[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 223 (Friday, November 19, 1999)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 63192-63194]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-30265]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 97

[Docket No. 29840; Amdt. No. 1961]


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

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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/T 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 November 12, 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, 44071; 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:

* * * Effective Upon Publication

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       FDC date               State               City                 Airport              FDC No.                             SIAP
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10/15/99..............  ID                Idaho Falls.........  Fanning Field.......  FDC 9/8141           ILS RWY 20, Amdt 11A...
10/19/99..............  CA                Long Beach..........  Long Beach            FDC 9/8213           ILS RWY 30 Amdt 32...
                                                                 (Daugherty Field).
10/19/99..............  CA                Long Beach..........  Long Beach            FDC 9/8215           NDB RWY 30 Amdt 9...
                                                                 (Daugherty Field).
10/19/99..............  CA                Long Beach..........  Long Beach            FDC 9/8217           VOR or TACAN or GPS RWY 30 Amdt 7...
                                                                 (Daugherty Field).
10/28/99..............  FL                Key West............  Key West Intl.......  FDC 9/8444           RADAR-1 Amdt 4...
10/28/99..............  OH                Toledo..............  Metcalf Field.......  FDC 9/8434           VOR/DME or GPS RWY 4 Amdt 2...
10/28/99..............  OH                Toledo..............  Metcalf Field.......  FDC 9/8436           VOR RWY 4 Amdt 9...
11/01/99..............  LA                Monroe..............  Monroe Regional.....  FDC 9/8546           VOR/DME RWY 32, Amdt 2...
                                                                                                           This replaces FDC 9/7949.
11/01/99..............  MI                Coldwater...........  Branch County         FDC 9/8560           VOR or GPS RWY 6 Amdt 4...
                                                                 Memorial.
11/01/99..............  TN                Memphis.............  Memphis Intl........  FDC 9/8539           NDB or GPS RWY 9, Amdt 26...
11/02/99..............  LA                Monroe..............  Monroe Regional.....  FDC 9/8592           VOR RWY 4, Amdt 17...
                                                                                                           This replaces FDC 9/7942.
11/03/99..............  AL                Dothan..............  Dothan Regional.....  FDC 9/8649           LOC BC RWY 14 Amdt 6D...
11/03/99..............  ND                Fargo...............  Hector Intl.........  FDC 9/8639           ILS RWY 35 Amdt 32B...
                                                                                                           Replaces FDC 9/8209 Intl 99-24.
11/03/99..............  OK                Ardmore.............  Ardmore Downtown      FDC 9/8609           VOR or GPS-A, Amdt 13...
                                                                 Executive.
11/03/99..............  OK                Ardmore.............  Ardmore Muni........  FDC 9/8634           VOR-B, Orig...
11/04/99..............  AL                Dothan..............  Dothan Regional.....  FDC 9/8739           VOR or TACAN or GPS-A, Amdt 11C...
11/04/99..............  AR                Rogers..............  Rogers Muni-Carter    FDC 9/8689           ILS RWY 19, Amdt 2A...
                                                                 Field.
11/04/99..............  GA                Canton..............  Cherokee County.....  FDC 9/8719           NDB RWY 4, Amdt 2A...
11/04/99..............  IA                Clarinda............  Schenck Field.......  FDC 9/8697           NDB or GPS-A, Amdt 5...
11/04/99..............  LA                Monroe..............  Monroe Regional.....  FDC 9/8691           ILS RWY 4, Amdt 21...
11/04/99..............  MO                Joplin..............  Joplin Regional.....  FDC 9/8708           GPS RWY 36, Orig...
11/04/99..............  MO                Joplin..............  Joplin Regional.....  FDC 9/8710           ILS RWY 13, Amdt 23...
11/04/99..............  MO                Macon...............  Macon-Fower Memorial  FDC 9/8722           VOR RWY 2, Amdt 1...
11/04/99..............  MO                Macon...............  Macon-Fower Memorial  FDC 9/8724           VOR/DME or GPS RWY 20, Amdt 1...

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11/04/99..............  MO                Macon...............  Macon-Fower Memorial  FDC 9/8742           GPS RWY 2, Orig...
11/04/99..............  NC                Greenville..........  Pitt-Greenville.....  FDC 9/8711           GPS RWY 20, Orig...
11/04/99..............  NJ                Caldwell............  Essex County........  FDC 9/8738           NDB or GPS RWY 22 Amdt 5A...
11/04/99..............  TX                Beaumont-Port Arthur  Southeast Texas       FDC 9/8716           GPS RWY 16, Orig...
                                                                 Regional.
11/05/99..............  IA                Des Moines..........  Des Moines Intl.....  FDC 9/8781           ILS RWY 31R (Cat I, II, III), Amdt 21...
11/05/99..............  IL                Chicago.............  Chicago-O'Hare Intl.  FDC 9/8777           ILW RWY 27R, Amdt 24A...
11/05/99..............  ME                Sanford.............  Sanford Regional....  FDC 9/8778           VOR or GPS RWY 7 Amdt 3A...
                                                                                                           This Notam Replaces FDC 9/8292 Published in
                                                                                                            TL99-24.
11/05/99..............  WI                Madison.............  Dane County Regional- FDC 9/8757           ILS RWY 21 Orig...
                                                                 Truax Field.
11/08/99..............  GA                Atlanta.............  The William B.        FDC 9/8855           ILS RWY 9L Amdt 6...
                                                                 Hartsfield Atlanta
                                                                 Intl.
11/08/99..............  GA                Atlanta.............  The William B.        FDC 9/8856           ILS RWY 27R Amdt 3...
                                                                 Hartsfield Atlanta
                                                                 Intl.
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[FR Doc. 99-30265 Filed 11-18-99; 8:45 am]
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