[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 38 (Tuesday, February 26, 2002)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 8709-8711]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-4288]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 97

[Docket No. 30296; Amdt. No. 2094]


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, 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. 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 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 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).


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    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. 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 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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01/30/02.......  UT          Salt Lake City...  Salt Lake City    2/0835             ILS Rwy 34R, Amdt 1
                                                 Intl.
01/30/02.......  UT          Salt Lake City...  Salt Lake City    2/0836             ILS Rwy 34L, Orig
                                                 Intl.
01/30/02.......  UT          Salt Lake City...  Salt Lake City    2/0837             ILS Rwy 16R, Amdt 1
                                                 Intl.
01/30/02.......  UT          Salt Lake City...  Salt Lake City    2/0838             ILS Rwy 16L, Amdt 1
                                                 Intl.
02/01/02.......  UT          Delta............  Delta Muni......  2/0908             VOR/DME or GPS Rwy 16, Amdt
                                                                                      1A
02/05/02.......  SD          Mitchell.........  Mitchell Muni...  2/0979             VOR or GPS Rwy 12, Amdt 10A
02/05/02.......  SD          Mitchell.........  Mitchell Muni...  2/0985             VOR or GPS Rwy 30, Amdt 4A
02/06/02.......  AZ          Yuma.............  Yuma MCAS-Yuma    2/0989             VOR/DME or TACAN-1 Rwy 17,
                                                 Intl.                                Amdt 1B
02/06/02.......  AZ          Yuma.............  Yuma MCAS-Yuma    2/0991             VOR/DME RNAV Rwy 21R, Amdt
                                                 Intl.                                4
02/06/02.......  AZ          Yuma.............  Yuma MCAS-Yuma    2/0994             GPS Rwy 21R, Orig
                                                 Intl.
02/06/02.......  AZ          Yuma.............  Yuma MCAS-Yuma    2/0995             VOR Rwy 17, Amdt 5
                                                 Intl.
02/06/02.......  AZ          Yuma.............  Yuma MCAS-Yuma    2/0996             GPS Rwy 17, Orig-A
                                                 Intl.
02/08/02.......  FL          Orlando..........  Orlando Intl....  2/1044             VOR/DME Rwy 36L, Amdt 4B
02/08/02.......  FL          Orlando..........  Orlando Intl....  2/1045             VOR/DME or GPS Rwy 36R,
                                                                                      Amdt 9A
02/08/02.......  FL          Orlando..........  Orlando Intl....  2/1048             GPS Rwy 36L, Amdt 1A
02/08/02.......  FL          Orlando..........  Orlando Intl....  2/1049             VOR Rwy 18R, Amdt 3A
02/08/02.......  FL          Orlando..........  Orlando Intl....  2/1050             VOR Rwy 18L, Amdt 3A
02/08/02.......  FL          Orlando..........  Orlando Intl....  2/1051             VOR/DME or GPS Rwy 18L,
                                                                                      Amdt 5A
02/08/02.......  FL          Orlando..........  Orlando Intl....  2/1052             ILS Rwy 18R, Amdt 5A
02/08/02.......  FL          Orlando..........  Orlando Intl....  2/1053             ILS Rwy 17 (Cat I, II),
                                                                                      Amdt 2A
02/08/02.......  FL          Orlando..........  Orlando Intl....  2/1054             ILS Rwy 35 (Cat I, II,
                                                                                      III), Amdt 3A
02/08/02.......  FL          Orlando..........  Orlando Intl....  2/1055             ILS Rwy 36R (Cat I, II,
                                                                                      III), Amdt 6A
02/08/02.......  FL          Orlando..........  Orlando Intl....  2/1057             VOR/DME or GPS Rwy 18R,
                                                                                      Amdt 5A
02/08/02.......  TN          Oneida...........  Scott Muni......  2/1098             SDF Rwy 23, Amdt 4A
02/08/02.......  TN          Oneida...........  Scott Muni......  2/1099             VOR/DME-A, Amdt 5
02/11/02.......  NE          Grand Island.....  Central Nebraska  2/1155             VOR Rwy 13, Amdt 19
                                                 Regional.
02/11/02.......  NE          Grand Island.....  Central Nebraska  2/1156             RNAV (GPS) Rwy 31, Orig
                                                 Regional.
02/11/02.......  NE          Grand Island.....  Central Nebraska  2/1157             RNAV (GPS) Rwy 13, Orig
                                                 Regional.
02/11/02.......  AR          Fort Smith.......  Fort Smith        2/1169             VOR or TACAN Rwy 25, Amdt
                                                 Regional.                            20B
02/12/02.......  IA          Pella............  Pella Muni......  2/1220             NDB or GPS Rwy 34, Amdt 7
02/12/02.......  IA          Pella............  Pella Muni......  2/1221             RNAV (GPS) Z Rwy 34, Orig
02/12/02.......  IA          Pella............  Pella Muni......  2/1222             RNAV (GPS) Z Rwy 16, Orig
02/13/02.......  AZ          Yuma.............  Yuma MCAS-Yuma    2/1245             ILS Rwy 21R, Amdt 5
                                                 Intl.

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02/14/02.......  KS          Kingman..........  Kingman Muni....  2/1252             GPS Rwy 18, Orig-A This
                                                                                      Replaces FDC NOTAM 2/0313
                                                                                      Published in TL 02-05.
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