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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 97

[Docket No. 27654; Amdt. No. 1592]

 

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: 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 Area 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:
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 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 ``significant regulatory action'' under 
Executive Order 12866; 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 March 25, 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, 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:

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  Effective      State          City              Airport            FDC No.                   SIAP             
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03/14/94.....  GA        Reidsville........  Reidsville.......  FDC 4/1205        NDB Rwy 11 Amdt 6.            
03/15/94.....  SC        Spartanburg.......  Spartanburg        FDC 4/1232        VOR-B Amdt 2.                 
                                              Downtown                                                          
                                              Memorial.                                                         
03/15/94.....  SC        Spartanburg.......  Spartanburg        FDC 4/1233        Loc Rwy 4 Amdt 2.             
                                              Downtown                                                          
                                              Memorial.                                                         
03/15/94.....  SC        Spartanburg.......  Spartanburg        FDC 4/1234        RNAV Rwy 4 Amdt 6.            
                                              Downtown                                                          
                                              Memorial.                                                         
03/15/94.....  SC        Spartanburg.......  Spartanburg        FDC 4/1235        NDB-A Amdt 8.                 
                                              Downtown                                                          
                                              Memorial.                                                         
03/16/94.....  CT        New Haven.........  Tweed-New Haven..  FDC 4/1251        VOR Rwy 2 Amdt 22.            
03/16/94.....  CT        New Haven.........  Tweed-New Haven..  FDC 4/1252        VOR-A Amdt 2.                 
03/17/94.....  FL        Miami.............  Kendall-Tamiami    FDC 4/1325        ILS Rwy 9R Amdt 7.            
                                              Executive.                                                        
03/17/94.....  FL        Miami.............  Kendall-Tamiami    FDC 4/1326        NDB Rwy 9R Orig.              
                                              Executive.                                                        
03/17/94.....  MI        Battle Creek......  W.K. Kellogg.....  FDC 4/1338        ILS Rwy 23 Amdt 17A.          
03/21/94.....  ME        Waterville........  Waterville Robert  FDC 4/1382        VOR/DME Rwy 5 Amdt 7.         
                                              LaFleur.                                                          
03/23/94.....  TX        Marshall..........  Harrison County..  FDC 4/1401        VOR/DME-A Amdt 4.             
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New Haven

Tweed-New Haven

Connecticut
VOR Rwy 2 Amdt 22...
Effective: 03/16/94

    FDC 4/1251/HVN/ FI/P Tweed-New Haven, New Haven, CT. VOR Rwy 2 Amdt 
2...Add Note... When LCL ALSTG not Received, use ISLIP ALSTG. This is 
VOR Rwy 2 Amdt 22A.

New Haven

Tweed-New Haven

Connecticut
VOR-A Amdt 2...
Effective: 03/16/94

    FDC 4/1252/HVN/ FI/P Tweed-New Haven, New Haven, CT. VOR-A Amdt 
2...Add Note... When LCL ALSTG not Received, use ISLIP ALSTG. This is 
VOR-A Amdt 2A.

Miami

Kendall-Tamiami Executive

Florida
ILS Rwy 9R Amdt 7...
Effective: 03/17/94

    FDC 4/1325/TMB/ FI/P Kendall-Tamiami Executive, Miami, FL. ILS Rwy 
9R Amdt 7...Terminal Routes... Delete BSY VORTAC to Qeezy LOM Feeder 
Establish AEW NDB/DME to Qeezy LOM Feeder... CRS/DIST 257.22/19.34 NM 
ALT 2100. Minimum Altitude at Qeezy LOM 1300. Minimum Glide Slope 
Intercept Altitude 1300. Glide Slope Altitude at OM 1230. Circling MDA 
CAT A 440 HAA 430. This Becomes ILS Rwy 9R Amdt 7A.

