2015-25561. 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 15, 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 15, 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 11, 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

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AIRAC Date	State	City	Airport	FDC No.	FDC Date	Subject
15-Oct-15	OH	Bluffton	Bluffton	5/1402	08/31/15	Takeoff Minimums and (Obstacle) DP, Amdt 1.
15-Oct-15	ND	Minot	Minot Intl	5/1800	9/1/2015	RNAV (GPS) RWY 8, Orig.
15-Oct-15	OK	Sallisaw	Sallisaw Muni	5/2106	08/31/15	RNAV (GPS) RWY 35, Orig.
15-Oct-15	MN	Paynesville	Paynesville Muni	5/2266	9/1/2015	RNAV (GPS) RWY 11, Amdt 1A.
15-Oct-15	MN	Paynesville	Paynesville Muni	5/2267	9/1/2015	RNAV (GPS) RWY 29, Amdt 1A.
15-Oct-15	GA	Baxley	Baxley Muni	5/3147	9/2/2015	RNAV (GPS) RWY 26, Amdt 1A.
15-Oct-15	GA	Baxley	Baxley Muni	5/3149	9/2/2015	NDB RWY 8, Amdt 2A.
15-Oct-15	GA	Baxley	Baxley Muni	5/3150	9/2/2015	RNAV (GPS) RWY 8, Amdt 1A.
15-Oct-15	SC	Beaufort	Beaufort County	5/3154	9/2/2015	RNAV (GPS) RWY 7, Amdt 1A.
15-Oct-15	MI	Niles	Jerry Tyler Memorial	5/3886	08/20/15	RNAV (GPS) RWY 15, Orig-B.
15-Oct-15	OH	Mansfield	Mansfield Lahm Rgnl	5/5015	08/06/15	RNAV (GPS) RWY 5, Orig-A.
15-Oct-15	IA	Creston	Creston Muni	5/5543	08/31/15	RNAV (GPS) RWY 34, Amdt 1A.
15-Oct-15	TX	Dallas	Collin County Rgnl At Mc Kinney	5/5837	08/31/15	RNAV (GPS) RWY 36, Amdt 3.
15-Oct-15	FL	Tallahassee	Tallahassee Intl	5/5956	08/31/15	RNAV (GPS) RWY 18, Amdt 1B.
15-Oct-15	NJ	Wildwood	Cape May County	5/5964	08/26/15	RNAV (GPS) RWY 10, Orig-C.
15-Oct-15	NJ	Wildwood	Cape May County	5/5967	08/26/15	RNAV (GPS) RWY 19, Orig-D.
15-Oct-15	NJ	Wildwood	Cape May County	5/5968	08/26/15	LOC RWY 19, Amdt 6E.
15-Oct-15	NJ	Wildwood	Cape May County	5/5969	08/26/15	VOR-A, Amdt 3D.
15-Oct-15	WI	Appleton	Outagamie County Rgnl	5/6209	08/24/15	RNAV (GPS) RWY 21, Amdt 2.
15-Oct-15	WI	Appleton	Outagamie County Rgnl	5/6214	08/24/15	VOR/DME RWY 21, Amdt 1A.
15-Oct-15	MN	Jackson	Jackson Muni	5/6400	08/26/15	RNAV (GPS) RWY 31, Amdt 1.
15-Oct-15	MN	Jackson	Jackson Muni	5/6402	08/26/15	RNAV (GPS) RWY 13, Amdt 1.
15-Oct-15	CA	Palo Alto	Palo Alto Arpt Of Santa Clara Co	5/7436	08/26/15	GPS RWY 31, Amdt 1B.
15-Oct-15	DE	Georgetown	Sussex County	5/7607	08/26/15	RNAV (GPS) RWY 22, Amdt 2A.
15-Oct-15	DE	Georgetown	Sussex County	5/7608	08/26/15	RNAV (GPS) RWY 4, Amdt 2.
