[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 9 (Thursday, January 13, 2000)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 2023-2024]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-869]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 97

[Docket No. 29896; Amdt. No. 1969]


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, 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 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

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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 January 7, 2000.
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, 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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01/03/00...........  MI           Pontiac..........  ***Temporary***              0/0069  LOC BC Rwy 27L,
                                                      Oakland County Intl.                 Orig...
01/04/00...........  IA           Jefferson City...  Jefferson City Muni...       0/0095  GPS Rwy 32, Orig...
01/04/00...........  IA           Jefferson City...  Jefferson City Muni...       0/0096  GPS Rwy 14, Orig...
01/04/00...........  LA           Lake Charles.....  Lake Charles Regional.       0/0104  ILS Rwy 15, Amdt 19...
01/04/00...........  LA           Lake Charles.....  Lake Charles Regional.       0/0105  NDB or GPS Rwy 15,
                                                                                           Amdt 18...
01/04/00...........  MI           Lansing..........  Capital City..........       0/0106  VOR or GPS Rwy 6 Amdt
                                                                                           24...
01/04/00...........  TX           Alpine...........  Alpine-Casparis Muni..       0/0108  NDB Rwy 19, Amdt 5...
01/04/00...........  TX           Alpine...........  Alpine-Casparis Muni..       0/0109  GPS Rwy 19, Orig...
12/20/99...........  CA           Eureka...........  Murray Field..........       9/0193  GPS Rwy 11 Orig...
12/20/99...........  CA           Eureka...........  Murray Field..........       9/0193  GPS Rwy 11 Orig...
12/20/99...........  CA           Eureka...........  Murray Field..........       9/0199  VOR/DME RNAV Rwy 11
                                                                                           Amdt 6...
12/20/99...........  CA           Eureka...........  Murray Field..........       9/0199  VOR/DME RNAV Rwy 11
                                                                                           Amdt 6...
12/22/99...........  ME           Bangor...........  Bangor Intl...........       9/0014  NDB Rwy 33 Amdt 5...
12/22/99...........  ND           Grand Forks......  Grand Forks Intl......       9/9985  VOR or GPS Rwy 35L
                                                                                           Amdt 6A...
12/24/99...........  PA           Pittsburgh.......  Allegheny County......       9/0028  ILS Rwy 10 Amdt 3B...
12/27/99...........  PA           Washington.......  Washington County.....       9/0062  LOC Rwy 27 Amdt 1A...
12/27/99...........  PA           Washington.......  Washington County.....       9/0063  NDB or GPS Rwy 27 Orig-
                                                                                           B...
12/27/99...........  PA           Washington.......  Washington County.....       9/0064  GPS Rwy 9 Orig-A...
12/30/99...........  TX           Dallas-Fort Worth  Dallas-Fort Worth Intl       9/0126  ILS Rwy 36R, Amdt 3...
12/30/99...........  TX           Dallas-Fort Worth  Dallas-Fort Worth Intl       9/0127  ILS Rwy 36L, Amdt 6...
12/30/99...........  TX           Dallas-Fort Worth  Dallas-Fort Worth Intl       9/0128  ILS Rwy 35R, Amdt 1...
12/30/99...........  TX           Dallas-Fort Worth  Dallas-Fort Worth Intl       9/0130  ILS Rwy 35L, Amdt 2...
12/30/99...........  TX           Dallas-Fort Worth  Dallas-Fort Worth Intl       9/0131  ILS Rwy 35C, Amdt
                                                                                           6B...
12/30/99...........  TX           Dallas-Fort Worth  Dallas-Fort Worth Intl       9/0132  ILS Rwy 18R, Amdt
                                                                                           5A...
12/30/99...........  TX           Dallas-Fort Worth  Dallas-Fort Worth Intl       9/0133  ILS Rwy 18L, Amdt
                                                                                           17...
12/30/99...........  TX           Dallas-Fort Worth  Dallas-Fort Worth Intl       9/0134  ILS Rwy 17L, Amdt 1...
12/30/99...........  TX           Dallas-Fort Worth  Dallas-Fort Worth Intl       9/0135  ILS Rwy 17C, Amdt 7...
12/30/99...........  TX           Dallas-Fort Worth  Dallas-Fort Worth Intl       9/0136  ILS Rwy 13R, Amdt
                                                                                           5A...
12/30/99...........  TX           Dallas-Fort Worth  Dallas-Fort Worth Intl       9/0137  Converging ILS Rwy
                                                                                           36R, Amdt 1B...
12/30/99...........  TX           Dallas-Fort Worth  Dallas-Fort Worth Intl       9/0138  Converging ILS Rwy
                                                                                           36L, Amdt 3B...
12/30/99...........  TX           Dallas-Fort Worth  Dallas-Fort Worth Intl       9/0139  Converging ILS Rwy
                                                                                           35L, Amdt 1A...
12/30/99...........  TX           Dallas-Fort Worth  Dallas-Fort Worth Intl       9/0140  Converging ILS Rwy
                                                                                           35C, Amdt 4A...
12/30/99...........  TX           Dallas-Fort Worth  Dallas-Fort Worth Intl       9/0141  Converging ILS Rwy
                                                                                           18R, Amdt 3B...
12/30/99...........  TX           Dallas-Fort Worth  Dallas-Fort Worth Intl       9/0142  Converging ILS Rwy
                                                                                           18L, Amdt 3A...
12/30/99...........  TX           Dallas-Fort Worth  Dallas-Fort Worth Intl       9/0143  Converging ILS Rwy
                                                                                           17C, Amdt 4A...
12/30/99...........  TX           Dallas-Fort Worth  Dallas-Fort Worth Intl       9/0144  Converging ILS Rwy
                                                                                           13R, Amdt 4B...
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[FR Doc. 00-869 Filed 1-12-00; 8:45 am]
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