[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 229 (Monday, November 30, 1998)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 65704-65705]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-31782]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 97

[Docket No. 29388; Amdt. No. 1900]
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 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: Availiability 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 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

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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 November 13, 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, 97.31, 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/DME, MLS/RNAV; 
Sec. 97.31 RADAR SIAPs; Sec. 97.33 RNAV SIAPs; and Sec. 97.35 COPTER 
SIAPs, identified as follows:

* * * Effective 3 December, 1998

Chino, CA, Chino, NDB OR GPS-C, Amdt 1, Cancelled
Riverside, CA, Riverside Muni, ILS RWY 9, Amdt 7
Kankakee, IL, Greater Kankakee, ILS RWY 4, Amdt 6
Louisville, KY, Louisville-Standiford Field, ILS RWY 17L, Amdt 2
Louisville, KY, Louisville-Standiford Field, ILS RWY 35L, Amdt 1
Louisville, KY, Louisville-Standiford Field, ILS RWY 35R, Amdt 2
New York, NY, LaGuardia, ILS RWY 13, Orig
New York, NY, Laguardia, ILS/DME RWY 13, Amdt 2A, Cancelled
Cleveland, OH, Burke Lakefront, LOC RWY 24R, Amdt 10, Cancelled
Cleveland, OH, Burke Lakefront, ILS RWY 24R, Orig
Austin, TX, Austin Executive Airpark, GPS RWY 18, Orig
Austin, TX, Austin Executive Airpark, VOR/DME RWY 18, Amdt 2, 
Cancelled
Austin, TX, Lakeway Airpark, VOR/DME-A, Orig
Austin, TX, Lakeway Airpark, VOR/DME OR GPS-C, Amdt 1, Cancelled
Austin, TX, Lakeway Airpark, GPS RWY 16, Orig
Austin, TX, Lakeway Airpark, VOR/DME RNAV OR GPS RWY 16, Amdt 1, 
Cancelled
Austin, TX, Robert Mueller Muni, VOR/DME OR TACAN OR GPS RWY 13R, 
Amdt 9, Cancelled
Austin, TX, Robert Mueller Muni, VOR/DME OR TACAN OR GPS RWY 17, 
Amdt 8, Cancelled
Austin, TX, Robert Mueller Muni, VOR/DME OR GPS RWY 31L, Orig, 
Cancelled
Austin, TX, Robert Mueller Muni, NDB RWY 31L, Amdt 33, Cancelled
Austin, TX, Robert Mueller Muni, ILS RWY 13R, Amdt 10
Austin, TX, Robert Mueller Muni, ILS RWY 13L, Amdt 33
Austin, TX, Robert Mueller Muni, GPS RWY 13R, Orig
Austin, TX, Robert Mueller Muni, GPS RWY 31L, Orig
Burnet, TX, Burnet Muni Kate Craddock Field, NDB RWY 1, Amdt 5
Burnet, TX, Burnet Muni Kate Craddock Field, GPS RWY 1, Amdt 1
Burnet, TX, Burnet Muni Kate Craddock Field, GPS RWY 19, Orig
Burnet, TX, Burnet Muni Kate Craddock Field, VOR/DME RNAV OR GPS RWY 
19, Amdt 3, Cancelled
College Station, TX, Easterwood Field, LOC BC RWY 16, Amdt 5
College Station, TX, Easterwood Field, ILS RWY 34, Amdt 11
College Station, TX, Easterwood Field, GPS RWY 10, Orig
College Station, TX, Easterwood Field, GPS RWY 34, Orig
Georgetown, TX, Georgetown Muni, NDB OR GPS RWY 18, Amdt 5
Giddings, TX, Giddings-Lee County, VOR/DME OR GPS-A, Amdt 3
Giddings, TX, Giddings-Lee County, VOR/DME RNAV OR GPS RWY 35, Amdt 
1
Lago Vista, TX, Lago Vista TX-Rusty Allen, GPS RWY 15, Orig
Lockhart, TX, Lockhart Muni, VOR/DME OR GPS RWY 18, Orig, Cancelled
New Braunfels, TX, New Braunfels Muni, GPS RWY 17, Amdt 1
San Antonio, TX, San Antonio Intl, NDB RWY 3, Amdt 38
San Antonio, TX, San Antonio Intl, NDB RWY 3, Amdt 18
San Marcos, TX, San Marcos Muni, VOR/DME OR GPS-A, Amdt 5, Cancelled
San Marcos, TX, San Marcos Muni, GPS RWY 12, Orig
Taylor, TX, Taylor Muni, VOR/DME RWY 17, Orig
Taylor, TX, Taylor Muni, VOR/DME OR GPS-A, Orig, Cancelled
Waco, TX, McGregor Muni, GPS RWY 15, Amdt 1

* * * Effective 31 December, 1998

Orlando, FL, Orlando Sanford, NDB RWY 27R, Orig
Joplin, MO, Joplin Regional, ILS/DME RWY 18, Orig

* * * Effective 28 January, 1999

Decatur, AL, Pryor Field Rngl, VOR OR GPS RWY 18, Amdt 12
Alma, GA, Bacon County, VOR OR GPS RWY 33, Amdt 7
Waynesville, MO, Waynesville Regional Airport at Forney Field, VOR 
RWY 14, Orig
Waynesville, MO, Waynesville Regional Airport at Forney Field, VOR 
RWY 32, Orig
Waynesville, MO, Waynesville Regional Airport at Forney Field, LOC 
RWY 14, Orig
Waynesville, MO, Waynesville Regional Airport at Forney Field, NDB/
DME RWY 14, Orig
Waynesville, MO, Waynesville Regional Airport at Forney Field, NDB 
RWY 32, Orig
Waynesville, MO, Waynesville Regional Airport at Forney Field, GPS 
RWY 14, Orig
Waynesville, MO, Waynesville Regional Airport at Forney Field, GPS 
RWY 32, Orig
Chambersburt, PA, Chambersburg Muni, GPS RWY 24, Orig
Reedsville, PA, Mifflin County, GPS RWY 24, Orig
Richmond, VA, Richmond Intl, VOR OR GPS RWY 16, Amdt 26
Richmond, VA, Richmond Intl, VOR RWY 20, Orig
Richmond, VA, Richmond Intl, VOR/DME RWY 20, Orig, Cancelled
Richmond, VA, Richmond Intl, VOR OR GPS RWY 25, Amdt 15
Richmond, VA, Richmond Intl, VOR RWY 34, Amdt 22
Saluda, VA, Hummel Field, GPS RWY 36, Orig
Lewisburg, WV, Greenbrier Valley, VOR OR GPS-A, Amdt 7, Cancelled

[FR Doc. 98-31782 Filed 11-27-98; 8:45 am]
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