[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 181 (Tuesday, September 17, 1996)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 48826-48827]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-23807]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
14 CFR Part 97

[Docket No. 28675; Amdt. No. 1751]
RIN 2120-AA65


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 Forms 
8260-3, 8260-4, and 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 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. Some SIAP amendments may 
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 some SIAP

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amendments may require making them effective in less than 30 days. For 
the remaining SIAPs, an effective date at least 30 days after 
publication is provided.
    Further, 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 SIAPs, the TERPS 
criteria were applied to the conditions existing or anticipated at the 
affected airports. 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 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 September 6, 1996.
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  [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 October 10, 1996

Alliance, NE, Alliance Muni, NDBRWY30, Amdt 7 CANCELLED
Kearney, NE, Kearney Muni, LOC RWY 36, Amdt 5A CANCELLED
Fort Worth, TX, Luck Field, VOR/DME or GPS-A, Amdt 1, CANCELLED
Cumberland, WI, Cumberland Muni, VOR/DME-A, Orig

* * * Effective November 7, 1996

Arkadelphia, AR, Arkadelphia Muni, NDB OR GPS RWY 4, Amdt 6
West Milford, NJ, Greenwood Lake, VOR RWY 6, Orig
West Milford, NJ, Greenwood Lake, VOR OR GPS-A, Amdt 3, CANCELLED
Saratoga Springs, NY, Saratoga County, VOR-A, Amdt 5

* * * Effective December 5, 1996

Gulf Shores, AL, Jack Edwards, GPS RWY 27, Orig
Anchorage, AK, Anchorage Intl, GPS RWY 14, Orig
Cordova, AK, Merle K/Mudhole/Smith, GPS RWY 27, Orig
Fairbanks, AK, Fairbanks Intl, GPS RWY 1L, Orig
Ketchikan, AK, Ketchikan Intl, GPS-B, Orig
Mekoryuk, AK, Mekoryuk, GPS RWY 23, Orig
Morrilton, AR, Petit Jean Park, NDB OR GPS RWY 2, Amdt 2, CANCELLED
Morrilton, AR, Petit Jean Park, GPS RWY 2, Orig
Palo Alto, CA, Palo Alto Arpt of Santa Clara County, VOR/DME RWY 30, 
Orig
Denver, CO, Jeffco, VOR/DME RWY 29L/R, Orig
Denver, CO, Jeffco, VOR/DME OR GPS RWY 29R, Orig CANCELLED
Denver, CO, Jeffco, ILS RWY 29R, Amdt 13
Denver, CO, Jeffco, GPS RWY 29L, Orig
Denver, CO, Jeffco, GPS RWY 29R, Orig
Fort Collins/Loveland, CO, Fort Collins-Loveland Muni, GPS RWY 33, 
Amdt 1
Kremmling, CO, McElroy Airfield, VOR/DME OR GPS-A, Amdt 2
Fort Pierce, FL, St. Lucie County Intl, NDB-A, Orig
Chicago/Romeoville, IL, Lewis University, GPS RWY 27, Amdt 1
Boyne Falls, Mi, Boyne Mountain, NDB or GPS-A, Amdt 6
Boyne Falls, Mi, Boyne Mountain, VOR/DME RNAV or GPS-B, Amdt 3
Gaylord, MI, Otsego County, VOR or GPS RWY 27, Orig
Gaylord, MI, Otsego County, VOR or GPS RWY 9, Amdt 8, CANCELLED
Gaylord, MI, Otsego County, VOR or GPS RWY 27, Amdt 8, CANCELLED
Gaylord, MI, Otsego County, NDB RWY 9, Amdt 11
St. Louis, MO, Lambert-St Louis Intl, ILS RWY 24, Amdt 44
Lincoln, NE Lincoln Muni, GPS RWY 14, Orig
Greensboro, NC, May, VOR/DME OR GPS-A, Amdt 2
Kinston, NC, Kinston Regional Jetport at Stallings Field, LOC BC Rwy 
23, Orig, CANCELLED
North Wilkesboro, NC, Wilkes County, GPS RWY 1, Orig
Wilson, NC, Wilson Industrial Air Center, NDB or GPS Rwy 3, Amdt 6
Wilson, NC, Wilson Industrial Air Center, NDB or GPS Rwy 21, Amdt 1
Ardmore, OK, Ardmore Downtown Executive, GPS RWY 35, Orig
Claremore, OK, Claremore Muni, GPS RWY 35, Orig
Clinton, OK, Clinton Muni, NDB RWY 35, Amdt 6
Clinton, OK, Clinton Muni, GPS RWY 35, Orig
Pauls Valley, OK, Pauls Valley Muni, GPS RWY 35, Amdt 1
Anahuac, TX, Chambers County, GPS RWY 12, Orig
Brownfield, TX, Terry County, GPS RWY 2, Orig
Center, TX Center Muni, GPS RWY 17, Orig
Cleveland, TX, Cleveland Muni, GPS RWY 16, Orig
Llano, TX, Llano Muni, GPS RWY 17, Orig
Llano, TX, Llano Muni, GPS RWY 35, Orig
Pecos, TX, Pecos Muni, GPS RWY 14, Orig
Port Isabel, TX, Port Isabel-Cameron Co, GPS RWY 13, Orig
Ellensburg, WA, Bowers Field, GPS RWY 25, Orig
Ellensburg, WA, Bowers Field, VOR OR GPS-B, Amdt 1
Ellenburg, WA, Bowers Field, VOR OR GPS-A, Amdt 2
Vancouver, WA, Pearson Field, LDA-A, Orig
Vancouver, WA, Pearson Field, LOC BC-A, Orig, CANCELLED

[FR Doc. 96-23807 Filed 9-16-96; 8:45 am]
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