Airworthiness directives: Standard instrument approach procedures,

[Federal Register: October 13, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 197)]

[Rules and Regulations]

[Page 54573-54575]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 97

[Docket No. 29358; Amdt. No. 1894]

RIN 2120-AA65

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

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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 NOTAM 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 Approach 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, 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).

Issued in Washington, DC on October 2, 1998. Richard O. Gordon, Acting 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 Date

State

City

Airport

FDC No.

SIAP

09/16/98....... IL

Belleville....... Scott AFB/

FDC 8/6603

GPS RWY 14R, ORIG... Midamerica. 09/16/98....... IL

Belleville....... Scott AFB/

FDC 8/6615

ILS RWY 14R, ORIG-B... Midamerica. 09/16/98....... NC

Wilmington....... Wilmington Intl. FDC 8/6621

ILS RWY 35 AMDT 20A... 09/16/98....... NC

Wilmington....... Wilmington Intl. FDC 8/6622

LOC BC RWY 17 AMDT 6A... 09/16/98....... NC

Wilmington....... Wilmington Intl. FDC 8/6623

NDB OR GPS RWY 35 AMDT 16B... 09/16/98....... NC

Wilmington....... Wilmington Intl. FDC 8/6624

RADAR-1 AMDT 6A... 09/21/98....... MN

Minneapolis...... Crystal......... FDC 8/6722

GPS RWY 13L, ORIG-A... 09/23/98....... FL

Pensacola........ Pensacola

FDC 8/6760

NDB OR GPS RWY 17, ORIG- Regional.

A... 09/24/98....... FL

Pensacola........ Pensacola

FDC 8/6783

ILS RWY 17, AMDT 13D... Regional. 09/24/98....... FL

Pensacola........ Pensacola

FDC 8/6784

NDB OR GPS RWY 35, AMDT Regional.

16... 09/25/98....... FL

Jacksonville..... Jacksonville FDC 8/6811

NDB RWY 13 ORIG-A... Intl. 09/25/98....... MS

Columbus-West Golden Triangle FDC 8/6817

VOR OR GPS-D, AMDT 5... Point-Starkville. Regional. 09/25/98....... MS

Columbus-West Golden Triangle FDC 8/6818

ILS RWY 18, AMDT 6A... Point-Starkville. Regional.

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09/25/98....... MS

Columbus-West Golden Triangle FDC 8/6827

VOR/DME OR GPS-E, AMDT 5... Point-Starkville. Regional. 09/28/98....... RI

Providence....... Theodore Francis FDC 8/6858

ILS RWY 5, AMDT 16, ILS RWY Green State.

5 (CAT II), AMDT 16... 09/28/98....... RI

Providence....... Theodore Francis FDC 8/6862

VOR RWY 5, AMDT 13... Green State. 09/28/98....... RI

Providence....... Theodore Francis FDC 8/6864

NDB RWY 5, AMDT 15... Green State. 09/28/98....... RI

Providence....... Theodore Francis FDC 8/6866

VOR/DME or GPS RWY 23, AMDT Green State.

6A... 09/29/98....... MI

Alma............. Gratiot

FDC 8/6906

SDF RWY 9, AMDT 7... Community. 09/29/98....... MS

Gulfport......... Gulfport-Biloxi FDC 8/6883

NDB RWY 14, AMDT 11... Regional. 09/29/98....... MS

Gulfport......... Gulfport-Biloxi FDC 8/6885

VOR RWY 14, AMDT 21... Regional. 09/29/98....... MS

Gulfport......... Gulfport-Biloxi FDC 8/6886

VOR/DME OR TACAN OR GPS RWY Regional.

32, AMDT 2... 09/29/98....... MS

Gulfport......... Gulfport-Biloxi FDC 8/6887

VOR/DME OR TACAN OR GPS RWY Regional.

14, AMDT 2... 09/29/98....... MS

Gulfport......... Gulfport-Biloxi FDC 8/6888

ILS RWY 32, AMDT 3... Regional. 09/29/98....... MS

Gulfport......... Gulfport-Biloxi FDC 8/6889

ILS RWY 14, AMDT 13... Regional. 09/29/98....... MS

Gulfport......... Gulfport-Biloxi FDC 8/6892

VOR RWY 32, AMDT 20... Regional. 09/29/98....... SC

Loris............ Twin City....... FDC 8/6899

VOR/DME-A, AMDT 2...

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