[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 28 (Tuesday, February 11, 2003)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 6818-6820]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-3268]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 97

[Docket No. 30353; Amdt. No. 3044]


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 February 11, 2003. 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 February 11, 2003.

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 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 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

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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 January 31, 2003.
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 continues to read as follows:

    Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(g), 40103, 40106, 40113, 40114, 40120, 
44502, 44514, 44701, 44719, 44721-44722.


    2. Part 97 is amended to read as follows:


Sec. Sec.  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           FDIC No.                Subject
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01/14/03.......  UT          Salt lake City...  Salt Lake City    3/0326             ILS Rwy 16L, Amdt 1B
                                                 Intl.
01/16/03.......  DC          Washington.......  Ronald Reagan     3/0355             LDA/DME Rwy 19, Amdt 2A
                                                 Washington
                                                 National.
01/16/03.......  FL          Bartow...........  Bartow Muni.....  3/0365             RNAV (GPS) Rwy 27R, Orig
01/16/03.......  FL          Bartow...........  Bartow Muni.....  3/0368             RNAV (GPS) Rwy 9L, Orig
01/16/03.......  WI          Watertown........  Watertown Muni..  3/0396             VOR/DME Rwy 29, Orig-A
01/16/03.......  WI          Watertown........  Watertown Muni..  3/0397             NDB Rwy 5, Amdt 1B
01/17/03.......  FL          Bartow...........  Bartow Muni.....  3/0374             VOR/DME Rwy 9L, Amdt 2A
01/17/03.......  IA          Cedar Rapids.....  The Eastern Iowa  3/0412             GPS Rwy 31, Orig-E
01/21/03.......  AK          Cold Bay.........  Cold Bay........  3/0500             ILS Rwy 14, Amdt 16C
01/22/03.......  TX          Wichita Falls....  Sheppard AFB/     3/0517             RNAV (GPS) Rwy 15R, Orig
                                                 Wichita Falls
                                                 Muni.
01/22/03.......  TX          Fort Worth.......  Fort Worth        3/0519             ILS Rwy 34R, Amdt 1A
                                                 Meacham Intl.
01/22/03.......  TX          Fort Worth.......  Fort Worth        3/0520             ILS Rwy 16L, Amdt 7A
                                                 Meacham Intl.
01/22/03.......  WA          Bremerton........  Bremerton         3/0525             NDB Rwy 1, Amdt 1
                                                 National.
01/23/03.......  WI          Green Bay........  Austin Straubel   3/0540             ILS Rwy 6, Amdt 21
                                                 Intl.
01/23/03.......  ND          Minot............  Minot, ND.......  3/0541             ILS Rwy 31, Amdt 9
01/23/03.......  KY          Prestonburg......  Big Sandy         3/0542             RNAV (GPS) Rwy 22, Orig
                                                 Regional.
01/23/03.......  TN          Smithville.......  Smithville Muni.  3/0554             RNAV (GPS) Rwy 24, Orig
01/23/03.......  GA          Brunswick........  Malcolm McKinnon  3/0569             RNAV (GPS) Rwy 4, Orig
01/23/03.......  TX          Fort Worth.......  Fort Worth        3/0574             GPS Rwy 34, Orig-B
                                                 Meacham Intl.
01/23/03.......  CA          Daggett..........  Barstow-Daggett.  3/0606             VOR OR TACAN Rwy 22, Amdt
                                                                                      8A
01/24/03.......  AR          Mountain View....  Mountain View     3/0632             NDB-A, Amdt 2
                                                 Wilcox Memorial
                                                 Field.
01/24/03.......  NY          Rochester........  Greater           3/0653             VOR Rwy 4, Amdt 9A
                                                 Rochester Intl.
01/27/03.......  AR          Pine Bluff.......  Grider Field....  3/0677             ILS Rwyt 17, Amdt 2A
01/28/03.......  NY          Massena..........  Masenna Intl-     3/0709             ILS Rwy 5, Amdt 2
                                                 Richards Field.
01/28/03.......  NY          Watertown........  Watertown Intl..  3/0710             ILS Rwy 7, Amdt 6B
01/28/03.......  TX          Harlingen........  Valley Intl.....  3/0719             LOC BC Rwy 35L, Amdt 13
01/28/03.......  ID          Twin Falls.......  Joslin Field-     3/0728             ILS Rwy 25, Amdt 8
                                                 Magic Valley
                                                 Regional.
01/28/03.......  NE          Scottsbluff......  Western Nebraska  3/0732             ILS Rwy 30, Amdt 9
                                                 Regional/
                                                 William B.
                                                 Heilig Field.
01/28/03.......  NY          Plattsburgh......  Plattsburgh/      3/0740             ILS Rwy 1, Amdt 4A
                                                 Clinton Co.
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[FR Doc. 03-3268 Filed 2-10-03; 8:45 am]
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