Federal Register: RULES [14 CFR Part 97]

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

CFR Citation: 14 CFR Part 97

Docket ID: [Docket No. 03237; Amdt. No. 2041]

NOTICE: RULES

DOCUMENT ACTION: Final rule.

SUBJECT CATEGORY: Standard Instrument Approach Procedures; Miscellaneous Amendments

DATES: An effective date for each SIAP is specified in the amendatory provisions.
Incorporation by referenceapproved by the Director of the Federal Register on December 31, 1980, and reapproved as of January 1, 1982.

DOCUMENT 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.

SUMMARY: Standard instrument approach procedures,

SUPPLEMENTAL 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 82603, 82604, and 82605. 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 of 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 art 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 SIAP, 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.

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 March 16, 2001.
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 97STANDARD INSTRUMENT APPROACH PROCEDURES

1. The authority citation for part 97 is revised to read as follows:

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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 April 19, 2001
Watertown, NY, Watertown Intl, VOR RWY 7, Amdt 13B
* * * Effective May 17, 2001
Greenville, AL, Greenville Muni, NDB RWY 32, Amdt 4, CANCELLED Fairbanks, AK, Fairbanks Intl, RNAV (GPS) Y RWY 1L, Orig
Fairbanks, AK, Fairbanks Intl, RNAV (GPS) Z RWY 1L, Orig
Fairbanks, AK, Fairbanks Intl, RNAV (GPS) Y RWY 19R, Orig
Fairbanks, AK, Fairbanks Intl, RNAV (GPS) Z RWY 19R, Orig
Fairbanks, AK, Fairbanks Intl, GPS RWY 1L, Amdt 1 (CANCELLED) Fairbanks, AK, Fairbanks Intl, GPS RWY 19R, Orig (CANCELLED) Chandler, AZ, Chandler Muni, VOR RWY 4R, Orig
Chandler, AZ, Chandler Muni, VOR RWY 4L, Amdt 6, CANCELLED
Chandler, AZ, Chandler Muni, RNAV (GPS) RWY 4R, Orig
Chandler, AZ, Chandler Muni, GPS RWY 4L, Orig, CANCELLED
Prescott, AZ, Ernest A. Love Field, RNAV (GPS) RWY 21L, Orig Prescott, AZ, Ernest A. Love Field, GPS RWY 21L, Orig CANCELLED Pensacola, FL, Pensacola Regional, RNAV (GPS) RWY 8, Orig
Pensacola, FL, Pensacola Regional, RNAV (GPS) RWY 17, Orig
Pensacola, FL, Pensacola Regional, RNAV (GPS) RWY 26, Orig
Pensacola, FL, Pensacola Regional, RNAV (GPS) RWY 35, Orig
Adel, GA, Cook County, VOR/DME OR GPSA, Orig, CANCELLED
St. Marys, GA, St Marys, RADAR1, Amdt 1
Thomaston, GA, ThomastonUpson County, LOC RWY 30, OrigA, CANCELLED Thomaston, GA, ThomastonUpson County, NDB OR GPS RWY 30, Amdt 1 Thomaston, GA, ThomastonUpson County, ILS RWY 30, Orig
Ottumwa, IA, Ottumwa Industrial, LOC/DME BC RWY 13, Amdt 3
Spencer, IA, Spencer Muni, VOR RWY 30, Amdt 3
Spencer, IA, Spencer Muni, NDB RWY 30, Amdt 9
Rantoul, IL, Rantoul Natl Avn CntrFrank Elliott Fld, VOR RWY 27, Amdt 1
Rantoul, IL, Rantoul Natl Avn CntrFrank Elliott Fld, RNAV (GPS) RWY 9, Orig
Rantoul, IL, Rantoul Natl Avn CntrFrank Elliott Fld, RNAV (GPS RWY 18, Orig
Rantoul, IL, Rantoul Natl Avn CntrFrank Elliott Fld, RNAV (GPS) RWY 27, Orig
Rantoul, IL, Rantoul Natl Avn CntrFrank Elliott Fld, RNAV (GPS) RWY 36, Orig
Phillipsburg, KS, Phillipsburg Muni, RNAV (GPS) RWY 13, Orig Phillipsburg, KS, Phillipsburg Muni, RNAV (GPS) RWY 31, Orig Phillipsburg, KS, Phillipsburg Muni, NDBA, Orig
