[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 39 (Monday, February 29, 2016)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 10081-10083]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-04216]



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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 97

[Docket No. 31062; Amdt. No. 3683]


Standard Instrument Approach Procedures, and Takeoff Minimums and 
Obstacle Departure Procedures; Miscellaneous Amendments

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: This rule establishes, amends, suspends, or removes Standard 
Instrument Approach Procedures (SIAPs) and associated Takeoff Minimums 
and Obstacle Departure Procedures (ODPs) 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 February 29, 2016. 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 February 29, 2016.

ADDRESSES: Availability of matters 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 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 Programs Divisions, 
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: (405) 954-4164.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This rule amends Title 14 of the Code of 
Federal Regulations, Part 97 (14 CFR part 97), by establishing, 
amending, suspending, or removes SIAPS, Takeoff Minimums and/or ODPS. 
The complete regulatory description of each SIAP and its associated 
Takeoff Minimums or ODP for an identified airport is listed on FAA form 
documents which are incorporated by reference in this amendment under 5 
U.S.C. 552(a), 1 CFR part 51, and 14 CFR 97.20. The applicable FAA 
forms are FAA Forms 8260-3, 8260-4, 8260-5, 8260-15A, and 8260-15B when 
required by an entry on 8260-15A.
    The large number of SIAPs, Takeoff Minimums and ODPs, their complex 
nature, and the need for a special format make publication in the 
Federal Register expensive and impractical. Further, airmen do not use 
the regulatory text of the SIAPs, Takeoff Minimums or ODPs, but instead 
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, Takeoff Minimums and ODP listed on FAA form documents is 
unnecessary. This amendment provides the affected CFR sections and 
specifies the types of SIAPs, 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, Takeoff Minimums and ODP as Amended in the 
transmittal. Some SIAP and Takeoff Minimums and textual ODP amendments 
may have been issued previously by the FAA in a Flight Data Center 
(FDC) Notice to Airmen (NOTAM) as an emergency action of immediate 
flight safety relating directly to published aeronautical charts.
    The circumstances that created the need for some SIAP and Takeoff 
Minimums and ODP amendments may require making them effective in less 
than 30 days. For the remaining SIAPs and Takeoff Minimums and ODPs, an 
effective date at least 30 days after publication is provided.
    Further, the SIAPs and Takeoff Minimums and ODPs contained in this 
amendment are based on the criteria contained in the U.S. Standard for 
Terminal Instrument Procedures (TERPS). In developing these SIAPs and 
Takeoff Minimums and ODPs, the TERPS criteria were applied to the 
conditions existing or anticipated at the affected airports. 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 some 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).


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    Issued in Washington, DC, on February 12, 2016.
John S. 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 
establishing, amending, suspending, or removing Standard Instrument 
Approach Procedures and/or Takeoff Minimums and Obstacle Departure 
Procedures effective at 0901 UTC on the dates specified, as follows:

PART 97--STANDARD INSTRUMENT APPROACH PROCEDURES

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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.


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2. Part 97 is amended to read as follows:

