2015-25553. 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 October 16, 2015. 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 October 16, 2015.

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:

Richard A. Dunham III, Flight Procedure Standards Branch (AFS-420) Flight Technologies and Procedures 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 (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 CFRs, 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/or 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 September 25, 2015.

John Duncan,

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(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 Number	FDC Date	Subject
12-Nov-15	IL	Champaign/Urbana	University Of Illinois-Willard	5/0256	09/17/15	RADAR 1, Amdt 6B.
12-Nov-15	TX	Fredericksburg	Gillespie County	5/0259	09/17/15	RNAV (GPS) RWY 32, Amdt 1B.
12-Nov-15	KS	Atchison	Amelia Earhart	5/0276	09/17/15	VOR/DME RNAV OR GPS RWY 16, Amdt 4A.
12-Nov-15	KS	Atchison	Amelia Earhart	5/0277	09/17/15	VOR/DME RWY 16, Orig-A.
12-Nov-15	MI	Traverse City	Cherry Capital	5/0652	09/08/15	NDB RWY 28, Amdt 11.
12-Nov-15	TX	Harlingen	Valley Intl	5/0916	09/08/15	VOR/DME RWY 17L, Orig.
12-Nov-15	MI	Holland	West Michigan Rgnl	5/1847	09/17/15	RNAV (GPS) RWY 8, Amdt 2B.
12-Nov-15	WI	Middleton	Middleton Muni-Morey Field	5/1853	09/17/15	VOR RWY 10, Amdt 1A.
12-Nov-15	WI	Prairie Du Chien	Prairie Du Chien Muni	5/1859	09/17/15	RNAV (GPS) RWY 14, Orig-B.
12-Nov-15	AL	Andalusia/Opp	South Alabama Rgnl At Bill Benton Field	5/1900	09/17/15	RNAV (GPS) RWY 29, Amdt 2A.
12-Nov-15	AL	Andalusia/Opp	South Alabama Rgnl At Bill Benton Field	5/1901	09/17/15	RNAV (GPS) RWY 11, Amdt 2A.
12-Nov-15	KS	Garden City	Garden City Rgnl	5/2041	09/17/15	VOR/DME RWY 12, Orig-A.
12-Nov-15	KS	Garden City	Garden City Rgnl	5/2043	09/17/15	VOR RWY 17, Amdt 11.
12-Nov-15	KS	Garden City	Garden City Rgnl	5/2045	09/17/15	VOR/DME RWY 17, Amdt 2.
12-Nov-15	KS	Garden City	Garden City Rgnl	5/2047	09/17/15	VOR/DME RWY 30, Amdt 1.
12-Nov-15	ME	Waterville	Waterville Robert Lafleur	5/2143	09/17/15	RNAV (GPS) RWY 5, Amdt 1.
12-Nov-15	ME	Waterville	Waterville Robert Lafleur	5/2145	09/17/15	ILS OR LOC/DME RWY 5, Amdt 4.
12-Nov-15	TN	Bristol/Johnson/Kingsport	Tri-Cities Rgnl Tn/Va	5/2692	09/16/15	RNAV (GPS) RWY 5, Amdt 1A.
12-Nov-15	TX	Madisonville	Madisonville Muni	5/2950	09/08/15	RNAV (GPS) RWY 18, Orig-A.
12-Nov-15	TX	Madisonville	Madisonville Muni	5/2951	09/08/15	RNAV (GPS) RWY 36, Orig.
12-Nov-15	TX	Madisonville	Madisonville Muni	5/2952	09/08/15	VOR/DME RWY 18, Amdt 2A.
12-Nov-15	NC	Lincolnton	Lincolnton-Lincoln County Rgnl	5/3181	09/08/15	NDB RWY 23, Amdt 3A.
12-Nov-15	NC	Lincolnton	Lincolnton-Lincoln County Rgnl	5/3184	09/08/15	RNAV (GPS) RWY 5, Amdt 1A.
12-Nov-15	TX	Athens	Athens Muni	5/3455	09/10/15	NDB RWY 35, Amdt 4C.
