[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 125 (Thursday, June 29, 1995)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 33689-33691]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-15986]



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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
14 CFR Part 97

[Docket No. 28251; Amdt. No. 1671]


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 the 
adoption of new or revised criteria, or 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 matters 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 the 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 of each SIAP is contained in official FAA form 
documents which are incorporated by reference in this amendment under 5 
U.S.C. 552(a), 1 CFR part 51, and Sec. 97.20 of the Federal Aviation 
Regulations (FAR). The applicable FAA forms are identified as FAA Form 
8260-5. 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 on charts 
printed by publishers of aeronautical materials. Thus, the advantages 
of incorporation by reference are realized and publication of the 
complete description 

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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 is effective upon publication of each 
separate SIAP as contained in the transmittal. The SIAPs contained in 
this amendment are based on the criteria contained in the United States 
Standard for Terminal Instrument Approach Procedures (TERPS). In 
developing these SIAPs, the TERPS criteria were applied to the 
conditions existing or anticipated at the affected airports.
    The FAA has determined through testing that current non-localizer 
type, non-precision instrument approaches developed using the TERPs 
criteria can be flown by aircraft equipped with Global Positioning 
System (GPS) equipment. In consideration of the above, the applicable 
Standard Instrument Approach Procedures (SIAPs) will be altered to 
include ``or GPS'' in the title without otherwise reviewing or 
modifying the procedure. (Once a stand alone GPS procedure is 
developed, the procedure title will be altered to remove ``or GPS'' 
from these non-localizer, non-precision instrument approach procedure 
titles.) 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 some SIAPs effective in less than 30 days.
    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 ``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 16, 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. 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:
Secs. 97.23, 97.27, 97.33 and 97.35  [Amended]

    By amending: Sec. 97.23 VOR, VOR/DME, VOR or TACAN, and VOR/DME or 
TACAN; Sec. 97.27 NDB, NDB/DME; Sec. 97.33 RNAV SIAPs; and Sec. 97.35 
COPTER SIAPs, identified as follows:

. . . Effective SEPT 14, 1995

Prescott, AZ, Ernest A. Love Field, RNAV or GPS RWY 21L, Amdt 2A
Prescott, AZ, Ernest A. Love Field, VOR or GPS RWY 11, Amdt 1
Fresno, CA, Fresno Air Terminal, NDB or GPS RWY 29R, Amdt 23
Orland, CA, Haigh Field, VOR or GPS-A, Amdt 5
Oroville, CA, Oroville Muni, VOR or GPS-A, Amdt 4
Red Bluff, CA, Red Bluff Muni, VOR/DME or GPS RWY 15, Amdt 4
Red Bluff, CA, Red Bluff Muni, VOR or GPS RWY 33, Amdt 5
Fort Lauderdale, FL, Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood Intl, VOR or GPS RWY 
27R, Amdt. 10B
Fort Lauderdale, FL, Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood Intl, NDB or GPS RWY 13, 
Amdt. 14B
Fort Myers, FL, Page Field, NDB or GPS RWY 5, Amdt 5A
Gainesville, FL, Gainesville Regional, RNAV or GPS RWY 28, Amdt 5
Vero Beach, FL, Vero Beach Muni, VOR/DME or GPS RWY 29L, Amdt 2B
Vero Beach, FL, Vero Beach Muni, VOR or GPS RWY 11R, Amdt 12A
Greensboro, GA, Greene County Airpark, NDB or GPS-A, Orig-A
Macon, GA, Middle Georgia Regional, VOR or GPS RWY 13, Amdt 7B
Waycross, GA, Waycross-Ware County, VOR or GPS-A, Amdt 7A
Waycross, GA, Waycross-Ware County, RNAV or GPS RWY 18, Amdt 4A
Seymour, IN, Freeman Muni, NDB or GPS RWY 5, Amdt 3
Fort Madison, IA, Fort Madison Muni, VOR/DME RNAV or GPS RWY 34, Amdt 4
Rantoul, IL, Rantoul National Aviation Center, VOR or GPS RWY 27, Orig
Fort Leavenworth, KS, Sherman AAF, NDB or GPS RWY 33, Amdt 3A CANCELLED
Fort Leavenworth, KS, Sherman AAF, NDB RWY 33, Amdt 3A
Larned, KS, Larned-Pawnee County, NDB or GPS RWY 17, Amdt 3
Meade, KS, Meade Muni, NDB or GPS RWY 17, Amdt 1A
Covington, KY, Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky Intl, NDB or GPS RWY 9, 
Amdt 13
Covington, KY, Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky Intl, NDB or GPS RWY 18R, 
Amdt 16
Mayfield, KY, Mayfield Graves County, VOR/DME or GPS-A, Amdt 7
Mayfield, KY, Mayfield Graves County, VOR/DME RNAV or GPS RWY 18, Amdt 
3
Mount Sterling, KY, Mount Sterling-Montgomery County, NDB or GPS RWY 3, 
Amdt 1
Mount Sterling, KY, Mount Sterling-Montgomery County, NDB or GPS RWY 
21, Amdt 1
New Orleans, LA, New Orleans Intl (Moisant Field), NDB or GPS RWY 10, 
Amdt 25A
Ruston, LA, Ruston Muni, VOR/DME or GPS-A, Amdt 11
Slidell, LA, Slidell, NDB or GPS RWY 36, Orig
Menominee, MI, Menominee-Marinette Twin County VOR or GPS-A, Amdt 2A
Hutchinson, MN, Hutchinson Muni-Butler Field, VOR/DME or GPS RWY 33, 
Amdt 2
Hutchinson, MN, Hutchinson Muni-Butler Field, NDB or GPS RWY 15, Amdt 3
St Paul, MN, St Paul Downtown Holman Fld, NDB or GPS RWY 30, Amdt 7
Winona, MN, Winona Muni-Max Conrad Fld, VOR or GPS-A, Amdt 11B
Jackson MS, Jackson Intl, NDB or GPS RWY 15L, Amdt 4
Mesquite, NV, Mesquite, VOR/DME or GPS-A, Orig
Sand Springs, OK, William R. Pogue Muni, NDB or GPS RWY 35, Amdt 2 
CANCELLED
Sand Springs, OK, William R. Pogue Muni, NDB RWY 35, Amdt 2
West Jefferson, NC, Ashe County, NDB or GPS RWY 27, Orig CANCELLED

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West Jefferson, NC, Ashe County, NDB RWY 28, Orig
Wallops Island, VA, Wallops Flight Facility, VOR/DME or TACAN or GPS 
RWY 10, Amdt 3 CANCELLED
Wallops Island, VA, Wallops Flight Facility, VOR/DME or TACAN RWY 10, 
Amdt 3
[FR Doc. 95-15986 Filed 6-28-95; 8:45 am]
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