[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 145 (Friday, July 27, 2001)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 39087-39089]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-18805]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 97

[Docket No. 30259; Amdt. No. 2061]


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 (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 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 charges 
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

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the airport, its location, the procedure identification and the 
amendment number.

The Rule

    This amendment to part 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 SIAPs, 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 July 20, 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. 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; 97.33 RNAV SIAPs; and Sec. 97.35 COPTER SIAPs, 
identified as follows:

* * * Effective August 9, 2001

Provo, UT, Provo Muni, OR,DME RWY 13, Orig
Provo, UT, Provo Muni, ILS Z RWY13, Orig

* * * Effective September 6, 2001

Ontario, CA, Ontario Intl, VOR/DME RWY 8L, Orig-A
Ontario, CA, Ontario Intl, VOR OR TACAN RWY 26R, Amdt 10A
Ontario, CA, Ontario Intl, NDB RWY 26L, Amdt 3A
Ontario, CA, Ontario Intl, NDB RWY 26R, Amdt 3
Ontario, CA, Ontario Intl, ILS, RNAV (GSP), RWY 8L 26R, Orig
Ontario, CA, Ontario Intl, RNAV (GPS) RWY 8R, Orig
Ontario, CA, Ontario Intl, RNAV (GPS) RWY 26R, Orig
Ontario, CA, Ontario Intl, RNAV (GPS) RWY 26L, Orig
Eagle, CO, Eagle County Regional, GPS-D, Orig, CANCELLED
Bridgeport, CT, Igor I. Sikorsky Memorial, VOR RWY 6, Amdt 21
Bridgeport, CT, Igor I. Sikorsky Memorial, VOR RWY 24, Amdt 16
Bridgeport, CT, Igor I. Sikorsky Memorial, VOR RWY 29, Amdt 2
Bridgeport, CT, Igor I. Sikorsky Memorial, ILS RWY 6, Amdt 9
Bridgeport, CT, Igor I. Sikorsky Memorial, RNAV (GPS) RWY 6 Orig
Bridgeport, CT, Igor I. Sikorsky Memorial, RNAV (GPS) RWY 24, Orig
Bridgeport, CT, Igor I. Sikorsky Memorial, RNAV (GPS) RWY 29, Orig
Bridgeport, CT, Igor I. Sikorsky Memorial, GPS RWY 29, Amdt 1A, 
CANCELLED
Morris, IL, Morris Muni-James R. Washburn Field, VOR-A, Orig
Morris, IL, Morris Muni-James R. Washburn Field, VOR OR GPS-A, AMDT 
9a, CANCELLED.
Bloomington, IN, Monroe County, VOR RWY 6, Amdt 17
Bloomington, IN, Monroe County, VOR RWY 17, Amdt 12
Bloomington, IN, Monroe County, VOR RWY 24, Amdt 11
Bloomington, IN, Monroe County, VOR/DME RWY 35, Amdt 15
Bloomington, IN, Monroe County, NDB RWY 35, Amdt 5
Bloomington, IN, Monroe County, ILS RWY 35, Amdt 5
Bloomington, IN, Monroe County, RNAV (GPS) RWY 6, Orig
Bloomington, IN, Monroe County, RNAV (GPS) RWY 17, Orig
Bloomington, IN, Monroe County, RNAV (GPS) RWY 24, Orig
Bloomington, IN, Monroe County, RNAV (GPS) RWY 35, Orig
Bowling Green, KY Bowling Green--Warren County Regional, VOR/DME RWY 
21, Amdt 8
Indian Head, MD, Maryland, RNAV (GPS) RWY 36, Orig
Charlotte, NC, Charlotte/Douglas Intl, VOR/DME RWY 18L, Amdt 6A
Fayetteville, NC, Fayetteville Regional/Grannis Field, VOR RWY 22, 
Amdt 5A
Fayetteville, NC, Fayetteville Regional/Grannis Field, NDB RWY 4, 
Amdt 15
Fayetteville, NC, Fayetteville Regional/Grannis Field, RNAV (GPS) 
RWY 4, Orig
Fayetteville, NC, Fayetteville Regional/Grannis Field, RNAV (GPS) 
RWY 22, Orig
Millington, TN, Millington Muni, ILS RWY 22, Amdt 2
Heber City, UT, Heber City Muni-Russ McDonald Field, RNAV (GPS)-A, 
Orig
Rutland, VT, Rutland State, VOR/DME RWY 1, Orig
Rutland, VT, Rutland State, VOR/DME RWY 19, Orig
Olympia, WA, Olympia, ILS RWY 17, Amdt 9
Renton, WA, Renton Muni, NDB RWY 15, Amdt 3
Renton, WA, Renton Muni, RNAV (GPS) RWY 15, Orig
Renton, WA, Renton Muni, GPS RWY 15, Orig-A, CANCELLED
Seattle, WA, Boeing Field/King County Intl, LOC/DME RWY 13R, Amdt 1
Seattle, WA, Boeing Field/King County Intl, ILS RWY 13R, Amdt 28
Seattle, WA, Boeing Field/King County Intl, ILS RWY 31L, Amdt 1
Seattle, WA, Seattle-Tacoma Intl, VOR RWY 16L/R, Amdt 13
Seattle, WA, Seattle-Tacoma Intl, VOR RWY 34L/R, Amdt 9
Seattle, WA, Seattle-Tacoma Intl, NDB RWY 16R, Amdt 1
Seattle, WA, Seattle-Tacoma Intl, NDB RWY 34R, Amdt 8
Seattle, WA, Seattle-Tacoma Intl, ILS RWY 34L, Orig

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Seattle, WA, Seattle-Tacoma Intl, ILS RWY 16R, Amdt 12
Seattle, WA, Seattle-Tacoma Intl, ILS/DME RWY 34L, Amdt 1A, 
CANCELLED
Seattle, WA, Seattle-Tacoma Intl, ILS RWY 16L, Amdt 1
Seattle, WA, Seattle-Tacoma Intl, ILS RWY 34R, Orig
Seattle, WA, Seattle-Tacoma Intl, ILS/DME RWY 34R, Amdt 1, CANCELLED
Seattle, WA, Seattle-Tacoma Intl, RNAV (GPS) RWY 16R, Orig
Seattle, WA, Seattle-Tacoma Intl, RNAV (GPS) RWY 16L, Orig
Seattle, WA, Seattle-Tacoma Intl, RNAV (GPS) RWY 34L, Orig
Seattle, WA, Seattle-Tacoma Intl, RNAV (GPS) RWY 34R, Orig


    Note: The following cancellation in Docket No. 30257, Amdt. No. 
2059, to Part 97 of the Federal Aviation Administration Regulations 
(Federal Register Vol. 66, number 137, Rules and Regulations, pages 
37134-37136, dated July 17, 2001) under Sec. 97.33 effective 
September 6, 2001 is hereby rescinded:

Lincoln, NE, Lincoln Muni, GPS RWY 14, Orig-A (Cancelled).

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