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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
14 CFR Part 97

[Docket No. 1638; Amdt. No. 27980]

 

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, 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 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 
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; (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 December 2, 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); 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 Upon Publication

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    FDC date          State            City               Airport              FDC No.               SIAP       
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11/17/94........  WI..........  Kenosha...........  Kenosha Regional...  FDC 4/6545          ILS RWY 6L AMDT    
                                                                                              2...              
11/18/94........  VA..........  Chesapeake........  Chesapeake           FDC 4/6576          LOC RWY 5 ORIG...  
                                                     Municipal.                                                 
11/21/94........  AR..........  Stuttgart.........  Stuttgart Muni.....  FDC 4/6600          VOR/DME OR GPS-A   
                                                                                              ORIG-A...         
11/22/94........  OR..........  Portland..........  Portland Intl......  FDC 4/6620          ILS RWY 10R/CAT I/ 
                                                                                              AMDT 29...        
11/23/94........  WA..........  Spokane...........  Spokane Intl.......  FDC 4/6637          NDB RWY 21 AMDT    
                                                                                              14...             
11/27/94........  NM..........  Gallup............  Gallup Muni........  FDC 4/6675          LOC RWY 6 AMDT 3...
11/27/94........  NM..........  Las Vegas.........  Las Vegas Muni.....  FDC 4/6673          VOR OR GPS RWY 2   
                                                                                              AMDT 10...        
11/27/94........  NM..........  Las Vegas.........  Las Vegas Muni.....  FDC 4/6674          VOR OR GPS RWY 20  
                                                                                              AMDT 5...         
11/27/94........  WI..........  Kenosha...........  Kenosha Regional...  FDC 4/6546          NDB RWY 6L AMDT    
                                                                                              1...              
11/27/94........  WI..........  Kenosha...........  Kenosha Regional...  FDC 4/6547          VOR OR GPS RWY 14  
                                                                                              ORIG...           
11/27/94........  WI..........  Kenosha...........  Kenosha Regional...  FDC 4/6548          VOR OR GPS RWY 24R 
                                                                                              ORIG...           
11/30/94........  AK..........  Big Lake..........  Big Lake...........  FDC 4/6723          VOR RWY 6, AMDT    
                                                                                              5A...             
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Big Lake

Big Lake
Alaska
VOR RWY 6, AMDT 5A...
FDC Date: 11/30/94

    FDC 4/6723/BGQ/ FI/P Big Lake, Big Lake, AK. VOR RWY 6, AMDT 5A... 
Remove Note... Procedure not authorized at night. This is VOR RWY 6, 
AMDT 5B.

Stuttgart

Stuttgart Muni
Arkansas
VOR/DME OR GPS-A ORIG-A...
FDC Date: 11/21/94

    FDC 4/6600/SGT/ FI/P Stuttgart Muni, Stuttgart, AR. VOR/DME or GPS-
A ORIG-A... Delete Note... Obtain LCL ALSTG on UNICOM 122.8; when not 
available, use Little Rock ALSTG and increase all MDAS 160 ft. This 
becomes VOR/DME or GPS-A ORIG-B.

Las Vegas

Las Vegas Muni
New Mexico
VOR OR GPS RWY 20 AMDT 10...
FDC Date: 11/27/94

    FDC 4/6673/LVS/ FI/P Las Vegas Muni, Las Vegas, NM. VOR or GPS RWY 
2 AMDT 10... Chg note... When LCL ALSTG not received, proc na. This is 
VOR or GPS RWY 2 AMDT 10A.

Las Vegas

Las Vegas Muni
New Mexico
VOR OR GPS RWY 20 AMDT 5...
FDC Date: 11/27/94

    FDC 4/6674/LVS/ FI/P Las Vegas Muni, Las Vegas, NM. VOR or GPS RWY 
20 AMDT 5... Chg note... When LCL ALSTG not received, proc na. This is 
VOR or GPS RWY 20 AMDT 5A.

