2010-28191. 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 revokes 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 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 12, 2010. 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 12, 2010.

ADDRESSES:

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

For Examination—

1. FAA Rules Docket, FAA Headquarters Building, 800 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20591;

2. The FAA Regional Office of the region in which the affected airport is located;

3. The National Flight Procedures Office, 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 are available online free of charge. Visit http://nfdc.faa.gov to register. Additionally, individual SIAP and Takeoff Minimums and ODP copies may be obtained from:

1. FAA Public Inquiry Center (APA-200), FAA Headquarters Building, 800 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20591; or

2. The FAA Regional Office of the region in which the affected airport is located.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Harry J. Hodges, Flight Procedure Standards Branch (AFS-420) Flight Technologies and Programs Division, Flight Standards Service, Federal Aviation Administration, Mike Monroney Aeronautical Center, 6500 South MacArthur Blvd., Oklahoma City, OK 73169 (Mail Address: P.O. Box 25082, 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 (FDC)/Permanent Notice to Airmen (P-NOTAM), and is incorporated by reference in the amendment under 5 U.S.C. 552(a), 1 CFR part 51, and § 97.20 of Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations.

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 in FAA form documents is unnecessary. This amendment provides the affected CFR sections and specifies the types of SIAP and the corresponding effective dates. This amendment also identifies the airport and its location, the procedure and the amendment number.

The Rule

This amendment to 14 CFR part 97 is effective upon publication of each separate SIAP as amended in the transmittal. For safety and timeliness of change considerations, this amendment incorporates only specific hanges contained for each SIAP as modified by FDC/P-NOTAMs.

The SIAPs, as modified by FDC P-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, 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 which created the need for all these SIAP amendments requires making them effective in less than 30 days.

Because of the close and immediate relationship between these SIAPs and safety in air commerce, I find that notice and public procedure before adopting these SIAPs are impracticable and contrary to the public interest and, where applicable, that good cause exists for making these SIAPs effective in less than 30 days.

Conclusion

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, and Navigation (air)

Issued in Washington, DC, on October 29, 2010.

Ray Towles,

Deputy 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, 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(g), 40103, 40106, 40113, 40114, 40120, 44502, 44514, 44701, 44719, 44721-44722.

2. Part 97 is amended to read as follows:

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

[Amended]

