[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 48 (Thursday, March 12, 1998)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 11992-11994]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-6395]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 97

[Docket No. 29159; Amdt. No. 1856]
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

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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 
create 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 March 6, 1998.
Tom 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. 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:
    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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02/19/98...............  FL                 West Palm Beach.......  Palm Beach Intl.......       8/1103  ILS Rwy 9L, Amdt 22...                         
02/19/98...............  MN                 Madison...............  Madison-Lac Qui Parle        8/1108  NDB or GPS Rwy 31, Amdt 3...                   
                                                                     County.                                                                            
02/20/98...............  AK                 Nuiqsut...............  Nuiqsut...............       8/1126  GPS Rwy 22, Orig...                            
02/20/98...............  AK                 Nuiqsut...............  Nuiqsut...............       8/1127  GPS Rwy 4, Orig...                             
02/20/98...............  MI                 Detroit...............  Detroit Metropolitan         8/1138  ILS Rwy 27R, Amdt 10A...                       
                                                                     Wayne County.                                                                      
02/20/98...............  WI                 Baraboo...............  Baraboo Wisconsin            8/1140  VOR or GPS-A, Amdt 11...                       
                                                                     Dells.                                                                             
02/23/98...............  MO                 Sedalia...............  Sedalia Memorial......       8/1192  NDB Rwy 18, Amdt 7B...                         
                                                                                                         This Replaces Notan in TL98-06.                
02/23/98...............  NC                 Concord...............  Concord Regional......       8/1198  VOR/DME or GPS-A, Amdt 1...                    
02/23/98...............  NC                 Concord...............  Concord Regional......       8/1199  ILS Rwy 20, Orig...                            
02/23/98...............  SD                 Spearfish.............  Black Hills-Clyde Ice        8/1178  NDB or GPS-A, Orig-A...                        
                                                                     Field.                                                                             
02/23/98...............  SD                 Spearfish.............  Black Hills-Clyde Ice        8/1179  GPS Rwy 12, Orig-A...                          
                                                                     Field.                                                                             
02/24/98...............  LA                 Slidell...............  Slidell...............       8/1211  GPS Rwy 36, Orig-A...                          
02/24/98...............  NE                 Kearney...............  Kearney Muni..........       8/1227  VOR or GPS Rwy 13, Amdt 1...                   
02/24/98...............  NE                 Kearney...............  Kearney Numi..........       8/1228  VOR or GPS Rwy 18, Amdt 12...                  
02/24/98...............  NE                 Kearney...............  Kearney Muni..........       8/1229  VOR Rwy 36, Amdt 9B...                         
02/24/98...............  NE                 Kearney...............  Kearney Muni..........       8/1230  NDB Rwy 36, Amdt 4A...                         
02/25/98...............  GA                 Cartersville..........  Cartersville..........       8/1263  NDB or GPS Rwy 19, Amdt 3B...                  
02/25/98...............  GA                 Cartersville..........  Cartersville..........       8/1264  VOR/DME or GPS-A, Amdt 1...                    
02/25/98...............  LA                 Slidell...............  Slidell...............       8/1243  NDB Rwy 36, Orig-A...                          
02/25/98...............  NC                 Albemarle.............  Stanly County.........       8/1252  GPS Rwy 4 Orig...                              
02/25/98...............  NC                 Albemarle.............  Stanly County.........       8/1253  LOC Rwy 22 Orig-C...                           
02/25/98...............  NC                 Albemarle.............  Stanly County.........       8/1254  NDB or GPS Rwy 22 Orig...                      
02/25/98...............  TN                 Memphis...............  Memphis Intl..........       8/1265  ILS Rwy 36R (CAT I, II, III), Orig-A...        
02/26/98...............  AR                 Forrest City..........  Forrest City Mumi.....       8/1340  NDB Rwy 36, Amdt 4A...                         
02/26/98...............  FL                 Jacksonville..........  Jacksonville Intl.....       8/1320  ILS Rwy 25, Orig...                            
02/26/98...............  LA                 Hammond...............  Hammond Muni..........       8/1279  GPS Rwy 31, Orig...                            
02/26/98...............  VI                 St Thomas.............  Cyril E. King                8/1285  VOR-A Amdt 14B...                              
                                                                     (Charlotte Amalie).                                                                
02/27/98...............  AR                 Forrest City..........  Forrest City Mumi.....       8/1358  GPS Rwy 36, Orig-A...                          
02/27/98...............  MO                 Boonville.............  Jesse Viertel Memorial       8/1353  VOR or GPS-A, Amdt 4A...                       
02/27/98...............  MO                 Boonville.............  Jesse Viertel Memorial       8/1354  NDB or GPS Rwy 18, Amdt 9...                   
03/02/98...............  OH                 Youngstown............  Youngstown-Warren            8/1399  ILS Rwy 32, Amdt 25...                         
                                                                     Regional.                                                                          
03/02/98...............  TX                 San Antonio...........  San Antonio Intl......       8/1426  NDB or GPS Rwy 12R, Amdt 20A...                
03/03/98...............  TX                 Monahans..............  Roy Hurd Memorial.....       8/1443  GPS Rwy 12, Orig...                            
03/03/98...............  TX                 Monahans..............  Roy Hurd Memorial.....       8/1444  GPS Rwy 30, Orig...                            
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[FR Doc. 98-6395 Filed 3-11-98; 8:45 am]
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