[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 234 (Wednesday, December 7, 2005)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 72705-72707]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-23646]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 97

[Docket No. 30467; Amdt. No. 3143]


Standard Instrument Approach Procedures; Miscellaneous Amendments

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: This amendment amends 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 December 7, 2005. 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 December 7, 2005.

ADDRESSES: Availability of matter incorporated by reference in the 
amendment is as follows:
    For Examination--
    1. FAA Rules Docket, FAA Headquarters Building, 800 Independence 
Ave, SW., Washington, DC 20591;

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    2. The FAA Regional Office of the region in which affected airport 
is located; or
    3. The National Flight Procedures Office, 6500 South MacArthur 
Blvd., Oklahoma City, OK 73169; 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 (AFS-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 Title 14, Code of Federal 
Regulations, part 97 (14 CFR part 97) amends Standard Instrument 
Approach Procedures (SIAPs). The complete regulatory description of 
each SIAP is contained in the appropriate FAA Form 8260, as modified by 
the the National Flight Data Center (FDC)/Permanent Notice to Airmen 
(P-NOTAM), which is incorporated by reference in the amendment under 5 
U.S.C. 552(a), 1 CFR part 51, and Sec.  97.20 of the Code of Federal 
Regulations. 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 
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 14 CFR part 97 is effective upon publication of 
each separate SIAP as amended in the transmittal. For safety and 
timeliness of change considerations, this amendment incorporates only 
specific changes contained for each SIAP as modified by FDC/P-NOTAMs.
    The SIAPs, as modified by FDC P-NOTAM, and 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, 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 FDC 
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 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 November 18, 2005.
James J. Ballough,
Director, Flight Standards Service.

Adoption of the Amendemnt

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Accordingly, pursuant to the authority delegated to me, Title 14, Code 
of Federal regulations, part 97, 14 CFR part 97, is amended by amending 
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 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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11/03/05...........  TX              Lubbock.............  Lubbock Preston          5/0297  ILS OR LOC RWY 26,
                                                            Smith Intl.                      AMDT 3A.
11/07/05...........  ND              Hillsboro...........  Hillsboro Muni......     5/0375  RNAV (GPS) RWY 34,
                                                                                             ORIG-A.
11/07/05...........  ND              Hillsboro...........  Hillsboro Muni......     5/0376  RNAV (GPS) RWY 16,
                                                                                             ORIG-A.
11/15/05...........  FL              Melbourne...........  Melbourne Intl......     5/0328  RNAV (GPS) RWY 27L,
                                                                                             ORIG-A.
11/03/05...........  SC              Myrtle Beach........  Myrtle Beach Intl...     5/0232  ILS OR LOC RWY 36,
                                                                                             AMDT 1C.
11/03/05...........  SC              Myrtle Beach........  Myrtle Beach Intl...     5/0233  RNAV (GPS) RWY 36,
                                                                                             AMDT 1A.
11/03/05...........  SC              Myrtle Beach........  Myrtle Beach Intl...     5/0234  RADAR-1, AMDT 1C.

