[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 248 (Tuesday, December 24, 1996)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 67706-67708]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-32691]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
14 CFR Part 97

[Docket No. 28758; Amdt. No. 1772]


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, 1992.

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 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.
    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 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 December 13, 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:

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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, 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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11/27/96.......  OH          Covington/         Cincinnati/       FDC 6/8866         ILS Rwy 36L, Amdt 37...    
                              Cincinnati.        Northern                                                       
                                                 Kentucky Intl.                                                 
11/28/96.......  CA          Oakland..........  Metropolitan      FDC 6/8892         GPS Rwy 11, Orig...        
                                                 Oakland Intl.                                                  
11/28/96.......  CO          Rifle............  Garfield County   FDC 6/8880         LOC/DME-A, Amdt 5A...      
                                                 Regional.                                                      
11/28/96.......  MI          Holland..........  Tulip City......  FDC 6/8875         VOR or GPS-A, Amdt 10A...  
11/28/96.......  MI          Holland..........  Tulip City......  FDC 6/8876         ILS/DME Rwy 26, Orig...    
11/28/96.......  MI          Holland..........  Tulip City......  FDC 6/8877         VOR/DME RNAV or GPS Rwy 26,
                                                                                      Amdt 5...                 
11/28/96.......  MI          Holland..........  Tulip City......  FDC 6/8878         VOR/DME RNAV or GPS Rwy 8, 
                                                                                      Amdt 2...                 
12/05/96.......  FL          Stuart...........  Stuart/Witham     FDC 6/9024         GPS Rwy 11 Orig...         
                                                 Field.                                                         
12/05/96.......  ID          Idaho Falls......  Fanning Field...  FDC 6/9058         ILS Rwy 20, Amdt 11...     
12/05/96.......  LA          Baton Rouge......  Baton Rouge       FDC 6/9033         VOR or GPS Rwy 4L, Amdt    
                                                 Metropolitan/                        16...                     
                                                 Ryan Field.                                                    
12/05/96.......  LA          Baton Rouge......  Baton Rouge       FDC 6/9034         VOR/DME Rwy 22R, Amdt 8... 
                                                 Metropolitan/                                                  
                                                 Ryan Field.                                                    
12/05/96.......  LA          Bogalusa.........  George R. Carr    FDC 6/9048         GPS Rwy 36, Orig...        
                                                 Memorial                                                       
                                                 Airfield.                                                      
12/05/96.......  LA          Grand Isle.......  Grand Isle        FDC 6/9047         NDB or GPS-B, Amdt 9...    
                                                 Seaplane Base.                                                 
12/05/96.......  LA          Hammond..........  Hammond Muni....  FDC 6/9037         VOR Rwy 18, Amdt 2B...     
12/05/96.......  LA          Hammond..........  Hammond Muni....  FDC 6/9038         NDB or GPS Rwy 18, Amdt    
                                                                                      2...                      
12/05/96.......  LA          Hammond..........  Hammond Muni....  FDC 6/9039         ILS Rwy 18, Amdt 2A...     
12/05/96.......  LA          Houma............  Houma-Terrebonne  FDC 6/9049         VOR/DME or GPS Rwy 30, Amdt
                                                                                      11A...                    
12/05/96.......  LA          Lafayette........  LaFayette         FDC 6/9046         VOR/DME Rwy 11, Amdt 1A... 
                                                 Regional.                                                      
12/05/96.......  LA          New Orleans......  New Orleans Intl  FDC 6/9020         ILS Rwy 1, Amdt 16...      
                                                 (Moisant Field).                                               
12/05/96.......  LA          New Orleans......  New Orleans Intl  FDC 6/9021         ILS Rwy 10, Amdt 2...      
                                                 (Moisant Field).                                               
12/05/96.......  LA          New Orleans......  New Orleans Intl  FDC 6/9022         NDB OR GPS Rwy 10, Rwy     
                                                 (Moisant Field).                     26...                     
12/05/96.......  LA          Slidell..........  Slidell.........  FDC 6/9045         GPS Rwy 36, Orig...        
12/05/96.......  MI          Iron Mountain/     Ford............  FDC 6/9069         ILS Rwy 1, Amdt 10...      
                              Kingsford.                                                                        
12/05/96.......  MO          Kansas City......  Richards-Gebaur   FDC 6/9035         ILS Rwy 1, Amdt 4...       
                                                 Memorial.                                                      
12/05/96.......  OK          Antlers..........  Antlers Muni....  FDC 6/9043         GPS Rwy 35, Orig...        
12/05/96.......  OK          Muskogee.........  Davis Field.....  FDC 6/9041         GPS Rwy 4, Orig...         
12/05/96.......  OR          Ok GPS Rwy IL....  Richard Lloyd     FDC 6/9042         ...                        
                                                 Jones Jr. Tulsa.                                               
12/05/96.......  TN          Memphis..........  Memphis Intl....  FDC 6/9001         VOR or GPS Rwy 27, Amdt    
                                                                                      1A...                     
12/05/96.......  TN          Memphis..........  Memphis Intl....  FDC 6/9002         ILS Rwy 36C, Amdt 10B...   
12/05/96.......  TN          Memphis..........  Memphis Intl....  FDC 6/9065         ILS Rwy 18C, Amdt 7C...    
12/06/96.......  AZ          Phoenix..........  Williams Gateway  FDC 6/9134         ILS Rwy 30C, Orig-B...     
12/06/96.......  AZ          Phoenix..........  Williams Gateway  FDC 6/9136         VOR or TACAN or GPS Rwy    
                                                                                      30C, Orig-A...            
12/06/96.......  KS          Salina...........  Salina Muni.....  FDC 6/9108         NDB or GPS Rwy 35, Amdt    
                                                                                      16...                     
12/06/96.......  KS          Salina...........  Salina Muni.....  FDC 6/9109         ILS Rwy 35, Amdt 18...     
12/06/96.......  KS          Salina...........  Salina Muni.....  FDC 6/9111         VOR or GPS Rwy 17, Orig... 