12-Nov-15	PA	Allentown	Lehigh Valley Intl	5/3648	09/08/15	RNAV (GPS) RWY 13, Amdt 1.
12-Nov-15	PA	Allentown	Lehigh Valley Intl	5/3649	09/08/15	RNAV (GPS) RWY 31, Amdt 2.
12-Nov-15	PA	Allentown	Lehigh Valley Intl	5/3656	09/08/15	ILS OR LOC RWY 6, Amdt 23.
12-Nov-15	PA	Allentown	Lehigh Valley Intl	5/3659	09/08/15	RNAV (GPS) RWY 6, Amdt 1.
12-Nov-15	PA	Allentown	Lehigh Valley Intl	5/3662	09/08/15	ILS OR LOC/DME RWY 24, Amdt 1.
12-Nov-15	PA	Allentown	Lehigh Valley Intl	5/3663	09/08/15	RNAV (GPS) RWY 24, Amdt 1.
12-Nov-15	MN	Faribault	Faribault Muni	5/4326	09/08/15	RNAV (GPS) RWY 30, Amdt 1A.
12-Nov-15	MN	Faribault	Faribault Muni	5/4327	09/08/15	RNAV (GPS) RWY 12, Amdt 1A.
12-Nov-15	ND	Fargo	Hector Intl	5/4329	09/08/15	RNAV (GPS) RWY 9, Amdt 1A.
12-Nov-15	ND	Fargo	Hector Intl	5/4330	09/08/15	RNAV (GPS) RWY 27, Amdt 1A.
12-Nov-15	ND	Fargo	Hector Intl	5/4339	09/08/15	ILS OR LOC RWY 18, Orig-A.
12-Nov-15	ND	Fargo	Hector Intl	5/4340	09/08/15	RNAV (GPS) RWY 18, Amdt 1.
12-Nov-15	ND	Fargo	Hector Intl	5/4341	09/08/15	VOR/DME OR TACAN RWY 18, Amdt 1B.
12-Nov-15	ND	Fargo	Hector Intl	5/4366	09/08/15	RNAV (GPS) RWY 36, Orig-A.
12-Nov-15	ND	Fargo	Hector Intl	5/4367	09/08/15	VOR OR TACAN RWY 36, Orig-B.
12-Nov-15	ND	Fargo	Hector Intl	5/4368	09/08/15	ILS OR LOC RWY 36, Amdt 1A.
12-Nov-15	OH	Port Clinton	Carl R Keller Field	5/4485	09/17/15	Takeoff Minimums and (Obstacle) DP, Amdt 6.
12-Nov-15	PA	Reedsville	Mifflin County	5/4779	09/08/15	RNAV (GPS) RWY 6, Orig.
12-Nov-15	PA	Reedsville	Mifflin County	5/4780	09/08/15	LOC RWY 6, Amdt 8A.
12-Nov-15	PA	Reedsville	Mifflin County	5/4781	09/08/15	RNAV (GPS) RWY 24, Orig.
12-Nov-15	FL	Williston	Williston Muni	5/4932	09/09/15	RNAV (GPS) RWY 23, Orig.
12-Nov-15	FL	Williston	Williston Muni	5/4933	09/09/15	RNAV (GPS) RWY 5, Orig.
12-Nov-15	FL	Williston	Williston Muni	5/4936	09/09/15	VOR RWY 23, Amdt 1.
12-Nov-15	SC	Newberry	Newberry County	5/6291	09/10/15	RNAV (GPS) RWY 22, Orig.
12-Nov-15	SC	Newberry	Newberry County	5/6292	09/10/15	NDB RWY 22, Amdt 6A.
12-Nov-15	SC	Newberry	Newberry County	5/6293	09/10/15	RNAV (GPS) RWY 4, Orig.
12-Nov-15	FL	Marathon	The Florida Keys Marathon	5/6806	09/10/15	Takeoff Minimums and (Obstacle) DP, Amdt 1A.
