[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 249 (Thursday, December 28, 2006)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 78055-78057]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-21954]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 97

[Docket No. 30528; Amdt. No. 3199]


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 28, 2006. 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 28, 2006.

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;
    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 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 an 
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

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``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 December 15, 2006.
James J. Ballough,
Director, Flight Standards Service.

Adoption of the Amendment

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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:


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  number        Subject
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11/22/06............  CO..........  Hayden............  Yampa Valley...........       6/6578  Rescind NOTAM
                                                                                               Published in TL07-
                                                                                               1.ILS or LOC/DME
                                                                                               Y Rwy 10, Amdt 2.
11/29/06............  CO..........  Hayden............  Yampa Valley...........       6/6653  ILS or LOC/DME Y
                                                                                               Rwy 10, Amdt 2.
12/04/06............  FL..........  Tampa.............  Tampa Int..............       6/7515  RNAV (RNP) Y Rwy
                                                                                               18L, Orig-A.
12/04/06............  ME..........  Augusta...........  Augusta State..........       6/7520  VOR Rwy 35, Amdt
                                                                                               5.
12/04/06............  NC..........  Reidsville........  Rockingham County NC          6/7563  VOR/DME A, Amdt 8.
                                                         Shiloh.
12/04/06............  AZ..........  Phoenix...........  Phoenix Sky Harbor Intl       6/7582  RNAV (GPS) Rwy 8,
                                                                                               Orig.
12/04/06............  AZ..........  Phoenix...........  Phoenix Sky Harbor Intl       6/7585  RNAV (GPS) Rwy 7R,
                                                                                               Orig.
12/04/06............  AZ..........  Phoenix...........  Phoenix Sky Harbor Intl       6/7586  ILS Rwy 26, Orig-
                                                                                               A.
12/04/06............  AZ..........  Phoenix...........  Phoenix Sky Harbor Intl       6/7587  ILS Rwy 7L, Amdt
                                                                                               10A.
12/04/06............  AZ..........  Phoenix...........  Phoenix Sky Harbor Intl       6/7588  RNAV (GPS) Rwy 7L,
                                                                                               Orig.
12/04/06............  AZ..........  Phoenix...........  Phoenix Sky Harbor Intl       6/7589  ILS Rwy 7R, Amdt
                                                                                               1A.
12/05/06............  CA..........  Chico.............  Chico Muni.............       6/7596  ILS Rwy 13L, Amdt
                                                                                               10A.
12/05/06............  DC..........  Washington........  Ronald Reagan                 6/7614  RNAV (RNP) Rwy 19,
                                                         Washington Ntl.                       Orig-A.
12/05/06............  AZ..........  Phoenix...........  Phoenix Sky Harbor Intl       6/7645  ILS Rwy 8, Orig.
12/05/06............  NY..........  White Plains......  Westchester County.....       6/7665  ILS Rwy 16, Amdt
                                                                                               22F.
12/05/06............  NY..........  White Plains......  Westchester County.....       6/7666  NDB Rwy 16, Amdt
                                                                                               21.
12/08/06............  NY..........  Ogdensburg........  Ogdensburg Intl........       6/7937  LOC Rwy 27, Amdt
                                                                                               2A.
12/08/06............  AK..........  Hooper Bay........  Hooper Bay.............       6/7938  RNAV (GPS) Rwy 13,
                                                                                               Orig.
12/08/06............  AK..........  Hooper Bay........  Hooper Bay.............       6/7939  RNAV (GPS) Rwy 31,
                                                                                               Orig.
12/08/06............  AK..........  Hooper Bay........  Hooper Bay.............       6/7940  VOR/DME Rwy 31,
                                                                                               Orig.
12/08/06............  NC..........  Asheville.........  Asheville Regional.....       6/7949  ILS Rwy 16, Amdt
                                                                                               3A.
12/08/06............  NC..........  Lincolnton........  Lincolnton-Lincoln            6/7956  LOC Rwy 23, Orig-
                                                         County Regional.                      A.
12/08/06............  NC..........  Lincolnton........  Lincolnton-Lincoln            6/7957  NDB or GPS Rwy 23,
                                                         County Regional.                      Amdt 2.
12/08/06............  WV..........  Martinsburg.......  Eastern West Virginia         6/7962  ILS Rwy 26, Amdt
                                                         Regional/Shepherd                     6.
                                                         Field.
12/08/06............  NC..........  Shelby............  Shelby Muni............       6/7985  NDB Rwy 23, Orig.
12/08/06............  NC..........  Fayetteville......  Fayetteville Regional/        6/7986  ILS Rwy 4, Amdt
                                                         Grannis Field.                        15.
12/12/06............  MD..........  Baltimore.........  Baltimore-Washington          6/8227  ILS Rwy 33L, Amdt
                                                         Intl.                                 9B.
12/12/06............  DE..........  Wilmington........  New Castle.............       6/8228  ILS Rwy 1, Amdt
                                                                                               20A.
12/12/06............  DE..........  Wilmington........  New Castle.............       6/8230  VOR OR GPS Rwy 1,
                                                                                               Amdt 3B.
09/28/06............  GU..........  Agana.............  Guam Intl..............       6/1659  RNAV (RNP) Z Rwy
                                                                                               6L, Orig.
09/28/06............  GU..........  Agana.............  Guam Intl..............       6/1664  RNAV (RNP) Z Rwy
                                                                                               24L, Orig.
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