[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 85 (Thursday, May 2, 2002)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 21992-21994]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-10940]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 97

[Docket No. 30307; Amdt. No. 3004]


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 data 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., 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

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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/T 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/T 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 (FC) 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 April 26, 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 No.                        Subject
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10/05/01...............  TX                 WACO..................  McGREGOR EXECUTIVE....       1/0966  VOR RWY 17, AMDT 10A
10/26/01...............  TX                 SAN ANTONIO...........  SAN ANTONIO INTL......       1/1648  NDB RWY 12R, AMDT 20C
03/06/02...............  NY                 BINGHAMTON............  BINGHAMTON REGIONAL/         2/1950  ILS RWY 16, AMDT 6A. THIS CORRECTS FDC 2/1950
                                                                     EDWIN A. LINK FIELD.                 PUBLISHED IN TL02-08.
04/10/02...............  PA                 HARRISBURG............  CAPITAL CITY..........       2/2898  ILS RWY 8, AMDT 10D
04/10/02...............  OK                 OKLAHOMA CITY.........  WILL ROGERS WORLD.....       2/2910  NDB RWY 35R, AMDT 5B
04/10/02...............  OK                 OKLAHOMA CITY.........  WILL ROGERS WORLD.....       2/2917  ILS RWY 35R (CAT I, II) AMDT 8C
04/10/02...............  OK                 OKLAHOMA CITY.........  WILL ROGERS WORLD.....       2/2919  RNAV (GPS) RWY 35R, ORIG
04/10/02...............  OK                 OKLAHOMA CITY.........  WILL ROGERS WORLD.....       2/2921  LOC BC RWY 35L, AMDT 10C
04/11/02...............  TX                 McKINNEY..............  McKINNEY MUNI.........       2/2838  ILS RWY 17, AMDT 1B
04/11/02...............  TX                 BONHAM................  JONES FIELD...........       2/2934  VOR/DME RWY 17, ORIG
04/11/02...............  TX                 GREENVILLE............  MAJORS................       2/2937  VOR/DME RWY 17, ORIG-B
04/11/02...............  TX                 McKINNEY..............  McKINNEY MUNI.........       2/2941  GPS RWY 35, ORIG-A
04/11/02...............  TX                 McKINNEY..............  McKINNEY MUNI.........       2/2943  VOR/DME-A, ORIG-B
04/11/02...............  TX                 SHERMAN/DENISON.......  GRAYSON COUNTY........       2/2946  ILS RWY 17L, ORIG
04/11/02...............  TX                 SHERMAN/DENISON.......  GRAYSON COUNTY........       2/2947  VOR/DME-A, ORIG-A
04/11/02...............  TX                 SHERMAN/DENISON.......  GRAYSON COUNTY........       2/2949  NDB OR GPS RWY 17L, AMDT 9A
04/11/02...............  TX                 SHERMAN/DENISON.......  GRAYSON COUNTY........       2/2950  VOR/DME RNAV RWY 35R, ORIG-B
04/11/02...............  TX                 SHERMAN...............  SHERMAN MUNI..........       2/2957  VOR/DME-A, ORIG
04/11/02...............  CA                 VISALIA...............  VISALIA MUNI..........       2/2976  ILS RWY 30, AMDT 5B
04/15/02...............  WV                 LOGAN.................  LOGAN COUNTY..........       2/3052  GPS RWY 6, ORIG
04/15/02...............  WV                 LOGAN.................  LOGAN COUNTY..........       2/3053  GPS RWY 24, ORIG
04/16/02...............  WI                 MILWAUKEE.............  LAWRENCE J. TIMMERMAN.       2/3072  VOR OR GPS RWY 15L, AMDT 13
04/16/02...............  TX                 GREENVILLE............  MAJORS................       2/3083  ILS RWY 17, AMDT 5A
04/16/02...............  TX                 GREENVILLE............  MAJORS................       2/3084  ILS 2 RWY 17, AMDT 4A

