2019-25296. 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 amends, suspends, or removes Standard Instrument Approach Procedures (SIAPs) and associated Takeoff Minimums and Obstacle Departure Procedures 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 for the 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 29, 2019. 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 29, 2019.

ADDRESSES:

Availability of matter 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 Navigation Products, 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, email [e-mail] or go to: https://www.archives.gov/​federal-register/​cfr/​ibr-locations.html .

Availability

All SIAPs and Takeoff Minimums and ODPs are available online free of charge. Visit the National Flight Data Center online 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., Registry Bldg. 29 Room 104, Oklahoma City, OK 73169. Telephone: [phone].

SUPPLEMENTARY 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 (NFDC)/Permanent Notice to Airmen (P-NOTAM), and is incorporated by reference under 5 U.S.C. 552(a), 1 CFR part 51, and 14 CFR 97.20. 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 on FAA form documents is unnecessary.

This amendment provides the affected CFR sections, and specifies the SIAPs and 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 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 and Takeoff Minimums and ODP as amended in the transmittal. For safety and timeliness of change considerations, this amendment incorporates only specific changes contained for each SIAP and Takeoff Minimums and ODP as modified by FDC permanent NOTAMs.

The SIAPs and Takeoff Minimums and ODPs, as modified by FDC permanent NOTAM, 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 and Takeoff Minimums and ODPs, 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 that created the need for these SIAP and Takeoff Minimums and ODP amendments require making them effective in less than 30 days.

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 these 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.

List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 97

• Air Traffic Control
• Airports
• Incorporation by reference
• Navigation (air)

Issued in Washington, DC on November 15, 2019.

Rick Domingo,

Executive 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 and Takeoff Minimums and ODPs, 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:

By amending: § 97.23 VOR, VOR/DME, VOR or TACAN, and VOR/DME or TACAN; § 97.25 LOC, LOC/DME, LDA, LDA/DME, SDF, SDF/DME; § 97.27 NDB, NDB/DME; § 97.29 ILS, ILS/DME, MLS, MLS/DME, MLS/RNAV; § 97.31 RADAR SIAPs; § 97.33 RNAV SIAPs; and § 97.35 COPTER SIAPs, Identified as follows:

