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, US 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 § 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 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 for the Regulatory Flexibility Act.
List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 97
- Air traffic control
- Airports
- Navigation (air)
Issued in Washington, DC, on May 26, 2000.
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:
By amending: § 97.23 VOR, VOR/DME, VOR or TACAN, and VOR/DME or TACAN; § 97.25 LOC, LOC/DME, LDA, LDA/DME, SDF, SDF/DME; § 97.27 NDB, NDB/DME; § 97.29 ILS, ILS/DME, ISMLS, MLS, MLS/DME, MLS/RNAV; § 97.31 RADAR SIAPs; § 97.33 RNAV SIAPs; and § 97.35 COPTER, SIAPs, identified as follows:
FDC date | State | City | Airport | FDC number | SIAP |
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04/20/00 | IA | Ottumwa | Ottumwa Industrial | FDC 0/3913 | LOC/DME BC RWY 13, AMDT 2B... |
04/20/00 | VA | Marion/Wytheville | Mountain Empire | FDC 0/1361 | NDB RWY 26 AMDT 1... |
04/20/00 | VA | Marion/Wytheville | Mountain Empire | FDC 0/1363 | GPS RWY 26 ORIG... |
05/10/00 | GA | Douglas | Douglas Muni | FDC 0/4874 | GPS RWY 22, ORIG... |
05/10/00 | GA | Douglas | Douglas Muni | FDC 0/4875 | GPW RWY 4, ORIG... |
05/10/00 | GA | Douglas | Douglas Muni | FDC 0/4877 | LOC RWY 4, AMDT 2A... |
05/10/00 | TN | Memphis | Memphis Intl | FDC 0/4868 | ILS RWY 27, AMDT 2A... |
05/10/00 | WA | Ephrata | Ephrata Muni | FDC 0/4898 | VOR/DME OR GPS RWY 2, AMDT 3... |
05/10/00 | WA | Spokane | Felts Field | FDC 0/4885 | VOR OR GPS RWY 3L, AMDT 2A... |
05/10/00 | WA | Walla Walla | Walla Walla Regional | FDC 0/4870 | VOR OR GPS RWY 16, AMDT 11... |
05/10/00 | WA | Walla Walla | Walla Walla Regional | FDC 0/4887 | VOR RWY 2, AMDT 10... |
05/11/00 | CA | Napa | Napa County | FDC 0/4818 | VOR OR GPS RWY 6, AMDT 11... |
05/11/00 | CA | Napa | Napa County | FDC 0/4943 | LOC RWY 36L AMDT 2B... |
05/11/00 | CA | Sacramento | Sacramento Mather | FDC 0/4920 | VOR OR GPS RWY 4R ORIG-A... |
05/11/00 | CA | South Lake Tahoe | Lake Tahoe | FDC 0/4921 | VOR/DME OR GPS-A, AMDT 3... |
05/11/00 | GUA | Agana | Guam Intl | FDC 0/4940 | GPS RWY 24R ORIG... |
05/11/00 | MO | New Madrid | County Memorial | FDC 0/4969 | NDB RWY 18, AMDT 2... |
05/11/00 | MO | New Madrid | County Memorial | FDC 0/4970 | VOR/DME RNAV OR GPS RWY 18, AMDT 1... |
05/11/00 | WA | Ephrata | Ephrata Muni | FDC 0/4926 | VOR OR GPS RWY 20, AMDT 18... |
05/12/00 | CA | Chico | Chico | FDC 0/4986 | GPS RWY 31R ORIG... |
05/12/00 | GA | Douglas | Douglas Muni | FDC 0/4995 | NDB RWY 4, AMDT 2A... |
05/12/00 | KY | Flemingsburg | Fleming-Mason | FDC 0/5008 | NDB RWY 25, ORIG... |
05/12/00 | WA | Burlington/Mount Vernon | Skagit Regional | FDC 0/4989 | GPS RWY 28, ORIG... |
05/12/00 | WA | Burlington/Mount Vernon | Skagit Regional | FDC 0/4991 | GPS RWY 10, AMDT 1... |
05/12/00 | WA | Burlington/Mount Vernon | Skagit Regional | FDC 0/4993 | NDB RWY 10, AMDT 3... |
05/15/00 | KY | Flemingsburg | Fleming-Mason | FDC 0/5054 | VOR/DME OR GPS-A, AMDT 5... |
05/15/00 | WI | Madison | Dane County Regional-Truax Field | FDC 0/5080 | ILS RWY 36, AMDT 29B... |
05/16/00 | OK | Tulsa | Tulsa Intl | FDC 0/5163 | RADAR-1, AMDT 17C... |
05/17/00 | GA | Camilla | Camilla-Mitchell County | FDC 0/5234 | NDB OR GPS RWY 8, AMDT 1... |
05/18/00 | OH | Columbus | Ohio State University | FDC 0/5291 | GPS RWY 94, ORIG-B... |
05/18/00 | OH | Wooster | Wayne County | FDC 0/5280 | VOR RWY 28, ORIG-B... |
05/18/00 | OH | Wooster | Wayne County | FDC 0/5281 | GPS RWY 28, AMDT 1... |
05/18/00 | OH | Wooster | Wayne County | FDC 0/5282 | NDB RWY 28, AMDT 7B... |
05/18/00 | OH | Wooster | Wayne County | FDC 0/5283 | VOR OR GPS RWY 10, ORIG-B... |
05/19/00 | FL | Orlando | Executive | FDC 0/5358 | GPS RWY 25, ORIG-B... |
05/19/00 | KS | Garden City | Garden City Regional | FDC 0/5354 | VOR/DME OR GPS RWY 30, ORIG... THIS REPLACES FDC 0/4496 |
05/19/00 | MO | St Joseph | Rosecrans Memorial | FDC 0/5348 | VOR OR TACAN RWY 17, AMDT 13... |
05/19/00 | TX | Abilene | Abilene Regional | FDC 0/5330 | ILS RWY 35R, AMDT 6A... |
05/19/00 | TX | Abilene | Abilene Regional | FDC 0/5331 | NDB RWY 35R, AMDT 5B... |
05/19/00 | TX | Abilene | Abilene Regional | FDC 0/5334 | GPS RWY 35R, ORIG-A... |
05/22/00 | CA | Concord | Buchanan Field | FDC 0/5407 | LDA RWY 19R, AMDT 7B... |
05/22/00 | CA | Concord | Buchanan Field | FDC 0/5408 | VOR RWY 19R, AMDT 12B... |
05/22/00 | MI | Hancock | Houghton County Memorial | FDC 0/5425 | VOR RWY 31, AMDT 14... |
05/22/00 | MI | Hancock | Houghton County Memorial | FDC 0/5426 | VOR OR GPS RWY 25, AMDT 17... |
05/22/00 | MI | Hancock | Houghton County Memorial | FDC 0/5427 | VOR OR GPS RWY 13, AMDT 15... |
05/23/00 | GA | Milledgeville | Baldwin County | FDC 0/5436 | GPS RWY 10, ORIG-A... |
05/23/00 | GA | Milledgeville | Baldwin County | FDC 0/5437 | NDB RWY 28, ORIG-A... |
05/23/00 | GA | Milledgeville | Baldwin County | FDC 0/5439 | GPS RWY 28, ORIG-A... |
05/24/00 | MI | Hancock | Houghton County Memorial | FDC 0/5488 | LOC/DME BC RWY 13, AMDT 11A... |
[FR Doc. 00-13834 Filed 6-1-00; 8:45 am]
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