2023-25953. Standard Instrument Approach Procedures, and Takeoff Minimums and Obstacle Departure Procedures; Miscellaneous Amendments

AGENCY:

Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION:

Final rule.

SUMMARY:

This rule establishes, amends, suspends, or removes Standard Instrument Approach Procedures (SIAPS) and associated Takeoff Minimums and Obstacle Departure procedures (ODPs) 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, adding 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.

DATES:

This rule is effective November 27, 2023. The compliance date for each SIAP, associated Takeoff Minimums, and ODP 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 November 27, 2023.

ADDRESSES:

Availability of matters incorporated by reference in the amendment is as follows:

For Examination

1. U.S. Department of Transportation, Docket Ops–M30. 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, West Bldg., Ground Floor, Washington, DC 20590–0001.

2. The FAA Air Traffic Organization Service Area in which the affected airport is located;

3. The office of Aeronautical Information Services, 6500 South MacArthur Blvd., Oklahoma City, OK 73169, or,

4. The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). For information on the availability of this material at NARA, visit www.archives.gov/​federal-register/​cfr/​ibr-locations or email [e-mail].

Availability

All SIAPs and Takeoff Minimums and ODPs are available online free of charge. Visit the National Flight Data Center at nfdc.faa.gov to register. Additionally, individual SIAP and Takeoff Minimums and ODP copies may be obtained from the FAA Air Traffic Organization Service Area in which the affected airport is located.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Thomas J. Nichols, Flight Procedures and Airspace Group, Flight Technologies and Procedures Division, Flight Standards Service, Federal Aviation Administration. Mailing Address: FAA Mike Monroney Aeronautical Center, Flight Procedures and Airspace Group, 6500 South MacArthur Blvd., STB Annex, Bldg. 26, Room 217, Oklahoma City, OK 73099. Telephone [phone].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

This rule amends 14 CFR part 97 by establishing, amending, suspending, or removing SIAPS, Takeoff Minimums and/or ODPS. The complete regulatory description of each SIAP and its associated Takeoff Minimums or ODP for an identified airport is listed on 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 97.20. The applicable FAA Forms 8260–3, 8260–4, 8260–5, 8260–15A, 8260–15B, when required by an entry on 8260–15A, and 8260–15C.

The large number of SIAPs, Takeoff Minimums and ODPs, their complex nature, and the need for a special format make publication in the Federal Register expensive and impractical. Further, pilots do not use the regulatory text of the SIAPs, Takeoff Minimums or ODPs, but instead 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, Takeoff Minimums and ODP listed on FAA form documents is unnecessary. This amendment provides the affected CFR sections and specifies the types of SIAPS, Takeoff Minimums and ODPs with their applicable effective dates. This amendment also identifies the airport and its location, the procedure, and the amendment number.

Availability and Summary of Material Incorporated by Reference

The material incorporated by reference is publicly available as listed in the ADDRESSES section.

The material incorporated by reference describes SIAPS, Takeoff Minimums and/or ODPs as identified in the amendatory language for part 97 of this final rule.

The Rule

This amendment to 14 CFR part 97 is effective upon publication of each separate SIAP, Takeoff Minimums and ODP as amended in the transmittal. Some SIAP and Takeoff Minimums and textual ODP amendments may have been issued previously by the FAA in a Flight Data Center (FDC) Notice to Air Missions (NOTAM) as an emergency action of immediate flight safety relating directly to published aeronautical charts.

The circumstances that created the need for some SIAP and Takeoff Minimums and ODP amendments may require making them effective in less than 30 days. For the remaining SIAPs and Takeoff Minimums and ODPs, an effective date of at least 30 days after publication is provided.

Further, the SIAPs and Takeoff Minimums and ODPs 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 Takeoff Minimums and ODPs, 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, Takeoff Minimums and ODPs, and safety in air commerce, I find that notice and public procedure under 5 U.S.C. 553(b) are impracticable and contrary to the public interest and, where applicable, under 5 U.S.C. 553(d), good cause exists for making some SIAPs effective in less than 30 days.

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.

Lists of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 97

• Air traffic control
• Airports
• Incorporation by reference
• Navigation (air)

Issued in Washington, DC, on November 10, 2023.

Thomas J. Nichols,

Aviation Safety, Flight Standards Service, Manager, Standards Section, Flight Procedures & Airspace Group, Flight Technologies & Procedures Division.

