[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 37 (Tuesday, February 25, 2003)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 8707-8709]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-4320]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 97

[Docket No. 30356; Amdt. No. 3046]


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.

EFFECTIVE DATE: This rule is effective February 25, 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 25, 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.

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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, were 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 CFR Part 97

    Air traffic control, Airports, Incorporation by reference, and 
Navigation (air).

    Issued in Washington, DC on February 14, 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       FDC No.                Subject
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01/27/03.........  MI           Bay City........  James Clements       3/0688  RNAV (GPS) Rwy 18, Orig.
                                                   Muni.
01/30/03.........  PA           Harrisburg......  Capital City....     3/0748  ILS Rwy 8, Amdt 10E.
01/30/03.........  CA           Chico...........  Chico Muni......     3/0761  VOR/DME Rwy 31R, Orig-C.
01/30/03.........  CA           San Francisco...  San Francisco        3/0770  VOR Rwy 19L, Amdt 8B.
                                                   Intl.
01/30/03.........  KY           Prestonburg.....  Sandy Regional..     3/0779  RNAV (GPS) Rwy 21, Orig.
01/30/03.........  AL           Albertville.....  The Albertville      3/0781  RNAV (GPS) Rwy 23, Orig.
                                                   Muni-Thomas J.
                                                   Brumlik Field.
01/30/03.........  AL           Albertville.....  The Albertville      3/0782  NDB-A, Amdt 4.
                                                   Muni-Thomas J.
                                                   Brumlik Field.
01/30/03.........  SC           Anderson........  Anderson             3/0785  ILS Rwy 5, Orig-A.
                                                   Regional.
01/30/03.........  SC           Anderson........  Anderson             3/0786  VOR Rwy 5, Amdt 9B.
                                                   Regional.
01/31/03.........  NC           Morganton.......  Morganton-Lenoir     3/0821  LOC Rwy 3, Orig-B.
01/31/03.........  OH           Cleveland.......  Cleveland-           3/0838  ILS Rwy 6L, Orig-A.
                                                   Hopkins Intl.
01/31/03.........  OH           Cleveland.......  Cleveland-           3/0839  ILS Rwy 24R, Orig.
                                                   Hopkins Intl.
02/05/03.........  NY           White Plains....  Westchester          3/0927  ILS Rwy 16, Amdt 22E.
                                                   County.
02/05/03.........  NM           Silver City.....  Grant County....     3/1008  LOC/DME Rwy 26, Amdt 4C.
02/06/03.........  AR           Jonesboro.......  Jonesboro Muni..     3/1044  ILS Rwy 23, Orig.
02/07/03.........  IL           Moline..........  Quad City Intl..     3/1157  ILS Rwy 27, Orig-C.
02/07/03.........  IL           Moline..........  Quad City Intl..     3/1159  ILS Rwy 9, Amdt 29D.
02/07/03.........  IL           Moline..........  Quad City Intl..     3/1161  NDB OR GPS Rwy 9, Amdt 27D.
02/10/03.........  MI           Pontiac.........  Pontiac/Oakland      3/1148  ILS Rwy 9R, Amdt 11A.
                                                   Intl.
02/10/03.........  MI           Pontiac.........  Pontiac/Oakland      3/1149  LOC BC Rwy 27L, Orig-A.
                                                   Intl.
02/11/03.........  WA           Bellingham......  Bellingham Intl.     3/1174  NDB Rwy 16, Amdt 1.
02/11/03.........  WA           Bellingham......  Bellingham Intl.     3/1175  ILS Rwy 16, Amdt 4.

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02/12/03.........  ND           Rugby...........  Rugby Muni......     3/1196  NDB Rwy 30, Amdt 6.
02/12/03.........  PA           Somerset........  Somerset County.     3/1211  GPS Rwy 6, Orig.
02/12/03.........  PA           Somerset........  Somerset County.     3/1213  LOC Rwy 24, Amdt 3.
02/12/03.........  PA           Somerset........  Somerset County.     3/1214  LOC Rwy 24, Amdt 5.
02/12/03.........  PA           Somerset........  Somerset County.     3/1214  NDB Rwy 24, Amdt 5.
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