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11/03/05...........  SC              Myrtle Beach........  Myrtle Beach Intl...     5/0235  ILS OR LOC RWY 18,
                                                                                             AMDT 1F.
11/03/05...........  SC              Myrtle Beach........  Myrtle Beach Intl...     5/0236  RNAV (GPS) RWY 18,
                                                                                             AMDT 1C.
11/09/05...........  TN              Chattanooga.........  Lovell Field........     5/0497  ILS OR LOC RWY 2,
                                                                                             AMDT 7A.
11/15/05...........  OR              Eugene..............  Mahlon Sweet Field..     5/0407  LOC/DME RWY 16L,
                                                                                             ORIG-A.
11/15/05...........  OR              Eugene..............  Mahlon Sweet Field..     5/0409  RNAV (GPS) RWY 16L,
                                                                                             ORIG-A.
11/15/05...........  WA              Pasco...............  Tri-Cities..........     5/0394  VOR/DME RWY 30, AMDT
                                                                                             2A.
11/15/05...........  WA              Pasco...............  Tri-Cities..........     5/0395  ILS RWY 21R,.AMDT
                                                                                             10D.
11/15/05...........  WA              Pasco...............  Tri-Cities..........     5/0396  RNAV (GPS) RWY 30,
                                                                                             ORIG-A.
11/08/05...........  IL              Jacksonville........  Jacksonville Muni...     5/0388  RNAV (GPS) RWY 31,
                                                                                             ORIG-A.
11/08/05...........  IL              Jacksonville........  Jacksonville Muni...     5/0389  RNAV (GPS) RWY 4,
                                                                                             ORIG-A.
11/08/05...........  IL              Jacksonville........  Jacksonville Muni...     5/0390  RNAV (GPS) RWY 22,
                                                                                             ORIG-A.
11/08/05...........  SD              Brookings...........  Brookings Muni......     5/0401  ILS OR LOC RWY 30,
                                                                                             ORIG-A.
11/08/05...........  ND              Dickinson...........  Dickinson-Theodore       5/0402  ILS OR LOC RWY 32,
                                                            Roosevelt Regional.              AMDT 1A.
11/08/05...........  OH              Port Clinton........  Carl R Keller Field.     5/0422  NDB RWY 27, AMDT
                                                                                             12A.
11/08/05...........  MN              Minneapolis.........  Flying Cloud........     5/0441  ILS OR LOC RWY 10R,
                                                                                             AMDT 2B.
11/09/05...........  MN              Minneapolis.........  Flying Cloud........     5/0442  COPTER OR ILS RWY
                                                                                             10R, ORIG-C.
11/09/05...........  IL              Champaign/Urbana....  University of            5/0485  GPS RWY 36, ORIG-B.
                                                            Illinois-Willard.
11/09/05...........  IL              Champaign/Urbana....  University of            5/0487  VOR RWY 18, ORIG-A.
                                                            Illinois-Willard.
11/09/05...........  IL              Champaign/Urbana....  University of            5/0488  ILS OR LOC RWY 32R,
                                                            Illinois-Willard.                AMDT 11C.
11/09/05...........  IL              Champaign/Urbana....  University of            5/0489  GPS RWY 18, ORIG-B.
                                                            Illinois-Willard.
11/09/05...........  IL              Jacksonville........  Jacksonville Muni...     5/0490  RNAV (GPS) RWY 13,
                                                                                             ORIG-A.
11/15/05...........  IL              Springfield.........  Abraham Lincoln          5/0636  ILS OR LOC RWY 31,
                                                            Capital.                         AMDT 2A.
11/15/05...........  IL              Springfield.........  Abraham Lincoln          5/0637  ILS OR LOC RWY 22,
                                                            Capital.                         AMDT 8A.
11/15/05...........  IL              Springfield.........  Abraham Lincoln          5/0638  ILS OR LOC RWY 4,
                                                            Capital.                         AMDT 25A.
11/08/05...........  RI              Providence..........  Theodore Francis         5/0412  ILS RWY 34, AMDT
                                                            Green State.                     10B.
11/08/05...........  RI              Providence..........  Theodore Francis         5/0413  RNAV (GPS) RWY 5,
                                                            Green State.                     ORIG-A.
11/08/05...........  RI              Providence..........  Theodore Francis         5/0414  RNAV (GPS) RWY 16,
                                                            Green State.                     ORIG-A.
11/08/05...........  RI              Providence..........  Theodore Francis         5/0415  RNAV (GPS) RWY 23,
                                                            Green State.                     ORIG-B.
11/08/05...........  RI              Providence..........  Theodore Francis         5/0416  RNAV (GPS) RWY 34,
                                                            Green State.                     ORIG-B.
11/08/05...........  RI              Providence..........  Theodore Francis         5/0417  VOR/DME RWY 16, AMDT
                                                            Green State.                     4C.
11/08/05...........  RI              Providence..........  Theodore Francis         5/0418  VOR/DME RWY 23, AMDT
                                                            Green State.                     6F.
11/08/05...........  RI              Providence..........  Theodore Francis         5/0419  VOR/DME RWY 34, AMDT
                                                            Green State.                     5D.
11/08/05...........  RI              Providence..........  Theodore Francis         5/0420  VOR RWY 5, AMDT 13E.
                                                            Green State.
11/08/05...........  RI              Providence..........  Theodore Francis         5/0421  VOR RWY 34, AMDT 4D.
                                                            Green State.
11/17/05...........  NM              Farmington..........  Four Corners             5/0438  ILS OR LOC ILS RWY
                                                            Regional.                        25, AMDT 7A.
11/17/05...........  NM              Roswell.............  Roswell                  5/0464  LOC BC RWY 3, AMDT
                                                            International Air                9A.
                                                            Center.
11/17/05...........  NM              Santa Fe............  Santa Fe Muni.......     5/0504  VOR/DME-A, AMDT 1B.
11/17/05...........  NM              Santa Fe............  Santa Fe Muni.......     5/0506  VOR RWY 33, AMDT 9B.
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