[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 246 (Tuesday, December 26, 2017)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 60856-60859]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-27680]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 97

[Docket No. 31171; Amdt. No. 3780]


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 December 26, 2017. 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 December 26, 2017.

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 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

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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 December 15, 2017.
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:
    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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1-Feb-18..............  CA           Santa Maria.........  Santa Maria Pub/Capt       7/0260      12/6/17  RNAV (GPS) RWY 12, Amdt 1B.
                                                            G Allan Hancock Fld.
1-Feb-18..............  ID           Idaho Falls.........  Idaho Falls Rgnl....       7/0469      12/6/17  ILS OR LOC RWY 20, Amdt 11H.
1-Feb-18..............  ID           Idaho Falls.........  Idaho Falls Rgnl....       7/0562      12/6/17  RNAV (GPS) Y RWY 20, Amdt 1C.
1-Feb-18..............  PA           Lock Haven..........  William T Piper            7/1509      12/6/17  RNAV (GPS)-A, Orig-A.
                                                            Memorial.
1-Feb-18..............  IN           Gary................  Gary/Chicago Intl...       7/1676      12/6/17  RNAV (GPS) Y RWY 30, Amdt 1A.
1-Feb-18..............  AK           Palmer..............  Palmer Muni.........       7/2504      12/4/17  Takeoff Minimums and Obstacle DP, Amdt 2.
1-Feb-18..............  AK           Grayling............  Grayling............       7/2532      12/5/17  RNAV (GPS) RWY 17, Orig.
1-Feb-18..............  MO           Monroe City.........  Capt Ben Smith             7/2581      12/4/17  RNAV (GPS) RWY 9, Orig.
                                                            Airfield--Monroe
                                                            City.
1-Feb-18..............  MO           Monroe City.........  Capt Ben Smith             7/2583      12/4/17  RNAV (GPS) RWY 27, Orig.
                                                            Airfield--Monroe
                                                            City.
1-Feb-18..............  MO           Monroe City.........  Capt Ben Smith             7/2584      12/4/17  VOR/DME-A, Amdt 2.
                                                            Airfield--Monroe
                                                            City.
1-Feb-18..............  FL           Vero Beach..........  Vero Beach Muni.....       7/2660      12/4/17  RNAV (GPS) RWY 4, Amdt 1B.
1-Feb-18..............  FL           Vero Beach..........  Vero Beach Muni.....       7/2661      12/4/17  RNAV (GPS) RWY 12R, Amdt 2B.
1-Feb-18..............  FL           Vero Beach..........  Vero Beach Muni.....       7/2664      12/4/17  RNAV (GPS) RWY 22, Amdt 1B.
1-Feb-18..............  FL           Vero Beach..........  Vero Beach Muni.....       7/2666      12/4/17  RNAV (GPS) RWY 30L, Amdt 2B.
1-Feb-18..............  FL           Vero Beach..........  Vero Beach Muni.....       7/2668      12/4/17  VOR RWY 12R, AMDT 14C.
1-Feb-18..............  FL           Vero Beach..........  Vero Beach Muni.....       7/2670      12/4/17  VOR/DME RWY 30L, Amdt 4B.
1-Feb-18..............  AR           Pine Bluff..........  Grider Field........       7/2693      12/6/17  VOR/DME RWY 36, Amdt 12A.
1-Feb-18..............  AR           Pine Bluff..........  Grider Field........       7/2694      12/6/17  RNAV (GPS) RWY 36, Amdt 1B.
1-Feb-18..............  AR           Pine Bluff..........  Grider Field........       7/2697      12/6/17  RNAV (GPS) RWY 18, Amdt 1B.
1-Feb-18..............  AR           Pine Bluff..........  Grider Field........       7/2700      12/6/17  ILS OR LOC RWY 18, Amdt 3B.
1-Feb-18..............  AR           Pine Bluff..........  Grider Field........       7/2702      12/6/17  Takeoff Minimums and Obstacle DP, Orig.
1-Feb-18..............  WI           Baraboo.............  Baraboo Wisconsin          7/2704      12/4/17  RNAV (GPS) RWY 1, Amdt 1B.
                                                            Dells.
1-Feb-18..............  WI           Baraboo.............  Baraboo Wisconsin          7/2705      12/4/17  RNAV (GPS) RWY 19, Amdt 2.
                                                            Dells.
1-Feb-18..............  WI           Baraboo.............  Baraboo Wisconsin          7/2707      12/4/17  VOR-A, Amdt 12.
                                                            Dells.
1-Feb-18..............  WI           Baraboo.............  Baraboo Wisconsin          7/2709      12/4/17  LOC/DME RWY 1, Amdt 2.
                                                            Dells.
1-Feb-18..............  WI           Baraboo.............  Baraboo Wisconsin          7/2712      12/6/17  Takeoff Minimums and Obstacle DP, Amdt 1.
                                                            Dells.
1-Feb-18..............  GA           Augusta.............  Augusta Rgnl At Bush       7/2715      12/6/17  RNAV (GPS) RWY 17, Amdt 2B.
                                                            Field.
1-Feb-18..............  IA           Cedar Rapids........  The Eastern Iowa....       7/2724      12/6/17  ILS OR LOC RWY 27, Amdt 6E.
1-Feb-18..............  MN           Rushford............  Rushford Muni.......       7/2744      12/4/17  RNAV (GPS) RWY 34, Orig.
1-Feb-18..............  MN           Rushford............  Rushford Muni.......       7/2745      12/4/17  VOR/DME-A, Amdt 2.
1-Feb-18..............  MN           Rushford............  Rushford Muni.......       7/2747      12/4/17  Takeoff Minimums and Obstacle DP, Amdt 2.
1-Feb-18..............  AL           Monroeville.........  Monroe County.......       7/2764      12/4/17  RNAV (GPS) RWY 21, Orig-A.