Effective 31 MARCH 2016

Deadhorse, AK, Deadhorse, RNAV (RNP) Z RWY 5, Orig-C, CANCELED
Deadhorse, AK, Deadhorse, RNAV (RNP) Z RWY 23, Orig-C, CANCELED
Muscle Shoals, AL, Northwest Alabama Rgnl, VOR RWY 29, Amdt 27A, 
CANCELED
El Dorado, AR, South Arkansas Rgnl at Goodwin Field, VOR RWY 22, 
Amdt 13D, CANCELED
Washington, DC, Ronald Reagan Washington National, VOR RWY 15, Amdt 
2 CANCELED
Washington, DC, Ronald Reagan Washington National, VOR RWY 19, Amdt 
10, CANCELED
Washington, DC, Ronald Reagan Washington National, VOR/DME RWY 1, 
Amdt 14B, CANCELED
Charles City, IA, Northeast Iowa Rgnl, LOC RWY 12, Amdt 1
Charles City, IA, Northeast Iowa Rgnl, NDB RWY 12, Amdt 1, CANCELED
Charles City, IA, Northeast Iowa Rgnl, RNAV (GPS) RWY 12, Amdt 1
Charles City, IA, Northeast Iowa Rgnl, RNAV (GPS) RWY 30, Amdt 1
West Union, IA, George L Scott Muni, RNAV (GPS) RWY 17, Amdt 1
West Union, IA, George L Scott Muni, RNAV (GPS) RWY 35, Amdt 1
West Union, IA, George L Scott Muni, Takeoff Minimums and Obstacle 
DP, Amdt 3
Salmon, ID, Lemhi County, RNAV (GPS) RWY 17, Orig
Salmon, ID, Lemhi County, RNAV (GPS)-C, Orig-B, CANCELED
Salmon, ID, Lemhi County, RNAV (GPS)-D, Amdt 1
Salmon, ID, Lemhi County, VOR/DME-B, Amdt 1
Champaign/Urbana, IL, University of Illinois-Willard, RNAV (GPS) RWY 
18, Orig-A, CANCELED
Champaign/Urbana, IL, University of Illinois-Willard, RNAV (GPS) RWY 
36, Orig-B, CANCELED
Champaign/Urbana, IL, University of Illinois-Willard, VOR RWY 18, 
Orig-A, CANCELED
Indianapolis, IN, Eagle Creek Airpark, LOC RWY 21, Amdt 4
Indianapolis, IN, Eagle Creek Airpark, RNAV (GPS) RWY 21, Amdt 1
Indianapolis, IN, Greenwood Muni, Takeoff Minimums and Obstacle DP, 
Amdt 4A
Warsaw, IN, Warsaw Muni, VOR RWY 27, Amdt 7, CANCELED
Bedford, MA, Laurence G Hanscom Fld, NDB RWY 29, Amdt 8, CANCELED
Salisbury, MD, Salisbury-Ocean City Wicomico Rgnl, VOR RWY 23, Amdt 
10A, CANCELED
Salisbury, MD, Salisbury-Ocean City Wicomico Rgnl, VOR RWY 32, Amdt 
10, CANCELED
Escanaba, MI, Delta County, VOR RWY 9, Amdt 14B, CANCELED
Escanaba, MI, Delta County, VOR RWY 27, Amdt 12B, CANCELED
Manistee, MI, Manistee Co-Blacker, VOR RWY 28, Amdt 1B, CANCELED
Litchfield, MN, Litchfield Muni, VOR/DME RWY 13, Orig-B, CANCELED
Mankato, MN, Mankato Rgnl, VOR RWY 33, Amdt 8A, CANCELED
St James, MN, St James Muni, NDB RWY 33, Amdt 1B
St James, MN, St James Muni, RNAV (GPS) RWY 15, Amdt 1
St James, MN, St James Muni, RNAV (GPS) RWY 33, Amdt 1
Worthington, MN, Worthington Muni, VOR RWY 36, Amdt 6A, CANCELED
Brookfield, MO, North Central Missouri Rgnl, RNAV (GPS) RWY 18, Orig
Brookfield, MO, North Central Missouri Rgnl, RNAV (GPS) RWY 36, Amdt 
2
Brookfield, MO, North Central Missouri Rgnl, Takeoff Minimums and 
Obstacle DP, Amdt 3
Greensboro, NC, Piedmont Triad Intl, ILS Y OR LOC/DME Y RWY 32, Orig
Greensboro, NC, Piedmont Triad Intl, ILS Z OR LOC/DME Z RWY 32, Orig
New Bern, NC, Coastal Carolina Regional, VOR RWY 4, Amdt 4B, 
CANCELED
Devils Lake, ND, Devils Lake Rgnl, VOR RWY 21, Orig-B, CANCELED
