[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 100 (Tuesday, May 24, 2016)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 32641-32643]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-11956]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 97

[Docket No. 31074 Amdt. No. 3694]


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 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 May 24, 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 May 24, 2016.

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: (405) 954-4164.

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

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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 April 22, 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 
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

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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:


Sec. Sec.  Sec.  97.23, 97.25, 97.27, 97.29, 97.31, 97.33, 
97.35  [Amended]

    By amending: Sec.  97.23 VOR, VOR/DME, VOR or TACAN, and VOR/DME or 
TACAN; Sec.  97.25 LOC, LOC/DME, LDA, LDA/DME, SDF, SDF/DME; Sec.  
97.27 NDB, NDB/DME; Sec.  97.29 ILS, ILS/DME, MLS, MLS/DME, MLS/RNAV; 
Sec.  97.31 RADAR SIAPs; Sec.  97.33 RNAV SIAPs; and Sec.  97.35 COPTER 
SIAPs, Identified as follows:

* * * Effective Upon Publication

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     AIRAC date          State           City             Airport         FDC No.      FDC date                           Subject
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26-May-16...........  TX          Terrell..........  Terrell Muni.....       6/0884     04/01/16  This NOTAM, published in TL 16-11, is hereby rescinded
                                                                                                   in its entirety.
26-May-16...........  AK          Venetie..........  Venetie..........       5/0233     04/12/16  RNAV (GPS) RWY 22, Orig.
26-May-16...........  AK          Venetie..........  Venetie..........       5/0234     04/12/16  RNAV (GPS) RWY 4, Orig-A.
26-May-16...........  OK          Tulsa............  Richard Lloyd           5/1074     04/07/16  VOR RWY 1L, Amdt 4C.
                                                      Jones Jr.
26-May-16...........  OK          Tulsa............  Richard Lloyd           5/1075     04/07/16  ILS OR LOC RWY 1L, Amdt 1A.
                                                      Jones Jr.
26-May-16...........  OH          Toledo...........  Toledo Executive.       5/2079     04/07/16  RNAV (GPS) RWY 32, Orig-A.
26-May-16...........  WI          Antigo...........  Langlade County..       5/4644     04/07/16  RNAV (GPS) RWY 35, Amdt 2A.
26-May-16...........  MQ          Midway Atoll.....  Henderson Field..       6/0076     03/23/16  RNAV (GPS) RWY 6, Orig-B.
26-May-16...........  MQ          Midway Atoll.....  Henderson Field..       6/0077     03/23/16  RNAV (GPS) RWY 24, Orig-B.
26-May-16...........  MQ          Midway Atoll.....  Henderson Field..       6/0078     03/23/16  NDB RWY 6, Orig-A.
26-May-16...........  MQ          Midway Atoll.....  Henderson Field..       6/0079     03/23/16  NDB RWY 24, Orig-A.
26-May-16...........  UT          St George........  St George Rgnl...       6/2270     04/01/16  LDA/DME RWY 19, Orig-B.
26-May-16...........  UT          St George........  St George Rgnl...       6/2271     04/01/16  RNAV (GPS) RWY 1, Orig-B.
26-May-16...........  UT          St George........  St George Rgnl...       6/2272     04/01/16  RNAV (GPS) RWY 19, Orig-B.
26-May-16...........  UT          St George........  St George Rgnl...       6/2273     04/01/16  VOR/DME-A, Orig.
26-May-16...........  UT          St George........  St George Rgnl...       6/2274     04/01/16  Takeoff Minimums and (Obstacle) DP, Orig.
26-May-16...........  PA          Punxsutawney.....  Punxsutawney Muni       6/3333     04/07/16  VOR/DME-A, Amdt 1A.
26-May-16...........  PA          Punxsutawney.....  Punxsutawney Muni       6/3341     04/07/16  RNAV (GPS) RWY 24, Orig-A.
26-May-16...........  CA          Arcata/Eureka....  Arcata...........       6/3943     04/07/16  VOR/DME RWY 14, Amdt 1A.

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26-May-16...........  ME          Norridgewock.....  Central Maine           6/6681     04/07/16  RNAV (GPS) RWY 15, Orig.
                                                      Arpt Of
                                                      Norridgewock.
26-May-16...........  ME          Auburn/Lewiston..  Auburn/Lewiston         6/6781     04/07/16  ILS OR LOC RWY 4, Amdt 10D.
                                                      Muni.
26-May-16...........  ME          Auburn/Lewiston..  Auburn/Lewiston         6/6782     04/07/16  RNAV (GPS) RWY 4, Amdt 1.
                                                      Muni.
26-May-16...........  ME          Auburn/Lewiston..  Auburn/Lewiston         6/6783     04/07/16  RNAV (GPS) RWY 22, Amdt 1A.
                                                      Muni.
26-May-16...........  IA          Muscatine........  Muscatine Muni...       6/7375     04/12/16  RNAV (GPS) RWY 12, Orig.
26-May-16...........  IA          Muscatine........  Muscatine Muni...       6/7376     04/12/16  RNAV (GPS) RWY 30, Orig.
26-May-16...........  TX          Lago Vista.......  Lago Vista TX--         6/7941     04/12/16  RNAV (GPS) RWY 15, Orig-A.
                                                      Rusty Allen.
26-May-16...........  TX          Odessa...........  Odessa-Schlemeyer       6/8024     04/12/16  RNAV (GPS) RWY 11, Orig-A.
                                                      Field.
26-May-16...........  TX          Taylor...........  Taylor Muni......       6/8025     04/12/16  RNAV (GPS) RWY 17, Orig.
26-May-16...........  CA          Fullerton........  Fullerton Muni...       6/8243     04/07/16  RNAV (GPS) RWY 24, Orig-A.
26-May-16...........  CA          Fullerton........  Fullerton Muni...       6/8244     04/07/16  LOC/DME RWY 24, Orig-A.
26-May-16...........  CA          Fullerton........  Fullerton Muni...       6/8245     04/07/16  VOR-A, Amdt 7A.
26-May-16...........  OK          Miami............  Miami Muni.......       6/9238     04/12/16  Takeoff Minimums and (Obstacle) DP, Orig.
26-May-16...........  NY          Albany...........  Albany Intl......       6/9287     04/07/16  RNAV (GPS) RWY 28, Orig-A.
26-May-16...........  NY          Albany...........  Albany Intl......       6/9288     04/07/16  RNAV (GPS) RWY 10, Orig-A.
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