15-Oct-15	DE	Georgetown	Sussex County	5/7609	08/26/15	VOR RWY 22, Amdt 7.
15-Oct-15	DE	Georgetown	Sussex County	5/7610	08/26/15	Takeoff Minimums and (Obstacle) DP, Amdt 4.
15-Oct-15	MI	Detroit	Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County	5/7669	08/31/15	ILS PRM RWY 22L, (SIMULTANEOUS CLOSE PARALLEL), Orig-E.
15-Oct-15	TX	Midland	Midland Intl	5/7670	08/31/15	ILS OR LOC RWY 10, Amdt 16A.
15-Oct-15	AR	Decatur	Crystal Lake	5/7804	09/01/15	Takeoff Minimums and (Obstacle) DP, Amdt 1.
15-Oct-15	KS	Phillipsburg	Phillipsburg Muni	5/7811	08/31/15	Takeoff Minimums and (Obstacle) DP, Orig.
15-Oct-15	TX	Palacios	Palacios Muni	5/7819	08/31/15	VOR RWY 13, Amdt 10C.
15-Oct-15	SD	Brookings	Brookings Rgnl	5/7822	08/31/15	ILS OR LOC RWY 12, Orig.
15-Oct-15	TX	Cleveland	Cleveland Muni	5/7827	08/31/15	VOR-A, Amdt 4C.
15-Oct-15	TX	Cleveland	Cleveland Muni	5/7830	08/31/15	RNAV (GPS) RWY 16, Orig-A.
15-Oct-15	MN	Glenwood	Glenwood Muni	5/7835	08/26/15	RNAV (GPS) RWY 15, Orig-A.
15-Oct-15	MN	Glenwood	Glenwood Muni	5/7837	08/26/15	VOR RWY 33, Amdt 2A.
15-Oct-15	MN	Glenwood	Glenwood Muni	5/7838	08/26/15	RNAV (GPS) RWY 33, Amdt 1A.
15-Oct-15	KS	Colby	Shalz Field	5/8100	08/31/15	RNAV (GPS) RWY 35, Amdt 1.
15-Oct-15	LA	Shreveport	Shreveport Downtown	5/8422	08/31/15	LOC RWY 14, Amdt 4E.
15-Oct-15	LA	Shreveport	Shreveport Downtown	5/8423	08/31/15	RNAV (GPS) RWY 14, Orig-B.
15-Oct-15	TX	Port Lavaca	Calhoun County	5/8426	9/2/2015	VOR/DME-A, Amdt 4B.
15-Oct-15	MN	Windom	Windom Muni	5/8568	08/31/15	RNAV (GPS) RWY 17, Orig.
15-Oct-15	WI	Prairie Du Chien	Prairie Du Chien Muni	5/8874	08/26/15	RNAV (GPS) RWY 32, Orig-B.
15-Oct-15	WI	Prairie Du Chien	Prairie Du Chien Muni	5/8875	08/26/15	RNAV (GPS) RWY 29, Orig-B.
15-Oct-15	LA	Lafayette	Lafayette Rgnl/Paul Fournet Field	5/8917	08/31/15	ILS OR LOC/DME RWY 4R, Amdt 2B.
15-Oct-15	LA	Lafayette	Lafayette Rgnl/Paul Fournet Field	5/8928	08/31/15	ILS OR LOC RWY 22L, Amdt 5B.
15-Oct-15	AL	Dothan	Dothan Rgnl	5/9171	08/12/15	COPTER VOR RWY 36, Amdt 1A.
15-Oct-15	NC	Burlington	Burlington-Alamance Rgnl	5/9539	09/01/15	ILS Y OR LOC/NDB Y RWY 6, Orig.
15-Oct-15	NC	Burlington	Burlington-Alamance Rgnl	5/9543	09/01/15	ILS Z OR LOC/NDB Z RWY 6, Amdt 2A.