Adoption of the Amendment

Accordingly, pursuant to the authority delegated to me, 14 CFR part 97 is amended by establishing, amending, suspending, or removing Standard Instrument Approach Procedures and/or Takeoff Minimums and Obstacle Departure Procedures effective at 0901 UTC on the dates specified, as follows:

PART 97—STANDARD INSTRUMENT APPROACH PROCEDURES

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

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 106(g), 40103, 40106, 40113, 40114, 40120, 44502, 44514, 44701, 44719, 44721–44722.

2. Part 97 is amended to read as follows:

Effective 28 December 2023

Sheldon, IA, SHL, RNAV (GPS) RWY 33, Amdt 1F

Macomb, IL, MQB, RNAV (GPS) RWY 27, Amdt 1D

Elkhart, IN, KEKM, RNAV (GPS) RWY 18, Orig–C

Elkhart, IN, KEKM, RNAV (GPS) RWY 27, Orig–D

Tompkinsville, KY, KTZV, Takeoff Minimums and Obstacle DP, Amdt 1

Grand Rapids, MI, KGRR, RNAV (GPS) RWY 35, Amdt 1D

Beatrice, NE, KBIE, RNAV (GPS) RWY 14, Amdt 1D

Beatrice, NE, KBIE, RNAV (GPS) RWY 18, Amdt 2E

Beatrice, NE, KBIE, RNAV (GPS) RWY 36, Amdt 2D

Hartington, NE, 0B4, RNAV (GPS) RWY 31, Orig–G

Nebraska City, NE, KAFK, RNAV (GPS) RWY 15, Amdt 1A

Nebraska City, NE, KAFK, RNAV (GPS) RWY 33, Amdt 1A

Angleton/Lake Jackson, TX, LBX, RNAV (GPS) RWY 17, Amdt 2C

Lockhart, TX, 50R, RNAV (GPS) RWY 36, Orig–C

Appleton, WI, KATW, RNAV (GPS) RWY 21, Amdt 2F

Effective 25 January 2024

Auburn, CA, KAUN, Takeoff Minimums and Obstacle DP, Amdt 2

Auburn, CA, KAUN, YUBBA ONE Graphic DP

Atlanta, GA, KATL, ILS PRM RWY 8L (CLOSE PARALLEL), ILS PRM RWY 8L (CLOSE PARALLEL) (SA CAT I), ILS PRM RWY 8L (CLOSE PARALLEL) (CAT II), ILS PRM RWY 8L (CLOSE PARALLEL) (CAT III), Amdt 3, CANCELED

Atlanta, GA, KATL, ILS PRM RWY 8R (CLOSE PARALLEL), Amdt 3, CANCELED

Atlanta, GA, KATL, ILS PRM 9L (CLOSE PARALLEL), Amdt 3, CANCELED

Atlanta, GA, KATL, ILS PRM RWY 26L (CLOSE PARALLEL), Amdt 3, CANCELED

Atlanta, GA, KATL, ILS PRM RWY 26R (CLOSE PARALLEL), ILS PRM RWY 26R (CLOSE PARALLEL) (SA CAT I), ILS PRM RWY 26R (CLOSE PARALLEL) (SA CAT II), Amdt 4, CANCELED

