[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 206 (Thursday, October 24, 2002)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 65308-65310]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-27088]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 97

[Docket No. 30335; Amdt. No. 3028]


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 October 24, 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 October 24, 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.

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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, Incorporation by reference, and 
Navigation (Air).

    Issued in Washington, DC on October 11, 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).


Sec. Sec.  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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09/05/02.............  TX               Dallas..............  Addison............  2/9363                  ILS Rwy 15, Amdt 9A
09/20/02.............  TX               Del Rio.............  Del Rio Intl.......  2/9902                  LOC 13, Orig-A
09/23/02.............  TX               Corpus Christi......  Corpus Christi.....  2/9952                  ILS Rwy 13, Amdt 26A
09/23/02.............  TX               Corpus Christi......  Corpus Christi.....  2/9954                  NDB Rwy 13, Amdt 25
09/23/02.............  FM               Yap Island..........  Yap Intl...........  2/9977                  NDB Rwy 7, Amdt 1
09/25/02.............  TX               Houston.............  Sugar Land Muni      2/0115                  NDB Rwy 35, Amdt 15
                                                               Hull Field.
09/25/02.............  WI               Madison.............  Dane County          2/0136                  VOR Rwy 13, Orig
                                                               Regional Truax
                                                               Field.
09/26/02.............  CA               Sacramento..........  Sacramento Mather..  2/0179                  RNAV (GPS) Rwy 4R, Orig
09/27/02.............  FL               Sarasota(Bradenton).  Sarasota/Bradenton   2/0201                  ILS Rwy 14, Amdt 4
                                                               Intl.
09/27/02.............  FL               Sarasota(Bradenton).  Sarasota/Bradenton   2/0202                  ILS Rwy 32, Amdt 5
                                                               Intl.
09/27/02.............  CA               Palm Springs........  Bermuda Dunes......  2/0208                  VOR-A, Orig
09/27/02.............  TN               Knoxville...........  McGhee Tyson.......  2/0218                  ILS Rwy 5L, Amdt 7A
10/02/02.............  OR               Aurora..............  Aurora State.......  2/0339                  GPS Rwy 17, Amdt 1
10/02/02.............  OR               Aurora..............  Aurora State.......  2/0340                  GPS Rwy 35, Amdt 1A
10/02/02.............  OR               Aurora..............  Aurora State.......  2/0341                  LOC Rwy 17, Orig-A
10/02/02.............  OK               Oklahoma City.......  Will Rogers World..  2/0362                  Radar, Amdt 20
10/02/02.............  OK               Oklahoma City.......  Will Rogers World..  2/0363                  ILS Rwy 17R, Amdt 9D
10/02/02.............  OK               Oklahoma City.......  Will Rogers World..  2/0364                  ILS Rwy 17L,. Orig-D
10/02/02.............  OK               Oklahoma City.......  Will Rogers World..  2/0365                  NDB Rwy 35R, Amdt 5C
10/02/02.............  OK               Oklahoma City.......  Will Rogers World..  2/0366                  ILS Rwy 35R, Amdt 8D
10/02/02.............  OK               Oklahoma City.......  Will Rogers World..  2/0367                  NDB Rwy 17R, Amdt 24B
10/02/02.............  GA               Rome................  Richard B. Russell.  2/0382                  VOR/DME or GPS Rwy 1, Amdt 8B
10/03/02.............  TX               Houston.............  Ellington Field....  2/0414                  ILS Rwy 22, Amdt 3B
10/03/02.............  WY               Casper..............  Natrona County Intl  2/0443                  ILS Rwy 3, Amdt 5A
10/03/02.............  TN               Knoxville...........  Knoxville Downtown   2/0446                  LOC Rwy 26, Amdt 3A
                                                               Island.
10/03/02.............  AK               Scammon Bay.........  Scammon Bay........  2/0470                  GPS Rwy 10, Orig
10/03/02.............  AK               Scammon Bay.........  Scammon Bay........  2/0471                  GPS Rwy 28, Orig
10/03/02.............  TX               Denton..............  Denton Muni........  2/0478                  GPS Rwy 35, Amdt 1
10/03/02.............  TX               Muleshoe............  Muleshoe Muni......  2/0489                  VOR/DME-A, Amdt 1
10/03/02.............  CA               Sacramento..........  McClellan Airfield.  2/0497                  ILS Rwy 16, Orig-B

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10/04/02.............  AR               Batesville..........  Batesville Regional  2/0517                  NDB or GPS Rwy 7, Amdt 5C
10/04/02.............  NH               Manchester..........  Manchester.........  2/0521                  ILS Rwy 6, Orig-A
10/04/02.............  WA               Spokane.............  Spokane Intl.......  2/0561                  ILS Rwy 3 (Cat I, II, III), Amdt 4
10/04/02.............  WA               Spokane.............  Spokane Intl.......  2/0562                  RNAV (GPS) Rwy 3, Orig-B
10/04/02.............  MA               Westfield...........  Barnes Muni........  2/0576                  GPS Rwy 2, Orig
10/04/02.............  MA               Westfield...........  Barnes Muni........  2/0577                  GPS Rwy 20, Orig
10/04/02.............  MA               Westfield...........  Barnes Muni........  2/0578                  ILS Rwy 20, Amdt 5
10/04/02.............  MA               Westfield...........  Barnes Muni........  2/0579                  NDB Rwy 20, Amdt 15
10/04/02.............  MA               Westfield...........  Barnes Muni........  2/0580                  VOR Rwy 20, Amdt 20
10/04/02.............  MA               Westfield...........  Barnes Muni........  2/0581                  VOR Or Tacan Rwy 2, Amdt 4
10/04/02.............  OK               Oklahoma City.......  Will Rogers World..  2/0587                  LOC BC Rwy 35L, Amdt 10D
10/07/02.............  WA               Spokane.............  Spokane Intl.......  2/0626                  VOR Rwy 3, Amdt 12
10/07/02.............  WA               Seattle.............  Boeing Field/King    2/0627                  ILS Rwy 13R, Amdt 28A
                                                               County Intl.
10/07/02.............  WA               Seattle.............  Boeing Field/King    2/0627                  ILS Rwy 13R, Amdt 28A
                                                               County Intl.
10/07/02.............  MS               Jackson.............  Hawkins Field......  2/0631                  NDB Rwy 16, Amdt 5
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