[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 2 (Thursday, January 3, 2002)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 269-271]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-50]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
14 CFR Part 97
[Docket No. 30286; Amdt. No. 2085]
Standard Instrument Approach Procedures; Miscellaneous Amendments
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Final rule.
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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
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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 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. Standards 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 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 hs 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 December 21, 2001.
James J. Ballough,
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 Istrument
Approach Procecures, 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, and 97.35 [Amended]
By amending: Sec. 97.23 VOR, VOR/DME, VOR or TACAN, and VOR/DME of
TACAN; Sec. 97.25 LOC, LOC/DME, LDA, LDA/DME, SDF, SDF/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 No. Subject
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12/03/01............... NY New York.............. La Guardia............ 1/2883 NDB or GPS Rwy 22, Amdt 12A.
12/04/01............... PA Corry................. Corry-Lawrence........ 1/2936 NDB or GPS Rwy 14, Amdt 4.
12/05/01............... KS Fort Scott............ Fort Scott Muni....... 1/2934 NDB or GPS Rwy 17, Amdt 11.
12/05/01............... FL Dunnellon............. Dunnellon/Mario N Co & 1/2977 GPS Rwy 23, Orig-A.
Park of Commerce.
12/05/01............... NH Rochester............. Skyhaven.............. 1/2979 NDB or GPS-B, Amdt 1A.
12/05/01............... NH Rochester............. Skyhaven.............. 1/2980 NDB Rwy 33, Amdt 4.
12/05/01............... NH Rochester............. Skyhaven.............. 1/2981 VOR/DME or GPS-A, Amdt 1.
12/05/01............... NH Rochester............. Skyhaven.............. 1/2982 GPS Rwy 33, Orig.
12/10/01............... ME Bangor................ Bangor Intl........... 1/3020 ILS Rwy 33, Amdt 10A.
12/10/01............... ME Bangor................ Bangor Intl........... 1/3021 NDB Rwy 33, Amdt 5C.
12/10/01............... MN Faribault............. Faribault Intl........ 1/3024 VOR or GPS-A, Amdt 5.
12/10/01............... SC Orangeburg............ Orangeburg Muni....... 1/3036 NDB or GPS Rwy 5, Orig-B.
12/10/01............... NC Beaufort.............. Michael J. Smith Field 1/3044 LOC Rwy 26, Orig.
12/10/01............... NC Beaufort.............. Michael J. Smith Field 1/3046 NDB or GPS Rwy 21, Orig.
12/10/01............... AL Dothan................ Dothan Rgnl........... 1/3051 VOR Rwy 14, Amdt 3C.
12/10/01............... AL Dothan................ Dothan Rgnl........... 1/3052 LOC BC Rwy 14, Amdt 6E.
12/10/01............... AL Dothan................ Dothan Rgnl........... 1/3053 ILS Rwy 32, Amdt 7E.
12/10/01............... AL Dothan................ Dothan Rgnl........... 1/3056 RNAV (GPS) Rwy 14, Orig.
12/10/01............... AL Dothan................ Dothan Rgnl........... 1/3057 VOR Rwy 18, Amdt 3B.
12/10/01............... AL Dothan................ Dothan Rgnl........... 1/3058 VOR or TACAN or GPS-A, Amdt 11D.
12/10/01............... DC Washington............ Ronald Reagan 1/3108 VOR Rwy 15, Amdt 9A.
Washington National.
12/10/01............... DC Washington............ Ronald Reagan 1/3110 VOR/DME or GPS Rwy 15, Amdt 1A.
Washington National.
12/10/01............... AL Dothan................ Dothan Rgnl........... 1/3120 RNAV (GPS) Rwy 18, Orig.
12/11/01............... RI Providence............ Theodore Francis Green 1/3146 ILS/DME Rwy 34, Amdt 9B.
State.
12/12/01............... TX Galveston............. Scholes Int at 1/3174 VOR Rwy 13, Amdt 3.
Galveston.
12/13/01............... IA Dubuque............... Dubuque Rgnl.......... 1/3183 ILS Rwy 36, Orig-A.
12/13/01............... IA Dubuque............... Dubuque Rgnl.......... 1/3184 VOR or GPS Rwy 36, Amdt 5D.
12/13/01............... WI Green Bay............. Austin Straubel Intl.. 1/3200 Radar-1. Amdt 9A.
12/13/01............... AR Bentonville........... Bentonville Muni/ 1/3202 VOR-A, Amdt 11.
Louise M. Thaden
Field.
12/13/01............... MN St Paul............... St Paul Downtown 1/3210 ILS Rwy 14, Orig.
Holman Field.
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