[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 106 (Friday, June 1, 2001)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 29693-29695]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-13795]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 97

[Docket No. 30250; Amdt. No. 2053]


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, 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 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,

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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 May 25, 2001.
Nicholas A. Sabatini,
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/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.                         Subject
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04/30/01...............  TX                 Dallas-Fort Worth....  Dallas-Fort Worth           1/4048  ILS Rwy 36L, Amdt 6A
                                                                    Intl.
05/09/01...............  NY                 Westhampton Beach....  The Francis S.              1/4326   Copter ILS Rwy 24, Amdt 1A
                                                                    Gabreski.
05/09/01...............  TX                 Cleveland............  Cleveland Muni.......       1/4368  GPS 16, Orig
05/09/01...............  NY                 White Plains.........  Westchester County...       1/4389  Copter ILS/DME 162, Orig-A
05/10/01...............  NC                 Maxton...............  Laurinburg-Maxton....       1/4434  NDB or GPS Rwy 5, Orig-A
05/15/01...............  MI                 Romeo................  Romeo State..........       1/4534  GPS Rwy 36, Orig
05/15/01...............  MI                 Romeo................  Romeo State..........       1/4535  VOR/DME or GPS-A, Amdt 7
05/15/01...............  MI                 Coldwater............  Branch County               1/4541  VOR Rwy 6, Amdt 4A
                                                                    Memorial.
05/15/01...............  MI                 Lansing..............  Capital City.........       1/4549   VOR or GPS Rwy 24, Amdt 8A
05/15/01...............  MI                 Lansing..............  Capital City.........       1/4550  Radar-1, Amdt 14
05/15/01...............  OK                 Tulsa................  Tulsa Intl...........       1/4571  HI-NDB or ILS Rwy 18L, Amdt 4
05/15/01...............  VA                 Saluda...............  Hummel Field.........       1/4589  GPS Rwy 36, Orig (This replaces FDC 1/4589 in TL
                                                                                                        01-12)
05/16/01...............  CA                 Oakland..............  Metropolitan Oakland        1/4602  NDB Rwy 27R, Amdt 5 (This replaces FDC 1/2278 in
                                                                    Intl.                               TL 01-12)
05/16/01...............  AK                 Koliganek............  Koliganek............       1/4612  GPS Rwy 27, Orig-A
05/16/01...............  AK                 Koliganek............  Koliganek............       1/4613  GPS Rwy 9, Orig-A
05/17/01...............  NY                 Elmira...............  Elmira/Corning              1/4631  RNAV (GPS) Rwy 28, Orig
                                                                    Regional.
05/17/01...............  OH                 Cleveland............  Cleveland-Hopkins           1/4632  ILS Rwy 5R (CAT I, II, III), Amdt 16
                                                                    Intl.
05/17/01...............  OH                 Cleveland............  Cleveland-Hopkins           1/4633  NDB or GPS Rwy 5R, Amdt 5A
                                                                    Intl.
05/17/01...............  OH                 Cleveland............  Cleveland-Hopkins           1/4634  ILS Rwy 23L, Amdt 17A
                                                                    Intl.
05/17/01...............  OH                 Cleveland............  Cleveland-Hopkins           1/4635  NDB or GPS Rwy 23L, Amdt 1A
                                                                    Intl.
05/17/01...............  NM                 Albuquerque..........  Albuquerque Intl            1/4654  ILS Rwy 3, Orig-B
                                                                    Sunport.
05/17/01...............  AZ                 Phoenix..............  Williams Gateway.....       1/4663  VOR or TACAN Rwy 30C, Amdt 1A
05/17/01...............  AZ                 Phoenix..............  Williams Gateway.....       1/4664  ILS Rwy 30C, Amdt 2
05/17/01...............  MI                 Ionia................  Ionia County.........       1/4666  RNAV (GPS) Rwy 27, Orig
05/17/01...............  MI                 Coldwater............  Branch County               1/4669  RNAV (GPS) Rwy 6, Orig-A
                                                                    Memorial.
05/17/01...............  TX                 Harlingen............  Valley International.       1/4680  NDB or GPS Rwy 17R, Amdt 11A
05/17/01...............  TX                 Waco.................  Waco Regional........       1/4689  GPS Rwy 19, Orig-A
05/17/01...............  TX                 Waco.................  Waco Regional........       1/4690  GPS Rwy 1, Orig-A
05/17/01...............  OK                 Ardmore..............  Ardmore Downtown            1/4699  GPS Rwy 17, Orig
                                                                    Executive.
05/18/01...............  MN                 Minneapolis..........  Minneapolis-St Paul         1/4734  Copter ILS Rwy 30R, Orig
                                                                    Intl (Wold-
                                                                    Chamberlain).
05/18/01...............  MN                 Minneapolis..........  Minneapolis-St Paul         1/4735  ILS Rwy 30R, Amdt 10A
                                                                    Intl (Wold-
                                                                    Chamberlain).
05/18/01...............  MN                 Minneapolis..........  Minneapolis-St Paul         1/4736  ILS PRM Rwy 30R, Amdt 5A
                                                                    Intl (Wold-
                                                                    Chamberlain).
05/21/01...............  NM                 Albuquerque..........  Albuquerque Intl            1/4813  NDB or GPS Rwy 35, Amdt 7A
                                                                    Sunport.
05/22/01...............  CA                 San Jose.............  San Jose Intl........       1/4869  LOC/DME Rwy 30L, Amdt 11
05/22/01...............  CA                 San Jose.............  San Jose Intl........       1/4870  NDB/DME Rwy 30L, Amdt 5
05/22/01...............  CA                 San Jose.............  San Jose Intl........       1/4871  VOR Rwy 12R, Amdt 3
05/22/01...............  CA                 San Jose.............  San Jose Intl........       1/4872  GPS Rwy 12R, Orig
05/22/01...............  CA                 San Jose.............  San Jose Intl........       1/4873  VOR/DME Rwy 30L, Amdt 1
05/23/01...............  NY                 New York.............  Laguardia............       1/4943  Copter ILS/DME Rwy 22, Amdt 1
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