2019-01135. 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 February 7, 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 February 7, 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, 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 December 14, 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.

§§ 97.23, 97.25, 97.27, 97.29, 97.31, 97.33, 97.35

[Amended]

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
31-Jan-19	MN	Elbow Lake	Elbow Lake Muni—Pride of the Prairie	8/0439	12/12/18	RNAV (GPS) RWY 32, Orig-A.
31-Jan-19	MN	Elbow Lake	Elbow Lake Muni—Pride of the Prairie	8/0440	12/12/18	RNAV (GPS) RWY 14, Orig-A.
31-Jan-19	MN	Princeton	Princeton Muni	8/0630	12/4/18	NDB RWY 15, Amdt 1.
31-Jan-19	AR	El Dorado	South Arkansas Rgnl at Goodwin Field	8/1048	12/12/18	RNAV (GPS) RWY 22, Orig-B.
31-Jan-19	AR	El Dorado	South Arkansas Rgnl at Goodwin Field	8/1051	12/12/18	RNAV (GPS) RWY 4, Orig-B.
31-Jan-19	AR	El Dorado	South Arkansas Rgnl at Goodwin Field	8/1053	12/12/18	VOR/DME RWY 4, Amdt 10B.
31-Jan-19	TX	Follett	Follett/Lipscomb County	8/1298	12/4/18	RNAV (GPS) RWY 35, Orig.
31-Jan-19	TX	Follett	Follett/Lipscomb County	8/1299	12/4/18	VOR/DME-A, Amdt 3.
31-Jan-19	IL	Bloomington/Normal	Central Il Rgnl Arpt at Bloomington-Normal	8/1335	12/12/18	ILS or LOC/DME RWY 2, Orig-B.
31-Jan-19	CO	Kremmling	Mc Elroy Airfield	8/1819	12/4/18	RNAV (GPS)-B, Orig-A.
31-Jan-19	CO	Kremmling	Mc Elroy Airfield	8/1820	12/4/18	VOR/DME-A, Amdt 3A.
31-Jan-19	WI	Oshkosh	Wittman Rgnl	8/2114	12/4/18	RNAV (GPS) RWY 9, Amdt 1A.
31-Jan-19	WI	Tomahawk	Tomahawk Rgnl	8/2121	12/4/18	RNAV (GPS) RWY 9, Amdt 2B.
31-Jan-19	WI	Merrill	Merrill Muni	8/3780	12/12/18	RNAV (GPS) RWY 7, Amdt 1.
31-Jan-19	CA	Santa Monica	Santa Monica Muni	8/4090	12/4/18	VOR-A, Amdt 11.
31-Jan-19	NM	Clayton	Clayton Muni Arpk	8/5036	12/12/18	Takeoff Minimums and Obstacle DP, Amdt 1.
31-Jan-19	MO	Trenton	Trenton Muni	8/5605	12/12/18	Takeoff Minimums and Obstacle DP, Orig.
31-Jan-19	MN	Two Harbors	Richard B Helgeson	8/6308	12/4/18	RNAV (GPS) RWY 24, Orig-B.
31-Jan-19	MN	Two Harbors	Richard B Helgeson	8/6317	12/4/18	RNAV (GPS) RWY 6, Orig-A.
31-Jan-19	AZ	Phoenix	Phoenix Deer Valley	8/7177	12/4/18	RNAV (GPS) RWY 25L, Orig-B.
31-Jan-19	CO	Cortez	Cortez Muni	8/7321	12/4/18	VOR RWY 21, Amdt 5A.
31-Jan-19	WI	Ladysmith	Rusk County	8/7389	12/12/18	NDB RWY 32, Amdt 3A.
31-Jan-19	WI	Ladysmith	Rusk County	8/7391	12/12/18	RNAV (GPS) RWY 32, Orig-B.
31-Jan-19	TX	Dallas	Dallas Love Field	8/7574	12/4/18	ILS or LOC RWY 31R, ILS RWY 31R (SA CAT I AND II), Amdt 7.
31-Jan-19	TX	Dallas	Dallas Love Field	8/7575	12/4/18	RNAV (GPS) Y RWY 31R, Amdt 3.
31-Jan-19	TX	Dallas	Dallas Love Field	8/7578	12/4/18	RNAV (RNP) Z RWY 31R, Orig-B.
31-Jan-19	MT	Kalispell	Glacier Park Intl	8/7761	12/12/18	RNAV (GPS) RWY 30, Amdt 1.
31-Jan-19	NV	Elko	Elko Rgnl	8/7899	12/4/18	VOR/DME-B, Amdt 5.
31-Jan-19	NV	Elko	Elko Rgnl	8/7904	12/4/18	RNAV (GPS) RWY 6, Orig.
31-Jan-19	NV	Elko	Elko Rgnl	8/7906	12/4/18	RNAV (GPS) RWY 24, Amdt 1.
31-Jan-19	NV	Elko	Elko Rgnl	8/7908	12/4/18	LDA/DME RWY 24, Amdt 6.
31-Jan-19	KS	Newton	Newton-City-County	8/9055	12/12/18	ILS OR LOC RWY 17, Amdt 4A.
31-Jan-19	KS	Newton	Newton-City-County	8/9057	12/12/18	RNAV (GPS) RWY 35, Orig-A.
31-Jan-19	KS	Newton	Newton-City-County	8/9059	12/12/18	RNAV (GPS) RWY 17, Orig-A.