2018-24214. 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 November 8, 2018. 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 8, 2018.

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 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 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 October 19, 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.

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
6-Dec-18	LA	Shreveport	Shreveport Rgnl	8/0269	10/3/18	ILS OR LOC RWY 14, Amdt 26.
6-Dec-18	LA	Shreveport	Shreveport Rgnl	8/0270	10/3/18	ILS OR LOC RWY 32, Amdt 6.
6-Dec-18	LA	Shreveport	Shreveport Rgnl	8/0271	10/3/18	LOC RWY 6, Amdt 3.
6-Dec-18	LA	Shreveport	Shreveport Rgnl	8/0273	10/3/18	RNAV (GPS) RWY 6, Amdt 3.
6-Dec-18	LA	Shreveport	Shreveport Rgnl	8/0274	10/3/18	RNAV (GPS) RWY 14, Amdt 2A.
6-Dec-18	LA	Shreveport	Shreveport Rgnl	8/0276	10/3/18	RNAV (GPS) RWY 24, Amdt 2A.
6-Dec-18	LA	Shreveport	Shreveport Rgnl	8/0278	10/3/18	RNAV (GPS) RWY 32, Amdt 2.
6-Dec-18	OR	Portland	Portland Intl	8/0582	10/3/18	ILS OR LOC RWY 28L, Amdt 5.
6-Dec-18	ME	Auburn/Lewiston	Auburn/Lewiston Muni	8/0586	10/15/18	Takeoff Minimums and Obstacle DP, Amdt 5.
6-Dec-18	NJ	Woodbine	Woodbine Muni	8/0614	10/15/18	RNAV (GPS) RWY 1, Orig-B.
6-Dec-18	ME	Rockland	Knox County Rgnl	8/0877	10/15/18	RNAV (GPS) RWY 3, Orig.
6-Dec-18	ME	Rockland	Knox County Rgnl	8/0882	10/15/18	NDB RWY 31, Orig-D.
6-Dec-18	ME	Rockland	Knox County Rgnl	8/0884	10/15/18	NDB RWY 3, Orig-A.
6-Dec-18	ME	Rockland	Knox County Rgnl	8/0886	10/15/18	RNAV (GPS) RWY 31, Orig.
6-Dec-18	VA	Melfa	Accomack County	8/0950	10/15/18	LOC RWY 3, Amdt 1.
6-Dec-18	VA	Melfa	Accomack County	8/0951	10/15/18	VOR RWY 3, Amdt 2.
6-Dec-18	VA	Melfa	Accomack County	8/0953	10/15/18	RNAV (GPS) RWY 3, Amdt 2.
6-Dec-18	VA	Melfa	Accomack County	8/0955	10/15/18	RNAV (GPS) RWY 21, Amdt 1.
6-Dec-18	CA	Riverside/Rubidoux/	Flabob	8/0967	10/3/18	RNAV (GPS)-A, Orig.
6-Dec-18	MA	Vineyard Haven	Martha's Vineyard	8/1397	10/15/18	VOR RWY 6, Amdt 2A.
6-Dec-18	TN	Columbia/Mount Pleasant	Maury County	8/1408	10/15/18	RNAV (GPS) RWY 24, Orig.
6-Dec-18	VA	Lynchburg	Lynchburg Rgnl/Preston Glenn Fld	8/1502	10/3/18	RNAV (GPS) RWY 17, Orig-A.
6-Dec-18	VA	Lynchburg	Lynchburg Rgnl/Preston Glenn Fld	8/1507	10/3/18	RNAV (GPS) RWY 35, Orig-A.
6-Dec-18	OH	Lancaster	Fairfield County	8/1510	10/3/18	RNAV (GPS) RWY 10, Orig.
6-Dec-18	OH	Lancaster	Fairfield County	8/1511	10/3/18	RNAV (GPS) RWY 28, Amdt 1A.
6-Dec-18	MA	Pittsfield	Pittsfield Muni	8/1677	10/15/18	RNAV (GPS) RWY 26, Amdt 1A.
6-Dec-18	NJ	Lakewood	Lakewood	8/1699	10/15/18	RNAV (GPS) RWY 24, Amdt 1.
6-Dec-18	WV	Martinsburg	Eastern WV Rgnl/Shepherd Fld	8/1716	10/10/18	RNAV (GPS) RWY 26, Orig-B.
6-Dec-18	WV	Martinsburg	Eastern WV Rgnl/Shepherd Fld	8/1746	10/10/18	RNAV (GPS) RWY 8, Amdt 1A.
6-Dec-18	WV	Martinsburg	Eastern WV Rgnl/Shepherd Fld	8/1747	10/10/18	ILS OR LOC RWY 26, Amdt 8B.
6-Dec-18	NY	New York	John F Kennedy Intl	8/1878	10/15/18	VOR/DME RWY 22L, Amdt 4D.
6-Dec-18	VA	Norfolk	Norfolk Intl	8/2277	10/15/18	ILS OR LOC RWY 5, Amdt 26C.
