[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 77 (Thursday, April 22, 1999)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 19697-19700]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-10085]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 97

[Docket No. 29544; Amdt. No. 1927]


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 20951; 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,

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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 advantage 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 is 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 NOTAMs 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 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 April 16, 1999.
L. Nicholas Lacey,
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 and 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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03/16/99.......  VA          Norfolk..........  Norfolk Intl....  FDC 9/1576         NDB Rwy 5 ORIG...
03/24/99.......  GA          Savannah.........  Savannah Intl...  FDC 9/1750         MLS Rwy 27, ORIG-A...
03/30/99.......  UT          Milford..........  Milford Muni....  FDC 9/2079         VOR OR GPS-A AMDT 3...
04/01/99.......  MO          Kaiser/Lake Ozark  Lee Co. Fine      FDC 9/2118         LOC/DME Rwy 21, AMDT 1...
                                                 Memorial.
04/01/99.......  MO          St. Louis........  Lambert-St.       FDC 9/2125         ILS Rwy 6, ORIG-A...
                                                 Louis Intl.
04/02/99.......  KS          Olathe...........  New Century       FDC 9/2161         NDB OR GPS Rwy 35, AMDT
                                                 Aircenter.                           4A...
04/02/99.......  MI          Hancock..........  Houghton City     FDC 9/2179         LOC/DME BC Rwy 13, AMDT
                                                 Memorial.                            11...
04/02/99.......  MI          Holland..........  Tulip City......  FDC 9/2180         ILS/DME Rwy 26 ORIG-A...

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04/02/99.......  MO          Kirksville.......  Kirksville        FDC 9/2175         LOC/DME Rwy 36, AMDT 6...
                                                 Regional.
04/02/99.......  MO          Sikeston.........  Sikeston          FDC 9/2178         VOR/DME OR GPS Rwy 2, AMDT
                                                 Memorial Muni.                       1A...
04/02/99.......  NC          Jacksonville.....  Albert J. Ellis.  FDC 9/2171         ILS RWY 5 AMDT 7A...
04/02/99.......  NJ          Linden...........  Linden..........  FDC 9/2185         GPS-A ORIG...
04/02/99.......  PA          Pittsburgh.......  Pittsburgh Intl.  FDC 9/2172         ILS Rwy 28L AMDT 6A...
04/06/99.......  MN          Motley...........  Morey's.........  FDC 9/2270         NDB OR GPS Rwy 9, AMDT 1...
04/07/99.......  NY          Syracuse.........  Syracuse Hancock  FDC 9/2299         GPS Rwy 32 ORIG...
                                                 Intl.
04/07/99.......  NY          Syracuse.........  Syracuse Hancock  FDC 9/2300         GPS Rwy 28 ORIG...
                                                 Intl.
04/07/99.......  NY          Syracuse.........  Syracuse Hancock  FDC 9/2302         GPS Rwy 14 ORIG...
                                                 Intl.
04/07/99.......  NY          Syracuse.........  Syracuse Hancock  FDC 9/2303         VOR Rwy AMDT 22...
                                                 Intl.
04/07/99.......  NY          Syracuse.........  Syracuse Hancock  FDC 9/2304         VOR OR TACAN Rwy 32, ORIG-
                                                 Intl.                                A...
04/07/99.......  NY          Syracuse.........  Syracuse Hancock  FDC 9/2305         NDB Rwy 28 AMDT 28...
                                                 Intl.
04/07/99.......  NY          Syracuse.........  Syracuse Hancock  FDC 9/2306         ILS Rwy 10 AMDT 9...
                                                 Intl.
04/07/99.......  NY          Syracuse.........  Syracuse Hancock  FDC 9/2307         ILS Rwy 28 AMDT 32...
                                                 Intl.
04/09/99.......  DC          Washington.......  Ronald Reagan     FDC 9/2348         VOR/DME OR GPS Rwy 18 AMDT
                                                 Washington,                          8...
                                                 National.
04/09/99.......  DC          Washington.......  Ronald Reagan     FDC 9/2349         VOR/DME OR GPS Rwy 15 AMDT
                                                 Washington,                          1...
                                                 National.
04/09/99.......  DC          Washington.......  Ronald Reagan     FDC 9/2350         ROSSLYN LDA Rwy 18 AMDT
                                                 Washington,                          14...
                                                 National.
04/09/99.......  DC          Washington.......  Ronald Reagan     FDC 9/2352         ILS Rwy 36 AMDT 39...
                                                 Washington,
                                                 National.
04/09/99.......  DC          Washington.......  Ronald Reagan     FDC 9/2357         VOR Rwy 36 AMDT 11A...
                                                 Washington,
                                                 National.
04/09/99.......  DC          Washington.......  Ronald Reagan     FDC 9/2358         VOR Rwy 15 AMDT 9...
                                                 Washington,
                                                 National.
04/09/99.......  DC          Washington.......  Ronald Reagan     FDC 9/2361         NDB Rwy 15 AMDT 4...
                                                 Washington,
                                                 National.
04/09/99.......  DC          Washington.......  Ronald Reagan     FDC 9/2363         NDB OR GPS Rwy 36 AMDT
                                                 Washington,                          10...
                                                 National.
04/09/99.......  DC          Washington.......  Ronald Reagan     FDC 9/2364         VOR/DME RNAV OR GPS Rwy 3
                                                 Washington,                          AMDT 6...
                                                 National.
04/09/99.......  DC          Washington.......  Ronald Reagan     FDC 9/2365         VOR/DME RNAV OR GPS Rwy 33
                                                 Washington,                          AMDT 5A...
                                                 National.
04/09/99.......  GA          Bainbridge.......  Decatur County    FDC 9/2328         VOR OR GPS-A, AMDT 3...
                                                 Industrial
                                                 Airpark.
04/09/99.......  NY          Syracuse.........  Syracuse Hancock  FDC 9/2321         GPS Rwy 10 ORIG...
                                                 Intl.
04/09/99.......  SC          Charleston.......  Charleston AFB/   FDC 9/2370         RADAR-1 AMDT 16...
                                                 Intl.
04/09/99.......  TX          Austin...........  Austin-Bergstrom  FDC 9/2322         ILS Rwy 17L (CAT II),
                                                 Intl.                                ORIG...
04/12/99.......  DC          Washington.......  Ronald Reagan     FDC 9/2422         LDA/DME Rwy 18 AMDT 1...
                                                 Washington
                                                 National.
04/12/99.......  NH          Portsmouth.......  Pease Intl        FDC 9/2395         ILS Rwy 34 AMDT 1A...
                                                 Tradeport.
04/13/99.......  AK          Cold Bay.........  Cold Bay........  FDC 9/2450         ILS Rwy 14, AMDT 16...
04/14/99.......  KS          Russell..........  Russell Muni....  FDC 9/2448         VOR/DME OR GPS-A AMDT 4...
04/14/99.......  PA          Monongahela......  Monongahela/      FDC 9/2459         VOR OR GPS-A AMDT 4A...
                                                 Rostraver.
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