[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 137 (Tuesday, July 17, 2001)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 37132-37134]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-17862]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 97

[Docket No. 30258; Amdt. No. 2060]


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, Federal Procedure 
Standards Branch (AMCAFS-420), Flight Technologies and Program 
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 Regulation (14 
CFR part 97) establishes, amends, suspends, or revokes SIAPs. For 
safety and timeliness of change consideration, 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 of 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

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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 July 6, 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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06/08/01.......  FL          Hollywood........  North Perry.....  1/5584             GPS Rwy 9R, Orig.
06/11/01.......  CA          Fresno...........  Fresno Yosemite   1/5712             GPS Rwy 11L, Orig. This
                                                 Intl.                                corrects NOTAM 1/5712 in
                                                                                      TL01-15.
06/19/01.......  NM          Albuquerque......  Albuquerque Intl  1/5989             ILS Rwy 8, Amdt 5A.
                                                 Sunport.
06/19/01.......  NM          Albuquerque......  Albuquerque Intl  1/5990             VOR or TACAN or GPS Rwy 8,
                                                 Sunport.                             Admt 19A.
06/19/01.......  TX          Stephenville.....  Stephenville/     1/5996             VOR/DME-A, Orig.
                                                 Clark Field
                                                 Muni.
06/20/01.......  VT          Barre-Montpelier.  Edwards F. Knapp  1/6029             VOR Rwy 35, Admt 3A.
                                                 State.
06/20/01.......  TX          Andrews..........  Andrews County..  1/6033             NDB Rwy 15, Admt 2.
06/20/01.......  TX          Andrews..........  Andrews County..  1/6034             GPS Rwy 15, Orig-A.
06/20/01.......  CA          Watsonville......  Watsonville Muni  1/6040             VOR/DME or GPS-A, Orig-C.
06/20/01.......  CA          Salinas..........  Salinas Muni....  1/6041             LOC/DME Rwy 31, Admt 4B.
06/20/01.......  CA          Salinas..........  Salinas Muni....  1/6042             VOR Rwy 13, Admt 11B.
06/20/01.......  CA          Monterey.........  Monterey          1/6043             LOC/DME Rwy 28L, Admt 3C.
                                                 Peninsula.
06/20/01.......  CA          Santa Ana........  John Wayne        1/6048             ILS Rwy 19R, Admt 11.
                                                 Airport-Orange
                                                 County.
06/21/01.......  TX          Del Rio..........  Del Rio Intl....  1/6083             LOC Rwy 13, Orig.
06/22/01.......  NC          Jacksonville.....  Albert J. Ellis.  1/6132             NDB or GPS Rwy 5, Admt 7A.
06/22/01.......  NC          Jacksonville.....  Albert J. Ellis.  1/6133             ILS Rwy 5, Admt 7B.
06/22/01.......  TN          Bristol-Johnson-   Bristol/Tri       1/6135             NDB or GPS Rwy 23, Admt 18.
                              Kingsport.         Cities Regional.
06/22/01.......  TN          Bristol-Johnson-   Bristol/Tri       1/6136             ILS (CATS I, II) Rwy 23,
                              Kingsport.         Cities Regional.                     Admt 24C.
06/26/01.......  FL          Miami............  Miami Intl......  1/6268             ILS Rwy 27R, Admt 14A.
06/26/01.......  NE          Ainsworth........  Ainsworth Muni..  1/6279             GPS Rwy 35, Orig.
06/26/01.......  IL          Chicago..........  Merrill C. Meigs  1/6280             GPS Rwy 36, Admt 1.
06/27/01.......  FL          Miami............  Miami Intl......  1/6320             ILS Rwy 9L, Admt 29.
06/28/01.......  FL          Ocala............  Ocala Regional/   1/6399             RNAV (GPS) Rwy 18, Orig-A
                                                 Jim Taylor
                                                 Field.
06/28/01.......  RI          North Kingstown..  Quonset State...  1/6406             GPS Rwy 34, Admt 1.
06/29/01.......  IL          Mattoon-           Coles County      1/6429             VOR or GPS Rwy 24, Admt
                              Charleston.        Memorial.                            10B.
07/02/01.......  SC          Pickens..........  Pickens County..  1/6497             NDB or GPS Rwy 5, Orig.
07/02/01.......  SC          Pickens..........  Pickens County..  1/6498             VOR/DME or GPS-A, Orig-A.

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07/02/01.......  NJ          Teterboro........  Teterboro.......  1/6512             Copter ILS Rwy 6, Admt 1A.
07/03/01.......  OR          Eugene...........  Mahlon Sweet      1/6546             GPS Rwy 3, Orig-A.
                                                 Field.
07/03/01.......  OR          Eugene...........  Mahlon Sweet      1/6547             GPS Rwy 16, Orig-A.
                                                 Field.
07/03/01.......  OR          Eugene...........  Mahlon Sweet      1/6549             VOR/DME or TACAN Rwy 35,
                                                 Field.                               Admt 4B.
07/03/01.......  OR          Eugene...........  Mahlon Sweet      1/6550             VOR/DME or TACAN Rwy 3,
                                                 Field.                               Admt 3A.
07/03/01.......  OR          Eugene...........  Mahlon Sweet      1/6551             VOR or GPS-A, Admt 6A.
                                                 Field.
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