[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 121 (Tuesday, June 24, 1997)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 33990-33992]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-16530]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 97

[Docket No. 28943; Amdt. No. 1804]
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 
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 airpsace 
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, 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 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 numbers 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 forms 
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

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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 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 June 13, 1997.
David E. Hanley,
Acting 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, 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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05/16/97.............  MI               Detroit.............  Detroit Metropolitan  FDC 7/2856              ILS Rwy 3R, Amdt 12A...                     
                                                               Wayne County.                                                                            
05/28/97.............  MI               Detroit.............  Detroit Metropolitan  FDC 7/3165              VOR or GPS Rwy 21R, Amdt 1A...              
                                                               Wayne County.                                                                            
05/29/97.............  NC               Greenville..........  Pitt-Greenville.....  FDC 7/3201              NDB Rwy 19, Amdt 14A...                     
05/29/97.............  NC               Greenville..........  Pitt-Greenville.....  FDC 7/3202              RNAV Rwy 25, Amdt 3...                      
05/30/97.............  VI               Christiansted.......  Henry E. Rohlsen....  FDC 7/3238              ILS Rwy 9, Amdt 5...                        
05/30/97.............  AK               Galena..............  Edward G. Pitka Sr..  FDC 7/3251              VOR or GPS Rwy 25, Amdt 9D...               
05/30/97.............  KS               Chanute.............  Chanute Martin        FDC 7/3242              VOR/DME RNAV or GPS Rwy 36, Amdt 3A...      
                                                               Johnson.                                                                                 
05/30/97.............  KS               Emporia.............  Emporia Muni........  FDC 7/3243              VOR/DME RNAV or GPS Rwy 19, Amdt 7...       
05/30/97.............  KS               Emporia.............  Emporia Muni........  FDC 7/3244              VOR or GPS-A, Amdt 12...                    
05/30/97.............  KS               Parsons.............  Tri-City............  FDC 7/3241              VOR/DME RNAV Rwy 35, Amdt 5A...             
05/30/97.............  TX               Huntsville..........  Huntsville Muni.....  FDC 7/3246              NDB or GPS Rwy 18, Orig...                  
05/30/97.............  TX               Huntsville..........  Huntsville Muni.....  FDC 7/3249              VOR/DME or GPS-A, Amdt 5...                 
06/03/97.............  AK               Anchorage...........  Anchorage Intl......  FDC 7/3341              NDB Rwy 6R, Amdt 6B...                      
06/03/97.............  AZ               Flagstaff...........  Flagstaff Pulliam...  FDC 7/3317              ILS/DME Rwy 21 Orig...                      
06/03/97.............  AZ               Flagstaff...........  Flagstaff Pulliam...  FDC 7/3314              VOR or GPS-A Amdt 3...                      
06/03/97.............  AZ               Flagstaff...........  Flagstaff Pulliam...  FDC 7/3315              GPS Rwy 21 Orig...                          
06/03/97.............  AZ               Flagstaff...........  Flagstaff Pulliam...  FDC 7/3316              VOR/DME Rwy 21 Orig...                      
06/03/97.............  AZ               Flagstaff...........  Flagstaff Pulliam...  FDC 7/3321              NDB/DME Rwy 21 Amdt 1...                    
06/03/97.............  KS               Olathe..............  New Century           FDC 7/3323              VOR or GPS-A, Amdt 4...                     
                                                               Aircenter.                                                                               
06/03/97.............  KS               Olathe..............  New Century           FDC 7/3325              ILS Rwy 35, Amdt 4...                       
                                                               Aircenter.                                                                               
06/03/97.............  KS               Olathe..............  New Century           FDC 7/3326              NDB or GPS Rwy 35, Amdt 4...                
                                                               Aircenter.                                                                               
06/03/97.............  MI               Ann Arbor...........  Ann Arbor Muni......  FDC 7/3329              RNAV Rwy 25, Amdt 6...                      
06/03/97.............  MI               Ann Arbor...........  Ann Arbor Muni......  FDC 7/3330              VOR or GPS Rwy 6, Amdt 13...                
06/03/97.............  MI               Ann Arbor...........  Ann Arbor Muni......  FDC 7/3331              VOR or GPS Rwy 24, Amdt 13...               
06/03/97.............  NC               Charlotte...........  Charlotte/Douglas     FDC 7/3340              ILS Rwy 18L Amdt 3...                       
                                                               Intl.                                                                                    
06/03/97.............  NC               Raleigh/Durham......  Raleigh-Durham Intl.  FDC 7/3336              ILS Rwy 5R Amdt 25A...                      
06/03/97.............  NC               Raleigh/Durham......  Raleigh-Durham Intl.  FDC 7/3337              ILS Rwy 5L Amdt 3B...                       
06/03/97.............  NC               Raleigh/Durham......  Raleigh-Durham Intl.  FDC 7/3338              ILS Rwy 23L Amdt 5C...                      
06/03/97.............  NC               Raleigh/Durham......  Raleigh-Durham Intl.  FDC 7/3339              ILS Rwy 23R Amdt 8A...                      
06/04/97.............  WI               Waukesha............  Waukesha County.....  FDC 7/3379              VOR or GPS-A, Amdt 15...                    