Mc Cook, NE, Mc Cook Ben Nelson Rgnl, VOR RWY 12, Amdt 12A, CANCELED
Mc Cook, NE, Mc Cook Ben Nelson Rgnl, VOR RWY 22, Amdt 4F, CANCELED
Ogallala, NE, Searle Field, VOR RWY 8, Amdt 6B, CANCELED
Ogallala, NE, Searle Field, VOR RWY 26, Amdt 6B, CANCELED
Ogallala, NE, Searle Field, VOR/DME RWY 8, Amdt 1B, CANCELED
Sidney, NE, Sidney Muni/Lloyd W Carr Field, VOR RWY 13, Amdt 7, 
CANCELED
Sidney, NE, Sidney, Muni/Lloyd W Carr Field, VOR RWY 31, Amdt 8, 
CANCELED
Readington, NJ, Solberg-Hunterdon, VOR-A, Amdt 9A, CANCELED
Farmington, NM, Four Corners Rgnl, VOR RWY 23, Orig, CANCELED
Farmington, NM, Four Corners Rgnl, VOR RWY 25, Amdt 10, CANCELED
Las Vegas, NM, Las Vegas Muni, VOR RWY 2, Amdt 11A, CANCELED
Lovelock, NV, Derby Field, VOR OR GPS-C, Orig-B, CANCELED
Binghamton, NY, Greater Binghamton/Edwin A Link Field, VOR RWY 10, 
Amdt 7, CANCELED
Ithaca, NY, Ithaca Tompkins Rgnl, VOR RWY 32, Amdt 2A, CANCELED
New York, NY, LaGuardia, VOR/DME-G, Amdt 2C, CANCELED
Rochester, NY, Greater Rochester Intl, VOR/DME RWY 4, Amdt 4A, 
CANCELED
Circleville, OH, Pickaway County Memorial, RNAV (GPS) RWY 1, Orig
Circleville, OH, Pickaway County Memorial, RNAV (GPS) RWY 19, Orig
Circleville, OH, Pickaway County Memorial, VOR RWY 19, Amdt 3
Newark, OH, Newark-Heath, NDB OR GPS RWY 9, Amdt 6A, CANCELED
Ada, OK, Ada Muni, VOR/DME-A, Orig-E, CANCELED
Cushing, OK, Cushing Muni, NDB RWY 36, Amdt 5, CANCELED
Norman, OK, University of Oklahoma Westheimer, NDB RWY 3, Amdt 1A, 
CANCELED
Norman, OK, University of Oklahoma Westheimer, NDB RWY 35, Orig-C, 
CANCELED
Stillwater, OK, Stillwater Rgnl, NDB RWY 17, Amdt 1A, CANCELED
North Bend, OR, Southwest Oregon Rgnl, NDB RWY 4, Amdt 6, CANCELED
Bloomsburg, PA, Bloomsburg Muni, RNAV (GPS)-B, Amdt 1
Bloomsburg, PA, Bloomsburg Muni, VOR-A, Amdt 1
Hartsville, SC, Hartsville Rgnl, NDB RWY 3, Amdt 1A, CANCELED
Mitchell, SD, Mitchell Muni, VOR RWY 31, Amdt 5A, CANCELED
Yankton, SD, Chan Gurney Muni, VOR RWY 31, Amdt 3B, CANCELED
Athens, TN, McMinn County, NDB RWY 20, Amdt 7A, CANCELED
Bowie, TX, Bowie Muni, NDB RWY 35, Amdt 4, CANCELED
Brownwood, TX, Brownwood Rgnl, VOR RWY 17, Amdt 11A, CANCELED
Dallas, TX, Dallas Love Field, Takeoff Minimums and Obstacle DP, 
Amdt 16A
Del Rio TX, Del Rio Intl, VOR/DME-B, Amdt 1, CANCELED
Houston, TX, William P Hobby, VOR/DME RWY 35, Amdt 3A, CANCELED
La Porte, TX, La Porte Muni, NDB RWY 30, Amdt 2A, CANCELED
Wendover, UT, Wendover, VOR/DME-B, Amdt 2
Lynchburg, VA, Lynchburg Rgnl/Preston Glenn Fld, VOR RWY 4, Amdt 
12A, CANCELED
Melfa, VA, Accomack County, LOC RWY 3, Orig
Auburn, WA, Auburn Muni, BLAKO ONE, Graphic DP
Auburn, WA, Auburn Muni, Takeoff Minimums and Obstacle DP, Amdt 1
Kenosha, WI, Kenosha Rgnl, VOR RWY 15, Amdt 1, CANCELED
Milwaukee, WI, Lawrence J Timmerman, VOR RWY 15L, Amdt 14B, CANCELED

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Martinsburg, WV, Eastern WV Rgnl/Shepherd Fld, Takeoff Minimums and 
Obstacle DP, Amdt 7

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