[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 67 (Thursday, April 6, 2000)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 17990-17991]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-8456]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 97

[Docket No. 29977; Amdt. No. 1985]


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 is 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 3 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

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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 March 31, 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. 97.97.35 COPTER 
SIAPs, identified as follows:

. . . Effective April 20, 2000

Chicago/Aurora, IL, Aurora Muni, VOR-A, Amdt 2
Chicago/Aurora, IL, Aurora Muni, VOR RWY 15, Orig
Chicago/Aurora, IL, Aurora Muni, VOR RWY 33, Orig
Chicago/Aurora, IL, Aurora Muni, VOR RWY 36, Amdt 3

Effective May 18, 2000

Anchorage, AK, Anchorage Intl, ILS RWY 6L, Orig

Effective June 15, 2000

Birmingham, AL, Birmingham Intl, GPS RWY 24, Orig-B
Columbus, GA, Columus Metropolitan, VOR/DME RNAV OR GPS RWY 23, Amdt 2
Jerome, ID, Jerome County, GPS RWY 8, Orig
Jerome, ID, Jerome County, GPS RWY 26, Orig
Belleville, IL, Midamerica Airport, NDB RWY 32R, Orig
Chicago, IL, Chicago Midway, NDB OR GPS RWY 4R, Amdt 12B
Chicago, IL, Chicago Midway, NDB OR GPS RWY 31C, Amdt 14B
Clinton, IA, Clinton Muni, NDB RWY 14, Amdt 5
Marshalltown, IA, Marshalltown Muni, VOR RWY 12, Amdt 1
Marshalltown, IA, Marshalltown Muni, VOR RWY 30, Amdt 1
Marshalltown, IA, Marshalltown Muni, NDB RWY 12, Amdt 8
Sioux City, IA, Sioux Gateway, GPS RWY 17, Amdt 1
Brainered, MN, Brainerd-Crow Wing Co Regional, VOR/DME OR GPS RWY 12, 
Amdt 9A
Brainered, MN, Brainerd-Crow Wing Co Regional, VOR OR GPS RWY 30, Amdt 
13B
Brainered, MN, Brainerd-Crow Wing Co Regional, NDB OR GPS RWY 23, Amdt 
5B
International Falls, MN, Falls Intl, COPTER ILS RWY 31, Orig
Cuba, MO, Cuba Muni, NDB-A, Orig
Cuba, MO, Cuba Muni, NDB OR GPS RWY 18, Amdt 2
Cuba, MO, Cuba Muni, NDB OR GPS RWY 36, Amdt 2
Glens Falls, NY, Floyd Bennet Memorial, VOR/DME OR GPS RWY 19, Amdt 6B
Dickinson, ND, Dickinson Muni, NDB RWY 32, Amdt 1
Dickinson, ND, Dickinson Muni, ILS RWY 32, Amdt 1
Dickinson, ND, Dickinson Muni, VOR/DME RNAV OR GPS RWY 14, Amdt 5, 
CANCELLED
Dickinson, ND, Dickinson Muni, RNAV RWY 14, Orig
Dickinson, ND, Dickinson Muni, RNAV RWY 32, Orig
Williston, ND, Sloulin Field Intl, VOR OR GPS RWY 11, Amdt 12B
Williston, ND, Sloulin Field Intl, NDB RWY 29, Amdt 2B
Cincinnati, OH, Cincinnati Muni Airport-Lunken Field, LOC BC RWY 3R, 
Amdt 8A
Cincinnati, OH, Cincinnati Muni Airport-Lunken Field, NDB OR GPS RWY 
21L, Amdt 14A
Cleveland, OH, Cleveland-Hopkins Intl, NDB OR GPS RWY 5R, Amdt 5A
Cleveland, OH, Cleveland-Hopkins Intl, NDB OR GPS RWY 23L, Amdt 1A
Cleveland, OH, Cleveland-Hopkins Intl, VOR/DME RNAV OR GPS RWY 10 Amdt 
12A
Corvallis, OR, Corvallis Muni, VOR/DME RWY 35, Amdt 11A
Hartsville, SC, Hartsville Rgnl, NDB RWY 3, Orig
Watertown, SD, Watertown Muni, LOC/DME BC RWY 17, Amdt 9A
Watertown, SD, Watertown Muni, LOC/DME BC RWY 35, Amdt 8A
Yankton, SC, Chan Gurney Muni, NDB OR GPS RWY 31, Amdt 2B
Chesapeake, VA, Chesapeake Muni, VOR/DME RWY 23, Amdt 2D
Cheyenne, WY, Cheyenne, GPS RWY 12, Amdt 1B
Cheyenne, WY, Cheyenne, GPS RWY 26, Orig
Gillette, WY, Gillette-Campbell County, LOC/DME BC RWY 16, Amdt 3A

. . . Effective July 13, 2000

La Grande, OR, La Grande/Union County, NDB-B, Orig
La Grande, OR, La Grande/Union County, NDB OR GPS-A, Amdt 3, CANCELLED

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