Standard instrument approach procedures,

[Federal Register: May 6, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 87)]

[Rules and Regulations]

[Page 24284-24286]

From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]

[DOCID:fr06my99-2]

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 97

[Docket No. 29557; Amdt. No. 1928]

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

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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: Availablity 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:

  4. FAA Public Inquiry Center (APA-200), FAA Headquarters Building, 800 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20591; or

  5. 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 material. 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 identified 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 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 years.

    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 April 30, 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

  6. 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).

  7. Part 97 is amended to read as follows:

    Secs. 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, ISLMLS, 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 May 20, 1999

    De Kalb, IL, De Kalb Taylor Muni, LOC/DME RWY 2, Orig De Kalb, IL, De Kalb Taylor Muni, NDB RWY 27, Amdt 1 De Kalb, IL, De Kalb Taylor Muni, GPS RWY 9, Amdt 1 De Kalb, IL, De Kalb Taylor Muni, VOR/DME OR GPS RWY 27, Amdt 5 Indianapolis, IN, Indianapolis Intl, ILS RWY 5L, Amdt 1 Indianapolis, IN, Indianapolis Intl, ILS RWY 23R, Amdt 1 Rockland, ME, Knox County Regional, NDB RWY 3, Orig Rockland, ME, Knox County Regional, NDB RWY 31, Orig Minneapolis, MN, Minneapolis-St. Paul Intl/Wold Chamberlain, ILS RWY 22, Amdt 7 Minneapolis, MN, Minneapolis-St. Paul Intl/Wold Chamberlain, ILS RWY 30R, Amdt 9 Minneapolis, MN, Minneapolis-St. Paul Intl/Wold Chamberlain, (Simultaneous Close Parallel) ILS PRM RWY 30R, Amdt 4 Owatonna, MN, Owatonna Muni, ILS RWY 30, Orig

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    Sand Island, Midway Atoll, MQ, Henderson Field, NDB RWY 6, Orig Sand Island, Midway Atoll, MQ, Henderson Field, NDB RWY 24, Orig

    * * * Effective June 17, 1999

    Leesburg, FL, Leesburg Regional, GPS RWY 13, Orig Bainbridge, GA, Decatur County Industrial Air Park, GPS RWY 9, Orig Carrollton, GA, West Georgia Regional O V Gray Field, NDB, OR GPS RWY 34, Amdt 2 Marietta, GA, Cobb County-McCollum Field, GPS RWY 9, Orig Crookston, MN, Crookston Muni Kirkwood Fld, VOR RWY 31, Amdt 5 Crookston, MN, Crookston Muni Kirkwood Fld, NDB OR GPS RWY 13, Amdt 7 Crookston, MN, Crookston Muni Kirkwood Fld, GPS RWY 31, Amdt 1

    * * * Effective July 15, 1999

    Gambell, AK, Gambell, NDB RWY 16, Amdt 1 Gambell, AK, Gambell, NDB/DME RWY 34, Amdt 2 Gambell, AK, Gambell, GPS RWY 16, Orig Gambell, AK, Gambell, GPS RWY 34, Orig Haleyville, AL, Posey Field, GPS RWY 36, Orig Fort Myers, FL, Page Field, GPS RWY 5, Orig Fort Myers, FL, Page Field, GPS RWY 13, Orig Fort Myers, FL, Page Field, GPS RWY 23, Orig Fort Myers, FL, Page Field, GPS RWY 31, Orig Miami, FL, Opa Locka, GPS RWY 9L, Orig Miami, FL, Opa Locka, GPS RWY 27R, Orig Atlanta, GA, Fulton County Airport-Brown Field, GPS RWY 26, Orig Toccoa, GA, Toccoa RG Letourneau Field, GPS RWY 2, Orig Toccoa, GA, Toccoa RG Letourneau Field, VOR OR GPS RWY 20, Amdt 12 Washington, IA, Washington Muni, GPS RWY 18, Orig Washington, IA, Washington Muni, GPS RWY 36, Orig West Union, IA, George L. Scott Muni, GPS RWY 17, Orig West Union, IA, George L. Scott Muni, GPS RWY 35, Orig Lexington, KY, Blue Grass, GPS RWY 4, Orig Lexington, KY, Blue Grass, GPS RWY 22, Orig Somerset, KY, Somerset-Pulaski County-J.T. Wilson Field, GPS RWY 22, Amdt 1 Columbus-West Point-Starkville, MS, Golden Triangle Regional, GPS RWY 18, Orig Columbus-West Point-Starkville, MS, Golden Triangle Regional, GPS RWY 36, Orig Oxford, MS, University-Oxford, GPS RWY 9, Orig Oxford, MS, University-Oxford, GPS RWY 27, Orig Yazoo City, MS, Yazoo County, GPS RWY 17, Orig Yazoo City, MS, Yazoo County, GPS RWY 35, Orig Columbia, MO, Columbia Regional, ILS RWY 2, Amdt 13 Stockton, MO, Stockton Muni, VOR/DME OR GPS-A, Amdt 2 Stockton, MO, Stockton Muni, GPS RWY 1, Orig Stockton, MO, Stockton Muni, GPS RWY 19, Orig Santa Fe, NM, Santa Fe Muni, GPS RWY 2, Orig Santa Fe, NM, Santa Fe Muni, GPS RWY 33, Orig Elizabethtown, NC, Elizabethtown, GPS RWY 15, Orig Elizabethtown, NC, Elizabethtown, VOR/DME RWY 15, Amdt 1 Elizabethtown, NC, Elizabethtown, GPS RWY 33, Orig Elizabethtown, NC, Elizabethtown, NDB RWY 33, Amdt 1 Wadesboro, NC, Anson County, GPS RWY 17, Orig Wadesboro, NC, Anson County, GPS RWY 35, Orig Bismarck, ND, Bismarck Muni, RADAR-1, Amdt 3 Ada, OK, Ada Muni, GPS RWY 17, Orig Altus, OK, Altus Muni, GPS RWY 17, Amdt 1 Altus, OK, Altus Muni, VOR/DME RNAV RWY 17, Amdt 2 Chickasha, OK, Chickasha Muni, GPS RWY 35, Orig Jacksboro, TN, Campbell County, GPS RWY 23, Orig Lawrenceburg, TN, Lawrenceburg-Lawrence-County, GPS RWY 17, Orig Rogersville, TN, Hawkins County, GPS RWY 7, Orig Savannah, TN, Savannah-Hardin County, GPS RWY 1, Orig Savannah, TN, Savannah-Hardin County, GPS RWY 19, Orig Austin, TX, Robert Mueller Muni, ILS RWY 13R, Amdt 10A, CANCELLED Austin, TX, Robert Mueller Muni, ILS RWY 31L, Amdt 33A, CANCELLED Austin, TX, Robert Mueller Muni, GPS RWY 13R, Orig-A, CANCELLED Austin, TX, Robert Mueller Muni, GPS RWY 31L, Orig-A, CANCELLED Crockett, TX, Houston County, GPS RWY 2, Orig Crockett, TX, Houston County, GPS RWY 20, Orig Houston, TX, William P. Hobby, GPS RWY 4, Orig Houston, TX, William P. Hobby, GPS RWY 12R, Orig Houston, TX, William P. Hobby, GPS RWY 17, Orig Houston, TX, William P. Hobby, GPS RWY 22, Orig Houston, TX, William P. Hobby, GPS RWY 30L, Orig Houston, TX, William P. Hobby, GPS RWY 35, Orig

    [FR Doc. 99-11390Filed5-5-99; 8:45 am]

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