6-Dec-18	SC	Mount Pleasant	Mt Pleasant Rgnl-Faison Field	8/2339	10/10/18	RNAV (GPS) RWY 35, Orig-D.
6-Dec-18	GA	Washington	Washington-Wilkes County	8/2549	10/15/18	VOR/DME RWY 13, Amdt 3A.
6-Dec-18	GA	Fort Stewart(Hinesville)	Wright AAF (Fort Stewart)/Midcoast Rgnl	8/3600	10/15/18	NDB RWY 33R, Orig-B.
6-Dec-18	GA	Fort Stewart(Hinesville)	Wright AAF (Fort Stewart)/Midcoast Rgnl	8/3601	10/15/18	RNAV (GPS) RWY 33R, Amdt 1.
6-Dec-18	MD	Gaithersburg	Montgomery County Airpark	8/3717	10/10/18	RNAV (GPS)-A, Orig-B.
6-Dec-18	TX	Fort Stockton	Fort Stockton-Pecos County	8/3830	10/3/18	VOR/DME RWY 30, Orig-A.
6-Dec-18	TX	Fort Stockton	Fort Stockton-Pecos County	8/3847	10/3/18	RNAV (GPS) RWY 12, Amdt 1.
6-Dec-18	TX	Fort Stockton	Fort Stockton-Pecos County	8/3857	10/3/18	RNAV (GPS) RWY 30, Amdt 1.
6-Dec-18	TX	Fort Stockton	Fort Stockton-Pecos County	8/3861	10/3/18	VOR RWY 12, Amdt 8A.
6-Dec-18	MD	Salisbury	Salisbury-Ocean City Wicomico Rgnl	8/4345	10/3/18	RNAV (GPS) RWY 23, Amdt 1.
6-Dec-18	MD	Salisbury	Salisbury-Ocean City Wicomico Rgnl	8/4548	10/3/18	RNAV (GPS) RWY 14, Amdt 1.
6-Dec-18	MN	Willmar	Willmar Muni-John L Rice Field	8/4721	10/3/18	Takeoff Minimums and Obstacle DP, Orig.
6-Dec-18	CA	Riverside	Riverside Muni	8/4852	10/3/18	Takeoff Minimums and Obstacle DP, Amdt 10.
6-Dec-18	GA	Atlanta	Paulding Northwest Atlanta	8/4914	10/10/18	ILS OR LOC/DME RWY 31, Orig-B.
6-Dec-18	CA	Daggett	Barstow-Daggett	8/6032	10/10/18	RNAV (GPS) RWY 26, Amdt 3.
6-Dec-18	CA	Daggett	Barstow-Daggett	8/6036	10/10/18	RNAV (GPS) RWY 22, Amdt 2A.
6-Dec-18	CA	Daggett	Barstow-Daggett	8/6037	10/10/18	VOR OR TACAN RWY 22, Amdt 10A.
6-Dec-18	NY	Malone	Malone-Dufort	8/6647	10/15/18	RNAV (GPS) RWY 23, Orig-A.
6-Dec-18	MS	Prentiss	Prentiss-Jefferson Davis County	8/6652	10/10/18	RNAV (GPS) RWY 12, Amdt 1A.
6-Dec-18	CA	Oxnard	Oxnard	8/6674	10/10/18	VOR RWY 25, Amdt 10B.
6-Dec-18	NJ	Morristown	Morristown Muni	8/6684	10/15/18	RNAV (GPS) RWY 5, Amdt 4.
6-Dec-18	AL	Muscle Shoals	Northwest Alabama Rgnl	8/6698	10/15/18	RNAV (GPS) RWY 18, Amdt 1A.
6-Dec-18	WA	Richland	Richland	8/6822	10/10/18	RNAV (GPS) RWY 26, Amdt 2A.
6-Dec-18	GA	Metter	Metter Muni	8/6987	10/3/18	Takeoff Minimums and Obstacle DP, Orig.
6-Dec-18	CO	Hayden	Yampa Valley	8/7534	10/10/18	RNAV (GPS) RWY 28, Amdt 3.
6-Dec-18	FL	Hollywood	North Perry	8/7536	10/15/18	Takeoff Minimums and Obstacle DP, Amdt 5.
6-Dec-18	GA	Mc Rae	Telfair-Wheeler	8/7648	10/10/18	RNAV (GPS) RWY 3, Orig.
6-Dec-18	GA	Mc Rae	Telfair-Wheeler	8/7649	10/10/18	NDB RWY 21, Amdt 10.
6-Dec-18	IA	Fort Dodge	Fort Dodge Rgnl	8/8749	10/3/18	RNAV (GPS) RWY 24, Amdt 1A.
6-Dec-18	VA	Richmond/Ashland	Hanover County Muni	8/8827	10/10/18	VOR RWY 16, Amdt 2D.
6-Dec-18	VA	Richmond/Ashland	Hanover County Muni	8/8832	10/10/18	RNAV (GPS) RWY 16, Orig-D.
6-Dec-18	OH	Lebanon	Warren County/John Lane Field	8/9189	10/15/18	NDB-A, Amdt 6.