[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 219 (Tuesday, November 12, 1996)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 57999-58000]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-28898]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
14 CFR Part 97

[Docket No. 28726; Amdt. No. 1761]
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

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aeronautical charts. The circumstances which created the need for some 
SIAP 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 involve 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 November 1, 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, 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/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 December 5, 1996

Grants Pass, OR, Grant Pass, GPS-A, Orig
Eagle Butte, SD, Cheyenne Eagle Butte, GPS RWY 31, Amdt 1
Puyallup, WA, Pierce County-Thun Field, GPS RWY 34, Orig

* * * Effective January 2, 1997

Red Bluff, CA, Red Bluff Muni, VOR/DME OR GPS RWY 15, Amdt 6
Red Bluff, CA, Red Bluff Muni, NDB RWY 33, Amdt 2
Red Bluff, CA, Red Bluff Muni, VOR OR GPS RWY 33, Amdt 7
Washington, DC, Washington National, VOR/RWY 15, Amdt 9
Washington, DC, Washington National, VOR/DME OR GPS RWY 15, Amdt 1
Baltimore, MD, Baltimore-Washington Intl, ILS RWY 33L, Amdt 7
Leonardtown, MD, St Marys County, VOR RWY 11, Amdt 4
Leonardtown, MD, St Marys County, VOR OR GPS RWY 29, Amdt 5
Morgantown, WV, Morgantown Muni-Walter L. Bill Hart Field, ILS RWY 
18, Amdt 11

* * * Effective January 30, 1997

Selma, AL, Craig Field, NDB OR GPS RWY 33, Amdt 3
Groveland, CA, Pine Mountain Lake, GPS RWY 9, Orig
Groveland, CA, Pine Mountain Lake, GPS RWY 27, Orig
Victorville, CA, Southern California Intl, ILS RWY 17, Amdt 1
Wilmington, DE, New Castle County, GPS RWY 27, Orig
Washington, DC, Washington Dulles Intl, VOR/DME OR TACAN RWY 12, 
Amdt 8
Taylorville, IL, Taylorville Muni, GPS RWY 18, Orig
La Porte, IN, La Porte Muni, GPS RWY 2, Orig
Glasgow, KY, Glasgow Muni, GPS RWY 25, Orig
Dexter, ME, Dexter Regional, GPS RWY 34, Orig
Oxford, ME, Osford County Regional, GPS RWY 33, Orig
Baltimore, MD, Baltimore-Washington Intl, VOR OR GPS RWY 28, Amdt 22
Mitchellville, MD, Freeway, VOR RWY 36, Orig
Pittsfield, MA, Pittsfield Muni, GPS RWY 8, Orig
Minneapolis, MN, Crystal, GPS RWY 13L, Orig
Norfolk, NE, Karl Stefan Memorial, GPS RWY 1, Orig
Belmar/Farmingdale, NJ Allaire, VOR OR GPS-A, Amdt 2
Wildwood, NJ, Cape May County, GPS RWY 10, Orig
Wildwood, NJ, Cape May County, VOR/DME RNAV OR GPS RWY 19, Amdt 6
Perkasie, PA, Pennridge, GPS RWY 8, Orig
Perkasie, PA, Pennridge, GPS RWY 26, Orig
Toughkenamon, PA, New Garden, VOR RWY 24, Amdt 7
Houston, TX, Ellington Field, GPS RWY 22, Orig

    Note: The FAA published the following procedure in Docket No. 
28702, Amdt No. 1757 to Part 97 of the Federal Aviation Regulations 
(VOL 61, FR No. 198) Page 53057 dated October 10, 1996 under Section 
97.23 effective December 5, 1996 which is hereby amended to read . . 
. PROPOSED December 5, 1996:

Ames, IA, Ames Muni, LOC RWY 1, Amdt 1, Cancelled
Ames, IA, Ames Muni, ILS RWY 1, Orig

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