[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 167 (Wednesday, August 28, 2002)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 55113-55115]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-21828]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 97

[Docket No. 30326; Amdt. No. 3020]


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: This rule is effective August 28, 2002. The compliance date for 
each SIAP is specified in the amendatory provisions.
    The incorporation by reference of certain publications listed in 
the regulations is approved by the Director of the Federal Register as 
of August 28, 2002

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.
    4. The Office of the Federal Register, 800 North Capitol Street, 
NW., Suite 700, Washington, DC.
    For Purchase--Individual SIAP copies my 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, 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

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number of small entities under the criteria of the Regulatory 
Flexibility Act.

List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 97

    Air Traffic Control, Airports, Incorporation by reference, and 
Navigation (Air).

    Issued in Washington, DC on August 16, 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 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. 972.29 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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05/17/02...............  NM                 Albuquerque...........  Albuquerque Intl             2/4217  Radar-1, Amdt 20B.
                                                                     Sunport.
05/17/02...............  OK                 Holdenville...........  Holdenville Muni......       2/4228  NDB Rwy 17, Amdt 4.
06/10/02...............  TX                 Pearsall..............  McKinley Field........       2/5257  VOR/DME or GPS-A, Amdt 2.
07/08/02...............  IL                 Freeport..............  Albertus..............       2/6661  NDB Rwy 6, Orig-B.
07/31/02...............  AZ                 Phoenix...............  Phoenix Sky Harbor           2/7764  ILS Rwy 7R, Amdt 1.
                                                                     Intl.
08/06/02...............  NY                 New York..............  John F. Kennedy Intl..       2/8215  ILS Rwy 31R, Amdt 14.
08/08/02...............  OH                 Dayton................  James M. Cox Dayton          2/8073  RNAV (GPS) Rwy 6L, Orig.
                                                                     Intl.
08/08/02...............  MI                 Detroit...............  Detroit Metropolitan         2/8075  VOR Rwy 22L, Amdt 1E.
                                                                     Wayne County.
08/08/02...............  MI                 Detroit...............  Detroit Metropolitan         2/8076  NDB Rwy 4R, Amdt 10E.
                                                                     Wayne County.
08/08/02...............  MI                 Hancock...............  Houghton County              2/8077  NDB or GPS Rwy 31, Amdt 11B.
                                                                     Memorial.
08/08/02...............  MI                 Detroit...............  Detroit Metropolitan         2/8079  RNAV (GPS) Rwy 4L, Orig.
                                                                     Wayne County.
08/08/02...............  NM                 Albuquerque...........  Albuquerque Intl             2/8085  ILS RWY 3, Amdt 1.
                                                                     Sunport.
08/08/02...............  MA                 Boston................  General Edward               2/8091  ILS Rwy 4R (Cat I, II, III), Amdt 9.
                                                                     Lawrence Logan Intl.
08/08/02...............  MA                 Boston................  General Edward               2/8092  NDB Rwy 4R, Amdt 23.
                                                                     Lawrence Logan Intl.
08/08/02...............  MA                 Boston................  General Edward               2/8093  ILS RWY 22L, Amdt 6.
                                                                     Lawrence Logan Intl.
08/08/02...............  MA                 Boston................  General Edward               2/8094  RNAV (GPS) Rwy 4R, Orig-B.
                                                                     Lawrence Logan Intl.
08/08/02...............  MA                 Boston................  General Edward               2/8095  VOR/DME or GPS-A, Orig.
                                                                     Lawrence Logan Intl.
08/08/02...............  MA                 Boston................  General Edward               2/8096  VOR/DME RNAV Rwy 4R, Amdt 1.
                                                                     Lawrence Logan Intl.