Miami

Kendall-Tamiami Executive

Florida
NDB Rwy 9R Orig...
Effective: 03/17/94

    FDC 4/1326/TMB/ FI/P Kendall-Tamiami Executive, Miami, FL. NDB Rwy 
9R Orig... Terminal Routes... Delete BSY VORTAC To Qeezy LOM Feeder 
Establish AEW NDB/DME to Qeezy LOM Feeder... CRS/Dist 257.22/19.34 NM 
ALT 2100. Minimum Alt at Qeezy LOM 1300. Circling MDA Cat A 440 HAA 
430. This Becomes NDB Rwy 9R Orig-A.

Reidsville

Reidsville

Georgia
NDB Rwy 11 Amdt 6...
Effective: 03/14/94

    FDC 4/1205/RVJ/ FI/P Reidsville, Reidsville, GA. NDB Rwy 11 Amdt 
6...Add Note... Proc NA at Night. This Becomes NDB Rwy 11 Amdt 6A.

Waterville

Waterville Robert LaFleur

Maine
VOR/DME Rwy 5 Amdt 7...
Effective: 03/21/94

    FDC 4/1382/WVL/ FI/P Waterville Robert LaFleur, Waterville, ME. 
VOR/DME Rwy 5 Amdt 7...Circling Mins... CATS A/B/C MDA 820. This is 
VOR/DME Rwy 5 Amdt 7A.

Battle Creek

W.K. Kellogg

Michigan
ILS Rwy 23 Amdt 17A...
Effective: 03/17/94

    FDC 4/1338/BTL/ FI/P W.K. Kellogg, Battle Creek, MI. ILS Rwy 23 
Amdt 17A...Battle Creek ALSTG Mins S-ILS 23 DH 1129/HAT 200 all Cats. 
Delete Notes... ILS Unusable From MM Inbound. DH Increased to 1179 for 
Inoperative MM. This IS ILS Rwy 23 Amdt 17B.

Spartanburg

Spartanburg Downtown Memorial

South Carolina
VOR-B Amdt 2...
Effective: 03/15/94

    FDC 4/1232/SPA/ FI/P Spartanburg Downtown Memorial, Spartanburg, 
SC. VOR-B Amdt 2...Change all References Rwy 4-22 to Rwy 5-23. This 
Becomes VOR-B Amdt 2A.

Spartanburg

Spartanburg Downtown Memorial

South Carolina
LOC Rwy 4 Amdt 2...
Effective: 03/15/94

    FDC 4/1233/SPA/ FI/P Spartanburg Downtown Memorial, Spartanburg, 
SC. Loc Rwy 4 Amdt 2...Change all Reference Rwy 4-22 to Rwy 5-23. This 
Becomes Loc Rwy 5 Amdt 2A.

Spartanburg

Spartanburg Downtown Memorial

South Carolina
RNAV Rwy 4 Amdt 6...
Effective: 03/15/94

    FDC 4/1234/SPA/ FI/P Spartanburg Downtown Memorial, Spartanburg, 
SC. RNAV Rwy 4 Amdt 6...Change all Reference Rwy 4-22 to Rwy 5-23. This 
Becomes RNAV Rwy 5 Amdt 6A.

Spartanburg

Spartanburg Downtown Memorial

South Carolina
NDB-A Amdt 8...
Effective: 03/15/94

    FDC 4/1235/SPA/ FI/P Spartanburg Downtown Memorial, Spartanburg, 
SC. NDB-A Amdt 8...Change all Reference Rwy 4-22 to Rwy 5-23. This 
Becomes NDB-A Amdt 8A.

Marshall

Harrison County

Texas
VOR/DME-A Amdt 4...
Effective: 03/23/94

    FDC 4/1401/ASL/ FI/P Harrison County, Marshall, TX. VOR/DME-A Amdt 
4...CHG Missed Approach Point to Read... GGG R-068/23.3 This is VOR/
DME-A Amdt 4A.

[FR Doc. 94-7917 Filed 4-5-94; 8:45 am]
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