[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 56 (Thursday, March 22, 2001)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 15992-15993]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-7059]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 97

[Docket No. 03237; Amdt. No. 2041]


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 the 
adoption of new or revised criteria, or 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 matters 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, U.S. Government Printing 
Office, Washington, DC 20402.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Donald P. Pate, Flight Procedure 
Standards Branch (MCAFS-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: (405954-4164.

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 of each SIAP is contained in official FAA form 
documents which are incorporated by reference in this amendment under 5 
U.S.C. 552(a), 1 CFR part 51, and Sec. 97.20 of the Federal Aviation 
Regulations (FAR). The applicable FAA Forms are identified as FAA Forms 
8260-3, 8260-4, and 8260-5. 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 on 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 of 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 art 97 is effective upon publication of each 
separate SIAP as contained in the transmittal. Some SIAP amendments may 
have been previously issued by the FAA in a National Flight Data Center 
(NFDC) 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 some SIAP amendments may 
require making them effective in less than 30 days. For the remaining 
SIAPs, an effective date at least 30 days after publication is 
provided.
    Further, 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 SIAP, the TERPS criteria were 
applied to the conditions existing or anticipated at the affected 
airports. 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 some 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 March 16, 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:


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    Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(g), 40103, 40113, 40120, 44701; 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 April 19, 2001

