[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 250 (Thursday, December 30, 1999)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 73387-73389]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-33936]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 97

[Docket No. 29885; Amdt. No. 1967]


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

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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 formal 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 to 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 December 23, 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 Regulation (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, 95.27, 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 number                    SIAP
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12/01/99......  CA         Vacaville......  Nut Tree.......  FDC 9/9622        GPS RWY 20 AMDT 1...
12/03/99......  HI         Kailua-Kona....  Keahole-Kona     FDC 9/9519        VOR/DME OR TACAN OR GPS Rwy 17,
                                             Intl.                              AMDT 3...
                .........                                    ................  This corrects NOTAM Published IN
                                                                                TL 00-01.
12/08/99......  PA         Pottstown......  Pottstown-       FDC 9/9584        NDB Rwy 28 AMDT 1...
                                             Limerick.
12/08/99......  TX         Laredo.........  Laredo Intl....  FDC 9/9596        NDB OR GPS Rwy 17R. AMDT 9A...
12/08/99......  TX         Laredo.........  Laredo Intl....  FDC 9/9601        NDB OR GPS Rwy 17L, AMDT 2A...

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12/08/99......  TX         Longview.......  Gregg County...  FDC 9/9602        NDB Rwy 13, AMDT 14...
12/09/99......  NC         Siler City.....  Siler City Muni  FDC 9/9616        VOR OR GPS-A, AMDT 1A...
12/09/99......  NC         Siler City.....  Siler City Muni  FDC 9/9620        NDB OR GPS Rwy 22, ORIG-A...
12/09/9.......  TX         Laredo.........  Laredo Intl....  FDC 9/9609        VOR/DME OR TACAN OR GPS Rwy 32,
                                                                                AMDT 9A...
12/09/99......  TX         Laredo.........  Laredo Intl....  FDC 9/9610        VOR/DME OR TACAN OR GPS Rwy 14,
                                                                                AMDT 9...
12/09/99......  TX         Laredo.........  Laredo Intl....  FDC 9/9611        LOC BC Rwy 35L, AMDT 1...
12/13/99......  LA         Slidell........  Slidell........  FDC 9/9672        VOR/DME OR GPS Rwy 18, AMDT 3A...
12/13/99......  MS         Aberdeen Amory.  Aberdeen/Monroe  FDC 9/9661        VOR OR GPS Rwy 18, AMDT 6A...
                                             County.
12/14/99......  AK         Homer..........  Homer..........  FDC 9/9697        GPS Rwy 3, ORIG-A...
12/14/99......  IL         Chicago........  Chicago-O'Hare   FDC 9/9712        ILS Rwy 9L, AMDT 6A...
                                             Intl.
12/14/99......  MD         Cumberland.....  Greater          FDC 9/9710        LOC/DME Rwy 23, AMDT 5D...
                                             Cumberland
                                             Regional.
12/14/99......  MD         Cumberland.....  Greater          FDC 9/9711        LOC-A AMDT 3C...
                                             Cumberland
                                             Regional.
12/14/99......  TN         Nashville......  Nashville Intl.  FDC 9/9716        ILS Rwy 2R (CAT I, II, III) AMDT
                                                                                5A...
12/14/99......  TX         Midland........  Midland Intl...  FDC 9/9706        LOC BC Rwy 28, AMDT 12A...
                .........                                    ................  This Replaces FDC 9/9393
12/15/99......  FL         Fort Pierce....  St. Lucie        FDC 9/9753        GPS Rwy 9, ORIG-A...
                                             County Intl.
12/15/99......  NC         Albemarle......  Stanly County..  FDC 9/9741        NDB OR GPS Rwy 22L, ORIG-C...
12/15/99......  NC         Albemarle......  Stanly County..  FDC 9/9742        GPS Rwy 4R, ORIG-B...
12/15/99......  NC         Albemarle......  Stanly County..  FDC 9/9743        ILS Rwy 22L, ORIG-A...
12/15/99......  TX         Gainesville....  Gainesville      FDC 9/9774        NDB Rwy 7, AMDT 8...
                                             Muni.
                .........                                    ................  This Replaces FDC 9/9274.
12/15/99......  TX         Greenville.....  Greenville/      FDC 9/9775        NDB OR GPS Rwy 17, AMDT 5...
                                             Majors.
12/15/99......  WY         Casper.........  Natrona County   FDC 9/9744        ILS Rwy 3, AMDT 5...
                                             Intl.
12/20/99......  TX         Gainesville....  Gainesville      FDC 9/9923        GPS Rwy 17, ORIG...
                                             Muni.
                .........                                    ................  This Replaces FDC 9/9275.
12/21/99......  NE         North Platte...  North Platte     FDC 9/9961        NDB OR GPS Rwy 30R, AMDT 3...
                                             Regional
                                             Airport Lee
                                             Bird Field.
12/21/99......  NE         North Platte...  North Platte     FDC 9/9962        ILS Rwy 30R, AMDT 5B...
                                             Regional
                                             Airport Lee
                                             Bird Field.
12/21/99......  TX         Midland........  Midland Intl...  FDC 9/9963        VOR/DME OR TACAN Rwy 34L, AMDT
                                                                                9A...
                .........                                    ................  This Replaces FDC NOTAM 9/9392.
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[FR Doc. 99-33936 Filed 12-29-99; 8:45 am]
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