[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 230 (Monday, December 1, 1997)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 63449-63450]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-31359]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 97

[Docket No. 29064; Amdt. No. 1836]
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 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 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, US 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 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 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 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 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 
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 November 14, 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

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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 Number                        SIAP                
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10/28/97....................  CO..............  Steamboat Springs..  Bob Adams Field.....  FDC 7/6975.............  VOR/DME-C, Amdt 1                   
10/28/97....................  FL..............  Melbourne..........  Melbourne Intl......  FDC 7/6995.............  GPS RWY 9L, Orig                    
10/28/97....................  PA..............  Clarion............  Clarion Co..........  FDC 7/6976.............  VOR OR GPS-A Amdt 1                 
10/28/97....................  PA..............  Clarion............  Clarion Co..........  FDC 7/6977.............  VOR/DME RNAV Rwy 6 Orig             
10/28/97....................  PA..............  Connellsville......  Connelsville........  FDC 7/6978.............  LOC Rwy 5 Amdt 2                    
10/29/97....................  PA..............  Kutztown...........  Kutztown............  FDC 7/6983.............  VOR-A Orig                          
10/29/97....................  PA..............  Erie...............  Erie Intl...........  FDC 7/7003.............  RADAR-1 Amdt 7                      
10/30/97....................  CO..............  Montrose...........  Montrose Regional...  FDC 7/7056.............  VOR/DME Rwy 13, Amdt 8A             
10/30/97....................  CO..............  Montrose...........  Montrose Regional...  FDC 7/7057.............  VOR Rwy 13, Amdt 7A                 
10/30/97....................  CO..............  Montrose...........  Montrose Regional...  FDC 7/7058.............  GPS Rwy 13, Orig                    
10/30/97....................  GA..............  Winder.............  Winder-Barrow.......  FDC 7/7044.............  VOR/DME RNAV OR GPS Rwy 23, Orig-A  
10/30/97....................  VA..............  Quinton............  Kent County.........  FDC 7/7048.............  VOR-A Orig                          
11/03/97....................  GA..............  Lawrenceville......  Gwinnett County-      FDC 7/7145.............  NDB or GPS Rwy 25 Orig-A            
                                                                      Briscoe Field.                                                                    
11/03/97....................  LA..............  Alexandria.........  Alexandria Intl.....  FDC 7/7082.............  ILS/DME Rwy 14, Amdt 1              
11/03/97....................  MS..............  Greenwood..........  Greenwood-Leflore...  FDC 7/7071.............  NDB OR GPS Rwy 18, Amdt 1           
11/03/97....................  MS..............  Greenwood..........  Greenwood-Leflore...  FDC 7/7074.............  RNAV RWY 18, Amdt 6                 
11/03/97....................  MS..............  Greenwood..........  Greenwood-Leflore...  FDC 7/7076.............  RNAV OR GPS Rwy 36, Amdt 3          
11/05/97....................  AK..............  Anchorage..........  Anchorage Intl......  FDC 7/7208.............  ILS Rwy 6R, Amdt 11                 
11/05/97....................  GA..............  Hampton............  Clayton County-Tara   FDC 7/7193.............  VOR/DME-A Orig                      
                                                                      Field.                                                                            
11/05/97....................  GA..............  Lawrenceville......  Gwinnett County-      FDC 7/7148.............  ILS RWY 25, Amdt 1                  
                                                                      Brisco Field.                                                                     
11/05/97....................  IA..............  Ankeny.............  Ankeny Regional.....  FDC 7/7212.............  NDB-A, Orig                         
11/06/97....................  CA..............  Merced.............  Merced Muni-Macready  FDC 7/7271.............  LOC BC Rwy 12 Amdt 9                
                                                                      Field.                                                                            
11/06/97....................  CA..............  Merced.............  Merced Muni-Macready  FDC 7/7273.............  ILS Rwy 30 Amdt 13                  
                                                                      Field.                                                                            
11/06/97....................  CA..............  Merced.............  Merced Muni-Macready  FDC 7/7275.............  VOR or GPS Rwy 30 Amdt 17           
                                                                      Field.                                                                            
11/06/97....................  IL..............  Belleville.........  MidAmerica Airport..  FDC 7/7234.............  ILS Rwy 14R, Orig-A                 
11/06/97....................  MI..............  Grand Rapids.......  Kent County Intl....  FDC 7/7243.............  VOR Rwy 17, Orig                    
11/06/97....................  MS..............  Clarksdale.........  Clarksdale/Fletcher   FDC 7/7231.............  PS Rwy 18, Orig                     
                                                                      Field.                                                                            
11/06/97....................  ND..............  Devils Lake........  Devils Lake Muni....  FDC 7/7233.............  ILS Rwy 31, Orig                    
11/06/97....................  TX..............  Dallas-Fort Worth..  Dallas-Fort Worth     FDC 7/7253.............  Converging ILS Rwy 36L, Amdt 3      
                                                                      Intl.                                                                             
11/06/97....................  TX..............  Dallas-Fort Worth..  Dallas-Fort Worth     FDC 7/7254.............  ILS Rwy 36L, Amdt 5                 
                                                                      Intl.                                                                             
11/06/97....................  TX..............  Dallas Fort-Worth..  Dallas-Fort Worth     FDC 7/7255.............  ILS Rwy 36R, Amdt 2                 
                                                                      Intl.                                                                             
11/06/97....................  TX..............  Dallas Fort-Worth..  Dallas-Fort Worth     FDC 7/7256.............  Converging ILS Rwy 36R, Amdt 1      
                                                                      Intl.                                                                             
11/06/97....................  WA..............  Spokane............  Felts Field.........  FDC 7/7262.............  ILS/DME Rwy 21R, Orig               
11/07/97....................  AL..............  Tuscaloosa.........  Tuscaloosa Muni.....  FDC 7/7297.............  NDB or GPS Rwy 4 Amdt 10            
11/07/97....................  AL..............  Tuscaloosa.........  Tuscaloosa Muni.....  FDC 7/7298.............  VOR or TACAN Rwy 4 Amdt 11          
11/07/97....................  AL..............  Tuscaloosa.........  Tuscaloosa Muni.....  FDC 7/7299.............  ILS Rwy 4 Amdt 14                   
11/07/97....................  AL..............  Tuscaloosa.........  Tuscaloosa Muni.....  FDC 7/7300.............  VOR or TACAN or GPS Rwy 22 Amdt 13  
11/07/97....................  IN..............  Angola.............  Tri-State Steuben...  FDC 7/7292.............  NDB Rwy 5, Amdt 6                   
11/07/97....................  MS..............  Greenwood..........  Greenwood-Leflore...  FDC 7/7313.............  ILS Rwy 18 Amdt 5                   
11/07/97....................  MS..............  Greenwood..........  Greenwood-Leflore...  FDC 7/7314.............  VOR or GPS Rwy 5 Amdt 10            
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[FR Doc. 97-31359 Filed 11-28-97; 8:45 am]
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