Woodbine	Woodbine Numi	2/5267	VOR-A, Orig-A.
06/11/02	PA	Clearfield	Clearfield-Lawrence	2/5315	VOR RWY 30, Amdt 6.
06/11/02	PA	Clearfield	Clearfield-Lawrence	2/5316	RNAV (GPS) RWY 30, Orig.
06/11/02	MA	Bedford	Laurence G. Hanscom Field	2/5348	NDB RWY 11, Amdt 21A.
06/11/02	NH	Keene	Dillant-Hopkis	2/5350	VOR RWY 2, Amdt 12A.
06/11/02	MA	Stow	Minute Man Airfield	2/5353	NDB or GPS-A, Amdt 7A.
06/11/02	IN	Crawfordsville	Crawfordsville Muni	2/5354	NDB RWY 4, Amdt 5.
06/11/02	IN	Crawfordsville	Crawfordsville Muni	2/5355	GPS RWY 4, Org.
06/13/02	CA	San Francisco	San Francisco Intl	2/5426	ILS RWY 28L, Amdt 21.
06/13/02	CA	San Francisco	San Francisco Intl	2/5427	ILS RWY 19L, Amdt 19.
06/13/02	SC	Barnwell	Barnwell County	2/5444	NDB RWY 4, Amdt 2.
06/13/02	CA	San Francisco	San Francisco Intl	2/5449	ILS RWY 28R (CAT I, II, III, Amdt 10.
06/13/02	OH	Columbus	Columbus/Port Columbus	2/5451	ILS RWY 10R, Amdt 7.
06/13/02	CT	New London	Groton-New London	2/5456	ILS RWY 5, Amdt 10B.
06/13/02	RI	Providence	Theodore Francis Green State	2/5458	ILS/DME 34, Amdt 9C.
06/13/02	RI	Providence	Theodore Francis Green State	2/5459	ILS RWY 23L, Amdt 4B.
06/13/02	TN	Nashville	Nashville Intl	2/5462	RNAV (GPS) RWY 2L, Orig.
06/13/02	SD	Eagle Butte	Cheyenne Eagle Butte	2/5504	RNAV (GPS) RWY 31, Orig.
06/13/02	NH	Nashua	Boire Field	2/5561	ILS RWY 14, Amdt 5.
06/14/02	TX	Greenville	Greenville/Majors	2/5559	ILS 2 RWY 17, Amdt 4A.
06/14/02	VT	Burlington	Burlington Intl	2/5571	ILS/DME RWY 33, Orig-C.
06/14/02	FL	Tampa	Tampa Intl	2/5574	RNAV (GPS) RWY 9, Orig.
06/14/02	VT	Burlington	Burlington Intl	2/5575	GPS RWY 33, Orig-A.
06/14/02	VT	Burlington	Burlington Intl	2/5576	VOR or GPS RWY 1, Amdt 11B.
06/14/02	VT	Burlington	Burlington Intl	2/5577	NDB or GPS RWY 15, Amdt 19C.
06/14/02	VT	Burlington	Burlington Intl	2/5578	ILS A RWY 15, Amdt 21E.
06/14/02	WA	Port Angles	William R. Fairchild Intl	2/5608	ILS-A RWY 8, Amdt 1A.
06/17/02	CO	Craig	Craig-Moffat	2/5684	VOR RWY 25, Amdt 3.
06/17/02	CO	Craig	Craig-Moffat	2/5685	VOR/DME RWY 7, Amdt 2.
06/17/02	ID	Salmon	Lemhi County	2/5686	VOR DME-B, Orig.
06/17/02	ME	Rangeley	Rangeley Lake	2/5692	NDB or GPS-B Orig-A.
06/17/02	ME	Rangeley	Rangeley Lake	2/5693	NDB or GPS-A Orig 4.
06/18/02	MA	Bedford	Laurence G. Hanscom Field	2/5719	ILS RWY 11, Amdt 24A.
06/19/02	TX	Houston	George Bush Intercontinental Arpt/Houston	2/5722	ILS RWY 33R, Amdt 11A.
06/19/02	TX	Houston	George Bush International Arpt/Houston	2/5723	ILS RWY 15R, Orig.
06/18/02	UT	Salt Lake City	Salt Lake City Muni 2	2/5758	RNAV (GPS) RWY 34, Orig-A.