[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 56 (Friday, March 22, 2002)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 13267-13270]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-6968]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 97

[Docket No. 30301; Amdt. No. 2098]


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

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    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., 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

    The 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).

    Issued in Washington, DC on March 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).

Secs. 97.23, 97.25, 97.27, 97.29, 97.31, 97.33, and 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 No.                        Subject
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02/25/02...............  MI                 HOWELL................  LIVINGSTON COUNTY.....       2/1650  NDB RWY 13, AMDT 2
02/26/02...............  MI                 PORT HURON............  ST. CLAIR COUNTY INTL.       2/1665  NDB OR GPS RWY 4, AMDT 3
02/26/02...............  MI                 PORT HURON............  ST. CLAIR COUNTY INTL.       2/1666  VOR/DME RNAV OR GPS RWY 22, AMDT 2
02/26/02...............  MI                 PORT HURON............  ST. CLAIR COUNTY INTL.       2/1667  VOR/DME OR GPS-A, AMDT 7
02/26/02...............  MI                 PORT HURON............  ST. CLAIR COUNTY INTL.       2/1670  ILS RWY 4, AMDT 3
02/27/02...............  WY                 GREYBULL..............  SOUTH BIG HORN COUNTY.       2/1755  NDB OR GPS RWY 33, AMDT 1
02/27/02...............  WY                 RIVERTON..............  RIVERTON REGIONAL.....       2/1756  VOR RWY 28, AMDT 8A
02/28/02...............  TN                 DAYTON................  MARK ANTON............       2/1777  NDB OR GPS RWY 3, AMDT 1
02/28/02...............  CA                 STOCKTON..............  STOCKTON METROPOLITAN.       2/1778  VOR RWY 29R AMDT 18

