[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 125 (Thursday, June 29, 1995)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 33692-33694]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-15988]



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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
14 CFR Part 97

[Docket No. 28250; Amdt. No. 1670]


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, 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. 
The 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 

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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 require 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 procedures 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 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, 97.25, 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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06/01/95.....  GA        Toccoa................  Toccoa RG Letourneau    FDC 5/2431        VOR/DME OR GPS RWY 2 
                                                  Field.                                    ORIG...             
                                                                                           NOTAM published in   
                                                                                            TL95-13 5/2531      
                                                                                            should be 5/2431    
06/01/95.....  NC        Morganton.............  Morganton-Lenoir......  FDC 5/2450        NDB OR GPS RWY 3 AMDT
                                                                                            4...                
06/01/95.....  TN        Gallatin..............  Sumner County Regional  FDC 5/2437        NDB OR GPS RWY 35    
                                                                                            AMDT 1...           
06/01/95.....  TN        Gallatin..............  Sumner County Regional  FDC 5/2438        VOR/DME OR GPS-A AMDT
                                                                                            1...                
06/02/95.....  CA        Napa..................  Napa County...........  FDC 5/2462        LOC RWY 36L AMDT     
                                                                                            2A...               
06/05/95.....  VA        Bridgewater...........  Bridgewater Airpark...  FDC 5/2544        NDB OR GPS-A AMDT    
                                                                                            4...                
06/06/94.....  ID        Boise.................  Boise Air Terminal      FDC 5/2550        ILS RWY 10R, AMDT    
                                                  (Gowen Field).                            8...                
06/08/95.....  NM        Roswell...............  Roswell Industrial Air  FDC 5/2593        LOC BC RWY 3 AMDT    
                                                  Center.                                   8...                
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Napa

Napa County

California

LOC RWY 36L AMDT 2A...
FDC Date: 06/02/95
FDC 5/2462/APC/ FI/P NAPA COUNTY, NAPA, CA. LOC RWY 36L AMDT 
2A...CHANGE ALL REFERENCES TO LYLLY OM/INT TO LYLLY INT. THIS IS LOC 
RWY 36L AMDT 2B.

Toccoa

Toccoa RG Letourneau Field

Georgia

VOR/DME OR GPS RWY 2 ORIG...
FDC Date: 06/01/95
NOTAM published in TL95-13 5/2531 should be 5/2431
FDC 5/2431/TOC/ FI/P TOCCOA RG LETOURNEAU FIELD, TOCCOA, GA. VOR/DME 
OR GPS RWY 2 ORIG...DELETE TERMINAL ROUTE AHN VORTAC TO TESLY TOC 
12.5 DME. THIS BECOMES VOR/DME OR GPS RWY 2 ORIG-A.

Boise

Boise Air Terminal (Gowen Field)

Idaho

ILS RWY 10R, AMDT 8...
FDC Date: 06/06/94
FDC 5/2550/BOI/ FI/P BOISE AIR TERMINAL (GOWEN FIELD), BOISE, ID. 
ILS RWY 10R, AMDT 8...DELETE INITIAL SEGMENT... PARMO INT. I-BOI 
29.4 DME TO USTIK LOM, I-BOI 5.4 DME. ADD NOTE... RADAR REQUIRED. 
THIS BECOMES ILS RWY 10R, AMDT 8A.

Morganton

Morganton-Lenoir

North Carolina

NDB OR GPS RWY 3 AMDT 4...
FDC Date: 06/01/95
FDC 5/2450/MRN/ FI/P MORGANTON-LENOIR, MORGANTON, NC. NDB OR GPS RWY 
3 AMDT 4...DELETE HICKORY ALSTG MNMS. DELETE NOTE...OBTAIN LOCAL 
ALSTG...THRU... HICKORY ALSTG MNMS. ADD NOTE...OBTAIN LOCAL ALSTG ON 
CTAF; WHEN NOT 

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RECEIVED USE WILKES COUNTY ALSTG AND INCREASE ALL MDAS 240 FEET AND ALL 
VIS 3/4 MILE. THIS BECOMES NDB OR GPS RWY 3 AMDT 4A.

Roswell

Roswell Industrial Air Center

New Mexico

LOC BC RWY 3 AMDT 8...
FDC Date: 06/08/95
FDC 5/2593/ROW/ FI/P ROSWELL INDUSTRIAL AIR CENTER, ROSWELL, NM. LOC 
BC RWY 3 AMDT 8...ALTN MNMS /ILS & LOC/STANDARD-NA WHEN CONTROL 
TOWER CLOSED. THIS IS LOC BC RWY 3 AMDT 8A.

Gallatin

Sumner County Regional

Tennessee

NDB OR GPS RWY 35 AMDT 1...
FDC Date: 06/01/95
FDC 5/2437/M33/ FI/P SUMNER COUNTY REGIONAL, GALLATIN, TN. NDB OR 
GPS RWY 35 AMDT 1...CHANGE NOTE TO READ... IF LOCAL ALSTG NOT 
RECEIVED USE NASHVILLE ALSTG AND INCREASE ALL MDAS 40 FEET. THIS 
BECOMES NDB OR GPS RWY 35 AMDT 1A.

Gallatin

Sumner County Regional

Tennessee

VOR/DME OR GPS-A AMDT 1...
FDC Date: 06/01/95
FDC 5/2438/M33/ FI/P SUMNER COUNTY REGIONAL, GALLATIN, TN. VOR/DME 
OR GPS-A AMDT 1...CHANGE NOTE TO READ...IF LOCAL ALSTG NOT RECEIVED 
USE NASHVILLE ALSTG AND INCREASE ALL MDAS 60 FEET. THIS BECOMES VOR/
DME OR GPS-A AMDT 1A.

Bridgewater

Bridgewater Airpark

Virginia

NDB OR GPS-A AMDT 4...
FDC Date: 06/05/95
FDC 5/2544/VBW/ FI/P BRIDGEWATER AIRPARK, BRIDGEWATER, VA. NDB OR 
GPS-A AMDT 4...DELETE NOTE... PROCEDURE NOT AUTHORIZED AT NIGHT 
EXCEPT BY PRIOR ARRANGEMENT FOR RUNWAY LIGHT. THIS IS NDB OR GPS-A 
AMDT 4A.
[FR Doc. 95-15988 Filed 6-28-95; 8:45 am]
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