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1-Feb-18..............  AL           Monroeville.........  Monroe County.......       7/2765      12/4/17  Takeoff Minimums and Obstacle DP, Orig.
1-Feb-18..............  AL           Monroeville.........  Monroe County.......       7/2766      12/4/17  RNAV (GPS) RWY 3, Orig-C.
1-Feb-18..............  AL           Monroeville.........  Monroe County.......       7/2767      12/4/17  VOR RWY 21, Amdt 10A.
1-Feb-18..............  AL           Monroeville.........  Monroe County.......       7/2769      12/4/17  VOR RWY 3, Amdt 10A.
1-Feb-18..............  MO           St Louis............  Spirit Of St Louis..       7/2772      12/6/17  RNAV (GPS) RWY 26L, Orig-C.
1-Feb-18..............  MO           St Louis............  Spirit Of St Louis..       7/2780      12/6/17  RNAV (GPS) RWY 8R, Orig-B.
1-Feb-18..............  AR           Newport.............  Newport Muni........       7/2783      12/4/17  VOR/DME RWY 18, Amdt 4A.
1-Feb-18..............  AR           Newport.............  Newport Muni........       7/2784      12/4/17  Takeoff Minimums and Obstacle DP, Orig.
1-Feb-18..............  AR           Newport.............  Newport Muni........       7/2786      12/4/17  RNAV (GPS) RWY 18, Orig
1-Feb-18..............  AR           Newport.............  Newport Muni........       7/2790      12/4/17  RNAV (GPS) RWY 36, Orig.
1-Feb-18..............  NC           Winston Salem.......  Smith Reynolds......       7/2880      12/6/17  RNAV (GPS) RWY 33, Orig-B.
1-Feb-18..............  OK           Muskogee............  Davis Field.........       7/2888      12/5/17  RNAV (GPS) RWY 13, Orig-B.
1-Feb-18..............  OK           Muskogee............  Davis Field.........       7/2890      12/5/17  RNAV (GPS) RWY 22, Orig-B.
1-Feb-18..............  OK           Muskogee............  Davis Field.........       7/2892      12/5/17  RNAV (GPS) RWY 31, Amdt 1C.
1-Feb-18..............  OK           Muskogee............  Davis Field.........       7/2896      12/5/17  RNAV (GPS) RWY 4, Amdt 1B.
1-Feb-18..............  CO           Denver..............  Denver Intl.........       7/3082      12/6/17  RNAV (RNP) Z RWY 34L, Orig-B.
1-Feb-18..............  NY           New York............  Long Island Mac            7/3146      12/6/17  RNAV (GPS) RWY 6, Amdt 2A.
                                                            Arthur.
1-Feb-18..............  NY           New York............  Long Island Mac            7/3149      12/6/17  ILS OR LOC RWY 6, Amdt 25.
                                                            Arthur.
1-Feb-18..............  CO           Denver..............  Denver Intl.........       7/3175      12/6/17  RNAV (RNP) Z RWY 34R, Orig-B.
