[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 188 (Tuesday, September 29, 1998)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 51817-51819]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-25874]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 97

[Docket No. 29344; Amdt. No. 1892]
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.
    Incorproation 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:
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 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 Aviation's 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 canceled.
    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 FA 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 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

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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 September 18, 1998.
Richard O. Gordon,
Acting Director, Flight Standards Service.

Adoption of the Amendment

    Accordingly, pursuant to the authority delegated to me, part 907 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; 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 SIAP           State               City                 Airport                FDC No.                             SIAP
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08/20/98.............  GA               Atlanta.............  Fulton County         8/5919                  ILS Rwy 8 Amdt 15C...
                                                               Airport--Brown
                                                               Field.
09/02/98.............  MD               Westminster.........  Clearview Airpark...  8/6250                  VOR or GPS-A Amdt 3...
09/02/98.............  NJ               Pittstown...........  Alexandria..........  8/6249                  VOR or GPS Rwy 8 Amdt 1...
09/03/98.............  AK               Kenai...............  Kenai Muni..........  8/6285                  VOR Rwy 19 Amdt 16...
09/03/98.............  AK               Kenai...............  Kenai Muni..........  8/6286                  VOR/DME Rwy 1 Amdt 5...
09/03/98.............  AK               Kenai...............  Kenai Muni..........  8/6287                  ILS Rwy 19 Amdt 6...
09/03/98.............  AK               Kenai...............  Kenai Muni..........  8/6288                  GPS Rwy 19 Orig...
09/03/98.............  AK               Kenai...............  Kenai Muni..........  8/6289                  GPS Rwy 1 Orig...
09/03/98.............  OH               Wapakoneta..........  Neil Armstrong......  8/6277                  LOC Rwy 26 Amdt 3A...
09/03/98.............  TX               Dallas-Fort Worth...  Dallas-Fort Worth     8/6292                  Converging ILS Rwy 17C, Amdt 4...
                                                               Intl.
09/03/98.............  TX               Dallas-Fort Worth...  Dallas-Fort Worth     8/6293                  ILS Rwy 18R, Amdt 5...
                                                               Intl.
09/03/98.............  TX               Dallas-Fort Worth...  Dallas-Fort Worth     8/6294                  Converging ILS Rwy 13R, Amdt 4...
                                                               Intl.
09/03/98.............  TX               Dallas-Fort Worth...  Dallas-Fort Worth     8/6295                  Converging ILS Rwy 17R, Amdt 5...
                                                               Intl.
09/03/98.............  TX               Dallas-Fort Worth...  Dallas-Fort Worth     8/6296                  Converging ILS Rwy 18L, Amdt 3...
                                                               Intl.
09/03/98.............  TX               Dallas-Fort Worth...  Dallas-Fort Worth     8/6299                  ILS Rwy 31R, Amdt 9...
                                                               Intl.
09/03/98.............  TX               Dallas-Fort Worth...  Dallas-Fort Worth     8/6300                  Converging ILS Rwy 18R, Amdt 3A...
                                                               Intl.
09/03/98.............  TX               Dallas-Fort Worth...  Dallas-Fort Worth     8/6301                  Converging ILS Rwy 31R, Amdt 3A...
                                                               Intl.
09/03/98.............  TX               Dallas-Fort Worth...  Dallas-Fort Worth     8/6302                  Converging ILS Rwy 35L, Amdt 1...
                                                               Intl.
09/03/98.............  TX               Dallas-Fort Worth...  Dallas-Fort Worth     8/6306                  Converging ILS Rwy 36L, Amdt 3A...
                                                               Intl.
09/03/98.............  TX               Fort Worth..........  Fort Worth Alliance.  8/6297                  ILS Rwy 16L, Amdt 4...
09/03/98.............  TX               Fort Worth..........  Fort Worth Alliance.  8/6298                  ILS Rwy 34R, Amdt 3...
09/09/98.............  NE               Norfolk.............  Karl Stefan Memorial  8/6427                  ILS Rwy 1, Amdt 4A...
09/09/98.............  TX               Dallas-Fort Worth...  Dallas-Fort Worth     8/6420                  Converging ILS Rwy 35C, Amdt 4...
                                                               Intl.
09/09/98.............  TX               Dallas-Fort Worth...  Dallas-Fort Worth     8/6421                  Converging ILS Rwy 36R, Amdt 1A...
                                                               Intl.
09/09/98.............  TX               Dallas-Fort Worth...  Dallas-Fort Worth     8/6422                  ILS Rwy 35C, Amdt 6A...
                                                               Intl.
09/10/98.............  AK               Atqasuk.............  Atqasuk Edward        8/6461                  GPS Rwy 6, Orig...
                                                               Burnell Sr.
                                                               Memorial.
09/10/98.............  FL               Ormond Beach........  Ormond Beach Muni...  8/6457                  Radar-1, Amdt 2A...
09/10/98.............  TX               Dallas-Fort Worth...  Dallas-Fort Worth     8/6470                  NDB or GPS Rwy 17R, Amdt 7...
                                                               Intl.
09/10/98.............  TX               Dallas-Fort Worth...  Dallas-Fort Worth     8/6471                  NBD or GPS Rwy 35C, Amdt 9...
                                                               Intl.

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09/11/98.............  LA               Slidell.............  Slidell.............  8/6493                  VOR/DME or GPS Rwy 18, Amdt 3...
09/11/98.............  LA               Slidell.............  Slidell.............  8/6494                  NDB Rwy 18, Amdt 1A...
09/16/98.............  IL               Belleville..........  Scott AFB/Mid-        8/6603                  GPS Rwy 14R, Orig...
                                                               America.
09/16/98.............  IL               Belleville..........  Scott AFB/Mid-        8/6615                  ILS Rwy 14R, Orig-B...
                                                               America.
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[FR Doc. 98-25874 Filed 9-28-98; 8:45 am]
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