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CFR Citation: 14 CFR Part 97

Docket ID: [Docket No. 30539 Amdt. No. 3208]

NOTICE: RULES

ACTION: Airworthiness directives:

DOCUMENT ACTION: Final rule.

SUBJECT CATEGORY: Standard Instrument Approach Procedures, Weather Takeoff Minimums; Miscellaneous Amendments

DATES: This rule is effective March 8, 2007. The compliance date for each SIAP and/or Weather Takeoff Minimums is specified in the amendatory provisions.

The incorporation by reference of certain publications listed in the regulations is approved by the Director of the Federal Register as of March 8, 2007.

DOCUMENT SUMMARY: This amendment establishes, amends, suspends, or revokes Standard Instrument Approach Procedures (SIAPs) and/or Weather Takeoff Minimums 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
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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 Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Part 97 (14 CFR part 97), establishes, amends, suspends, or revokes SIAPs and/or Weather Takeoff Minimums. The complete regulatory description of each SIAP and/or Weather Takeoff Minimums 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 14 CFR part 97.20. The applicable FAA Forms are identified as FAA Forms 82603, 82604, 82605 and 826015A. Materials incorporated by reference are available for examination or purchase as stated above.

The large number of SIAPs and/or Weather Takeoff Minimums, 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 and/or Weather Takeoff Minimums but refer to their 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 and/or Weather Takeoff Minimums contained in FAA form documents is unnecessary. The provisions of this amendment state the affected CFR sections, with the types and effective dates of the SIAPs and/or Weather Takeoff Minimums. This amendment also identifies the airport, its location, the procedure identification and the amendment number.

The Rule

This amendment to 14 CFR part 97 is effective upon publication of each separate SIAP and/or Weather Takeoff Minimums as contained in the transmittal. Some SIAP and/or Weather Takeoff Minimums amendments may have been previously issued by the FAA in a 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 some SIAP, and/or Weather Takeoff Minimums amendments may require making them effective in less than 30 days. For the remaining SIAPs and/or Weather Takeoff Minimums, an effective date at least 30 days after publication is provided.

Further, the SIAPs and/or Weather Takeoff Minimums contained in this amendment are based on the criteria contained in the U.S. Standard for Terminal Instrument Procedures (TERPS). In developing these SIAPs and/or Weather Takeoff Minimums, 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/or Weather Takeoff Minimums and safety in air commerce, I find that notice and public procedure before adopting these SIAPs and/or Weather Takeoff Minimums are impracticable and contrary to the public interest and, where applicable, that good cause exists for making some SIAPs and/or Weather Takeoff Minimums 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, Incorporation by reference, and Navigation (Air).

Issued in Washington, DC, on February 23, 2007.
James J. Ballough,
Director, Flight Standards Service.
Adoption of the Amendment
Accordingly, pursuant to the authority delegated to me, under Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 97 (14 CFR part 97) is amended by establishing, amending, suspending, or revoking Standard Instrument Approach Procedures and Weather Takeoff Minimums effective at 0901 UTC on the dates specified, as follows:
PART 97STANDARD INSTRUMENT APPROACH PROCEDURES
1. The authority citation for part 97 continues to read as follows:

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(g), 40103, 40106, 40113, 40114, 40120, 44502, 44514, 44701, 44719, 4472144722.
2. Part 97 is amended to read as follows:
Effective 12 APRIL 2007
Pompano Beach, FL, Pompano Beach Airpark, RNAV (GPS) RWY 6, OrigA [[Page 10356]]
Effective 10 MAY 2007
Cullman, AL, Folsom Field, NDB RWY 20, Amdt 2A, CANCELLED
Fort Collins, CO, Fort Collins Downtown, VOR/DME OR GPSB, Amdt 1A, CANCELLED
Fort Collins, CO, Fort Collins Downtown, Takeoff Minimums and Textual DP, Amdt 1, CANCELLED
Holyoke, CO, Holyoke, NDB RWY 32, Orig, CANCELLED
Holyoke, CO, Holyoke, NDB RWY 14, Orig, CANCELLED
Sarasota (Bradenton), FL, Sarasota/Bradenton Intl, RADAR1, Amdt 6, CANCELLED
St. Petersburg, FL, Albert Whitted, RADAR1, Orig, CANCELLED Tampa, FL, Peter O Knight, RADAR1, Amdt 4A, CANCELLED
Alma, GA, Bacon County, RNAV (GPS) RWY 15, Orig
Alma, GA, Bacon County, RNAV (GPS) RWY 33, Orig
Alma, GA, Bacon County, VOR OR GPS RWY 33, Amdt 7, CANCELLED Alma, GA, Bacon County, Takeoff Minimums and Textual DP, Orig Litchfield, IL, Litchfield Muni, RNAV (GPS) RWY 18, Orig
Litchfield, IL, Litchfield Muni, RNAV (GPS) RWY 36, Orig
Lafayette, IN, Purdue University, RNAV (GPS) RWY 10, Amdt 1 Lafayette, IN, Purdue University, RNAV (GPS) RWY 28, Amdt 1 Lafayette, IN, Purdue University, Takeoff Minimums and Textual DP, Amdt 1
Greensboro, NC, Piedmont Triad Intl, RADAR1, Amdt 9C, CANCELLED Louisburg, NC, Franklin County, RNAV (GPS) RWY 5, OrigC
Saratoga, WY, Shively Field, NDBA, Amdt 1
Saratoga, WY, Shively Field, RNAV (GPS)B, Orig
[FR Doc. E73680 Filed 3707; 8:45 am]
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT Donald P. Pate, Flight Procedure Standards Branch (AFS420), 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.