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
16-Dec-10	NE	Wayne	Wayne Muni	0/0205	10/15/10	NDB Rwy 22, Orig-A.
16-Dec-10	CO	Colorado Springs	City of Colorado Springs Muni	0/0367	10/15/10	RNAV (RNP) Z Rwy 17R, Orig.
16-Dec-10	TX	Houston	George Bush Intercontinental/Houston	0/0678	10/15/10	ILS or LOC Rwy 8R, Amdt 23.
16-Dec-10	TX	Houston	George Bush Intercontinental/Houston	0/0679	10/15/10	ILS OR LOC Rwy 9, Amdt 8.
16-Dec-10	TX	Houston	George Bush Intercontinental/Houston	0/0680	10/15/10	ILS or LOC Rwy 27, ILS Rwy 27 (CAT II), ILS Rwy 27 (CAT III), Amdt 8.
16-Dec-10	TX	Houston	George Bush Intercontinental/Houston	0/0681	10/15/10	ILS or LOC Rwy 8L, ILS Rwy 8L (CAT II), ILS Rwy 8L (CAT III), Amdt 2.
16-Dec-10	TX	Houston	George Bush Intercontinental/Houston	0/0682	10/15/10	ILS or LOC Rwy 26L, ILS Rwy 26L (CAT II), ILS Rwy 26L (CAT III), Amdt 19.
16-Dec-10	TX	Houston	George Bush Intercontinental/Houston	0/0683	10/15/10	ILS or LOC Rwy 26R, ILS Rwy 26R (CAT II), ILS Rwy 26R (CAT III), Amdt 2.
16-Dec-10	AR	Fayetteville/Springdale	Northwest Arkansas Rgnl	0/0687	10/15/10	ILS or LOC/DME Rwy 16, Amdt 2.
16-Dec-10	AR	Fort Smith	Fort Smith Rgnl	0/0688	10/15/10	ILS or LOC Rwy 7, Orig-C.
16-Dec-10	AR	Fort Smith	Fort Smith Rgnl	0/0706	10/15/10	ILS or LOC Rwy 25, Amdt 21E.
16-Dec-10	IA	Bloomfield	Bloomfield Muni	0/0737	10/15/10	RNAV (GPS) Rwy 36, Orig.
16-Dec-10	IA	Bloomfield	Bloomfield Muni	0/0738	10/15/10	NDB Rwy 36, Amdt 3.
16-Dec-10	NE	Fremont	Fremont Muni	0/0741	10/15/10	RNAV (GPS) Rwy 14, Amdt 1.
16-Dec-10	AR	Fayetteville	Drake Field	0/0781	10/15/10	RNAV (GPS) Rwy 34, Orig.
16-Dec-10	FL	Gainesville	Gainesville Rgnl	0/0813	10/26/10	RNAV (GPS) Rwy 29, Amdt 1A.
16-Dec-10	FL	Gainesville	Gainesville Rgnl	0/0814	10/26/10	RNAV (GPS) Rwy 11, Amdt 1A.
16-Dec-10	FL	Gainesville	Gainesville Rgnl	0/0815	10/26/10	VOR 25, Orig-C.
16-Dec-10	FL	Gainesville	Gainesville Rgnl	0/0816	10/26/10	VOR/DME Rwy 7, Orig-C.
16-Dec-10	FL	Gainesville	Gainesville Rgnl	0/0817	10/26/10	VOR/DME Rwy 11, Orig-C.
16-Dec-10	FL	Gainesville	Gainesville Rgnl	0/0818	10/26/10	VOR Rwy 29, Orig-D.
16-Dec-10	FL	Gainesville	Gainesville Rgnl	0/0819	10/26/10	ILS or LOC Rwy 29, Amdt 12D.
16-Dec-10	FL	Gainesville	Gainesville Rgnl	0/0821	10/26/10	RNAV (GPS) Rwy 7, Amdt 1.
16-Dec-10	FL	Gainesville	Gainesville Rgnl	0/0859	10/26/10	RNAV (GPS) Rwy 25, Amdt 1.
16-Dec-10	VT	Highgate	Franklin County	0/0975	10/26/10	VOR/DME Rwy 19, Amdt 4A.
16-Dec-10	MT	Lewiston	Lewiston Muni	0/1366	10/15/10	VOR Rwy 7, Amdt 15.
16-Dec-10	CA	Redding	Redding Muni	0/1706	10/26/10	ILS or LOC/DME Rwy 34, Amdt 11.
16-Dec-10	VA	Petersburg	Dinwiddie County	0/1991	10/26/10	VOR Rwy 23, Amdt 6.
16-Dec-10	VA	Petersburg	Dinwiddie County	0/1992	10/26/10	RNAV (GPS) Rwy 23, Amdt 1.
16-Dec-10	VA	Petersburg	Dinwiddie County	0/1994	10/26/10	RNAV (GPS) Rwy 5, Amdt 1.
16-Dec-10	VI	Christianstead, St. Croix	Henry E Rohlsen	0/2690	10/26/10	ILS or LOC Rwy 10, Amdt 7.
16-Dec-10	WI	Milwaukee	General Mitchell International	0/4836	10/15/10	RNAV (GPS) Rwy 7R, Orig.
16-Dec-10	TX	Houston	Pearland Rgnl	0/6063	10/15/10	VOR B, Amdt 1.
16-Dec-10	OK	Norman	University of Oklahoma Westheimer	0/6104	10/15/10	NDB Rwy 3, Amdt 1.
16-Dec-10	NE	Wayne	Wayne Muni	0/6395	10/15/10	RNAV (GPS) Rwy 17, Amdt 1.
16-Dec-10	TX	Crosbyton	Crosbyton Municipal	0/6445	10/15/10	NDB Rwy 35, Orig-B.
16-Dec-10	FL	Fort Pierce	St. Lucie County Intl	0/6759	10/26/10	VOR/DME Rwy 14, Amdt 8.
16-Dec-10	IN	Nappanee	Nappanee Muni	0/6815	10/15/10	VOR or GPS B, Amdt 1.
16-Dec-10	OH	Mansfield	Mansfield Lahm Rgnl	0/7144	10/15/10	RNAV (GPS) Rwy 5, Orig.
16-Dec-10	GA	Vidalia	Vidalia Rgnl	0/8965	10/15/10	RNAV (GPS) Rwy 24, Amdt 1.
16-Dec-10	TX	Houston	Ellington Field	0/9328	10/15/10	ILS Rwy 35L, Amdt 5.
16-Dec-10	TX	Houston	Ellington Field	0/9329	10/15/10	ILS Rwy 22, Amdt 3C.
16-Dec-10	TX	Palacios	Palacios Muni	0/9391	10/15/10	VOR Rwy 13, Amdt 10B.
16-Dec-10	RI	Providence	Theodore Francis Green State	0/9592	10/15/10	RNAV (GPS) Rwy 34, Orig-B.
16-Dec-10	RI	Providence	Theodore Francis Green State	0/9594	10/15/10	RNAV (GPS) Rwy 16, Orig-A.
16-Dec-10	RI	Providence	Theodore Francis Green State	0/9595	10/15/10	RNAV (GPS) Rwy 23, Orig-C.
16-Dec-10	AL	Huntsville	Huntsville Intl-Carl T Jones Field	0/9615	10/15/10	ILS or LOC Rwy 18L, Amdt 4.
16-Dec-10	WA	Moses Lake	Grant Co. Intl	0/9749	10/15/10	VOR Rwy 1, Rwy 14L, Amdt 1A.
16-Dec-10	ME	Bangor	Bangor Intl	0/9945	10/15/10	VOR/DME Rwy 15, Amdt 4.
16-Dec-10	ME	Bangor	Bangor Intl	0/9946	10/15/10	Radar-1, Amdt 4B.
16-Dec-10	ME	Bangor	Bangor Intl	0/9947	10/15/10	ILS or LOC Rwy 15, Amdt 6.
16-Dec-10	ME	Bangor	Bangor Intl	0/9948	10/15/10	RNAV (GPS) Rwy 15, Orig.
16-Dec-10	OK	Ponca City	Ponca City Rgnl	0/9969	10/15/10	VOR A, Amdt 10A.
16-Dec-10	ID	Idaho Falls	Idaho Falls Rgnl	0/9985	10/15/10	RNAV (GPS) Y Rwy 20, Amdt 1.