Federal Register: RULES Airworthiness directives: [14 CFR Part 97]

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

CFR Citation: 14 CFR Part 97

Docket ID: [Docket No. 30281; Amdt. No. 2080]

NOTICE: RULES

ACTION: Airworthiness directives:

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
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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 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 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.

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 November 23, 2001.
Nicholas A. Sabatini,
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:

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(g), 40103, 40113, 40120, 44701; and 14 CFR 11.49(b)(2).
Secs. 97.23, 97.25, 97.27, 97.29, 97.31, 97.33, and 97.35 [Amended]

2. Part 97 is amended to read as follows:

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 December 27, 2001
Atlanta, GA, The William B. Hartsfield Atlanta Intl, RNAV (GPS) RWY 8L, Orig
Atlanta, GA, The William B. Hartsfield Atlanta Intl, RNAV (GPS) RWY 8R, Orig
Atlanta, GA, The William B. Hartsfield Atlanta Intl, RNAV (GPS) RWY 9L, Orig
Atlanta, GA, The William B. Hartsfield Atlanta Intl, RNAV (GPS) RWY 9R, Orig
Atlanta, GA, The William B. Hartsfield Atlanta Intl, RNAV (GPS) RWY 26L, Orig
Atlanta, GA, The William B. Hartsfield Atlanta Intl, RNAV (GPS) RWY 26R, Orig
Atlanta, GA, The William B. Hartsfield Atlanta Intl, RNAV (GPS) RWY 27L, Orig
Atlanta, GA, The William B. Hartsfield Atlanta Intl, RNAV (GPS) RWY 27R, Orig
Chicago, IL, ChicagoO'Hare Intl, RNAV (GPS) RWY 4L, Orig
Chicago, IL, ChicagoO'Hare Intl, RNAV (GPS) RWY 4R, Orig
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Chicago, IL, ChicagoO'Hare Intl, RNAV (GPS) RWY 9L, Orig
Chicago, IL, ChicagoO'Hare Intl, RNAV (GPS) RWY 9R, Amdt 1
Chicago, IL, ChicagoO'Hare Intl, RNAV (GPS) Y RWY 22L, Orig Chicago, IL, ChicagoO'Hare Intl, RNAV (GPS) Z RWY 22L, Orig Chicago, IL, ChicagoO'Hare Intl, RNAV (GPS) Y RWY 22R, Orig Chicago, IL, ChicagoO'Hare Intl, RNAV (GPS) Z RWY 22R, Orig Chicago, IL, ChicagoO'Hare Intl, RNAV (GPS) Y RWY 27L, Orig Chicago, IL, ChicagoO'Hare Intl, RNAV (GPS) Z RWY 27L, Orig Chicago, IL, ChicagoO'Hare Intl, RNAV (GPS) RWY 27R, Orig
Chicago, IL, ChicagoO'Hare Intl, RNAV (GPS) RWY 32L, Orig
Chicago, IL, ChicagoO'Hare Intl, RNAV (GPS) RWY 32R, Orig
Chicago, IL, ChicagoO'Hare Intl, GPS RWY 22R, Orig, CANCELLED Elkton, MD, Cecil County, VOR/DME RWY 31, Orig
Elkton, MD, Cecil County, RNAV (GPS) RWY 31, Orig
Tulsa, OK, Tulsa Intl, RNAV (GPS) RWY 8, Orig
Charleston, SC, Charleston AFB/Intl, RNAV (GPS) RWY 3, Orig Charleston, SC, Charleston AFB/Intl, RNAV (GPS) RWY 15, Orig Charleston, SC, Charleston AFB/Intl, RNAV (GPS) RWY 21, Orig Charleston, SC, Charleston AFB/Intl, RNAV (GPS) RWY 33, Orig Columbia, SC, Columbia Metropolitan, NDB RWY 11, Amdt 23
Columbia, SC, Columbia Metropolitan, RNAV (GPS) RWY 5, Orig Columbia, SC, Columbia Metropolitan, RNAV (GPS) RWY 11, Orig Columbia, SC, Columbia Metropolitan, RNAV (GPS) RWY 23, Orig Columbia, SC, Columbia Metropolitan, RNAV (GPS) RWY 29, Orig Columbia, SC, Columbia Metropolitan, GPS RWY 5, OrigA, CANCELLED Columbia, SC, Columbia Metropolitan, GPS RWY 23, OrigB, CANCELLED El Paso, TX, El Paso Intl, NDB RWY 22, Amdt 29
El Paso, TX, El Paso Intl, ILS RWY 22, Amdt 32
Logan, UT, LoganCache, RNAV (GPS) RWY 35, Orig
Logan, UT, LoganCache, GPS RWY 35, Orig, CANCELLED
Salt Lake City, UT, Salt Lake City Muni 2, GPS RWY 34, Orig, CANCELLED
PullmanMoscow, ID, WA, PullmanMoscow Regional, VOR RWY 5, Amdt 7 PullmanMoscow, ID, WA, PullmanMoscow Regional, RNAV (GPS) RWY 5, Orig
[FR Doc. 0129608 Filed 112701; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 491013M

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT Donald P. Pate, Flight Procedure Standards Branch (AMCAFS420), 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) 9544164.