[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 2 (Thursday, January 3, 2002)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 269-271]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-50]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 97

[Docket No. 30286; Amdt. No. 2085]


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

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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 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. Standards 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, that good cause exists for making these SIAPs effective in 
less than 30 days.

Conclusion

    The FAA hs 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 December 21, 2001.
James J. Ballough,
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 Istrument 
Approach Procecures, 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, and 97.35  [Amended]

    By amending: Sec. 97.23 VOR, VOR/DME, VOR or TACAN, and VOR/DME of 
TACAN; Sec. 97.25 LOC, LOC/DME, LDA, LDA/DME, SDF, SDF/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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12/03/01...............  NY                 New York..............  La Guardia............       1/2883  NDB or GPS Rwy 22, Amdt 12A.
12/04/01...............  PA                 Corry.................  Corry-Lawrence........       1/2936  NDB or GPS Rwy 14, Amdt 4.
12/05/01...............  KS                 Fort Scott............  Fort Scott Muni.......       1/2934  NDB or GPS Rwy 17, Amdt 11.
12/05/01...............  FL                 Dunnellon.............  Dunnellon/Mario N Co &       1/2977  GPS Rwy 23, Orig-A.
                                                                     Park of Commerce.
12/05/01...............  NH                 Rochester.............  Skyhaven..............       1/2979  NDB or GPS-B, Amdt 1A.
12/05/01...............  NH                 Rochester.............  Skyhaven..............       1/2980  NDB Rwy 33, Amdt 4.
12/05/01...............  NH                 Rochester.............  Skyhaven..............       1/2981  VOR/DME or GPS-A, Amdt 1.
12/05/01...............  NH                 Rochester.............  Skyhaven..............       1/2982  GPS Rwy 33, Orig.
12/10/01...............  ME                 Bangor................  Bangor Intl...........       1/3020  ILS Rwy 33, Amdt 10A.
12/10/01...............  ME                 Bangor................  Bangor Intl...........       1/3021  NDB Rwy 33, Amdt 5C.
12/10/01...............  MN                 Faribault.............  Faribault Intl........       1/3024  VOR or GPS-A, Amdt 5.
12/10/01...............  SC                 Orangeburg............  Orangeburg Muni.......       1/3036  NDB or GPS Rwy 5, Orig-B.
12/10/01...............  NC                 Beaufort..............  Michael J. Smith Field       1/3044  LOC Rwy 26, Orig.
12/10/01...............  NC                 Beaufort..............  Michael J. Smith Field       1/3046  NDB or GPS Rwy 21, Orig.
12/10/01...............  AL                 Dothan................  Dothan Rgnl...........       1/3051  VOR Rwy 14, Amdt 3C.
12/10/01...............  AL                 Dothan................  Dothan Rgnl...........       1/3052  LOC BC Rwy 14, Amdt 6E.
12/10/01...............  AL                 Dothan................  Dothan Rgnl...........       1/3053  ILS Rwy 32, Amdt 7E.
12/10/01...............  AL                 Dothan................  Dothan Rgnl...........       1/3056  RNAV (GPS) Rwy 14, Orig.
12/10/01...............  AL                 Dothan................  Dothan Rgnl...........       1/3057  VOR Rwy 18, Amdt 3B.
12/10/01...............  AL                 Dothan................  Dothan Rgnl...........       1/3058  VOR or TACAN or GPS-A, Amdt 11D.
12/10/01...............  DC                 Washington............  Ronald Reagan                1/3108  VOR Rwy 15, Amdt 9A.
                                                                     Washington National.
12/10/01...............  DC                 Washington............  Ronald Reagan                1/3110  VOR/DME or GPS Rwy 15, Amdt 1A.
                                                                     Washington National.
12/10/01...............  AL                 Dothan................  Dothan Rgnl...........       1/3120  RNAV (GPS) Rwy 18, Orig.
12/11/01...............  RI                 Providence............  Theodore Francis Green       1/3146  ILS/DME Rwy 34, Amdt 9B.
                                                                     State.
12/12/01...............  TX                 Galveston.............  Scholes Int at               1/3174  VOR Rwy 13, Amdt 3.
                                                                     Galveston.
12/13/01...............  IA                 Dubuque...............  Dubuque Rgnl..........       1/3183  ILS Rwy 36, Orig-A.
12/13/01...............  IA                 Dubuque...............  Dubuque Rgnl..........       1/3184  VOR or GPS Rwy 36, Amdt 5D.
12/13/01...............  WI                 Green Bay.............  Austin Straubel Intl..       1/3200  Radar-1. Amdt 9A.
12/13/01...............  AR                 Bentonville...........  Bentonville Muni/            1/3202  VOR-A, Amdt 11.
                                                                     Louise M. Thaden
                                                                     Field.
12/13/01...............  MN                 St Paul...............  St Paul Downtown             1/3210  ILS Rwy 14, Orig.
                                                                     Holman Field.
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