1-Feb-18..............  CO           Denver..............  Denver Intl.........       7/3176      12/6/17  RNAV (RNP) Z RWY 17R, Orig-B.
1-Feb-18..............  CO           Denver..............  Denver Intl.........       7/3178      12/6/17  RNAV (RNP) Z RWY 16R, Orig-B.
1-Feb-18..............  CO           Denver..............  Denver Intl.........       7/3179      12/6/17  RNAV (RNP) Z RWY 17L, Orig-B.
1-Feb-18..............  CO           Denver..............  Denver Intl.........       7/3180      12/6/17  RNAV (RNP) Z RWY 35L, Orig-B.
1-Feb-18..............  CO           Denver..............  Denver Intl.........       7/3181      12/6/17  RNAV (RNP) Z RWY 35R, Orig-B.
1-Feb-18..............  CO           Denver..............  Denver Intl.........       7/3182      12/6/17  RNAV (RNP) Z RWY 16L, Orig-B.
1-Feb-18..............  MA           Provincetown........  Provincetown Muni...       7/3526      12/5/17  NDB RWY 25, Amdt 2B.
1-Feb-18..............  NV           Reno................  Reno/Tahoe Intl.....       7/3610      12/5/17  RNAV (RNP) Z RWY 16R, Amdt 1A.
1-Feb-18..............  NV           Reno................  Reno/Tahoe Intl.....       7/3611      12/5/17  RNAV (RNP) Z RWY 16L, Amdt 1A.
1-Feb-18..............  NV           Reno................  Reno/Tahoe Intl.....       7/3613      12/5/17  RNAV (GPS) X RWY 16R, Amdt 1C.
1-Feb-18..............  NV           Reno................  Reno/Tahoe Intl.....       7/3614      12/5/17  RNAV (GPS) X RWY 16L, Amdt 1C.
1-Feb-18..............  NV           Reno................  Reno/Tahoe Intl.....       7/3615      12/5/17  RNAV (GPS) X RWY 34R, Amdt 1.
1-Feb-18..............  NV           Reno................  Reno/Tahoe Intl.....       7/3616      12/5/17  RNAV (GPS) X RWY 34L, Amdt 1.
1-Feb-18..............  NV           Reno................  Reno/Tahoe Intl.....       7/3617      12/5/17  RNAV (GPS) Y RWY 34L, Orig-A.
1-Feb-18..............  NV           Reno................  Reno/Tahoe Intl.....       7/3618      12/5/17  RNAV (GPS) Y RWY 34R, Orig-A.
1-Feb-18..............  NV           Reno................  Reno/Tahoe Intl.....       7/3619      12/5/17  ILS OR LOC/DME RWY 34L, Orig-B.
1-Feb-18..............  NV           Reno................  Reno/Tahoe Intl.....       7/3620      12/5/17  VOR-D, Amdt 7.
1-Feb-18..............  NV           Reno................  Reno/Tahoe Intl.....       7/3621      12/5/17  ILS X OR LOC X RWY 16R, Orig.
1-Feb-18..............  NV           Reno................  Reno/Tahoe Intl.....       7/3622      12/5/17  ILS Z OR LOC Z RWY 16R, Orig.
1-Feb-18..............  NV           Reno................  Reno/Tahoe Intl.....       7/3623      12/5/17  LOC Y RWY 16R, Orig.
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