Atlanta, GA, KATL, ILS PRM RWY 27R (CLOSE PARALLEL), Amdt 4, CANCELED

Atlanta, GA, KATL, RNAV (GPS) PRM RWY 8R (SIMULTANEOUS CLOSE PARALLEL), Orig–A, CANCELED

Atlanta, GA, KATL, RNAV (GPS) PRM RWY 9L (SIMULTANEOUS CLOSE PARALLEL), Orig–E, CANCELED

Atlanta, GA, KATL, RNAV (GPS) PRM RWY 26L (SIMULTANEOUS CLOSE PARALLEL), Orig, CANCELED

Atlanta, GA, KATL, RNAV (GPS) PRM RWY 27R (SIMULTANEOUS CLOSE PARALLEL), Orig, CANCELED

Atlanta, GA, KATL, RNAV (GPS) PRM Y RWY 8L (SIMULTANEOUS CLOSE PARALLEL), Orig–A, CANCELED

Atlanta, GA, KATL, RNAV (GPS) PRM Y RWY 26R (SIMULTANEOUS CLOSE PARALLEL), Orig–A, CANCELED

Milledgeville, GA, MLJ, NDB RWY 28, Amdt 6

Milledgeville, GA, MLJ, RNAV (GPS) RWY 10, Amdt 3

Milledgeville, GA, MLJ, RNAV (GPS) RWY 28, Amdt 3

Milledgeville, GA, KMLJ, Takeoff Minimums and Obstacle DP, Amdt 2

Guam, GU, PGUM, ILS OR LOC RWY 6L, Amdt 4C

Guam, GU, PGUM, ILS OR LOC RWY 6R, Orig–E

Guam, GU, PGUM, NDB RWY 24R, Amdt 1B

Guam, GU, PGUM, RNAV (GPS) Y RWY 6L, Amdt 1C

Guam, GU, PGUM, RNAV (GPS) Y RWY 6R, Amdt 1D

Guam, GU, PGUM, RNAV (GPS) Y RWY 24L, Amdt 1D

Guam, GU, PGUM, RNAV (GPS) Y RWY 24R, Amdt 2B

Guam, GU, PGUM, Takeoff Minimums and Obstacle DP, Amdt 2

Guam, GU, PGUM, VOR OR TACAN RWY 24R, Amdt 1B

Perry, IA, KPRO, RNAV (GPS) RWY 14, Orig

Perry, IA, KPRO, RNAV (GPS) RWY 14, Orig–B, CANCELED

Perry, IA, KPRO, RNAV (GPS) RWY 32, Amdt 1B, CANCELED

Perry, IA, KPRO, RNAV (GPS) RWY 32, Orig

Perry, IA, KPRO, Takeoff Minimums and Obstacle DP, Amdt 1

Sterling/Rockfalls, IL, KSQI, LOC BC RWY 7, Amdt 7

Terre Haute, IN, KHUF, VOR RWY 23, Amdt 21A, CANCELED

Colby, KS, KCBK, NDB RWY 17, Amdt 2A, CANCELED

Norton, KS, KNRN, Takeoff Minimums and Obstacle DP, Amdt 2

Oakley, KS, KOEL, NDB RWY 34, Amdt 3C, CANCELED

Lake Charles, LA, LCH, VOR–A, Amdt 15

Lake Charles, LA, LCH, VOR–B, Amdt 9

Hyannis, MA, KHYA, Takeoff Minimums and Obstacle DP, Amdt 4

Montevideo, MN, KMVE, VOR RWY 14, Amdt 5D, CANCELED

St Louis, MO, KSUS, ILS OR LOC RWY 26L, Orig–F

St Louis, MO, KSUS, RNAV (GPS) RWY 26L, Amdt 1A

St Louis, MO, KSUS, RNAV (GPS) RWY 26R, Amdt 1B

Greenville, MS, KGLH, ILS OR LOC RWY 18L, Amdt 11

Greenville, MS, KGLH, RNAV (GPS) RWY 18L, Amdt 1

Greenville, MS, KGLH, RNAV (GPS) RWY 18R, Amdt 1

Greenville, MS, KGLH, RNAV (GPS) RWY 36L, Amdt 1

Greenville, MS, KGLH, RNAV (GPS) RWY 36R, Amdt 1

Greenville, MS, KGLH, Takeoff Minimums and Obstacle DP, Amdt 1

Greenville, MS, KGLH, VOR RWY 18R, Amdt 1

Moriarty, NM, 0E0, Takeoff Minimums and Obstacle DP, Orig–B

Watertown, NY, KART, RNAV (GPS) RWY 28, Amdt 2

Lebanon, OH, I68, NDB–A, Amdt 6A, CANCELED

Portland, OR, PDX, TACAN RWY 28L, Amdt 2

Sherman/Denison, TX, KGYI, ILS OR LOC RWY 17L, Amdt 2

Port Angeles, WA, KCLM, ILS OR LOC RWY 9, Amdt 3B

Port Angeles, WA, KCLM, RNAV (GPS) RWY 9, Amdt 1B

Port Angeles, WA, KCLM, RNAV (GPS) RWY 27, Amdt 1D

Port Angeles, WA, KCLM, Takeoff Minimums and Obstacle DP, Amdt 3B

Port Angeles, WA, KCLM, WATTR EIGHT Graphic DP