[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 231 (Wednesday, December 2, 1998)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 66425-66427]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-32131]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 97

[Docket No. 29403; Amdt. No. 1903]
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 25083 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.

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    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 the 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 November 27, 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, MLSRNAV; 
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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11/10/98................  AL                  DOTHAN................  DOTHAN................     8/7974  ILS RWY 32, AMDT 7D...
11/12/98................  TN                  SHELBYVILLE...........  BOMAR FIELD-               8/8022  VOR/DME RNAV RWY 18, AMDT 3...
                                                                       SHELBYVILLE MUNI.
11/12/98................  TN                  SHELBYVILLE...........  BOMAR FIELD-               8/8023  VOR/DME RWY 18, AMDT 4...
                                                                       SHELBYVILLE MUNI.
11/12/98................  TN                  SHELBYVILLE...........  BOMAR FIELD-               8/8024  VOR RWY 18, AMDT 5...
                                                                       SHELBYVILLE MUNI.
11/12/98................  TN                  SHELBYVILLE...........  BOMAR FIELD-               8/8025  VOR RWY 36, AMDT 15...
                                                                       SHELBYVILLE MUNI.
11/13/98................  MN                  ST. PAUL..............  LAKE ELMO.............     8/8036  NDB OR GPS RWY 3, AMDT 3A...
11/16/98................  PA                  PITTSBURGH............  PITTSBURGH INTL.......     8/8065  VOR/DME OR GPS RWY 14, AMDT 1...
11/16/98................  SC                  PELION................  PELION CORPORATE......     8/8064  VOR OR GPS-A, AMDT 2...
11/17/98................  NC                  ASHEVILLE.............  ASHEVILLE REGIONAL....     8/8101  NDB OR GPS RWY 16, AMDT 15...
11/17/98................  NC                  ASHEVILLE.............  ASHEVILLE REGIONAL....     8/8103  NDB OR GPS RWY 34, AMDT 18...
11/17/98................  NC                  ASHEVILLE.............  ASHEVILLE REGIONAL....     8/8104  ILS RWY 34, AMDT 23A...
11/17/98................  NC                  ASHEVILLE.............  ASHEVILLE REGIONAL....     8/8105  ILS RWY 16, AMDT 3...
11/18/98................  MI                  TRAVERSE CITY.........  CHERRY CAPITAL........     8/8120  ILS RWY 28, AMDT 12A...
11/18/98................  NC                  ASHEVILLE.............  ASHEVILLE REGIONAL....     8/8121  RADAR-1, AMDT 5...
11/19/98................  UT                  SALT LAKE CITY........  SALT LAKE CITY INTL...     8/8140  ILS RWY 35, AMDT 1...
11/20/98................  FL                  CRESTVIEW.............  BOB SIKES.............     8/8161  VOR OR GPS-A, AMDT 11...
11/20/98................  SC                  ORANGEBURG............  ORANGEBURG MUNI.......     8/8159  VOR RWY 5, AMDT 4A...
11/20/98................  SC                  ORANGEBURG............  ORANGEBURG MUNI.......     8/8160  NDB OR GPS RWY 5, ORIG-A...
11/20/98................  SC                  ROCK HILL.............  ROCK HILL/YORK COUNTY/     8/8172  GPS RWY 2, ORIG-A...
                                                                       BRYANT FIELD.
11/20/98................  SC                  ROCK HILL.............  ROCK HILL/YORK COUNTY/     8/8173  VOR OR GPS-A, AMDT 9A...
                                                                       BRYANT FIELD.
11/20/98................  SC                  ROCK HILL.............  ROCK HILL/YORK COUNTY/     8/8174  GPS RWY 20, ORIG-A...
                                                                       BRYANT FIELD.
11/20/98................  SC                  ROCK HILL.............  ROCK HILL/YORK COUNTY/     8/8176  NDB RWY 2, ORIG-B
                                                                       BRYANT FIELD.
11/20/98................  WI                  RHINELANDER...........  RHINELANDER-ONIEDA         8/8178  ILS RWY 9, AMDT 6A...
                                                                       COUNTY.
11/23/98................  MN                  WINONA................  WINONA MUNI-MAX CONRAD     8/8209  GPS RWY 29, AMDT 1...
                                                                       FIELD.
11/23/98................  TX                  HOUSTON...............  GEORGE BUSH                8/8201  ILS RWY 14L, AMDT 11...
                                                                       INTERCONTINENTAL
                                                                       AIRPORT/HOUSTON.

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11/23/98................  TX                  HOUSTON...............  BEORGE BUSH                8/8204  VOR/DME RWY 14L, AMDT 15B...
                                                                       INTERCONTINENTAL
                                                                       AIRPORT/HOUSTON.
11/23/98................  TX                  HOUSTON...............  GEORGE BUSH                8/8207  GPS RWY 14L, ORIG-A...
                                                                       INTERCONTINENTAL
                                                                       AIRPORT/HOUSTON.
11/23/98................  TX                  HOUSTON...............  GEORGE BUSH                8/8211  VOR/DME OR GPS RWY 32R, AMDT 13B...
                                                                       INTERCONTINENTAL
                                                                       AIRPORT/HOUSTON.
11/23/98................  TX                  HOUSTON...............  GEORGE BUSH                8/8212  ILS RWY 32R, AMDT 10...
                                                                       INTERCONTINENTAL
                                                                       AIRPORT/HOUSTON.
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[FR Doc. 98-32131 Filed 12-1-98; 8:45 am]
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