Phillipsburg, KS, Phillipsburg Muni, NDB OR GPS RWY 31, Amdt 6A (CANCELLED)
Bowling Green, KY, Bowling GreenWarren County Regional, NDB RWY 3, Amdt 1
Alexandria, LA, Alexandria Intl, VOR RWY 14, Amdt 1 (CANCELLED) Alexandria, LA, Alexandria Intl, VOR/DME RWY 14, Orig
Alexandria, LA, Alexandria Intl, VOR OR GPS RWY 32, Amdt 1 (CANCELLED)
Alexandria, LA, Alexandria Intl, VOR/DME RWY 32, Orig
Billings, MT, Billings Logan Intl, RNAV (GPS) RWY 7, Orig
Billings, MT, Billings Logan Intl, RNAV (GPS) RWY 10L, Orig Billings, MT, Billings Logan Intl, RNAV (GPS) RWY 25, Orig
Billings, MT, Billings Logan Intl, RNAV (GPS) RWY 28R, Orig Billings, MT, Billings Logan Intl, GPS RWY 10L, Orig (CANCELLED) Billings, MT, Billings Logan Intl, GPS RWY 28R, Orig (CANCELLED) Lebanon, NH, Lebanon Muni, VOR RWY 7, Amdt 1
Lebanon, NH, Lebanon Muni, VOR RWY 25, Amdt 1
Lebanon, NH, Lebanon Muni, ILS RWY 18, Amdt 5
Lebanon, NH, Lebanon Muni, NDBB, Amdt 4
Atlantic City, NJ, Atlantic City Intl, VOR RWY 4, Amdt 15
Atlantic City, NJ, Atlantic City Intl, VOR RWY 13, Amdt 4
Atlantic City, NJ, Atlantic City Intl, VOR/DME RWY 22, Amdt 6 Atlantic City, NJ, Atlantic City Intl, VOR/DME RWY 31, Orig Atlantic City, NJ, Atlantic City Intl, VOR OR GPS RWY 31, Amdt 15B, CANCELLED
Atlantic City, NJ, Atlantic City Intl, ILS RWY 13, Amdt 6
Atlantic City, NJ, Atlantic City Intl, COPTER ILS RWY 13, Orig Atlantic City, NJ, Atlantic City Intl, RADAR1, Amdt 14
Atlantic City, NJ, Atlantic City Intl, RNAV (GPS) RWY 4, Orig Atlantic City, NJ, Atlantic City Intl, RNAV (GPS) RWY 13, Amdt 1 Atlantic City, NJ, Atlantic City Intl, RNAV (GPS) RWY 31, Orig Atlantic City, NJ, Atlantic City Intl, RNAV (GPS) RWY 22, Amdt 1 Elmira, NY, Elmira/Corning Regional, NDB RWY 24, Amdt 15
Elmira, NY, Elmira/Corning Regional, ILS RWY 6, Amdt 4
Elmira, NY, Elmira/Corning Regional, ILS RWY 24, Amdt 18
Elmira, NY, Elmira/Corning Regional, RNAV (GPS) RWY 6, Orig Elmira, NY, Elmira/Corning Regional, RNAV (GPS) RWY 10, Orig Elmira, NY, Elmira/Corning Regional, RNAV (GPS) RWY 24, Orig Elmira, NY, Elmira/Corning Regional, RNAV (GPS) RWY 28, Orig Elmira, NY, Elmira/Corning Regional, GPS RWY 24, Orig. (CANCELLED) Sanford, NC, SanfordLee County Regional, RNAV (GPS) RWY 3, Orig Sanford, NC, SanfordLee County Regional, RNAV (GPS) RWY 21, Orig Poteau, OK, Robert S. Kerr, VOR/DMEA, Orig
Poteau, OK, Robert S. Kerr, VOR/DME RWY 36, Amdt 4 (CANCELLED) Prineville, OR, Prineville, RNAV (GPS) RWY 10, Orig
Prineville, OR, Prineville, RNAV (GPS) RWY 28, Orig
Greer, SC, GreenvilleSpartanburg Intl, RNAV (GPS) RWY 4, Orig Greer, SC, GreenvilleSpartanburg Intl, RNAV (GPS) RWY 422 Orig Greer, SC, GreenvilleSpartanburg Intl, GPS RWY 4, Amdt 1 CANCELLED Greer, SC, GreenvilleSpartanburg Intl, GPS RWY 22, Amdt 2 CANCELLED Dyersburg, TN, Dyersburg Muni, RNAV (GPS) RWY 4, Orig
Memphis, TN, Memphis Intl, ILS RWY 36C, Amdt 2
Mosinee, WI, Central Wisconsin, RNAV (GPS) RWY 8, Orig
Mosinee, WI, Central Wisconsin, RNAV (GPS) RWY 17, Orig
Mosinee, WI, Central Wisconsin, RNAV (GPS) RWY 26, Orig
Mosinee, WI, Central Wisconsin, RNAV (GPS) RWY 35, Orig
[FR Doc. 017059 Filed 32101; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 491013M

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT Donald P. Pate, Flight Procedure Standards Branch (MCAFS420), 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: (4059544164.