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12/06/96.......  MI          Boyne Falls......  Boyne Mountain..  FDC 6/9122         NDB or GPS-A Amdt 6...     
12/06/96.......  OH          Columbus.........  Port Columbus     FDC 6/9114         ILS Rwy 10L, Amdt 16...    
                                                 Intl.                                                          
12/09/96.......  LA          Hammond..........  Hammond Muni....  FDC 6/9178         VOR Rwy 31, Amdt 3B...     
12/10/96.......  MN          Rochester........  Rochester Intl..  FDC 6/9235         ILS Rwy 13, Amdt 5...      
12/10/96.......  NC          Burlington.......  Burlington-       FDC 6/9231         VOR or GPS Rwy 10, Amdt    
                                                 Alamance                             7...                      
                                                 Regional.                                                      
12/10/96.......  NC          Fayetteville.....  Fayetteville      FDC 6/9206         VOR or GPS Rwy 22, Amdt    
                                                 Regional/                            4...                      
                                                 Grannis Field.                                                 
12/10/96.......  NE          McCook...........  McCook Muni.....  FDC 6/9219         VOR or GPS Rwy 21, Amdt    
                                                                                      4...                      
12/10/96.......  NE          McCook...........  McCook Muni.....  FDC 6/9220         VOR Rwy 12, Amdt 11...     
12/10/96.......  NE          McCook...........  McCook Muni.....  FDC 6/9221         GPS Rwy 12, Orig...        
12/10/96.......  NE          McCook...........  McCook Muni.....  FDC 6/9222         VOR or GPS Rwy 30, Amdt    
                                                                                      10...                     
12/10/96.......  OR          Portland.........  Portland Intl...  FDC 6/9217         ILS Rwy 10R CAT II and CAT 
                                                                                      III, Amdt 30A...          
12/11/96.......  CA          Oakland..........  Metropolitan      FDC 6/9289         ILS Rwy 29, Amdt 23...     
                                                 Oakland Intl.                                                  
12/11/96.......  MA          Tewksbury........  TEW-MAC.........  FDC 6/9279         NDB or GPS-A, Amdt 4...    
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[FR Doc. 96-32691 Filed 12-23-96; 8:45 am]
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