Federal Register: RULES [14 CFR Part 97]

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

CFR Citation: 14 CFR Part 97

Docket ID: [Docket No. 30594; Amdt. No. 3257]

NOTICE: RULES

DOCUMENT ACTION: Final rule.

SUBJECT CATEGORY: Standard Instrument Approach Procedures; Miscellaneous Amendments

DATES: This rule is effective February 25, 2008. The compliance date for each SIAP 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 February 25, 2008.

DOCUMENT SUMMARY: This rule amends Standard Instrument Approach Procedures (SIAPs) for operations at certain airports. These regulatory actions are needed because of changes in the National Airspace System, such as the commissioning of new navigational facilities, adding of new obstacles, or changing 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; Miscellaneous Amendments,

SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION

This rule amends Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 97 (14 CFR part 97) by amending the referenced SIAPs. The complete regulatory description of each SIAP is listed on the appropriate FAA Form 8260, as modified by the National Flight Data Center (FDC)/Permanent Notice to Airmen (PNOTAM), and is incorporated by reference in the amendment under 5 U.S.C. 552(a), 1 CFR part 51, and Sec. 97.20 of Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations.

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. This amendment provides the affected CFR sections and specifies the types of SIAP and the corresponding effective dates. This amendment also identifies the airport and its location, the procedure and the amendment number.

The Rule

This amendment to 14 CFR part 97 is effective upon publication of each separate SIAP as amended in the transmittal. For safety and timeliness of change considerations, this amendment incorporates only specific changes contained for each SIAP as modified by FDC/PNOTAMs.

The SIAPs, as modified by FDC PNOTAM, and contained in this amendment are based on the criteria contained in the U.S. Standard for Terminal Instrument Procedures (TERPS). In developing these changes to SIAPs, the TERPS criteria were applied only to specific conditions existing at the affected airports. All SIAP amendments in this rule have been previously issued by the FAA in a FDC 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.

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 of the Regulatory Flexibility Act.

List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 97

Air Traffic Control, Airports, Incorporation by reference, and Navigation (Air).
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Issued in Washington, DC on Febuary 8, 2008.
James J. Ballough,
Director, Flight Standards Service.
Adoption of the Amendment
Accordingly, pursuant to the authority delegated to me, Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 97, 14 CFR part 97, is amended by amending 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 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:

Sec. Sec. 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/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

FDC date State City Airport FDC No. Subject 01/31/08....... VA DUBLIN........... NEW RIVER VALLEY 8/3193 ILS RWY 6, AMDT 4 02/01/08....... NE OMAHA............ EPPLEY AIRFIELD. 8/3311 ILS OR LOC RWY 32L, AMDT 1 02/01/08....... OH DAYTON........... DAYTON INTL..... 8/3324 ILS OR LOC RWY 24R, AMDT 7 02/06/08....... ME MILLINOCKET...... MILLINOCKET MUNI 8/3814 LOC RWY 29, ORIGB 02/06/08....... ME MILLINOCKET...... MILLINOCKET MUNI 8/3815 VOR OR GPSA, AMDT 10A 02/06/08....... ME MILLINOCKET...... MILLINOCKET MUNI 8/3816 NDB OR GPS RWY 29, AMDT 3A 02/05/08....... CO DENVER........... DENVER INTL..... 8/3609 ILS RWY 25, AMDT 2 02/01/08....... IL CHICAGO.......... CHICAGO O'HARE 8/3306 ILS OR LOC RWY 9R, AMDT 8 INTL.
02/05/08....... IL CHICAGO.......... CHICAGO O'HARE 8/3591 ILS OR LOC RWY 4R, AMDT 6G INTL.
02/04/08....... FL ORLANDO.......... EXECUTIVE....... 8/3524 VOR/DME RWY 25, AMDT 2A 02/04/08....... FL ORLANDO.......... EXECUTIVE....... 8/3525 RNAV (GPS) RWY 25, ORIGA 02/04/08....... FL ORLANDO.......... EXECUTIVE....... 8/3526 LOC BC RWY 25, AMDT 21A [FR Doc. E82862 Filed 22208; 8:45 am]
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT Harry J. Hodges, 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.