[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 206 (Monday, October 26, 1998)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 57054-57056]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-28568]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 97

[Docket No. 29370; Amdt. No. 1896]
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:
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 date 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

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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 of 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 16, 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 Regulation (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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09/28/98...............  RI                 PROVIDENCE............  THEODORE FRANCIS GREEN       8/6860  ILS RWY 23 AMDT 4...
                                                                     STATE.
09/30/98...............  LA                 RUSTON................  RUSTON REGIONAL.......       8/6921  VOR/DME-A, ORIG...
09/30/98...............  LA                 RUSTON................  RUSTON REGIONAL.......       8/6922  NDB RWY 18, ORIG...
10/02/98...............  MO                 FARMINGTON............  FARMINGTON REGIONAL...       8/6957  NDB RWY 2, AMDT 2A...
10/02/98...............  MO                 FARMINGTON............  FARMINGTON REGIONAL...       8/6958  NDB OR GPS RWY 20, AMDT 2A...
10/02/98...............  MO                 FARMINGTON............  FARMINGTON REGIONAL...       8/6959  VOR/DME OR GPS-A, ORIG...
10/05/98...............  DE                 MIDDLETON.............  SUMMIT................       8/6996  GPS RWY 35 ORIG...
10/05/98...............  DE                 MIDDLETON.............  SUMMIT................       8/6997  VOR/DME RNAV RWY 35 AMDT 3...
10/05/98...............  DE                 MIDDLETON.............  SUMMIT................       8/6998  VOR OR GPS-B AMDT 1...
10/05/98...............  DE                 MIDDLETON.............  SUMMIT................       8/6999  NDB OR GPS-A AMDT 6...
10/07/98...............  KY                 LOUISVILLE............  LOUISVILLE INTL-             8/7035  GPS RWY 29 ORIG...
                                                                     STANDIFORD FIELD.
10/07/98...............  WI                 JUNEAU................  DODGE COUNTY..........       8/7036  LOC RWY 26, ORIG-A...
10/07/98...............  WI                 JUNEAU................  DODGE COUNTY..........       8/7037  NDB RWY 2, AMDT 10...
10/07/98...............  WI                 JUNEAU................  DODGE COUNTY..........       8/7038  NDB RWY 20, AMDT 8...
10/08/98...............  AR                 HOT SPRINGS...........  MEMORIAL FIELD........       8/7109  NDB RWY 5, AMDT 7...
10/08/98...............  CA                 SAN LUIS OBISPO.......  SAN LUIS OBISPO              8/7096  ILS RWY 11 ORIG...
                                                                     COUNTY--MCCHESNEY
                                                                     FIELD.
10/08/98...............  MS                 COLUMBUS--WEST POINT--  GOLDEN TRIANGLE              8/7087  VOR/DME OR GPS-E, AMDT 5...
                                             STARKVILLE.             REGIONAL.                           CORRECTS TL 98-22
10/08/98...............  TX                 DALLAS--FORT WORTH....  DALLAS--FORT WORTH           8/7082  ILS RWY 13R, AMDT 5...
                                                                     INTL.
10/08/98...............  TX                 DALLAS--FORT WORTH....  DALLAS--FORT WORTH           8/7083  CONVERGING ILS RWY 13R, AMDT 4A...
                                                                     INTL.
10/09/98...............  ME                 AUBURN--LEWISTON......  AUBURN--LEWISTON MUNI.       8/7140  VOR/DME OR GPS-A ORIG-A...
10/09/98...............  ME                 BANGOR................  BANGOR INTL...........       8/7139  VOR/DME RWY 15 AMDT 3...
10/09/98...............  ME                 BAR HARBOR............  HANCOCK COUNTY........       8/7137  LOC/DME BC RWY 4 AMDT 1A...

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10/09/98...............  ME                 WATERVILLE............  WATERVILLE ROBERT            8/7138  VOR/DME OR GPS RWY 5 AMDT 7A...
                                                                     LEFLEUR.
10/09/98...............  NY                 ANGOLA................  ANGOLA................       8/7144  GPS RWY 1 ORIG...
10/09/98...............  WI                 APPLETON..............  OUTAGAMIE COUNTY             8/7127  ILS RWY 3, AMDT 16B...
                                                                     REGIONAL.
10/09/98...............  WI                 APPLETON..............  OUTAGAMIE COUNTY             8/7128  ILS RWY 29, AMDT 2...
                                                                     REGIONAL.
10/09/98...............  WI                 APPLETON..............  OUTAGAMIE COUNTY             8/7129  VOR/DME OR GPS RWY 21, ORIG...
                                                                     REGIONAL.
10/09/98...............  WI                 APPLETON..............  OUTAGAMIE COUNTY             8/7132  VOR/DME RWY 3, AMDT 8A...
                                                                     REGIONAL.
10/09/98...............  WI                 APPLETON..............  OUTAGAMIE COUNTY             8/7133  NDB OR GPW RWY 3, AMDT 14B...
                                                                     REGIONAL.
10/09/98...............  WI                 APPLETON..............  OUTAGAMIE COUNTY             8/7134  LOC BC RWY 11, AMDT 1...
                                                                     REGIONAL.
10/09/98...............  WI                 APPLETON..............  OUTAGAMIE COUNTY             8/7135  LOC BC RWY 21, ORIG...
                                                                     REGIONAL.
10/09/98...............  WI                 APPLETON..............  OUTAGAMIE COUNTY             8/7136  NDB RWY 29, AMDT 1...
                                                                     REGIONAL.
10/09/98...............  WV                 MOUNDSILLE............  MARSHALL COUNTY.......       8/7145  VOR/DME OR GPS-A AMDT 1...
10/09/98...............  WV                 PETERSBURG............  GRANT COUNTY..........       8/7146  VOR/DME OR GPS-A AMDT 1...
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[FR Doc. 98-28568 Filed 10-23-98; 8:45 am]
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