[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 50 (Tuesday, March 14, 2000)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 13671-13673]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-6129]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 97

[Docket No. 29946; Amdt. No. 1979]


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 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, 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 require 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).


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    Issued in Washington, DC on March 3, 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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02/98/00...........  GA             EASTMAN...........  HEART OF GEORGIA    FDC 0/1268         VOR/DME RNAV OR
                                                         REGIONAL.                              GPS RWY 2, AMDT
                                                                                                2
                                                                                               REPLACES TL-06
02/08/00...........  GA             EASTMAN...........  HEART OF GEORGIA    FDC 0/1268         VOR/DME RNAV OR
                                                         REGIONAL.                              GPS RWY 2, AMDT
                                                                                                2
                                                                                               REPLACES TL-06
02/15/00...........  CA             BURBANK...........  BURBANK-GLENDALE-   FDC 0/1534         VOR OR GPS RWY 8
                                                         PASADENA.                              AMDT 10
                                                                                               THIS CORRECTS 0/
                                                                                                1534 in TL 00-06
02/16/00...........  VA             NORFOLK...........  NORFOLK INTL......  FDC 0/1560         NDB RWY 5 ORIG-A
                                                                                               THIS CORRECTS FDC
                                                                                                01/1126 IN TL 00-
                                                                                                06
02/17/00...........  FL             TALLAHASSEE.......  TALLAHASSEE         FDC 0/1615         NDB OR GPS RWY
                                                         REGIONAL.                              36, AMDT 18A
02/17/00...........  FL             TALLAHASSEE.......  TALLAHASSEE         FDC 0/1617         ILS RWY 36, AMDT
                                                         REGIONAL.                              22A
02/18/00...........  MN             FAIRMONT..........  FAIRMONT MUNI.....  FDC 0/1631         ILS RWY 31, ORIG
02/18/00...........  OH             WILMINGTON........  AIRBORNE AIRPARK..  FDC 0/1636         NDB RWY 22R, AMDT
                                                                                                7B
02/22/00...........  NM             HOBBS.............  LEA COUNTY/HOBBS..  FDC 0/1685         GPS RWY 30, ORIG
                                                                                               THIS REPLACES FDC
                                                                                                01/1046
02/22/00...........  NM             RUIDOSO...........  SIERRA BLANCA       FDC 0/1683         GPS RWY 24, ORIG
                                                         REGIONAL.                             THIS REPLACES FDC
                                                                                                01/1094
02/23/00...........  AK             FORT YUKON........  FORT YUKON........  FDC 0/1725         VOR/DME OR TACAN
                                                                                                RWY 3, AMDT 1A
02/23/00...........  AK             FORT YUKON........  FORT YUKON........  FDC 0/1726         VOR/DME OR TACAN
                                                                                                RWY 21, AMDT 1A
02/23/00...........  AK             FORT YUKON........  FORT YUKON........  FDC 0/1729         NDB RWY 21, AMDT
                                                                                                7A
02/23/00...........  AK             FORT YUKON........  FORT YUKON........  FDC 0/1730         VOR RWY 3, AMDT
                                                                                                4A
02/23/00...........  AK             FORT YUKON........  FORT YUKON........  FDC 0/1731         VOR RWY 21, AMDT
                                                                                                4A
02/23/00...........  CA             TORRANCE..........  ZAMPERINI FIELD...  FDC 0/1705         VOR OR GPS RWY
                                                                                                11L AMDT 14
02/23/00...........  NE             OMAHA.............  MILLARD...........  FDC 0/1732         GPS RWY 12, ORIG-
                                                                                                A
02/23/00...........  NE             OMAHA.............  MILLARD...........  FDC 0/1733         NDB RWY 12, AMDT
                                                                                                10A
02/23/00...........  NE             PLATTSMOUTH.......  PLATTSMOUTH MUNI..  FDC 0/1734         NDB RWY 34, AMDT
                                                                                                4
02/23/00...........  NE             PLATTSMOUTH.......  PLATTSMOUTH MUNI..  FDC 0/1735         GPS RWY 16, ORIG
02/23/00...........  NE             PLATTSMOUTH.......  PLATTSMOUTH MUNI..  FDC 0/1736         GPS RWY 34, ORIG
02/23/00...........  NE             WAHOO.............  WAHOO MUNI........  FDC 0/1706         NDB RWY 20, ORIG
02/23/00...........  NE             WAHOO.............  WAHOO MUNI........  FDC 0/1711         GPS RWY 20, ORIG
02/23/00...........  RI             PROVIDENCE........  THEODORE FRANCIS    FDC 0/1717         NDB RWY 5R AMDT
                                                         GREEN STATE.                           15
02/23/00...........  RI             PROVIDENCE........  THEODORE FRANCIS    FDC 0/1718         VOR RWY 5R AMDT
                                                         GREEN STATE.                           13A
02/23/00...........  RI             PROVIDENCE........  THEODORE FRANCIS    FDC 0/1719         ILS RWY 5R (CAT
                                                         GREEN STATE.                           I, II) AMDT 16A
02/23/00...........  TX             ALPINE............  ALPINE-CASPARIS     FDC 0/1742         NDB RWY 19, AMDT
                                                         MUNI.                                  5A
02/23/00...........  TX             HOUSTON...........  GEORGE BUSH         FDC 0/1713         ILS RWY 15, AMDT
                                                         INTERCONTINENTAL                       11A
                                                         AIRPORT HOUSTON.