Gallup

Gallup Muni
New Mexico
LOC RWY 6 AMDT 3...
FDC Date: 11/27/94

    FDC 4/6675/GUP/ FI/P Gallup Muni, Gallup, NM. LOC RWY 6 AMDT 3... 
Add note... ALTN MINS NA. This is LOC RWY 6 AMDT 3A.

Portland

Portland Intl
Oregon
ILS RWY 10R/CAT I/ AMDT 29...
FDC Date: 11/22/94

    FDC 4/6620/PDX/ FI/P Portland Intl, Portland, OR. ILS RWY 10R /CAT 
I/AMDT 29...S-ILS-10R VIS CAT D RVR 1800. This becomes ILS RWY 10R AMDT 
29A.

Chesapeake

Chesapeake Municipal
Virginia
LOC RWY 5 ORIG...
FDC Date: 11/18/94

    FDC 4/6576/CPK/ FI/P Chesapeake Municipal, Chesapeake, VA. LOC RWY 
5 ORIG...S-LOC-5 VIS CATS A, B, C 1 mile. Add note...INOP table does 
not apply. This is LOC RWY 5 ORIG-A.

Spokane

Spokane Intl
Washington
NDB RWY 21 AMDT 14...
FDC Date: 11/23/94

    FDC 4/6637/GEG/ FI/P Spokane Intl, Spokane, WA NDB RWY 21 AMDT 
14...S-21 all CATS MDA 2800/HAT 459. This is NDB RWY 21 AMDT 14A.

Kenosha

Kenosha Regional
Wisconsin
ILS RWY 6L AMDT 2...
FDC Date: 11/17/94

    FDC 4/6545/ENW/ FI/P Kenosha Regional, Kenosha, WI. ILS RWY 6L AMDT 
2...Change all reference to ALSTG in notes to read... When control 
tower closed, use Milwaukee (General Mitchell) ALSTG. Change ALTN MINS 
to read... ILS... Standard# LOC... Standard# #NA when control tower 
closed. Minimums... Circling MDA 1340/HAA 597 CAT D. Milwaukee ALSTG 
MINS... Circling MDA 1420/HAA 677 CAT D. This is ILS RWY 6L AMDT 2A.

Kenosha

Kenosha Regional
Wisconsin
NDB RWY 6L AMDT 1...
FDC Date: 11/27/94

    FDC 4/6546/ENW/ FI/P Kenosha Regional, Kenosha, WI. NDB RWY 6L AMDT 
1...Change all reference to ALSTG in notes to read... When control 
tower closed, use Milwaukee (General Mitchell) ALSTG. Change ALTN MINS 
to read... Standard# #NA when control tower closed. This is NDBRWY 6L 
AMDT 1A.

Kenosha

Kenosha Regional
Wisconsin
VOR OR GPS RWY 14R ORIG...
FDC Date: 11/27/94

    FDC 4/6547/ENW/ FI/P Konosha Regional, Kenosha, WI. VOR or GPS RWY 
14 ORIG . . . Change all reference to ALSTG in notes to read . . . When 
control tower closed, use Milwaukee (General Mitchell) ALSTG. Change 
ALT MINS to read . . .Standard# #NA when control tower closed. This is 
VOR or GPS RWY 14 ORIG-A.

Kenosha

Kenosha Regional
Wisconsin
VOR OR GPS RWY 24R ORIG...
FDC Date: 11/27/94

    FDC 4/6548/ENW/ FI/P Kenosha Regional, Kenosha, WI. VOR or GPS RWY 
24 ORIG...Change all reference to ALSTG in notes to read... When 
control tower closed, use Milwaukee (General Mitchell) ALSTG. Change 
ALT MINS to read... Standard# #NA when control tower closed. This is 
VOR or GPS RWY 24R ORIG-A.

[FR Doc. 94-30486 Filed 12-9-94; 8:45 am]
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