08/08/02...............  MA                 Boston................  General Edward               2/8097  VOR/DME Rwy 27, Amdt 2A.
                                                                     Lawrence Logan Intl.
08/08/02...............  MA                 Boston................  General Edward               2/8098  VOR/DME Rwy 33L, Amdt 2A.
                                                                     Lawrence Logan Intl.
08/08/02...............  OH                 Cleveland.............  Cleveland-Hopkins Intl       2/8121  ILS Rwy 24L, Amdt 17B.
08/08/02...............  OH                 Cleveland.............  Cleveland-Hopkins Intl       2/8122  NDB or GPS Rwy 24L, Amdt 1B.
08/08/02...............  OH                 Cleveland.............  Cleveland-Hopkins Intl       2/8123  NDB or GPS Rwy 6R, Amdt 5B.
08/08/02...............  NC                 Raleigh-Durham........  Raleigh Durham Intl...       2/8138  RNAV (GPS) RWY 232R, Orig.
08/08/02...............  NC                 Raleigh-Durham........  Raleigh Durham Intl...       2/8139  ILS RWY 23R, Amdt 9.
08/08/02...............  NC                 Raleigh-Durham........  Raleigh Durham Intl...       2/8140  NDB Rwy 5R, Amdt 20B.
08/08/02...............  NC                 Raleigh-Durham........  Raleigh Durham Intl...       2/8144  VOR Rwy 5R, Amdt 13B.
08/08/02...............  NC                 Raleigh-Durham........  Raleigh Durham Intl...       2/8145  ILS Rwy 5L, Amdt 4A.
08/08/02...............  NC                 Raleigh-Durham........  Raleigh Durham Intl...       2/8146  RNAV(GPS) Rwy 23L, Orig.
08/08/02...............  NC                 Raleigh-Durham........  Raleigh Durham Intl...       2/8147  ILS Rwy 23L, Amdt 6.
08/08/02...............  NC                 Raleigh-Durham........  Raleigh Durham Intl...       2/8149  VOR Rwy 32, Amdt 3B.
08/08/02...............  NC                 Raleigh-Durham........  Raleigh Durham Intl...       2/8150  ILS Rwy 5R, Amdt 26A.
08/08/02...............  NC                 Raleigh-Durham........  Raleigh Durham Intl...       2/8151  VOR Rwy 23L, Amdt 14C.
08/08/02...............  TX                 Tyler.................  Tyler Pounds Regional.       2/8159  RNAV (GPS) Rwy 13, Orig.
08/08/02...............  KS                 Junction City.........  Freeman Field.........       2/8182  RNAV (GPS) Rwy 36, Orig.
08/08/02...............  TX                 Abilene...............  Abilene Regional......       2/8210  ILS Rwy 35R Amdt 6C.
08/09/02...............  NY                 White Plains..........  Westchester County....       2/8216  Copter ILS/DME 162, Orig-B.
08/09/02...............  NJ                 Newark................  Newark Intl...........       2/8217  ILS Rwy 22R, Amdt 3A.
08/13/02...............  RI                 Block Island..........  Block Island State....       2/8342  VOR/DME Rwy 10, Amdt 5.
08/13/02...............  GA                 Atlanta...............  Dekalb-Peachtree......       2/8351  VOR/DME or GPS Rwy 27, Amdt 1A.
08/13/02...............  GA                 Atlanta...............  Dekalb-Peachtree......       2/8355  ILS Rwy 20L, Amdt 7C.
08/13/02...............  GA                 Atlanta...............  Dekalb-Peachtree......       2/8357  VOR/DME or GPS Rwy 20L, Amdt 1B.
08/13/02...............  TX                 Weatherford...........  Parker County.........       2/8365  VOR/DME-A, Orig.
08/13/02...............  TX                 Granbury..............  Grandbury Muni........       2/8367  VOR/DME-A, Orig.
08/13/02...............  TX                 Fort Worth............  Fort Worth Spinks.....       2/8368  ILS Rwy 35L, Amdt 1.
08/13/02...............  TX                 Mineral Wells.........  Mineral Wells.........       2/8369  VOR Rwy 31, Amdt 10A.
08/13/02...............  TX                 Fort Worth............  Bourland Field........       2/8370  VOR/DME-A, Orig.
08/13/02...............  TX                 Fort Worth............  Bourland Field........       2/8372  GPS Rwy 17, Orig.
08/13/02...............  TX                 Fort Worth............  Bourland Field........       2/8373  GPS Rwy 35, Orig.
08/13/02...............  TX                 Fort Worth............  Fort Worth Meacham           2/8374  ILS Rwy 34R, Amdt 1.
                                                                     Intl.
08/13/02...............  TX                 Fort Worth............  Fort Worth Meacham           2/8379  NDB or GPS Rwy 16L, Amdt 5A.
                                                                     Intl.
08/13/02...............  TX                 Fort Worth............  Fort Worth Meacham           2/8380  ILS Rwy 16L, Amdt 7.
                                                                     Intl.

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08/13/02...............  TX                 Fort Worth............  Fort Worth Meacham           2/8381  GPS Rwy 34R, Orig-A.
                                                                     Intl.
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