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02/28/02...............  HI                 HILO..................  HILO INTL.............       2/1789  ILS RWY 26, AMDT 12
03/01/02...............  HI                 HONOLULU..............  HONOLULU INTL.........       2/1811  ILS RWY 4R, AMDT 11A
03/04/02...............  FL                 PENSACOLA.............  PENSACOLA REGIONAL....       2/1885  VOR RWY 8, AMDT 3A
03/04/02...............  GA                 LAWRENCEVILLE.........  GWINNETT COUNTY-             2/1889  NDB OR GPS RWY 25, ORIG-B
                                                                     BRISCOE FIELD.
03/04/02...............  GA                 LAWRENCEVILLE.........  GWINNETT COUNTY-             2/1891  ILS RWY 25, AMDT 1A
                                                                     BRISCOE FIELD.
03/04/02...............  CT                 WILLIMANTIC...........  WINDHAM...............       2/1904  LOC RWY 27, AMDT 2
03/04/02...............  CT                 WILLIMANTIC...........  WINDHAM...............       2/1905  VOR OR GPS-A, AMDT 8
03/06/02...............  NY                 BINGHAMTON............  BINGHAMTON REGIONAL/         2/1950  ILS RWY 16, AMDT 6A
                                                                     EDWIN A. LINK FIELD.
03/06/02...............  CA                 SACRAMENTO............  SACRAMENTO INTL.......       2/1969  ILS RWY 16R, AMDT 13B
03/06/02...............  CA                 SACRAMENTO............  SACRAMENTO INTL.......       2/2010  ILS RWY 34L, AMDT 5B
03/06/02...............  CA                 SACRAMENTO............  SACRAMENTO INTL.......       2/2012  NDB OR GPS RWY 34L, AMDT 4A
03/06/02...............  CA                 SACRAMENTO............  SACRAMENTO INTL.......       2/2014  NDB OR GPS RWY 34, ORIG-A
03/07/02...............  TN                 CLARKSVILLE...........  OUTLAW FIELD..........       2/1991  LOC RWY 35, AMDT 5D
03/07/02...............  TN                 CLARKSVILLE...........  OUTLAW FIELD..........       2/1992  NDB OR GPS RWY 35, AMDT 5D
03/07/02...............  TN                 CLARKSVILLE...........  OUTLAW FIELD..........       2/1993  VOR RWY 35, AMDT 15C
03/07/02...............  NY                 OLEAN.................  CATTARAUGUS COUNTY-          2/2005  VOR/DME RNAV RWY 22, AMDT 4A
                                                                     OLEAN.
03/07/02...............  NY                 OLEAN.................  CATTARAUGUS COUNTY-          2/2006  LOC RWY 22, AMDT 5
                                                                     OLEAN.
03/07/02...............  NY                 OLEAN.................  CATTARAUGUS COUNTY-          2/2007  NDB RWY 22, AMDT 12
                                                                     OLEAN.
03/07/02...............  NY                 OLEAN.................  CATTARAUGUS COUNTY-          2/2009  GPS RWY 22, ORIG
                                                                     OLEAN.
03/07/02...............  NY                 WELLSVILLE............  WELLSVILLE MUNI ARTP,        2/2015  NDB OR GPS RWY 28, AMDT 6A
                                                                     TARANTINE FLD.
03/07/02...............  NY                 WELLSVILLE............  WELLSVILLE MUNI ARPT,        2/2016  VOR OR GPS-A, AMDT 5A
                                                                     TARANTINE FLD.
03/07/02...............  NY                 WELLSVILLE............  WELLSVILLE MUNI ARPT,        2/2017  LOC RWY 28, AMDT 3A
                                                                     TARANTINE FLD.
03/11/02...............  GA                 ATLANTA...............  DEKALB-PEACHTREE......       2/2083  ILS RWY 20L, AMDT 7B
03/11/02...............  GA                 ATLANTA...............  DEKALB-PEACHTREE......       2/2084  VOR/DME OR GPS RWY 20L, AMDT 1A
03/11/02...............  GA                 ATLANTA...............  THE WILLIAM B.               2/2089  RNAV (GPS) RWY 27L, ORIG
                                                                     HARTSFIELD ATLANTA
                                                                     INTL.
03/12/02...............  SD                 RAPID CITY............  RAPID CITY REGIONAL...       2/2120  ILS RWY 32, AMDT 17A
03/12/02...............  SD                 RAPID CITY............  RAPID CITY REGIONAL...       2/2121  VOR OR TACAN RWY 32, AMDT 24B
03/12/02...............  SD                 RAPID CITY............  RAPID CITY REGIONAL...       2/2122  NDB RWY 32, AMDT 3B
03/12/02...............  SD                 RAPID CITY............  RAPID CITY REGIONAL...       2/2123  VOR OR TACAN RWY 14, ORIG-B
03/12/02...............  SD                 RAPID CITY............  RAPID CITY REGIONAL...       2/2124  RNAV (GPS) RWY 14, ORIG
03/12/02...............  SD                 RAPID CITY............  RAPID CITY REGIONAL...       2/2125  RNAV (GPS) RWY 32, ORIG-A
03/13/02...............  AK                 TALKEETNA.............  TALKEETNA.............       2/2142  VOR-A, AMDT 9B
03/13/02...............  AK                 TALKEETNA.............  TALKEETNA.............       2/2143  GPS RWY 35, ORIG-A
03/13/02...............  AK                 TALKEETNA.............  TALKEETNA.............       2/2143  VOR/DME RWY 36, AMDT 1B
03/13/02...............  TN                 FAYETTEVILLE..........  FAYETTEVILLE MUNI.....       2/2164  NDB RWY 20, AMDT 3B
03/13/02...............  TN                 FAYETTEVILLE..........  FAYETTEVILLE MUNI.....       2/2169  GPS RWY 2, ORIG
03/13/02...............  TN                 FAYETTEVILLE..........  FAYETTEVILLE MUNI.....       2/2170  GPS RWY 20, ORIG
03/13/02...............  GA                 METTER................  METTER MUNI...........       2/2172  NDB OR GPS RWY 10, AMDT 2
03/13/02...............  TN                 FAYETTEVILLE..........  FAYETTEVILLE MUNI.....       2/2175  SDF RWY 20, AMDT 2B
02/13/02...............  TN                 FAYETTEVILLE..........  FAYETTEVILLE MUNI.....       2/2178  VOR/DME RWY 2, ORIG-B
03/13/02...............  ND                 FARGO.................  HECTOR INTL...........       2/2184  VOR OR TACAN RWY 35, AMDT 12B
03/13/02...............  ND                 FARGO.................  HECTOR INTL...........       2/2185  HI-VOR OR TACAN RWY 35, ORIG
03/07/02...............  NY                 OLEAN.................  CATTARAUGUS COUNTY-          2/2008  GPS RWY 4, ORIG
                                                                     OLEAN.
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