[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 148 (Friday, August 1, 1997)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 41269-41270]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-20291]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 97

[Docket No. 28981; Amdt. No. 1810]
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 change sin 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

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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 aeronautcial 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 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 25, 1997.
Thomas E. Stuckey,
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. 106(g), 40103, 40113, 40120, 44701; and 14 
CFR 11.49(b)(2).

    2. Part 97 is amended to read as follows:
    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 August 14, 1997

Birmingham, AL, Birmingham Intl, LOC RWY 23, AMDT 5, Cancelled
Birmingham, AL, Birmingham Intl, LOC RWY 18, Orig
Birmingham, AL, Birmingham Intl, ILS RWY 23, Orig

* * * Effective September 11, 1997

Wrangell, AK, Wrangell, GPS-A, Orig
Murrieta/Temecula, CA, French Valley, GPS RWY 18, Orig
Monte Vista, CO, Monte Vista Muni, GPS RWY 20, Orig
Oxford, CT, Waterbury-Oxford, ILS RWY 36, Amdt 11
Windsor Locks, CT, Bradley Intl, VOR OR TACAN RWY 6, Orig
Windsor Locks, CT, Bradley Intl, VOR OR TACAN RWY 15, Amdt 2
Windsor Locks, CT, Bradley Intl, VOR OR TACAN RWY 24, Orig
Windsor Locks, CT, Bradley Intl, VOR OR TACAN RWY 33, Orig
Windsor Locks, CT, Bradley Intl, NDB or GPS RWY 6, Amdt 28
Windsor Locks, CT, Bradley Intl, COPTER ILS 058, Amdt 2
Windsor Locks, CT, Bradley Intl, ILS RWY 6, Amdt 34
Windsor Locks, CT, Bradley Intl, ILS RWY 24, Amdt 8
Windsor Locks, CT, Bradley Intl, ILS RWY 33, Amdt 7
Windsor Locks, CT, Bradley Intl, GPS RWY 15, Amdt 3
Marco Island, FL, Marco Island, LOC RWY 17, Orig
Brunswick, GA, Glynco Jetport, VOR/DME OR GPS-B, Amdt 7
Brunswick, GA, Glynco Jetport, NDB OR GPS RWY 7, Amdt 10
Brunswick, GA, Glynco Jetport, ILS RWY 7, Amdt 8
Bangor, ME, Bangor Intl, ILS RWY 15, Amdt 5
Baltimore, MD, Baltimore-Washington Intl, ILS RWY 10, Amdt 16
Jefferson City, MO, Jefferson City Meml, NDB RWY 12, Amdt 2
Jefferson City, MO, Jefferson City Meml, NDB RWY 30, Orig
Jefferson City, MO, Jefferson City Meml, ILS RWY 30, Amdt 4
Grants NM, Grants-Milan Muni, GPS RWY 31, Orig
Olean, NY, Chattaraugus County-Olean, NDB RWY 22, Amdt 12
Grand Forks, ND, Grand Forks Intl, VOR OR GPS RWY 17R, Amdt 5
Grand Forks, ND, Grand Forks Intl, VOR OR GPS RWY 35L, Amdt 6
Grand Forks, ND, Grand Forks Intl, LOC BC RWY 17R, Amdt 11
Grand Forks, ND, Grand Forks Intl, ILS RWY 35L, Amdt 10
Philipsburg, PA, Mid-State, VOR RWY 24, Amdt 15
Philipsburg, PA, Mid-State, ILS RWY 16, Amdt 6
Canadian, TX, Hemphill County, GPS RWY 4, Orig
Canadian, TX, Hemphill County, GPS RWY 22, Orig
Pennington Gap, VA, Lee County, NDB or GPS-A, Amdt 2, Cancelled

* * * Effective November 6, 1997

Silver Bay, MN, Silver Bay Muni, GPS RWY 25, Orig

    Note: The FAA published the following procedure in Docket No. 
28942, Amdt No. 1803 to Part 97 of the Federal Aviation Regulations 
(Vol 62, No. 121, page 33993, dated Tuesday, June 24, 1997) under 
Section 97.33 effective September 11, 1997, which is hereby 
rescinded:

San Martin, CA, South County Arpt of Santa Clara County, GPS RWY 32, 
Orig

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