Airworthiness directives: Standard instrument approach procedures,

[Federal Register: June 23, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 120)]

[Rules and Regulations]

[Page 33399-33400]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 97

[Docket No. 29595; Amdt. No. 1936]

Standard Instrument Approach Procedures; Miscellaneous Amendments

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Final rule.

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: An effective date for each SIAP is specified in the amendatory provisions.

Incorporation by reference--approved by the Director of the Federal Register on December 31, 1980, and reapproved as of January 1, 1982.

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.

   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 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 affective 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 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, Navigation (air).

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   Issued in Washington DC on June 11, 1999. L. Nicholas Lacey, 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 is revised to read as follows:

   Authority: 49 U.S.C. 40103, 40113, 40120, 44701; 49 U.S.C. 106(g); and 14 CFR 11.49(b)(2).

2. Part 97 is amended to read as follows:

   Secs. 97.23, 97.25, 97.27, 97.29, 97.31, 97.33, 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, 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

   FDC data

   State

   City

   Airport

   FDC No.

   SIAP

   06/01/99............... GA

   Pine Mountain......... Callaway Gardens-

   9/3721 NDB or GPS RWY 9, AMDT 8... Harris County. 06/02/99............... IN

   Connersville.......... Mettel Field.......... 9/3748 ILS RWY 18, Orig... 06/02/99............... IN

   Connersville.......... Mettel Field.......... 9/3749 VOR or GPS-A, Orig... 06/02/99............... IN

   Connersville.......... Mettel Field.......... 9/3751 NDB or GPS RWY 18, Orig... 06/02/99............... KS

   Belleville............ Belleville Muni....... 9/3765 VOR/DME-A, AMDT 3... 06/02/99............... OR

   Portland.............. Portland-Hillsboro.... 9/3771 VOR/DME or GPS-A Orig-A... 06/03/99............... UT

   Provo................. Provo Muni............ 9/3811 ILS RWY 13, Orig... 06/04/99............... MA

   Worcester............. Worcester Regional.... 9/3831 VOR/DME RWY 33 Orig-A... 06/04/99............... ME

   Wiscasset............. Wiscasset............. 9/3841 NDB RWY 25 AMDT 5... 06/04/99............... NY

   New York.............. La Guardia............ 9/3843 ILS RWY 13 Orig-A... 06/04/99............... VA

   Brookneal............. Campbell County....... 9/3833 VOR/DME or GPS-A Orig... 06/04/99............... VA

   Moneta................ Smith Mountain Lake... 9/3832 VOR/DME or GPS RWY 23 Orig... 06/04/99............... VA

   Tangier............... Tangier Island........ 9/3834 VOR/DME or GPS RWY 2 Orig-A... 06/04/99............... WV

   Martinsburg........... Eastern West Virginia

   9/3830 LOC/DME BC RWY 8 AMDT 5... Regional/Shepherd Field. 06/07/99............... AZ

   St Johns.............. St Johns Industrial

   9/3931 VOR/DME or GPS-A AMDT 1... Airpark. 06/07/99............... CO

   Colorado Springs...... City of Colorado

   9/3925 ILS/DME RWY 17L, Orig-A... Springs Muni. 06/07/99............... CO

   Grand Junction........ Walker Field.......... 9/3926 ILS/DME RWY 11, AMDT 14... 06/07/99............... MD

   Cumberland............ Greater Cumberland

   9/3903 LOC-A AMDT 3B... Regional. 06/07/99............... MD

   Cumberland............ Greater Cumberland

   9/3910 LOC/DME RWY 23 AMDT 5B... Regional. 06/07/99............... MI

   Howell................ Livingston County..... 9/3922 NDB RWY 13, AMDT 1... 06/07/99............... MI

   Howell................ Livingston County..... 9/3923 GPS RWY 13, Orig... 06/07/99............... UT

   Ogden................. Ogden-Hinckley........ 9/3915 VOR/DME RNAV or GPS RWY 3, Orig... 06/07/99............... UT

   Ogden................. Ogden-Hinckley........ 9/3916 VOR RWY 7, AMDT 5... 06/07/99............... UT

   Ogden................. Ogden-Hinckley........ 9/3918 GPS RWY 7, Orig... 06/07/99............... UT

   Ogden................. Ogden-Hinckley........ 9/3919 ILS RWY 3, AMDT 3A... 06/08/99............... NY

   White Plains.......... Westchester County.... 9/3939 COPTER ILS/DME 162 Orig...

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