Watertown, NY, Watertown Intl, VOR RWY 7, Amdt 13B

* * * Effective May 17, 2001

Greenville, AL, Greenville Muni, NDB RWY 32, Amdt 4, CANCELLED
Fairbanks, AK, Fairbanks Intl, RNAV (GPS) Y RWY 1L, Orig
Fairbanks, AK, Fairbanks Intl, RNAV (GPS) Z RWY 1L, Orig
Fairbanks, AK, Fairbanks Intl, RNAV (GPS) Y RWY 19R, Orig
Fairbanks, AK, Fairbanks Intl, RNAV (GPS) Z RWY 19R, Orig
Fairbanks, AK, Fairbanks Intl, GPS RWY 1L, Amdt 1 (CANCELLED)
Fairbanks, AK, Fairbanks Intl, GPS RWY 19R, Orig (CANCELLED)
Chandler, AZ, Chandler Muni, VOR RWY 4R, Orig
Chandler, AZ, Chandler Muni, VOR RWY 4L, Amdt 6, CANCELLED
Chandler, AZ, Chandler Muni, RNAV (GPS) RWY 4R, Orig
Chandler, AZ, Chandler Muni, GPS RWY 4L, Orig, CANCELLED
Prescott, AZ, Ernest A. Love Field, RNAV (GPS) RWY 21L, Orig
Prescott, AZ, Ernest A. Love Field, GPS RWY 21L, Orig CANCELLED
Pensacola, FL, Pensacola Regional, RNAV (GPS) RWY 8, Orig
Pensacola, FL, Pensacola Regional, RNAV (GPS) RWY 17, Orig
Pensacola, FL, Pensacola Regional, RNAV (GPS) RWY 26, Orig
Pensacola, FL, Pensacola Regional, RNAV (GPS) RWY 35, Orig
Adel, GA, Cook County, VOR/DME OR GPS-A, Orig, CANCELLED
St. Marys, GA, St Marys, RADAR-1, Amdt 1
Thomaston, GA, Thomaston-Upson County, LOC RWY 30, Orig-A, CANCELLED
Thomaston, GA, Thomaston-Upson County, NDB OR GPS RWY 30, Amdt 1
Thomaston, GA, Thomaston-Upson County, ILS RWY 30, Orig
Ottumwa, IA, Ottumwa Industrial, LOC/DME BC RWY 13, Amdt 3
Spencer, IA, Spencer Muni, VOR RWY 30, Amdt 3
Spencer, IA, Spencer Muni, NDB RWY 30, Amdt 9
Rantoul, IL, Rantoul Natl Avn Cntr-Frank Elliott Fld, VOR RWY 27, 
Amdt 1
Rantoul, IL, Rantoul Natl Avn Cntr-Frank Elliott Fld, RNAV (GPS) RWY 
9, Orig
Rantoul, IL, Rantoul Natl Avn Cntr-Frank Elliott Fld, RNAV (GPS RWY 
18, Orig
Rantoul, IL, Rantoul Natl Avn Cntr-Frank Elliott Fld, RNAV (GPS) RWY 
27, Orig
Rantoul, IL, Rantoul Natl Avn Cntr-Frank Elliott Fld, RNAV (GPS) RWY 
36, Orig
Phillipsburg, KS, Phillipsburg Muni, RNAV (GPS) RWY 13, Orig
Phillipsburg, KS, Phillipsburg Muni, RNAV (GPS) RWY 31, Orig
Phillipsburg, KS, Phillipsburg Muni, NDB-A, Orig
Phillipsburg, KS, Phillipsburg Muni, NDB OR GPS RWY 31, Amdt 6A 
(CANCELLED)
Bowling Green, KY, Bowling Green-Warren County Regional, NDB RWY 3, 
Amdt 1
Alexandria, LA, Alexandria Intl, VOR RWY 14, Amdt 1 (CANCELLED)
Alexandria, LA, Alexandria Intl, VOR/DME RWY 14, Orig
Alexandria, LA, Alexandria Intl, VOR OR GPS RWY 32, Amdt 1 
(CANCELLED)
Alexandria, LA, Alexandria Intl, VOR/DME RWY 32, Orig
Billings, MT, Billings Logan Intl, RNAV (GPS) RWY 7, Orig
Billings, MT, Billings Logan Intl, RNAV (GPS) RWY 10L, Orig
Billings, MT, Billings Logan Intl, RNAV (GPS) RWY 25, Orig
Billings, MT, Billings Logan Intl, RNAV (GPS) RWY 28R, Orig
Billings, MT, Billings Logan Intl, GPS RWY 10L, Orig (CANCELLED)
Billings, MT, Billings Logan Intl, GPS RWY 28R, Orig (CANCELLED)
Lebanon, NH, Lebanon Muni, VOR RWY 7, Amdt 1
Lebanon, NH, Lebanon Muni, VOR RWY 25, Amdt 1
Lebanon, NH, Lebanon Muni, ILS RWY 18, Amdt 5
Lebanon, NH, Lebanon Muni, NDB-B, Amdt 4
Atlantic City, NJ, Atlantic City Intl, VOR RWY 4, Amdt 15
Atlantic City, NJ, Atlantic City Intl, VOR RWY 13, Amdt 4
Atlantic City, NJ, Atlantic City Intl, VOR/DME RWY 22, Amdt 6
Atlantic City, NJ, Atlantic City Intl, VOR/DME RWY 31, Orig
Atlantic City, NJ, Atlantic City Intl, VOR OR GPS RWY 31, Amdt 15B, 
CANCELLED
Atlantic City, NJ, Atlantic City Intl, ILS RWY 13, Amdt 6
Atlantic City, NJ, Atlantic City Intl, COPTER ILS RWY 13, Orig
Atlantic City, NJ, Atlantic City Intl, RADAR-1, Amdt 14
Atlantic City, NJ, Atlantic City Intl, RNAV (GPS) RWY 4, Orig
Atlantic City, NJ, Atlantic City Intl, RNAV (GPS) RWY 13, Amdt 1
Atlantic City, NJ, Atlantic City Intl, RNAV (GPS) RWY 31, Orig
Atlantic City, NJ, Atlantic City Intl, RNAV (GPS) RWY 22, Amdt 1
Elmira, NY, Elmira/Corning Regional, NDB RWY 24, Amdt 15
Elmira, NY, Elmira/Corning Regional, ILS RWY 6, Amdt 4
Elmira, NY, Elmira/Corning Regional, ILS RWY 24, Amdt 18
Elmira, NY, Elmira/Corning Regional, RNAV (GPS) RWY 6, Orig
Elmira, NY, Elmira/Corning Regional, RNAV (GPS) RWY 10, Orig
Elmira, NY, Elmira/Corning Regional, RNAV (GPS) RWY 24, Orig
Elmira, NY, Elmira/Corning Regional, RNAV (GPS) RWY 28, Orig
Elmira, NY, Elmira/Corning Regional, GPS RWY 24, Orig. (CANCELLED)
Sanford, NC, Sanford-Lee County Regional, RNAV (GPS) RWY 3, Orig
Sanford, NC, Sanford-Lee County Regional, RNAV (GPS) RWY 21, Orig
Poteau, OK, Robert S. Kerr, VOR/DME-A, Orig
Poteau, OK, Robert S. Kerr, VOR/DME RWY 36, Amdt 4 (CANCELLED)
Prineville, OR, Prineville, RNAV (GPS) RWY 10, Orig
Prineville, OR, Prineville, RNAV (GPS) RWY 28, Orig
Greer, SC, Greenville-Spartanburg Intl, RNAV (GPS) RWY 4, Orig
Greer, SC, Greenville-Spartanburg Intl, RNAV (GPS) RWY 422 Orig
Greer, SC, Greenville-Spartanburg Intl, GPS RWY 4, Amdt 1 CANCELLED
Greer, SC, Greenville-Spartanburg Intl, GPS RWY 22, Amdt 2 CANCELLED
Dyersburg, TN, Dyersburg Muni, RNAV (GPS) RWY 4, Orig
Memphis, TN, Memphis Intl, ILS RWY 36C, Amdt 2
Mosinee, WI, Central Wisconsin, RNAV (GPS) RWY 8, Orig
Mosinee, WI, Central Wisconsin, RNAV (GPS) RWY 17, Orig
Mosinee, WI, Central Wisconsin, RNAV (GPS) RWY 26, Orig
Mosinee, WI, Central Wisconsin, RNAV (GPS) RWY 35, Orig

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