[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 56 (Thursday, March 22, 2001)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 15993-15995]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-7060]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 97

[Docket No. 30238; Amdt. No. 2042]


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.

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 from 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/ 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 March 16, 2001.
L. Nicholas Lacey,
Director, Flight Standards Service.

Adoption of the Amendment

    Acordingly, 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/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,

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        FDC date               State                 City                   Airport          FDC number                      Subject
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02/20/01...............  TN                 Bristol-Johnson-        Tri-Cities Regional...       1/1797  Correction . . . ILS Rwy 5, Amdt 2
                                             Kingsport.
02/27/01...............  SD                 Sturgis...............  Sturgis Muni                 1/2083  GPS Rwy 29, Orig
                                                                     Tallahassee.
02/27/01...............  FL                 (Havana)..............  Commercial............       1/2138  VOR or GPS-A, Amdt 5
02/27/01...............  SC                 Myrtle Beach..........  Myrtle Beach Intl.....       1/2148  Orig-A
02/27/01...............  SC                 Myrtle Beach..........  Myrtle Beach Intl.....       1/2150  RADAR-1, Orig-A
02/27/01...............  SC                 Myrtle Beach..........  Myrtle Beach Intl.....       1/2151  ILS Rwy 17, Amdt 1A
02/27/01...............  SD                 Mitchell..............  Mitchell Muni.........       1/2156  VOR or GPS Rwy 12, Amdt 10
02/27/01...............  SD                 Mitchell..............  Mitchell Muni.........       1/2157  VOR or GPS Rwy 30, Amdt 4
02/2801................  GA                 Atlanta...............  Fulton County Airport-       1/2210  ILS Rwy 8, Amdt 15E
                                                                     Brown Field.
03/01/01...............  AL                 Huntsville............  Huntsville Intl, Carl        1/2231  ILS Rwy 36R, Orig
                                                                     T. Jones Field.
03/01/01...............  MD                 Baltimore.............  Baltimore-Washington         1/2233  This Replaces FDC 1/1764 in TL01-07
                                                                     Intl.
03/01/01...............  IA                 Cedar Rapids..........  The Eastern Iowa......       1/2245  GPS Rwy 31, Orig-C
03/02/01...............  TN                 Chattanooga...........  Lovell Field..........       1/2266  ILS Rwy 2, Amdt 6A
03/02/01...............  NM                 Santa Fe..............  Santa Fe Muni.........       1/2269  NDB Rwy 2, Amdt 4A
03/02/01...............  NM                 Santa Fe..............  Santa Fe Muni.........       1/2270  GPS Rwy 2, Orig
03/02/01...............  NM                 Santa Fe..............  Santa Fe Muni.........       1/2271  GPS Rwy 33, Orig
03/02/01...............  NM                 Santa Fe..............  Santa Fe Muni.........       1/2272  VOR Rwy 33, Amdt 9A
03/02/01...............  NM                 Santa Fe..............  Santa Fe Muni.........       1/2273  VOR/DME-A, Amdt 1A
03/02/01...............  NM                 Santa Fe..............  Santa Fe Muni.........       1/2274  GPS Rwy 28, Orig-B
03/02/01...............  NM                 Santa Fe..............  Santa Fe Muni.........       1/2277  ILS Rwy 2, Amdt 5B
03/02/01...............  IA                 Grinnell..............  Grinnell Regional.....       1/2293  VOR/DME Rwy 31, Amdt 2
03/02/01...............  IA                 Grinnell..............  Grinnell Regional.....       1/2294  GPS Rwy 13, Orig
03/02/01...............  IA                 Grinnell..............  Grinnell Regional.....       1/2295  GPS Rwy 31, Orig
03/02/01...............  IA                 Grinnell..............  Grinnell Regional.....       1/2296  NDB Rwy 13, Amdt 2
03/05/01...............  PA                 Pittsburgh............  Pittsburgh Intl.......       1/2314  ILS Rwy 28R Amdt 7A
03/05/01...............  LA                 Monroe................  Monroe Regional.......       1/2323  RADAR-1, Amdt 5
03/07/01...............  MN                 Duluth................  Duluth Intl...........       1/2345  COPTER ILS Rwy 9, Orig
03/07/01...............  MN                 Fairmont..............  Fairmont Muni.........       1/2346  COPTER ILS Rwy 31, Orig
03/07/01...............  MN                 International Falls...  Falls Intl............       1/2347  COPTER ILS Rwy 31, Orig
03/07/01...............  MN                 Mankato...............  Mankato Regional......       1/2348  COPTER ILS Rwy 33, Orig
03/07/01...............  MN                 Minneapolis...........  Flying Cloud..........       1/2350  COPTER ILS Rwy 9R, Orig
03/07/01...............  MN                 Rochester.............  Rochester Intl........       1/2351  COPTER ILS Rwy 31, Orig
03/07/01...............  OK                 Oklahoma City.........  Will Rodgers World....       1/2387  ILS Rwy 17R, Amdt 9C
03/08/01...............  AK                 Yakutat...............  Yakutat...............       1/2394  LOC/DME BC Rwy 29, Amdt 2
03/12/01...............  NC                 Fayetteville..........  Fayetteville Regional/       1/2508  VOR Rwy 4, Amdt 15B
                                                                     Grannis Field.
03/12/01...............  NC                 Fayetteville..........  Fayetteville Regional/       1/2509  ILS Rwy 4, Amdt 14B
                                                                     Grannis Field.
03/13/01...............  RI                 Providence............  Theodore Francis Green       1/2514  VOR or GPS Rwy 34, Amdt 4
                                                                     State.
03/13/01...............  RI                 Providence............  Theodore Francis Green       1/2515  VOR/DME Rwy 34, Amdt 5A
                                                                     State.
03/13/01...............  RI                 Providence............  Theodore Francis Green       1/2516  ILS/DME Rwy 34, Amdt 9
                                                                     State.
03/13/01...............  FL                 Miami.................  Opa Locka.............       1/2527  GPS Rwy 27R, Orig
03/13/01...............  FL                 Miami.................  Opa Locka.............       1/2529  GPS Rwy 9L, Orig
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