[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 133 (Tuesday, July 13, 2004)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 41934-41935]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-15643]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 97

[Docket No. 30418; Amdt. No. 3100]


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 the 
adoption of new or revised criteria, or 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 July 13, 2004. 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 July 13, 2004.

ADDRESSES: Availability of matters 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 the affected 
airport is located;
    3. The Flight Inspection Area Office which originated the SIAP; or,
    4. The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). For 
information on the availability of this material at NARA, call 202-741-
6030, or go to: http://www.archives.gov/federal_register/code_of_federal_regulations/ibr_locations.html.
    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, 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 of each SIAP is contained in official FAA form 
documents which are incorporated by reference in this amendment under 5 
U.S.C. 552(a), 1 CFR part 51, and Sec.  97.20 of the Federal Aviation 
Regulations (FAR). The applicable FAA Forms are identified as FAA Forms 
8260-3, 8260-4, and 8260-5. 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 on 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 is effective upon publication of each 
separate SIAP as contained in the transmittal. Some SIAP amendments may 
have been previously issued by the FAA in a National Flight Data Center 
(NFDC) Notice to Airmen (NOTAM) as an emergency action of immediate 
flight safety relating directly to published aeronautical charts. The 
circumstances

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which created the need for some SIAP amendments may require making them 
effective in less than 30 days. For the remaining SIAPs, an effective 
date at least 30 days after publication is provided.
    Further, 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 SIAPs, the TERPS criteria were 
applied to the conditions existing or anticipated at the affected 
airports. 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 some 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 July 2, 2004.
James J. Ballough,
Director, Flight Standards Service.

Adoption of the Amendment

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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

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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.

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2. Part 97 is amened to read as follows:

* * * Effective August 5, 2004

Eagle, CO, Eagle County Regional, LOC/DME-C, Amdt 2B
Eagle, CO, Eagle County Regional, LOC-B, Amdt 1C
Portland, ME, Portland Intl Jetport, ILS OR LOC RWY 29, Amdt 1
Olive Branch, MS, Olive Branch, RNAV (GPS) RWY 18, Amdt 1
Olive Branch, MS, Olive Branch, RNAV (GPS) RWY 36, Orig
Olive Branch, MS, Olive Branch, ILS OR LOC RWY 18, Amdt 1
Olive Branch, MS, Olive Branch, NDB RWY 18, Amdt 5
Olive Branch, MS, Olive Branch, NDB RWY 36, Amdt 6
Binghamton, NY, Greater Binghamton/Edwin A. Link Field, VOR/DME RWY 
28, Amdt 10
Binghamton, NY, Greater Binghamton/Edwin A. Link Field, NDB RWY 34, 
Amdt 18
Binghamton, NY, Greater Binghamton/Edwin A. Link Field, RNAV (GPS) 
RWY 16, Orig
Binghamton, NY, Greater Binghamton/Edwin A. Link Field, RNAV (GPS) 
RWY 28, Orig
Binghamton, NY, Greater Binghamton/Edwin A. Link Field, RNAV (GPS) 
RWY 34, Orig
Carlsbad, NM, Cavern City Air Terminal, GPS RWY 21, Amdt 1, 
CANCELLED
Cleveland, OH, Cleveland-Hopkins Intl, ILS OR LOC RWY 6L, Amdt 1
Cleveland, OH, Cleveland-Hopkins Intl, ILS OR LOC RWY 6R, Amdt 19; 
ILS RWY 6R (CAT II), Amdt 19; ILS RWY 6R (CAT III), Amdt 19
Cleveland, OH, Cleveland-Hopkins Intl, ILS OR LOC/DME RWY 24R, Amdt 
2
Salem, OR, McNary Fld, RNAV (GPS) Y RWY 31, Orig
Salem, OR, McNary Fld, RNAV (GPS) Z RWY 31, Amdt 1
Quakertown, PA, Quakertown, VOR RWY 29, Amdt 1
Quakertown, PA, Quakertown, NDB RWY 29, Amdt 10
Quakertown, PA, Quakertown, RNAV (GPS) RWY 29, Orig
Fort Worth, TX, Fort Worth Alliance, ILS OR LOC RWY 34R, Amdt 5
Lancaster, TX, Lancaster, NDB RWY 31, Amdt 2
Lancaster, TX, Lancaster, RNAV (GPS) RWY 31, Orig
Sheboygan, WI, Sheboygan County Memorial, VOR RWY 3, Amdt 7
Sheboygan, WI, Sheboygan County Memorial, VOR RWY 21, Amdt 7
Sheboygan, WI, Sheboygan County Memorial, NDB RWY 21, Amdt 1
Sheboygan, WI, Sheboygan County Memorial, ILS OR LOC RWY 21, Amdt 1
Sheboygan, WI, Sheboygan County Memorial, RNAV (GPS) RWY 21, Orig

* * * Effective September 2, 2004

Indianapolis, IN, Mount Comfort, VOR RWY 34, Amdt 2
Indianapolis, IN, Mount Comfort, RNAV (GPS) RWY 16, Orig
Indianapolis, IN, Mount Comfort, RNAV (GPS) RWY 34, Orig

* * * Effective September 30, 2004

Allakaket, AK, Allakaket, RNAV (GPS) RWY 5, Orig
Allakaket, AK, Allakaket, RNAV (GPS) RWY 23, Orig
Waynesboro, GA, Burke County, NDB RWY 8, Amdt 2B
Waynesboro, GA, Burke County, RNAV (GPS) RWY 8, Orig
Waynesboro, GA, Burke County, RNAV (GPS) RWY 26, Orig
Roswell, NM, Roswell International Air Center, VOR-B, Amdt 1
Lubbock, TX, Lubbock Intl, ILS OR LOC RWY 26, Amdt 2B

    The FAA published an Amendment in Docket No. 30416, Amdt No. 3099 
to Part 97 of the Federal Aviation Regulations (Vol 69, FR No. 123, 
Page 36009; dated June 28, 2004) under Section 97.33 effective 5 Aug 
2004, which is hereby rescinded:

Allakaket, AK, Allakaket, RNAV (GPS) RWY 5, Orig
Allakaket, AK, Allakaket, RNAV (GPS) RWY 23, Orig

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