* * * Effective Upon Publication

AIRAC date	State	City	Airport	FDC No.	FDC Date	Subject
2-Jan-20	MN	St James	St James Muni	9/0231	11/8/19	RNAV (GPS) RWY 33, Amdt 1.
2-Jan-20	MN	St James	St James Muni	9/0235	11/8/19	RNAV (GPS) RWY 15, Amdt 1.
2-Jan-20	CO	Rifle	Rifle Garfield County	9/0301	11/12/19	VOR/DME-C, Amdt 3A.
2-Jan-20	CO	Rifle	Rifle Garfield County	9/0302	11/12/19	RNAV (GPS) W RWY 26, Amdt 1A.
2-Jan-20	CO	Rifle	Rifle Garfield County	9/0304	11/12/19	RNAV (GPS) Y RWY 8, Amdt 1A.
2-Jan-20	CO	Rifle	Rifle Garfield County	9/0308	11/12/19	LOC/DME-A, Amdt 9A.
2-Jan-20	FL	Naples	Naples Muni	9/0654	10/29/19	RNAV (GPS) RWY 5, Amdt 2A.
2-Jan-20	FL	Naples	Naples Muni	9/0656	10/29/19	RNAV (GPS) RWY 23, Amdt 1A.
2-Jan-20	AR	Paragould	Kirk Field	9/1430	10/28/19	RNAV (GPS) RWY 4, Orig-A.
2-Jan-20	AR	Paragould	Kirk Field	9/1434	10/28/19	RNAV (GPS) RWY 22, Orig-B.
2-Jan-20	WI	Rice Lake	Rice Lake Rgnl-Carl's Field	9/1512	11/1/19	ILS OR LOC RWY 1, Orig.
2-Jan-20	WI	Rice Lake	Rice Lake Rgnl-Carl's Field	9/1513	11/1/19	RNAV (GPS) RWY 1, Amdt 1.
2-Jan-20	ND	Tioga	Tioga Muni	9/4604	11/6/19	RNAV (GPS) RWY 12, Orig.
2-Jan-20	WI	Stevens Point	Stevens Point Muni	9/5398	11/1/19	RNAV (GPS) RWY 12, Orig-A.
2-Jan-20	WI	Stevens Point	Stevens Point Muni	9/5399	11/1/19	RNAV (GPS) RWY 21, Amdt 1.
2-Jan-20	WI	Stevens Point	Stevens Point Muni	9/5401	11/1/19	RNAV (GPS) RWY 30, Orig-A.
2-Jan-20	MO	Cassville	Cassville Muni	9/5404	11/1/19	VOR RWY 9, Amdt 2A.
2-Jan-20	SD	Milbank	Milbank Muni	9/5466	11/1/19	RNAV (GPS) RWY 31, Orig-A.
2-Jan-20	KS	Olathe	Johnson County Executive	9/5469	11/1/19	RNAV (GPS) RWY 18, Amdt 1A.
2-Jan-20	KS	Olathe	Johnson County Executive	9/5470	11/1/19	RNAV (GPS) RWY 36, Amdt 1A.
2-Jan-20	CO	Salida	Salida Arpt Harriett Alexander Field	9/5502	11/4/19	RNAV (GPS)-A, Orig-A.
2-Jan-20	TX	Alpine	Alpine-Casparis Muni	9/5503	11/1/19	NDB RWY 19, Amdt 5C.
2-Jan-20	KS	Dodge City	Dodge City Rgnl	9/5504	11/1/19	VOR/DME RWY 32, Amdt 5.
2-Jan-20	MN	Dodge Center	Dodge Center	9/5508	11/6/19	VOR-A, Amdt 4.
2-Jan-20	CA	Grass Valley	Nevada County	9/6134	11/1/19	VOR OR GPS-A, Amdt 1B.
2-Jan-20	OK	Chickasha	Chickasha Muni	9/6136	11/4/19	VOR/DME-A, Amdt 1A.
2-Jan-20	CA	Twentynine Palms	Twentynine Palms	9/8358	10/28/19	VOR RWY 26, Amdt 2A.
2-Jan-20	CO	Pagosa Springs	Stevens Field	9/8364	10/28/19	RNAV (GPS) RWY 1, Orig.
2-Jan-20	AZ	Show Low	Show Low Rgnl	9/8920	10/28/19	NDB-A, Amdt 2.
2-Jan-20	MT	Laurel	Laurel Muni	9/8933	10/28/19	VOR RWY 22, Amdt 2B.
2-Jan-20	MT	Laurel	Laurel Muni	9/8934	10/28/19	RNAV (GPS) RWY 4, Amdt 1D.
2-Jan-20	MT	Laurel	Laurel Muni	9/8935	10/28/19	RNAV (GPS) RWY 22, Amdt 1D.
2-Jan-20	TX	Dalhart	Dalhart Muni	9/8988	11/1/19	VOR RWY 17, Amdt 12D.
2-Jan-20	KS	Junction City	Freeman Field	9/9000	11/1/19	RNAV (GPS) RWY 36, Orig-E.
2-Jan-20	KS	Junction City	Freeman Field	9/9001	11/1/19	NDB-B, Amdt 5A.
2-Jan-20	MT	Billings	Billings Logan Intl	9/9014	10/28/19	VOR-A, Amdt 2.
2-Jan-20	MT	Billings	Billings Logan Intl	9/9020	10/28/19	VOR/DME RWY 28R, Amdt 14B.
2-Jan-20	AZ	Tucson	Ryan Field	9/9153	10/28/19	ILS OR LOC RWY 6R, Amdt 5C.
2-Jan-20	NE	Minden	Pioneer Village Field	9/9154	11/1/19	RNAV (GPS) RWY 16, Orig-A.
2-Jan-20	UT	Wendover	Wendover	9/9174	10/28/19	RNAV (GPS) RWY 26, Amdt 1.
2-Jan-20	ID	Rexburg	Rexburg-Madison County	9/9178	10/28/19	RNAV (GPS) RWY 35, Amdt 1C.
2-Jan-20	WY	Buffalo	Johnson County	9/9184	10/28/19	VOR/DME RWY 31, Amdt 6A.
2-Jan-20	NV	Carson City	Carson	9/9191	10/28/19	RNAV (GPS) RWY 27, Orig-A.
2-Jan-20	AZ	Sedona	Sedona	9/9210	10/28/19	GPS RWY 3, Orig-B.