2018-27568. 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 December 26, 2018. 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 December 26, 2018.

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, call 202-741-6030, or go to: http://www.archives.gov/​federal_​register/​code_​of_​federal_​regulations/​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 73125. 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 30, 2018.

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
3-Jan-19	MO	Fulton	Elton Hensley Memorial	8/2539	11/7/18	This NOTAM, published in TL 19-01, is hereby rescinded in its entirety.
3-Jan-19	MN	Hallock	Hallock Muni	8/8364	11/7/18	This NOTAM, published in TL 19-01, is hereby rescinded in its entirety.
3-Jan-19	MO	Kirksville	Kirksville Rgnl	8/0394	11/20/18	VOR-A, Amdt 15.
3-Jan-19	MO	Kirksville	Kirksville Rgnl	8/0441	11/15/18	ILS OR LOC/DME RWY 36, Amdt 1.
3-Jan-19	MO	Kirksville	Kirksville Rgnl	8/0479	11/15/18	RNAV (GPS) RWY 36, Amdt 2.
3-Jan-19	MO	Kirksville	Kirksville Rgnl	8/0482	11/20/18	RNAV (GPS) RWY 18, Amdt 2.
3-Jan-19	KS	Chanute	Chanute Martin Johnson	8/0534	11/15/18	VOR-A, Amdt 10.
3-Jan-19	NC	Rockingham	Richmond County	8/1535	11/26/18	RNAV (GPS) RWY 32, Orig-B.
3-Jan-19	MO	Fulton	Elton Hensley Memorial	8/1555	11/27/18	RNAV (GPS) RWY 24, Amdt 1A.
3-Jan-19	AK	Noatak	Noatak	8/2273	11/15/18	RNAV (GPS) RWY 1, Orig.
3-Jan-19	AK	Noatak	Noatak	8/2274	11/15/18	RNAV (GPS) RWY 19, Orig.
3-Jan-19	CO	Grand Junction	Grand Junction Regional	8/3575	11/16/18	RNAV (GPS) Y RWY 11, Amdt 1C.
3-Jan-19	CO	Grand Junction	Grand Junction Regional	8/3577	11/16/18	RNAV (GPS) RWY 29, Amdt 1B.
3-Jan-19	CO	Grand Junction	Grand Junction Regional	8/3579	11/16/18	LDA/DME RWY 29, Orig-C.
3-Jan-19	CO	Grand Junction	Grand Junction Regional	8/3581	11/16/18	ILS OR LOC RWY 11, Amdt 16C.
3-Jan-19	GA	Vidalia	Vidalia Rgnl	8/3626	11/15/18	ILS OR LOC RWY 25, Amdt 2.
3-Jan-19	CA	Colusa	Colusa County	8/5707	11/15/18	RNAV (GPS) RWY 31, Amdt 1.
3-Jan-19	CA	Colusa	Colusa County	8/5714	11/15/18	RNAV (GPS)-B, Orig.
3-Jan-19	CA	Colusa	Colusa County	8/5722	11/15/18	VOR-A, Amdt 5.
3-Jan-19	KY	Greenville	Muhlenberg County	8/7653	11/20/18	RNAV (GPS) RWY 6, Orig-A.
3-Jan-19	KY	Greenville	Muhlenberg County	8/7654	11/20/18	RNAV (GPS) RWY 24, Amdt 1C.
3-Jan-19	KY	Greenville	Muhlenberg County	8/7656	11/20/18	VOR/DME-A, Amdt 5B.
3-Jan-19	AR	Osceola	Osceola Muni	8/7726	11/15/18	RNAV (GPS) RWY 19, Orig.
3-Jan-19	IN	Elkhart	Elkhart Muni	8/7752	11/15/18	RNAV (GPS) RWY 27, Orig-A.
3-Jan-19	IN	Elkhart	Elkhart Muni	8/7753	11/15/18	RNAV (GPS) RWY 18, Orig-A.
3-Jan-19	IN	Elkhart	Elkhart Muni	8/7754	11/15/18	RNAV (GPS) RWY 9, Orig.
3-Jan-19	IN	Elkhart	Elkhart Muni	8/7757	11/15/18	RNAV (GPS) RWY 36, Orig-A.
3-Jan-19	IN	Elkhart	Elkhart Muni	8/7775	11/15/18	ILS OR LOC RWY 27, Amdt 2B.
3-Jan-19	MN	Grand Rapids	Grand Rapids/Itasca Co-Gordon Newstrom Fld	8/8447	11/20/18	RNAV (GPS) RWY 16, Orig.
3-Jan-19	MN	Grand Rapids	Grand Rapids/Itasca Co-Gordon Newstrom Fld	8/8449	11/20/18	VOR RWY 34, Amdt 11.
3-Jan-19	NJ	Pedricktown	Spitfire Aerodrome	8/8450	11/20/18	RNAV (GPS) RWY 25, Amdt 1.
3-Jan-19	CA	San Francisco	San Francisco Intl	8/8877	11/21/18	ILS OR LOC RWY 28R, ILS RWY 28R (SA CAT I), ILS RWY 28R (CAT II and III), Amdt 15.
3-Jan-19	CA	San Francisco	San Francisco Intl	8/8880	11/21/18	ILS OR LOC RWY 28L, ILS RWY 28L (SA CAT II), Amdt 27.
3-Jan-19	CO	Denver	Denver Intl	8/9094	11/21/18	RNAV (GPS) Y RWY 16R, Amdt 1C.
3-Jan-19	CO	Denver	Denver Intl	8/9096	11/21/18	RNAV (GPS) Y RWY 7, Amdt 1B.
3-Jan-19	CO	Denver	Denver Intl	8/9100	11/21/18	RNAV (GPS) Y RWY 26, Amdt 1B.
3-Jan-19	IN	Elkhart	Elkhart Muni	8/9467	11/23/18	VOR RWY 9, Amdt 6.
3-Jan-19	MN	Hallock	Hallock Muni	8/9927	11/26/18	VOR/DME RWY 31, Amdt 7.