[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 38 (Tuesday, February 26, 2002)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 8707-8709]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-4287]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 97

[Docket No. 30295; Amdt. No. 2093]


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 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

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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 February 15, 2002.
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 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 and 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; Sec. 97.33 RNAV SIAPs; and Sec. 97.35 COPTER 
SIAPs, identified as follows:

* * * Effective April 18, 2002

Sacramento, CA, Sacramento Mather, VOR RWY 4R, Orig-D
Sacramento, CA, Sacramento Mather, VOR/DME RWY 22L, Orig-D
San Luis Obispo, CA, San Luis Obispo Co-McChesney Field, ILS RWY 11, 
Amdt 1
Santa Ana, CA, Santa Ana/John Wayne Airport-Orange County, NDB RWY 
1L, Amdt 1B
Santa Ana, CA, Santa Ana/John Wayne Airport-Orange County, NDB RWY 
19R, Amdt 1A
Santa Maria, CA, Santa Maria Public/Captain G. Allen Hancock Field, 
RNAV (GPS) RWY 12, Orig
Santa Maria, CA, Santa Maria Public/Captain G. Allen Hancock Field, 
VOR RWY 12, Amdt 14
Atlanta, GA, Peachtree City-Falcon Field, LOC BC RWY 13, Amdt 2B, 
CANCELLED
Pittsfield, IL, Pittsfield Penstone Muni, VOR/DME RWY 13, Amdt 4
Pittsfield, IL, Pittsfield Penstone Muni, NDB RWY 31, Amdt 6
Pittsfield, IL, Pittsfield Penstone Muni, RNAV (GPS) RWY 13, Orig
Pittsfield, IL, Pittsfield Penstone Muni, RNAV (GPS) RWY 31, Orig
Manhattan, KS, Manhattan Regional, VOR RWY 3, Amdt 17C
Minneapolis, MN, Minneapolis-St. Paul/Wold-Chamberlain, ILS PRM RWY 
12L
(SIMULTANEOUS CLOSE PARALLEL), Amdt, 3C
Minneapolis, MN, Minneapolis-St. Paul/Wold-Chamberlain, ILS PRM RWY 
12R
(SIMULTANEOUS CLOSE PARALLEL), Amdt, 2D
Minneapolis, MN, Minneapolis-St. Paul/Wold-Chamberlain, ILS PRM RWY 
30L
(SIMULTANEOUS CLOSE PARALLEL), Amdt, 4B
Minneapolis, MN, Minneapolis-St. Paul/Wold-Chamberlain, ILS PRM RWY 
30R
(SIMULTANEOUS CLOSE PARALLEL), Amdt, 5C
Warren, MN, Warren Muni, RNAV (GPS) RWY 30, Orig
Winona, MN, Winona Muni-Max Conrad Fld, VOR-A, Amdt 13
Winona, MN, Winona Muni-Max Conrad Fld, VOR RWY 29, Amdt 16
Winona, MN, Winona Muni-Max Conrad Fld, RNAV (GPS) RWY 29, Orig
Winona, MN, Winona Muni-Max Conrad Fld, GPS RWY 29, Amdt 1A
Lakewood, NJ, Lakewood, VOR RWY 6, Amdt 6
Lakewood, NJ, Lakewood, RNAV (GPS) RWY 6, Orig
Lakewood, NJ, Lakewood, GPS RWY 6, Orig, CANCELLED
Lakewood, NJ, Lakewood, RNAV (GPS) RWY 24, Orig
Lakewood, NJ, Lakewood, GPS RWY 24, Orig, CANCELLED
Jamestown, NY, Chautauqua County/Jamestown, VOR/DME RWY 7, Amdt 4
Jamestown, NY, Chautauqua County/Jamestown, VOR RWY 25, Amdt 8
Jamestown, NY, Chautauqua County/Jamestown, ILS RWY 25, Amdt 6
Jamestown, NY, Chautauqua County/Jamestown, RNAV (GPS) RWY 7, Orig
Jamestown, NY, Chautauqua County/Jamestown, RNAV (GPS) RWY 13, Orig
Jamestown, NY, Chautauqua County/Jamestown, RNAV (GPS) Y RWY 25, 
Orig
Jamestown, NY, Chautauqua County/Jamestown, RNAV (GPS) Z RWY 25, 
Orig
Jamestown, NY, Chautauqua County/Jamestown, RNAV (GPS) RWY 31, Orig
Jamestown, NY, Chautauqua County/Jamestown, VOR/DME RNAV OR GPS RWY 
13, Amdt 3, CANCELLED
Jamestown, NY, Chautauqua County/Jamestown, VOR/DME RNAV OR GPS RWY 
31, Amdt 2A, CANCELLED
Ocracoke, NC, Ocracoke Island, RNAV (GPS) RWY 6, Orig
Ocracoke, NC, Ocracoke Island, RNAV (GPS) RW 24, Orig
Jackson, OH, James A. Rhodes, RNAV (GPS) RWY 1, Orig
Jackson, OH, James A. Rhodes, RNAV (GPS) RWY 19, Orig
Allentown, PA, Lehigh Valley Intl, VOR/DME RWY 24, Orig, CANCELLED
Bedford, PA, Bedford County, GPS RWY 14, Orig-C
Galeton, PA, Cherry Springs, VOR/DME-A, Orig-A
Philadelphia, PA, Philadelphia Intl, ILS RWY 27L, Amdt 12A
Philadelphia, PA, Philadelphia Intl, ILS PRM RWY 26, Amdt 1B 
(Simultaneous Close Parallel)
Philadelphia, PA, Philadelphia Intl, ILS PRM RWY 27L, Amdt 1B 
(Simultaneous Close Parallel)
Philadelphia, PA, Philadelphia Intl, COPTER ILS RWY 17, Orig-B, 
CANCELLED
Roosevelt, UT, Roosevelt Muni, VOR/DME RNAV RWY 25, Amdt 2
Roosevelt, UT, Roosevelt Muni, VOR OR GPS-A, Amdt 3
Roosevelt, UT, Roosevelt Muni, GPS RWY 25, Orig, CANCELLED
Roosevelt, UT, Roosevelt Muni, RNAV (GPS) RWY 25, Orig
Vernal, UT, Vernal, VOR RWY 34, Amdt 8
Vernal, UT, Vernal, RNAV (GPS) RWY 34, Orig
Melfa, VA, Accomack County, VOR/DME RWY 3, Amdt 1
Melfa, VA, Accomack County, LOC RWY 3, Orig
Melfa, VA, Accomack County, NDB RWY 3, Orig
Melfa, VA, Accomack County, NDB RWY 3, Amdt 8A, CANCELLED
Melfa, VA, Accomack County, RNAV (GPS) RWY 3, Orig
Fort Bridger, WY, Fort Bridger, VOR RWY 22, Amdt 2
Fort Bridger, WY, Fort Bridger, RNAV (GPS) RWY 22, Orig