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06/04/97.............  IA               Dubuque.............  Dubuque Regional....  FDC 7/3383              ILS Rwy 31, Amdt 10B...                     
06/04/97.............  IA               Dubuque.............  Dubuque Regional....  FDC 7/3385              VOR or GPS Rwy 13, Amdt 8B...               
06/04/97.............  IA               Dubuque.............  Dubuque Regional....  FDC 7/3386              VOR Rwy 31, Amdt 11A...                     
06/04/97.............  IA               Dubuque.............  Dubuque Regional....  FDC 7/3387              VOR or GPS Rwy 36, Amdt 5B...               
06/04/97.............  IA               Dubuque.............  Dubuque Regional....  FDC 7/3388              NDB or GPS Rwy 31, Amdt 8A...               
06/04/97.............  MN               Minneapolis.........  Crystal.............  FDC 7/3381              VOR or GPS-A, Amdt 9A...                    
06/04/97.............  MN               Minneapolis.........  Flying Cloud........  FDC 7/3353              VOR or GPS Rwy 36, Amdt 11...               
06/04/97.............  MN               Minneapolis.........  Flying Cloud........  FDC 7/3354              VOR or GPS Rwy 9R, Amdt 7...                
06/04/97.............  MN               Minneapolis.........  Flying Cloud........  FDC 7/3355              ILS Rwy 9R, Amdt 1...                       
06/04/97.............  MN               Minneapolis.........  St Paul Downtown      FDC 7/3382              ILS Rwy 32, Amdt 3B...                      
                                                               Holman Field.                                                                            
06/04/97.............  WI               Oshkosh.............  Wittman Regional....  FDC 7/3369              GPS Rwy 27, Orig...                         
06/04/97.............  WI               Oskhosh.............  Wittman Regional....  FDC 7/3370              NDB or GPS Rwy 36, Amdt 5...                
06/04/97.............  WI               Oshkosh.............  Wittman Regional....  FDC 7/3371              VOR Rwy 36, Amdt 16...                      
06/04/97.............  WI               Oshkosh.............  Wittman Regional....  FDC 7/3372              VOR Rwy 9, Amdt 8A...                       
06/04/97.............  WI               Oshkosh.............  Wittman Regional....  FDC 7/3375              VOR or GPS Rwy 18, Amdt 6...                
06/04/97.............  WI               Oshkosh.............  Wittman Regional....  FDC 7/3376              ILS Rwy 36, Amdt 6...                       
06/04/97.............  WI               Oshkosh.............  Wittman Regional....  FDC 7/3377              LOC/DME BC Rwy 18, Amdt 5...                
06/04/97.............  WI               Waukesha............  Waukesha County.....  FDC 7/3380              NDB or GPS Rwy 28, Amdt 3...                
06/05/97.............  NE               Alliance............  Alliance Muni.......  FDC 7/3395              VOR Rwy 12, Amdt 2B...                      
06/05/97.............  IA               Dubuque.............  Dubuque Regional....  FDC 7/3407              LOC/DME BC Rwy 13, Amdt 4A...               
06/05/97.............  NE               Alliance............  Alliance Muni.......  FDC 7/3394              VOR Rwy 30, Amdt 1A...                      
06/05/97.............  NV               Battle Mountain.....  Battle Mountain.....  FDC 7/3409              VOR or GPS-A Amdt 3...                      
06/05/97.............  WI               Oshkosh.............  Wittman Regional....  FDC 7/3400              VOR Rwy 27, Amdt 4...                       
06/06/97.............  MS               West Point..........  McCaren Field.......  FDC 7/3439              RNAV or GPS Rwy 36 Amdt 3...                
06/06/97.............  MS               West Point..........  McCaren Field.......  FDC 7/3444              VOR or GPS-A Amdt 3...                      
06/06/97.............  SC               Newberry............  Newberry Muni.......  FDC 7/3438              NDB Rwy 22 Amdt 4...                        
06/09/97.............  AZ               Phoenix.............  Phoenix-Deer Valley   FDC 7/3475              GPS-A Orig...                               
                                                               Muni.                                                                                    
06/09/97.............  AZ               Tucson..............  Tucson Intl.........  FDC 7/3474              ILS Rwy 11L Amdt 12A...                     
06/10/97.............  IN               Anderson............  Anderson Municipal-   FDC 7/3521              VOR or GPS-A, Amdt 8...                     
                                                               Darlington Field.                                                                        
06/10/97.............  MI               West Branch.........  West Branch           FDC 7/3512              VOR Rwy 27, Orig-B...                       
                                                               Community.                                                                               
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