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04/16/02...............  TX                 GREENVILLE............  MAJORS................       2/3085  NDB OR GPS RWY 17, AMDT 5B
04/16/02...............  TX                 GREENVILLE............  MAJORS................       2/3086  TACAN RWY 17, AMDT 2A ROW
04/17/02...............  IL                 CHICAGO/AURORA........  AURORA MUNI...........       2/3099  VOR RWY 15, ORIG-A
04/17/02...............  TN                 DICKSON...............  DICKSON MUNI..........       2/3126  VOR/DME OR GPS RWY 17, AMDT 4
04/17/02...............  TN                 DICKSON...............  DICKSON MUNI..........       2/3127  NDB RWY 17, AMDT 2
04/17/02...............  NV                 LAS VEGAS.............  McCARRAN INTL.........       2/3131  ILS RWY 25L, AMDT 3
04/18/02...............  TX                 DALLAS-FORTH WORTH....  DALLAS-FORT WORTH            2/3171  RNAV (GPS) RWY 13R, ORIG
                                                                     INTERNATIONAL.
04/18/02...............  TX                 DALLAS-FORT WORTH.....  DALLAS-FORT WORTH            2/3172  ILS RWY 13R, AMDT 6
                                                                     INTERNATIONAL.
04/18/02...............  TX                 McKINNEY..............  McKINNEY MUNI.........       2/3178  GPS RWY 17, ORIG-B
04/18/02...............  TX                 ATLANTA...............  HALL-MILLER...........       2/3179  RNAV (GPS) RWY 5, ORIG
04/18/02...............  VA                 RICHMOND/ASHLAND......  HANOVER COUNTY MUNI...       2/3184  NDB RWY 16, ORIG-C
04/18/02...............  CA                 LOS ANGELES...........  LOS ANGELES INTL......       2/3204  ILS RWY 24R (CAT I, II, III) AMDT 22
04/19/02...............  VA                 ROANOKE...............  ROANOKE REGIONAL/            2/3228  LDA RWY 6, AMDT 7B
                                                                     WOODRUM.
04/19/02...............  KS                 WICHITA...............  CESSNA AIRCRAFT FIELD.       2/3256  VOR OR GPS-C, ORIG-A
04/19/02...............  WV                 PINEVILLE.............  KEE FIELD.............      2//3258  GPS RWY 7, ORIG
04/19/02...............  WV                 PINEVILLE.............  KEE FIELD.............       2/3259  GPS RWY 25, ORIG
04/19/02...............  VA                 ROANOKE...............  ROANOKE REGIONAL/            2/3262  ILS RWY 33, AMDT 11
                                                                     WOODRUM.
04/19/02...............  NY                 ROCHESTER.............  GREATER ROCHESTER INTL       2/3280  ILS RWY 4, AMDT 17
04/19/02...............  NY                 ROCHESTER.............  GREATER ROCHESTER INTL       2/3281  ILS RWY 22, AMDT 5. THIS REPLACES FDC 2/2747 IN
                                                                                                          TL02-11.
04/19/02...............  NY                 ROCHESTER.............  GREATER ROCHESTER INTL       2/3283  RNAV (GPS) RWY 22, ORIG-A. THIS REPLACES FDC 2/
                                                                                                          2752 IN TLOS-11.
04/19/02...............  AK                 ANCHORAGE.............  TED STEVENS ANCHORAGE        2/3284  NDB RWY 6R, AMDT 6E
                                                                     INTL.
04/19/02...............  NY                 ROCHESTER.............  GREATER ROCHESTER INTL       2/3286  ILS RWY 4, (CAT II), AMDT 17. THIS REPLACES FDC
                                                                                                          2/2746 IN TL02-11.
04/22/02...............  SC                 UNION.................  UNION COUNTY-TROY            2/3348  NDB RWY 5, ORIG
                                                                     SHELTON FIELD.
04/22/02...............  CA                 JACKSON...............  WESTOVER FIELD AMADOR        2/3364  GPS RWY 1, ORIG
                                                                     COUNTY.
04/22/02...............  CA                 JACKSON...............  WESTOVER FIELD AMADOR        2/3365  VOR/DME RWY 1, AMDT 1
                                                                     COUNTY.
04/22/02...............  CA                 SACRAMENTO............  McCLELLAN AIRFIELD....       2/3367  ILS RWY 16, ORIG-A
04/23/02...............  VA                 RICHMOND/ASHLAND......  HANOVER COUNTY MUNI...       2/3383  GPS RWY 16, AMDT 1A
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