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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
14 CFR Part 97

[Docket No. 27591; Amdt. No. 1583]

 

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 rules at the 
affected airports.

DATES: Effective: 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 Field 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 Aviations 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.
    This amendment to part 97 contains separate SIAPs which have 
compliance dates stated as effective dates based on related changes in 
the National Airspace System or the application of new or revised 
criteria. All SIAP amendments in this rule have been previously issued 
by the FAA in a National Flight Data Center (FDC) Notice 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 US Standard for Terminal Instrument Approach 
Procedures (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 unnecessary, 
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 ``major rule'' under Executive Order 12291; 
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 approaches, Standard instrument, Incorporation 
by reference (1) navigation.

    Issued in Washington, DC on January 28, 1994.
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 continues to read as follows:

    Authority: 49 U.S.C. App. 1348, 1354(a), 1421 and 1510; 49 
U.S.C. 106(g) (revised Pub. L. 97-449, January 12, 1983); 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 and 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 April 28, 1994

Jacksonville, FL, Jacksonville Intl, VOR RWY 31, Orig.
West Milford, NJ, Greenwood Lake, VOR-A, Amdt. 3

...Effective March 3, 1994

Chandler, AZ, Williams Gateway, VOR RWY 30C, Orig.
Mena, AR, Mena Intermountain Municipal, VOR/DME-A, Amdt. 9
Mena, AR, Mena Intermountain Municipal, NOB-B, Amdt. 7
New Haven, CT, Tweed-New Haven, VOR-A, Amdt. 2
New Haven, CT, Tweed-New Haven, VOR RWY 2, Amdt. 22
New Haven, CT, Tweed-New Haven, ILS RWY 2, Amdt. 15
Norton, KS, Norton Muni, NDB RWY 17, Amdt. 2
Norton, KS, Norton Muni, NDB RWY 35, Amdt. 2
Ithaca, NY, Tompkins County, VOR RWY 32, Amdt. 1
Pauls Valley, OK, Pauls Valley Muni, NDB RWY 35, Amdt. 2
Poteau, OK, Robert S. Kerr, VOR/DME RWY 36, Amdt. 3
Providence, RI, Theodore Francis Green State, VOR/DME RWY 16, Amdt. 
4
Providence, RI, Theodore Francis Green State, VOR/DME RWY 23, Amdt. 
6
Providence, RI, Theodore Francis Green State, VOR RWY 34, Amdt. 4
Providence, RI, Theodore Francis Green State, VOR/DME RWY 34, Amdt. 
4
Providence, RI, Theodore Francis Green State, NDB RWY 5, Amdt. 15
Providence, RI, Theodore Francis Green State, ILS RWY 5, Amdt. 15
Providence, RI, Theodore Francis Green State, ILS RWY 23, Amdt. 3
Providence, RI, Theodore Francis Green State, ILS/DME RWY 34, Amdt. 
8
Columbia, SC, Columbia Owens Downtown, LOC RWY 31, Orig.
Cookeville, TN, Putnam County, NDB RWY 17, Amdt. 5A, CANCELLED
Gainesville, TX, Gainesville Muni, NDB RWY 17, Amdt. 7
Sherman-Denison, TX, Grayson County, NDB RWY 17L, Amdt. 8

...Effective January 25, 1994

Wichita, KS, Wichita Mid-Continent, ILS RWY 1L, Amdt. 2

...Effective June 16, 1993

Baltimore, MD, Baltimore-Washington Intl, ILS/DME RWY 15L, Amdt. 3

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