Airworthiness directives: Standard instrument approach procedures,

[Federal Register: December 2, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 231)]

[Rules and Regulations]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 97

[Docket No. 29402; Amdt. No. 1902]

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 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: 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 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; 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 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 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 Approach 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.

   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

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   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 November 27, 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. 106(g), 40103, 40113, 40120, 44701; 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 31 December, 1998

   Carlsbad CA, McClellan-Palomar, ILS RWY 24, Amdt 8 Fairfield, IA, Fairfield Muni, VOR/DME RNAV RWY 36, Amdt 1C, CANCELLED Kansas City, MO, Kansas City Intl, LOC BC RWY 27, Amdt 12, CANCELLED New York, NY, LaGuardia, VOR/DME OR GPS-H, Amdt 2 Rock Hill, SC, Rock Hill/York County/BryantField, LOC RWY 2, Orig-B, CANCELLED Rock Hill, SC, Rock Hill/York County/BryantField, ILS RWY 2, Orig

   * * * Effective 28 January, 1999

   Brewton, AL, Brewton Muni, GPS RWY 6, Orig Chino, CA, Chino, ILS RWY 26R, Amdt 5 Fortuna, CA, Rohnerville, VOR RWY 11, Amdt 3 Fortuna, CA, Rohnerville, GPS RWY 11, Orig Fortuna, CA, Rohnerville, GPS RWY 29, Orig Tracy, CA, Tracy Muni, VOR OR GPS-A, Amdt 5 Tracy, CA, Tracy Muni, NDB RWY 25, Orig Tracy, CA, Tracy Muni, NDB RWY 12, Orig Tracy, CA, Tracy Muni, GPS RWY 25, Orig Tracy, CA, Tracy Muni, GPS RWY 30, Orig Craig, CO, Craig-Moffat, GPS RWY 7, Orig Craig, CO, Craig-Moffat, GPS RWY 25, Orig Titusville, FL, Space Coast Regional, GPS RWY 9, Orig Valparaiso, IN, Porter County Muni, NDB RWY 27, Amdt 6 Valparaiso, IN, Porter County Muni, VOR/DME RNAV RWY 9, Amdt 3 Valparaiso, IN, Porter County Muni, GPS RWY 9, Orig Valparaiso, IN, Porter County Muni, GPS RWY 27, Orig Baltimore, MD, Martin State, NDB OR GPS RWY 15, Amdt 8 Grand Rapids, MN, Grand Rapids/Itasca Co-Gordon Newstrom Fld, VOR/ DME OR GPS RWY 16, Orig, CANCELLED Grand Rapids, MN, Grand Rapids/Itasca Co-Gordon Newstrom Fld, VOR OR GPS RWY 34, Amdt 10 Grand Rapids, MN, Grand Rapids/Itasca Co-Gordon Newstrom Fld, NDB RWY 34, Amdt 7 Grand Rapids, MN, Grand Rapids/Itasca Co-Gordon Newstrom Fld, ILS RWY 34, Amdt 1 Grand Rapids, MN, Grand Rapids/Itasca Co-Gordon Newstrom Fld, GPS RWY 16, Orig Granite Falls, MN, Granite Falls Muni, VOR/DME RWY 34, Orig Granite Falls, MN, Granite Falls Muni, GPS RWY 34, Orig Longville, MN, Longville Muni, NDB RWY 31, OriG Moorhead, MN, Moorhead Muni, VOR-A, Orig Orr, MN, Orr Regional, NDB RWY 13, Amdt 8 Orr, MN, Orr Regional, GPS RWY 13, Orig Owatonna, MN, Owatonna Muni, VOR OR GPS RWY 12, Amdt 10 Owatonna, MN, Owatonna Muni, VOR/DME RWY 30, Amdt 4 Two Harbors, MN, Richard B. Helgeson, NDB RWY 24, Amdt 1 Two Harbors, MN, Richard B. Helgeson, GPS RWY 24, Orig Ft. Leonard Wood, MO, VOR OR GPS RWY 14, Orig, CANCELLED Ft. Leonard Wood, MO, VOR OR GPS RWY 32, Orig, CANCELLED Ft. Leonard Wood, MO, LOC, RWY 14, Amdt 1, CANCELLED Ft. Leonard Wood, MO, NDB RWY 32, Orig, CANCELLED Teterboro, NJ, Teterboro, FMS/ILS RWY 6, Orig Teterboro, NJ, Teterboro, ILS, RWY 6, Amdt 29 Teterboro, NJ, Teterboro, COPTER ILS RWY 6, Amdt 1 Dunkirk, NY, Chautauqua County/Dunkirk, VOR RWY 6, Amdt 2 Dunkirk, NY, Chautauqua County/Dunkirk, VOR RWY 24, Amdt 7 Dunkirk, NY, Chautauqua County/Dunkirk, GPS RWY 6, Orig Dunkirk, NY, Chautauqua County/Dunkirk, GPS RWY 24, Orig Dunkirk, NY, Chautauqua County/Dunkirk, GPS RWY 33, Orig Manteo, NC, Dare County Regional, NDB RWY 5, Amdt 5 Manteo, NC, Dare County Regional, NDB RWY 17, Amdt 5 Manteo, NC, Dare County Regional, GPS RWY 5, Orig Manteo, NC, Dare County Regional, GPS RWY 17, Orig Manteo, NC, Dare County Regional, GPS RWY 23, Orig Rutherfordton, NC, Rutherford Co-Marchman Field, LOC RWY 1, Amdt 1 Rutherfordton, NC, Rutherford Co-Marchman Field, NDB RWY 1, Amdt 5 Rutherfordton, NC, Rutherford Co-Marchman Field, GPS RWY 1, Amdt 1 Aberdeen, SD, Aberdeen Regional, VOR/DME OR GPS RWY 13, Amdt 12 Aberdeen, SD, Aberdeen Regional, VOR OR GPS RWY 31, Amdt 20 Aberdeen, SD, Aberdeen Regional, LOC/DME BC RWY 13, Amdt 10 Aberdeen, SD, Aberdeen Regional, NDB RWY 31, Amdt 10 Aberdeen, SD, Aberdeen Regional, ILS RWY 31, Amdt 13 Aberdeen, SD, Aberdeen Regional, GPS RWY 35, Orig Nashville, TN, Nashville International, VOR/DME OR GPS RWY 13, Amdt 13 Baytown, TX, Baytown, NDB RWY 14, Orig-A, CANCELLED Baytown, TX, Baytown, NDB RWY 32, Orig-A, CANCELLED

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