12-Nov-15	GA	Vidalia	Vidalia Rgnl	5/6816	09/10/15	RNAV (GPS) RWY 25, Amdt 2.
12-Nov-15	AZ	Nogales	Nogales Intl	5/7101	09/10/15	NDB OR GPS-C, Amdt 2C.
12-Nov-15	AZ	Nogales	Nogales Intl	5/7102	09/10/15	VOR OR GPS-A, Amdt 3B.
12-Nov-15	AZ	Nogales	Nogales Intl	5/7103	09/10/15	VOR/DME OR GPS-B, Amdt 2B.
12-Nov-15	KS	Mc Pherson	Mc Pherson	5/7358	09/17/15	RNAV (GPS) RWY 18, Orig.
12-Nov-15	KS	Mc Pherson	Mc Pherson	5/7359	09/17/15	RNAV (GPS) RWY 36, Orig.
12-Nov-15	KS	Mc Pherson	Mc Pherson	5/7360	09/17/15	VOR/DME RWY 36, Amdt 6.
12-Nov-15	TN	Bristol/Johnson/Kingsport	Tri-Cities Rgnl Tn/Va	5/7392	09/16/15	RNAV (GPS) RWY 23, Amdt 1A.
12-Nov-15	TN	Bristol/Johnson/Kingsport	Tri-Cities Rgnl Tn/Va	5/7417	09/16/15	ILS OR LOC RWY 5, Amdt 3A.
12-Nov-15	IA	Mason City	Mason City Muni	5/7778	09/08/15	RNAV (GPS) RWY 36, Amdt 1A.
12-Nov-15	IA	Mason City	Mason City Muni	5/7807	09/08/15	Takeoff Minimums and (Obstacle) DP, Orig.
12-Nov-15	FL	Palm Coast	Flagler County	5/8047	09/10/15	Takeoff Minimums and (Obstacle) DP, Amdt 1.
12-Nov-15	FL	Palm Coast	Flagler County	5/8048	09/10/15	RNAV (GPS) RWY 6, Amdt 1B.
12-Nov-15	FL	Palm Coast	Flagler County	5/8049	09/10/15	RNAV (GPS) RWY 11, Amdt 1A.
12-Nov-15	FL	Palm Coast	Flagler County	5/8056	09/10/15	RNAV (GPS) RWY 24, Orig-C.
12-Nov-15	FL	Palm Coast	Flagler County	5/8058	09/10/15	RNAV (GPS) RWY 29, Orig-C.
12-Nov-15	WI	Manitowish Waters	Manitowish Waters	5/8448	09/10/15	RNAV (GPS) RWY 32, Orig.
12-Nov-15	WI	Manitowish Waters	Manitowish Waters	5/8450	09/10/15	RNAV (GPS) RWY 14, Orig.
12-Nov-15	MI	West Branch	West Branch Community	5/8471	09/10/15	RNAV (GPS) RWY 9, Orig.
12-Nov-15	MI	West Branch	West Branch Community	5/8474	09/10/15	RNAV (GPS) RWY 27, Orig.
12-Nov-15	MI	West Branch	West Branch Community	5/8476	09/10/15	VOR RWY 27, Orig-E.
12-Nov-15	OH	Columbus	Rickenbacker Intl	5/9069	09/16/15	ILS OR LOC RWY 5L, Amdt 1A.
12-Nov-15	KY	Bardstown	Samuels Field	5/9073	09/16/15	RNAV (GPS) RWY 2, Orig.
12-Nov-15	KY	Bardstown	Samuels Field	5/9076	09/16/15	RNAV (GPS) RWY 20, Orig.
12-Nov-15	GA	Lagrange	Lagrange-Callaway	5/9119	09/17/15	RNAV (GPS) RWY 31, Orig-A.
12-Nov-15	GA	Lagrange	Lagrange-Callaway	5/9125	09/17/15	ILS OR LOC RWY 31, Amdt 2.
12-Nov-15	MN	Ely	Ely Muni	5/9213	09/10/15	RNAV (GPS) RWY 30, Amdt 1A.