[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 223 (Monday, November 19, 2001)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 57863-57865]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-28867]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 97

[Docket No. 30280; Amdt. No. 2079]


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, US 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. Olkahoma 
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 Date 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 November 9, 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

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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).


Secs. 97.23, 97.25, 97.27, 97.29, 97.31, 97.33, 97.35  [Amended]

    2. Part 97 is amended to read as follows:
    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 number          Subject
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10/16/01........  MD           Ocean City........  Ocean City Muni........       1/1293  VOR-A, Amdt 2.
10/16/01........  MD           Baltimore.........  Baltimore-Washington          1/1334  RNAV (GPS) RWY 33R,
                                                    Intl.                                 Orig.
10/16/01........  MD           Baltimore.........  Baltimore-Washington          1/1335  RNAV (GPS RWY 15L,
                                                    Intl.                                 Orig.
10/16/01........  MD           Baltimore.........  Baltimore-Washington          1/1336  ILS RWY 33R Orig-C.
                                                    Intl.
10/16/01........  MD           Baltimore.........  Baltimore-Washington          1/1337  VOR/DME RWY 15L, Amdt
                                                    Intl.                                 2.
10/16/01........  MD           Baltimore.........  Baltimore-Washington          1/1338  ILS RWY 15L, Orig-A.
                                                    Intl.
10/17/01........  MA           Southbridge.......  Southbridge Muni.......       1/1348  VOR/DME-B, Amdt 7.
10/17/01........  CT           Danielson.........  Danielson..............       1/1349  VOR or GPS-A, Amdt 5.
10/17/01........  RI           Pawtucket.........  North Central State....       1/1350  LOC RWY 5, Amdt 5A.
10/17/01........  RI           Pawtucket.........  North Central State....       1/1351  VOR or GPS-B, Amdt 6.
10/18/01........  CA           San Diego.........  Montgomery Field.......       1/1413  NDB or GPS RWY 28R,
                                                                                          Amdt 1B.
10/18/01........  CA           San Diego.........  Montgomery Field.......       1/1414  ILS RWY 28R, Amdt 2A.
10/20/01........  KY           Louisville........  Louisville Intl-              1/1450  ILS RWY 35L(CAT I, II,
                                                    Standiford Field.                     III), Amdt 1.
10/22/01........  VA           Blacksburg........  Virginia Tech..........       1/1525  NDB or GPS-A, Amdt 3.
10/23/01........  MI           Detroit...........  Detroit Metropolitan          1/1556  NDB or GPS RWY 3L, Amdt
                                                    Wayne County.                         12B.
10/26/01........  SC           North Myrtle Beach  North Myrtle Beach            1/1659  ILS RWY 23, Amdt 10B.
                                                    Grand Strand.
10/31/01........  OH           Lorain/Elyria.....  Lorain County Regional.       1/1810  VOR or GPS-A, Amdt 2A.
10/31/01........  VA           Manassas..........  Manassas Regional/Harry       1/1817  VOR/DME RNAV or GPS RWY
                                                    P. Davis Field.                       16R, Amdt 7B.
11/01/01........  NJ           Newark............  Newark Intl............       1/1873  VOR RWY 11, Amdt 2.
11/01/01........  TX           Dallas-Fort Worth.  Dallas-Fort Worth......       1/1885  CONVERGING ILS RWY 31R,
                                                                                          Amdt 5.
11/01/01........  FL           Gainesville.......  Gainesville Regional...       1/1886  VOR RWY 28, Orig.
11/01/01........  FL           Gainesville.......  Gainesville Regional...       1/1887  VOR/DME RWY 6, Orig.
11/01/01........  FL           Gainesville.......  Gainesville Regional...       1/1888  VOR RWY 24, Orig.
11/01/01........  TX           Dallas-Fort Worth.  Dallas-Fort Worth......       1/1912  ILS RWY 31R, Amdt 11.
11/01/01........  CA           Victorville.......  Southern California           1/1913  VOR/DME RWY 17, Orig-A.
                                                    Logistics.
11/01/01........  NV           Las Vegas.........  McCarran Intl..........       1/1915  ILS RWY 25R, Amdt 16E.
11/01/01........  CA           Victorville.......  Southern California           1/1916  ILS RWY 17, Amdt 1B.
                                                    Logistics.
11/01/01........  CA           Victorville.......  Southern California           1/1918  GPS RWY 17, Orig-A.
                                                    Logistics.
11/01/01........  WA           Seattle...........  Seattle-Tacoma Intl....       1/1925  ILS RWY 16L, Amdt 1A.
11/01/01........  WA           Seattle...........  Seattle-Tacoma Intl....       1/1926  ILS RWY 16R (CAT I, II,
                                                                                          III), Amdt 12A.
11/01/01........  MD           Leonardtown.......  Capt. Walter Francis          1/1972  VOR or GPS RWY 29, Amdt
                                                    Duke Rgnl at St.                      6.
                                                    Mary's County.
11/02/01........  AK           Cold Bay..........  Cold Bay...............       1/1874  ILS RWY 14, Amdt 16B.
11/05/01........  TN           Millington........  Millington Muni........       1/2094  ILS RWY 22, Amdt 2.
11/05/01........  TN           Millington........  Millington Muni........       1/2109  GPS RWY 4, Orig.
11/06/01........  FL           Gainesville.......  Gainesville Regional...       1/2130  ILS RWY 28, Amdt 12.
11/06/01........  FL           Gainesville.......  Gainesville Regional...       1/2132  NDB RWY 28, Amdt 9.
11/06/01........  FL           Gainesville.......  Gainesville Regional...       1/2133  RNAV (GPS) RWY 6, Orig.
11/06/01........  FL           Gainesville.......  Gainesville Regional...       1/2134  VOR/DME RWY 10, Orig.
11/06/01........  FL           Gainesville.......  Gainesville Regional...       1/2137  RNAV (GPS) RWY 28,
                                                                                          Orig.
11/06/01........  AK           Cold Bay..........  Cold Bay...............       1/2138  LOC/DME BC RWY 32, Amdt
                                                                                          7B.
11/06/01........  FL           Gainesville.......  Gainesville Regional...       1/2140  RNAV (GPS) RWY 10,
                                                                                          Orig.
11/06/01........  FL           Gainesville.......  Gainesville Regional...       1/2141  RNAV (GPS) RWY 24,
                                                                                          Orig.
11/06/01........  TN           Millington........  Millington Muni........       1/2148  VOR/DME RWY 22, Orig.
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