[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 87 (Thursday, May 6, 1999)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 24284-24286]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-11390]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 97

[Docket No. 29557; Amdt. No. 1928]


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

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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: Availablity 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 material. 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 identified 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 
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 for 
making some SIAPs effective in less than 30 years.

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 30, 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. 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, 97.29, 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, ISLMLS, 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 May 20, 1999

De Kalb, IL, De Kalb Taylor Muni, LOC/DME RWY 2, Orig
De Kalb, IL, De Kalb Taylor Muni, NDB RWY 27, Amdt 1
De Kalb, IL, De Kalb Taylor Muni, GPS RWY 9, Amdt 1
De Kalb, IL, De Kalb Taylor Muni, VOR/DME OR GPS RWY 27, Amdt 5
Indianapolis, IN, Indianapolis Intl, ILS RWY 5L, Amdt 1
Indianapolis, IN, Indianapolis Intl, ILS RWY 23R, Amdt 1
Rockland, ME, Knox County Regional, NDB RWY 3, Orig
Rockland, ME, Knox County Regional, NDB RWY 31, Orig
Minneapolis, MN, Minneapolis-St. Paul Intl/Wold Chamberlain, ILS RWY 
22, Amdt 7
Minneapolis, MN, Minneapolis-St. Paul Intl/Wold Chamberlain, ILS RWY 
30R, Amdt 9
Minneapolis, MN, Minneapolis-St. Paul Intl/Wold Chamberlain, 
(Simultaneous Close Parallel) ILS PRM RWY 30R, Amdt 4
Owatonna, MN, Owatonna Muni, ILS RWY 30, Orig

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Sand Island, Midway Atoll, MQ, Henderson Field, NDB RWY 6, Orig
Sand Island, Midway Atoll, MQ, Henderson Field, NDB RWY 24, Orig

* * * Effective June 17, 1999

Leesburg, FL, Leesburg Regional, GPS RWY 13, Orig
Bainbridge, GA, Decatur County Industrial Air Park, GPS RWY 9, Orig
Carrollton, GA, West Georgia Regional O V Gray Field, NDB, OR GPS 
RWY 34, Amdt 2
Marietta, GA, Cobb County-McCollum Field, GPS RWY 9, Orig
Crookston, MN, Crookston Muni Kirkwood Fld, VOR RWY 31, Amdt 5
Crookston, MN, Crookston Muni Kirkwood Fld, NDB OR GPS RWY 13, Amdt 
7
Crookston, MN, Crookston Muni Kirkwood Fld, GPS RWY 31, Amdt 1

* * * Effective July 15, 1999

Gambell, AK, Gambell, NDB RWY 16, Amdt 1
Gambell, AK, Gambell, NDB/DME RWY 34, Amdt 2
Gambell, AK, Gambell, GPS RWY 16, Orig
Gambell, AK, Gambell, GPS RWY 34, Orig
Haleyville, AL, Posey Field, GPS RWY 36, Orig
Fort Myers, FL, Page Field, GPS RWY 5, Orig
Fort Myers, FL, Page Field, GPS RWY 13, Orig
Fort Myers, FL, Page Field, GPS RWY 23, Orig
Fort Myers, FL, Page Field, GPS RWY 31, Orig
Miami, FL, Opa Locka, GPS RWY 9L, Orig
Miami, FL, Opa Locka, GPS RWY 27R, Orig
Atlanta, GA, Fulton County Airport-Brown Field, GPS RWY 26, Orig
Toccoa, GA, Toccoa RG Letourneau Field, GPS RWY 2, Orig
Toccoa, GA, Toccoa RG Letourneau Field, VOR OR GPS RWY 20, Amdt 12
Washington, IA, Washington Muni, GPS RWY 18, Orig
Washington, IA, Washington Muni, GPS RWY 36, Orig
West Union, IA, George L. Scott Muni, GPS RWY 17, Orig
West Union, IA, George L. Scott Muni, GPS RWY 35, Orig
Lexington, KY, Blue Grass, GPS RWY 4, Orig
Lexington, KY, Blue Grass, GPS RWY 22, Orig
Somerset, KY, Somerset-Pulaski County-J.T. Wilson Field, GPS RWY 22, 
Amdt 1
Columbus-West Point-Starkville, MS, Golden Triangle Regional, GPS 
RWY 18, Orig
Columbus-West Point-Starkville, MS, Golden Triangle Regional, GPS 
RWY 36, Orig
Oxford, MS, University-Oxford, GPS RWY 9, Orig
Oxford, MS, University-Oxford, GPS RWY 27, Orig
Yazoo City, MS, Yazoo County, GPS RWY 17, Orig
Yazoo City, MS, Yazoo County, GPS RWY 35, Orig
Columbia, MO, Columbia Regional, ILS RWY 2, Amdt 13
Stockton, MO, Stockton Muni, VOR/DME OR GPS-A, Amdt 2
Stockton, MO, Stockton Muni, GPS RWY 1, Orig
Stockton, MO, Stockton Muni, GPS RWY 19, Orig
Santa Fe, NM, Santa Fe Muni, GPS RWY 2, Orig
Santa Fe, NM, Santa Fe Muni, GPS RWY 33, Orig
Elizabethtown, NC, Elizabethtown, GPS RWY 15, Orig
Elizabethtown, NC, Elizabethtown, VOR/DME RWY 15, Amdt 1
Elizabethtown, NC, Elizabethtown, GPS RWY 33, Orig
Elizabethtown, NC, Elizabethtown, NDB RWY 33, Amdt 1
Wadesboro, NC, Anson County, GPS RWY 17, Orig
Wadesboro, NC, Anson County, GPS RWY 35, Orig
Bismarck, ND, Bismarck Muni, RADAR-1, Amdt 3
Ada, OK, Ada Muni, GPS RWY 17, Orig
Altus, OK, Altus Muni, GPS RWY 17, Amdt 1
Altus, OK, Altus Muni, VOR/DME RNAV RWY 17, Amdt 2
Chickasha, OK, Chickasha Muni, GPS RWY 35, Orig
Jacksboro, TN, Campbell County, GPS RWY 23, Orig
Lawrenceburg, TN, Lawrenceburg-Lawrence-County, GPS RWY 17, Orig
Rogersville, TN, Hawkins County, GPS RWY 7, Orig
Savannah, TN, Savannah-Hardin County, GPS RWY 1, Orig
Savannah, TN, Savannah-Hardin County, GPS RWY 19, Orig
Austin, TX, Robert Mueller Muni, ILS RWY 13R, Amdt 10A, CANCELLED
Austin, TX, Robert Mueller Muni, ILS RWY 31L, Amdt 33A, CANCELLED
Austin, TX, Robert Mueller Muni, GPS RWY 13R, Orig-A, CANCELLED
Austin, TX, Robert Mueller Muni, GPS RWY 31L, Orig-A, CANCELLED
Crockett, TX, Houston County, GPS RWY 2, Orig
Crockett, TX, Houston County, GPS RWY 20, Orig
Houston, TX, William P. Hobby, GPS RWY 4, Orig
Houston, TX, William P. Hobby, GPS RWY 12R, Orig
Houston, TX, William P. Hobby, GPS RWY 17, Orig
Houston, TX, William P. Hobby, GPS RWY 22, Orig
Houston, TX, William P. Hobby, GPS RWY 30L, Orig
Houston, TX, William P. Hobby, GPS RWY 35, Orig

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