02/23/00...........  TX             HOUSTON...........  GEORGE BUSH         FDC 0/1723         VOR/DME RWY 15L,
                                                         INTERCONTINENTAL                       AMDT 15C
                                                         AIRPORT HOUSTON.
02/24/00...........  AZ             CHANDLER..........  STELLAR AIRPARK...  FDC 0/1819         VOR OR GPS-A AMDT
                                                                                                1
02/24/00...........  CA             VICTORVILLE.......  SOUTHERN            FDC 0/1835         ILS RWY 17 AMDT 1
                                                         CALIFORNIA
                                                         LOGISTICS.
02/24/00...........  DE             GEORGETOWN........  SUSSEX COUNTY.....  FDC 0/1778         RNAV RWY 4 ORIG
02/24/00...........  DE             GEORGETOWN........  SUSSEX COUNTY.....  FDC 0/1779         RNAV RWY 22 ORIG
02/24/00...........  GA             VIDALIA...........  VIDALIA MUNI......  FDC 0/1825         LOC RWY 24 AMDT
                                                                                                2B
02/24/00...........  GA             VIDALIA...........  VIDALIA MUNI......  FDC 0/1827         NDB OR GPS RWY 24
                                                                                                AMDT 2A
02/24/00...........  IL             BELLEVILLE........  SCOTT AFB/          FDC 0/1765         ILS RWY 32L, ORIG
                                                         MIDAMERICA.
02/24/00...........  KS.            HUTCHINSON........  HUTCHINSON MUNI...  FDC 0/1758         VOR RWY 3, AMDT
                                                                                                19
02/24/00...........  KS             HUTCHINSON........  HUTCHINSON MUNI...  FDC 0/1759         LOC BC RWY 31,
                                                                                                AMDT 14
02/24/00...........  MD             OCEAN CITY........  OCEAN CITY MUNI...  FDC 0/1777         RNAV RWY 14 ORIG
02/24/00...........  MN             MARSHALL..........  MARSHALL MUNI-RYAN  FDC 0/1847         ILS RWY 12, AMDT
                                                         FIELD.                                 1

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02/24/00...........  NE             OMAHA.............  EPPLEY AIRFIELD...  FDC 0/1841         NDB RWY 32L, AMDT
                                                                                                1
02/24/00...........  NE             OMAHA.............  EPPLEY AIRFIELD...  FDC 0/1842         NDB OR GPS RWY
                                                                                                14R, AMDT 24
02/24/00...........  NE             OMAHA.............  EPPLEY AIRFIELD...  FDC 0/1843         VOR RWY 32L, AMDT
                                                                                                10
02/24/00...........  NE             OMAHA.............  EPPLEY AIRFIELD...  FDC 0/1844         ILS RWY 32L, ORIG
02/24/00...........  NE             OMAHA.............  EPPLEY AIRFIELD...  FDC 0/1845         ILS RWY 14R, AMDT
                                                                                                2
02/24/00...........  NE             OMAHA.............  EPPLEY AIRFIELD...  FDC 0/1846         ILS RWY 18, AMDT
                                                                                                6B
02/24/00...........  SC             COLUMBIA..........  COLUMBIA            FDC 0/1769         ILS RWY 5, AMDT 1
                                                         METROPOLITAN.
