2023-10941. 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 May 23, 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 May 23, 2023.

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 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, 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., STB Annex, Bldg 26, Room 217, Oklahoma City, OK 73099. Telephone: [phone].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

This rule amends 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 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 April 28, 2023.

Thomas J Nichols,

Manager, Aviation Safety, Flight Standards Service, 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 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
15–Jun–23	HI	Kahului	Kahului	2/6251	3/21/2023	RNAV (RNP) Z RWY 2, Amdt 1A
15–Jun–23	MA	Hyannis	Cape Cod Gateway	2/8573	4/13/2023	ILS OR LOC RWY 15, Amdt 5B
15–Jun–23	MA	Hyannis	Cape Cod Gateway	2/8574	4/13/2023	ILS OR LOC RWY 24, Amdt 19A
15–Jun–23	MA	Hyannis	Cape Cod Gateway	2/8576	4/13/2023	RNAV (GPS) RWY 6, Orig-C
15–Jun–23	MA	Hyannis	Cape Cod Gateway	2/8577	4/13/2023	RNAV (GPS) RWY 15, Orig-D
15–Jun–23	MA	Hyannis	Cape Cod Gateway	2/8578	4/13/2023	RNAV (GPS) RWY 33, Orig-D
15–Jun–23	MA	Hyannis	Cape Cod Gateway	2/8580	4/13/2023	RNAV (GPS) RWY 24, Amdt 1B
15–Jun–23	MA	Hyannis	Cape Cod Gateway	2/8581	4/13/2023	VOR RWY 6, Amdt 10A
15–Jun–23	FL	Fernandina Beach	Fernandina Beach Muni	3/0147	2/27/2023	RNAV (GPS) RWY 4, Orig
15–Jun–23	NY	Canandaigua	Canandaigua	3/0605	2/28/2023	VOR-A, Orig-B
15–Jun–23	NY	Canandaigua	Canandaigua	3/0606	2/28/2023	RNAV (GPS) RWY 31, Amdt 1B
15–Jun–23	NY	Canandaigua	Canandaigua	3/0608	2/28/2023	RNAV (GPS) RWY 13, Amdt 2A
15–Jun–23	TX	Waco	McGregor Exec	3/0656	3/28/2023	RNAV (GPS) RWY 35, Amdt 1B
15–Jun–23	TX	Waco	McGregor Exec	3/0658	3/28/2023	RNAV (GPS) RWY 17, Amdt 1B
15–Jun–23	TX	Waco	McGregor Exec	3/0662	3/28/2023	VOR RWY 17, Amdt 11
15–Jun–23	KS	Great Bend	Great Bend Muni	3/0838	3/13/2023	ILS OR LOC RWY 35, Orig-D
15–Jun–23	TN	Rogersville	Hawkins County	3/0911	3/1/2023	RNAV (GPS) RWY 7, Orig
15–Jun–23	MO	Fort Leonard Wood	Waynesville-St Robert Rgnl Forney Fld	3/1658	2/7/2023	ILS OR LOC RWY 15, Amdt 2A
15–Jun–23	VA	Saluda	Hummel Fld	3/1763	3/1/2023	Takeoff Minimums and Obstacle DP, Amdt 2
15–Jun–23	FL	Palatka	Palatka Muni—Lt Kay Larkin Fld	3/1975	4/17/2023	RNAV (GPS) RWY 27, Orig-C
15–Jun–23	NC	Greensboro	Piedmont Triad Intl	3/2447	3/6/2023	RNAV (GPS) RWY 23R, Orig-D
15–Jun–23	SC	Charleston	Charleston Exec	3/3226	3/6/2023	ILS OR LOC RWY 9, Amdt 2D
15–Jun–23	AK	Fairbanks	Fairbanks Intl	3/3227	3/21/2023	RNAV (GPS) Y RWY 20R, Amdt 1D
15–Jun–23	ND	Langdon	Robertson Fld	3/3936	3/29/2023	RNAV (GPS) RWY 32, Orig
15–Jun–23	IL	Chicago/Rockford	Chicago/Rockford Intl	3/4972	4/5/2023	ILS OR LOC RWY 7, Amdt 2A
15–Jun–23	MA	Falmouth	Cape Cod Coast Guard Air Station	3/5067	2/14/2023	ILS Z OR LOC Z RWY 23, Amdt 2
15–Jun–23	GA	Macon	Middle Georgia Rgnl	3/5240	2/14/2023	RNAV (GPS) RWY 32, Amdt 1D
15–Jun–23	GA	Macon	Middle Georgia Rgnl	3/5244	2/14/2023	RNAV (GPS) RWY 14, Amdt 2D
15–Jun–23	NC	Washington	Washington-Warren	3/5848	4/5/2023	RNAV (GPS) RWY 23, Amdt 1B
15–Jun–23	AK	King Salmon	King Salmon	3/5870	4/6/2023	VOR Y OR TACAN Y RWY 30, Amdt 12
15–Jun–23	IL	Springfield	Abraham Lincoln Capital	3/6048	3/21/2023	Takeoff Minimums and Obstacle DP, Orig
15–Jun–23	CA	Corona	Corona Muni	3/6212	2/17/2023	Takeoff Minimums and Obstacle DP, Amdt 3
15–Jun–23	OH	Hamilton	Butler County Rgnl/Hogan Fld	3/6340	3/13/2023	RNAV (GPS) RWY 11, Amdt 1A
15–Jun–23	WI	Milwaukee	Lawrence J Timmerman	3/6342	3/13/2023	LOC RWY 15L, Amdt 6E
15–Jun–23	AR	Little Rock	Bill And Hillary Clinton Ntl/Adams Fld	3/7372	3/24/2023	RNAV (GPS) RWY 4R, Amdt 1F
15–Jun–23	AR	Little Rock	Bill And Hillary Clinton Ntl/Adams Fld	3/7373	3/24/2023	VOR-A, Orig-D
15–Jun–23	AR	Little Rock	Bill And Hillary Clinton Ntl/Adams Fld	3/7374	3/24/2023	RNAV (GPS) RWY 36, Amdt 1
15–Jun–23	OK	Stillwater	Stillwater Rgnl	3/7770	3/23/2023	RNAV (GPS) RWY 17, Amdt 1
15–Jun–23	TN	Crossville	Crossville Meml-Whitson Fld	3/8479	1/30/2023	ILS Y OR LOC Y RWY 26, Orig-D
15–Jun–23	TN	Crossville	Crossville Meml-Whitson Fld	3/8489	1/30/2023	ILS Z OR LOC Z RWY 26, Amdt 14D
15–Jun–23	SC	Spartanburg	Spartanburg Downtown Meml/Simpson Fld	3/9742	2/3/2023	ILS OR LOC RWY 5, Amdt 2
15–Jun–23	SC	Spartanburg	Spartanburg Downtown Meml/Simpson Fld	3/9743	2/3/2023	RNAV (GPS) RWY 5, Amdt 1
15–Jun–23	TX	Waco	McGregor Exec	3/9769	3/28/2023	RADAR-1, Amdt 1A
15–Jun–23	TX	Presidio	Presidio Lely Intl	3/9793	3/21/2023	RNAV (GPS)-A, Orig-A