[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 194 (Friday, October 5, 2001)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 50823-50824]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-25088]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 97

[Docket No. 30272; Amdt. No. 2072]


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

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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 
expansive 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 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 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 September 28, 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:
    By amending: Sec. 97.23 VOR, VOR/DME, VOR or TACON, 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 November 1, 2001

Grand Canyon, AZ, Grand Canyon National Park, VOR RWY 3, Amdt 5
Grand Canyon, AZ, Grand Canyon National Park, ILS, RWY 3, Orig
Grand Canyon, AZ, Grand Canyon National Park, ILS/DME RWY 3, Amdt 
3A, CANCELLED
Grand Canyon, AZ, Grand Canyon National Park, RNAV (GPS) RWY 3, Orig
Grand Canyon, AZ, Grand Canyon National Park, GPS RWY 3, Orig, 
CANCELLED
Gainesville FL, Gainesville Regional, LOC BC RWY 10, Amdt 7B, 
CANCELLED
Ripley, MS, Ripley RNAV (GPS) RWY 21, Orig
New York, NY, John F. Kennedy Intl. RNAV (GPS) Y RWY 31L, Orig
New York, NY, John F. Kennedy Intl. RNAV (GPS) Z RWY 31L, Orig
Longview, TX, Gregg County, VOR/DME RNAV RWY 22, Amdt 6A CANCELLED
Salt Lake City, UT, Salt Lake City Intl, VOR/DME OR TACAN RWY 16L, 
Amdt 2
Salt Lake City, UT, Salt Lake City Intl, VOR/DME OR TACAN RWY 34R, 
Amdt 8
Salt Lake City, UT, Salt Lake City Intl, VOR/DME OR TACAN RWY 17, 
Amdt 2
Salt Lake City, UT, Salt Lake City Intl, ILS RWY 34R, Amdt 1
Salt Lake City, UT, Salt Lake City Intl, ILS RWY 16R, Amdt 1
Salt Lake City, UT, Salt Lake City Intl, ILS RWY 34L, Orig
Salt Lake City, UT, Salt Lake City Intl, ILS/DME RWY 34L, Amdt 1A, 
CANCELLED
Stafford, VA, Stafford Regional VOR RWY 33, Orig
Stafford, VA, Stafford Regional RNAV (GPS) RWY 33, Orig

* * * Effective December 27, 2001

Dillingham, AK, Dillingham, MLS RWY 1, Orig CANCELLED
Avon Park, FL, Avon Park Muni, GPS RWY 4, Orig-A
Bartow, FL, Bartow Muni, VOR/DME RWY 9L, Amdt 2A
Sebring, FL, Sebring Regional, GPS RWY 36, Orig-A
St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL, St. Petersburg-Clearwater Intl, VOR 
RWY 35R, Orig-A
Columbus, OH, Rickenbacker Intl, ILS RWY 5R, Amdt 2

    Note: The FAA published the following procedure in Docket No. 
30264, Amdt No. 2065 to Part 97 of the Federal Aviation Regulations 
(Vol 66, FR No. 164, Page 44302; dated August 23, 2001) under 
section 97.29 effective 1 November 2001, which is hereby amended as 
follows:

St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL, St. Petersburg-Clearwater Intl., NDB RWY 
17L, Amdt 20C.
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