    The FAA published the following procedure in Docket No. 30290, 
Amdt. No. 2088 to Part 97 of the Federal Aviation Regulations (Vol. 67 
FR No. 17 Page 3612: dated January 25, 2002) under section 97.23 
effective 18 April 2002 is hereby rescinded.

Tecumseh, MI, Meyers-Diver's, VOR OR GPS-A, Amdt 7

    The FAA published an Amendment in Docket No. 30293, Amdt. No. 2091 
to Part 97 of the Federal Aviation Regulations (Vol 67 FR No. 28 Page 
6167: dated February 11, 2002) under section 97.33 effective 21 March 
2002, which is hereby amended as follows:

Warren, MN, Warren Muni, RNAV (GPS) RWY 30, Orig is hereby effective 
18 April 2002.

    Note: The FAA published the following procedure in Docket No. 
30293, Amdt. No. 2091 to Part 97 of the Federal Aviation Regulations 
(Vol. 67, FR No. 28, Page 6167; dated Monday, February 11, 2002) 
under

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section 97.23, 97.33 effective December 27, 2001 is hereby 
rescinded.

Springfield, MO, Springfield-Branson Regional, VOR/DME OR TACAN RWY 
2, Orig is hereby rescinded.
Springfield, MO, Springfield-Branson Regional, RNAV (GPS) RWY 32, 
Orig is hereby rescinded.

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