[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 197 (Tuesday, October 13, 1998)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 54573-54575]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-27362]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 97

[Docket No. 29358; Amdt. No. 1894]
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, 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 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

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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 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 October 2, 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. 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 No.                   SIAP
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09/16/98.......  IL          Belleville.......  Scott AFB/        FDC 8/6603         GPS RWY 14R, ORIG...
                                                 Midamerica.
09/16/98.......  IL          Belleville.......  Scott AFB/        FDC 8/6615         ILS RWY 14R, ORIG-B...
                                                 Midamerica.
09/16/98.......  NC          Wilmington.......  Wilmington Intl.  FDC 8/6621         ILS RWY 35 AMDT 20A...
09/16/98.......  NC          Wilmington.......  Wilmington Intl.  FDC 8/6622         LOC BC RWY 17 AMDT 6A...
09/16/98.......  NC          Wilmington.......  Wilmington Intl.  FDC 8/6623         NDB OR GPS RWY 35 AMDT
                                                                                      16B...
09/16/98.......  NC          Wilmington.......  Wilmington Intl.  FDC 8/6624         RADAR-1 AMDT 6A...
09/21/98.......  MN          Minneapolis......  Crystal.........  FDC 8/6722         GPS RWY 13L, ORIG-A...
09/23/98.......  FL          Pensacola........  Pensacola         FDC 8/6760         NDB OR GPS RWY 17, ORIG-
                                                 Regional.                            A...
09/24/98.......  FL          Pensacola........  Pensacola         FDC 8/6783         ILS RWY 17, AMDT 13D...
                                                 Regional.
09/24/98.......  FL          Pensacola........  Pensacola         FDC 8/6784         NDB OR GPS RWY 35, AMDT
                                                 Regional.                            16...
09/25/98.......  FL          Jacksonville.....  Jacksonville      FDC 8/6811         NDB RWY 13 ORIG-A...
                                                 Intl.
09/25/98.......  MS          Columbus-West      Golden Triangle   FDC 8/6817         VOR OR GPS-D, AMDT 5...
                              Point-Starkville.  Regional.
09/25/98.......  MS          Columbus-West      Golden Triangle   FDC 8/6818         ILS RWY 18, AMDT 6A...
                              Point-Starkville.  Regional.

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09/25/98.......  MS          Columbus-West      Golden Triangle   FDC 8/6827         VOR/DME OR GPS-E, AMDT 5...
                              Point-Starkville.  Regional.
09/28/98.......  RI          Providence.......  Theodore Francis  FDC 8/6858         ILS RWY 5, AMDT 16, ILS RWY
                                                 Green State.                         5 (CAT II), AMDT 16...
09/28/98.......  RI          Providence.......  Theodore Francis  FDC 8/6862         VOR RWY 5, AMDT 13...
                                                 Green State.
09/28/98.......  RI          Providence.......  Theodore Francis  FDC 8/6864         NDB RWY 5, AMDT 15...
                                                 Green State.
09/28/98.......  RI          Providence.......  Theodore Francis  FDC 8/6866         VOR/DME or GPS RWY 23, AMDT
                                                 Green State.                         6A...
09/29/98.......  MI          Alma.............  Gratiot           FDC 8/6906         SDF RWY 9, AMDT 7...
                                                 Community.
09/29/98.......  MS          Gulfport.........  Gulfport-Biloxi   FDC 8/6883         NDB RWY 14, AMDT 11...
                                                 Regional.
09/29/98.......  MS          Gulfport.........  Gulfport-Biloxi   FDC 8/6885         VOR RWY 14, AMDT 21...
                                                 Regional.
09/29/98.......  MS          Gulfport.........  Gulfport-Biloxi   FDC 8/6886         VOR/DME OR TACAN OR GPS RWY
                                                 Regional.                            32, AMDT 2...
09/29/98.......  MS          Gulfport.........  Gulfport-Biloxi   FDC 8/6887         VOR/DME OR TACAN OR GPS RWY
                                                 Regional.                            14, AMDT 2...
09/29/98.......  MS          Gulfport.........  Gulfport-Biloxi   FDC 8/6888         ILS RWY 32, AMDT 3...
                                                 Regional.
09/29/98.......  MS          Gulfport.........  Gulfport-Biloxi   FDC 8/6889         ILS RWY 14, AMDT 13...
                                                 Regional.
09/29/98.......  MS          Gulfport.........  Gulfport-Biloxi   FDC 8/6892         VOR RWY 32, AMDT 20...
                                                 Regional.
09/29/98.......  SC          Loris............  Twin City.......  FDC 8/6899         VOR/DME-A, AMDT 2...
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