[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 110 (Wednesday, June 9, 1999)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 30895-30896]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-14612]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 97

[Docket No. 29580; Amdt. No. 1933]


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 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 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 May 28, 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

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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:

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      FDC Date           State            City             Airport         FDC No.               SIAP
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05/01/99...........  NH            Keene............  Dillant-Hopkins..   FDC 9/3102  ILS Rwy 2 Amdt 2 this
                                                                                       corrects FDC 9/3102 in
                                                                                       TL99-12.
05/04/99...........  IL            Chicago/Aurora...  Aurora Muni......   FDC 9/2968  VOR/DME RNAV or GPS Rwy
                                                                                       27, Orig.
05/12/99...........  IA            Dubuque..........  Dubuque Regional.   FDC 9/3147  NDB or GPS Rwy 31, Amdt
                                                                                       8B.
05/12/99...........  IA            Dubuque..........  Dubuque Regional.   FDC 9/3148  ILS Rwy 31, Amdt 10C.
05/12/99...........  LA            Hammond..........  Hammond Muni.....   FDC 9/3135  ILS Rwy 18, Amdt 2B.
05/12/99...........  MI            Allegan..........  Padgham Field....   FDC 9/3140  VOR or GPS Rwy 28, Amdt
                                                                                       13.
05/12/99...........  TX            Brownsville......  South Padre         FDC 9/3155  ILS Rwy 13R, Amdt 11.
                                                       Island Intl.
05/12/99...........  TX            Galveston........  Scholes Field....   FDC 9/3137  ILS Rwy 13, Amdt 9A.
05/12/99...........  TX            Harlingen........  Valley Intl......   FDC 9/3154  ILS Rwy 17R, Amdt 11.
05/12/99...........  TX            Laredo...........  Laredo Intl......   FDC 9/3136  ILS Rwy 17R, Amdt 8A.
05/12/99...........  TX            McAllen..........  McAllen Miller      FDC 9/3159  ILS Rwy 13, Amdt 8.
                                                       Intl.
05/12/99...........  TX            Waco.............  TSTC Waco........   FDC 9/3157  ILS Rwy 17L, Amdt 11.
05/12/99...........  TX            Waco.............  Waco Regional....   FDC 9/3158  ILS Rwy 19, Amdt 15.
05/13/99...........  CA            San Diego........  San Diego Intl-     FDC 9/3182  LOC Rwy 27 Amdt 2A.
                                                       Lindbergh Field.
05/13/99...........  CA            San Diego........  San Diego Intl-     FDC 9/3188  NDB or GPS Rwy 27 Amdt 1A.
                                                       Lindbergh Field.
05/13/99...........  FL            Daytona..........  Daytona Beach       FDC 9/3172  LOC BC Rwy 25R, Amdt 14A.
                                                       Intl.
05/14/99...........  MA            Vineyard Haven...  Marthas Vineyard.   FDC 9/3240  VOR or GPS Rwy 6 Orig-A.
05/14/99...........  MA            Vineyard Haven...  Marthas Vineyard.   FDC 9/3241  ILS Rwy 24 Orig-A.
05/14/99...........  MA            Vineyard Haven...  Marthas Vineyard.   FDC 9/3242  VOR or GPS Rwy 24 Orig-A.
05/14/99...........  NM            Hobbs............  Lea County/Hobbs.   FDC 9/3234  LS Rwy 3, Amdt 5.
05/17/99...........  DE            Middletown.......  Summit...........   FDC 9/3285  VOR/DME RNAV Rwy 35 Amdt
                                                                                       3A.
05/17/99...........  GA            Dublin...........  W. H. ``Bud''       FDC 9/3280  VOR or GPS-A Amdt 3B.
                                                       Barron.
05/17/99...........  MO            St. Louis........  Lambert-St. Louis   FDC 9/3278  LDA/DME Rwy 30L, Amdt 2A.
                                                       Intl.
05/18/99...........  OH            Cleveland........  Cleveland-Hopkins   FDC 9/3298  ILS Rwy 23L, Amdt 17.
                                                       Intl.
05/20/99...........  AK            Port Heiden......  Port Heiden......   FDC 9/3338  NDB/DME Rwy 5, Amdt 2.
05/20/99...........  CO            Burlington.......  Burlington/Kit      FDC 9/3358  Correct U.S. Terminal
                                                       Carson County.                  Publication.
05/20/99...........  DC            Washington.......  Ronald Reagan       FDC 9/3406  VOR/DME RNAV or GPS Rwy 33
                                                       Washington                      Amdt 5B.
                                                       National.
05/20/99...........  GA            Atlanta..........  The William B.      FDC 9/3405  ILS Rwy 9L, Amdt 5A.
                                                       Hartsfield
                                                       Atlanta Intl.
05/20/99...........  IN            Indianapolis.....  Indianapolis Intl   FDC 9/3321  ILS Rwy 5L, Amdt 1.
05/20/99...........  IN            Terre Haute......  Terre Haute Intl-   FDC 9/3322  LOC BC Rwy 23, Amdt 18.
                                                       Hulman Field.
05/20/99...........  IN            Terre Haute......  Terre Haute Intl-   FDC 9/3323  ILS Rwy 5, Amdt 22A.
                                                       Hulman Field.
05/20/99...........  LA            Lake Charles.....  Chennault           FDC 9/3349  VOR or GPS Rwy 33L, Amdt
                                                       International.                  3.
05/20/99...........  LA            Lake Charles.....  Chennault           FDC 9/3350  ILS Rwy 15R, Amdt 4.
                                                       International.
05/20/99...........  SC            Columbia.........  Columbia            FDC 9/3359  GPS Rwy 23, Orig.
                                                       Metropolitan.
05/20/99...........  TX            College Station..  Easterwood Field.   FDC 9/3344  VOR or TACAN Rwy 10, Amdt
                                                                                       18A.
05/21/99...........  GA            Sandersville.....  Kaolin Field.....   FDC 9/3430  VOR/DME or GPS-A, Amdt. 4.
05/24/99...........  AL            Birmingham.......  Birmingham Intl..   FDC 9/3481  LOC Rwy 18, Orig.
05/24/99...........  KS            Topeka...........  Philip Billard      FDC 9/3478  LOC BC Rwy 31, Amdt 19.
                                                       Muni.
05/24/99...........  KS            Topeka...........  Philip Billard      FDC 9/3479  ILS Rwy 13, Amdt 32.
                                                       Muni.
05/24/99...........  OH            Cleveland........  Burke Lakefront..   FDC 9/3491  NDB or GPS Rwy 24R, Amdt
                                                                                       1.
12/29/98...........  SC            Pelion...........  Pelion Corporate.   FDC 8/9076  VOR or GPS-A, Amdt 2A.
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