[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 151 (Monday, August 7, 1995)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 40071-40073]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-19418]



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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
14 CFR Part 97

[Docket No. 28287; Amdt. No. 1678]


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 
designated to provide safe and efficient use of the navigable airspace 
and to provide 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 Services, 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, there 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 

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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 
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 July 28, 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. 106(g), 40103, 40113, 40120, 44701; 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:

* * * Effective Upon Publication

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   FDC date      State           City                Airport             FDC No.                 SIAP           
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07/13/95.....  OK        Ada.................  Ada Muni...........  FDC 5/3344        VOR/DME Rwy 17, Amdt 1... 
07/14/95.....  WI        Mosinee.............  Central Wisconsin..  FDC 5/3355        ILS Rwy 8 Amdt 11...      
07/17/95.....  NC        Winston-Salem.......  Smith Reynolds.....  FDC 5/3400        ILS Rwy 33, Amdt 27...    
07/17/95.....  NM        Silver City.........  Silver City/Grant    FDC 5/3396        LOC/DME Rwy 26, Amdt 4... 
                                                County.                                                         
07/17/95.....  NM        Silver City.........  Silver City/Grant    FDC 5/3397        VOR/DME or GPS-B, Amdt    
                                                County.                                3...                     
07/17/95.....  NM        Silver City.........  Silver City/Grant    FDC 5/3398        VOR or GPS-A, Amdt 7...   
                                                County.                                                         
07/17/95.....  NM        Silver City.........  Silver City/Grant    FDC 5/3399        NDB or GPS Rwy 26, Amdt   
                                                County.                                3...                     
07/17/95.....  WI        Mosinee.............  Central Wisconsin..  FDC 5/3390        LOC BC Rwy 26, Amdt 10... 
07/20/95.....  OH        Middletown..........  Hook Field Muni....  FDC 5/3455        LOC Rwy 23, Amdt 7A...    
07/20/95.....  OH        Middletown..........  Hook Field Muni....  FDC 5/3457        NDB or GPS Rwy 23, Amdt   
                                                                                       8...                     
07/20/95.....  OH        Wilmington..........  Wilmington Airborne  FDC 5/3452        VOR or GPS Rwy 4, Amdt    
                                                Airpark.                               5...                     
07/20/95.....  WA        Kelso...............  Kelso-Longview.....  FDC 5/3469        TKOF MNMS/IFR DEP PROC... 
07/20/95.....  WA        Kelso...............  Kelso-Longview.....  FDC 5/3470        NDB or GPS-A, Amdt 5A...  
07/21/95.....  AL        Andalusia-Opp.......  Andalusia-Opp......  FDC 5/3509        NDB or GPS-A, Amdt 2...   
07/21/95.....  AR        Almyra..............  Almyra Muni........  FDC 5/3521        VOR/DME or GPS-A, Amdt    
                                                                                       4A...                    
07/25/95.....  FL        Panama City.........  Panama City-Bay      FDC 5/3588        ILS Rwy 14, Amdt 15...    
                                                County.                                                         
07/25/95.....  ME        Presque Isle........  Presque Isle/        FDC 5/3603        VOR/DME or GPS Rwy 1, Amdt
                                                Northern Maine                         11A...                   
                                                Regional Arpt at                                                
                                                Presque Isle.                                                   
07/25/95.....  ME        Presque Isle........  Presque Isle/        FDC 5/3607        VOR or GPS Rwy 19, Amdt   
                                                Northern Maine                         8A...                    
                                                Regional Arpt at                                                
                                                Presque Isle.                                                   
07/26/95.....  ME        Presque Isle........  Presque Isle/        FDC 5/3624        ILS Rwy 1, Amdt 4A...     
                                                Northern Maine                                                  
                                                Regional Arpt at                                                
                                                Presque Isle.                                                   
07/26/95.....  MT        Butte...............  Bert Mooney........  FDC 5/3626        LOC/DME Rwy 15, Amdt 6A...
07/26/95.....  MT        Butte...............  Bert Mooney........  FDC 5/3629        VOR or GPS-B, Amdt 1A...  

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07/26/95.....  MT        Butte...............  Bert Mooney........  FDC 5/3631        ILS Rwy 15, Amdt 4A.      
07/26/95.....  MT        Butte...............  Bert Mooney........  FDC 5/3632        VOR/DME or GPS-A, Amdt    
                                                                                       3A...                    
07/26/95.....  OH        Wilmington..........  Wilmington Airborne  FDC 5/3641        NDB Rwy 4, Amdt 2...      
                                                Airpark.                                                        
07/26/95.....  TN        Waverly.............  Humphreys County...  FDC 5/3642        NDB or GPS Rwy 22, Amdt   
                                                                                       3...                     
07/26/95.....  TN        Waverly.............  Humphreys County...  FDC 5/3643        VOR/DME or GPS-A, Amdt    
                                                                                       2B...                    
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[FR Doc. 95-19418 Filed 8-4-95; 8:45 am]
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