[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 30 (Tuesday, February 13, 2001)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 9921-9923]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-3652]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 97

[Docket No. 30230; Amdt. No. 2036]


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

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operations under instrument flight rules at the affected airports.

DATE: 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 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 February 2, 2001.
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 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/DME, MLS/RNAV; 
Sec. 97.31 RADAR SIAPs; Sec. 97.33 RNAV SIAPs; and Sec. 97.35 COPTER 
SIAPs, Identified as follows:

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Effective Upon Publication

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        FDC date               State                 City                   Airport         FDC  number                        SIAP
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1/17/01................  MO                 New Madrid............  County Memorial.......       1/0490  VOR/DME RNAV OR GPS Rwy 18, AMDT 1A
1/18/01................  LA                 Oakdale...............  Allen Parish..........       1/0548  NDB Rwy 35, ORIG-B
1/18/01................  NE                 O'Neill...............  The O'Neill Muni-John        1/0504  VOR Rwy 13, AMDT 5A
                                                                     L. Baker Field.
1/19/01................  MS                 Meridian..............  Key Field.............       1/0580  VOR OR GPS-A, AMDT 15
1/19/01................  OK                 Enid..................  Enid Woodring Muni....       1/0591  GPS Rwy 17, ORIG
1/19/01................  OK                 Enid..................  Enid Woodring Muni....       1/0595  ILS Rwy 35 AMDT 4
1/19/01................  OK                 El Reno...............  El Reno Muni..........       1/0605  VOR/DME Rwy 35, AMDT 1A
1/19/01................  OK                 Tulsa.................  Tulsa Intl............       1/0610  VOR OR TACAN Rwy 26, AMDT 22A
1/19/01................  TX                 Houston...............  May...................       1/0602  VOR/DME OR GPS-A, ORIG-A
1/22/01................  AR                 Warren................  Warren Muni...........       1/0660  GPS Rwy 21, ORIG-A
1/22/01................  OK                 Enid..................  Enid Woodring Muni....       1/0640  VOR Rwy 35, AMDT 13
1/22/01................  OK                 Enid..................  Enid Woodring Muni....       1/0641  VOR Rwy 17, AMDT 12
1/22/01................  OK                 Enid..................  Enid Woodring Muni....       1/0643  NDB Rwy 35, AMDT 6
1/22/01................  OK                 Oklahoma City.........  Sundance Airpark......       1/0699  RNAV (GPS) Rwy 35, ORIG
1/22/01................  OK                 Oklahoma City.........  Sundance Airpark......       1/0701  RNAV (GPS) Rwy 17, ORIG
1/22/01................  TX                 Monahans..............  Roy Hurd Memorial.....       1/0654  VOR/DME Rwy 12, AMDT 1
1/22/01................  TX                 Monahans..............  Roy Hurd Memorial.....       1/0662  GPS Rwy 12, ORIG-A
1/23/01................  NC                 Southern Pines........  Moore County..........       1/0684  GPS Rwy 23, ORIG-A
1/23/01................  NC                 Asheville.............  Asheville Regional....       1/0686  NDB OR GPS Rwy 16, AMDT 15A
1/24/01................  OK                 Norman................  University of Oklahoma       1/0740  VOR/DME RNAV Rwy 3, ORIG-C
                                                                     Westheimer.
1/24/01................  TX                 Witchita Falls........  Sheppard AFB/Wichita         1/0741  ILS Rwy 33L, AMDT 12C
                                                                     Fall Muni.
1/24/01................  WI                 Medford...............  Taylor County.........       1/0719  NDB OR GPS Rwy 33, AMDT 6A
1/25/01................  AK                 Iliamna...............  Iliamna...............       1/0857  NDB OR GPS Rwy 35, ORIG
1/25/01................  FL                 Lake City.............  Lake City.............       1/0783  RNAV(GPS) Rwy 10, ORIG-A
1/25/01................  FL                 Lake City.............  Lake City.............       1/0784  RNAV(GPS) Rwy 28, ORIG-A
1/25/01................  FL                 Tampa.................  Vandenburg............       1/0816  GPS Rwy 18, AMDT 1B
1/25/01................  FL                 Tampa.................  Vandenburg............       1/0818  GPS Rwy 23, ORIG-B
1/25/01................  LA                 Minden................  Minden-Webster........       1/0750  GPS Rwy 19, ORIG-A
1/25/01................  MI                 Howell................  Livingston County.....       1/0802  RNAV (GPS) Rwy 13, ORIG
1/25/01................  MO                 St. Joseph............  Rosecrans Memorial....       1/0804  LOC BC Rwy 17, AMDT 8C
1/25/01................  NM                 Santa Fe..............  Santa Fe Muni.........       1/0862  ILS Rwy 2, AMDT 5A
1/25/01................  OK                 Enid..................  Enid Woodring Muni....       1/0858  GPS Rwy 35 ORIG
1/26/01................  IN                 New Castle............  New Castle-Henry             1/0901  VOR OR GPS Rwy 27 AMDT 9
                                                                     County.
1/26/01................  LA                 Homer.................  Homer Muni............       1/0884  GPS Rwy 30, ORIG-A
1/26/01................  LA                 Homer.................  Homer Muni............       1/0885  NDB OR GPS Rwy 12, AMDT 1A
1/26/01................  OH                 Lebanon...............  Lebanon-Warren County.       1/0880  RNAV (GPS) Rwy 1, ORIG-A
1/26/01................  OH                 Lebanon...............  Lebanon-Warren County.       1/0881  RNAV (GPS) Rwy 19, ORIG-A
1/26/01................  WI                 Madison...............  Dane County Regional-        1/0886  RADAR-1, AMDT 16
                                                                     Truax Field.
1/29/01................  AL                 Greenville............  Greenville Muni.......       1/0983  GPS Rwy 32, ORIG
1/29/01................  AL                 Greenville............  Greenville Muni.......       1/0985  GPS Rwy 14, ORIG
1/30/01................  CT                 Windsor Locks.........  Bradley Intl..........       1/0997  VOR OR TACAN Rwy 33 ORIG-A
1/30/01................  OR                 Prineville............  Prineville............       1/0995  NDB Rwy 10, ORIG AMDT 15A
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