02/24/00...........  VA             WALLOPS ISLAND....  WALLOPS FLIGHT      FDC 0/1786         VOR OR TACAN OR
                                                         FACILITY.                              GPS RWY 17 AMDT
                                                                                                6
02/24/00...........  VT             RUTLAND...........  RUTLAND STATE.....  FDC 0/1782         LOC RWY 19 ORIG
02/25/00...........  AZ             PARKER............  AVI SUQUILLA......  FDC 0/1884         VOR/DME OR GPS-A
                                                                                                AMDT 2A
02/25/00...........  CO             GUNNISON..........  GUNNISON COUNTY...  FDC 0/1861         ILS RWY 6 AMDT 3A
02/25/00...........  MO             MARSHALL..........  MARSHALL MEML MUNI  FDC 0/1886         NDB RWY 36, AMDT
                                                                                                1
02/25/00...........  NE             OMAHA.............  EPPLEY AIRFIELD...  FDC 0/1875         GPS RWY 32L, ORIG
02/28/00...........  IN             RICHMOND..........  RICHMOND MUNI.....  FDC 0/1946         ILS RWY 24, ORIG
02/28/00...........  MO             SPRINGFIELD.......  SPRINGFIELD-        FDC 0/1957         VOR/DME RNAV OR
                                                         BRANSON REGIONAL.                      GPS RWY 14, AMDT
                                                                                                4
02/28/00...........  ND             MOHALL............  MOHALL MUNI.......  FDC 0/1952         VOR/DME OR GPS
                                                                                                RWY 31, AMDT 2A
02/29/00...........  CA             FRESNO............  FRESNO YOSEMITE     FDC 0/2000         VOR OR TACAN OR
                                                         INTL.                                  GPS RWY 11L AMDT
                                                                                                11
02/29/00...........  CA             FRESNO............  FRESNO YOSEMITE     FDC 0/2003         LOC BC RWY 11L
                                                         INTL.                                  AMDT 8
02/29/00...........  CO             MONTROSE..........  MONTROSE REGIONAL.  FDC 0/2032         VOR/DME RWY 13
                                                                                                AMDT 8B
02/29/00...........  CO             MONTROSE..........  MONTROSE REGIONAL.  FDC 0/2034         GPS RWY 35 ORIG
02/29/00...........  CO             TELLURIDE.........  TELLURIDE REGIONAL  FDC 0/2028         GPS RWY 9 AMDT 1
02/29/00...........  CO             TELLURIDE.........  TELLURIDE REGIONAL  FDC 0/2036         LOC/DME RWY 9
                                                                                                ORIG-A
02/29/00...........  IN             FORT WAYNE........  FORT WAYNE INTL...  FDC 0/1983         ILS RWY 5, AMDT
                                                                                                14 (CAT I AND
                                                                                                II)
02/29/00...........  MA             BOSTON............  GENERAL EDWARD      FDC 0/2006         RNAV RWY 4R ORIG
                                                         LAWRENCE LOGAN
                                                         INTL.
02/29/00...........  MO             MARSHALL..........  MARSHALL MEML MUNI  FDC 0/1990         RNAV RWY 36, ORIG
02/29/00...........  MO             MARSHALL..........  MARSHALL MEML MUNI  FDC 0/1991         RNAV RWY 18, ORIG
02/29/00...........  NJ             ATLANTIC CITY.....  ATLANTIC CITY INTL  FDC 0/2004         RNAV RWY 13 ORIG
02/29/00...........  NV             ELY...............  ELY AIRPORT-        FDC 0/1982         GPS RWY 18 ORIG
                                                         YELLAND FIELD.
02/29/00...........  OR             SALEM.............  MCNARY FIELD......  FDC 0/1986         NDB OR GPS RWY 31
                                                                                                AMDT 18A
02/29/00...........  VA             CHARLOTTESVILLE...  CHARLOTTESVILLE-    FDC 0/2001         RNAV RWY 3 ORIG
                                                         ALBEMARLE.
02/29/00...........  WA             YAKIMA............  YAKIMA AIR          FDC 0/1980         ILS RWY 27 AMDT
                                                         TERMINAL.                              26A
03/01/00...........  CA             MONTEREY..........  MONTEREY PENINSULA  FDC 0/2076         NDB RWY 10R AMDT
                                                                                                12A
03/01/00...........  CA             MONTEREY..........  MONTEREY PENINSULA  FDC 0/2079         GPS RWY 28R ORIG
03/01/00...........  CA             MONTEREY..........  MONTEREY PENINSULA  FDC 0/2080         GPS RWY 28L ORIG
03/01/00...........  CA             MONTEREY..........  MONTEREY PENINSULA  FDC 0/2082         GPS RWY 10L AMDT
                                                                                                1
03/01/00...........  MD             SALISBURY.........  SALISBURY-OCEAN     FDC 0/2103         VOR RWY 5 AMDT 9
                                                         CITY WICOMICO
                                                         REGIONAL.
03/01/00...........  MD             SALISBURY.........  SALISBURY-OCEAN     FDC 0/2104         VOR RWY 32 AMDT 9
                                                         CITY WICOMICO
                                                         REGIONAL.
03/01/00...........  MD             SALISBURY.........  SALISBURY-OCEAN     FDC 0/2105 FDC 0   VOR RWY 23 AMDT 9
                                                         CITY WICOMICO
                                                         REGIONAL.
03/01/00...........  PA             ERIE..............  ERIE INTL.........  FDC 0/2111         NDB RWY 6 ORIG
03/01/00...........  PA             MOUNT JOY/MARIETTA  DONEGAL SPRINGS     FDC 0/2083         VOR/DME OR GPS
                                                         AIRPARK.                               RWY 27 ORIG
03/01/00...........  WV             MORGANTOWN........  MORGANTOWN MUNI-    FDC 0/2109         RNAV RWY 18 ORIG
                                                         WALTER L BILL
                                                         HART FIELD.
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