[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 152 (Friday, August 7, 1998)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 42224-42225]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-21179]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 97

[Amdt No. 1881; Docket No. 29293]
RIN 212-AH 65


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, 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: Donald P. Pate, Flight Procedure 
Standards Branch (AMCAFS-420), Flight Technologies and Programs 
Division, Flight Standards Service, Federal Aviation Administration, 
Mike Monroney Aeronautical Center, 6500 South MacArthur Blvd. Oklahoma 
City, OK. 73169 (Mail Address: P.O. Box 25082 Oklahoma City, OK. 73125) 
telephone: (405) 954-4164.

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 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 
(NFDC) 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 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

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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 24, 1998.
Richard O. Gordon,
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:


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; 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 13 August 1998

Fort Pierce, FL, St. Lucie County Intl, GPS RWY 9, Orig
Anderson, IN, Anderson Muni-Darlington Field, LOC RWY 30, Amdt 5A, 
CANCELLED
Gwinn, MI, Sawyer, NDB RWY 1, Orig
Gwinn, MI, Sawyer, NDB RWY 19, Orig
Gwinn, MI, Sawyer, ILS RWY 1, Orig
St Louis, MO, Spirit of St Louis, LOC RWY 26L, Amdt 4, CANCELLED
St Louis, MO, Spirit of St Louis, NDB OR GPS RWY 26L, Amdt 2
St Louis, MO, Spirit of St Louis, ILS RWY 26L, Orig

. . . Effective 10 September 1998

Oxnard, CA, Oxnard, VOR/DME OR GPS RWY 7, Orig, CANCELLED
Alexandria, LA, Alexandria Esler Regional, ILS RWY 26, Amdt 13
Kansas City, MO, Kansas City Intl, NDB RWY 19L, Orig
Portland, OR, Portland Intl, MLS RWY 28L, Orig, CANCELLED

. . . Effective 8 October 1998

Troy, AL, Troy Muni, RADAR-1, Amdt 7
Glode, AZ, San Carlos Apache, GPS RWY 27, Orig
Safford, AZ, Safford Muni, GPS RWY 12, Orig
Safford, AZ, Safford Muni, GPS RWY 30, Orig
Camarillo, CA, Camarillo, VOR RWY 26, Amdt 5
Merced, CA, Merced Muni/Macready Field, VOR RWY 30, Amdt 18
Merced, CA, Merced Muni/Macready Field, LOC BC RWY 12, Amdt 10
Merced, CA, Merced Muni/Macready Field, ILS RWY 30, Amdt 14
Cortez, CO, Cortez Muni, GPS RWY 3, Amdt 1
Cortez, CO, Cortez Muni, GPS RWY 21, Orig
Liberal, KS, Liberal Muni, VOR OR GPS RWY 3, Amdt 2
Liberal, KS, Liberal Muni, VOR/DME RWY 17, Amdt 3
Liberal, KS, Liberal Muni, VOR OR GPS RWY 35, Amdt 11
Liberal, KS, Liberal Muni, NDB RWY 35, Amdt 3
Liberal, KS, Liberal Muni, ILS RWY 35, Amdt 3
Natchitoches, LA, Natchitoches Regional, LOC RWY 34, Amdt 3
Fitchburg, MA, Fitchburg Muni, NDB-A, Amdt 3
Fitchburg, MA, Fitchburg Muni, NDB RWY 20, Amdt 4
West Plains, MO, West Plains Muni, VOR RWY 36, Orig
Livingston, MT, Mission Field, GPS RWY 22, Orig
Montauk, NY, Montauk, VOR OR GPS RWY 6, Amdt 3
Wharton, TX, Wharton Muni, VOR/DME OR GPS-A, Amdt 4
Wharton, TX, Wharton Muni, NDB RWY 14, Orig
Wharton, TX, Wharton Muni, NDB OR GPS RWY 14, Amdt 1, CANCELLED
Wharton, TX, Wharton Muni, NDB RWY 32, Orig
Wharton, TX, Wharton Muni, NDB OR GPS RWY 32, Amdt 1, CANCELLED
Walla Walla, WA, Walla Walla Regional, GPS RWY 2, Orig
Walla Walla, WA, Walla Walla Regional, GPS RWY 20, Orig

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